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Days after completing a short Canadian tour, Rosanne Cash has announced a longer string of international dates for the spring and summer. Kicking off March 27th at New York City’s Lincoln Center, the 23-show run will bring Cash across the entirety of the U.S., with a handful of European shows …

Before it was titled “adult contemporary,” the format catering to an older crowd searching their AM radio dial for softer sounds among the psychedelic pop and rock of the late Sixties was known as “easy listening.”Alongside singers such as Jack Jones and Petula Clark, country-pop crossover artists including Glen Campbell …

Johnny Cash: Forever Words – a collaborative album featuring Johnny Cash‘s unknown poetry, lyrics and letters – will be released on April 6th via Legacy Recordings. The icon’s words will be set to music and performed by an all-star lineup that includes Chris Cornell, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash …

Country songwriters Alan Jackson, Bill Anderson and Steve Dorff will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this summer, joining the ranks of more than 400 tunesmiths. Established in 1969, the Hall of Fame throws an official induction ceremony every year, recognizing writers from all genres. Roots musicians dominate …

Although he’s closely associated with Texas, Steve Earle, who fused traditional country with raw rock & roll on his 1986 debut LPGuitar Town, was born January 17th, 1955 –63 years ago today – in Fort Monroe, Virginia.Earle’s father was stationed in the Army and worked as an air traffic controller …

Brandy Clark has mapped out a 2018 schedule that will keep her on the road throughout the first half of the year, sharing stages with Dwight Yoakam and Sugarland (on the duo’s highly anticipated Still the Same Tour), while also headlining a series of her “An Evening With Brandy Clark” …

Award-winning roots stalwart Jason Isbell and his band the 400 Unit have announced plans for a coast-to-coast tour in spring, with 19 new dates scheduled from Florida to California. Kicking off April 14th with a show at the Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia, the tour will wrap May 10th …

As Austin City Limits prepares to finish off its 42nd season, the show is putting an exclamation point on 2017 with one of its newest traditions: the ACL Hall of Fame induction broadcast. This year’s inductees include Roy Orbison, the Nevilles, and Rosanne Cash, who you see perform her hit …

Earlier this year, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced Jason Isbell as its 2017 Artist-in-Residence. An honor established in 2003, previous Artists in Residence include Guy Clark and Vince Gill, with the most recent being Rosanne Cash in 2015. As part of the designation, Isbell gave three …

In the wake of his popular single “Five More Minutes,” country artist Scotty McCreery is preparing to release his first album in five years. The new LP, titled Seasons Change, is set to release March 16th on Triple Tigers Records, marking the 24-year-old singer’s re-entrance into the spotlight not only …