Let’s face it: This Christmas season is shaping up to be less than a beaut, Clark. Fortunately, there’s some new country and Americana recordings to dull the pain. Some extol the virtues of simply getting drunk or stoned, while others look to brighter and more clear-eyed days ahead. Here’s your …
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Old Dominion used to look like they were sleepwalking through their live shows. The band’s “aggressively low-key style remains one of country’s great unexplained mysteries,” Rolling Stone said of the group’s 2019 CMA Awards performance of “One Man Band.” For whatever reason, the five members just didn’t seem excited to …
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Academy Award-winning actor and singer Jennifer Hudson gave a show-stopping performance at the 2021 CMA Awards, teaming up with multiple winner Chris Stapleton for a soulful medley of “Night Life” and “You Are My Sunshine.” Hudson, who plays Aretha Franklin in the new biopic Respect, gave her first performance at …
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When Walker Hayes and his family of six are out and about, he’ll often put their dinner destination to a vote. “If we’re on a road trip, I address the whole car: ‘Do you guys want Sonic, you want McDonald’s, or do you want to sit down? Hey, we could …
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Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, and Allison Russell are among the performers at the 2021 Americana Honors and Awards, set for September 22nd. The annual celebration of roots music leads off this year’s AmericanaFest, which runs through September 25th in Nashville and will welcome those who can show proof of vaccination …
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A group of Nashville musicians will gather onstage this weekend to raise money for victims of historic flooding that left 20 people dead in Middle Tennessee. The concert doubles as a tribute to Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones’ drummer who died Tuesday at 80. Billed as “An East Nashville Tribute …
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Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out our most recent …
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A Nashville rideshare driver has been arrested for misdemeanor assault after allegedly attacking country singer-guitarist Clare Dunn. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department arrested Albert Boakye, 46, Monday night on grounds that he had attacked and injured the “Tuxedo” singer during a Lyft ride to her home in the early hours of …
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Before he was even out of his mid-20s, Parker McCollum had established himself as one of the preeminent artists on the Texas music circuit — the sort of singer-songwriter with a country twang who could sell out arenas and amphitheaters across the Lone Star State, was as “Red Dirt” as …
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Just hours after announcing her new album In These Silent Days and releasing the single “Right on Time,” Brandi Carlile gave the live debut of the song with a soaring performance on Wednesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Carlile began the performance solo, seated at a grand …
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