Kacey Musgrave has been covering the 2006 Gnarls Barkley hit “Crazy” in her concerts for years. But on Thursday night at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, she surprised fans by singing it with a special guest: CeeLo Green. The R&B vocalist, who made up the duo Gnarls Barkley with the …
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The day after the Academy Awards, Jade Bird has taken her own stab at the realities of cinematic creation, embodying the role of a tireless stuntwoman in the new video for her song “I Get No Joy,” from her forthcoming self-titled debut LP. In bright red coveralls and silver go-go …
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The annual Cayamo Cruise set sail last week, with artists like Emmylou Harris, the Mavericks, Buddy Miller and Maggie Rose performing to an audience of Americana music fans. But it wasn’t solely a rootsy affair —Sadler Vaden, the guitarist in Jason Isbell‘s backing band the 400 Unit, played up his …
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Rascal Flatts put together a playlist of classic-radio staples for their Jukebox EP this past December, a collection of covers by Hall & Oates, Huey Lewis and others. In May, the enduring vocal group will unveil its own live playlist: their new warm-weather tour dubbed the Summer Playlist Tour. Launching …
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Zac Brown Band will uphold their road-warrior reputation through 2019. The band just announced the Owl Tour, an extensive summer trek that will feature support from Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and Caroline Jones on select dates. Launching May 25th in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Owl Tour will conclude …
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The lineup of the 2019 iHeartCountry Festival has been revealed, with Florida Georgia Line, Tim McGraw and Dan + Shay leading a star-studded cast on May 4th in Austin, Texas. Held at Austin’s Frank Erwin Center for the sixth consecutive year, the 2019 iHeartCountry Festival will also feature Luke Combs, …
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For more than five decades, global entertainment icon Dolly Parton has been nearly as renowned for her dazzling fashions as she has for her songwriting and performing talents. In a showcase of the eight-time Grammy winner’s personal style through the years, next month the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will …
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Eric Church‘s 2019 Double Down Tour — which finds the singer-songwriter playing two nights in each city — kicked off on Friday in Omaha, Nebraska. For three hours each night, Church tapped into all phases of his career, from the hard-nosed confidence of his first two albums to the introspective …
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Country troubadour Brent Cobb got Rocky Mountain high for cover of Tom Petty’s “You Don’t Know How It Feels,” delivering a sun-dappled performance of the classic hit in Telluride, Colorado, in a newly posted installment of his ongoing “Meat and Potatoes Sessions” warm-up videos. Playing back-porch style – if one’s …
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Roger Miller would have turned 83 years old today. Born January 2nd, 1936, in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised in Erick, Oklahoma, Miller would become one of the most celebrated songwriters in American history, an entertainer and composer distinguished for his contributions to country and pop music, as well as …
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