Music Country

As a 5-year-old preschooler in Checotah, Oklahoma, Carrie Underwood had a favorite cassette. Actually, her older sister had it, but one of the ballads on the cassette made enough of an impression that Carrie would record the song years later, and also sing it live with the man whom she …

Contrary to what its first single, “Flesh and Bone,” might have suggested, Blackberry Smoke‘s new LP Find a Light isn’t all muscle. The Georgia quintet shows off a lighter touch on the latest track from the album, “Let Me Down Easy,” which features a guest appearance by Amanda Shires. While …

Last summer, Tyler Childers was busy preparing for the August release of his critical breakthrough, Purgatory. This year, he’ll spend the warmer months on the road, thanks to a newly added string of shows that stretch his touring schedule from mid-March through August. Produced by fellow Kentucky native Sturgill Simpson, …

Blake Shelton and his fellow Voice coaching staff have a little fun with country cliches – and each of their own public personas – in a new commercial set to air during Sunday’s Super Bowl LII. Promoting the show’s new season and set on the front porch of “Blake’s Cabin,” …

Rhiannon Giddens is showing up in a variety of places as 2018 gets into gear, including on the TV show Nashville, where the Music City drama is speeding toward the series finale. Giddens, who won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2017, will spend a sizable portion of the year on stages …

Nashville string band Old Crow Medicine Show recently revealed the details for their new album Volunteer and on Friday, they shared the first single from the project. A blistering, fiddle-driven romp filled with themes of brotherhood and togetherness, the track was written by bandleader Ketch Secor and guitarist Kevin Hayes. …

As 2017 winds to a close this weekend, so does President Trump’s first calendar year inside the White House. For alt-country songwriter James McMurtry, the time is ripe for reflection. . .and perhaps some scathing sociopolitical commentary, too. A stunningly fiery folksong, McMurtry’s “State of the Union” spins the story …

Kenny Chesney‘s Love for Love City Foundation has now facilitated the rescue and relocation of more than 200 pets from the islands affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria this fall, according to a new report in USA Today. After Chesney’s home in the U.S. Virgin Islands was destroyed by Hurricane …

The Grand Ole Opry has opened a new location in New York City’s Times Square. Dubbing the complex Opry City Stage, it stands at 1604 Broadway in the heart of New York’s tourist mecca and marks the Opry’s first venture outside Nashville – the historic radio program’s home and base …

Backed by finger snaps, Wurlitzer and a lone tambourine, Anderson East downsizes his newest song, “All on My Mind,” into a bare-boned piano ballad in this special performance. “All on my Mind” is the lead single from East’s upcoming release, Encore, which finds the soul singer reuniting with producer Dave …