Trace Adkins was not invited to Blake Shelton‘s recent wedding to Gwen Stefani, but in a humorous new interview, the country singer says he wouldn’t have wanted to attend. After much public back-and-forth about which of their circle of famous friends might perform at the wedding, Shelton and Stefani ultimately opted to keep their ceremony
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Mitchell Tenpenny‘s new single “Truth About You” stops just short of naming names. “Yeah, you told your friends, you told your mama / That I’m the root of all the drama / But we both know why this ended / Girl, I caught you red-handed,” he sings to close the second verse. Wow — that’s
August 4, 2021 FEATURED, Music News Watch Billie Eillish’s Dynamic Live Performance Of ‘Male Fantasy’ Pop star Billie Eillish has released a live performance video of ‘Male Fantasy’ for VEVO, it’s the last track taken from her brand new album ‘Happier Than Ever’. In the latest performance video, Eilish and her brother and frequent collaborator
Florida-born country star Jake Owen captured fans’ attention with his debut single, “Yee Haw,” which was released in 2006. His easygoing personality, mega-watt smile and upbeat songs were easy on the eyes — and ears — making Owen’s entry into country music pretty seamless. Hit singles such as “Startin’ With Me,” “Eight Second Ride,” “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,”
Tony Joe White cooks up a slinky disco-country tune with “Alone at Last,” a previously unreleased song from Light in the Attic’s third installment of its popular Country Funk series. Country Funk Volume III (1975 – 1982) will be available August 6th. No stranger to creating backwoods funk burners, the late Tony Joe White feels
Whitney Rose‘s July trip to Montana included a Colter Wall set, hang time with Emmylou Harris and … drinks with mermaids?! The singer-songwriter really made the most of her time at the 2021 Under the Big Sky Festival. Rose was one of more than three dozen artists who played the Whitefish, Mont.-based festival on July
Adia Victoria will release a new album on Sept. 17, she announced on Wednesday (Aug. 4). A Southern Gothic is the singer-songwriter’s third full-length album. Victoria’s latest album is a work of contrast, per a press release, exploring the relationships that people — more specifically, Black women — have with the South. “It is equal parts historical montage
Cody Johnson was raw in many ways when he visited the Radio Texas, Live! with Buddy Logan to record this featured interview, but there’s no mistaking him as anyone but the confident hitmaker he’d become. The Texan has a couple of national radio hits under his belt buckle in 2021. In April 2011, he was
Miranda Lambert makes her first foray into dance music with “Tequila Does (Telemitry Remix),” a tropical house update of the song she recorded for 2019’s Wildcard as well as her collaborative Marfa Tapes project. In the accompanying video, Lambert hosts a pool party for her family and friends. Filmed at Lambert’s Tennessee farm and directed
June 25, 2021 FEATURED, Music News Ed Sheeran’s Comeback Single After A Two Year Hiatus ‘Bad Habits’ It’s been two years since we got any new music from pop star Ed Sheeran, but now he makes his come back with the newly released single ‘Bad Habits’. The singer-songwriter co-wrote and co-produced the track with longtime
June 28, 2021 INsiders Guide: ‘Artist Of The Week: The Linda Lindas, Teen Rockers Fire Back At Anti-Asian Comments Teen rock band The Linda Lindas went viral this week when they performed a song they wrote about racist, sexist boys. “Song of the day!,” Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello proclaimed on Twitter. The Linda Lindas
June 29, 2021 Annalise Azadian Drops Summer Smash Hit “Life Of The Party” and you are invited! Continuing her unique spin on soulful pop-R&B sounds, multi-faceted NYC talent Annalise Azadian returns with her latest single “Life of the Party” – out via The Orchard and Cross the Line Records. A milestone in Annalise’s career, being
July 5, 2021 INsiders Guide, Music News INsiders Guide: Jennifer Hudson, Tisoki, Voodoo Bloo, Alysha, Lucia, Dynoro, Jenny Palacios, Kaylee Patterson, Kandle, Melissa Lamm, Theo Tams, Gina Naomi Baez, noelle, B Young, Cubs Refrain, Tongues Of Fire, Maggie Andrew… Increasing excitement for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in RESPECT, Academy® Award-winning actress and GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist Jennifer Hudson shares the tracklisting
July 5, 2021 INsiders Guide, Music News INsiders Guide: Bahari, Brand New Zeros, Tyler Shaw, Danielle Lewis, MasonRoseGray, Snow, JAN3T, Ginesse, Danelle Sandoval, Loie, Jaykae and Jorja Smith, Nnic… Asserting himself once again as one of the UK’s biggest rap prospects, JAYKAE enlists superstar R&B songstress JORJA SMITH on his latest single – ‘1000 NIGHTS’.
July 9, 2021 FEATURED, Music News Justin Bieber and Post Malone Chalk Up Some New Singles For A New Music Friday Music artist The Kid LAROI continues to gravitate to the top, dropping his brand new single “Stay” featuring pop star Justin Bieber. The single was co-written and co-produced by Omer Fedi (who also co-wrote
July 9, 2021 FEATURED, Music News Lost Kings Drop Song Of The Month With “Me, Myself And Adderall” Los Angeles-based producers Lost Kings released their brand new today entitled “Me, Myself & Adderall” featuring Goody Grace. Rob and Nick otherwise known as The Lost Kings have risen up the ranks of new producers and this
July 18, 2021 Where Are They Now? ‘Coco Jamboo’ Eurodance Project MR. PRESIDENT In the 1996 a German Eurodance dance act called Mr. President released a worldwide hit called “Coco Jamboo”. The group was also famous in Europe for the dance hits “Up’n Away”, “I’ll Follow the Sun”, “I Give You My Heart”, “4 on
July 18, 2021 FEATURED, Music News Did You Know Post Malone Covered ‘Only Wanna Be With You’ By Hootie and The Blowfish? Post Malone released a cover of Hootie and the Blowfish’s 1995 hit song “Only Wanna Be With You”. He dropped the cover track ahead of his performance at the Pokémon Day 25th-anniversary virtual
July 28, 2021 The Hit List: Khalid, Miguel, James Arthur, The Greeting Committee, Haux, Demi Lovato, Quinn XCX, Paris Jackson…. Khalid – “New Normal”: Khalid has announced his third album Everything Is Changing with a new video and single “New Normal.” In a statement, Khalid said that he was “inspired by how I was feeling during the pandemic and
Luke Bryan‘s music career has been filled with exuberant moments, but the singer’s story is also laced with heartbreaking loss and grief. Among those tragic, life-altering moments is the death of Bryan’s older brother, Chris, in 1996. A then-19-year-old Bryan had his eyes set on Nashville, and was planning to make the move from Leesburg,
Soon after she dropped her seven-song collection, 29, in February 2021, Carly Pearce began hinting that she wasn’t done with that musical chapter. On Tuesday (Aug. 3), the singer dropped more details on exactly what she’s got planned, announcing that she’s expanding her project into a 15-song full-length album called 29: Written in Stone. The
Luke Bryan will return to American Idol when Season 20 begins on ABC. In fact, the full panel of judges and host Ryan Seacrest are set to return to the singing reality television show. Good Morning America confirmed on Tuesday morning (Aug. 3) that Bryan, Seacrest, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry are all coming back
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 list.) Darrin Bradbury, “Busted World”
The Eagles have had an indelible impact on several decades’ worth of country music, so it’s perhaps surprising that the country-rockers have only scored one true country hit in the entire course of their career. “Lyin’ Eyes” is the iconic group’s only Top 10 country hit. “Lyin’ Eyes” — released in August of 1975 — was one
Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley take the open road in the music video for their collaborative song “Freedom Was a Highway.” The video opens with Allen leaving church, overcome with the sudden urge to get in his car and drive deep into the woods, where he stumbles upon a guitar hiding amongst the trees. With a strum
Chris Young has announced a fall headlining tour in support of his new album Famous Friends. Titled after the LP, the Famous Friends Tour launches October 21st in Little Rock, Arkansas, and plays 13 shows into early December. Mitchell Tenpenny and Callista Clark will open the majority of dates. “Touring this summer and playing fairs
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani were very careful to keep their wedding from turning into a celebrity circus, and that meant keeping it small and relatively low-key. In a new interview, the country superstar says that’s led to some awkwardness with his friends who weren’t on hand for the event. “So, I’ve had awkward conversations
Parker McCollum‘s list of collaborators for his Gold Chain Cowboy album is impressive by any standard, but especially for an artist at the start of his career on a national level. Texas great Randy Rogers co-wrote three of the 10 songs with McCollum, including one with fellow Texan Wade Bowen, on which yet another Texas
Dolly Parton‘s “9 to 5” is all about the hustle and bustle of working a full-time job, but the song takes on new meaning as one of the tracks from Lullaby Renditions of Dolly Parton, a new album of children’s lullabies from Rockabye Baby. Trading in Parton’s signature acrylic fingernail taps for gently lilting glockenspiels, the lullaby version
Willie Nelson returned to the stage Saturday to take part in the Poor People’s Campaign march for voting rights outside the Texas Capitol in Austin. Beto O’Rourke shared video of Nelson’s performance on social media; the gig marked Nelson’s first in-person and public concert outside of his Luck, Texas ranch since the start of the