Music

Not much stands in the way of Blake Shelton, but Ariana Grande did. In 2016, years before they began working together on NBC’s The Voice, both released albums at the same time: Shelton’s If I’m Honest dropped the same day Grande released Dangerous Woman. “I released the album, and I had some momentum going at that point musically,”

October 27, 2021 FEATURED, Music News “TRUE FRIENDS” – KANSAS CITY BASED THE BLACK CREATURES NEW SINGLE Straight out of Kansas City, ​The Black Creatures new single “​True Friends”​ via ​Center Cut Records is OUT! The single is the first from their upcoming album ​By Thy Hand​ produced by Xavier, and written by Jade Green

Jameson Rodgers says one of his favorite songs on his new album is a hopeless heartbreaker called “One Day.” The mid-tempo song is a jagged blade that pierces the chest and twists with the final line of each chorus. It’s the kind of song you’d expect from someone who’s been through a breakup recently, but the newly married Rodgers

Dierks Bentley dreamed out loud about the possibility of buying concertgoers beer before he launched his Beers on Me Tour in August. In the new video for “Beers on Me,” Bentley and his collaborators Hardy and Breland do their best to keep Nashville a little tipsy by handing out cans of brew to unsuspecting strangers.

Keb’ Mo’ and Darius Rucker go back to their roots with “Good Strong Woman,” a new single with an accompanying music video out now. The song reflects on the importance of finding meaningful, steady relationships, with a heavy emphasis on family. Rucker features as a vocalist, and the lighthearted music video shows the two artists

Reba McEntire‘s Living & Learning Spotify podcast returned for Season 2 on Monday (Oct. 25), and she kicked off the season with a particularly special guest: Her boyfriend, actor Rex Linn. McEntire and Linn started dating in early 2020, but they met much earlier: In 1991, both were on the set of the Kenny Rogers TV

October 24, 2021 FEATURED, Music News Christina Aguilera’s Fiery New Song ‘Pa Mis Muchachas’ Christina Aguilera is soon to release a Spanish-language album, her first since Mi Reflejo in 2000. The first offering of the new music comes in the upbeat track “Pa Mis Muchachas”, featuring Becky G, Nicki Nicole, and Nathy Peluso. “Pa Mis

Country stars have long been known to speak their minds through their lyrics, but usually not using four letter words. While it’s common in other genres to have two different versions of a song — one clean and one explicit — it’s really pretty rare in country music. But we’ve found a few country stars

Brandi Carlile won three Grammy Awards in 2019 on the strength of her album By the Way, I Forgive You, a collection that earned the prize for Best Americana Album as well as Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song for “The Joke.” Her 2021 album In These Silent Days was recorded with

Pistol Annies have returned to the scene in the holiday spirit with their newest album Hell of a Holiday, which includes the playful song “Come on Christmas Time.” The song begins with “Lone Star Annie” Miranda Lambert delivering a flirty first verse: “I’ve got a crush on Santa / I wanna ride his sleigh / He’s got

The competition is heating up on The Voice Season 21, and Monday (Oct. 25) brought the first night of the Knockout Rounds. Winding down to the final minutes of the two-hour program, Team Kelly’s Girl Named Tom went up against the talented Holly Forbes, showcasing their stellar sibling harmony on Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman.” Before their performance, the band

October 24, 2021 FEATURED, Music News First Look At Khalid’s New Mixtape ‘Scenic Drive’ Shares First Single ‘Present’ Khalid released a new single, “Present,” taken from his upcoming mixtape, Scenic Drive, out December 3. In a press release Khalid explained the track saying; “I’ve had the chance to listen to a lot of music and

Luke Bryan provided roadside service to a single mom in need on Sunday morning (Oct. 24). Courtney Potts was stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire and her two young kids when Bryan pulled up alongside her. Video from Potts’ Instagram account shows the megastar on his knees, working a tire iron to help get

Brandi Carlile made her Saturday Night Live debut this weekend with explosive performances of “Broken Horses” and “Right on Time” that earned extended applause from the studio audience. Carlile will take that captivating stage presence on the road in 2022 with the headlining Beyond These Silent Days Tour, which gets underway next summer. Named for

Country trio Pistol Annies have released their first-ever Christmas album, Hell of a Holiday. Out Friday (Oct. 22), the 13-song collection features three covers and ten originals, including the ebullient title track. “​​It’s gonna be a hell of a holiday and it’s only just begun / The whole world is decorating and it’s only November

Rising star Brittney Spencer is set to hit the road for her first-ever headlining run at the end of 2021. Her In a Perfect World Tour — which is named after a line from “Sober and Skinny,” a song she put out over the summer — kicks off Dec. 2 at Rockwood Music Hall in

October 25, 2021 FEATURED, Music News A Soulful Debut From UK Breakout Star Mimi Webb With Her EP ‘Seven Shades Of Heartbreak’ [embedded content] After building anticipation worldwide, UK pop singer and songwriter Mimi Webb proudly presents her debut Seven Shades of Heartbreak EP. Listen to it HERE via Epic Records. The seven-track project places her show-stopping vocals, eloquent songwriting, and undeniable

Miranda Lambert sure lives in style. The country superstar has pretty diverse taste in spectacular homes, but they have one thing in common: they are absolutely beautiful. Lambert and her first husband, Blake Shelton, owned a home together in Nashville, though pictures of that property have yet to emerge. They also lived together in Oklahoma,

Flatland Cavalry have come a long way, both literally and figuratively. When the band’s singer, Cleto Cordero, speaks with Rolling Stone, he and the band are in Texarkana, on the eastern border of his home state of Texas, having driven all the way from the West Texas city of Odessa — not quite the entire

Ava Rowland currently finds herself living a life that she could previously only dream of. The Ohio native is continuing to climb the steps toward country music stardom in the future thanks to songs such as “He’s Like a Habit” and “Mama’s Favorite Song.” But with her new single “Ghost,” she’s taking a moment to look

Olivia Newton-John has been battling Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer for years, and in a new interview on the Today show, she says she’s “feeling pretty good” due to medical cannabis. The pop superstar and actor appeared on the show on Oct. 20 to talk to Hoda Kotb about the 40th anniversary of her iconic

It’s been 40 years since Neal McCoy said “I do” to his wife, Melinda Williams — after their romance began in a shoe store. The very first time that McCoy laid eyes on Williams, he was working at his first job, at a shoe store in the mall, and she was working at another store. “She came

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit played night six of their eight-night Ryman Auditorium residency on Friday and featured Allison Russell opening the show with songs from her solo album Outside Child. During Russell’s set, Isbell popped onstage to be the Tom Petty to Russell’s Stevie Nicks on a cover of the 1981 duet “Stop

Chris Stapleton and Rage Against the Machine frontman Tom Morello have joined forces for a roots-rock epic, “The War Inside.” A sunset-tinged, animated music video, which follows a couple driving backwards in time across a disaster-ravaged American landscape, accompanies the song. Displaying Stapleton’s singular vocals and Morello’s famous blend of heavy metal and hip-hop guitar sounds, “The

Jessie James Decker has announced a full scale tour for next spring. Her 2022 The Woman I’ve Become Tour includes 24 stops across the country. Decker and opening act Adam Doleac will begin on April 14 in Detroit and stay on the road through early June, finishing at the Mission Ballroom in Denver, the city in

Country music singers relied on the hits in creating the best new Christmas songs of 2021. Lee Brice, Brett Eldredge, Josh Turner, Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and more recorded Christmas standards for albums, EPs and digital releases this year. Tops on our list of new country Christmas songs? Wilson’s cover of George Strait’s “Christmas Cookies.” The best

Billy Strings got his start in bluegrass music, but he’s been steadily expanding his sound and allowing shades of psychedelia and metal to filter into his recent albums. For his debut on Austin City Limits this weekend, however, the Michigan singer-guitarist goes back to his roots to perform a lively version of “Red Daisy.” Flanked by

Zac Brown Band deliver some much-needed feel-good energy in the music video for the title track of their just-released new album, The Comeback. Like the lyrics of the song — and the album as a whole — ZBB’s “The Comeback” video speaks directly to the current cultural moment, underscoring the difficulties many have faced during the COVID-19

Brandi Carlile joins Elton John to celebrate the “Simple Things” in a new collaboration. The song features the two in jubilant, knowledge-dispensing harmony over a jaunty, piano-driven melody. “Simple things / Hard to learn / Fire’s hot / Burn, burn, burn,” goes the song’s chorus. “Simple truths / Hard to see / Not what you want, but what