Carrie Underwood is one of the biggest stars in contemporary country music, but it wasn’t that many years ago that she was just another young singer looking for a break. Underwood was almost entirely unknown when she auditioned for American Idol on Aug. 8, 2004, in St. Louis, Mo. The clip above shows the young singer
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Years ago, Phoebe Hunt spent an afternoon at an audition with a friend. She’s gone on a whim, but when the time came, she simply couldn’t follow through with the opportunity. “While we were there, the audition atmosphere kicked in,” Hunt recalls, “and my friend started saying weird things to me like, ‘I can’t do
Glen Campbell was undoubtedly one of the greatest guitarists in the history of recorded music, but a video compilation of his best solos over the years is still amazing, even if you know that going in. Though Campbell’s own hit records gravitated toward song-based recordings that mostly featured an emphasis on vocals, with relatively simple
Lynyrd Skynyrd have canceled four shows from their current summer tour after guitarist Rickey Medlocke tested positive for Covid-19. “Due to unforeseen circumstances, Lynyrd Skynyrd is unable to perform the next four shows in Canton, OH, Jackson, MI, Atlanta, GA and Cullman, AL,” the band wrote on social media Saturday. “Longtime band member Rickey Medlocke
August 8, 2021 FEATURED, Music News Pop Artists Nea & Shy Martin Team Up For The New Single “No Regrets” (Credit: Jasmin Storch) Acclaimed Swedish artists & songwriters Nea and SHY Martin have released a brand new collaboration titled, “No Regrets.” The song is out now here. Watch the official video here. After working together for years as songwriters writing for others, longtime
Rodney Crowell is one of those rare talents who has found success as both a singer and a songwriter in equal parts. As a recording artist, he’s released more than 20 studio albums, earned a couple of Grammy Awards and taken five singles to No. 1. As a songwriter, he’s written hits for everyone from Waylon Jennings to Keith
Luke Bryan recalls the time he did get to spend with his late brother Chris in a new song called “Songs You Never Heard.” He describes it as a centerpiece of his new IMDB docu-series, set to launch on Friday (Aug. 6). Josh Osborne and Luke Laird wrote “Songs You Never Heard” after watching clips
The Mavericks are one of the most innovative country bands around. Formed in Miami, Fla., in the late 1980s — and fronted by vocalist Raúl Malo — the band melds traditional country, blues and soul sounds with Latin instrumentation and styles. The group first broke big with their third album, 1994’s platinum-selling What a Crying Shame,
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real performed three songs from their latest album A Few Stars Apart for CBS This Morning’s Saturday Sessions. For the performance, the band showcased “Perennial Bloom (Back to You),” “More Than We Can Handle,” “Giving You Away” from their album, which Nelson and company wrote and recorded during the pandemic
August 6, 2021 FEATURED, Music News “IT’S TIME FOR HIP HOP IN NYC” FREE CONCERTS!!! (only 2 days left to get your tickets) MAYOR DE BLASIO AND ROCKY BUCANO ANNOUNCE “IT’S TIME FOR HIP HOP IN NYC” FREE CONCERTS TO BE HELD DURING NYC HOMECOMING WEEK, AUGUST 14-22Concerts to air exclusively on Twitch channel Behind
Chris Young‘s fans had to wait a bit longer than usual for his new album, but he thinks the wait will be more than worth it. Collaborations with Kane Brown, Lauren Alaina and Mitchell Tenpenny dot the 14 songs on Famous Friends, each showing the singer’s versatility, as well as his willingness to stand alongside
Jake Owen‘s new single “Best Thing Since Backroads” is most like his second radio release from Greetings From … Jake. It’s a progressive throwback, if one will allow such a contradiction. An Alabama-esque guitar (this time an acoustic/electric combo) opens this new song, as it did the shuffling “Down to the Honky Tonk” in 2018. But
Garth Brooks released his mega-hit “Friends in Low Places” in 1990, and the song became an instant classic, winning Single of the Year at both the CMA and ACM Awards and spending four weeks at No. 1 on the charts. But while you likely know the lyrics by heart — what country music fan doesn’t?!
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 they come, and had done
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
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