Amanda Shires has been hosting the livestream series Iso Lounging, often with her husband, Jason Isbell, from their home outside Nashville during quarantine. (Having a stained-glass backdrop at your disposal is pretty convenient if you’re a musician who wants to stage cool-looking shows in lockdown.) This past weekend, the couple brought on keyboardist Peter Levin
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Jay Allen knows that the right person can make you feel like a rockstar. The country newbie honors the woman who has him thinking he’s Superman in his new single “Cool.” In Allen’s new song, love has him feeling way cooler than he is: like “a certified big-city gangster … with a grill made of 24-karat gold” and
If you’ve never heard of the Chicago indie band, The PondHawks, you should give them a listen. This band has been making chart-topping music since 2010. They have a fan base of over 600,000 and have repeatedly topped the global Indie chart on Reverbnation’s 4 million artists platform. Several of their releases have made the
Eleven years ago today (Aug. 10, 2009), Brooks & Dunn shocked and saddened fans all over the world by announcing their split, after more than 20 years together. “After 20 years of making music and riding this trail together, we have agreed as a duo that it’s time call it a day,” Kix Brooks and
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill sure know how to live the good life. In addition to their multiple lavish residences in the Nashville area, the superstar couple owned a spectacular mansion in a posh area of California that’s like something out of a movie. McGraw and Hill’s 11,000-square-foot, six-bedroom, nine-bathroom residence in the high-dollar area
After gathering 4 million streams in under a few months, garnering success on Tik Tok, and receiving acclaim from Wonderland, Consequence of Sound and more, 19-year-old UK singer/songwriter Mimi Webb unveils a new single and music video entitled “I’ll Break My Heart Again.” Get it HERE via Epic Records. Watch it HERE. In the cinematic visual, she awakens in a bed set under
Cam and Old Crow Medicine Show are among the artists confirmed to perform for “Live at the Ryman,” a new ticketed livestreaming series at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The series kicks off Friday, August 14th with a performance by the duo For King & Country and runs weekly through September 18th. Additional artists confirmed to participate
Go ahead, call Jerrod Niemann‘s “Tequila Kisses” an experiment, but remember there’s precedent. The hitmaker’s new song does more than double down on his biggest hit to date. Niemann says he and good friends Lee Brice and Jon Stone wrote about a wild night out, where you meet someone special and hit it off. Patient
In October of 2019, Luke Bryan released “What She Wants Tonight” as the second single from his 2020 album Born Here, Live Here, Die Here. Co-written by the country star at home with three ace tunesmiths, the song became Bryan’s 24th career No. 1 single in late March of 2020. Below, Bryan shares the story behind
Seventeen years ago today (Aug. 9, 2003) was a big day for Alan Jackson: It was on that date that his duet with Jimmy Buffett, “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” hit the top of the charts, where it stayed for eight weeks. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” was the debut single from Jackson’s Greatest Hits II album. Written
Jay Ham debuts an unforgettable summer anthem on his new single, “Ooh La La,” due out August 7th, 2020. A native Californian, Jay has been inspired by an incredible mix of musicians and genres, from Jazz to Rap and even country music. He began writing and performing during a stint in Ohio, where he met
Just before Christmas last year, Tucker Beathard had his worst fear realized — tragically losing a member of his close-knit family. Beathard’s younger brother Clay was one of two men killed after a December 21st altercation outside of a Nashville bar. Clay was just 22. “I was always scared of something like this happening,” Beathard,
The Avett Brothers look inward, and make a promise of everlasting love, in their new song “I Go to My Heart.” Readers can hear the track, released on Friday (Aug. 7), above. In “I Go to My Heart,” from the Avetts’ forthcoming The Third Gleam, Scott and Seth Avett find that, when you strip everything away, your
Clay Walker and his wife Jessica are expecting their fifth baby together in 2021. Walker reveals that boy is due in January, and they already have a name picked out. Christian Walker (after the singer’s grandfather Christian) will give Clay and Jessica four sons and one daughter. The 50-year-old country hitmaker also has two daughters
Forty-five years ago today (Aug. 8, 1975) is a day Hank Williams Jr. would most likely rather forget. It was on that date that the country star suffered a near-fatal accident while climbing Ajax Peak in Beaverhead County, Mont. While Williams Jr. was hiking up Ajax Peak, the snow beneath him collapsed, causing him to fall about
MGK has teamed up with old collaborator Blackbear on his latest track titled ‘My Ex’s Best Friend.’ The song serves as the second track to arrive off the forthcoming project. He previously shared his Travis Barker collab ‘concert for aliens‘. Both songs will appear on Machine Gun Kelly’s forthcoming new album Tickets to My Downfall,
In June 1970, Elvis Presley made the trip east from his Graceland home in Memphis to Nashville, where he holed up in RCA Studio B on Music Row for five days of recording. Presley, who was in the midst of his Las Vegas comeback at the International Hotel, was joined by Music City sessions players
Kane Brown and Nelly add a vibrant twist to a remixed version of Brown’s song “Cool Again.” The country star and hit rapper teased a new rendition of the song in a recent Instagram video shared by Nelly, who called it “one of the dopest tracks that I’ve done thus far.” The two make good on the promise with
Sixteen years ago today, on Aug. 7, 2004, Reba McEntire soared to the top of the charts with the song “Somebody,” from her platinum-selling Room to Breathe album. Written by Dave Berg and Sam and Annie Tate, “Somebody” was first recorded by Mark Wills, who included it on his Loving Every Minute album, but it
Luke Bryan‘s Born Here, Live Here, Die Here is a more mature album than its singles might lead you to believe. “Knockin’ Boots,” “What She Wants Tonight” and “One Margarita” are the most fun listeners will find on the country superstar’s new album, out Friday (Aug. 7). That’s not to say Bryan’s latest effort is
Multi-Grammy Award winning mega producer, Hit-Boy and the famous underground L.A. rapper, Dom Kennedy have released their brand new album. The leading single “ City on Lock ” features legendary rapper, Nas, which was released friday along with the album. Hit-Boy is known for his prodigious hits with Nipsey Hussle, Jay-Z, Kanye, Drake, Beyonce and more. In January, he
At the start of this week, Priscilla Block was not widely known. The country-music singer-songwriter had just started to make a name for herself on TikTok with 330,000 followers, but had yet to break into the mainstream. That changed with the release of “Just About Over You” on Wednesday evening. The emotive ballad quickly shot
Darius Rucker‘s ready to tune out the world and turn up the good times in his new single “Beers and Sunshine.” The feel-good track arrived on Thursday (Aug. 6). Rucker cuts through the B.S. in favor of some better B.S. in “Beers and Sunshine,” which he co-wrote with J.T. Harding, Josh Osborne and Ross Copperman,
Lost Saints are ready for a party in their new single, “Hook Up.” The rising country trio is debuting their sophomore single with The Boot; press play below to listen. Written by Lost Saints member Chris Biano along with Brandon Chase and Quinn Loggins, “Hook Up” is an upbeat, good-time soundtrack. Biano and his bandmates,
Randy Travis grew up in a big family, but never had any children of his own. There’s a reason for that. Travis — who recently released a new song called ”Fool’s Love Affair” — nodded in agreement as wife Mary Davis spoke about his raising in Marshville, N.C., and how it affected him as he got older. The
[embedded content] Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry was born 7th May 1968, in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish painter/textile artist Monika Cherry (née Karlsson). Of Choctaw descent through his paternal grandmother and African-American through his grandfather, Cherry is the fourth of five siblings. He is the half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry (his mother’s daughter). Other half-siblings are violinist Jan Cherry, Christian Cherry,
In April, country duo Maddie & Tae were scheduled to launch their headlining Tourist in This Town Tour with rising trio Avenue Beat serving as their support. That arrangement fell apart due to the pandemic, but the performers still managed to collaborate on a couple new recordings for Spotify Singles, including a cover of Harry
Maddie & Tae are striking while the iron’s hot. They’ve enlisted viral TikTok trio Avenue Beat for a pair of tunes — one a Harry Styles cover, the other a reimagined original — on their new Spotify Singles release. The effort emerged Wednesday (Aug. 5) via the streaming platform. On both Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” and Maddie &
Kane Brown is honoring America’s military veterans with a very special new remix of his hit “Homesick,” and the proceeds are going to help our military heroes. The country superstar has partnered with Crown Royal and the Crown Royal Purple Bag Project to raise money and resources not only for veterans, but also for first responders
Marshall Tucker Band frontman Doug Gray was as close as brothers with Charlie Daniels over the decades, and he’s opening up about his 50-year friendship with the man he calls “the broad shoulders of all of us” after Daniels’ death at the age of 83. The friends met as young musicians in Nashville, and over