Rascal Flatts singer Gary LeVox has been hinting for a while now that he’s thinking about dropping a solo country album. On Friday (Nov. 13), he kicked off that new chapter with the release of a holiday original, “Christmas Will Be Different This Year.” LeVox penned his forlorn new tune with Natalie Hemby and composer Stephan Moccio,
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Scooter Braun, the music executive who acquired Big Machine Music Group in June of 2019, has sold the master rights to the six albums that country-turned-pop star Taylor Swift recorded during her deal with the record label. Variety reports that while the buyer is an unknown “investment fund,” the sale earned Braun a sky-high sum of more
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. Joy Oladokun, “Look Up” Joy Oladokun follows her 2020 album In Defense
At long last, Garth Brooks‘ 12th studio album is coming soon. The country star has been teasing the project for years, but by the end of 2020, it will officially be in fans’ hands. Brooks has been keeping his fans in the know about his new music through his Facebook Live series Inside Studio G. It’s how
Award-winning songwriter Luke Dick teams up with Dierks Bentley on “Blazer,” the newest release to come off of Dick’s upcoming project, Music From the Documentary Red Dog. “Blazer” is a groovy earworm dedicated to living a road-dog life that never goes out of style — just like an old-fashioned Chevrolet Blazer truck. Bentley and Dick trade
Twenty-six years ago today, on Nov. 16, 1994, Garth Brooks made history: It was on that date that Brooks’ third studio album, Ropin’ the Wind, which was released in 1991, was certified for sales of 10 million copies. The feat made Brooks the first country artist to have two albums earn diamond status. Prior to Ropin’
Chris Stapleton sings of a Covid Christmas in a pisser of a sketch on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Dressed in a gaudy Christmas sweater and full PPE — mask, face-shield, and gloves — the country singer plays guitar and delivers Yuletide parodies about Chlorox wipes, contactless curbside pickup, and that gift everyone wants to find underneath
Americana duo Surrender Hill returned to the site of a memorable gig for their new Guest Room Sessions performance. Joined by friend, fellow musician and local lawmaker Tom Crawford, the husband-and-wife pair sing their song “Waiting on a Dream” at Ellijay, Ga.’s Chateau Meichtry Family Winery. Originally solo artists, Robin Dean Salmon — raised in
Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell‘s new “The Problem” music video is as intimate as the song itself. The collaborators and real-life couple address each other, face to face, in the simple, yet emotional clip. Directed by Becky Fluke, Shires and Isbell’s “The Problem” video perfectly captures the conversation that the song chronicles, using live vocals
Seventeen years ago today (Nov. 15, 2003), Toby Keith earned his 12th No. 1 single with “I Love This Bar,” but chances are good that he had no idea just how much the song would affect his life. Written by Keith and Scotty Emerick, “I Love This Bar” describes the patrons of a local bar, who include
The 2020 CMA Awards were held earlier this week, pandemic be damned, with several tributes to country legends that were lost this year, including a Charlie Daniels medley, renditions of Joe Diffie and Kenny Rogers songs, and a Mac Davis’ “In the Ghetto.” Notably absent were mentions of the late John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker,
Eric Church knows it might come as a surprise to some fans that his next batch of music — including his single “Stick That in Your Country Song“ and “Hell of a View,” “Crazyland,” “Bad Mother Trucker” and more — was actually all written and recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “We made this project, we
Chris Stapleton‘s new song “Watch You Burn” addresses the shooter who killed dozens and injured hundreds more at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nev. The haunting track wishes for a different outcome in the tragedy, and cautions both the man who opened fire on the country music festival and all those
Chris Stapleton‘s new song about his late dog Maggie is a certified tearjerker. The multi-Grammy-winner and his wife Morgane bid farewell to their beloved dog in 2019, when she died at the age of 14. Her death and memory, however, serve as the inspiration for the appropriately titled “Maggie’s Song,” in which Stapleton chronicles her
Doug Supernaw, the Texas-born Nineties country singer who had a string of radio hits in the early part of the decade, including the 1993 Number One “I Don’t Call Him Daddy,” has died at 60 following a lengthy bout with lung and bladder cancer. Supernaw’s death was confirmed by his official Facebook on Friday. Born
It never fails: The CMA Awards are on, and Thomas Rhett’s kids want to stay up late and watch the entire show. It always sounds like a good idea … until the next morning. “They always do [stay up to watch the show], and we always pay for it in the morning,” Rhett shared with
Let’s go, girls! Shania Twain joins Kelsea Ballerini on a remixed version of the latter’s current single, “Hole in the Bottle.” A dang fine country drinking song, “Hole in the Bottle” comes from Ballerini’s newest album, Kelsea. An email to Ballerini from Twain prompted pair’s new collaboration on the song, the younger country star tells Kelleigh
Twenty-one years ago today, on Nov. 13, 1999, Garth Brooks performed double duty on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. The singer served as the host of the show, while his alter ego, Chris Gaines, performed as the musical guest. Brooks’ appearance on SNL was widely regarded as a success. The country music hitmaker shared a skit with
Kelsea Ballerini has recruited Shania Twain to join her on an updated version of her hit “Hole in the Bottle,” a track off the country singer’s 2020 album Kelsea. Ballerini said of the collaboration in a statement, “They say don’t meet your heroes…unless your hero is Shania Twain…then meet her, know her, and make music with her.
As Church Choir fans across the world celebrated Eric Church‘s first-ever Entertainer of the Year win at the 2020 CMA Awards, no one celebrated harder than the fan sitting across the table from the Chief himself: His fellow nominee in the category, Luke Combs. In fact, Combs’ elation at seeing Church win was visible on the
Easton Corbin knows a truth: Old lovers don’t make good friends, no matter how hard you try. He professes as much to a former flame in a brand-new song, premiering right here. In “Old Lovers Don’t Make Good Friends,” Corbin confesses that although he and his ex “promise[d] to call each other / Check in every now
The Country Music Association Awards may have been in full effect on Wednesday (Nov. 11), but that doesn’t mean other things weren’t going on in broadcastland — namely, the unmasking of the CMA 1990 Male Vocalist of the Year, Clint Black, and his wife of 29 years, actress and singer Lisa Hartman Black, on Fox’s hit
“No drama, just music.” That’s what an online marketing campaign promised for the 54th CMA Awards, in this year of utter chaos, struggle, and extreme loss. For three hours, we could all forget the “weight of the world.” Except, in reality, it was less of a return to normal and more of an opportunity to
Backstage at the 2020 CMA Awards, Carly Pearce was all smiles as she posed with her brand-new trophy. The singer won Musical Event of the Year ahead of the Wednesday night (Nov. 11) broadcast for “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” her hit duet with Lee Brice. It’s a first win for both Brice and Pearce,
Thomas Rhett drops references to no less than 16 country hits in his new single, “What’s Your Country Song.” Everyone from the Hanks Williams to Jake Owen and Ricky Skaggs to Garth Brooks earns a nod in this upbeat ode to the songs that soundtrack our lives. Like what Walker Hayes did in his 2018 single “90’s Country,” Rhett
Two members of Blake Shelton‘s team squared off to deliver a joint performance of Kane Brown‘s “Good as You” on The Voice on Tuesday night (Nov. 10) — with quite a bit of help from Brown himself. Brown joined Shelton on Tuesday night to serve as a mentor to his team members as the Season 19
Completing the trio of performing-rights organizations’ country-music events leading into the 2020 CMA Awards, ASCAP has announced its country winners. Like the SESAC and BMI country awards in recent days, the event honoring the year’s most-played country songs is being presented digitally but will be spaced out from November 9th to 12th. Old Dominion were
Luke Combs allowed himself a moment to think about what it’d be like if he wins Entertainer of the Year at the 2020 CMA Awards on Wednesday night (Nov. 11): Fans might see tears! On one hand, it’s not surprising that the man who wrote songs including “Beautiful Crazy” and “Better Together” is emotional, but
Morgan Wallen shows off his acting chops in the cinematic music video for “7 Summers,” an eight-minute musical film that sets a vintage visual to the singer’s wistful tale of lost love. The song, which first gained traction on the TikTok app and then officially came out in August, finds Wallen looking back on a past
Ronnie Milsap is ready to put you in the Christmas spirit with his cover of “Merry, Merry Christmas Baby,” made famous by Dodie Stevens in 1960. Milsap is putting an original spin on the holiday tune, staying true to his doo-wop sound that shows off his famous piano playing, accented by a smooth saxophone. The lyrics find the narrator sending