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There is a special role in life that quite a few people get to play, and that is the role of grandparent. Some say being a grandfather or grandmother is better than being a parent, because you get to have all of the fun with the kids without having to deal with the more stressful

Country legend will play Austin’s Long Center on October 17, exactly a half-century after he featured on ACL’s pilot episode in 1974 Exactly 50 years after Willie Nelson appeared on the debut episode of Austin City Limits, the country legend will once again return to the long-running series for a special concert celebrating its half-century

Keith Urban says the final song on his new High album is the most personal song he’s ever released. “Break the Chain” is about evaluating how you were raised, and (to borrow from the bridge) taking the best and discarding the rest. “We didn’t get to choose our family of origin or where we were

Song features on country artist’s upcoming Last Leaf on the Tree album, out this fall The producer of Willie Nelson‘s upcoming Last Leaf on the Tree album — Nelson’s son, Micah — has said that the through line for the LP is “facing death with grace.” On the surface, Nelson’s latest single, a cover of

Most of us probably have some sort of memory of our parents hosting a Tupperware sales party in our living room while we had to stay in our bedroom and hide. The company has been a household name since its creation in the 1940s. Over the years, the designs have modernized, but the mission has remained

Texas country artist Joshua Ray Walker, known for songs like “Voices” and “Lot Lizard,” has launched a GoFundMe upon revealing that his 2023 cancer diagnosis had unexpectedly spread.  Walker told fans late last year that he’d been diagnosed with colon cancer; he subsequently underwent surgery in January before beginning chemotherapy. In a note shared on

When it comes to Beyoncé‘s exclusion from the 2024 CMA Awards nominees list, Dolly Parton can’t help but wonder whether the awards show is simply offering preference to the artists who do country music full-time. “I guess probably, the country music field, they probably thought, ‘Well, we can’t really leave out some of the ones

Rap artist Fat Joe is back with his latest single, Paradise, featuring DJ Khaled and Anitta, following their electrifying performance at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. Alongside the song release a music video was also dropped that was filmed in uptown Manhattan, featuring scenes on the famous Dyckman Street and a club setting with

When John Oates moved to Nashville in 2010 to work on his next solo album, he didn’t do what so many pop stars before him had done and pander to a mainstream country music audience. Instead, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member immersed himself in the city’s roots music community, collaborating with pickers,

Miranda Lambert is a longtime fan of Beyonce and believes it makes sense that her fellow Texan wanted go cowboy. The “Wranglers” singer is not afraid of pop crossovers. In fact, when the effort is authentic, Lambert says she finds the results inspiring. Lambert’s new album Postcards From Texas dropped on Friday (Sept. 13). She’ll receive the Country Icon

Katy Perry has returned with another infectious single I’m His, He’s Mine. The pop star released the music video to her catchy collaboration with Doechii, which will be featured on her upcoming album 143. The music video, directed by Torso. The song and music video release comes after Perry received the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV VMAs on Sept.

There’s a reason we love fast food. It tastes delicious and is so easy to rationalize grabbing it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Maybe we’re running late, or it’s a Friday, or we had a long day and deserve it. Then there’s the quick convenience at the top of the list, too, on why fast

Simpson kicked off his new tour this weekend at the Greek Theatre in L.A. Sturgill Simpson made his eagerly awaited return to the road on Saturday, kicking off his first tour under the Johnny Blue Skies moniker at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre. According to the set list, Simpson and his band wove a number of

The actor stars in the clip for “Oak Island” off the country artist’s latest album, The Great American Bar Scene Zack Bryan’s ballad of brotherly love and strife, “Oak Island,” has received a new music video starring Casey Affleck.  The visual matches the song’s story of two brothers on divergent paths, one trying to save

On Reddit, a man explained his decision to kick his best man out of his wedding party after the best man spent the money for the bachelor party on his gambling addiction. “I’ve (35M) known my ‘best friend’ ‘Alex’ (32M) since we were kids, and I asked him to be my best man when I

Tommy Cash, country singer and brother of the late music icon Johnny Cash, has died at the age of 84. The Johnny Cash Museum confirmed Tommy’s death in a statement Saturday, “We are saddened to announce that the world lost a bright light last evening with the passing of Tommy Cash.” No cause of death

Planes, trains and automobiles are still the main forms of travel in the world. Some people don’t like to drive long distances, while some people don’t like to fly long distances. Whether you’re a flyer or driver, you might take a second to kiss the ground when you arrive, as the passengers of these two

Two voices that embody country’s future perform Wilson’s song as a stripped-down but powerful duet At the start of every Stephen Wilson Jr. performance, the songwriter announces exactly who he is to his audience: “I am my father’s son.” Those words form the basis of Wilson’s debut album Son of Dad, released last year and

Chelsea Cutler and Jeremy Zucker began teasing another Brent album via their socials not long ago, and now they’ve announced the album will be released on November 1. “Black & White,” is the first single from the project. “Brent III: the album is yours on November 1,” Cutler and Zucker jointly posted on Instagram, “When we sat down to write together again,

“I’m gonna make this next record the way I want to make it, no matter what it takes,” Price says Margo Price marks her return to country music on “Too Stoned to Cry,” a stunning ballad featuring Billy Strings. [embedded content] The track features the two musicians trading lines, supported by Russ Pahl’s gorgeous pedal

Alan Jackson’s daughter, Mattie Jackson, found love again after her first husband, Ben Selecman, died in a tragic accident. But she’s never forgotten the impact he had on her. Though she has since remarried (she and husband Connor Smith tied the knot in 2023), Ben is still very much a part of her life. September 12,

Summer Rona is a talented artist whose career spans music and film. She is a singer, songwriter, producer, director, and actress. Throughout her extensive career, she has garnered numerous awards and recognitions, and has toured globally, performing in seven languages. She has shared the stage with renowned artists like Jermaine Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Diana

“Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day?” Alan Jackson posed that musical question in the days after the terrorist attacks that took place on Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked planes struck the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon, while another plane crashed into

This spring, aspiring “indie outlaw” singer Sarah Gross performed a Patsy Cline-ified cover of “Red Wine Supernova” at a gig in Long Island. “Rip Hank Williams he would have loved Chappell Roan,” she wrote when she uploaded the video to TikTok in April, with a caption that’d soon become prophetic: “The honkytonk-ification of Chappell Roan is

Well, that’s certainly something you don’t see when cruising past a McDonald’s. One of the fast food chain’s franchisees is using red arches instead of the traditional “golden” or yellow ones that are on just about every other of location across the world. Does McDonald’s Always Have Golden Arches? Think about it: How many times

Fans have been waiting for Taylor Swift to make her 2024 presidential endorsement public, and she finally did so minutes following the Harris-Trump debate on Sept. 10. Just moments after the debate between current vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump closed Tuesday night, Swift posted a lengthy message to her Instagram account

The musician was stopped for expired tags in February 2023 and taken into custody one year later after a warrant was issued for his arrest Darius Rucker has pleaded no contest to drug-related misdemeanor charges of simple possession, casual exchange, and violation of registration law. The musician received a probation sentence of 11 months and

The breaking point for relationships usually involves something serious, but in this case, a husband reached his tipping point over a literal hot dog. In a Reddit post, a 25-year-old woman was married to her 29-year-old husband and believed until this explosion that they had a “good relationship.” One of her anonymous partner’s favorite foods

During his lifetime, David Bowie managed to score Number One hits in two different genres: the sleazy glam of “Fame” reached the top in 1975, followed by the dance-pop of “Let’s Dance” eight years later. One thing he never attained, though, was a chart-topping country hit. But now, eight years after his death, Bowie can

Oasis and Vevo debut a new installment of Footnotes, taking viewers behind the scenes of “Live Forever”, their first UK top-ten hit and the third single from their debut album Definitely Maybe. Following the announcement of their long-awaited reunion tour, the legendary British rock band saw a major increase in average daily music video views worldwide,