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North Carolina-based duo Violet Bell (Lizzy Ross and Omar Ruiz-Lopez) are preparing their most ambitious project to date. Due out on Oct. 7, the duo’s upcoming album Shapeshifter retells the story of the selkie, a mythical creature found in many Celtic and Norse folktales. In the tale, a fisherman steals the skin of a selfie, who can shift between human

Years before Carrie Underwood cemented herself as one of the biggest stars in mainstream country, she found some of her earliest musical inspiration from fellow Oklahoma native Vince Gill. Before taking the stage to close out this year’s CMT Giants special — a two-hour celebration of Gill’s over four-decade-long career airing Friday night (Sept. 16) — Underwood chatted

Billy Strings and Allison Russell were two of the top winners at the 2022 Americana Honors & Awards, held Wednesday at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Strings won Artist of the Year for the first time, while Russell was awarded Album of the Year for her acclaimed solo debut Outside Child. Strings was previously nominated

Three days down at AmericanaFest, two days to go. Thursday was the busiest day this week yet, packed full of killer showcases, panels and invite only events that provided the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the most high profile musicians in the Music City! Here are the five best things we saw on

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson has announced an ambitious new project that’s centered around a Shakespearian tragedy. Set for release on Oct. 28 via Oh Boy Records, Robinson’s upcoming album Built on Bones acts as a modern musical adaptation of Macbeth. The play tells the story of a Scottish general whose life takes a dark turn after encountering three witches. The trio

Bailey Zimmerman has announced plans for his debut project, and it’s coming this fall. An EP, Leave the Light On, will be released on Oct. 14. The project will feature nine tracks, including Zimmerman’s current Top 15 single, “Fall in Love.” The EP is available for pre-order now. The newcomer is also releasing fan-favorite song “Never Leave,” which gained traction on

The bearded outlaw performs a soulful version of Gill’s 1994 song for CMT Giants: Vince Gill, premiering Sept. 16 The world may have Vince Gill to thank for Chris Stapleton. As Stapleton points out just before performing a song of Gill’s for CMT Giants: Vince Gill, the Nineties star was an encouraging presence for younger

Kane Brown “Devil Don’t Even Bother” Kane Brown just released his brand new album Different Man, and one of the record’s highlights is “Devil Don’t Even Bother.” The song deftly combines a bitter country breakup song with the age-old Little Red Riding Hood story. Here, a scorned ex compares his’ cruel Tennessee old flame to the malicious

Seven months after the release of his last studio album, Blue in the Sky, Dustin Lynch returns with a sizzling stand-alone song that trades in warm weather jams like his current single — “Party Mode” — for something a little more seasonally appropriate. The new release, “Wood on the Fire,” describes a hot-and-cold relationship that’s

Country music has been loaded with babies in 2022. While many have already made their arrival, Chris Lane and his wife Lauren Bushnell are still waiting for their second child. The pair revealed this week that they are expecting another baby boy this fall. “We can’t wait to meet you baby BOY,” Bushnell writes on Instagram

Vevo, the world’s leading music video network, announces the release of Demi Lovato’s Official Live Performance of “FREAK,” off her new album, HOLY FVCK, out now (listen HERE). Vevo’s Official Live Performances are the result of close creative collaboration with artists and their teams, resulting in a series of very special exclusive performances. “FREAK” follows Demi Lovato’s previously released Official

Multi-artist concept record grew out of a songwriting exercise among McBryde and friends Ashley McBryde’s known for making rich character studies out of her songs, but she’ll lean all the way in on the new album Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, due out via Warner Music Nashville on Sept. 30. Among the guests on the multi-artist

The conference panels and award show may not start until today, but AmericanaFest was already in full swing on Tuesday with a plethora of official and unofficial showcases kicking off yesterday evening. We rounded up our favorite performances from them below in our recap of the best things we saw at day one of AmericanaFest

Angel Olsen and Sturgill Simpson have released a new duet version of “Big Time,” the title track from Olsen’s acclaimed 2022 solo album. “I love his voice,” says Olsen of Simpson in the song’s tongue-in-cheek lyric video, which you can watch below: “Big Time” relishes the domestic bliss of a loving relationship, rich with imagery of looking into a

Lainey Wilson took the stage during the 2022 ACM Honors broadcast on Tuesday night (Sept. 13), revving up the crowd with an energetic performance of “Workin’ Overtime” from Yellowstone. The ACM Honors recognized Yellowstone with the ACM Film Award at the ceremony, which took place at the iconic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Aug. 24

Country waltz is also the title track of Olsen’s latest LP Angel Olsen showed an affinity for working with classic country sounds on her latest album Big Time, which came out in June. On Tuesday, Olsen released an updated version of the title track, which features country maverick Sturgill Simpson. A lilting countrypolitan waltz about

Twenty-seven years ago today, on Sept. 13, 1994, Clay Walker released the song that would become his fourth No. 1 single. He’d cast a future star in its music video, too. If you blink, you’ll miss her, but actor Angela Kinsey — best known as Angela Martin on the U.S. version of The Office — appears in Walker’s “If

Randy Houser is giving fans another taste of this upcoming sixth studio album, Note to Self. The project is due to arrive on Nov. 11, but the singer has released another offering from it with “Rub a Little Dirt on It.” The simple track is a gentle reminder that although times can get tough, they are

Jake Blount, Emily Nenni, Joy Clark and over 140 more acts are set to perform at the 2023 Folk Alliance International (FAI) Conference. The eclectic annual event will take place Feb. 1-5, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The event welcomes members of the music industry, including hundreds of musicians from an array of genres, to highlight and celebrate folk music and

Tony! Toni! Toné! was an American soul/R&B band from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s. The band was composed of D’wayne Wiggins on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Raphael Saadiq (born Charles Ray Wiggins) on lead vocals and bass, and their cousin Timothy Christian Riley on drums, keyboards, and background vocals. Originally, the band went by “Tony, Toni, Toné” as a joke, until they

Oct. 11 concert in Lexington will aid victims of this summer’s catastrophic flooding This past July, 39 people died, and thousands were left homeless after record floods descended upon communities in eastern Kentucky. On Oct. 11, Chris Stapleton, Dwight Yoakam, and Tyler Childers — all of them natives of the Bluegrass State — will come together

Acclaimed duo The Cactus Blossoms‘ latest project pays tribute to one of music’s most beloved and celebrated songwriters. Brothers Page Burkum and Jack Torrey’s upcoming EP, If Not For You (Bob Dylan Songs Vol. 1) will hit streaming services on Sept. 30 via Walkie Talkie Records. Today (Sept. 12), The Boot readers are getting an exclusive sneak

Ever since it opened in December 2019, Shania Twain‘s “Let’s Go!”: The Las Vegas Residency has been providing support for the singer’s Shania Kids Can (SKC) Foundation, donating $1 of every purchased ticket to the cause. Now, as her residency concludes, the singer teamed with Live Nation Las Vegas and Caesars Entertainment to present SKC

The multi-platinum, Swedish production duo of Tobias Danielsson and Samuel Brandt collectively known as NOTD, have proved to the world that they are a force to be reckoned with since their debut in 2017. “Killing Me” is a killer collaboration featuring the irresistible projection of Hastings vocals partnered with NOTD’s electro-driven breath of fresh air.

Mya Byrne’s new song “Autumn Sun” was written as soon as the smoke cleared, literally. The California singer-songwriter was on the porch at home in Berkeley with her friends in the aftermath of the destructive and deadly California wildfires in 2018, sipping coffee and enjoying nature. “It was the first day we could be out,”

The Country Music Association announced nominees for the 2022 CMA Awards on Wednesday morning (Sept. 9). Newcomer Lainey Wilson earned six nominations has become the fourth country artist in history to earn six nominations in their first year on the CMA ballot. Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton and hit songwriter Shane McAnally earned five nominations each. Miranda

Seasoned singer-songwriter Jonathan Terrell keeps the honky-tonk close to home — in more ways than one — in his infectious new song ”Place Out Back,” which is exclusively premiering at The Boot today (Sept. 8). The track’s galloping groove, anchored by electric guitar and cleverly-layered auxiliary accompaniment, echoes the bustling electricity that wafts through the late night haze of a

John Michael Montgomery was involved in a serious bus crash on Friday (Sept. 9) that left three people injured. The country singer was on his way to a concert in North Carolina when the accident occurred. Montgomery says he’ll need several weeks to recover. WATE-TV in Campbell County, Tenn., shares that the country singer’s bus was traveling

Track is his second recent song recorded with producer Vance Powell Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has released a new single, “Born & Raised.” The rollicking track was recorded with producer Vance Powell and features Raconteurs bassist Jack Lawrence and Eagles of Death Metal drummer Julian Doro, along with keyboardist Mike Webb and steel guitarist Luke Schneider. The reflective song