Music

“Wilder Days” singer-songwriter reunites with Sadler Vaden for first track from new album, also called Psychopath Morgan Wade is headlong in a kind of love she’s never felt before in “Psychopath,” the first single and title track from the “Wilder Days” artist’s second album. Psychopath the album will be released Aug. 25 via Sony Music

Iam Tongi will join his fellow American Idol finalists Megan Danielle and Colin Stough in competition during the Season 23 finale on Sunday (May 21). Ahead of the big night, Tongi has shared his first official single, “I’ll Be Seeing You.” The acoustic-led song was written by Francisco Martin VI, and in it, Tongi emotionally sings of

What is a concept album? Ask five people, and chances are, you’ll get five different answers. In a nutshell, however, a concept album is a collection of songs with some sort of unifying theme — whether that be lyrical, musical or spiritual. In country music, Woody Guthrie’s 1940 release Dust Bowl Ballads — a record about

Maroon 5 have returned with a new single called “Middle Ground,” via 222/Interscope Records. It marks the first release from the band since 2021. Maroon 5 are scheduled to perform the song live on the season finale of The Voice and debut the music video directed by David Dobkin on May 23rd. Email: neill@outloudculture.com Socials: @neillfrazer

Two of Nelson’s best LPs weren’t issued on vinyl upon their initial release Willie Nelson’s 1998 album Teatro stands as one of his latter-day best. It’s an immersive, transcendent listening experience produced by Daniel Lanois that features Emmylou Harris on haunting background vocals and finds Nelson reimagining songs like “Darkness on the Face of the

Sammy Kay “A Couple Cardinals” Carrying on the grand tradition of working-class New Jersey troubadours and the even grander tradition of Jersey punks who’ve turned folk, Sammy Kay‘s EP Inanna is big on story and melody. It’s also exceedingly intimate. The EP is just Kay, Americana wunderkind John Calvin Abney, and Cory Tramontelli in a hushed

Jimmie Allen turned to social media on Thursday afternoon (May 18) to offer a public apology to his wife, Alexis, for what he terms an “affair” after allegations of sexual assault surfaced against him, and he called himself a “victim of my weaknesses.” “I want to publicly apologize to my wife Alexis after humiliating her

Jimmie Allen has been accused of sexual battery, assault, and false imprisonment in a lawsuit filed against the country singer by one of his former managers. Related The lawsuit, filed in a Tennessee district court Thursday and obtained by Rolling Stone, details a series of alleged sexual assaults and other misconduct that the Jane Doe

When it comes to Jo Dee Messina‘s sophomore album, I’m Alright, the word “revisiting” almost seems out of place, even though twenty-five years have passed since its release in 1998. This feeling of uncertainty emerges because it’s impossible to revisit an album that you have never lost touch with in the first place. The songs on this album

It was a rare allusion to gun violence by a country music artist on a live broadcast The ACM Awards aired live from Texas on Thursday night in the Dallas suburb of Frisco — located just 12 miles from Allen, Texas, where a gunman killed eight people last weekend at a shopping mall. It was the

What do you do if you’re a flight attendant and you see your favorite country star sitting in the front row? Well, if you’re the Southwest Airlines crew whose flight roster recently included Randy Travis, you throw a party. That’s exactly what happened on a recent flight, when the airline crew saw the country star

Willie Nelson will take readers on a deep dive into the stories behind some of his most famous and beloved songs with his upcoming book. Written by Nelson with David Ritz and award-winning musician Mickey Raphael, Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs Written is set for release on Oct. 31, 2023, just days before his induction

The singer-songwriter is poised to have a breakout year with the upcoming Valley of Heart’s Delight Margo Cilker is keeping an eye out for an easier patch of ground in “Lowland Trail,” the first offering from her new album Valley of Heart’s Delight. The follow-up to Cilker’s acclaimed 2021 album Pohorylle, the new project will

Yep, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are Swifties! The power couple attended Taylor Swift‘s Philadelphia Eras Tour stop on Sunday night (May 14), and from the looks of the video they took at the concert, Swift had Urban and Kidman singing and dancing along to every song. “We had the BEST night!!!” Urban wrote on

Twenty-two years ago today, on May 12, 2001, Tim McGraw became a doctor — sort of. It was on that date that the singer received an honorary doctorate degree in humanities from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. McGraw was briefly enrolled at the University of Louisiana at Monroe before moving to Nashville; the future country

Just in time for Mother’s Day, GRAMMY® Award-winning, global superstar (and now soon-to-be mom of two!!!) Meghan Trainor unwraps her “Mother (Remixes)” today via Epic Records. Listen HERE. She recharged her empowering anthem with three new remixes courtesy of Ellis, secs on the beach, and j.bird – Meghan’s younger brother Justin Trainor. With an infusion of hyper dancefloor-ready energy and unlimited sass, these remixes each add

The Texas wildman brings horns and swag to his latest offering with producer Beau Bedford “Hit it, quit it, live it, spit it….get nasty,” Paul Cauthen croons in his new song “Hometeam.” Like the tracks on his 2022 album Country Coming Down, the song leans hard into funk sounds and swaggering attitude. In fact, it’s

Jimmie Allen won’t be booked for any jobs for the foreseeable future. United Talent Agency (UTA) has suspended the singer after a lawsuit was filed accusing him of assault and sexual abuse. The move follows a suspension by his record label and removal from next month’s CMA Fest in Nashville. Allen had stayed remarkably busy over

Happy 68th birthday to Kix Brooks! The singer was born on this day (May 12) in 1955, in Shreveport, La. Born into a musical family, Brooks grew up living close to country star Johnny Horton. The future country star played gigs around town with Horton’s daughter, performing at clubs and writing songs, before relocating as

Jamey Johnson, Chapel Hart, Jake Owen, Exile, and Randy Travis will all appear at June Jam 2023, Alabama’s long-running charity concert benefiting disaster relief in Alabama. Set for June 3 in Fort Payne, Alabama, it marks the revival of the festival, first held in 1982. Along with Alabama’s Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, June Jam

Kelly Clarkson is speaking out after a blockbuster report alleged that the work environment on her daily talk show, the Kelly Clarkson Show, is toxic and “traumatizing.” In a statement she posted to social media on Friday evening (May 12), the singing superstar and television personality says she has always “led with my heart and

Nashville‘s ratings had been falling when ABC announced that it was canceling the TV drama, but the response to the news left no question about fans’ passion for the series. Lucky for them, their calls to save the show were answered within a month. Created by Callie Khouri, Nashville aired on ABC for four seasons after debuting on

Deep inside every hard-hitting Pearl Jam grunge-a-palooza lurks a bluegrass hoedown dying to do-si-do. Eddie Vedder himself has proven this time and again by switching between the rock group and his own solo ukulele ballads. And now the long-running bluegrass quartet Iron Horse — who have strummed, chicken-picked, and mandolin-ified songs by Metallica, Van Halen,

Margo Cilker quietly broke the internet with her acclaimed debut album Pohorylle. Cilker’s meditative view of rural living netted her a nomination for UK Americana Album of The Year alongside Brandi Carlile and Robert Plant, and earned Cilker a slew of festival performances and tours supporting American Aquarium, Hayes Carll, and Drive-By Truckers. Today, Cilker is

Thirty-four years ago today (May 9, 1989) was one of the saddest days in the history of country music: It was on that date that Keith Whitley died, at just 33 years old. Whitley was found dead in his home by his brother-in-law, Lane Palmer, who had been with the singer-songwriter earlier that morning. The two men

There’s never been a duo quite like Brooks & Dunn. Originally staking out separate careers as solo artists, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn formed a pair at the suggestion of Arista Records founder Tim DuBois in 1990 and became the most successful duo in country music history. Certified six-times platinum, their 1992 debut, Brand New Man, spawned

Released in 1963, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan is often cited as one of the most influential and important albums of the 20th century. The record stands as one of the artistic centerpieces of the 1960s folk movement, thanks to its brilliant and raw lyrical imagery. One of that album’s most renowned tracks is “Don’t Think Twice, It’s

The 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards will be held tonight (May 11) and available to stream on Prime Video live from the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas, beginning at 8PM ET. An assortment of trophies were given out ahead of the star-studded ceremony, including the titles of New Female Artist of the Year, which

The most-nominated artist at this year’s ACMs commanded the stage with a hard-rock flourish Hardy brought an intense performance of “Truck Bed” to the 2023 ACM Awards in Frisco, Texas, where he was one of the evening’s top nominees. The song appears on Hardy’s album The Mockingbird & The Crow, which also features his recent

The country icon closed the show with the first taste of her upcoming album Rockstar Dolly Parton closed out the 2023 ACM Awards with the live debut of her new song “World on Fire.” Parton also co-hosted the two-hour show alongside Garth Brooks. Performing with a line of backup dancers that doubled as a choir,