Music

Multi-award-winning country duo Brothers Osborne are back with three brand-new songs. Out now, the three-pack Nobody’s Nobody Sampler includes the title track, tender “Rollercoaster (Forever and a Day),” and the electrifying “Might As Well Be Me.” “Might As Well Be Me” is a scorching, hard-hitting anthem that celebrates positive changemakers and those willing to go

Country duo team with producer Mike Elizondo on their latest album project Brothers Osborne are back with their first new music since the deluxe edition of their album Skeletons. The award-winning country duo of TJ and John Osborne released three new songs on Friday, a little preview of an upcoming fourth studio album that has

To say Tanya Tucker is a trailblazer in country music would be an understatement. Since making her debut in 1972 with the now-classic track “Delta Dawn,” the singer has released an impressive 25 studio albums and amassed a long list of awards and recognitions, including six No. 1 hits and dozens of charted singles through the 1970s,

You know you’re a legend when you get name-checked – and Merle Haggard‘s name comes up in quite a few country songs. From newer artists such as Jake Owen to legends in their own right such as George Jones, many country artists share something in common: a love for “the Hag.” Jones’ 1985 record Who’s Gonna Fill Their

Husband-and-wife duo also talk about appearing in Sister Act 2 and learning to play on one of Saddam Hussein’s piano Husband-and-wife duo the War and Treaty stopped by the Jennifer Hudson Show Thursday to perform their “Have You a Heart,” the closing track on their recently released major label debut Lover’s Game. Prior to the

Ten years ago today, on April 6, 2013, George Jones performed what turned out to be his final concert, at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tenn. Jones’ final show was part of what was supposed to be his farewell tour, which was originally scheduled to end with the all-star Playin’ Possum! The Final No Show concert on Nov.

It’s been a big week for Tanya Tucker: Just days after being announced as a Country Music Hall of Fame class of 2023 inductee, the Texas native is ready to share more new music with fans. Sweet Western Sound, due out on June 2 via Fantasy Records, will serve as Tucker’s twenty-sixth studio album. The

Lucinda Williams will welcome this summer with a new album. The revered singer-songwriter’s latest, titled Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart, will arrive June 30 and includes guest appearances by a number of other songwriting luminaries, including Bruce Springsteen, Angel Olsen, and Tommy Stinson. It follows her 2020 release, Good Souls Better Angels. First

On the surface, it might have looked like a forgone conclusion when Maddie Marlow and Jonah Font got engaged in May of 2018. The happy couple originally met in high school and started dating when Marlow was a sophomore — but, like many teenage relationships, things were bumpy at first. “We were together my sophomore

Team Clarkson contender Holly Brand went up against her teammate Katie Beth during the latest edition of Season 23’s Battle Rounds on The Voice. On Monday night (April 3), Brand, a country songstress, and Beth, a pop singer, dueled it out on a cover of Ingrid Andress’ “Lady Like,” the title track from her 2020

“Midland’s The Last Resort Cruise” sets sail in April of next year with Orville Peck, Flatland Cavalry, Hayes Carll, Kaitlin Butts, and more joining the “Drinkin’ Problem” trio Few country bands embody the pirate lifestyle more than Midland — they’ve never met a bar they haven’t plundered. Now the “Drinkin’ Problem” country trio are taking

Multi-Platinum Grammy Award Winning Global Megastar Usher has released his first single in three years. “GLU”, the steamy single written and produced by Sean Garrett, Lil John, The Avila Brothers and Usher captures Usher at the top of his game — musically & vocally — and marks the creative reunion of Usher and L.A. Reid, who haven’t worked

Tanya Tucker, Patty Loveless and Bob McDill have been chosen as the Country Music Hall of Fame’s class of 2023. This year’s roster of inductees was unveiled during a live-streamed press event on Monday (April 3) hosted by Vince Gill. Tucker, who has been enjoying a recent career renaissance following the release of her critically acclaimed 2019 record While I’m Livin’,

You could be forgiven for tuning in to Sunday night’s CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas, and having the sensation that you’d stepped through a time portal into a mid-1990s VMAs or a mid-2000s CMAs, or a smoked-out arena in 1970s Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Because the annual fan-voted awards show, now filling the April slot of

The 2023 CMT Music Awards are airing tonight (April 2) on CBS and will be available to stream on Paramount+ live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas beginning at 8PM ET. Zac Brown Band were early winners in the night, taking home the award in the Group/Duo Video of the Year category for “Out in the

Seattle rapper Macklemore takes fans behind the scenes of the official music video for Grammy-winning single “Thrift Shop,” from his debut album The Heist in the latest installment of Vevo Footnotes, premiering today. The exclusive content is part of Vevo’s celebration to honor the historic 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop. Previously, Macklemore has worked with Vevo on a series

Emmylou Harris, an award-winning and history-making artist, has been creating incredible music for over six decades. Born on April 2, 1947, in Birmingham, Ala., Harris showed interest in the arts from a young age. That passion earned her a scholarship to attend the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at the University of North Carolina

Ketch Secor helped found the Episcopal School of Nashville, where his two young children are currently students. It’s a small, private Christian institution that has much in common with the Covenant School of Nashville, which was the site of a grisly mass shooting earlier this week that claimed the lives of three children and three

The Cadillac Three tap into the searing, lingering pain of missing a loved one in their powerful new track “This Town Is a Ghost.” In the song, frontman Jaren Johnston reflects on the loss of his father, former Grand Ole Opry drummer Jerry Ray Johnston, who died on Jan. 9, 2022, at the age of

The CMT Music Awards is saddling up and heading west this year to that beloved musical and cultural mecca of Austin, Texas. But while the scenery may be different, much will remain the same: two of the CMT Music Awards’ previous hosts will be leading the proceedings, the performance lineup will still run the gamut

The fourth month of the year, April includes many exciting occasions and observances, including the Boston Marathon, Record Store Day, Earth Day and April Fools’ Day, along with everyone’s least favorite day: Tax Day. But April also is the birthday month of a bunch of country stars. Sharing a birthday month with these fun (and not-so-fun) events

LeAnn Rimes and Wynonna Judd will re-create “The Honkettes” to honor the Southern rock band and guitarist Gary Rossington, who died earlier this month An all-star cast of guitar heroes, vocalists, and sidemen will pay tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, and

Country hitmaker Ty Herndon is teaming up with LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD to revive their star-studded Concert for Love and Acceptance this June. First held in 2015, the event will return as an in-person fundraiser for the first time since 2019 after being streamed as a virtual-only event for two years due to the COVID-19

We’re back with another edition of The Boot’s Weekly Picks, which highlights great new tracks from the world of country, Americana, folk and everything in between. This week’s list features a powerful and deeply personal story-song from Ron Pope, a message of affirmation from Bobby Stevens, while Brittany Ann Tranbaugh unpacks the mix of emotions that comes when navigating a long distance relationship.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have dropped the latest track off their upcoming album Weathervanes. Titled “Middle of the Morning,” it’s an easy-like-Sunday-morning jam that finds Isbell tapping into the power-singing he does on his live staple “Cover Me Up.” It’s also a contender for a new Isbell classic. [embedded content] “Well, I’ve tried

With their very first albums, these 10 country artists made a statement. From Johnny Cash in 1957 to the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks) in 1998, Connie Smith in 1965 to Chris Stapleton in 2015, these albums changed the game. Whether they ushered in a new sound, brought tradition back to the genre, filled a gap in the

In their brand new track “Middle of the Morning,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit offer a raw interpretation of the frustrations and fears many of us faced during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Penned while navigating lockdown at home, Isbell was forced to navigate a new normal away from the road and

Margo Price, Sheryl Crow, and Old Crow Medicine Show‘s Ketch Secor will join Nashville mayor John Cooper and Council Member Russ Pulley to honor victims of the March 27 shooting at The Covenant School. According to the Tennessean, the three singer-songwriters will be on hand for the Nashville Remembers vigil, which begins at 5:30 PM CT tonight (March 29) at Public