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The Country Music Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2023, with two of the genre’s most successful artists, Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless, marking the first time since 2011 that two solo women have been inducted in one year. Songwriter Bob McDill rounds out this year’s inductees. Tanya Tucker, who joins as the

Fifty-plus years later, Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline remains the crown jewel of his three-album stint in Music City. The record, released on April 9, 1969, edges out 1967’s John Wesley Harding and 1970’s covers-heavy Self Portrait. The folksier John Wesley Harding introduced the rock world to the future Jimi Hendrix hit “All Along the Watchtower,”

This year, Darius Rucker will release his first full album in six years with Carolyn’s Boy, and he is giving fans another taste of the forthcoming project with his newly-released radio single, “Fires Don’t Start Themselves.” The fun and steamy song was written by Dan Isbell, Ben Hayslip and Jacob Rice, and it finds Rucker singing about a

Much to my excitement, Ashley Kutcher has released a heartfelt new single “I Can’t Swim.” via Darkroom/Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada. The slow-building ballad tells an all-too relatable tale—giving in to the temptation of an ex. This marks the singer-songwriter’s second release this year, following her acclaimed Survive My Own Mind EP in late 2022. On “I Can’t Swim,” Kutcher mixes lust

George Strait won’t have to travel far to see fans this fall. The King of Country Music will perform back-to-back shows at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas — in his home state — on Nov. 17 and 18, 2023. The “Ace in the Hole” singer will be joined by Caitlyn Smith, who will be

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s music will continue to be a live attraction following the March death of the band’s last original member Gary Rossington. The remaining members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and family estates released a statement on Monday announcing the group’s plans to continue as a touring outfit, including a summer trek with ZZ Top this year.

Twenty-four years ago today (April 7, 1999) was an historic day for Shania Twain — and for country music. It was on that date that Twain’s 1997 album Come on Over was certified diamond, for sales of 10 million copies, making Twain the first female country artist to earn two diamond-certified albums (her sophomore record, 1995’s The Woman in

Ashley McBryde is known for sticking to her own path, even if it’s the road less traveled. That determined mindset is at the center of her new single “The Devil I Know,” out today (April 7).  Co-written by McBryde, Jeremy Stover and Bobby Pinson, the slow-building track poetically explores the life choices she’s made —

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