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Old Crow Medicine Show’s rocking new holiday tune pays tribute to the band’s adopted hometown. Released today (Nov. 16), “Trim This Tree” blends elements of guitar-driven rock with samples of classic holiday favorites and Music City-centered lyrical imagery. From AirBNBs to pedal taverns, the band pays homage to familiar sights and scenes captured across the city.

Music City will welcome the new year with New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash on CBS, and the hosts for the night have officially been revealed. Country artists Jimmie Allen and Elle King and Entertainment Tonight anchor Rachel Smith have signed on to host the special. The special returns to CBS for the second

Vengeful murder ballad gets the cinematic treatment, with a stage shrouded in fog and the titular truck parked nearby Hardy and Lainey Wilson brought a harrowing tale of domestic violence and vigilante justice to the CMA Awards stage with their rendition of “Wait in the Truck,” currently just outside the Top 25 on country radio.

Miko Marks and Rissi Palmer will embark on a very special co-headlining tour this May. The two country talents are teaming up for nine acoustic performances, beginning with a stop at Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center as a part of their ongoing Millennium Stage Series. The pair will stop at cities across the U.S., including Boston,

New dad Scotty McCreery offers a peek into his wife Gabi’s recent pregnancy with the music video for his song “It Matters to Her.” To create the video, McCreery gathered home footage from every pregnancy stage and milestone, starting with the very first pregnancy test and leading all the way up to the birth of

Miranda Lambert picked up the most nominations when the Recording Academy announced the country music Grammy nominees on Tuesday. Lambert, a perennial contender, found herself nominated in all four of the country categories, the only performer to do so for the 2023 Awards. Lambert’s 2022 album Palomino clearly resonated with Grammy voters. In addition to

Born Nov. 14, 1957, accomplished singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters has proven herself as one of the genre’s most gifted lyricists. Although she began honing her musical talents at a young age, her career quickly skyrocketed after she moved from her childhood home of Boulder, Colo., to Nashville in 1988. Through the early to mid-1990s, Peters penned

Carly Pearce‘s 29: Written in Stone album was an open-hearted chronicle of her journey through loss, grief and divorce, and though she’s now moving on to her next music chapter, the singer has promised the same level of authenticity in her next batch of music. In a recent live performance of an unreleased new song

Talented country trio Chapel Hart will hit the road for their first headlining tour in 2023. Sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and cousin Trea Swindle won the hearts of America’s Got Talent viewers earlier this year but have been steadily making their mark on country music for years. Over the past few months, the Poplarville,

Garth Brooks will make his return to the Las Vegas Strip in 2023 when his new residency Garth Brooks/Plus One gets underway at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The Country Music Hall of Fame member made the announcement on Monday morning. The new shows will begin next May and run through the end of the

Rocks the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival is returning to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for its 10th year in a row, and festival organizers have officially announced the more than 30-artist, genre-spanning lineup. The festival will take place across three nights on April 14-16, 2023, and Kenny Chesney, Eric Church and Shania Twain have been named as

The Kentucky natives sing in honor of their home state, which saw historic flooding earlier in 2022 Entertainer of the Year nominee Chris Stapleton brought out five-time CMA winner Patty Loveless for a haunting collaboration on “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at the 2022 CMA Awards. The performance aimed to lift up the state of

The Eagles were one of the most popular musical acts in the world in the 1970s, but they ground to a halt in the first year of the new decade of the 1980s with a disjointed, piecemeal album that stands as an appropriate testament to the band’s inner dysfunction. The rock and country icons released

Toby Keith worked the BMI Country Awards stage like a paid public speaker in accepting his BMI Icon Award on Tuesday (Nov. 8). The full 12-minute acceptance speech includes several stories and lessons for the next generation. It’s also heavy on gratitude. The moment also marks his first country music industry appearance since last June,

Michael Trotter and Tanya Blount join John and TJ Osborne to revamp “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)” Brothers Osborne teamed up with the War and Treaty for a blistering performance of the Rolling Stones’ “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It”) at the 56th CMA Awards. Both duos put

To hear frontman Cleto Cordero tell it, the inspiration behind Flatland Cavalry‘s new EP, Songs to Keep You Warm, seems a little bit divine. It was the end of a long touring weekend earlier in 2022, and when Cordero finally got back home to his own bed, he was immediately struck by a near-fully-formed vision

Born Sept. 30, 1958, Mississippi native Marty Stuart has become one of the most accomplished and beloved figures in country music, bluegrass and beyond. Before making a name for himself as a solo artist, he honed his skills while touring with legendary artists like Lester Flatt and Johnny Cash in the 1960s and 70s. In

Top-tier headliners Kenny Chesney, Shania Twain, and Eric Church will perform at the 2023 Tortuga Music Festival, which announced its lineup on Friday. The marine conservation-minded event will return to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for three days of music April 14 to 16. Additional performers across the weekend include an intriguing mix of country stars and

Today (Nov. 8) marks Election Day in the United States, when millions of Americans head to the polls to cast their vote. The midterms are comprised of hundreds of elections in both state and local governments, including races that determine what candidates will fill seats within the House of Representatives, Senate and Congress. As citizens

Anyone who has been following Lainey Wilson over the past few months knows just how big a deal it was to the rising star to walk the 2022 CMA Awards red carpet with her dad, Brian Wilson, on Wednesday night (Nov. 9). Over the past several months, the singer’s father has dealt with a harrowing

The 2022 CMA Awards were a mostly predictable affair with a few pleasant little surprises — and we’re so grateful for it. Between the maelstrom known as Ye, the upending of the already chaotic Twitter, and the high stakes of the midterms, there’s enough wacky shit afoot without having to endure some stupid drama unfolding

The 56th annual CMA Awards took place Wednesday night, Nov. 9 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. This year’s show, co-hosted by Luke Bryan and former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, included a lengthy list of performances and tributes by the genre’s biggest talents. First-time nominee Lainey Wilson snagged the most CMA Awards nominations this year, with six, including New Artist of the Year

Billy Strings and his father, Terry Barber, have shared “John Deere Tractor,” a new track from their forthcoming collaborative album Me/And/Dad, due out on Nov. 18. Released on Friday (Nov. 4), “John Deere Tractor” is a plucky, bouncy tune accompanied by the fiddle of Michael Cleveland. The track is a letter home to the narrator’s mother about his desire

Jimmie Allen will no longer be performing at the 2022 CMA Awards on Wednesday night (Nov. 9). The singer shared a message on Twitter Wednesday afternoon, sharing that he is feeling “under the weather” and won’t be able to sing. Allen was set to perform “Out in the Middle” alongside Zac Brown Band and Marcus King. “I

Two CMA Awards winners were revealed on Wednesday morning’s episode of Good Morning America, several hours ahead of the show’s televised broadcast on ABC. Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde’s duet about cheating and regrets, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” was named Musical Event of the Year, and Cody Johnson’s breakout hit “‘Til You Can’t”

Country group Alabama – comprised of Randy Owen, Jeff Cook and Teddy Gentry – formed as Wildcountry in 1969, but it wasn’t until the late ’70s and ’80s (and their name change) that they began seeing success. When success did come, though, it was monumental. Alabama’s road to country superstardom began with their first single on RCA Records, “Tennessee River,” which began a

Chris Lane joins a new genre-bending track with Nelly: “Birthday Girl” is a mashup of country twang and hip-hop bump. The “Big, Big Plans” singer helps the frequent country collaborator tell the story of a girl going out on her birthday. She picks out her favorite outfit and hits the club to dance like no one is

Three of country music’s most celebrated female acts will kick off the 2022 CMA Awards with a tribute performance honoring another monumental woman of the genre: Loretta Lynn. Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Reba McEntire have been announced as the performers singing in tribute to Lynn on the CMA Awards stage, in what will also

When Nikki Lane was in eighth grade in Greenville, South Carolina, her basketball coach approached the chalkboard and scribbled “Complacency Kills” for her and her fellow middle-schoolers to digest. It lit a fire under the future country singer. “Oh, that just burned me,” Lane tells Rolling Stone. “I grew up broke. I wanted money. I

Since 1967, the CMA Awards have lauded some of country music’s biggest stars. From its beginnings as an untelevised ceremony at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium to the star-studded, must-tune-in event that it is today, it’s been a night of wins, losses and celebration. While every CMA Awards show holds something special — from the hosts and