Brothers Osborne have announced a 35-date tour next year. Their fourth album Brothers Osborne was released in 2023 and just scored a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album. The sibling duo of singer TJ Osborne and guitarist John Osborne will kick off their newest slate of live shows in March …
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Chris Stapleton and Mickey Guyton were the top nominees in the country music categories when the Grammy Awards announced their nominations on Tuesday. Stapleton and Guyton will compete in the same three categories: Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Song, and Best Country Album. Stapleton’s nominations come on the strength …
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The 55th CMA Awards tried to restore a sense of normalcy to country music, following another year of the pandemic, a scandal with one of its rising stars, and a genre that is fracturing along political and cultural lines. For the most part, the CMAs succeeded: fans were back inside …
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& ldquo;One of our girls brought a riddle home the other day,”saysKeith Urban, the New Zealand-born Grammy winner.“She said, ‘Dad, imagine that you’re in a room and there’s no windows, no doors, solid floor, solid roof, solid walls. How do you get out?’ “I sat there for ages, trying to …
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Miranda Lambert dials up the Wild West imagery in a brand new song. “If I Was a Cowboy” is peppered with references to wanted posters, tumbleweeds, and six-guns, and is the country singer’s first solo single since “Settling Down,” off the Wildcard album. “If I was a cowboy, I’d be …
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On his album Starting Over, Chris Stapleton’s “Cold” is a rumbling, ominous dirge about a love extinguished. Onstage at the CMT Artists of the Year awards, Boyz II Men maintained the brooding feel of the original, but framed it around their exquisite three-part harmonies. The R&B vocal group paid tribute …
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Billy Strings, the 28-year-old guitar phenom, was named Entertainer of the Year at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards show Thursday evening in Raleigh, North Carolina. Strings’ win represents a sea change in bluegrass, a genre that has traditionally been reluctant to change and obstinate about awarding artists who take …
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In 1935, Woody Guthrie documented the harsh conditions many endured during the Great Depression in “So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh,” inspired by witnessing the Black Sunday dust storm in Texas from that April. On Wednesday, Lee Ann Womack released a new version of the song (under its …
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“I’ve been Haggard drunk and Willie high,” Eddie Montgomery admits in his debut solo single, running through a laundry list of the bad decisions and mistakes he’s made along the way. “But,” he croons in the chorus, “I’m alive and well.” The surviving member of country duo Montgomery Gentry released …
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The Cadillac Three have canceled the remainder of their concerts for August after lap-steel player Kelby Ray tested positive for Covid-19. The Nashville trio known for their blend of Southern rock, hard rock and country funk announced the cancellations, Ray’s diagnosis, and a new proof-of-vaccination policy for a pair of …
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