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Johnny Paycheck would have turned 83 this past Monday. In 1977, he scored three consecutive Top 10 country songs, including his biggest hit, the No. 1 “Take This Job and Shove It.” But while Paycheck, who died at age 64 in 2003, is synonymous with the song about sticking it …

Jennifer Nettles‘ voice, outsized and dramatic, has always been suited for the stage. In 2015, she starred in Chicago on Broadway as Roxie Hart. Now the eclectic vocalist — and one-half of the country duo Sugarland —will release an album full of her versions of Broadway songs. Always Like New …

The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion has announced its 2021 lineup. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Tanya Tucker, Blackberry Smoke, Dr. Dog, and Yola are among the artists headlining the September festival, held at the “Birthplace of Country Music,” the Tennessee-Virginia border city of Bristol. The 2020 Bristol Reunion …

Just one week after announcing The Marfa Tapes,a semi-surprise collaborative acoustic album featuring Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, Lambert is offering the next glimpse of the record: a stripped-down rendition of her 2017 hit “Tin Man.” Lambert breaks down the ballad, off her 2016 double album The Weight of These …

Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …

Emmy Award-winning actor and suddenly internet-famous personality Leslie Jordan has announced plans for Company’s Comin’, a collection of gospel tunes recorded in Nashville with a few high-profile guests. The first release from the project, due out April 2nd, is Jordan’s version of “Angel Band” featuring Brandi Carlile. Produced by Travis …

When Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi began considering what songs to perform at the many home livestreams they played during the early days of 2020 lockdown, they started coming up with songs they hadn’t sung or even thought about in years. For Giddens, that meant old-time fiddle tunes, like “Black …

Glamorous holiday parties aren’t happening this year (or they shouldn’t be!), but a collection of Nashville artists are filling that void with an elegant online concert. A One Mic Christmas, streaming December 17th at 8 p.m. ET on aonemicchristmas.com, assembles charismatic vocalists like Maggie Rose, Liz Longley, Ty Herndon, Meghan …

Drive-By Truckers have released a pointed lyric video for “21st Century USA,” one of the understated highlights from the band’s 2020 record, The Unraveling. “I wrote this song during a rest stop outside of Gillette, Wyoming in January of 2018,” says the band’s co-frontman Patterson Hood. “Its blending of the …

Rhett Miller plays diverse selections from the American music catalog — from “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” to “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” — in the latest installment of the Mighty Song Writers web series. The Old 97’s frontman kicks off his 20-minute set with “Big River,” a song …