Kacey Musgraves shares a glimpse into her as-yet-untitled fifth studio album on a new episode of the A Slight Change of Plans podcast, in which cognitive scientist and host Dr. Maya Shankar explores how life change shapes peoples’ minds. In Musgraves’ case, one of those changes was the perspective shift she encountered via a psychedelic
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Rodney Crowell is one of those rare talents who has found success as both a singer and a songwriter in equal parts. As a recording artist, he’s released more than 20 studio albums, earned a couple of Grammy Awards and taken five singles to No. 1. As a songwriter, he’s written hits for everyone from Waylon Jennings to Keith
The Mavericks are one of the most innovative country bands around. Formed in Miami, Fla., in the late 1980s — and fronted by vocalist Raúl Malo — the band melds traditional country, blues and soul sounds with Latin instrumentation and styles. The group first broke big with their third album, 1994’s platinum-selling What a Crying Shame,
Country hitmaker Razzy Bailey has died. The “Midnight Hauler” singer is known for a string of 13 Top 10 hits in the early 1980s, including five No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. “Loving Up a Storm” was the first of four straight No. 1 hits for Bailey in 1980. “I Keep Coming Back”
Clare Dunn was assaulted by a Lyft driver during a ride in late June, the country singer shares in a new interview. There is currently a warrant out for the man’s arrest. To People, Dunn recounts the incident, which took place early on the morning of June 26 in Nashville, after the artist had been out with
More than 70 people who attended last month’s Faster Horses Festival in Brooklyn, Mich., have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and another nine were infected by that group of primary cases. The country music festival took place at Michigan International Speedway from July 16-18. Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett and Jason Aldean headlined the three-day event, now in its eighth year. Michigan
Reba McEntire has been waiting more than a year to allow friends and family to formally honor her late mother, Jacqueline McEntire, in a memorial service, but her plans have been put on hold indefinitely due to rising COVID-19 cases. The elder McEntire died on March 14, 2020, at the age of 93, and in a post
Victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting will be honored with a permanent memorial. MGM Resorts has donated two acres of land, and a committee is now fielding community input. In the meantime, a sign indicating that a memorial is coming will soon go up on a plot of land that’s in the northeast corner of the
Whitney Rose‘s July trip to Montana included a Colter Wall set, hang time with Emmylou Harris and … drinks with mermaids?! The singer-songwriter really made the most of her time at the 2021 Under the Big Sky Festival. Rose was one of more than three dozen artists who played the Whitefish, Mont.-based festival on July
Garth Brooks has canceled a planned onsale date for tickets to his recently announced show in Seattle, Wash., and says he’ll rethink all scheduled concerts after performing in Lincoln, Neb., on Aug. 14. The move comes as cases of COVID-19 rise nationwide once again. After Aug. 14, Brooks has shows scheduled for Cincinnati, Ohio (Sept. 18); Charlotte,
Luke Bryan‘s music career has been filled with exuberant moments, but the singer’s story is also laced with heartbreaking loss and grief. Among those tragic, life-altering moments is the death of Bryan’s older brother, Chris, in 1996. A then-19-year-old Bryan had his eyes set on Nashville, and was planning to make the move from Leesburg,
The Eagles have had an indelible impact on several decades’ worth of country music, so it’s perhaps surprising that the country-rockers have only scored one true country hit in the entire course of their career. “Lyin’ Eyes” is the iconic group’s only Top 10 country hit. “Lyin’ Eyes” — released in August of 1975 — was one
Only two of the Top 10 songs on this month’s list of the Top 40 songs in country music are Top 10 radio hits to start the month. August’s Top 40 shows that there are more ways than ever to define a “hit.” Walker Hayes is close to becoming the second country artist — after Lil Nas
Dylan Scott drives straight to the heart of the matter with his new single, “New Truck.” Soulful vocals deliver a real hurt that you can almost feel, while simultaneously keeping energy levels high. At first, it sounds like a good-time song: The guitars, the steel, the beat — and you’re in, and ready to roll.
Brett Young‘s family is now a family of four. The country star and his wife Taylor welcomed their second child — another daughter — on July 21, they announced on Saturday (July 31). “I thought my heart was maxed out. I usually don’t like to be wrong … I was wrong. And I can’t wait to thank
Eleven years ago today, on Aug. 1, 2010, Jimmy Wayne finished his Meet Me Halfway Walk, with a broken foot, in Phoenix, Ariz. The 1,700-mile trek, which Wayne undertook to raise awareness about homeless youth and foster children, began on Jan. 1, 2010, in Nashville. “I grew up in foster care, and I know how
Garth Brooks doesn’t sound like he’ll slow down when his stadium tour wraps in 2022. The Country Music Hall of Famer plays Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on Saturday (July 31), but one day prior, he shared a loose sketch of what might be coming when he’s done playing the big houses. Country music’s best-selling artist is far
Twenty years ago today, on July 31, 2001, Blake Shelton‘s self-titled freshman album was released on Giant Nashville. Blake Shelton includes Shelton’s debut single, “Austin,” which flew all the way to No. 1. “Austin” became a big hit for Shelton, but just as the song was climbing the charts, Giant Nashville closed its doors. Shelton then was
As a child in Sharon, Kan., Martina McBride and her family formed a country band, the Schiffters (a play on her maiden name, Schiff). Her newly opened Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibit contains a black satin jacket with the band’s name on the back, displayed next to her high school yearbook and 4-H ribbons.
Mickey Guyton‘s “Remember Her Name” is an anthem, from its heartbeat-like melody to its lyrical tribute to the power inside all of us. Released Friday (July 30), the new song is just what you need to remind yourself of your strength and beauty. “When did you lose the girl with no fear? / Oh, she