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When Chris Janson made his Grand Ole Opry debut on February 15th, 2013, dressed in a black leather jacket and baseball cap – which he promptly removed out of reverence for the stage – he was struggling to push his should-have-been-a-hit “Better I Don’t” up the charts and nearing the …

John Prine opened his four-song set for NPR’s Music’s Tiny Desk Concert with the ominous “Caravan of Fools,” a tune from his upcoming LPThe Tree of Forgiveness. Backed by a three-piece band, Prine wryly noted of the tune co-written with Pat McLaughlin and the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, that “any …

The long-rumored Pistol Annies project may be no nearer completion, but two of the trio’s members did reunite onstage Thursday night in Knoxville, Tennessee: Ashley Monroe joined Miranda Lambert, in town on her Livin’ Like Hippies Tour, to sing “Heart Like Mine.” “We should start a ‘we need beer’ campaign,” …

With her first Number One song in the books and a busy summer on the way, breakout country star Maren Morris got back to basics on Sunday, taking to social media for effortlessly soulful rendition of John D. Loudermilk’s “Turn Me On.” Recorded by jazz-influenced stylists such as Nina Simone …

Nashville was definitely a crazy trip this week. Between Maddie’s loved-up journey to Miami with Jonah, the pop star’s pal Twig and his tripping-balls adventure on magic ‘shrooms, and Avery’s anxiety-riddled voyage to Bolivia to rescue Juliette from the clutches of the Movement, it’s no wonder Deacon is happy to …

John Prine has set April 13th as the release date for his first album of all-new material in more than 13 years. The Tree of Forgiveness, on the iconic singer-songwriter’s own Oh Boy label, was produced by Dave Cobb, the Grammy winner who has helmed projects for Chris Stapleton, Jason …

It may be nearly two years since Dierks Bentley‘s latest LP Black was released, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have plenty of new music. He recently played one of those new songs, titled “Burning Man,” at one of his final concerts of 2017 at The Chelsea Theater at The …

Brandi Carlile offers another sneak peek into her upcoming album with today’s release of the delicate, meditative new song “The Mother.” Inspired by the birth of Evangeline, Carlile’s now-3-year-old daughter with wife Catherine Shepherd, “The Mother” finds Carlile taking stock of her life before and after Evangeline, opening the song …

Luke Combs and Midland are among the rising talents that have been selected to perform at the 2018 New Faces of Country Music show in February. The flagship event of every Country Radio Seminar, the upcoming concert will also feature showcases by Carly Pearce, Lauren Alaina and Michael Ray. As …

People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” cover has long been a cultural phenomenon, highlighting some of the planet’s biggest stars since first running the feature (with the title going to Mel Gibson) in 1985. It’s no small feat, then, that Blake Shelton is 2017’s “Sexiest Man Alive” – he’s the first …