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 Countryselects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Josh Turner, “Country State of Mind” …
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Kris Kristofferson was playing a show in Iowa on Wednesday night, but one of his most famous compositions was blaring throughout Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena at the 53rd annual CMA Awards. Sheryl Crow and Dierks Bentley teamed up to perform Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee” with an assist from Chris Janson …
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One week after he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry last March, one of the long-running show’s newest members, Chris Janson, took the stage with fellow artist Jamey Johnson for a spine-chilling rendition of “Footlights,” the classic, autobiographical Merle Haggard song detailing a weary, jaded musician’s duty-bound efforts to …
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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 …
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