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Tim McGraw and Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard have been added as performers on the primetime special Celebrating America, which will mark the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Hosted by Tom Hanks, the event airs January 20th at 8 p.m. ET on most major television …

Maren Morris performed her new protest song, “Better Than We Found It” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Monday, January 4th. The performance began with just Morris and her guitar, and it seemed like the songwriter would deliver the track like the kind of Sixties folk anthems it …

Morgan Wallen will mark the release of Dangerous: The Double Album with a livestream concert event at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The album is set for release on January 8th, with the live performance to follow on January 12th. Backed by his full band, Wallen will take the stage at the …

Billy Joe Shaver, the outlaw-country music pioneer who wrote some of the genre’s greatest songs, died Wednesday in Waco, Texas, after suffering a stroke. He was 81. Connie Nelson, a friend of Shaver’s, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. Shaver’s hard-lived career classics included “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “Georgia on a …

Jerry Jeff Walker, the “Mr. Bojangles” songwriter and a pioneer of the “cosmic cowboy” sound that would evolve into outlaw country, died Friday after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 78. Walker’s publicist confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. Born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, in …

Like most artists, Rosanne Cash has been stuck in her home for the bulk of the past year. But unlike some singer-songwriters who feel creatively paralyzed by the moment, Cash has been able to process what’s happened throughout 2020 — a deadly pandemic, an uprising for black lives, a looming …

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will put to use some of the most iconic instruments in the genre’s history for its upcoming “Big Night” fundraiser, set for Wednesday, October 28th. Included among the newly announced instrument and artist pairings are guitars once owned by Johnny Cash, Mother …

Little Big Town gave a mostly unplugged full-band performance for a new edition of NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. Standing in a sunken living-room area in front of a massive tree-trunk coffee table, Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, and Phillip Sweet merged their voices for the dreamy title …

Country musician Keith Urban reacted to news of Eddie Van Halen’s death on Tuesday with an Instagram tribute to the guitar legend and his massive influence on players of all stripes. “This hit me hard. There are lots of great guitar players in the world, but very VERY few true …

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” …