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. Brit Taylor, “Back in the Fire” Brit …
Read More »Davisson Brothers Band Mix West Virginia with Australia in 'Greatest Show on Earth' Video
Chris Davisson once told Rolling Stone that the Davisson Brothers Band, his country-rock group with brother Donnie, were favorites on the “animal circuit: the Eagles, Elks and Moose Lodges.” Since then, they’ve expanded their reach far out of their West Virginia stomping grounds. On the new song “Greatest Show on …
Read More »Watch Orville Peck, Shania Twain Perform Together in 'Legends Never Die' Video
Orville Peck and Shania Twain — two of Canada’s hottest crossover country icons — have teamed up for a new music video, “Legends Never Die.” The song is featured on Peck’s Show PonyEP, out now via Columbia. In the video, Peck and Twain perform at a drive-in theater with a …
Read More »Watch Tucker Beathard and Lindsay Ell's Duet Version of 'Faithful'
Tucker Beathard has reimagined his recent song “Faithful” as a brooding duet, with singer-guitarist Lindsay Ell joining him in the studio for the collaboration. The track appears in its original solo form on Beathard’s upcoming album King, set for release on August 21st. Beathard leads off the tune with some …
Read More »Charlie Daniels Meets the Beatles (and Bob Dylan) in 1970
Charlie Daniels, who died Monday of a stroke at 83, was best known for his manic fiddle playing, his kinship with Seventies Southern rockers, and hits like “Uneasy Rider” and “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” But over the course of his five-plus-decades career, Daniels also intersected with many non-Southern …
Read More »Cassadee Pope Previews New Album With Vulnerable 'Let Me Go' Lyric Video
Cassadee Pope will release her new album, Rise and Shine, later this summer. Ahead of its August 7th arrival, the country-pop singer is releasing the tracks “Built This House” and “Let Me Go” on Friday. Pope filmed a lyric video for the latter song, which premieres Thursday afternoon, a few …
Read More »'CMA Best of Fest' TV Special Aims to Fill Void Left by Canceled CMA Fest
UPDATE (6/23):CMA’s Best of Fest special has been moved to another day due to a programming change. It will now air at 7 p.m. CT Monday, July 13th on ABC. # # # The Country Music Association has announced a pair of new musical events for the beginning of July. …
Read More »Margo Price Enlists Margo Price and Margo Price for 'Letting Me Down' Video
Multiple Margo Prices star in the rollicking “Letting Me Down” video, the country songwriter’s latest offering from her upcoming album That’s How Rumors Get Started, out July 10th. Directed by Kimberly Stuckwisch, the clip shows several Prices in a wooden room — lazing on a couch, chugging booze, and answering …
Read More »Margo Price Surprise-Releases Live Album, 'Perfectly Imperfect at the Ryman'
Margo Price has releasedPerfectly Imperfect at the Ryman, a collection of highlights from her three-night stand at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in the spring of 2018. The 11-track album includes guest appearances from Emmylou Harris (“Wild Women”), Jack White (the White Stripes’ “Honey, We Can’t Afford to Look This Cheap”), and …
Read More »Kathleen Edwards Left Behind Roots-Music Stardom to Sell Coffee. Now She's Back
It’d been six years since Kathleen Edwards had seriously thought about making music when she received an out-of-the-blue phone call from the manager of country star Maren Morris in 2017. For the previous three years, Edwards had been working 12-hour days at Quitters Coffee, the neighborhood cafe in suburban Ottawa …
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