Country Music Hall of Fame legend Alan Jackson returns to the road in January 2020 for a trek that will stretch all the way into October. The “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” singer will also play his first Nashville concert in three years, taking the stage at Bridgestone Arena in early …
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Blake Shelton will spend the early part of 2020 the same way he spent 2019: on tour with a few of his buddies as well as the artists who influenced him. For the second straight year, the Voice coach will headline the ‘Friends and Heroes’ tour beginning Thursday, February 13th. …
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Currently on a hot streak with the release of their album Carolina Confessions and an opening slot on Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show Tour, the Marcus King Band have announced their own headlining winter tour. The guitar phenom and his eclectic group will launch the El Dorado Tour on October …
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After re-recording the hits of Brooks & Dunn with guest stars like Luke Combs and Jon Pardi on this spring’s Reboot, Ronnie Dunn tackles the songs of his influences on the upcoming album Re-Dunn. A massive collection of 24 songs, the record includes the cowboy singer’s interpretations of hits by …
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After moving to Nashville from Ohio in 2011, Caroline Spence nannied, waited tables and wrote songs. It took her two years to come up with one she felt was good enough to play around town: “Whiskey Watered Down,” a gently savage kiss-off to a flaky musician. “You think you’re a …
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Miranda Lambert continues to shake off the emotional heaviness of 2017’s The Weight of These Wings, releasing the uptempo rocker “Mess With My Head” on Friday as the latest preview of her upcoming album. Channeling the plainspoken toughness of Pink along with the sleek, new-wave power pop of the Cars, …
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Crystal Gayle will revisit the country roots that run in her family with You Don’t Know Me, a collection of familiar country standards that includes the title track, which was penned by Hall of Fame songwriter Cindy Walker and popularized by Eddy Arnold in 1955. Available September 6th, the LP …
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In June 1964, a country music fan in Jamaica who regularly listened to Nashville’s 50,000-watt radio station WSM sent a letter to the editor of Billboard, who proclaimed it the first such correspondence they had ever received from someone tuning into the country station from the Caribbean island nation. Yet …
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When Randy Houser released his album Magnolia in January, it marked a rebirth for the Mississippi-born singer-songwriter. The record focused not on mindless country-radio fare, but on smart lyricism and organic arrangements that highlighted one of the best voices in the genre. This fall, Houser will bring all those elements …
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Backstage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, where he’s opening Midland‘s Cinco de Mayo concert, Josh Desure is slipping into a bright pink double-breasted suit with a red rose in the lapel and a cowboy hat atop his head. It’s a sartorial choice that nods to the peaceful easy feeling of the …
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