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Maren Morris has announced dates and venues for a headlining 2019 trek, dubbed Girl: The World Tour. The series of shows shares its name with Morris’ new single, “Girl,” set for release Thursday afternoon. Girl: The World Tour officially launches on March 9th in Chicago, Illinois, stretching more than 40 …

Bluegrass stalwart Tim O’Brien will release a new album in 2019. Nodding to the prevalence of bluegrass bands named for their leader, Tim O’Brien Band(out March 15th) will be its namesake’s first full-length album since 2017’s Where the River Meets the Road. Featuring O’Brien’s touring mates Mike Bub, Shad Cobb, …

Whitey Shafer, the songwriter of numerous hits for George Strait, Lefty Frizzell, Moe Bandy and others, died on Saturday following a long illness, family friend Corey Frizzell has confirmed. He was 84. Born Sanger D. Shafer on October 24th, 1934, in Whitney, Texas, Shafer grew up in a gospel-singing family …

Dan + Shay put an exclamation point on an already big week with their debut appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night, performing the multi-week Number One smash “Speechless.” Written by members Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney with Jordan Reynolds and Laura Veltz, the song — from the …

Danielle Bradbery offers proof that she can sing nearly anything with a cover of Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” the third installment in her recent Yours Truly: 2018 project. Eschewing the brittle beats and hazy atmosphere of Post Malone’s recording from 2018’s beerbongs & bentleys for a chamber-pop arrangement, fellow Texas native …

Dillon Carmichael got one major country music milestone to his credit in August, when he made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Now, in a new video presented by Opry Entertainment, Carmichael scales things back for an intimate performance of his song “Dancin’ Away With My Heart.” Penned by …

The Trey Anastasio Band, String Cheese Incident, and Phil Lesh and Friends, featuring Warren Haynes, John Scofield and John Molo, are among the headliners at the 2019 Peach Music Festival. Set for July 25th through 28th, the event, originally launched by the Allman Brothers Band in 2012, returns to Montage …

On Thursday, in the frozen depths of the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Warren Haynes steadily held up a wall of a home as the support beams were nailed down. Though an exact number couldn’t be found at the moment, the rock guitarist estimated it was somewhere north …

Toby Keith hatches a plan for remaining forever young — in spirit, at least — with “Don’t Let the Old Man In,” a slow-moving acoustic ballad that soundtracks a scene in Clint Eastwood‘s new movie, The Mule. Sung by Keith in an unforced baritone that’s suitably world-weary and weather-beaten, “Don’t …

With news of his first Top 40 single still fresh and his major label debut LP just around the corner, Cody Johnson‘s ascent has been put on a momentary hiatus with the postponement of three upcoming shows for vocal rest. The Texas singer-songwriter made the announcement about the shows, all …