Virginia Wynette Pugh was born 78 years ago Tuesday, on May 5th, 1942, at the home her grandfather built on land in tiny Tremont, Mississippi, close to the Alabama border. She would eventually be known as Tammy Wynette, one of the most influential female vocalists in the history of country …
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UPDATE (5/4): Sturgill Simpson‘s tour with Tyler Childers has been canceled. The singer announced that the previously postponed shows of their A Good Look’n Tour will not be rescheduled. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_prKOglJGn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Sturgill Simpson has announced that several dates on his “A Good Look’n Tour” with Tyler Childers have been rescheduled in …
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Born April 23rd, 1936, in Vernon, Texas, rock & roll icon Roy Orbison would have celebrated his 84th birthday today. A pioneering artist in the Fifties whose distinctive look and operatic voice gave rock and pop songs a stark, dramatic edge, Orbison was a superstar throughout the world, breaking through …
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Although the doors of Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, two of their most popular programs will open to the public via Instagram Live beginning this week. On Tuesday evenings, the museum will stream the interactive Songwriter Sessions; on Thursday afternoons, …
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“You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you’re standing in the eye,” Brandi Carlile and Tim and Phil Hanseroth sang onstage at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works on Monday night. The Seattle-based musicians flew in especially to perform at the To Nashville, With Love tornado relief benefit concert and, …
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Singer-guitarist Brian Wright is one of Nashville’s most wonderfully eccentric characters — his Twitter account alone is enough to warrant your attention. On May 8th, the solo artist will release his new album Lapse of Luxury with his group the Sneakups. Ahead of the LP, Wright premieres the track “Patrick’s …
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Kacey Musgraves joined with the celebrity-clothing seller Stage to Closet on Monday to sell off items from her performance and daily-wear fashion. Today, the Grammy-winning singer pledged to donate the proceeds from the sale to Tennessee tornado relief after Nashville and other areas of the midstate were struck by deadly …
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Moon River Music Festival will make its return to Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 12th and 13th with a diverse lineup that spans rock, folk, bluegrass, and gospel. Sheryl Crow and Nickel Creek will headline the two-day event, which will be held once again at Coolidge Park. Drew Holcomb and the …
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Sam Hunt has announced plans to release his long-awaited second album in 2020, nearly five years after issuing his groundbreaking debut Montevallo in October 2014. Titled Southside, the new project will be available April 3rd via MCA Nashville. No track listing is available as of yet for Southside, but the …
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Americana trio the Lone Bellow tackle a complicated and difficult issue with a gritty performance that harnesses myriad emotions in “Just Enough to Get By,” a simmering, explosive new track from the forthcoming album, Half Moon Light. Written and sung by the group’s Kanene Donehey Pipkin, the tune’s subdued anger, …
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