Nashville Singer Crystal Rose Likes to Make Music on the ‘Cloudy’ Side
“I was running from being pigeon-holed as an R&B soul singer,” says the Missouri native, who is creating a community of genre-defiant Black female artists in Music City
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Is Taylor Swift Going Country Again? All the Signs
“I Knew It, I Knew You” is dominating country radio, she’s eligible for Country Music Hall of Fame induction, and her self-titled debut is turning 20 this year
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Charley Crockett’s Controversial ‘Clovis’ Album Is Officially Coming Back
Originally released in April and then pulled from streaming services, the record will be re-released via Atlantic Outpost
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Susan Tedeschi Says Bob Weir Loved to Offer Her Mushrooms
The Tedeschi Trucks Band singer toured with the Other Ones in 2002: “You’re about to play ‘Shakedown Street,’ and you just did a heroic dose of mushrooms. How do you even perform?’”
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Stella Lefty Was Covering Noah Kahan on TikTok. Now She Has One of the Year’s Biggest Songs
With “Boston,” the 23-year-old is making waves. “I love country music more than anything,” she says. “But I’m not Southern. I always worried, ‘Do I have to be?’”
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How Martina McBride’s Hit Song About Domestic Violence Got Mistaken for a Patriotic Anthem
Both Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin misappropriated McBride’s 1994 radio staple “Independence Day,” seemingly ignoring songwriter Gretchen Peters’ lyrics about an abused woman
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Billy Strings Sings for His Late Mother on New Album, ‘So Much for Goodbyes’
The singer-guitarist processes the grief of losing his mom last year to a drug overdose
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Taylor Swift’s Heartfelt Message to Alan Jackson at His Final Show Draws Mixed Reaction
“I appreciate you so much for the ways that you have treated me and other artists and writers with such support and encouragement,” singer says via video, which appeared to draw boos and cheers
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Watch Alan Jackson’s Final Performance of ‘Chattahoochee’ at Farewell Concert
The Country Music Hall of Fame member officially retired from touring with an all-star show in Nashville
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Carter Faith Expands Her Sex, Drugs, and Country Music Universe With New Wyatt Flores Duet
“Nothin’ Better to Do” appears on the forthcoming deluxe edition of Faith’s celebrated album Cherry Valley
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Charges Dropped Against Bailey Zimmerman After He Allegedly Trashed Hotel Room
The singer was accused of causing $16,000 worth of damage at a New Mexico resort
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Bailey Zimmerman Addresses Canceled Concerts, Alleged Hotel-Room Trashing
The 26-year-old country singer is accused of causing $16,000 of damage to a room at an Albuquerque, New Mexico, resort, where he was scheduled to perform in May
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The Killers’ Brandon Flowers Is Making a Country Pivot on New Solo Album
Thrasher, recorded in Nashville, arrives in August and features contributions from Bob Dylan harmonica collaborator Charlie McCoy
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What Will Jelly Roll Talk About When He Guest Hosts for Jimmy Kimmel?
Probably not his divorce from Bunnie Xo, if the country star’s onstage message last week is to believed: “This is the only time I will ever speak about it,” Jelly said during a performance
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Shooter Jennings Is Releasing More Waylon Songs. This One Features Glen Campbell
“Diamonds,” with the late Rhinestone Cowboy on guitar, is the title track of the latest in a series of posthumous Waylon albums
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