Logan Brill is a woman on the move in her new song “Roll,” which premieres today. The swaggering track is the Knoxville, Tennessee, native’s follow-up to “Walk of Shame,” released earlier in 2019. Penned by Brent Cobb with Ben Daniel and Skip Black, “Roll” comes from a similarly funky place …
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Erin Rae has released the kaleidoscopic new video for her song “Bad Mind.” The track originally appeared on Rae’s 2018 album Putting on Airs, which was named one of Rolling Stone‘s top country and Americana albums of 2018. One year hasn’t dulled the impact of “Bad Mind,” which finds Rae …
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Sugarland’s Kristian Bush and Rita Wilson will embark on a joint concert tour beginning June 5th in Atlanta. The two artists, who have shared a close friendship in addition to their musical collaborations, will visit City Winery venues in Nashville, Washington, D.C., and New York, in addition to other intimate …
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Singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member Hal Ketchum, who had numerous hits throughout the Nineties including “Small Town Saturday Night,” “Hearts Are Gonna Roll” and “Sure Love,” has retired from performing after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. In a Facebook post from the musician’s wife Andrea, she noted, …
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On his new EP What’s There to Say?, Kyle Daniel blends country with Southern rock, enlivening a genre hybrid that can often feel overcooked with his vulnerable yet vital songs about heartbreaks (the title track) and the opioid epidemic (“Born to Lose”). But he also makes time to cut loose …
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Yonder Mountain String Band revisit eight inspired cover songs from their tour earlier this year on the bluegrass-jam band’s new release Hines’ Finds Volume Three: Winter Tour 2019. The eight-song set includes performances of classics by Rufus & Chaka Khan, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Violent Femmes and Michael Jackson. The …
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Dierks Bentley will return to Buena Vista, Colorado, for the second installment of his Seven Peaks Music Festival. Once again set for Labor Day Weekend, August 30th through September 1st, the mountains-set festival features an eclectic mix of contemporary country artists and Bentley’s bluegrass heroes. Luke Bryan, Maren Morris, Jon …
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Patty Griffin unveils another exquisite sneak preview of her forthcoming self-titled album, due early next month. “Hourglass” moves along a slippery groove, punctuated by gypsy jazz guitar, New Orleans horns and Griffin’s dusky and soulful Emmylou Harris-meets-Billie Holiday vocal delivery. Observing the inevitably cyclical nature of humans, Griffin says the …
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Aaron Watson previews his new albumRed Bandanawith the lively “Kiss That Girl Goodbye,” folk supergroup I’m With Her return with “Call My Name” and Kassi Ashton brushes off an ex in this week’s list of must-hear songs. Haley & Michaels, “Taking Off” Released four years after Shannon Haley and Ryan …
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Last summer, upstart bluegrass singer-guitarist Billy Strings received an enthusiastic standing ovation when he warmed up the audience for the Del McCoury Band at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The performance was part of the annual “Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman” series and Strings, along with his father, ended up returning to …
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