When the fourth annual Outlaw Country Cruise docked in Nassau in the Bahamas on Wednesday morning, it picked up a new passenger: Country Music Hall of Fame member Bobby Bare. The 83-year-old singer, who became synonymous with the Outlaw genre via progressive albums like Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and …
Read More »Flashback: Elvis Presley Sings One 'For the Heart'
Born 84 years ago today in Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis Presley transfixed millions of fans (and outraged many others) with his rock & roll swagger before most of them had any idea what rock & roll was or would become in popular culture. His incendiary stage presence notwithstanding, Presley’s Southern roots …
Read More »Flashback: Waylon Jennings Takes 'Luckenbach' to 'Austin City Limits'
In 2006, four years after Waylon Jennings‘ death, New West Records released a live album featuring the outlaw legend’s April 1st, 1989 appearance on the long-running PBS music series Austin City Limits. Jennings was himself at a personal crossroads in early ’89 — having already battled his addiction to cocaine, …
Read More »Lindsay Ell, Jimmie Allen Lead 2019 'CRS New Faces' Show
Lindsay Ell and Jimmie Allen are among the five artists selected to perform during the 2019 New Faces show, the event that closes out the annual music industry confab Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. Also performing at the showcase will be Lanco, Dylan Scott and Russell Dickerson. Each of the …
Read More »See Yola's 'Ride Out in the Country' Video From Dan Auerbach-Produced Album
Yola’s thoughts take a dark turn in the music video for her sunny new song “Ride Out in the Country,” the first to be released from her debut LP Walk Through Fire, produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. The British singer-songwriter — born Yolanda Quartey, then known as …
Read More »See Danielle Bradbery, Thomas Rhett's Bittersweet 'Goodbye Summer' Video
Danielle Bradbery and Thomas Rhett head to the sandy beaches of Florida’s 30A in the new video for “Goodbye Summer,” which Bradbery originally recorded solo for her album I Don’t Believe We’ve Met. Filmed in and around Rosemary Beach, Florida, by director Shaun Silva, the clip follows the story in …
Read More »See Kane Brown's Soulful 'Good as You' on 'Kimmel'
A presenter on Wednesday night’s CMA Awards telecast in Nashville, Kane Brown was seemingly in two places at once when he performed a couple of songs from his new LP Experiment on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the same night. With the soul-baring, romantic ballad, “Good as You,” Brown fully engaged the …
Read More »Rosanne Cash to Receive 'John Lennon Award' for Gun Violence Activism
Rosanne Cash has been named the recipient of the “John Lennon Real Love Award,” an honor she will accept at the 38th Annual John Lennon Tribute concert November 30th in New York City. Cash will perform several of her favorite Lennon and Beatles classics during the concert, which will also …
Read More »Luke Combs' 'She Got the Best of Me' Is First Four-Week Country Number One of 2018
Just a little over two years ago, Luke Combs‘ debut single “Hurricane” was getting its first wide push to country radio from Sony Music Nashville’s promotion department. That single, and every one he’s released since, have climbed to Number One on Billboard‘s terrestrial radio-monitoring Country Airplay chart, making him one …
Read More »See Eric Church, Bruce Springsteen Perform Together for the First Time
In 2012, Eric Church scored a Number One country hit with his nostalgic anthem “Springsteen.” On Monday night in New York City, Church joined the inspiration for his song —Bruce Springsteen himself — onstage for the first time to perform Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. track “Working on the Highway.” …
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