Brent Cobb has confirmed an extensive run of headlining tour dates for 2019, following his run supporting Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show throughout 2018. The Sucker For a Good Time Tour kicks off January 17th in Cobb’s home state of Georgia at Atlanta’s Terminal West, with dates running through the …
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A new release from a Nineties kingpin, a nod to the traditional from a rising star and some retro-pop from a Lumineer make up the songs you need to hear this week. Joe Diffie, “Quit You” Joe Diffie has fallen off the love wagon, unable to resist the pull of …
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On Sunday night, Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West and Johnny Gimble were welcomed as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at the 2018 Medallion Ceremony, held in the museum’s CMA Theater. Garth Brooks presented bluegrass stalwart Skaggs with the Hall’s Modern Era honor. Connie Smith …
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UPDATED: New tour dates have been added to Brooks’ 2019 itinerary. Just ahead of this coming weekend’s appearance at Indiana’s Notre Dame Stadium, Garth Brooks has revealed plans for a North American stadium tour. While full details remain under wraps, two stops on the tour have been announced: State Farm …
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Rayland Baxter goes on the run in the new video for “Casanova,” the crunchy lead single from his 2018 album Wide Awake. Impeccably dressed in a trim suit, Baxter looks to be having a blast as he steals hearts and dodges law enforcement in the sun-kissed streets of Los Angeles. …
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Courtney Marie Andrews has announced a new run of dates later this fall that includes an extended group of shows supporting the rapidly rising R&B/gospel duo The War and Treaty along with supporting dates for other artists. On the trek, she’ll crisscross the Midwest and Northeast in late October and …
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While new albums from Paul McCartney and Eminem led last week’s Billboard 200 album chart, the entry at Number Three, besting the week’s chart placement by megastars Drake and Ariana Grande, comes from the somewhat unlikely realm of Christian music. Lauren Daigle, whose Lafayette, Louisiana, upbringing exposed her to country, …
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Old 97’s leader Rhett Miller is at his most messed up best on the new hard luck song “Total Disaster,” the first track to be released from his upcoming solo LP, The Messenger. Miller, who celebrated his 48th birthday earlier this month, finds himself in a familiar predicament on “Total …
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The timing was appropriate: The opening night of AmericanaFest, landing on Patriot Day, with a who’s who of Americana music gathered together at the Basement East in Nashville to sing songs of protest and political discontent. Mostly, though, they were all there to have fun. An unofficial kickoff to the …
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In 1975, Kitty Wells traveled to Capricorn Studios in Macon, Georgia, to record Forever Young, an album of country, rock and soul songs. Wells was 56 at the time and was looking to modernize her sound and image, just a bit. She hadn’t had a Top Ten country hit in …
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