Music Country

Dillon Carmichael has generated buzz with the classic-leaning country music he’s been previewing off his upcoming debut album, Hell on an Angel. Now with the music video for the LP’s lead single “It’s Simple,” he offers a glimpse into the upbringings that he and many of us often romanticize. Filmed …

On Friday, Dan + Shay released the video for their romantic new song “Speechless” and shared full details for their self-titled third album, due out June 22nd. “Speechless,” which features footage from members Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney’s real-life weddings in the video, is the third song to be released …

“Brothers Osborne performing in a weed dispensary” is about as 2018 of a tag line as one can hope to find, and a tiny sliver of joy in otherwise dark times. The Maryland siblings recently released video of them performing “Shoot Me Straight” at a Colorado dispensary and now they’ve …

Sam Hunt returns from a self-imposed break with the new single “Downtown’s Dead,” another romantically charged fusion of country, pop and hip-hop. Released on Wednesday, the slow-burning anthem begins with a woozy Latin guitar riff, and continues on with a hungover narrative about a city that no longer holds the …

Hot on the heels of releasing their new LP Free Yourself Up, Lake Street Dive visited The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday night to rip through their latest soul-burning single “Good Kisser.” Fleshed out by the keys work of the Boston ensemble’s newest full-time member Akie Bermiss, the band’s …

When 13-year-old LeAnn Rimes recorded the yodel-centric hit “Blue,” she immediately established herself as a deft interpreter of classic country music, earning rave reviews and a Top 10 debut hit. Two singles later, she would notch her first – and only – country Number One with a more modern-sounding single, …

Just days after a powerful comeback performance at the ACM Awards, Carrie Underwood has officially announced her new albumCry Pretty, due out September 14th. The album marks her first release with Capitol Records Nashville, having launched her career and released five studio albums with Arista Nashville. Underwood co-produced the new …

Country duo Sugarland joined pop artists like Andy Grammer, Luis Fonsi and Train’s Pat Monahan on American Idol on Monday, sharing the stage with the show’s contestants for a pair of duets in the Top 24 round. Appearing first with 16-year-old country singer Layla Spring, the duo’s Jennifer Nettles and …

When Philadelphia roots-rock band Marah recorded their live-to-tape LP If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry in 2005, the group was beginning to once again gel as a unit. After weathering numerous lineup changes and finally putting 2002’s Britpop misstep Float Away With the Friday Night Gods in the rearview, founding …

Failures, imperfections, and forgiveness are at the heart of “Whatever You Do,” an aching new song from Brandi Carlile that was released today with a live video filmed at Nashville’s RCA Studio A. Beginning with the stunning “The Joke,” which Rolling Stone Country named one of the 25 best songs …