Miranda Lambert pays tribute to her Texas roots in the new song “Two-Step Down to Texas,” a track on her collaborative album The Marfa Tapes, a stripped-down, rustic record with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall. “If you ever get time to two-step down to Texas/find yourself down ’round Austin way,” …
Read More »How a Bearded Country-Rocker Pivoted to Social Media Influencer During the Pandemic
Before Tim Montana signed with BBR Music Group/Music Knox Records to release his major label debut, Long Shots, the longhaired, bearded mountain man from Butte, Montana, would watch quietly as the career path he carved out for himself was repeatedly questioned by Nashville executives and managers. While Montana was building …
Read More »Connie Smith Previews New Album With 'Look Out Heart'
Country Music Hall of Fame member Connie Smith will release her new album The Cry of the Heart via Fat Possum Records in 2021. The album’s first single, the rollicking “Look Out Heart,” is out now. Written by Smith’s husband Marty Stuart with Fabulous Superlatives drummer Harry Stinson and produced …
Read More »Eric Church Is Releasing an Album Titled '&.' Or Is It 'And'?
Ed Sheeran has been titling his albums with mathematical signs sincehis 2011 debut, +, and artists across genres have used question marks, exclamation points, and even parentheses as album titles over the years. Enter Eric Church, who’s taking a page out of the punctuation book for at least part of …
Read More »Fancy Hagood Was Almost an L.A. Pop Star. He Finds His True Self on a New Nashville Album
You can be excused if you don’t know the name Fancy Hagood. In 2015, when the singer-songwriter released his debut single “Goodbye,” he did so under a mysterious and clumsy moniker — Who Is Fancy. Hagood didn’t even appear in the music video for the pop song; instead, his voice …
Read More »Morgan Wade Explores Her Alter Ego in 'Wilder Days' Video
Morgan Wade has released the official music video for “Wilder Days,” the lead single from her debut solo album Reckless. The clip sees Wade covering up her tattoos with a buttoned-up alter ego, accompanying her boyfriend (played by Josh Jakub) on an awkward date to Nashville cocktail bar Rosemary. Following …
Read More »Morgan Wade, Raised on Bluegrass, Excels at Country-Pop on Her Debut Album
Morgan Wade may not be performing live music if it weren’t for Craigslist. The Floyd, Virginia, native was in her freshman year of college and having second thoughts about breaking up with her boyfriend, a mandolin and harmonica player, when she decided to woo him back — or, some might …
Read More »Grammys 2021: The Country Music Winners
Awards in the Americana and country music categories were handed out during the 63rd Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon with John Prine winning a pair of posthumous Grammys for his song “I Remember Everything.” Written with Pat McLaughlin, “I Remember Everything” was named Best American Roots Songs and …
Read More »Darius Rucker Delivers an Ode to Romance in New Song 'My Masterpiece'
Darius Rucker has released the breezy new song “My Masterpiece” as his latest single. It’s the country artist’s first new music of 2021 and follows the single “Beers & Sunshine.” “My Masterpiece” was written by Rucker with Ross Copperman, JT Harding, and Josh Osborne and features a spacious, piano-driven arrangement …
Read More »Florida Georgia Line Bring Small-Town Celebrations to 'Kimmel' with 'Long Live'
Florida Georgia Line performed their recent single “Long Live” on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday, February 16th. The country duo and their backing band breezed through the mid-tempo ode to all of life’s simple pleasures, with Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley coming together on the chorus to sing in harmony: …
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