Music Country

Shooter Jennings is hitting the road this spring for a select run of shows in March and April that take him through Texas and the Midwest. Joining him on select dates will be California outlaw singer Jaime Wyatt, the Black Lillies, and Them Guilty Aces. In total, Jennings announced 14 …

Katie Armiger has been one of few artists to speak openly about her experiences with sexual harassment and assault in the country music industry and Monday at a press conference in Nashville for HB 1984/SB 2130 – new legislation designed to offer increased protections for victims who don’t fall under …

Jake Owen revisits a John Mellencamp classic with his nostalgic new single “I Was Jack (You Were Diane).” Borrowing both the signature guitar riff and the scrappy, romantic feel from Mellencamp’s 1982 heartland rocker “Jack and Diane” – Mellencamp was performing as John Cougar at the time – Owen’s updated …

In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone Country, Vince Gill detailed an unreleased song he had written titled “Forever Changed.” While notable then, the deeply personal ballad takes on much more weight today: its subject matter deals with sexual abuse. Gill performed the song during a concert at Nashville’s Ryman …

Long before Justin Timberlake took the field at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday night, and even before the Philadelphia Eagles faced off with the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, Carrie Underwood got the party started with the video for her new fight song with Ludacris, “The …

Every now and then, one has to class the place up a bit. For bro-country bad boy Brantley Gilbert, that’ll be May 4th when the Georgia native performs in Nashville backed by a full orchestra. Led by conductor Jim Gray, whose resume includes performing with Miranda Lambert, Imagine Dragons and …

Perennial country favorite Dierks Bentley has revealed the first details of his upcoming ninth studio album, The Mountain. Set for release early this year, Bentley says the album owes its creative genesis to a recent experience at Telluride Bluegrass Festival – a long-running roots music gathering held each year in …

After more than a decade fronting the Austin, Texas-based Heartless Bastards, Erika Wennerstrom needed a break. Not just from the band, but a spiritual break as well. Now, having spent the past couple years on a journey of self-exploration, she chronicles her discoveries on “Extraordinary Love,” the first song to …

Luke Bryan delivered a slew of hits and a brief but satisfying preview of his upcoming album, What Makes You Country, during part of Pandora’s “Up Close With Luke Bryan” concert on Wednesday night in New York. The chart-topping singer and new American Idol judge took the stage in support …

Christmas is coming early for Chris Shiflett fans as the singer-songwriter, Foo Fighters guitarist, and podcaster has just launched a pre-order for the vinyl pressing of his latest solo album West Coast Town and is also sharing an exclusive look at a new live music video. Shiflett released the Dave …