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Nominations for the 21st Americana Honors and Awards were announced during a special event at the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville on Monday. The annual celebration of roots music will return to the Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 14. Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell, and Yola all picked up …

Where is she? Where is Naomi Judd? I’m sitting in the CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Wynonna and Ashley Judd are sitting up front with Wy’s son Elijah on one side and Wy’s husband and current musical partner, Cactus Moser, on the …

Carrie Underwood is a presence whose memory torments an ex-lover in the new song “Ghost Story,” the country star’s first solo release since her 2021 religious album My Savior. Underwood’s previous secular album Cry Pretty was released in 2018. Written by frequent Underwood collaborator David Garcia with Josh Kear and …

Mickey Guyton announced she will be performing the national anthem at this year’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles. “I am shook, I am grateful, I am praise dancing,” Guyton wrote in a tweet. “So excited to be singing the national anthem.” Guyton has a longstanding history with the “Star-Spangled Banner.” …

Dolly Parton‘s hardscrabble childhood in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains informs her very being. She wasn’t too far removed from her family’s one-bedroom cabin on Locust Ridge when she moved to Nashville in 1964 after graduating high school. As she slowly carved out a career as a songwriter, her upbringing — and …

Tom Morello recruited a slew of A-list guests for his new solo album The Atlas Underground, from Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder to Mike Posner and Bring Me the Horizon. He also tapped into the country music world, enlisting Chris Stapleton for the track “The War Inside.” Both the song …

With five each, Eric Church and Chris Stapleton tied for the most nominations at the upcoming 55th annual CMA Awards, set to take place November 10th in Nashville. The full list of CMA nominees were announced Thursday morning. Reigning Entertainer of the Year Church secured another nod this year in …

Kacey Musgraves will headline a 15-city tour in support of her upcoming album Star-Crossed. Dubbed Star-Crossed: Unveiled, the trek kicks off in January 2022 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and winds its way through major markets like Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York, before concluding at the Staples Center in Los …

Dolly Parton has teamed up with author James Patterson for her debut novel Run, Rose, Run, which the country legend will pair with a companion album of new music. Parton announced the 448-page book — out March 7th, 2022 via Little, Brown, and Company — on Twitter Wednesday, noting that …

Orville Peck was a particularly visible artist at Iowa’s Hinterland Music Festival, performing his own set then reviving his Unrighteous Brothers duo with Paul Cauthen for a few songs at a different point in the weekend. He also popped up during Shooter Jennings’ set to turn in a spirited performance …