When Americana pioneers Uncle Tupelo released their major-label debut, Anodyne on October 5th, 1993, it should have been the beginning of something big. In a way, it was. Led by Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy from tiny Belleville, Illinois, the alt-country movement’s promising breakout band was packing clubs in major …
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Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats visited NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday, with the singer and his band offering a simmering, soul-drenched take on “Tearing at the Seams,” the title cut from the group’s 2018 LP. Sung in a single take on the album that bears its …
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On Friday, Justin Moore headlined MSD Country Strong, a charity concert benefiting Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Last February, 17 students and staff members were shot and killed by a gunman at the school. In a statement, the country singer of such hits as “Small Town USA” …
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On November 9th, IBMA award-winning bluegrass duo the Gibson Brothers will release their new album Mockingbird. The siblings’ 14th studio release, Mockingbird is the pair’s first via Dan Auerbach‘s record label Easy Eye Sound. Auerbach and David “Fergie” Ferguson co-produced the album. “I was raised on bluegrass music, and the …
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Country singer John Rich, one half of the duo Big & Rich, took to Twitter on Monday to criticize Nike’s new “Just Do It” ad campaign with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has been the face of NFL players’ controversial decision to kneel during the national anthem in protest …
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After a delay of 13 months, during which she has been recovering from a stroke, 86-year-old music icon Loretta Lynn will release her new studio LP Wouldn’t It Be Great. A showcase of songs written or co-written by the resilient Country Music Hall of Fame legend, the album is now …
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Michael Ray made his late-night television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, performing his latest single, “One That Got Away.” https://youtu.be/ymhaGBe8-dY Working the crowd with hands in the air and a full band behind him, Ray and his breezy anthem offered up a big dose of in-the-moment energy – …
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It’s been a dozen years since Suzanne Santo and Ben Jaffe sat together in the lobby of a West Hollywood pot dispensary, acoustic guitars in hand, strumming the song that would eventually become the closer for every HoneyHoney show. “Those were some of our first gigs, playing the weed shops …
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Sheryl Crow says her next studio album will be her last. The singer-songwriter shared the news in a recent interview with radio host Kyle Meredith. “I made the decision in my head that the record that comes out next year will be my last full album and I’ll just start …
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Taking the first letters of their first names to christen their current trek the LSD Tour might suggest that Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam have a night of trippy acid rock in store for concertgoers. But this dressing-room footage shared by Yoakam, of the trio rehearsing before taking …
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