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Chicago’s annual Windy City Smokeout returns for its eighth installment in July, with Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, and Jon Pardi headlining the three-day country music and barbecue festival. Set for July 10th through 12th, the event assembles 20 pitmasters from around the country — including low-and-slow hotbeds like Kansas City, …

Morgan Wallen is saying farewell to 2019 with the surprise release of his coming-of-age song “This Bar.” ‘Wrote this song with my buddies about some moments and times in my life that have made me who I am today,” said Wallen on Twitter. “Some good, some bad, but all of …

Thomas Rhett has announced a run of headlining 2020 dates that will carry him through next summer. Named for his 2019 album, the Center Point Road Tour will get underway May 29th with a pair of shows in Gilford, New Hampshire. With 26 dates on the books, Rhett’s summer trek …

Trampled by Turtles will release a new digital covers EP on Friday. Cheekily titled Sigourney Fever, the project includes the roots band’s unique renditions of songs by Neil Young, Iris DeMent, Warren Zevon, Radiohead, and the Faces. Ahead of the EP’s release, the group premieres their take on “Ooh La …

When David Ball’s single “Thinkin’ Problem” hit country radio in the spring of 1994, it played alongside tunes by neo-traditionalists Tracy Lawrence, Mark Chesnutt, and Alan Jackson. Yet even then it seemed like an anomaly. With Ball’s a cappella delivery of the opening line, “Yes, I admit I got a …

Shovels & Rope have announced the lineup for their annual High Water Festival. The fourth installment of the music and food weekend is set for April 18th and 19th in the Americana duo’s homebase of North Charleston, South Carolina. As in years past, Shovels & Rope, who will also perform, …

Kathleen Edwards can’t believe it: The first original song she’s releasing since 2012 is full of “meows.” The song is “It’s Christmastime (Let’s Just Survive),” a highlight from the forthcoming holiday album A Dualtone Christmas that features artists like Amos Lee, the Lone Bellow, and Delta Spirit. “We’re really going …

Old Dominion and Brothers Osborne had a running joke on Twitter for a while about being mistaken for the other. Apparently it’s easy to confuse bands with duos in country music — even if their sounds couldn’t be more different. “It still happens,” says Old Dominion’s singer Matthew Ramsey, calling …

Miranda Lambert continues to roll out tracks from her new album Wildcard at a steady pace, releasing the swaying agave ode “Tequila Does” overnight. This marks the seventh track to appear ahead of the album’s November 1st street date. Alternating between woozy, waltz-time sections and more groove-driven, 4/4 choruses, “Tequila …

This summer Billy Ray Cyrus had an inescapable pop-culture hit. This week, his new country single can barely get arrested. When “Chevys and Fords” was shipped to radio for airplay consideration (“going for adds” in country-radio parlance), only six stations who report to monitoring service Mediabase put it into rotation. …