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Maggie Rose leans harder into her soul and R&B influences on “Do It,” a new song from the Nashville performer’s upcoming album. Titled Have a Seat, the new project is due out August 20th and follows Rose’s 2018 full-length Change the Whole Thing. Equal parts slinky and sunny, “Do It” …

Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …

Garth Brooks will be performing at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Wednesday. The country star held a press conference on Monday to announce the news, Entertainment Tonight reports. “This is not a political statement, this is a statement of unity,” Brooks said. “This …

Mike Cooley only needs five words to describe Drive-By Truckers’ decision to surprise-release their new album, The New OK, during quarantine. “It’s all we can do,” he says on three separate occasions during an interview with Rolling Stone about the band’s 13th record, out this Friday. The veteran songwriting duo …

Taylor Swift will perform”Betty” live for the first time during the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards on Wednesday, September 16th. For the ACM Awards, Swift will deliver her Folklore track from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. The ACMs performance will mark Swift’s first at the award show in seven years; …

The 2020 Americana Honors and Awards have been postponed amid concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic. The ceremony was originally set to take place September 16th with a live event at the Ryman Auditorium and will instead be held at a later, yet-to-be-announced date. In a statement, Americana Music Association executive …

Justin Townes Earle likely died from a “probable drug overdose,” a spokesperson at the Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed to Rolling Stone on Tuesday. Police conducted a welfare check at the 38-year-old songwriter’s Nashville apartment on Sunday after one of Earle’s friends said they hadn’t heard from him since Thursday. …

The first catastrophe of 2020 came slightly earlier than most for Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. On a stormy evening in early March, the couple found themselves racing around Woodland Studios — the historic East Nashville recording facility that’s served as the duo’s home base since 2001 — trying to …

Eclectic country-rock band the Last Bandoleros appeared on Good Morning America on Wednesday for an interview and a pretaped performance at venerable Texas dance hall Floore’s Country Store, in Helotes. The group recorded its new concert album, Live From Texas, at Floore’s and returned to the venue for a rendition …

Brett Eldredge used to start his days posting videos of himself singing from bed just moments after he had woken up —a cutesy series he called “Bedhead Jams.” Now, the 34-year-old singer begins his mornings by meditating. The meditation sessions can probe some heavy topics. One morning he found himself …