Lady Antebellum made a return visit to Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday, performing the sorrowful “Hurt” from their 2017 album Heart Break. Like the album’s title track, singer Hillary Scott takes the lead on “Hurt,” supported as usual by her bandmates Charles Kelly and Dave Haywood. She emphasizes …
Read More »Old Dominion Rock Ryman With Kenny Chesney, Kelsea Ballerini
Old Dominion headlined a sold-out concert at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Tuesday night. But they didn’t go it alone —the reigning ACM Vocal Group of the Year were joined by some A-list guests. Kenny Chesney, Kelsea Ballerini, Sam Hunt and Michael Ray all took turns joining the band of songwriters …
Read More »John Prine Celebrated at BMI Troubadour Ceremony in Nashville
John Prine became only the second artist to receive the BMI Troubadour Award during an intimate dinner and ceremony Monday night at the music-rights management company’s headquarters in Nashville. An unofficial kickoff to AmericanaFest week, the event assembled some of the leading figures in the genre who count the folksinger-songwriter …
Read More »Watch Willie Nelson Nail the Sinatra Saloon Classic 'One for My Baby'
Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson were huge fans of each other, even playing a show together and teaming up for a series of PSAs in the 1980s. Nelson pays tribute to his favorite singer on My Way, out this Friday, andjust released a video for “One for My Baby (And …
Read More »Songwriter Lera Lynn on Duets Album 'Plays Well With Others,' Stylistic Evolution
Lera Lynn has a classic quandary on her hands at the moment: she can’t actually perform her latest album while she’s on tour. Plays Well With Others, released in June, paired Lynn with a wide assortment of duet partners, including John Paul White (who produced the album at his studio …
Read More »Chris Lane Plots 2018 Laps Around the Sun Tour
Chris Lane will close out 2018 headlining a series of shows on his newly announced Laps Around the Sun Tour, which gets underway in October. Named for his recently released LP, Lane’s new tour will embark October 12th from Gulf Breeze, Florida, and wrap up December 15th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. …
Read More »Dolly Parton Receives Inaugural 'Dolly Parton Excellence in Leadership Award'
Over the weekend, the non-profit organization Leadership Tennessee presented Dolly Parton with the inaugural Dolly Parton Excellence in Leadership Award at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Parton’s award comes after the singer’s lifetime of charitable work in her homestate, from her long-running Imagination Library, which …
Read More »Richard Thompson Details New Album '13 Rivers'
Richard Thompson has shared details for his forthcoming 19th solo album 13 Rivers, set for release via New West Records on September 14th. The British singer-songwriter-guitarist also released a pair of songs from the album, “The Storm Won’t Come” and “Bones of Gilead.” Produced by Thompson, 13 Rivers was engineered …
Read More »Hear Cam's Meditative New Song 'Road to Happiness'
“Be careful who you hang around, beliefs are sticky things,” sings Cam in the new song “Road to Happiness,” released early Thursday morning. It’s those beliefs that, given enough time to steep, can completely derail a dream or even inflict harm on others around us. Over gentle, finger-style acoustic guitar, …
Read More »Hear Bermuda Triangle's Otherworldly New Song 'Till the End of Days'
With a handful of summertime shows – including an appearance at the Newport Folk Festival – looming at the end of July, Bermuda Triangle have been spending more time in the recording studio. The latest song to come from those stripped-down sessions in “Till the End of Days,” a lean, …
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