Tag Archives: music-country

Walking the Floor bobs and weaves this week, swapping its usual focus on Americana music for a special conversation with boxing’s only eight-division world champion. “It’s not a music episode,” explains podcast host Chris Shiflett, an avid fan of the sweet science, during the episode’s first moments. “It’s a boxing …

North Country, the acoustic-based new album from transatlantic troubadour Danny Burns, not only benefits from Burns’ richly textured vocals and keen storytelling, but also from the Irish-born artist’s musical kinships with Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Holly Williams, Dan Tyminski and Mindy Smith, among others. The result is a collection of …

If you don’t already have tickets to see Tyler Childers play this month, you’ll have to wait for 2019, as the Kentucky native’s December dates are all sold out. Fortunately, Childers has just added more than a dozen new shows to his itinerary for next March and April. Childers is …

Last month Kip Moore released the stripped-down Room to Spare: The Acoustic Sessions EP, a seven-song set that highlighted both his songwriting and the nuances of his gruff voice. The Georgia native launched a four-date mini-tour in support of the project, and has now announced plans to extend the run …

The soundtrack to the Netflix film Dumplin’ arrives on Friday. Ahead of its release, Dolly Parton, who oversees the music for the movie about a Parton-obsessed teen, has shared a new in-the-studio video for “Jolene.” Parton re-recorded her 1973 hit for the soundtrack, slowing down the tempo and enlisting a …

Charley Crockett made a splash in country and Americana circles this year with the groovy Gulf soul of Lonesome As a Shadow, but at heart the Texas native is a child of the blues. He puts that idea quite literally to song in a bleary-eyed cover of “Good Time Charley’s …

Blake Shelton pays homage to George Jones, Elvis Presley, the Flintstones and Jim Beam bourbon in his latest “Friends and Heroes Session” release — a cover of “The King Is Gone (So Are You).” The 1989 single by Jones was penned by songwriter Roger Ferris and was one of the …

A moody new acoustic release by an East Nashville staple, a smoldering torch song from a rockabilly ingenue and a personal love song from a rising pop-country artist make up the tracks you must hear this week. Bob Lewis, “All My Sins” With guests ranging from Aaron Lee Tasjan to …

Willie Nelson may have been the marquee name at the “Rally With Willie & Beto” in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, but the rock star of the night was the candidate himself, Beto O’Rourke. The onetime punk musician and Democratic Texas Senate candidate had just given a stirring speech to the …

If last week’s Artist-in-Residence performance at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was all about highlighting Miranda Lambert‘s considerable skill as a songwriter, last night’s follow-up show made the case that she’s an equally compelling bandleader when joined with her Pistol Annies cohorts Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. …