Country great John Anderson is due to receive an all-star tribute on the Grand Ole Opry stage in Nashville. In addition to a performance by Anderson, artists like Tyler Childers and Dan Auerbach will cover some of the “Seminole Wind” singer’s songs on the Aug. 6 Opry show, timed to …
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Carrie Underwood had an epic surprise in store for her headlining set Saturday at the Stagecoach Festival: Axl Rose, who joined the singer to perform a pair of Guns N’ Roses classics. After performing the opening verse and chorus of “Sweet Child O’ Mine” with her band, Underwood announced Rose …
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Trixie Mattel does some multitasking in the video for “C’mon Loretta,” silencing a tennis court foe and paying homage to a country great in one fell swoop. The song appears on the drag star and songwriter’s upcoming double LP The Blonde & Pink Albums, due in June. A guitar-driven garage-pop …
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It finally happened. After teasing their friendship online back in 2020 with a lever-action rifle and a viral Instagram post, Post Malone and Billy Strings performed together onstage. The “Circles” rapper joined the lightning-fast bluegrass picker at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California, for a rollicking cover of “Cocaine Blues,” …
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Keith Urban kicked off the 2022 CMT Music Awards with a performance of his latest single “Wild Hearts.” The guitar-slinger strutted up the catwalk to the stage of Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium with his Les Paul at his side. It’s a venue that’s familiar to Urban — he rehearsed his 2011 …
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After the pandemic forced it online in 2021, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic, a regular concert tradition in Texas since 1973, returns live this summer. Set for Monday, July 4th, at Austin’s Q2 Stadium — the home of the city’s soccer team —the 10-hour concert features nine acts, plus …
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Miranda Lambert has released another track off her upcoming album Palomino, ahead of its April 29 drop date. “Actin’ Up” is a swaggering slice of woozy country-rock, with Lambert dropping a wealth of pop-culture references in the lyrics. In the first two verses alone, she alludes to Tommy James and …
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Allison Russell stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to deliver a raucous, soulful performance of her song “4th Day Prayer”. Backed by a live band that included the duo Sista Strings and singer-guitarist Joy Clark, Russell gave the song a vibrant sensibility that matched the colorful stage backdrop. “4th Day Prayer” …
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The Academy of Country Music somehow handled two of the strangest years in recent memory with incredible grace. Rather than attempting to deny the troubling circumstances, the organization leaned into the weird and hosted their annual West Coat awards show in Nashville for the first time, offering up a lot …
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Ingrid Andress joined forces with Sam Hunt for an emotional rendition of their collaborative tune “Wishful Drinking” on The Late Show. The duet, featuring Hunt on guitar, tells the story of a couple trying to mend a broken relationship.“With every sip I’m getting closer/ To thinking that we ain’t really …
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