After releasing the solo project And It’s Still Alright in 2020, Nathaniel Rateliff will reassemble his band the Night Sweats for a summer and fall tour. The Americana soul singer announced the 24-date trek on Monday. Rateliff’s tour kicks off July 20th in Charlotte, North Carolina, and runs through mid-October, …
Read More »Anderson East Tries to Get Everyone Clean in 'Drugs' Video
Anderson East reckons with a collective need for clarity in “Drugs,” the funky new release from his upcoming album Maybe We Never Die. The follow-up to 2018’s Encore, Maybe We Never Die will come out August 20th. Veering away from the retro R&B sounds that have been a mainstay of …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for Week of May 10th
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.) …
Read More »Eric Church on Why Music Is Going to Save Us
Ever since he got booted off the Rascal Flatts tour in 2006 for playing too long, Eric Church has been country music’s middle finger, upending the way things are done in Nashville with both his albums and his live show. His new record Heart & Soul is a wildly ambitious …
Read More »Miranda Lambert Harmonizes With Jon Randall, Jack Ingram on 'Am I Right or Amarillo'
Miranda Lambert’s collaborative Marfa Tapes project with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall has released another new song. The harmony-drenched cheating saga “Am I Right or Amarillo” made its debut on Friday, with the full album arriving May 7th. As with previously released Marfa Tapes tracks, “Am I Right or Amarillo” …
Read More »Marty Stuart Readies New Album 'Songs I Sing in the Dark'
Marty Stuart has announced the digital album Songs I Sing in the Dark, a collection of 20 acoustic numbers that he’ll debut on a monthly basis. The first installment is Stuart’s version of “Ready for the Times to Get Better” and, as the Country Music Hall of Fame member explains …
Read More »Lady A Play on Their Name in Eighties-Style Rock Anthem 'Like a Lady'
Hillary Scott leads Lady A through a free-spirited romp in the country music trio’s new song “Like a Lady.” Opening with stacked vocals reminiscent of Styx’s own “Lady,” the track is presented as a celebration of female empowerment. Scott co-wrote the song with four collaborators and propels “Like a Lady” …
Read More »Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff to Team Up for 'CMT Crossroads'
Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff will pair up for the latest episode of CMT Crossroads, the cable network’s live-music mashup series. The fellow Midwesterners — Rateliff’s from Missouri; Price from Illinois — will collaborate on each other’s songs during a performance filmed at the Factory in Franklin, Tennessee, south of …
Read More »Flashback: See Patsy Cline Croon 'I Fall to Pieces' in Final TV Appearance
On March 5th, 1963, a plane carrying one of country music’s most famous voices, Patsy Cline, crashed in the woods near Camden, Tennessee, killing all onboard: Cline, Grand Ole Opry members Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins, and pilot Randy Hughes. Cline was on her way home from Kansas City, Kansas, …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for the Week of February 1st
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 Countryselects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Jake Hoot featuring Kelly Clarkson, “I Would’ve …
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