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When Carrie Underwood previewed her new album Cry Pretty last summer, she did so with a lavish party at Nashville’s Parthenon. On Wednesday night, the country singer returned to the replica of the Greek temple in Centennial Park to perform her latest single, the bouncy “Southbound,” for the 2019 CMT …

Thomas Rhett knew he had gone too far. “It’s been four years, so I can say that now,” Rhett says, sitting upstairs at a Nashville studio with a hearty amount of face scruff and a bag of jalapeno Cheetos nearby. Rhett’s talking about his second album, 2015’s Tangled Up, which …

Clare Bowen embraces her scars in the new video for “Let It Rain,” the first track to be released from the Nashville star’s upcoming self-titled debut album. Directed by Bowen with Tyler Barksdale, the video depicts the Australian native in a disheveled, confused state and in a bar among several …

Luke Combs is packaging his latest hit single “Beer Never Broke My Heart” as part of a new five-song EP. Titled The Prequel, the project will be released June 7th and includes all-new material from the breakout country singer. It’s the first extended release by the North Carolina songwriter since …

Keith Urban has signed on to perform at the 15th annual Stars for Second Harvest benefit concert in Nashville, which takes place the same week CMA Fest sets up shop around downtown. Hosted by hit songwriter Craig Wiseman (“Live Like You Were Dying”), the event will be held Tuesday, June …

Singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly has announced dates for his headlining Brightly Burst Tour, which will get underway in September 2019. Kelly currently has a few European dates left before a busy festival season that includes stops at Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival and Lollapalooza. Kicking off September 18th at Songbirds South Stage …

Donovan Woods has given his song “Truck Full of Money” an extensive overhaul, turning the cinematic track from his Juno-winning album Both Ways into an intimate acoustic ballad. This new version, premiering on Rolling Stone Country today, is the first release from The Other Way, an acoustic companion album to …

We’ve barely placed our order at a hot chicken restaurant in East Nashville and Sarah Potenza has already made an impression on the woman behind the register. “You just look so confident,” the cashier says, glancing at Potenza’s current outfit which includes, but is not limited to, giant orange lighting …

Shovels & Rope have released two new tracks from their forthcoming album By Blood, with “Mississippi Nuthin’” and “Carry Me Home” available for streaming. Beginning with some floor-tom-pounding drums before abruptly jumping to briskly strummed acoustic guitar, the urgent “Mississippi Nuthin’” imagines a pair of acquaintances who have seen their …