Music Country

One of the most influential country and bluegrass singers of his generation, Keith Whitley will be remembered on the 30th anniversary of his untimely death with an all-star concert featuring Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Mark Chesnutt, Tracy Lawrence, Joe Diffie and more. Set for May 9th at the Country Music …

Rhiannon Giddens, whose collaborative project Our Native Daughters released its debut album in February, continues her exploration of world music with the May 3rd release of There Is No Other, an album recorded in Dublin with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi and produced by Joe Henry. The title (stylized as there …

Jake Owen‘s carefree “Drink All Day,” Sara Evans‘s cover of a Fleetwood Mac classic and more new songs to hear this week. Danny Burns, “North Country” Backed by Mindy Smith, Sam Bush and ChessBoxer, Irish songwriter Danny Burns nods to his homeland with “North Country,” a moody folk song about …

Reba McEntire sends up a warning about a woman who’s on a mission to drink away her heartbreak in the newly released song “Storm in a Shot Glass.” The track will appear on McEntire’s forthcoming new album Stronger Than the Truth. “She’s up on the barstool, out drinkin’ like a …

Brandi Carlile is cruising down a steep road on her four-wheeler, her teal jacket flapping in the wind as she makes a sharp turn to her home in Maple Valley, Washington, a rural mountain town about 45 minutes outside of Seattle. It’s not an easy house to find — even …

Singer-songwriter Mindy Smith will launch her first tour in six years in celebration of the 15th anniversary of her acclaimed debut album, One Moment More. The solo acoustic trek begins May 5th, at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, Georgia, running through June 22nd in Knoxville, Tennessee, visiting a series of intimate …

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings performed their Oscar-nominated song “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” at the 91nd Academy Awards on Sunday night. Introduced by fellow Nashvillian Kacey Musgraves, the longtime musical partners donned matching embroidered Western suits to strum the song and harmonize in front of a …

Tucker Beathard was an independent artist when he released last year’s Nobody’s Everything, a record of co-written originals rooted in alt-rock’s crunch and country-pop’s gloss. Three months later, he’s back with an anthemic single, “Better Than Me,” as well as a new, high-powered partner: Warner Music Nashville. With Warner’s help, …

A few lines and a guitar lick are all Justin Townes Earle needs on “Ain’t Got No Money,” the shifty roots rocker that will be featured on his just-announced LP The Saint of Lost Causes. Something of a return to the familiar for Earle, The Saint of Lost Causes sees …

“When I met Jessi, I was pretty well at my lowest point. I weighed 138 pounds and I was bent on self-destruction. Wallerin’ in self-pity was the biggest part of it, stayin’ depressed all the time and stoned. Jess was the best thing that ever happened to me.” That’s Waylon …