In a development as unfortunate as it is unsurprising, Kacey Musgraves is the only female artist up for Album of the Year at the 52nd annual CMA Awards, which announced its nominees on Tuesday. Musgraves — whose acclaimed third full-length Golden Hour is in the running with releases from Chris …

Mason Ramsey stops dribbling a basketball to tell me something. “I’m not so good during the summer,” he says, “because that’s when all my superpowers go away.” It’s the first of at least a dozen instances during the recent hour or so spent with the 11-year-old when I am overcome …

Toots & the Maytals delivered a triumphant rendition of their “Monkey Man” alongside special guest Taj Mahal Friday night at Arrington, Virginia’s Lockn’ Festival. The gig marked the reggae legends’ first concert in Virginia since “Toots” Hibbert was since he was struck in the head with a vodka bottle during a …

Eric Church‘s soulful “Heart Like a Wheel,” Jillian Jacqueline’s riveting duet with Keith Urban and Aaron Watson‘s uplifting “Higher Ground” are among the 10 country and Americana tracks you must hear this week. Eric Church, “Heart Like a Wheel” For all its talk about wheels, Eric Church’s newest release from …

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn met at a square dance in Nashville. She was dancing. He was playing. Fifteen years later, they’ve built entwining careers — as well as a family — upon that initial encounter, touring the world together as a Grammy-winning, husband-and-wife folk duo. The new video for …

Less than three months after Danny Boyle was hired to direct the 25th film in the James Bond franchise, 007 producers announced Tuesday that the Oscar-winning filmmaker had parted ways with the production. “Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig today announced that due to creative differences Danny Boyle …

“I was thinking today about how it feels to be an unhinged leftist,” quipped Jason Isbell two songs into a solo acoustic performance early Monday evening in Nashville, a short-notice but instantly sold-out rally for Democrat Tennessee senate candidate Phil Bredesen. Referencing shots fired earlier that day at left-leaning entertainers …

UPDATE: Lana Del Rey has postponed her first-ever Israel performance following outcry over the concert.“It’s important to me to perform in both Palestine and Israel and treat all my fans equally,” she wrote in a Twitter statement. “Unfortunately it hasn’t been possible to line up both visits with such short …

Phish have been forced to cancel their three-day festival, Curveball, Variety reports. The sold-out event was scheduled for this weekend at Watkins Glen International Raceway in New York. Fans who are already onsite are allowed to camp overnight, but the grounds will be closed by noon on Friday, according to …

Dillon Carmichael switches into full-on power ballad mode in his new song “Dancing Away With My Heart,” the latest track to be released from his upcoming Dave Cobb-produced debut album Hell on an Angel. Mixing Carmichael’s burly baritone with the defiant spirit of a late-night Lynyrd Skynyrd sing-along, “Dancing Away …