The power of Brandi Carlile‘s recently released track “The Joke” was certainly not lost on the audience at Jimmy Kimmel Live when the singer with the soaring voice performed it – and another new cut, “The Mother” – during Wednesday night’s episode of the ABC late-night series. Carlile introduced the …
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Luke Bryan‘s abiding admiration of Lionel Richie has come full circle in 2017, a year that began with the two of them jamming on the Commodores’ “Oh No” and later saw both men signing on as judges for the upcoming American Idol reboot. In early December, Bryan reaffirmed his fandom …
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Six weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, Jason Aldean is speaking out about the events that took place on October 1st in Las Vegas, while he was onstage closing out the Route 91 Harvest festival. The country superstar sat down for an interview with NBC’s Today show, …
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When Garth Brooks first hosted Saturday Night Live on February 28, 1998, he naturally performed as the show’s musical guest as well. But on this day 18 years ago when Brooks made his second go-round as host of the long-running sketch-comedy series, he stepped aside to allow a different artist …
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Carrie Underwood gave one of the evening’s standout performances at the 51st CMA Awards in Nashville, singing the hymn “Softly and Tenderly” during the show’s In Memoriam section. Surrounded by flickering candles, Underwood patiently worked her way to the song’s emotional apex as video screens acknowledged the performers and industry …
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In 2014, when Kelsea Ballerini was writing what became her breakout album, the following year’s unexpected smash debutThe First Time, the Grammy-nominated singer had almost zero time to sketch out its creative nuances. Having long been signed exclusively as a songwriter to the independent label Black River Entertainment, Ballerini was …
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If you expected Chris Stapleton to come out swinging with the lead single off From A Room: Volume 2, think again. The first song the Grammy winner has shared from the forthcoming LP is its soulful opening track: a beautiful, mid-tempo cover of Kevin Welch’s “Millionaire,” which you can hear …
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As 2017 winds down, Luke Bryan will be winding up with his sixth studio album and spot at the judges’ table on a reboot of American Idol. Bryan shared details about his new album, titled What Makes You Country, earlier today. Produced by Jeff Stevens and Jody Stevens, the 15-track …
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Just six months ago, at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives delivered a harmony-laden acoustic version of “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” a scorching rocker from Tom Petty’s 1989 solo debut LPFull Moon Fever. Following Petty’s death on Monday night, tributes to the influential …
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Despite a distance of 1,800 miles, the horror of Sunday night’s deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas hit close to home in Nashville. The domestic terror attack claimed the lives of at least 59 country music fans attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival, leaving another 515 wounded at an event …
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