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For a reason that can only be described as “It’s 2020,” Nickelback have released a cover of the Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” Ostensibly a tribute to Daniels, who died in July, everyone’s favorite (sic) Canadian rock band strips the fiddle from both the song and …

In their earliest days as a trio, Runaway June wanted to incorporate a lot of fiddle and steel guitar into their songs. But there was a practical issue that ultimately forced the “Buy My Own Drinks” group in another direction when they recorded their 2019 debut album, Blue Roses. “We …

Tyler Childers teams with Kentucky comic-book artist Tony Moore for an eye-catching new video for “Country Squire,” the title track of Childers’ 2019 album. Full of bright colors and lifelike 3-D animation — part Rudolph holiday special, part Wallace and Gromit — the clip follows the Kentucky singer-songwriter as he …

The Chicks have revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming albumGaslighter, set for release later this month. The tracklist was made available on Wednesday via Apple Music, showing the 12 song titles as well as their songwriting credits. All three Chicks co-wrote most of the album’s tracks, along with producer Jack …

Kris Kristofferson turns 84 on June 22nd, and SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country channel is gearing up for the occasion with two programs celebrating the Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter. For the Good Times: An Outlaw Country Cruise Tribute to Kris Kristofferson is a 90-minute live tribute concert recorded earlier this …

Charley Crockett evokes the loneliness and isolation of the present moment in the new video for “Welcome to Hard Times.” Released on Wednesday, the song serves as the title track of the country troubadour’s new album, due out July 31st via Thirty Tigers. Filmed in the Sierra Nevadas (and observing …

The second annual All the Best Fest, a festival curated by John Prine and his label Oh Boy Records, along with music-cruise company Sixthman, is postponed until 2021. Prine was set to headline the event, slated for November 2020, for the second straight year, but after his death last month …

In early March, as the full threat of the coronavirus was becoming imminent, Nashville songwriter Caleb Caudle made the preemptive decision to begin postponing a 70-date tour in support of his new album, Better Hurry Up. SXSW had been canceled a few days earlier and the forecast for live music …

Country artists love to talk about getting out of their comfort zone. But for many who have had a taste of mainstream success, especially on don’t-rock-the-boat country radio, it usually means nothing more revolutionary than changing their shirt. Beginning back in 2012 with “Don’t Ya,” Brett Eldredge amassed a string …

Eric Church offered the debut of a new song during the ACM Presents: Our Country special on Sunday night, along with a hopeful speech about persevering through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Like most of the performances in the two-hour show, Church sang the inspiring “Never Break Heart” alone at home, …