Following up a chart-topping country song with another country banger? Post Malone found the guy for that: Luke Combs. On Friday, the duo released “Guy For That,” Malone’s follow-up to his Morgan Wallen-featuring hit, “I Had Some Help.” “I’m damn near down to my last dime/I’m pretty good at breakin’ …
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Sheesh, you could have at least waved. On the vaguely Celtic-sounding folk song “Irish Goodbye,” Kacey Musgraves explains that she’s mostly a pretty forgiving person and pretty much liked you right up until you had the presumptuous audacity to ghost her. “I want to respect you and you know I …
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Ahead of the release of Orville Peck’s all-star Stampede next week, the masked country star performed the track “How Far Will We Take It?” alongside guest Noah Cyrus on Wednesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. The duo’s ballad originally debuted this May on Peck’s Stampede Vol. 1, an EP that previewed seven …
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Jason Aldean, who famously railed against crime in his song “Try That in a Small Town,” joined convicted felon Donald Trump in the former president’s box at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. Aldean, in a gray T-shirt and white hat adorned with an American flag logo, was seated …
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Country songs about dads watching their daughters getting married and —as Hank Hill once put it —“feeling emotions” constitute a mini-genre at this point, from Heartland’s “I Loved Her First” to Alan Jackson‘s “You’ll Always Be My Baby.” Country newcomer Post Malone became the latest contributor to that micro-canon this …
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Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are back with Woodland, the first album of songs written by the duo in seven years. The 10-track album was recorded entirely at the East Nashville studio that bears its name, which the duo has owned for more than two decades. “Woodland is at the …
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Just a month after performing together at CMA Fest’s Spotify House, Machine Gun Kelly and Jelly Roll are getting ready to drop a new collab. On Thursday, the pair announced single “Lonely Road,” which features a nod to John Denver’s iconic 1971 track “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” ”Countdown to …
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Bruce Springsteen has landed his first-ever country hit, as “Sandpaper,” the Boss’s collaboration with Zach Bryan on the country superstar’s album The Great American Bar Scene, opened at Number 26 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart this week. The song also debuted at 71 on the Hot 100 chart, marking …
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Country artists from Hardy to Toby Keith have turned up in the squared circle over the years, but few look as at home in the ring as Jelly Roll. On Aug. 3, the burly, tattooed singer will make his way to Cleveland for the WWE’s annual warm-weather live event, SummerSlam. …
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Miranda Lambert concerts are meant for dancing and drinking — not fighting. During a show at Montana’s Under the Big Sky Festival over the weekend, Lambert paused her headlining set to call out fans who seemed to be in a fight and not paying attention. “I can see your head …
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