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The defining moment of the new documentary Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon is when Johnny Cash says he found God in the darkness of East Tennessee’s Nickajack Cave in the fall of 1967. Cash, who retold the story many times in later years, was at the height …

In his round X-ray specs and solar-system button-up, Garrett T. Capps looks like he’s just emerged from the farthest reaches of outer space. The San Antonio musician sounds like it, too. Since forming his band NASA Country in 2017, Capps has been working to introduce an unconventional new sound into …

Shania Twain belatedly marked the 25th anniversary of her hit 1997 album Come On Over Sunday with a surprise digital-only reissue complete with duets featuring Elton John, Chris Martin and Nick Jonas. The deluxe version was released as part of Apple Music’s daily From Apple Music With Love series; in …

Late last month, Luke Bryan surprised fans with a special guest at the Jacksonville, Florida, stop on his Raised Up Right Tour. It wasn’t one of Bryan’s country music peers, but a politician with presidential dreams: Florida governor Ron DeSantis. Walking onstage to pre-recorded music and tossing merch into the …

When the pandemic swept across America in 2020, Vince Herman bought an RV and hit the road. His goal was to remain under the radar in his vehicular bubble, on a solo excursion to rediscover the country — at his own pace, and in his own way. “And by the …

Dierks Bentley and Billy Strings hunker down to greet the end of days with some bluegrass jams and weed in the new song “High Note,” a lively romp from Bentley’s upcoming new album. A brisk, rumbling acoustic guitar riff kicks things off, and the band —featuring Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, …

John Driskell Hopkins gives us all the White Christmas feels with his swinging version of Irving Berlin’s “Snow.” The Zac Brown Band member taps into the song’s lineage too, enlisting Debby Boone to sing it with him — the “You Light Up My Life” singer’s mother-in-law, Rosemary Clooney, originally sang …

Marty Stuart spins some fantastical stories where fiction and reality blur in the new song “Country Star,” recorded with his band the Fabulous Superlatives. It’s the first new single Stuart has released since putting out the trippy, surf-inspired album Way Out West in 2017. A jangling country-rock tune with some …

Miranda Lambert picked up the most nominations when the Recording Academy announced the country music Grammy nominees on Tuesday. Lambert, a perennial contender, found herself nominated in all four of the country categories, the only performer to do so for the 2023 Awards. Lambert’s 2022 album Palomino clearly resonated with …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Garth Brooks will make his return to the Las Vegas Strip in 2023 when his new residency Garth Brooks/Plus One gets underway at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. …