Three generations of musicians took hold of the 2025 ACM Awards stage as Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, and Lainey Wilson delivered the debut live performance of their collaboration “Trailblazer.” The three artists took the stage in matching brown suede and turquoise, with an open road behind them. They harmonized their …
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Sierra Ferrell was the big winner at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards, held Wednesday night at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The old-timey West Virginia songwriter took home Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for her LP Trail of Flowers. Produced by Eddie Spear and Gary …
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In just a little over three minutes Brandy Clark flies to Paris, reads Lonesome Dove, listens to Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and goes on a psychedelic trip. But she still can’t forget the lover who broke her heart. That’s the genius premise of “Buried,” Clark’s Grammy-nominated song and a standout of …
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Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. Americana is a wide-open category, partly because it’s hard to define. “I always look at …
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Brandy Clark could probably use a little rest. In the week before she sits down with me in Nashville, she’s been in New York to appear on Today — which required a 5 a.m. glam appointment— then attended a Tony Awards luncheon before heading to Los Angeles for another event, …
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Brandy Clark and Brandi Carlile make a dream pairing as collaborators on Clark’s latest album. The self-titled release, which was produced by Carlile, will be released May 19 and includes the new track “Buried.” Clark’s fingerstyle guitar playing is the foundation on which “Buried” is built, and it’s from there …
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Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally offer a succinct exploration of the agonies and joys of the heart in “Maybe Love,” the first taste of their upcoming Broadway musical, Shucked. The show begins previews on March 8 at the Nederlander Theatre in New York. “Maybe Love” bears some hallmarks of Clark …
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Ashley McBryde has a little game she sometimes plays when she’s out at a bar and there’s music in the background. “Let’s say [the Chicks’] ‘Goodbye Earl’ or something is on, and I’ll go, ‘OK, who wrote it? I’ll buy you a beer,’” she says. “They’re like, ‘I don’t know.’ …
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Ashley McBryde’s known for making rich character studies out of her songs, but she’ll lean all the way in on the new album Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, due out via Warner Music Nashville on Sept. 30. Among the guests on the multi-artist project are Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark, and Aaron …
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The first round of performers has been announced for AmericanaFest 2021, which takes place in Nashville September 22nd to 25th. Among the 240 total artists scheduled to showcase at venues around Music City are Kelsey Waldon, Allison Russell, and Joshua Ray Walker. More than 160 artists were announced on Wednesday, …
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