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. This is a moment overflowing with worthy country songs, so even though this category makes …
Read More »
Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” will never be used as evocatively as it was in Miami Vice’s 1984 pilot — Fire up the Spyder, Crockett, and load that shotgun, Tubbs! —but Monday Night Football isn’t afraid to try. ESPN’s football franchise teamed up Snoop Dogg, Chris Stapleton, and drummer …
Read More »
Chris Stapleton will return in November with Higher, the country star’s first album since his award-winning 2020 LP Starting Over. Ahead of Higher’s Nov. 10 release, Stapleton has shared the album’s rocking first single, “White Horse,” co-written by Stapleton and Dan Wilson (of Semisonic fame). The pair previously collaborated on …
Read More »
Chris Stapleton delivered a monster rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl LVII earlier this year, bringing grown men to tears and giving even those who think the U.S. is in a downward spiral a reason to feel optimistic. Consider it Stapleton’s “Whitney moment.” Now, just in time for …
Read More »
Carly Pearce gets an assist from Chris Stapleton in her devastating new ballad “We Don’t Fight Anymore.” The track marks the Grand Ole Opry member’s first new music since the release of her third album, 2021’s 29: Written in Stone. “We Don’t Fight Anymore” is paced slowly and laden with …
Read More »
Chris Stapleton canceled his outdoor concert in Syracuse, New York scheduled for Thursday due to poor air-quality caused by Canada wildfires. “Due to the ongoing air conditions in the greater Syracuse area, tomorrow night’s show at St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview will be rescheduled to a later date,” the …
Read More »
The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards streamed live from Frisco, Texas, on Prime Video on Thursday, awarding trophies to nominees like Hardy, Brothers Osborne, and the night’s big winner, Lainey Wilson, who took home the award for Album of the Year for Bell Bottom Country. Chris Stapleton won the …
Read More »
This year’s Stagecoach Festival was a love letter to country music’s past and a nod to its wide-open future. While the festival — the genre’s largest, most rollicking reunion that takes place in California’s low desert the week after Coachella — was sparse on guest appearances (no Axl Rose, this …
Read More »
Chris Stapleton became the third consecutive country music singer to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday. Dressed in all black and sunglasses, accompanied only by his guitar, the “Tennessee Whiskey” vocalist delivered a sturdy and respectful rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the Philadelphia Eagles and …
Read More »
Stevie Wonder linked up with fellow Motown legend Smokey Robinson and country star Chris Stapleton for a special performance at the Grammy Awards. Introduced by Billy Crystal — who gave a shoutout to his legendary producer uncle, Milt Gabler — Wonder took the stage. Backed by the group WanMor, he …
Read More »