A few days after the death of Kris Kristofferson, Eric Church shared the unreleased song “Kickin’ It With Kristofferson,” an acoustic demo he once wrote about one of his songwritingheroes. The previously unreleased track, which Church describes as a “worktape,” pays tribute to the late singer, songwriter, actor, and activist, …
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When Eric Church recorded his last album, 2021’s Heart & Soul, he decamped for the mountains of his native North Carolina and created a makeshift studio in a shuttered restaurant. Over the weekend, he watched that very region being decimated by flooding from Hurricane Helene, essentially cutting off the mountain …
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Morgan Wallen spent this weekend playing to more than 150,000 people over two shows at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The gigs were about as close as the country star gets to a homecoming blowout — he grew up in Sneedville, about 90 minutes away — so he marked …
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After playing a solo acoustic residency at his Nashville bar Chief’s earlier this summer, Eric Church will return to the honky-tonk with his full band for special SiriusXM live performance on Sept. 30. The concert, set for Chief’s intimate Neon Steeple venue, aims to evoke the close-quarters confines of the …
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From his love of the Allman Brothers Band to the time he quoted Bob Dylan lyrics at the 1976 Democratic convention, Jimmy Carter’s bond with music was undeniable and part of his counter-culture appeal. That connection will be further cemented with “Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song,” a multi-act …
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The ACM Honors has announced the initial lineup of performers for its industry awards ceremony, set for Aug. 21 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Eric Church, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Tyler Hubbard, Jamey Johnson, Ashley McBryde, Darius Rucker, and Keith Urban will all perform in tribute to this year’s honorees. The …
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For a guy who didn’t live in Nashville and bucked every Music Row norm he could, Toby Keith sure was loved by the country music community. That was apparent on Monday night at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, where A-listers like Eric Church, Jelly Roll, Luke Bryan, Lainey Wilson, and Keith’s fellow …
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Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, and Eric Church are among the country stars that will pay tribute to Toby Keith at a Nashville benefit concert next month. “Toby Keith: American Icon,” set for Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on July 29, will also feature performances by Darius Rucker, Ashley …
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At the start of the year, Eric Church announced that he and Morgan Wallen had teamed up to purchase Field & Stream, the long-running outdoors magazine and brand. He also teased that a Field & Stream branded music festival was in the cards. Since then the fest has announced its …
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Stagecoach is known for its surprises and, on Friday night, Eric Church delivered one of the most unexpected sets in the California country music festival’s history. The question facing fans is, was it a good surprise or a bad one? Church hadn’t headlined Stagecoach since 2016 and is currently in …
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