Madi Diaz has a talent for brief, yet devastating observations: “Looking at who you are and what I can live with/I can imagine myself as a picture of something different,” she whisper-chokes on “Hope Less,” the situationship-rationalizing opening track to her seventh album. The lyric’s power is heightened by the …
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On her new album Fatal Optimist, Madi Diaz reminds herself that the only person who will never leave her is herself. On Monday, the musician announced her album,Fatal Optimist, out on October 10, which she views as the final installment in a trilogy of heartache albums, following 2021’s History of …
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Madi Diaz has enlisted singer-actress Lennon Stella for the blissful duet “One Less Question.” Written by Diaz, Stella, and Kate York, the serene track is overflowing with melody, as Diaz and Stella trade verses across an acoustic guitar that softly builds. “Are we flesh and bone?/Are we just a dream?” …
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Look, we’re not just tooting our own horn here when we say that Peso Pluma’s headlining set at the second night of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at the Moody Theater was the buzziest show in town on Wednesday. Fans started queueing up hours before the música mexicana megastar …
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A week after Madi Diaz released her new album Weird Faith, the now-Nashville singer performed three tracks from the LP for CBS Mornings’ Saturday Sessions. In addition to “Everything Almost” — which Diaz also played on The Tonight Show last week — she also highlighted Weird Faith’s “For Months Now” …
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Willie Nelson’s annual Luck Reunion is set to return to his Texas ranch with a lineup that includes Tyler Childers, Old Crow Medicine Show, and the country legend himself. Taking place during South by Southwest on March 14 in Spicewood, Texas, this year’s roster also includes Dawes with Lucius, Durand …
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Fresh off releasing the new album Weird Faith, Madi Diaz appeared on The Tonight Show Friday to perform one of the LP’s standout tracks, “Everything Almost.” The artist dubbed “Nashville’s secret weapon” by Rolling Stone said in a recent interview with us that the single is a “straight-up journal entry.” …
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A t this point in her career, Madi Diaz is realistic about life on the road. “I’m 37 years old, and this shit is heavy,” the Nashville songwriter says with a laugh. “I’m walking through the airport, and I’m carrying a lot of pedals and cables. I’m shoving my guitar …
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We’re in the last stretch of 2023, but Kacey Musgraves has one more duet to sing on: Madi Diaz’s “Don’t Do Me Good.” The track is the latest single off Diaz’s upcoming album Weird Faith, following last month’s “Same Risk.” It’s a heart-wrenching ballad about accepting that a relationship has …
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Madi Diaz — one of Nashville’s brightest and most brutally honest songwriters — asks a simple question on her new single: “Do you think this could ruin your life? Cause I can see it ruining mine.” Diaz unravels “Same Risk” over cozy acoustic guitar, while the accompanying video features her …
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