Luke Combs injects some country-soul swagger into the mix for his new single “The Kind of Love We Make,” which is out on Friday. The song appears on Combs’ upcoming third album Growin’ Up, which arrives June 24. Written by Combs with Jamie Davis, Dan Isbell, and Reid Isbell, “The …
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Toby Keith revealed to fans Sunday that he has spent the past half year battling stomach cancer. “Last fall I was diagnosed with stomach cancer,” Keith wrote on social media. “I’ve spent the last 6 months receiving chemo, radiation and surgery. So far, so good. I need time to breathe, …
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The CMA Fest has become the latest country music festival to ban attendees from displaying Confederate flag imagery. Returning from a two-year Covid hiatus, the long-running Nashville event — scheduled for June 9 to 12 throughout the city — quietly made the policy change by listing “Confederate flag imagery of …
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Nikki Lane embraces her rock & roll side on “First High,” the lead release from the singer-songwriter’s first album in five years. Denim & Diamonds, the follow-up to Lane’s 2017 album Highway Queen, will arrive Sept. 23 via New West. Produced by Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme, …
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Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium is famously also known as the Mother Church of Country Music and one-time home of the Grand Ole Opry, but it has played a crucial role in Rock & Roll history as well. On Thursday, the 130-year-old venue was designated an official landmark by the Rock & …
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A country music concert slated for this weekend’s NRA Convention in Houston just lost another performer. Larry Gatlin, a member of the country trio the Gatlin Brothers, has dropped out of the lineup. The 74-year-old vocalist and songwriter behind Gatlin Brothers hits like “All the Gold in California” and “Houston …
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Wynonna Judd and Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield make surprising and superb duet partners on “Other Side,” a collaborative single that mark’s Wynonna’s first new music since the 2020 covers EP Recollections. It’s a lean arrangement that’s led off by a descending acoustic guitar progression and Cactus Moser’s drums, mellow enough to …
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As he gazed upon the thousands gathered for the grand opening of the Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama, last Friday, singer-songwriter John Paul White articulated the moment with his song “The Good Old Days.” “There’s something going down in this simple place I grew up in,” sang White, who was …
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Morgan Wallen took the stage at the Billboard Music Awards just over a year after he was caught on camera using a racial slur to perform his songs “Wasted on You” and “Don’t Think Jesus” Sunday night. Performing on the show’s center stage surrounded by his backing band, Wallen opened …
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Brandi Carlile and Ashley McBryde are among the artists who will gather to pay tribute to the life and music of Naomi Judd just two weeks after the singer’s death. “Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration,” will air live and commercial-free on CMT from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Sunday, May …
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