Gavin Adcock appears to be living up to the name of his upcoming album, Own Worst Enemy, due out in August, when it comes to how he views Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. The rising country star recently ripped on Beyoncé and Cowboy Carter, which has been outranking other country artists, and …
Read More »Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival Tour Hits Pause After Extreme Weather Damages Gear
The Outlaw Music Festival tour’s June 29th stop in Ridgedale, Missouri, was cut short on Sunday after extreme weather brought heavy rains and winds to the Thunder Ridge Nature Arena. Now, the fallout from the sudden storm has caused the tour to cancel a July 1 date in El Reno, …
Read More »Carter Faith Will Bring Fans into Her 'Little World' on Debut Album 'Cherry Valley'
Carter Faith is a bright light for the future of country— and she has her debut album out soon to prove it. On Friday, as she released her single “Sex, Drugs, & Country Music,” Faith announced that she’ll drop her LP, Cherry Valley, on Oct. 3. “Cherry Valley means everything …
Read More »LeAnn Rimes' Teeth Fall Out During Concert: 'The Show Must Go On'
LeAnn Rimes experienced a very unusual first in her career: Her teeth popped out while performing mid-concert. After the incident, she addressed what happened on Instagram, stating, “This is the most epic example of how the show must go on.” Rimes was performing at the Skagit Casino Resort in Washington …
Read More »Ashley McBryde Honors an Old Friend With New Song 'Rattlesnake Preacher'
Ashley McBryde pays tribute to an old friend on the song “Rattlesnake Preacher,” written by her late collaborator and pal Randall Clay. “I’ve written nearly every song on all my records, so when I cut one I didn’t write, it means something,” McBryde said in a statement of Clay, who …
Read More »Lukas Nelson Reveals How His Dad Willie Reacted When He Gave Up Weed
Lukas Nelson has been promoting his new album, American Romance, with a string of press appearances. On Monday, he performed the title track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and followed it up on Tuesday with an interview and performance on The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM. Nelson played …
Read More »Watch Toy Factory Project Make Live Debut at Telluride Bluegrass Fest
This past weekend, under a canopy of stars in the depths of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, Marcus King stepped up to the microphone and tore into a rendition of the Marshall Tucker Band’s “Can’t You See” at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. “I’m gonna take a freight train, down …
Read More »Dolly Parton to Return to Las Vegas for First Shows Since 1993
Dolly Parton is no newcomer to Las Vegas, having first played shows in that town over 40 years ago. But as the country star announced this morning, she will be returning to the gambling mecca for the first time since 1993, by way of a limited-run December engagement of six …
Read More »Cross Canadian Ragweed Will Sub for Tim McGraw at PBR Rodeo Concert
Cross Canadian Ragweed are adding a sixth comeback show to their ongoing reunion. The Oklahoma roots rockers will headline Colorado State University’s Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins on July 21, capping the first night of the Professional Bull Riders’ Last Cowboy Standing event. Ragweed replaces Tim McGraw on the PBR …
Read More »Ronnie McDowell Discharged After Being Hospitalized for Slurring Words Onstage
Ronnie McDowell is headed home. The 75-year-old country musician was hospitalized in Pennsylvania over the weekend after he was seen slurring his words onstage during a show at the Summer Solstice Music Festival in Oley. Now, his son says he’s been discharged. McDowell’s tour manager told Nashville local outlet WKRN …
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