The Tennessee Board of Parole has recommended a pardon for Jelly Roll — who has spoken openly about his criminal record and time served incarcerated — following a nearly two-hour hearing Tuesday in Nashville. The board voted unanimously to pardon the singer born Jason DeFord, with their recommendation sent to …
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Healing Appalachia, a music festival that raises awareness for and celebrates recovery from opioid addiction, is moving from West Virginia to eastern Kentucky this September with the fest’s co-founder Tyler Childers headlining alongside Chris Stapleton. The benefit concert will take place on Sept. 19th and 20th in Ashland, Kentucky, on …
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Lana Del Rey dropped her new country-tinged single “Bluebird” on Friday and shared a story about how the song was inspired by a real-life bird that brought her a sign she should have listened to. “I had been seeing someone for a very long time, and we hadn’t seen each …
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Morgan Wallen and Post Malone have joined forces for “I Ain’t Comin’ Back.” The song is the pair’s second collaboration after last year’s hit single “I Had Some Help,” and will appear on Wallen’s forthcoming album I’m the Problem, out May 16 via Big Loud/Mercury. Mid-tempo country number “I Ain’t …
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Morgan Wallen continues to best his track record, clocking in his forthcoming album I’m the Problem at 37 songs. Dangerous: The Double Album, which dropped in 2021, included 30 tracks, whilehis previous work, 2023’s One Thing at a Time, spanned 36 songs without the double-album disclaimer. The country singer-songwriter unveiled …
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The Judd family — mother-daughter singing duo Naomi and Wynonna and actress Ashley — will be the focus of an upcoming Lifetime docuseries arriving next month. The Judd Family: Truth Be Told, premiering May 10, “reveals the complex story of the Judds’ including their triumphs and tragedies across several decades,” …
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Braxton Keith paused a recent concert to confront his audience after he spent a stretch of a song dodging beer cans being pelted at him from the crowd. “I didn’t come here to get beer cans thrown at me,” he said. “This isn’t a goddamn Gavin Adcock concert. Don’t be …
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Who better than Kacey Musgraves to bring Finneas into the Nashville headspace? On Monday, Apple Music debuted the singer’s Nashville-recorded, three-song bundle that included a duet of “Giver / Taker” from her recent album, Deeper Well. The performance video opens with the pair joking about breaking guitars and Finneas having …
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Brothers Osborne follow up their self-titled 2023 album and last year’s Break Mine EP with the electrifying new rocker “Finish This Drink.” The song is a concise blast of funky country-rock, with shades of the Allman Brothers, some traditional-country fiddle, and lyrics about a bottle that just won’t empty. “Out …
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Tracy Chapman gave her first interview in years Friday and spoke about the resurgence of “Fast Car” thanks to a cover by Luke Combs. In a chat with the New York Times, the musician reflected on her performance of the song alongside Combs at the 2024 Grammys, and what it …
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