Similar to Carrie Underwood‘s performance on Inauguration Day, Billy Ray Cyrus‘ 12-minute stint onstage at President Trump’s Liberty Inaugural Ball Monday was plagued with technical difficulties. Following the televised show, Cyrus defended his decision to perform and responded to viewers critical of his performance. “I wouldn’t have missed the honor …
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Carrie Underwood performed “America the Beautiful” at the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday. The swearing in of the 47th president of the United States took place inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda because of winter temperatures, as opposed to outdoors on the traditional “west front” of the building, which …
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The No Shoes Nation fandom will descend upon Las Vegas in May when Kenny Chesney comes to Sphere for a 12-show residency. He’ll be the fifth act — and the first from country music —to headline the groundbreaking venue following U2, Phish, Dead & Company, and the Eagles. “I’m always …
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Oklahoma singer-songwriter Samantha Crain will be releasing Gumshoe, her first full-length album in five years. The 11-song collection follows Crain’s 2020 LP A Small Death and her subsequent 2021 EP I Guess We Live Here Now. “Gumshoe is an album about my lifelong obsession with solving problems, uncovering mysteries, finding …
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Zach Bryan has teased an upcoming film that documents the recording of his “final major-label album.” On Instagram on Wednesday, Bryan dropped a voice memo — seemingly dictated by Matthew McConaughey, Bryan’s costar in the “Nine Ball” video — announcing Motorbreath, which shares its title with a still-unreleased song that …
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With Southern rock, in all its varieties, having a renaissance, one of the pioneers of the genre is heading back on the road. On Wednesday, the Marshall Tucker Band announced a spring tour with JJ Grey & Mofro, the swamp blues-rock band from Florida. Dubbed The Ramblin’ Rooster Tour, the …
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Given their instrumentation and mountain-music harmonies, the Avett Brothers have always been naturals when it comes to country covers. When they last appeared on Austin City Limits in 2014, they zipped through a version of George Jones’ “The Race Is On.” For their next spot on the show, airing Saturday, …
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Nashville is reaching peak Ringo. On the heels of his new country album, Look Up, Ringo Starr will make his Grand Ole Opry debut next month. The former Beatles drummer was invited to perform on the long-running country-music radio show by Emmylou Harris, herself an Opry member. Harris popped the …
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Orville Peck will make his Broadway debut in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, replacing Adam Lambert as Emcee. Eva Noblezada will join Peck as the show’s Sally Bowles, replacing Auli‘i Cravalho. Cravalho and Lambert will hold their final performances March 29. “The Emcee has been my dream role since …
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Jason Isbell has announced the forthcoming studio album Foxes in the Snow. The record will be Isbell’s first solo acoustic collection, recorded over a five-day period at Electric Lady Studios in New York last October. It is also the first Isbell studio album to not feature any members of his …
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