Willie Nelson wants more smoke in the kitchen, and he isn’t talking about pork shoulder or a beef brisket. On Nov. 12, the musician will share his favorite weed-based recipes in Willie and Annie Nelson’s Cannabis Cookbook: Mouthwatering Recipes and the High-Flying Stories Behind Them. “Over a lifetime of study, …
Read More »Zach Bryan Required Stitches After 'Traumatizing' Off-Road Vehicle Crash
Zach Bryan and his girlfriend, podcaster Brianna LaPaglia, both suffered injuries after their off-road vehicle crashed and flipped over multiple times. LaPaglia described the “traumatizing” accident on TikTok, saying the pair were in a side-by-side that “flipped a bunch of times, everything shattered.” Thankfully, the two were wearing their seatbelts, …
Read More »Lainey Wilson Drops a Banger of a New Song With 'Hang Tight Honey'
Lainey Wilson tells her lover to chill out just a bit longer and she’ll be home soon in her barn-burning new song “Hang Tight Honey.” With elements of her own autobiography, the song opens with Wilson recalling how she had a “bus ‘fore I got a house/cause that’s what dreams …
Read More »The AI Randy Travis Song Has Officially Charted at Country Radio
Randy Travis‘s AI voice-clone song “Where That Came From” has officially landed the singer on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. It’s his first radio-charting song in about 20 years, according to the singer’s team. “Where That Came From” marked Travis’s first new song since he suffered a near-fatal stroke back …
Read More »Toby Keith Receives Posthumous Honorary Degree From University of Oklahoma
Over the weekend, the late Toby Keith was bestowed with a hometown honor: The University of Oklahoma presented the musician with a posthumous honorary degree. His daughter, Krystal Keith, accepted the degree on his behalf. Keith died in February at the age of 62 following a diagnosis of stomach cancer …
Read More »Post Malone 'Had Some Help' From Morgan Wallen on New Country Single
Post Malone kickstarts his country era with new single “I Had Some Help.” He debuted the song, which features Morgan Wallen, live at Stagecoach last month. Post Malone and Wallen’s inevitable summer hit is a big country-pop tune, in the vein of many of Wallen’s own singles. The song is …
Read More »Florida Georgia Line Explain Why They Can't Bro/Won't Bro Like They Used to Bro
State lines make good neighbors. At least that’s what the bros of bro-country’s biggest band, Florida Georgia Line, have learned since they broke up two years ago. On two episodes of the Bussin’ with the Boys podcast, each bro gave broadly conflicting reasons about why they can’t bro and won’t …
Read More »Lainey Wilson Readies New Album 'Whirlwind'
It’s a full-court press for Lainey Wilson this week: She shared the news of her branded Nashville bar, dropped the trailer for an upcoming Hulu documentary, and appeared on the cover of Billboard. For the capper, Wilson announced the title and release date for her new album — Whirlwind, the …
Read More »Pour Out the Fireball: Florida Georgia Line's Nashville Bar Has Closed
Just like Florida Georgia Line itself, the bro-country duo’s Nashville bar is kaput. FGL House, which first opened its doors in June 2017 with a ribbon cutting by members Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, has closed and will be replaced by a new Lainey Wilson venture. The shuttering of FGL …
Read More »Sierra Ferrell, Tyler Childers Lead 2024 Americana Honors & Awards Nominees
Tyler Childers and Sierra Ferrell are the leading nominees at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards. The Appalachia-reared musicians each scored three nominations — including Album, Song, and Artist of the Year — when the categories were announced on Tuesday at the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville. …
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