It’s lucky No. 13 for Carrie Underwood and Sunday Night Football: The country star teamed up with NBC’s weekly NFL game for a 13th consecutive season to sing “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” the series’ theme song. After teasing the production earlier this summer Underwood and Sunday Night Football …
Read More »Shaboozey and Zach Top Score Second New Artist of the Year Nominations at CMA Awards
Shaboozey and Zach Top will again compete for the Country Music Association’s award for New Artist of the Year, the first category revealed for the 59th annual CMA Awards. The New Artist of the Year nominees were revealed on Good Morning America on Monday. Along with Shaboozey and Top, the …
Read More »Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Lainey Wilson Lead 2025 CMA Awards Nominees
Nominations for the 59th annual CMA Awards were announced on Monday, and three of country music’s most popular female singers led all nominees. Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, and Lainey Wilson each scored six nominations, including one for Female Vocalist of the Year, where Kelsea Ballerini and Miranda Lambert were also …
Read More »Lucinda Williams Talks Balancing Art With Existence in New 'Finding Lucinda' Clip
A new documentary chronicles the impact of songwriting great Lucinda Williams. Finding Lucinda begins streaming on Video on Demand on Sept. 9. Ahead of its premiere, Rolling Stone is debuting an exclusive clip from the film, directed by Joel Fendelman. In the scene, Williams talks about the balancing act of …
Read More »Willie Nelson Pays Tribute to Merle Haggard on New Album 'Workin' Man'
Willie Nelson will interpret the songs of Merle Haggard on the country legend’s upcoming 78th solo studio album. Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, due out November 7, finds Nelson delivering 11 new renditions of Haggard classics like “Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down,” “Okie From Muskogee,” “Mama Tried,” and “Workin’ …
Read More »Country Rapper Clever on How He Ended Up Playing Beer Pong With Post Malone
Alabama hip-hop artist Clever got his big break when the late rapper Juice WRLD shared one of his songs on his Instagram page, instantly gaining him thousands of followers overnight. That helped also put him on the radar of Post Malone, who discovered Clever’s song “Stick by My Side” with …
Read More »Cross Canadian Ragweed for Mainstream Country Fans: All You Need to Know
The Boys from Oklahoma are coming back in 2026. Cross Canadian Ragweed have announced at least one more big reunion show for next year and fans of the band are fired up. But who exactly are Cross Canadian Ragweed? To mainstream country listeners, they’re a blind spot, but to fans …
Read More »Kacey Musgraves and Carin León Fall in Love in Spanglish on 'Lost in Translation'
Carin León and Kacey Musgraves don’t need to speak the same language to tell a cross-cultural love story. On Friday, the Mexican star and country queen released “Lost in Translation,” a norteño-influenced ranchera track in English and Spanish on which the pair sing about a love that defeats language barriers. …
Read More »Charley Crockett Says There's Nothing Inauthentic About Subway Busking
Charley Crockett knows that many of you have seen the video of him busking on a subway. In the clip, he’s not the Crockett that fans recognize today: there’s no cowboy hat, no dapper suit, and no country-sounding songs. But Crockett says that’s all part of his evolution, even if …
Read More »Watch Needtobreathe and Red Clay Strays Work Up New Collab 'Momma Loves Me'
Needtobreathe and Red Clay Strays have come together for a new collaboration. In a mini-doc premiering on Rolling Stone, the two bands take fans inside the studio as they record the comforting ballad “Momma Loves Me.” Produced by Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb at his Savannah, Georgia, studio, the song taps …
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