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Dierks Bentley is resuming his Gravel & Gold Tour this summer. After crisscrossing the country last year, the Nashville star will return to the road in June for an amphitheater tour that runs through September. “It’s time to drop everything you got and come see us on the road,” Bentley …

Dolly Parton voiced her support for Elle King after the latter stirred up controversy last month with a seemingly inebriated performance at a special Grand Ole Opry show celebrating Parton’s 78th birthday. “Elle is a really great artist, she’s a great girl,” Parton said in her first interview about the …

Tracy Chapman‘s “Fast Car” has darted back onto Billboard’s Hot 100 at Number 42 this week following a surge in sales and streams after she performed the track with Luke Combs at the Grammy Awards a week ago. The re-entry marks the first time Chapman’s version has made it onto …

Zach Bryan paid tribute to the late Toby Keith Saturday during his pre-Super Bowl performance in Las Vegas, where he delivered a rousing rendition of “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.” “Just one of the best songs ever made,” Bryan tweeted of Keith’s 2002 hit after his concert Friday …

Luke Combs is still riding the high of his 2024 Grammys duet with Tracy Chapman. The country star reflected on Sunday’s awards ceremony and his moving performance of “Fast Car” with the singer-songwriter on Instagram, calling the moment “unreal.” “What an unreal Grammy week to say the least,” Combs wrote. …

The marriage of Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, two pillars of the country and Americana music worlds, has struck its final chord. Isbell filed for divorce from Shires after nearly 11 years of marriage on Dec. 15, 2023, according to court records reviewed by Rolling Stone. Isbell is a critically …

Mojo Nixon was absolutely himself right to the end. The cult hero died Feb. 7 on board the Outlaw Country Cruise, where he’d performed and caroused in signature fashion the night before (“passing after a blazing show, a raging night, closing the bar, taking no prisoners,” according to a statement …

Kacey Musgraves is entering a new era of music — and she tapped the “great ghosts” of Electric Lady for it. On Thursday, the country singer announced that she’ll release her fifth LP, Deeper Well, on March 15 via Interscope and MCA Nashville. Musgraves co-produced the record with Daniel Tashian …

Stephen Colbert took a few minutes on The Late Show to pay tribute to Toby Keith, who died this week at age 62. Colbert, who called the country singer “one of the greats,” recalled being friends with Keith. “I was shocked and saddened when I saw the news this morning,” …

Back in 2002, just a few weeks after releasing their album Become You, the Indigo Girls appeared on Mountain Stage, the long-running nationally syndicated radio show based in Charleston, West Virginia. Towards the end of their set, the duo delivered a lovely rendition of “Closer to Fine,” already the band’s …