After nixing their Nashville concert a few hours before showtime last month due to an unspecified illness, the Chicks have announced additional postponements on their World Tour 2023: The trio’s July 29 stop in Knoxville, Tennessee; July 30 date in Greensboro, North Carolina; and an August 2 concert at Merriweather …
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In a week where a music video permeated by fearmongering and aggression dominated the conversation, Tyler Childers releases the antithesis to that with the moving, cinematic clip for his new song “In Your Love.” Set in 1950s Appalachia, the video chronicles the romance between two male coalminers, a love that …
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Sinéad O’Connor was as world-renowned for fervid rock & roll and adventurous pop as she was for her defiant stance on often-controversial issues. But the Irish-born musician also recorded a handful of modern country-music covers — and even performed a duet with a country legend. O’Connor, whose death at age …
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Jason Aldean’s polarizing “Try That in a Small Town” video was recently re-uploaded to YouTube without some of the protest footage that originally helped make the music video so controversial. According to the Washington Post, two instances of Black Lives Matter protests, culled from a 2020 news clip from Fox …
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With her Rockstar looming, Dolly Parton has shared her rendition of the Queen classics “We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You” as a reminder that the Paris Olympics 2024 are exactly one year away. The video for the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s rendition of the sports anthems was …
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Miranda Lambert reiterated her feelings on people taking selfies during her concerts in a way less confrontational, way more “yee-haw” kinda way, during her Vegas residency this weekend. One week after calling out a couple of audience members for snapping some photos of themselves in the middle of her ballad …
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A defiant Jason Aldean addressed the backlash against his latest single “Try That in a Small Town” and pledged to continue performing the controversial track live during his Friday night concert in Cincinnati. “I gotta tell you guys, it’s been a long-ass week,” Aldean told the crowd at the Riverbend …
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Chris Young released a new single, “Young Love & Saturday Nights,” incorporating the signature guitar lick from David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel.” The track was co-produced by Young withCorey CrowderandChris DeStefanoand written by Ashley Gorley,Jesse Frasure,andJosh Thompson.Bowie has been credited as an unlikely writer on the song, as well. “When I …
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Chris Stapleton will return in November with Higher, the country star’s first album since his award-winning 2020 LP Starting Over. Ahead of Higher’s Nov. 10 release, Stapleton has shared the album’s rocking first single, “White Horse,” co-written by Stapleton and Dan Wilson (of Semisonic fame). The pair previously collaborated on …
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While many in the country community have tweeted criticism toward Jason Aldean in the aftermath of “Try That in a Small Town,” Knoxville-based singer-songwriter Adeem the Artist finds that satire is a better weapon against the controversial track. On Thursday, Adeem the Artist shared a spoof they titled “Sundown Town,” …
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