Sheryl Crow is not pulling any punches in response to Jason Aldean‘s controversial video and lyrics for new single, “Try That in a Small Town.” In a post on Twitter, Crow asserts that the singer is out of step with the public mood and should know better. “I’m from a …
Read More »Luke Combs Shows Off the Live Power of 'Fast Car' with New Stadium Performance Video
Luke Combs has been performing his cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit “Fast Car” every night on his current stadium tour (and for years before that). He captured one of those massive sing-alongs back in May during a stop at Minneapolis’s U.S. Bank Stadium and releases it today as a …
Read More »Jason Aldean Dismisses Backlash to 'Try That in a Small Town': It's Not a 'Pro-Lynching Song'
Back in May, Jason Aldean released his song “Try That in a Small Town,” a plodding don’t-come-round-here-no-more warning to anyone choosing to “act a fool” in the titular small towns of America. It stayed mostly under the radar then,but last week it caromed into the cultural discourse when Aldean and …
Read More »Morgan Wallen Invited the Family of One of the Idaho Murder Victims to His Concert
Morgan Wallen invited the family and friends of one of the University of Idaho murder victims to his concert in San Diego this past weekend, welcoming the parents of Ethan Chapin and their guests backstage. Chapin was one of four students killed on Nov. 23, 2022, in their off-campus rental …
Read More »Don't Try to Take a Selfie During a Miranda Lambert Show
Miranda Lambert might want to consider a “no cell phones” policy at her Las Vegas residency. The singer has come under fire after she stopped one of her shows to reprimand a group of audience members attempting to take a selfie during one of her songs. In a now-viral TikTok …
Read More »Jerry Bradley, Country Exec Behind Platinum-Selling 'Wanted! The Outlaws' Album, Dead at 83
Jerry Bradley, a towering Nashville music executive who helped guide the genre into the modern era and bring about its first ever platinum-selling album — Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser’s Wanted! The Outlaws — has died, The Tennessean reports. He was 83. Bradley’s family confirmed his …
Read More »Dan + Shay Tease New Album With Anthemic Single 'Save Me the Trouble'
Dan + Shayhave previewed their first new album in two years with the release of “Save Me The Trouble.” The single is the initial listen from their upcoming fifth studio album,Bigger Houses, out Sept. 15 via Warner Music Nashville. In the video for the single, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney …
Read More »Brothers Osborne Drop a Summertime Banger, Announce New Self-Titled Album
Brothers Osborne live it up every way they can in “Sun Ain’t Even Gone Down Yet,” a bright and boisterous track from their upcoming self-titled album, out September 15. On the tune, singer TJ Osborne paints a hard-partying picture of drinking hard and living fast over a funky-tonk backdrop of …
Read More »Jimmie Allen Countersues Two Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault
Jimmie Allen has countersued the two women who filed sexual assault lawsuits against him, accusing them of defamation and stolen property. In a pair of counterclaims filed Thursday in a Tennessee federal court and obtained by Rolling Stone, Allen not only denied all of the severe allegations against him and …
Read More »Country Songwriter Nate Smith Keeps His Flame Burning in 'World on Fire' Video
Nate Smith reckons with the memory of an old flame in the music video for “World on Fire.” The song first rolled out in April for the deluxe version of his self-titled debut album and follows the success of his breakout radio hit, “Whiskey on You.” The clip sees the …
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