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Zach Bryan has released a new music video for the song “Oklahoma Smokeshow,” a standout track from the singer-songwriter’s 2022 Summertime Blues EP. Directed by Matthew Dillon Cohen, the cinematic treatment brings Bryan’s vivid lyrics to life with a tale of crime, jealousy, and unrequited love. The story focuses on …

Billy Strings was seemingly all over the stage this weekend at the Willie Nelson 90th birthday concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. On Saturday, the bluegrass picker opened the show with “Whiskey River” and later joined Bob Weir for “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” On Sunday, he …

Turnpike Troubadours were one of the big draws at Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California, over the weekend, where they were part of a Sunday afternoon lineup that included Chris Stapleton and Tyler Childers. During their set, the beloved Oklahoma band thrilled fans with the live debut of the new song, …

This year’s Stagecoach Festival was a love letter to country music’s past and a nod to its wide-open future. While the festival — the genre’s largest, most rollicking reunion that takes place in California’s low desert the week after Coachella — was sparse on guest appearances (no Axl Rose, this …

Jon Pardi received a surprise during his Stagecoach set Friday as, while onstage, he was invited to become an official member of the Grand Ole Opry, by way of Flavortown. Guy Fieri, Mr. Triple D himself, was on hand at the Indio, California festival and took to the stage to …

On day two of Stagecoach 2023, Kane Brown delivered one of the most candid moments at this year’s festival, opening up about his struggle with depression before performing his new track “Memory,” which features Blackbear. Brown took the stage flanked with pyrotechnics and played a range of high-energy hits from …

Billy Strings sings an ode to the high life in “California Sober,” a new duet featuring the great Willie Nelson. The song is Strings’ first release under his new deal with Reprise Records and arrives just in time for Nelson’s 90th birthday. “California Sober” is an up-tempo bluegrass tune that’s …

Country singer Jamey Johnson and saxophone player Dave McMurray have combined their talents for a new cover of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter’s “To Lay Me Down” that’s out now. The song appears on McMurray’s upcoming album Grateful Deadication 2, a tribute album that reimagines the work of the Grateful …

Old Crow Medicine Show rally for gun safety in their new song “Louder Than Guns,” a response to last month’s Nashville school shooting. “I don’t want to wake up on another Groundhog Day,” vocalist-fiddler Ketch Secor sings on the track before shouting, “No, I don’t want to hear another rat-a-tat-tat-tat …

George Jones died 10 years ago today, robbing country music of one of its greatest vocalists. While Jelly Roll may not be the answer to the question of “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” the Tennessee singer turned in an admirable rendition of “Bartender’s Blues” on Tuesday night during an all-star …