“Why can’t you love me, like a woman can?” Lzzy Hale sings in Halestorm’s forthcoming single, “Like a Woman Can,” a highlight of the Nashville-based rock band’s new album, Everest. Hale, who came out as bisexual in 2022, has never been shy about her sexuality. She’s written and sung about …
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When Ozzy Osbourne performed what would be his final concert, the all-star Back to the Beginning celebration, in his hometown of Birmingham, England, he was surrounded by a rock & roll army of special guests. Members of Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, and Aerosmith were all onstage to salute Ozzy and …
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When Turnpike Troubadours reunited in 2021 following an uncertain hiatus, they turned to Shooter Jennings to guide them in recording their first album in six years, 2023’s A Cat in the Rain. The Grammy-winning producer also helmed the follow-up, this year’s superb The Price of Admission. Yet Jennings says that …
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Despite being raised in Nashville, Shooter Jennings is a Los Angeles guy through and through. He started his first rock band, Stargunn, there, embedded himself in the city’s underground arts scene as he evolved as both a solo artist and Grammy-winning producer, and now produces albums at Sunset Sound Recorders, …
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John Prine would have turned 79 years old on Oct. 10. To celebrate his life and legacy, we joined Prine’s widow Fiona Whelan Prine and country music legend Carlene Carter at one the late songwriter’s favorite Nashville haunts: Brown’s Diner. Tucked into a booth in the dining room, Fiona Prine …
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Along with her Charlie 1 Horse cowboy hat, Lainey Wilson is easily identified by another fashion signature: her bell-bottoms silhouette. The Louisiana singer has always had an affinity for the flared pants, and she committed to it fully with the release of her 2022 album Bell Bottom Country, and recently …
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On Nov. 19, Lainey Wilson will become the first woman to host the CMA Awards solo in 34 years. The last was Reba McEntire in 1991. Wilson, during an appearance on this week’s new episode of Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, expressed disbelief at that statistic. “I looked it up …
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Two years ago, the indie-rock trio Boygenius revealed themselves to be secret fans of Hardy in an interview with Pitchfork. “We saw Hardy in L.A. recently and I lost brain cells,” Lucy Dacus, who makes up the band with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, said. “The songwriting is excellent.” During …
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Last year, Hardy recorded a cover of the 1975’s song “Love It If We Made It” and has since been performing it during his shows on the Jim Bob World Tour. Originally released on the 1975’s 2018 album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, the song is full of cultural …
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Hardy counts Morgan Wallen one of his closest friends. They’ve written hits together, shared a stage many times, including at Wallen’s stadium shows in Knoxville, Tennessee, last year, and were even FaceTiming with each other at the very moment Hardy was involved in a horrifying 2022 bus crash. Needless to …
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