While technically a CMA Fest event, the Cadillac Three delivered a gritty and often improvised alternative to the highly produced TV taping going on across the river at Nissan Stadium on Friday night. During their concise, stout headlining set at Ascend Amphitheater —dubbed “The Cadillac Three & Friends” — the …
Read More »The Cadillac Three's 'This Town Is a Ghost' Trades Macho Swagger for Naked Vulnerability
Grief is a weird thing, frequently and unexpectedly rocketing toward you with enough power to alter your worldview, make you feel as if you’re drowning, and even see people who are no longer there. That’s been the experience of the Cadillac Three’s singer-guitarist Jaren Johnston, who lost his father, the …
Read More »The Cadillac Three Guys Are Starting a Record Label. Their First Artist Is Not What You'd Expect
The Cadillac Three are known for hard-hitting Southern rock and country-funk — “country fuzz,” the trio calls it — but members Jaren Johnston and Neil Mason are looking outside of that box for their new record label. On Thursday, Johnston and Mason announced War Buddha Records, a partnership with Warner …
Read More »The Cadillac Three and Elvie Shane Knock You on Your Ass With New Collab 'Hillbilly'
The Cadillac Three enlist Elvie Shane and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor for the Tennessee-Kentucky collab you didn’t know you needed. “Hillbilly” mixes Secor’s haunting fiddle with the grungy stomp of the Cadillac Three, all propelled by the moonshine drawls of Shane and TC3 singer-guitarist Jaren Johnston. But while …
Read More »Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town Revive Co-Headlining Bandwagon Tour for Spring 2022
Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town will revive their popular Bandwagon Tour in 2022 with a spate of co-headlining shows running through May and June. The country artists, who once collaborated on “Smokin’ and Drinkin’” from Lambert’s album Platinum, put together the first iteration of the Bandwagon Tour back in …
Read More »10 Best Country, Americana Songs to Hear Now: A Thousand Horses, the Cadillac Three
A Thousand Horses return with a new Dave Cobb-produced anthem, Tanya Tucker’s daughter Presley proves that talent runs in the family, and Kelleigh Bannen sparkles on a precious ballad in this week’s list of must-hear songs. Rissi Palmer, “Soul Message” When Rissi Palmer released her debut single in 2007, she …
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