The Outlaw Music Festival kicked off last Friday without one of its co-headliners as, hours before the tour launched, Willie Nelson revealed he would miss at least three shows with an unspecified illness. His absence from the tour has now extended to Wednesday’s show in Virginia Beach, Virginia. A statement …
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Before Bob Dylan even walked onstage Friday night to kick off the summer Outlaw Music Festival tour at Ameris Bank Amphitheater in Alpharetta, Georgia, word circulated through the fan community that big changes were afoot in Dylan World. Super fan Ray Padgett was on site with early reports that gospel-era …
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The fact that Willie Nelson is still touring at 91 is often celebrated as a feat of superhuman endurance — he just delivered an exceptional set at Stagecoach Festival and is on the road all summer with Bob Dylan. But Nelson’s recording output in his golden years is just as …
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Willie Nelson wants more smoke in the kitchen, and he isn’t talking about pork shoulder or a beef brisket. On Nov. 12, the musician will share his favorite weed-based recipes in Willie and Annie Nelson’s Cannabis Cookbook: Mouthwatering Recipes and the High-Flying Stories Behind Them. “Over a lifetime of study, …
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Who said the gays couldn’t say yee haw? On Friday, Orville Peck premiered the video for his duet of “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other” alongside country legend Willie Nelson with Rolling Stone. “Willie kept talking about how the subject matter in this song was more important than …
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Call it Queen Bey’s impact: Cowboy Carter saw Beyoncé dive deep into her country roots — and with the album, which Rolling Stone named an instant classic, she helped introduce thousands of fans to some of country music’s legends. New data from Spotify provided to Rolling Stone on Monday reveals …
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From country icons Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson to featured guests Miley Cyrus and Post Malone, every star who worked on Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter shared their excitement for joining Queen Bey on her country album released Friday. Rising stars such as Raye and Tiera Kennedy expressed their gratitude to Beyoncé, …
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Beyoncé tapped several notable guest vocalists for Cowboy Carter, including Willie Nelson and Post Malone, but perhaps the most notable is her own daughter, Rumi Carter. On album cut “Protector,” six-year-old Rumi can be heard saying, “Mom, can I hear the lullaby please?” The query leads into an emotional acoustic …
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Cowboy Carter has arrived in areas of the world where it’s already Friday — i.e., New Zealand and Australia — and more details about Beyoncé’s new album have emerged. Yesterday’s reveal of the Cowboy Carter track list confirmed that the album featured her long-rumored cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” but …
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Ahead of the release of Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter in two days, the singer has finally shared the track list for her country-flavored follow-up to Renaissance. In addition to the already-released singles “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” Cowboy Carter also has tracks name-checking country legends like Willie Nelson (“Smoke Break”), …
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