Music Country

Chris Shiflett is no stranger to big stages. As guitarist for the Foo Fighters, Shiflett has played the world’s largest venues and shared bills with some of rock & roll’s finest acts. On a Friday evening in Nashville in mid-May, though, he’s preparing to step out onto a stage that …

In 1944, one week after the accidental death of his older brother Jack, 12-year-old J.R. Cash answered the altar call and accepted Jesus Christ as his savior at the First Baptist Church, the tiny house of worship his family attended three days a week in Dyess, Arkansas. It was at …

Luke Combs takes some comfort from a reliable old friend his new single “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” released on Wednesday. The song is the “Beautiful Crazy” singer’s first release from an upcoming second album. Combs had previously been testing “Beer Never Broke My Heart” with audiences at his live …

Toby Keith follows up the poignant ballad “Don’t Let the Old Man In” with a raucous blast of country-music pride. “That’s Country Bro” is a classic list song, but instead of the usual run-through of rural imagery (trucks, bonfires and coolers), Keith ticks off a Hall of Fame-worthy roster of …

Willie Nelson turns 86 on Monday and his curated SiriusXM channel Willie’s Roadhouse is celebrating with four days of special programming this weekend. Dubbed “Willie Nelson’s 4-Day Birthday Weekend,” the one-hour block kicks off April 27th at 7:00 p.m./ET and airs at various times through Tuesday night. The special consists …

Dave Rawlings Machine’s sterling folk-pop treasure Nashville Obsolete, which landed on Rolling Stone’s list of the 40 Best Country Albums of 2015, will make its debut on vinyl June 14th on Acony Records. The seven-track LP, which was Rawlings’ sophomore release under the Dave Rawlings Machine moniker following 2009’s A …

A month ago, Terry Allen and Kurt Vile met for the first time at Allen’s Santa Fe, New Mexico, home. Vile had come across Allen’s albums, Juarez and Lubbock (on Everything), and became enamored with the 75-year-old singer-songwriter and conceptual artist from Lubbock, Texas. Since then, the songwriters have become …

Country and Americana music is well-represented in the glut of Record Store Day releases arriving April 13th. These are the 10 we’re most excited about, from rare live sets to essential best-ofs. Lone Justice, Live at the Palomino 1983 The vaunted Los Angeles cowpunk band rips through 12 originals and …

The spirits company that oversees Bob Dylan‘s Heaven’s Door whiskeys has announced a new home for the songwriter’s signature line — the Heaven’s Door Distillery and Center for the Arts will open in Nashville in the fall of 2020. A multi-use space, the facility will include a distilling operation, a …

Jim Lauderdale goes searching for the ancient mysteries of love in his new song “The Secrets of the Pyramids,” the first track to be premiered from the Americana legend’s latest LP, From Another World. Due to be released on June 21st, From Another World features 10 tracks all written or …