Hank Williams III‘s 2006 album Straight to Hell was one of the best country albums of the Aughts, an aggressive, defiantly country record, propelled by the grandson of Hank Williams’ punk sneer and reckless playing. “Country Heroes” was the centerpiece, a woozy, boozy ballad about finding solace in both the …
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Meek Millhas been released from prison following an order from the Philadelphia Supreme Court, CBSreports. The rapper, whose legal name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, served an up-to-four year sentence for violating probation stemming from a 2008 conviction on drug and gun counts. He has been in jail since last November. …
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With the frenzy of South By Southwest only barely in the rearview mirror, it’s already time to start planning for the Americana music world’s equivalent, AmericanaFest, which takes in Nashville every September. The first 74 performers for the 2018 edition have been announced, with Brandy Clark, American Aquarium, Alejandro Escovedo …
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Less than two years ago, John Prine was in a creative rut. “The one thing I can’t remember about writing songs is just how fucking simple it is,” he told Rolling Stone last year. So Prine – who has written classics such as “Angel From Montgomery” and “In Spite of …
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Marty Stuart‘s Late Night Jam returns to Nashville this summer for the 17th year, bringing a hand-picked lineup of songwriters, square dancers and comedians to the Ryman Auditorium. As usual, the event will take place during the annual CMA Music Festival, kicking off at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6th, …
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“I guess we’re in the forgiveness business,” John Prine told his duet partner Brandi Carlile on stage last night at his sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Celebrating the release ofThe Tree of Forgiveness, his first album in 13 years, that particular John Prine-ism perhaps best …
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Dashboard Confessional released an uplifting black-and-white video for their folky new love song “Heart Beat Here.” The clip intersperses footage of an affectionate couple cuddling and holding hands with shots of Dashboard Confessional performing in front of a jubilant, iPhone-swaying crowd Between these heart-warming scenes, the camera cuts to lead …
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Cardi B, Invasion of PrivacyThe newly minted hip-hop superstar “puts on her bloody shoes and dances the blues” on her debut, writes Rob Sheffield. “Invasion of Privacy is lavishly emotional, intimately personal and wildly funny. … [It]flaunts so many different aspects of Cardi’s game, it comes on like a greatest-hits …
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Two years after the release of the Grammy-nominated LP Ripcord, Keith Urban is set to unveil Graffiti U, a 13-track collection that has already spawned three buzzy songs: “Parallel Line,” “Coming Home,” with Julia Michaels, and the #MeToo movement-inspired “Female,” which Urban debuted in performance at the CMA Awards last …
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When Bradley Cooper went to Desert Trip in October of 2016, he didn’t view the festival as a casting opportunity for his upcoming Lady Gaga–starring directorial debutA Star Is Born. But then Neil Young took the stage and Cooper’s eyes wandered over to his guitarist, Lukas Nelson. Not only was …
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