Shania Twain is pairing up with USA Network for a music competition series called Real Country, and all parties seem to be betting there are a lot of people couldn’t care less that Twain (who’s Canadian) said she would have voted for Trump and then later apologized for it, which failed to impress me.
Why don’t you giddy up, giddy up, and come listen to this perfect song?
While music hasn’t undergone a reckoning quite like other entertainment industries when it comes to addressing sexual misconduct, many in country music have been speaking up. Kirt Webster, founder of one of the biggest publicity firms in Nashville, was accused of sexual assault, country radio executives have thrown…
The lovable stoner country queen Kacey Musgraves is readying her follow-up to 2015's Pageant Material and 2016's A Very Kacey Christmas, announcing that her new album—out early next year—is called Golden Hour.
In country music, the aspirational long-term relationships whose music reflects their reality include Garth and Trisha (swoon!) and Faith and Tim, the latter of whom are about to drop an album of duets—their first, can it be?
If you’re looking for a weekend jam, direct yourself in the direction of Blake Shelton’s 2016 collaboration with the Oak Ridge Boys, “Doing It to Country Songs.” What’s it about? Let’s look at some of the lyrics:
During an appearance guest hosting The Voice (I was told by someone who watched that “she says things that mean nothing, but she looks beautiful so”), Shania Twain announced that her first new album in over 15 years will be released this September, with the first single coming in June. It’s called “Life’s About to…
There was a time when country stars like Patsy Cline, Hank Williams Jr., and the problematic-but-influential Louvin Brothers helped define the genre as we know it by wearing their hearts on their sleeves—singing about bad luck, failed romances, and worries that, eep, they might be going to hell. But that country…
“Everyone here’s a fucking idiot,” says Wheeler Walker, Jr., of the artists and fans flocking to the 2016 CMT Awards. Evidence of this idiocy lies in the fact that his album isn’t selling nearly as well as (for example) Blake Shelton’s, even though Walker—unlike just about everyone else in the building, he explains—is…
Jerry Greer, 19-year-old son of country singer Craig Morgan, was found dead on Monday, July 11. He had been missing since Sunday, when he fell overboard during a Kentucky Lake boating trip in Tennessee.
Welcome to That’s My Title, a series in which we’ll explore songs that have similar titles and, as such, generally similar premises.
Living legend Dolly Parton performed alongside living Jeremy Scott fever dream Katy “Jolene” Perry at last night’s ACM awards, and the crowd loved every second of it. The duo blessed us with a medley of “Coat of Many Colors,” “Jolene,” and “9 to 5"—a satisfying trifecta of Parton classics—and added fuel to my…
Here is what I wanted to say about Kiefer Sutherland’s new country music video and single: “Are you Walker, Texas Ranger? Are you walked and woke, Kiefer Sutherland?”
On Wednesday, Rayna and Deacon finally got married—but not before the groom and the rest of the family almost ruined it all, because that’s the way of the heart-wrenching nighttime soap called Nashville. So how many ways was the #Nashvillewedding nearly cancelled? Let’s look back and commiserate, shall we?
Imagine if someone approached you and asked, “Wanna hear some new music from Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris?” How would you respond? With a silent shrug? A quick “No”? With a gasp, followed by, “What do I look like, some kind of dummy? Of course I wanna hear some new music from Trio!” If it’s more…
For years, Drew and Jonathan Scott were just twin brothers who were tremendously and inexplicably famous on HGTV due to their shared love of property and each other. But late last year, they transitioned into twin brothers who are using their tremendous and inexplicable fame on HGTV due to their shared love of…
Jamie Lynn Spears, former Nickelodeon star and sister of Britney Jean, has just reached a fairly significant milestone in her blossoming songwriting career: she’s entered the Billboard Hot 100. Spears co-write Jana Kramer’s “I Got the Boy,” which debuted at No. 92 this week.
Carrie Underwood, the Grammy-winning country singer who will destroy your property with a baseball bat and never get charged for it, released a new track from her upcoming album Storyteller this week, and it’s got a long title. Not Illinois-era Sufjan Stevens long, but long.
Country music power couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert’s divorce is expected to be finalized on Monday, according to TMZ. Shelton reportedly filed in Oklahoma.
Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” is catchy as hell and that knowledge isn’t lost on Carrie Underwood, who gave the song a Nashville twist in at the Big Barrel Country Music Festival on Sunday. Cue the twangy guitars!
