Brandi Carlile teams up with U.K. singer-songwriter Sam Smith for a new duet version of her song “Party of One.” A graceful piano ballad, the original appears as the final track on Carlile’s latest album,By the Way, I Forgive You. Carlile and Smith recorded the song with producer Dave Cobb …
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Soulful Americana outfit Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats were one of the big draws at Farm Aid 2018, kicking off a roots revival in Hartford, Connecticut, over the weekend with their rollicking set of tunes that culminated in a big, multi-artist finish. The band strutted through several of the …
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Blake Shelton is set to make a return to the silver screen in 2019 with news that he’s been cast in the upcoming animated movie Uglydolls, for which he’ll voice the character of Ox. Based on the line of plush toys launched in 2001, Uglydolls — slated for a May premiere …
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The 2018 Americana Music Festival and Conference brought hundreds of artists to Nashville for six days of sweaty showcases, elbow-to-elbow day parties and probing panels. Powerful new solo voices emerged, rock bands proved their place in the genre, and the old Americana guard reinforced their legend status. Here’s the best …
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British singer-songwriter Jade Bird puts her spin on the Bangles‘ 1986 hit “Walk Like an Egyptian” for a new Spotify Singles session, along with her own tune “Uh Huh.” In its original incarnation, “Walk Like an Egyptian” was already a speedy number, with a drum beat that leaves the other …
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Garth Brooks wrapped up his extensive three-year world tour at the end of 2017, playing seven shows at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to conclude the blockbuster run. Performances from the tour are represented on Brooks’ new album Triple Live, which will be released in partnership with Ticketmaster. Nodding back to his …
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Will Hoge recently released his new song “Gilded Walls,” a scathing takedown of privilege and political inaction set to a blistering blues-rock groove. Alongside thepreviously released “Thoughts & Prayers,”the song will be featured on the singer-songwriter’s explicitly political new album My American Dream, due this October and produced by Hoge …
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Germany’s Bear Family Records continues its incomparably exhaustive work with the upcoming release of a20-CDset honoring Lefty Frizzell, one of the most influential country musicians of all time. Featuring re-mastered versions of every 45, 78, and LP track from Frizzell’s career, along with several previously unissued session recordings, theaptly titled …
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Brad Paisley and Hank Williams Jr. shared a bill together Thursday night in Ohio, and they did what any forward-thinking fan might’ve hoped they would do: join together for a raucous duet of “I’m Gonna Get Drunk and Play Hank Williams.” The meta-country tearjerker first appeared on Williams’ 2012 LP …
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Last time we heard from Ruston Kelly in April’s foul-mouthed “Asshole,” the Nashville alt-folkie was getting himself thrown in jail. On his aching new song “Jericho,” the first to be premiered from his debut LP Dying Star, the walls he’s surrounded by are metaphorical. “Jericho” finds Kelly channeling the dark …
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