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Putting Dierks Bentley on a stage in the middle of New York City is a bit like taking a fish out of water – or, in his case, a mountain man out of the wilderness. Tuesday morning, Bentley showed up for a Today Show Summer Concert, where he performed a …

For Dierks Bentley, there’s nothing quite as welcoming as an elk carcass and a tray of weed brownies, high up in the Colorado mountains. At least that’s what greeted him when he arrived at the Studio in the Clouds, an eco lodge-cum-recording mecca in Telluride, to make his newest LP, …

Tony Joe White is getting back to his roots, fifty years on from when he cut his first recordings. The swamp-rock veteran’s latest LP, Bad Mouthin’, takes its name from the first song he ever wrote, a grimy country blues that’s only just seeing the light of day after more …

Brothers Osborne released their long-awaited sophomore LP Port Saint Joe on Friday, a freewheeling, captivating record that features blistering guitar fireworks from John Osborne, as on lead single “Shoot Me Straight.” But the LP also includes its share of moving ballads, like the jazzy, soulful love song “A Little Bit …

Nancy Jones, the widow of Country Music Hall of Fame legend George Jones, is among those being sued by Earl “Peanutt” Montgomery, a songwriter, musician and producer whose works include 73 songs cut by Jones, nearly 40 of which were released as singles by the late entertainer. The suit, according …

Joshua Hedley, the first country act signed to Jack White’s Third Man Records since Margo Price, releases his debut LP, Mr. Jukebox, April 20th, the same day he’ll make his Grand Ole Opry debut. And with “I Never (Shed a Tear),” one of nine tracks Hedley penned on the album, …

Luke Bryan, Keith Urban and Maren Morris are among the performers slated for the fifth annual iHeartCountry Festival, set for Saturday May 5th at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Radio personality Bobby Bones returns to host the main stage festivities, with a lineup that also includes Dustin Lynch, …

Margo Price has hit the ground running in 2018 on the heels of her All American Made LP, which topped several critics’ year-end lists at the end of 2017. Barely one week after launching her Nowhere Fast Tour, Price has added new dates to her springtime itinerary. Those shows, all …

Lanco made their television debut this week, leaving behind the band’s snowbound headquarters of Nashville for California to perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The song, of course, was “Greatest Love Story,” singer Brandon Lancaster’s autobiographical tribute to a pair of high-school sweethearts who reunite – and marry – later …

Country fans might not be familiar with the name Jeff Hyde, but they’ve most likely heard his tunes. Hyde is not only Eric Church‘s longtime acoustic guitar player, but a Grammy-nominated songwriting partner whose Number One hits include Church’s vivid gems like “Springsteen” and “Record Year.” Now Hyde is stepping …