Since Midland dropped their second album Let It Roll in 2019, the country trio has released a live album recorded at L.A.’s Palomino Club and a soundtrack of demos from their making-the-band documentary The Sonic Ranch. Later this month, they’ll debut the EP The Last Resort, their first collection of …
Read More »Randy Travis to Release 'Storms of Life' Anniversary Edition
Randy Travis released his debut album Storms of Life on June 2nd, 1986. Thirty-five years later, the country music vocalist will revisit the LP with a deluxe reissue. Storms of Life (35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) arrives September 24th. The upcoming set includes the 10 original tracks remastered, as well as …
Read More »Dan + Shay Announce Rescheduled Tour Dates for 2021
Update (5/10/21): Dan + Shay have added two additional shows to their rescheduled Arena Tour. They’ll play Los Angeles and San Diego on October 15th and 16th, respectively. The Band Camino and Ingrid Andress will open all dates on the tour. Dan + Shay have announced the rescheduled dates of …
Read More »Gary Allan Previews New Album 'Ruthless' With Pulsing Song 'Temptation'
Gary Allan will release his first album in eight years with Ruthless, a collection of 13 songs due June 25th. It’s the follow-up to 2013’s Set You Free and follows a string of one-off singles he has released beginning in 2015. The album news arrives with the record’s lead-off track, …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for the Week of April 26th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …
Read More »Dierks Bentley, the War and Treaty Cover U2's 'Pride' on 2021 ACM Awards
In 2010, Dierks Bentley recorded “Pride (In the Name of Love)” for his bluegrass album Up on the Ridge. Bentley revisited the song on Sunday night’s ACM Awards, teaming up with the War and Treaty to perform U2’s 1984 anthem at Nashville’s epicenter of bluegrass, the Station Inn. “I first …
Read More »Morgan Wallen Billboards in Nashville Were Funded by Fans, Company Says
A series of digital billboards showing messages of support for country singer Morgan Wallen appeared throughout downtown Nashville this week. In February, Wallen was seen on video using a racial slur, a scandal that elicited a swift rebuke from the country music community. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNk3p6LjzMB/?igshid=txtnm7zlaitf “His Fan’s Choice: Entertainer of the …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for Week of March 29th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …
Read More »'Austin City Limits' Country Performances Compiled for New DVD Set
Ever since its pilot episode with Willie Nelson in 1974, country music has been the bedrock of Austin City Limits. While rock and indie acts from the Raconteurs to Arcade Fire would all go on to perform on the live-music series, country remains in the Austin City Limits DNA. Now, …
Read More »Luke Combs Switches to Classic Balladry in Unreleased Song 'Ever Mine'
Over the weekend, Luke Combs performed a solo acoustic version of the song “Ever Mine,” an unreleased track that doesn’t appear on the CMA Male Vocalist of the Year’s latest album What You See Is What You Get. Written with fellow singer-songwriters Charlie Worsham and Hailey Whitters, “Ever Mine” is …
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