Music Country

With his country lineage and out-of-the-box approach to American roots music, Shooter Jennings is the ideal guest for Chris Shiflett‘s Walking the Floor podcast. In this new episode, the two talk about a unique career path that began in the shadow of Shooter’s father, country icon Waylon Jennings, and has …

Struggle Jennings, the grandson of Jessi Colter, pairs up with his daughter Brianna Harness for a new collaboration that also features his mother Jenni Eddy Jennings and Colter herself. Titled “Ace in the Hole,” the song stands as a love letter between father and daughter, and the accompanying video assembles …

Southern rock and country artist Tim Montana has released a new video for his single “American Thread.” The Butte, Montana, native returned to his hometown to film the clip, which underscores the workingman vibe of the song, a mix of ZZ Top crunch and Kid Rock-like bravado. There are scenes …

Deer Tick have announced tour dates in support ofMayonnaise, their forthcoming compilation album comprising covers, outtakes, alternate takes and new originals. The 17-date tour begins April and includes a stop at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium alongside Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real and another at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater with …

When it comes to music videos, Rayland Baxter is seemingly always on the run. For his latest, Baxter dons a prison jumpsuit and a bicycle for a freewheeling fugitive romp in “Hey Larocco.” Filmed by Asher Moss in Key West, Florida, “Hey Larocco” is a spiritual descendent of Baxter’s most …

Ashley Monroe has announced the forthcoming Sparrow (Acoustic Sessions), a five-song EP featuring unplugged performances of tunes from her 2018 solo album Sparrow — one of two acclaimed releases to feature Monroe last year. The first taste of the stripped-down recordings comes with an acoustic rendition of “Wild Love,” captured …

Little more than a year after prominent country music publicist Kirt Webster was accused of sexual harassment, verbal abuse and inappropriate workplace conduct by more than 20 previous employees, the Nashville publicist boldly announced his return to work earlier this week in an interview with theTennessean. “Contrary to speculation, I …

The Liberty LP has proven to be exceptionally fertile territory for Lindi Ortega, who is preparing to release Liberty: Piano Songbook, a track-by-track instrumental reinterpretation of the 2018 collection, on January 25th. Ortega already released a batch of stripped-down Liberty recordings late last summer, the three-song Liberty: Parkhill Sessions EP, …

It’s been more than five years since Cassadee Pope released her country debut Frame by Frame, issued in the wake of her win on season 3 of The Voice. On February 1st, she’ll release its proper full-length follow-up, Stages, as an independent artist. Produced by Corey Crowder, who has also …

Of the dozens of pop hits Ray Charles had during his remarkable career, his biggest was a soulful take on Don Gibson’s country classic “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” which logged five weeks at Number One.Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 1, the 1962 album featuring that now …