by Alison Bonaguro 19h ago A few dates into her CMT Next Women of Country tour with Tanya Tucker, Brandy Clark shared with me the secret for always appreciating the job she has now: a past full of hard labor. “My very first job, in Washington state, was a blueberry...

On March 27th, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real will release Naked Garden, a companion album to 2019’s Turn Off the News (Build a Garden) featuring previously unreleased tracks and alternate versions of songs from the same sessions. The lead offering from Naked...

by Alison Bonaguro 13h ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. When Trisha Yearwood sat down with CMT recently to talk about “She’s in Love with the Boy,” her debut song from 1991, she admitted that it was more than just a breakout hit. It made her career feel like she was...

As the 1980s got underway, Johnny Cash’s recording career was foundering. Since his 1976 Number One hit “One Piece at a Time,” only his 1979 single “Ghost Riders in the Sky” managed to reach the Top Ten. Celebrating his 25th anniversary as an artist, Cash was still a...

Trying to define alt-country is a foolhardy pursuit, but that didn’t stop Mojo Nixon from leading a panel discussion into the genre while aboard the fifth annual Outlaw Country Cruise. Titled “Alt.Country: Whatever That Is,” the Outlaw Country host and subject of the...

On a quiet afternoon outside Texas’ oldest dance hall in 2013, Paul English sat in the back of his tour bus, counting money. Though he would be playing drums that night with his boss, Willie Nelson, the 81-year-old English also had other responsibilities: collecting...

Throughout February, LeAnn Rimes is releasing a series of covers of her favorite love songs, making each one available on successive Fridays. The singer’s so-called Love Sessions began with last week’s release of Rimes’ passionate, heartbreaking take on the 2019...

On the same day she released her new song “Till There’s Nothing Left,” Cam took the tune to late-night television as the guest on Thursday’s episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers. Written by Cam with Hillary Lindsey, Tyler Johnson, and Jeff Bhasker, “Till There’s...

by Craig Shelburne 19h ago In the spirit of “try, try again…” Maren Morris is imparting her wisdom to kids with “Oops! Whoops! Wait, Ah ha!” on the 50th season of Sesame Street. It’s a positive reminder that even an expert like Cookie Monster had to burn a few batches...

Luke Bryan will release his new album Born Here Live Here Die Here on April 24th. The Georgia native’s seventh studio LP, it features 10 tracks, including the singles “Knockin’ Boots” and “What She Wants Tonight.” On Friday, Bryan shared the title cut to the album. A...