by Marcus K. Dowling 1m ago Though sadly deceased, folk icon John Prine is being honored with a growing series of forthcoming posthumous releases. Added to this list is a vinyl offering of Prine‘s guest-filled set at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival, now available for pre-order. Featuring Justin Vernon, Jim James, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff,...
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Country Legends We Love: “Mother” Maybelle Carter
by Marcus K. Dowling 6m ago “As far as guitar playing [in country music] goes, there’s Maybelle [Carter], then there’s everybody else.” The ancestral history of country music’s rolling melodic stringed instrumentation originates with one person and one style: Mother Maybelle Carter’s iconic “Carter Scratch” technique. Whether favoring the autoharp, banjo, or guitar as your...
Taylor Swift’s New “From the Vault” Song Features Maren Morris
by Jessica Nicholson 8m ago At midnight (March 25), Taylor Swift will release the first ’From The Vault’ song from her upcoming project Fearless (Taylor’s Version). Maren Morris offers background vocals on the track, titled “You All Over Me (From The Vault).” “One thing I’ve been loving about these ‘From The Vault’ songs is that...
Brandi Carlile’s Concert at The Ryman to Benefit Rissi Palmer’s Color Me Country Fund and More
by Marcus K. Dowling 5m ago On March 28, Brandi Carlile is performing a livestream concert from The Ryman and will donate $1 each for every ticket sold to Fanny’s House and the Rainey Day Fund. CMT Equal Play will match those donations, up to $15,000, for Rissi Palmer’s Rainey Day offshoot, the Color Me...
Dolly Parton’s MusiCares Tribute Concert Coming to Netflix April 7
by Jessica Nicholson 43m ago A star-filled Dolly Parton tribute project is coming to Netflix on April 7. Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute, was filmed in 2019 as part of the celebration when The Recording Academy (which puts on the Grammy Awards) named Parton its MusiCares Person of the Year. Parton is the first country...
Eric Church Says “Seclusion Has Been Good For My Career” as He Prepares to Release New Album
by Marcus K. Dowling 5m ago This year has found Eric Church looking to break from seclusion to release Heart & Soul, a triple-album, recorded just prior to the pandemic. In a recent Garden & Gun feature, Eric Church highlights what he’s done during quarantine to pass the time before he releases the album throughout...
Loretta Lynn, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire Combine Forces for “Still Woman Enough”
by Marcus K. Dowling 42m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. It’s been 35 years since Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt collaborated for the legendary Trios album. Now the recent single “Stil Woman Enough,” featuring Loretta Lynn, Carrie Underwood, and Reba McEntire, for the country legend’s 50th studio album is a sassy track highlighting everyone’s...
Thomas Rhett Earns 17th No. 1 Hit With “What’s Your Country Song”
by Jessica Nicholson 1m ago Thomas Rhett has earned his 17th No. 1 hit with “What’s Your Country Song,” as the track tops Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart and Hot Country Songs Chart this week. “I can hardly wrap my mind around seventeen…what an unreal way to kick off this new chapter of music,” Rhett said...
Mickey Guyton to Release Her Debut Album This Summer
by Marcus K. Dowling 1m ago By summer 2021, Mickey Guyton’s twelve-month emergence from an artist releasing a well-regarded five-track EP to a rising country superstar with a double-album will be complete. On a recent episode of Breland’s “Land of the BRE” Apple Music Country radio show, Guyton told her recent “Cross Country” collaborator, “Oh...
CMT Celebrates Some of Country Music’s Top Female Duos and Groups
by Jessica Nicholson 43m ago Some of country music’s most memorable songs have been written and/or performed by all-female groups, whether that’s the musical contributions of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters (June, Helen and Anita Carter), The Forester Sisters’ five No. 1 hits in the 1980s, mother-daughter duo The Judds’ iconic string of 14...