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Travis Tritt is still as popular now as he was in the late 1990s but his career path took a turn as country music evolved with new artists. In a recent interview, the singer spoke out about why he was labeled as an outlaw in the music industry and why he’s not in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Plus, some fans thought the singer was unrecognizable at a recent concert.

Travis Tritt Addresses Country Music Hall Of Fame Snub

Travis Tritt is one of many well-deserving artists who aren’t in the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Nashville tourist spot recently unveiled a Dolly Parton exhibit about her life and career. While Travis Tritt isn’t on Dolly Parton’s legendary level (who is?) he’s still one of the most successful country artists.

The singer recently sat down with the Drifting Cowboys podcast. He opened up...

Zach Bryan debuted an unexpected, note-perfect version of Warren Zevon’s “Lawyers, Guns and Money” during his Stagecoach Festival headlining set Friday night, two days before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the late singer-songwriter’s long-delayed induction.

Bryan introduced the 1978 track as his “favorite song of all time” midway through his two-hour set, before launching into a faithful rendition backed by a horn section. Bryan and one of his band members, Read Connolly, traded vocals on the song — Connolly’s singing voice turned out to sound quite a bit like Zevon’s.

Hank Williams Jr. turns 76 next month. But in a recent concert, he moved like someone much younger. Is the country singer destined for the next season of Dancing With The Stars? Stay on this page to see the singer show off his moves.

Hank Williams Jr Plots Summer Tour With Kid Rock

Hank Williams Jr. released his first single, “Long Gone Lonesome Blues,” over sixty years ago. He was just fourteen at the time. It was part of his first album, which was covers of some of his father’s biggest hits. Hank Williams Sr. passed away in 1953 of a heart attack.

His only son has more than made a name for himself in the country music industry. Hank Williams Jr. has released over 50 albums, including Old But Gold Country in 2024. The singer constantly tours. He is slated to team up with Kid Rock this summer for the Rock The...

Attention, MTV Generation, your ship has come in! Paramount+ is opening the floodgates to bring classic episodes of MTV Unplugged, VH1 Storytellers, and CMT Crossroads to the streaming platform. Over 50 episodes of MTV Unplugged were recently added, and there are dozens of episodes of VH1 Storytellers and CMT Crossroads to experience and explore.

According to Paramount+, many episodes “haven’t been available in 20+ years.” The MTV Unplugged offerings alone are a reason to consider getting a Paramount+ subscription, with iconic performances from bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Tori Amos, Staind, Korn, The Cranberries, Aerosmith, Alicia Keys, Duran Duran, and more up for grabs. MTV Unplugged is a legendary series of performances in unique and intimate settings, typically with acoustic versions of classic songs performed for the first time.

Meanwhile, VH1 Storytellers is similar to MTV Unplugged in that it’s a concert series in an intimate setting. However, the...

Paramount+ has opened up its vault of classic MTV Unplugged episodes. Over 50 episodes of the live performance series have been added to the streamer, alongside dozens more episodes of VH1 Storytellers and CMT Crossroads.

According to a press release, many of the episodes “haven’t been available in 20+ years.” Coming from Seasons 1-8 and 10-13, the MTV Unplugged episodes include iconic performances from Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Paul McCartney, Oasis, R.E.M., Alanis Morissette, Alice in Chains, and Bob Dylan.

Meanwhile, the VH1 Storytellers episodes are taken from Seasons 1-9, 11-13,15, and 16, featuring standouts like David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Alicia Keys, and Elton John.

See the full list of more than 125 episodes below.

MTV Unplugged

Aerosmith (1990)

Alanis Morissette (1999)

Alice in Chains (1996)

Alicia Keys (2005)

Allman Brothers (1990)

Annie Lenox (1992)

Arrested Development (1993)

Babyface & Friends feat. Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, and K-Ci & JoJo (1997)

Bob Dylan (1994)

Bryan Adams (1997)

Chris Isaak (1995)

Cranberries (1995)

Crowded House...

On a recent episode of American Pickers, Mike Wolfe could be seen making an impressive purchase for the new year. The TV personality purchased famous suits belonging to a country music legend. However, this comes out amid the reality series suffering a ratings drop.

Mike Wolfe Even Got To Try On One Of The Suits

American Pickers is a History Channel series that originally came out in 2010. Host Mike Wolfe and a co-host, originally the late Frank Fritz, travel across the country to find “picks” for resale.

Throughout the series, Wolfe and his team aspire to find long-lost treasures. Thanks to this, a few items with a notable history have appeared on the series.

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As noted by The U.S. Sun, an episode airing January 1, 2025, saw Wolfe purchase suits belonging to country music legend Hank Williams Jr., the who is also the son of singer-songwriter Hank Williams. Notably,...

On Wednesday January 1 2025, History broadcasts American Pickers!

Junkyard Jamboree Season 26 Episode 12 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “American Pickers,” titled “Junkyard Jamboree,” promises to be an exciting adventure for fans of the show. Set in Alabama, this episode features Robbie and Jersey as they dive into the world of classic cars and unique finds. Edd’s impressive car collection and his intriguing boneyard are sure to catch their attention. Viewers can expect to see some rare vehicles and possibly learn a few tips about collecting classic cars.

Meanwhile, Mike has a special experience that adds a twist to the episode. He explores the belongings of country music legend Hank Williams Jr. This opportunity gives Mike a chance to connect with music history while searching for treasures. It might be a rare moment for him to brush shoulders with the world of country music stardom.

As the pickers navigate through Alabama’s hidden gems,...

Season 26 of “American Pickers” continues with an exciting new episode titled “Junkyard Jamboree,” airing at 9:00 Pm on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, on History. In this thrilling installment, the crew heads to Alabama, where Robbie and Jersey dive into Edd’s impressive classic car collection and explore his notorious boneyard. The two are in for a wild adventure, as they search through heaps of vintage treasures, uncovering rare and valuable finds amid the rusted cars and forgotten relics.

Meanwhile, Mike experiences a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when he has a brush with country music stardom. As he combs through the belongings of Hank Williams Jr., Mike discovers items that are as rich in history as they are in personal significance. The episode brings a perfect mix of music, nostalgia, and the thrill of the hunt, with plenty of treasures to be uncovered. Fans of “American Pickers” can look forward to another captivating episode, filled...

Kid Rock is taking aim at the concert-ticket industry, and plans to work closely with the person who may have the biggest say in the matter when the new administration takes over the White House in January.

The “American Bad Ass” recently met with president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, with plans to “open a can of whoop ass on the bots, scalpers, venues, ticketing companies, managers and artists alike who rip off and deceive the public.”

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As Consequence pointed out earlier this year, tickets today cost two to three times as much as inflation-adjusted tickets from a few decades ago. On top of that, there’s been a number of high-profile ticket fiascos in recent years, including fan frustration with Live Nation and Ticketmaster over Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour,” and complaints over “dynamic pricing” for Bruce Springsteen’s 2023 tour.

The American South is a hot mess of cultural contradictions, and while those contradictions have stoked the dumpster fire of U.S. politics for a couple of centuries, they also happen to be fueling some of the best music being made right now. And to be sure, the story of rock in 2024 is largely a story of Southern rock, in both classic-rock and indie-rock denominations.

On two of the year’s best records, Tigers Blood and Manning Fireworks, Katie “Waxahatchee” Crutchfield (Alabama) and Jake “Mj” Lenderman (North Carolina), respectively, made...

Eric Church paid tribute to his home state of North Carolina and those affected by the flooding of Hurricane Helene with a performance of “Darkest Hour” at the 2024 CMA Awards.

Dressed in a black velvet blazer and accompanied by a choir (including longtime vocal foil Joanna Cotten), a horn section, and strings, Church delivered a grand version of the song, which he rush-released last month to help raise funds for disaster relief. “I’ll do everything in my power/To take even a minute off your darkest hour,” he sang...

Kid Rock is an avid supporter of President-elect Donald Trump. He performed at several of the politician’s rallies and the 2024 Republican National Convention. Rumors circulated on social media that the rocker would team up with country artist Blake Shelton for a “non-woke” tour of states that overwhelmingly voted for Trump. Keep reading for all the details on the alleged tour.

Blake Shelton Teams Up With Kid Rock For ‘Non-Woke’ Tour?

Kid Rock’s political leanings are very clear. What about Blake Shelton? The country singer hasn’t been as vocal about his politics as some other musicians. In 2016, he tweeted, “Hey guys lets talk politics. I believe many of the challenges this nation faces today can be solved. And I’m just gonna say what I think.” But he never really followed up with further comment.

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His wife, No Doubt singer, Gwen Stefani is rumored to be a Democrat,...

Kid Rock and Nickelback will headline the 2025 edition of the Rock the Country, a 10-date traveling music festival set to visit 10 small towns across the United States in the spring and summer. Additionally, the two acts will headline Pepsi Rock the South festival in Cullman, Alabama in June 2025.

The series of two-day Rock the Country concerts kicks off April 4th and 5th in Livingston, Louisiana, and runs through a July 25th-26th stop in Anderson, South Carolina. The three-day Pepsi Rock the South festival will take place in the middle of the itinerary, June 19th-21st in Cullman, Alabama.

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Tickets are available at the official Rock the Country website, where you can see the specific lineups for each city. For the Pepsi Rock the South fest, tickets can be purchased here.

Kid Rock and Nickelback will perform at all of the stops, headlining a lineup that also features Hank Williams Jr.,...

The traveling festival Rock the Country is expanding. Co-founder Kid Rock will headline the second iteration of the event with Nickelback in 11 cities across America between April and July 2025, up from seven cities during this year’s inaugural run. But it isn’t just the lineup of country music acts or tour stops that are expanding — so is Rock’s definition of the event.

“It’s this simple, Rock The Country isn’t just a music festival, it’s a movement,” he said in a statement. “It’s a place for hard working,...

Two Step Inn will return in 2025 with headlining performances from Alan Jackson and Sturgill Simpson. The Georgetown, Texas music festival will be held on April 5 and 6 at San Gabriel Park for the third consecutive year with more than 35 scheduled performances.

Jackson will lead the first day of the weekend event with additional performances from Miranda Lambert, Flatland Cavalry, Gavin Adcock, Ernest, Eli Young Band, Randall King, Tracy Byrd, Diamond Rio, Priscilla Block, William Beckmann, Diplo and more.

As the Sunday headliner, Simpson’s set will follow performances from Lynyrd Skynyrd,...

Many country fans fully believe that there is ongoing bad blood between Hank Williams Jr. and Garth Brooks. This is based on a quote that many believe came from Hank Jr. badmouthing Brooks. So, did Williams Jr. really say what people think he said about Garth Brooks?

Hank Williams Jr. Has Had A Successful Music Career

When your dad is Hank Williams, and considered to be one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century, those are some big boots to fill for anyone. Luckily, Hank Williams Jr. has been up to the task over the years. Despite being pushed to follow in his father’s footsteps early on, Hank Jr. found ways to distinguish himself, and carve out his own niche outside of his father’s large shadow.

When you come from, essentially, the stock of country royalty, it can be a tough thing for some people to live up to.

Tommy Cash, a country singer and younger brother to Johnny Cash, has died at 84, as confirmed in a social media post by the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville, Tenn.

“We are saddened to announce that the world lost a bright light last evening with the passing of Tommy Cash,” the establishment wrote on Instagram Sept. 14.

“[My wife] Shannon and I lost a very, very dear friend last evening,” continued CEO and founder Bill Miller of Cash. “I knew him for over 50 years. Tommy Cash was a loyal supporter of the Johnny Cash Museum and a very beloved member of our extended family as well as a highly respected member of the music industry. This great man will be deeply missed by his friends and many loyal fans around the world. Please keep Tommy’s beloved wife, Marcy and his family in your prayers.”

A cause of death was not given. Cash, who...

Tommy Cash, country singer and brother of the late music icon Johnny Cash, has died at the age of 84.

The Johnny Cash Museum confirmed Tommy’s death in a statement Saturday, “We are saddened to announce that the world lost a bright light last evening with the passing of Tommy Cash.” No cause of death was provided. Tommy died on September 13, one day after the 21st anniversary of Johnny’s September 12, 2003 death.

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Post Malone has played everywhere from the Grand Ole Opry to Nashville’s Robert’s Western World this summer, just in time for the hit-making superstar’s country debut. Out now, Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion features duets with everyone including Lainey Wilson, Dolly Parton, and Blake Shelton, with hits that’ve sat atop the charts all season long. Now, fans who want to hear the new tracks...

Dwight Yoakam was one of the first country artists to collaborate with rapper Post Malone. They have another new song out but fans aren’t feeling it. Keep reading to find out more.

New Dwight Yoakam Album Coming

Dwight Yoakam burst onto the country music scene in 1986 with his debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.. He’s still churning out the hits nearly 40 years later. He’s set to release his 16th studio album later this year.

Brighter Days drops on November 15th. It features 14 new songs, including 12 that Dwight Yoakam wrote or co-wrote. The country singer also covers “Keeping On The Sunny Side” by the Carter Family and “Bound Away” by Cake.

The album features a collaboration with rapper Post Malone, who recently ventured into country music. Posty released his first country album last month. It features heavy-hitting artists like Dolly Parton, Blake Shelton, Hank Williams Jr., and more.

The Super Bowl Halftime Show is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year, with past performances by legendary acts like Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Katy Perry. While the NFL has yet to make an official announcement, rumors are swirling that Post Malone could be the headlining act for the 2025 show. Keep reading for more.

Where Is The 2025 Super Bowl?

The 2024-25 NFL season kicks off in less than three weeks. The season kicks off on Thursday, September 5, in Kansas City, when the reigning champs take on the Baltimore Ravens. The regular season will end in early January, and then playoffs begin.

Super Bowl Lix will be on Sunday, February 9, 2025. It will take place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The NFL is months away from announcing the headliner for the Halftime show, but some fans think it could be Post Malone.

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Post Malone is officially riding into his country era. “Sup motherf-ckas,” the musician posted online earlier this summer announcing the release date and name of his first country LP, F-1 Trillion.

Posty’s newest studio album spans 18 tracks and features duets with country legends and hitmakers alike. Country’s latest superstar released F-1 Trillion on several formats, including streaming services, CD, cassette tape, and a slew of exclusive vinyl LPs.

Back in 2021, Post Malone turned the heads of country-music fans when he covered two songs on the opposite ends of the country spectrum during an online telethon: Brad Paisley’s radio hit “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)” and Sturgill Simpson’s underground favorite “You Can Have the Crown.” Malone, a pop superstar who has been teasing his country fandom as far back as 2015, delivered the tunes with traditional twang and rough-edged vibes, suggesting a genuine affinity for and deep knowledge of the genre. Bluegrass picker Billy Strings...

Yee-haw! Post Malone has officially released F-1 Trillion, his new country album.

Serving as his sixth studio album and his third since 2022, F-1 Trillion features collaborations with Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Jelly Roll, Billy Strings, and numerous other figures in the country, folk, and Americana genres. It also includes “I Had Some Help,” Post Malone’s chart-topping collaboration with Morgan Wallen, as well as fellow singles “Pour Me a Drink” with Blake Shelton and “Guy for That” with Luke Combs. Stream the album below.

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Update: Posty has unveiled a deluxe version of the album called F-1 Trillion: Long Bed, featuring nine additional tracks.

Post Malone, originally from Texas, had hinted at making a country pivot at some point and took inspiration from the genre for his 2022 album, Twelve Carat Toothache. He performed a headlining set of mostly country covers...

The year in music already belonged to Post Malone well before he scored the longest-running No. 1 song of the year (so far) with the lead single off his upcoming album, the Morgan Wallen-assisted “I Had Some Help.” In an unlikely coincidence, he had been summoned by the musical gods of contemporary music — Beyoncé and Taylor Swift — to appear on both of their recent albums, which were released three weeks apart in March and April.

You could call Malone the luckiest artist in the world, but getting the call from Bey and Tay only proves he’s got the special sauce that could turn into potential Grammy gold for the rapper/singer/songwriter/guitarist/rising country star who has 10 career nominations with no wins.

THR breaks down how Malone, who holds the record for most diamond-certified songs in music history, could finally be victorious at the Grammys.

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The Grand Ole Opry hosted Post Malone’s version of a welcome wagon on Wednesday when he made his debut at the country music institution. After months of overtures to the genre’s tastemakers in preparation for his upcoming Friday release, F-1 Trillion, Malone flanked his performance with appearances by Brad Paisley, Lainey Wilson, the War and Treaty, Vince Gill, and John Michael Montgomery.

Paisley took the honor of introducing Malone: “He has a country heart, and he is someone who immersed himself in the Nashville way,” Paisley said, “but...

There’s no better way to get hype for a basketball game than with a little “Roundball Rock”. Ok, so “Sweet Georgia Brown” is up there, too, but John Tesh’s song helped define pro basketball for a generation, with “Roundball Rock” serving as the anthem for NBA on NBC for over a decade. Now, it is set to take the court yet again, as Tesh has delivered another spin on the instrumental.

John Tesh built up the updated version of “Roundball Rock” during an interview on The Dan Le Batard Show (via The Hollywood Reporter) by saying, “We went back into the studio and got me on Hammond organ and a guitar player named Andrew Synowiec, which was pretty incredible, and the rest of my band…I wrote an extra piece to put on the end of ‘Roundball Rock’, and then we did what’s known as the shredded version.

Post Malone’s first country album drops this month. He’s slated to perform at the Grand Ole Opry with a few special guests. Keep reading to find out more about the rapper’s Grand Ole Opry debut and which iconic country singers will join him.

Rapper Post Malone Takes On Country Music

Post Malone made a name for himself for his rap music. He made a surprise appearance at the 57th annual CMA Awards in November 2023. He joined Morgan Wallen and Hardy in a tribute to the late country singer Joe Diffie, who died in 2020. The rapper joined them for performances of Diffie’s hits, “John Deere Green” and “Pickup Man.”

Could Post Malone be among the nominees for the 2024 CMA Awards? It is entirely possible. Fans immediately began begging the rapper to record and release a country music album after his collab with Wallen and Hardy.

Fans asked and Post Malone listened.

Post Malone has set his debut at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry on August 14th — taking place just days ahead of the release of his country album, F-1 Trillion.

Opry member Brad Paisley announced the concert through the venue’s social media, extending an official invitation to the fledgling “hillbilly singer” for the “first of many appearances.” Besides Paisley, Malone will be joined by Vince Gill, Lainey Wilson, John Michael Montgomery, and the War and Treaty.

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Ticket sales are ongoing via Axs. You can also find deals and sold-out tickets to all of Post Malone’s upcoming concerts via StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.

F-1 Trillion will be out on August 16th. It features Posty’s hit Morgan Wallen collaboration, “I Had Some Help,” as well as appearances from country legends like Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, and Hank Williams, Jr....

Posty Goes Opry: Post Malone will make his Grand Ole Opry debut in August, the Nashville institution announced on Wednesday.

Orpy member Brad Paisley himself extended the invitation for Malone to perform at a star-studded Aug. 14 gig in a video message posted on social media.

“So what I’m about to ask is going to mean a lot to you I think, knowing you and knowing the respect you have for country music, and this journey that you’re embarking on now as a hillbilly singer, which is gonna be massive and remarkable and amazing,...

Fans taking a look at a preorder page for Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion last week got an unexpected sneak peek at what appeared to be a list of guests on the singer’s new album. According to an image originally listed on Target’s website, and captured by fans on X, Malone will feature country icons such as Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, and Brad Paisley on his upcoming LP. The track list was confirmed on Wednesday, via an ad taken out in Nashville’s the Tennessean newspaper.

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Live Nation is bringing back its Summer’s Live 4-Pack deal for 2024. For a limited time, concert-goers can grab four tickets for $80 to thousands of concerts across the country.

The promotion runs from July 17th to July 30th. Just select one of the participating events (see events close to you here), choose “4 tickets,” look for the “Summer 4 Pack Offer” ticket type, click “Unlock,” and enter the code 24Summer.

The featured shows span genre and even dip into the realm of comedy. Rock fans can look forward to bands like Green Day, Slipknot, Megadeth, 311, Third Eye Blind, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Zz Top, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Limp Bizkit, Bush, Alanis Morissette, Cage the Elephant, Deep Purple, The Doobie Brothers, Falling in Reverse, Halestorm and I Prevail, Kings of Leon, Korn, Staind and Breaking Benjamin, and Stone Temple Pilots.

Country fans can get excited about seeing the likes of Luke Bryan, Hank Williams Jr.,...

An all-star Elliott Smith tribute concert titled “All My Rowdy Friends” has been announced by New Monkey Studio, a recording space originally founded by Smith himself.

The show goes down on August 6th — which would have been Smith’s 55th birthday — at the Regent Theater in Los Angeles, and will feature performances from Jason Lytle and Jim Fairchild of Grandaddy, Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, comedian Margaret Cho, Illuminati Hotties, Cheekface, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and several more, including Scott McPherson, Aaron Embry and Shon Sullivan from Elliott Smith’s Figure 8 touring band.

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The performance is also a 20th anniversary celebration of Van Nuys, California’s New Monkey Studio, which Smith had decked out with all sorts of vintage recording gear and instruments. According to a press release, the studio remains “the closest thing we have today to a functional Elliott Smith museum.

Country music legend Reba McEntire is ready to light up the stage at the 2024 ACM Awards. The iconic “Fancy” singer, 69, is preparing to host the award ceremony in Frisco, Texas. It will be her 17th time hosting the annual event.

Reba McEntire Shares Favorite Part Of Hosting ACM Awards

McEntire, who has held the title of most female artist of the year nominations in ACM history, is no stranger to the spotlight of live television.

“I like to go visit with everyone. I love live television,” McEntire told People magazine. She added, “I get to sing a song, see what everybody else is promoting, their new material, but basically just to get to see my old friends and meet new people.”

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Looking back at her first time hosting in 1985, Reba McEntire fondly remembers sharing the stage with TV stars Mac Davis and John Schneider. “Here I was,...

Summer concert season is upon us, and to celebrate the occasion, Live Nation has unveiled the details for its Concert Week 2024, which will offer $25 all-in tickets for over 5,000 shows.

From May 8th through May 14th, tickets for shows by over 900 participating performers will become available for a flat $25, with no additional fees. Tickets will go on-sale at 10:00 a.m. local time on May 8th, and will be available here.

Artists taking part in this year’s Concert Week celebrations include blink-182, Limp Bizkit, Creed, Vampire Weekend, Alanis Morissette, Missy Elliott, P!Nk, Janet Jackson, Pixies with Modest Mouse, The National with The War on Drugs, The Smashing Pumpkins, Maggie Rogers, Rob Zombie with Alice Cooper, Kings of Leon, Iron Maiden, Peso Pluma, Cage the Elephant, Stone Temple Pilots with Live, Korn, Dashboard Confessional, The Marley Brothers, Bush, Hootie & The Blowfish, Sum 41, and many others. Check out the...

Trisha Yearwood will be the inaugural recipient of CMT’s June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award, as well as performing a new song, on the “CMT Music Awards” telecast, airing live April 7 on CBS.

The singer will get the honor for her philanthropic work, which extends across many charities but most visibly includes two decades of involvement with Habitat for Humanity, which she’s long supported alongside husband Garth Brooks. (They were jointly given the org’s Habitat Humanitarians honor in 2016.)

Yearwood will use her first appearance on the annual awards show in five years to premiere “Put It in a Song,” the first preview of a forthcoming album that will be a first in her career, in that it’ll be the first collection in which she co-wrote all the songs.

The new award, named for June Carter Cash, doesn’t mark the first time a member of that country...

Eric Carmen, who was the frontman of power pop band The Raspberries before going on to solo success, has died at 74.

His wife, Amy Carmen, posted the news on the singer’s website. He apparently died in his sleep during the weekend, but no other details were given.

“It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen,” she wrote. “Our sweet, loving and talented Eric passed away in his sleep, over the weekend. It brought him great joy to know, that for decades, his music touched so many and will be his lasting legacy. Please respect the family’s privacy as we mourn our enormous loss. ‘Love Is All That Matters… Faithful and Forever.’”

Carmen was born on August 11, 1949, in the Cleveland suburbs. He first rose to fame with the Raspberries’ 1972 breakout hit, “Go All the Way,” which hit No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and in Canada.

It’s been a full 16 months since Charley Crockett has released a record. It’s barely a fraction of a typical album release cycle for most artists, but not Crockett: The Texas singer-songwriter released a whopping nine records over the five year span between 2018 and 2022.

The marathon wait is just one reason that $10 Cowboy, Crockett’s forthcoming album, is the most anticipated collection of the 39-year-old’s career. In a statement, Crockett explained that the record is a wandering tribute to his home country.

“This material is written at truck stops,...

When Willie Nelson asks if you have any songs he can sing on, you always say “yes.” That’s the lesson delivered by Charley Crockett, who duets with Nelson on the new collaboration “That’s What Makes the World Go Around.”

According to Crockett, the Red Headed Stranger was recently recording at his Pedernales Recording Studio in Spicewood, Texas, and wanted to cut a new one. “I told him I had plenty,” Crockett said in a statement, adding that he proceeded to hang up, drive to his producer’s, and begin furiously writing.

Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor is tidying up the cluttered kitchen of the band’s headquarters-slash-recording-studio in East Nashville so he can brew a pot of coffee. Empty beer bottles dot the counter and a table in the center of the room, whose walls are covered with Hatch Show Print posters advertising gigs by Old Crow and their heroes.

Since 2020, Secor and Old Crow, now seven members in all, have called this nondescript building far removed from Music Row their hangout. It has the feel of a place...

Seven small towns in the U.S. will welcome Jason Aldean and Kid Rock next year when the polarizing singers co-headline the Rock the Country Tour. The festival tour will stick mainly to the South, spending two nights at each stop in Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky, and Georgia.

“Rock The Country is for everyone who makes this country run and loves America. Nobody knows how to party like Small Town America,” Kid Rock said in a statement about the predominantly country music showcase.

The tour will also...

Are you ready for some (new) football (theme music)?

Monday Night Football will roll out a new theme song for this Monday’s Week 2 doubleheader on ESPN and ABC, with country star Chris Stapleton and hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg teaming up for a cover of the Phil Collins classic “In the Air Tonight.” Cindy Blackman Santana, known for her years drumming with Lenny Kravitz and Carlos Santana, provides the distinctively thundering drum beats from Collins’ original. Watch the full version of the song here:

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ESPN has switched up its soundtrack for Monday Night Football with a new opening theme in which Chris Stapleton, Snoop Dogg, and Cindy Blackman Santana perform a “reimagining” of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” Check it out below.

If you really nit-pick this, the unlikely cover actually makes a decent amount of sense: Stapleton and Snoop have both performed at recent Super Bowls, with Stapleton performing the National Anthem this year and Snoop a part of the Halftime Show in 202. “In the Air Tonight” obviously needs a powerful drummer like Santana, who’s performed with legends including Pharoah Sanders, Lenny Kravitz, and — you guessed it! — Santana.

Why Collins’ 1981 smash hit was chosen as ESPN’s new hype anthem, however, is a bit of a head-scratcher. In a statement, the network said “In the Air Tonight” has a “deep relationship” with football, “having been cited in the past and present...

The entertainment industry occasionally blurs the lines between right and wrong, confusing fans as to who the true heroes and villains of the story are. While that may continue to be the case, the virtual monopoly in Hollywood is encountering a tremendous hazard, and this is being highlighted by what is happening in American politics.

MovieWeb has a political score in the center, meaning this site is considered politically neutral. In this neutral spirit, we humbly offer a view of current politics and how government and entertainment may be bisecting. Some say they believe the line between entertainment and politics has become even more blurred than it was in prior decades, and we'll take a look at the reasons why Hollywood and affairs of state have recently merged!

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Many point out that politics and entertainment have always overlapped to a certain extent. For example, former President...

Singer Hank Williams Jr. married his girlfriend, Brandi, on Sunday in Alabama.

The 74-year-old country star was only engaged to his 43-year-old wife for a couple of months before they tied the knot. Williams confirmed the news in a statement on Facebook.

“Please congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Hank Williams Jr.! Hank and Brandi were married on September 9, 2023, at Enon Baptist Church in Banks, Alabama, in front of a small group of family and friends.”

“They had gotten engaged earlier this year on Mother’s Day,” the statement continued. “The bride and groom have known each other and been friends since 2003.”

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This marks Williams’ fourth marriage. He was previously wed to Mary Jane Williams, who died in 2022 from a collapsed lung that resulted from plastic surgeries.

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Right-wing influencers are losing their minds over a new country song that just appeared on streaming services today. “Rich Men North of Richmond” is a passionate screed against the state of the country sung by Oliver Anthony, who identifies as a farmer living off the grid with his three dogs in Farmville, Virginia. In a video Anthony posted to YouTube earlier this month, he says he started writing songs in 2021 after he “wasted a lot of nights getting high and getting drunk.”

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If you really want to understand where Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” comes from, you have to go all the way back to Richard Nixon — and before that, George Wallace. Wallace, a former Alabama governor and segregationist independent candidate for president in 1968, got significant support from the country world, even holding fundraisers at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. After defeating Wallace that fall, Nixon saw the right-wing potential of country music, and invited Johnny Cash to the White House a couple of years later for a concert,...

Jason Aldean’s debut single, 2005’s “Hicktown,” arrived on country radio like a kick in the teeth, blending hard rock with country music and lyrics that unabashedly celebrated a certain type of rural life: “You can see the neighbor’s butt crack nailing on his shingles/and his woman’s smokin’ Pall Mall’s, watchin’ Laura Ingalls,” he sang.

“Hicktown” was an overnight success, a Top 10 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country chart and a crossover pop hit on the Hot 100. And the singles that followed were also mostly radio smashes,...

With the Rocky Mountains of Western Montana in the distance and a Bnsf freight train rolling down the tracks nearby, Luke Grimes, the Yellowstone actor and emerging singer-songwriter, gazed across a sea of faces during his Friday evening performance at the Under the Big Sky festival.

“This is, by far, the biggest crowd I’ve ever played to — holy shit,” Grimes marveled at the crowd, estimated around 20,000 in attendance.

At this year’s installment of Under the Big Sky, the three-day gathering showcased arena acts (Zach Bryan, Caamp, Hank Williams Jr.), marquee names (Charley Crockett,...

Gordon Lightfoot, often called Canada’s greatest songwriter and known worldwide as one of the founding fathers of folk-rock, has died at age 84, a representative for his family said Monday.

The musician recently cancelled all of his 2023 tour dates, citing “health-related issues.” His representatives did not elaborate further at the time.

An iconic figure in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Lightfoot wrote many songs that transcended borders and music tastes, including The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald, Ribbon of Darkness and If You Could Read My Mind, among many, many others.

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Legendary musicians like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand — to name just a few — have recorded Lightfoot’s songs to great success, and he was widely respected in the music industry.

Robbie Robertson of The Band called Lightfoot a “national treasure,...