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In advance of the March 11th reboot of American Idol, new judge Luke Bryan made an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers to plug the upcoming show and perform his song “Hooked on It.” A Southern-rock-flavored tune that deals in the formative experiences for small-town people, …

Kacey Musgraves falls in and out of love in a pair of new songs, the first music to officially see release from her new LP Golden Hour. You can hear both songs, “Butterfly” and “Space Cowboy,” below. “Butterflies” has been a regular feature of Musgraves’ live shows for the past …

Brandi Carlile has released the music video for “The Joke,” the powerhouse lead single from her new album By the Way, I Forgive You. The emotional video, shot in black and white by Danny Clinch, features close-up portraits of a rotating cast of women, men and children singing (and dancing) …

Daryle Singletary won country fans’ hearts by keeping tradition in his soul. Singletary, who died February 12th at the much-too-young age of 46, defied every country trend that came down the musical path during his more than 20-year career, including the numerous reincarnations of pop country and the later phenomenon …

Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl LII halftime show performance may not have featured any surprise guests – aside from a ginormous image of Prince – but he arrived at Jimmy Fallon’s live post-game broadcast of The Tonight Showfrom Minneapolis’ Orpheum Theatre with Chris Stapleton in tow. Together, the pop superstar and …

Joshua Hedley, a multi-instrumentalist who excels in the classic Nashville Sound of the Sixties, will release his debut album on April 20th via Jack White’s Third Man Records. Dubbed Mr. Jukebox, the album title nods to Hedley’s ability to play any one of a wealth of timeless country songs. It’s …

One of Keith Urban‘s earliest showcases in Nashville took place at the Exit/In, a beloved rock club northwest of downtown that has been operating for more than 40 years. By his recollection, Urban’s performance didn’t go so well: former Capitol Records boss Jimmy Bowen was there long enough to hear …

On February 16th, Brent Cobb launches his headlining Ain’t a Road Too Long Tour with a show in Memphis, Tennessee, following supporting dates with Miranda Lambert’s Livin’ Like Hippies Tour and some high-seas performing aboard the Cayamo Cruise. The headlining trek, named for Cobb’s latest single, has now been extended …

With a song title like “Tequila,” it would certainly be easy to assume there’s a party about to pour forth for the next three minutes. But what the newly released track from silky smooth duo Dan + Shay unleashes instead is a nostalgic tale of heartbreak and regret, lamenting the …

With three opportunities apiece to show America what they were made of, the final four contestants on The Voice took the stage on the first night of the two-part finale for a theme that was, in coach Miley Cyrus’ words, “coming full circle.” She ought to say so, because finalist …