Having mounted her last concert tour in 2004, for the next several years Shania Twain endured personal heartache, including her divorce from producer-husband Mutt Lange. But there was also the delay of new music due, in part, to her battle with dysphonia, a condition that affects vocal-cord control, brought on …
Read More »Watch Luke Combs' Cheeky 'When It Rains It Pours' on 'Kimmel'
“When it rains, it pours,” goes the chorus to Luke Combs‘ latest single, and it couldn’t be more appropriate for the Nashville singer’s life these days. With the song from his debut LPThis One’s for Youclimbing to Number Two on the country charts, Combs appeared on Wednesday night’s post-CMA Awards …
Read More »Delbert McClinton Talks New Book, R&B Singer Who Changed His Life
Like a true-life version of Forrest Gump, Delbert McClinton witnessed, and even influenced, some of the most pivotal moments in modern music history. The Texas-born singer/harmonica master was around at the birth of rock & roll, saw firsthand the raw beginnings of the British Invasion, and helped establish Austin as …
Read More »See Kelsea Ballerini Talk Headlining Tour, Return to 'High School'
Kelsea Ballerini performed a special concert at her former high school in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday, taking the stage to preview her new album Unapologetically. The event was part of the Tennessee Department of Tourism Development’s “The Soundtrack of America, Made in Tennessee” campaign, and Ballerini also donated $20,000 to …
Read More »Kenny Chesney Announces 2018 Trip Around the Sun Stadium Tour
Kenny Chesney hasn’t been on the road much in 2017, but that’s set to change next year with his Trip Around the Sun stadium tour, which will kick off April 21st, 2018 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Stopping once per week for 18 dates throughout the East Coast, …
Read More »See Jason Aldean Address Las Vegas Shooting, Cover Tom Petty on 'SNL'
Jason Aldean was an unannounced special guest on Saturday Night Live, delivering a moving speech about the Las Vegas mass shooting before performing Tom Petty‘s “I Won’t Back Down” during the sketch show’s cold open. Aldean was onstage at the Route 91 Harvest festival when a gunman opened fire on …
Read More »Shania Twain's New Album 'Now': Track-by-Track Guide
When Shania Twain took a break from the music industry more than a dozen years ago, she exited as a country-pop queen. Her songs were ubiquitous on both sides of the Atlantic, with Come On Over – her third album of blockbuster ballads and radio anthems, produced with equal parts …
Read More »See Alex Williams' Defiant Acoustic 'Pay No Mind'
Alex Williams’ new LP Better Than Myself was already a stripped-down slice of Seventies country when it was released in August. Now the Indiana-born artist has stripped it down even further for an acoustic version of “Pay No Mind” that he recorded for the new Bud Light Basement acoustic performance …
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