Music Country

Maren Morris cedes the spotlight to a number of everyday women in the music video for “Girl.” Premiering on Thursday, the video highlights women in various situations as it seeks to illustrate the struggles they face in everyday life. There’s a dancer pushing herself to learn the routine, a desperate …

Longtime Grand Ole Opry member Marty Stuart was profiled on the CBS magazine show Sunday Morning this week, with a spotlight on his mission to preserve country music’s historical treasures. Stuart, who has collected more than 20,000 artifacts, from Hank Williams’ suits to Patsy Cline’s train case, which he purchased …

Kelsea Ballerini applies a velvety-smooth touch to Shawn Mendes‘ “Lost in Japan” in her new cover version of the pop hit, recorded in Nashville for Spotify Singles. Written about a globe trotter who finds himself only a few hundred miles from his paramour, Mendes first released the funk-and-R&B-influenced tune as …

Charleston, South Carolina-based rockers Susto have a name that loosely translates to “ongoing spiritual panic attack” in Spanish, but two new tracks premiering on Rolling Stone Country show founder and frontman Justin Osborne to be supremely chill — in a worldly, self-questioning sort of way. Both “If I Was” and …

In 1974, just months after Steve Earle hitchhiked from San Antonio to Nashville, he wound up taking over bass-playing duties from Rodney Crowell in Guy Clark’s band. Forty-five years later, Earle, aided by his longtime band the Dukes, will pay homage to the profound influence the late songwriter and mentor …

Ahead of her forthcoming solo album, singer-songwriter Joy Williams has announced a series of headlining tour dates set to get underway in February. The ex-Civil Wars member will launch the trek February 25th with a show at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, with dates scheduled through early May. …

Dan + Shay enjoyed a victory lap on Tuesday’s episode of Good Morning America, performing their romantic hit “Speechless” while the song sits at Number One on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart for a second week. On the GMA stage, “Speechless” is a showcase for Shay Mooney’s athletic vocals, diving …