Kane Brown has announced dates and venues for an extensive arena tour set to begin in fall 2021. The news comes just one day after fellow country star Eric Church revealed plans for his own headlining arena tour. Brown’s Blessed and Free Tour will visit 35 North American cities, kicking …
Read More »Alan Jackson Announces New Album 'Where Have You Gone,' Releases Three Songs
“It’s been way too long since you slipped away/I just can’t forget, I can’t pretend it’s OK,” Alan Jackson sings in his new song “Where Have You Gone.” It could easily be about the lover who left him, but he quickly lays bare the subject of his lament: country music …
Read More »Willie Nelson, Sons Lukas and Micah Perform Lonesome 'A Cottage for Sale'
Willie Nelson‘s latest album is a tribute to songs recorded by Frank Sinatra. That’s Life, released last month, includes well-known staples like the title track and “Luck Be a Lady,” along with hidden gems like “A Cottage for Sale.” Nelson and his sons Lukas and Micah, backed by Lukas’ band …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for Week of March 1st
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …
Read More »Elle King and Miranda Lambert Duet on 'Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)'
Elle King and Miranda Lambert have teamed up for the exhilarating new duet “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” which marks the former tourmates’ second recorded collaboration after the CMA-winning cover of “Fooled Around and Fell in Love.” King wrote the uptempo “Drunk” with Martin Johnson (who also produced …
Read More »Jason Isbell Is Donating His Morgan Wallen Royalties to the NAACP
One of the most streamed songs on Morgan Wallen‘s four-week Number One album Dangerous: The Double Album is “Cover Me Up,” Wallen’s version of Jason Isbell‘s signature song about getting sober and the healing power of love. Following Wallen’s industry-wide rebuke last week for using a racial slur, Isbell has …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for Week of February 8th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …
Read More »Hear Margo Price Cover John Prine's 'Sam Stone' With Swamp Dogg
Both Margo Price and Swamp Dogg have been covering John Prine‘s songs for years. So it was a natural fit when the duo teamed up for a virtually-recorded duet of “Sam Stone,” Prine’s signature 1970 tale of a Vietnam veteran who gets addicted to heroin. Swamp Dogg, whose real name …
Read More »Outlaw Country Cruise Recruits Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band for 2022 Return
Last January, the fifth installment of the Outlaw Country Cruise was at sea when the WHO declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency. Like the majority of cruises, the 2021 installment was subsequently postponed and will now launch in 2022 with a just-announced lineup. Set for February 25th through …
Read More »Brian Fallon Delays Tour As U.S. Sets Daily Record of Covid Cases
UPDATE (1/14): Brian Fallon has bumped back the start date of his tour yet again because of surging Covid cases in the U.S. The songwriter has canceled shows set for January and will instead launch the trek on Feb. 15 in Atlanta. “There are way too many cases happening for …
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