Christopher “Critter” Fuqua has played his last official concert with Old Crow Medicine Show. Fuqua, a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, co-founded the country string band in 1998 with singer and fiddle player Ketch Secor. His final show was the band’s annual New Year’s Eve concert, broadcast live on Sirius XM’s Outlaw …
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Tanya Tucker has spent much of the last half of 2019 populating year-end best-of lists with her While I’m Livin’ album, and next year she’s set to take the LP on the road as the headlining artist for the CMT Next Women of Country: Bring My Flowers Now Tour. Just …
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Set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina for more than three decades, MerleFest has presented a lineup of country, folk, bluegrass, and Americana musicians that have placed the event in the pantheon of must-visit music festivals. The 2020 four-day event, taking place April 23rd through …
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In celebration of the new YouTube Originals documentary The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, the streaming company has announced plans for the first Cash Fest in Nashville. Scheduled for November 10th at War Memorial Auditorium, the event will include performances of Cash’s songs by a wide-ranging group of artists, …
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Keith Urban is joined by fellow CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee Eric Church on a new version of his current single, “We Were.” Urban released his recording of the song, which Church wrote with Ryan Tyndell and Jeff Hyde, in May. This new rendition is virtually unchanged from the …
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The Band‘s storied final concert “The Last Waltz,” held Thanksgiving Day 1976 in San Francisco, has spawned numerous tributes, including an annual blowout in East Nashville, as well as a touring band that re-creates the all-star gig. On November 23rd, Blackbird Presents will produce their own salute to the Last …
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Country supergroup the Highwomen, consisting of Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby, are the musical guests on Thursday’s episode of the Ellen DeGeneres Show. During the appearance, the quartet chatted with the host and performed the song “Redesigning Women.” For their performance, the group gets some instrumental …
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Tim McGraw and Shy Carter take a celebratory tour of the South in their newly released collaboration “Way Down,” the latest in a series of tracks McGraw has put out ahead of a yet-to-be-announced solo album. “Way down in Alabama got the Dreamland/B-ham, Mobile, Muscle Shoals,” intones McGraw, name-checking a …
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Garth Brooks will be the subject of a two-part installment in A&E’s Biography franchise. Titled Garth Brooks: The Road I’m On, the documentary will begin airing December 2nd. On Monday, Brooks made the announcement about the feature during an episode of his Facebook Live series Inside Studio G. Accompanying the …
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Michael Busbee, the producer and songwriter who helped shape Maren Morris‘ country-music career with her debut album Hero and co-wrote hits for Pink, Florida Georgia Line, and Lady Antebellum, has died. Known professionally as “busbee,” the California native was 43. The cause of death was not yet disclosed, but Warner …
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