After touring arenas in 2019, Kenny Chesney has announced his return to stadiums for 2020. The performer, who has become synonymous with massive-venue country-music tours, will launch the Chillaxification 2020 Tour on April 18th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The trek currently runs through August 28th, with more shows …
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When Ray Fulcher moved to Nashville in 2014, he only knew one guy, but within three days of landing in town, that guy introduced the Georgia songwriter to another budding writer — Luke Combs. At the risk of overdramatizing the encounter, it was a meeting that would change both of …
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Grand Ole Opry members Old Crow Medicine Show took the stage of the Opry’s former home, the Ryman Auditorium, recently for a live, acoustic performance of their 2008 tune “Methamphetamine.” Joined by new guest member Charlie Worsham on guitar, the six musicians gather around one microphone, playing to an empty …
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“I ain’t going to be caught loitering around that song,” Tanya Tucker said when Brandi Carlile suggested she record a version of Miranda Lambert‘s Grammy-winning “The House That Built Me” for her upcoming album While I’m Livin‘. “There is nothing I can bring to that table.” But Carlile proved too …
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“When I’ve drank to excess because I’m sad — and I’ve done quite a bit of it — I always make jokes while I’m doing it,” says singer-songwriter Jason Hawk Harris. “There’s always a self-deprecating moment in the drunkenness that you just understand that you’re being kind of ridiculous.” The …
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On Wednesday, Tanya Tucker released the new song “The Wheels of Laredo,” the first taste of her upcoming album While I’m Livin’, which was produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings. Later the same day at the 2019 CMT Music Awards, Tucker was joined by Carlile, Jennings and an all-star …
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Updated (8/26): Lauren Alaina has postponed her That Girl Was Me Tour to early 2020 so that she can compete on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. See the new dates below. “Road Less Traveled” singer Lauren Alaina has announced plans for a headlining tour set to launch in fall 2019. …
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Like his longtime friend and collaborator John Prine, folk-country tunesmith Steve Goodman got his professional start in Chicago, penning advertising jingles during the day while working in clubs and bars at night. Goodman’s perspicacious songwriting, which he injected with a deft sense of humor and keen observations about the human …
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Luke Combs appeared on The Tonight Show to perform his rollicking single “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” the singer’s first time playing the new track on TV. Accompanied by his live band, Combs gave the twanging number an impassioned emotional resonance. “Beer Never Broke My Heart” comes off Combs’ upcoming …
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Bonnie Raitt made a special appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, singing her version of John Prine‘s “Angel From Montgomery.” Prine is set to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June. Playing an acoustic guitar in Prine’s distinctive fingerpicking style, Raitt leads her …
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