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Margo Price, Charley Crockett and Allison Russell are among this year's top Americana Honors & Awards nominees. The Americana Music Association unveiled the complete list of 2023 honorees on Monday (May 16) during a ceremony at Nashville's National Museum of African-American Music.The event also featured live performances from Price, Emerging Act of the Year nominee S.G. Goodman and acclaimed vocal group The McCrary Sisters. Fresh off the release of her celebrated record Strays, Price earned spots in the Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year categories, alongside Crockett. Russell...

They'll Be Back "We’re absolutely gutted but health and wellbeing is important," wrote the band on Monday British post-punk trio Big Joanie announced that their North American tour set to kick off this spring will be postponed due to an unspecified “medical emergency.” “We were so excited to play our first East Coast tour but sadly due to a medical emergency we will have to postpone to a later date,” the band wrote in an Instagram post Monday. The group asked fans to hold on to their tickets while they...

Born March 9, 1936, Mickey Gilley won the hearts of country fans in the 1970s before becoming a crossover success in the '80s. He learned to play music at a young age alongside his cousin, influential rock 'n' roll hitmaker Jerry Lee Lewis.It wasn't until the 1960s, years after Lewis' own career had skyrocked, that Gilley began seriously pursuing music. He found a following in the Texas honky-tonk circuit, which led Gilley to partner with a Pasadena, Texas, club owner for a new endeavor. They opened Gilley's Club, a honky-tonk bar that drew country fans and...

Today marks one year since Young Thug, Gunna, and 26 others were charged in a 56-count indictment in Atlanta. Fulton County Defense Attorney Fani Willis alleges that Thug, real name Jeffery Williams, is the leader of Young Slime Life, which she claims is a criminal street gang. Williams, who has denied all allegations, has been incarcerated since May 9th, 2022, when Fulton County Police arrested him at his Atlanta home. He’s filed for bond on four separate occasions, with his last attempt on April 26th, but he’s been denied three...

If you miss a week of American Idol, you miss a lot, so we've stepped up with this updated list of remaining American Idol Season 21 contestants.Season 21 really got started when 26 singers moved on from the Hollywood Round and Showstopper Round. In late April, the group will start to be trimmed further, until the season finale on May 21.Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie returned as judges on American Idol in 2023, with Ryan Seacrest coming back to host another season. There have been a mix of professional singers...

After threatening to quit his musical career if he lost the case, Ed Sheeran was, to say the least, highly relieved Thursday (May 4) when a federal jury ruled that his song “Thinking Out Loud” (co-written with Amy Wadge) doesn’t infringe on the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” But the entire community of professional songwriters was also watching the case closely, and with no small degree of trepidation. “If this case had turned out differently, it would have completely changed the landscape,” says James “JHart” Abrahart, who’s...

Forty-one years ago today (May 8, 1982), Willie Nelson probably only had one thing on his mind: celebrating his latest single, "Always on My Mind." On that date, the song became Nelson's eighth No. 1 hit.Written by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson, "Always on My Mind" was the title track of and debut single from Nelson's 30th studio album. While the song has become one of the Texan's signature tunes, he is just one of several artists who found success with "Always on My Mind;" others include Elvis Presley,...

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, Take That, and Nicole Scherzinger were among the artists to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III at a star-studded concert Sunday at Windsor Castle. Perry — performing on arguably her biggest stage since the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show — delivered a rendition of “Roar” while drones formed the shape of a lion, denoting the newly crowned king’s coat of arms. Perry then segued into “Firework,” which served as the evening’s final song, dedicating the song to the King. “Thank you for bringing out the...

When Miranda Lambert was starting out in her country music career, she was determined to do things her way. However, as she reveals in a new episode of Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?, she sometimes had to fight to stay true to herself.In a clip of the interview shared with People, she recalls people in the music industry trying to alter her look and even her sound. Although Lambert was very young when she began her career (she released her major-label debut album at age 21 in 2005), she already possessed the kind of...

Rob Laakso, a longtime guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in Kurt Vile and the Violators, died on Thursday, May 4. His wife Mamie-Claire Cornelius confirmed his death following a battle with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of bile duct cancer. Laakso was 44. “I am lost without you but I promise I’ll find our way and I promise to make you proud,” Cornelius wrote on Instagram. “Thank you for giving me the most beautiful life, the most loving and beautiful children and for believing in me every day. You are the...

Trisha Yearwood has listed the historic Southern manor home where she has filmed her cooking show for sale, and pictures show a mix of elegance and down-home living.Yearwood's 5-bedroom-7-bathroom, 6,553-square-foot manor home in the upper-crust Brentwood area of Nashville is on the market for $4.5 million, and that price includes some of the highest-end amenities. Originally built in 1920, the luxury property has been completely updated without losing any of its historic charm.One of the main attractions of the stunning home is, of course, the kitchen, which served as the...

A pink moon shone bright over three archways flanked by stairs bathed in colored light. From stage-right, old Hollywood feathers covered the woman of the hour, carried onstage by her dancers á la Cleopatra. A dancer came out, announcing the arrival of “La divina Kali Uchis.” Kali Uchis at Radio City Music Hall 5/5/23 Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone The feathers parted, and the spotlight turned to Uchis, a monochrome red vision in a long-sleeved top paired with thigh-high heeled boots and a short skirt. Greeted by a shrieking crowd,...

The Entertainer of the Year category is the most hotly contended in the upcoming 2023 ACM Awards. Which one of the deserving artists who are nominated should win the category? We're letting Taste of Country and The Boot readers decide.Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown and Morgan Wallen are all nominated in the ACM Awards' biggest and most important category in the annual awards show, which is set to air on Thursday (May 11) via Amazon Prime.Each of these entertainers is deserving of the...

Boygenius fans at Taylor Swift’s show in Nashville Friday were treated to quite a surprise. As Phoebe Bridgers performed her first opening night for the Eras Tour show, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus joined the musician onstage for an impromptu performance of “Not Strong Enough.” Bridgers also sang “Graceland Too” with just Baker, and wrapped up her set with the entire group for “I Know The End.” The trio last performed together during Coachella, where they played songs from both their first boygenius LP and most recent The Record. During...