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Buck Owens' legendary country career spanned five decades. During that time, he made his name as a singer-songwriter, bandleader, solo artist and crossover television star (he was one of the hosts of the long-running country variety show Hee Haw).By the numbers, Owens career resulted in over 39 studio albums and 21 No. 1 hits, and many of his songs -- both written and performed by him -- have since become country standards.The Boot dug through those 39 albums' worth of music and pared Owens' catalog down to his 10 absolute best tunes....

"He brings that confidence in me that I think I need for tracks like that," Goulding told Rolling Stone They’re the DJ-pop star pairing of our dreams. On Friday, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding released the regal, otherworldly music video for their Nineties techno-infused single “Miracle.” The video sees Goulding wearing a crown as dancers and EDM festival-ready lasers surround her as she hits the track’s high-notes: “Are you too cynical/To believe in a miracle/That just slipped through my hands/But could you take a chance for me?” The “Miracle” music...

Kip Moore serves up another preview of his upcoming album with an anthemic new track, “Kinda Bar.”The rousing country-rock song finds Moore readily detailing the “kinda bar” he loves and typically hangs out at.“If it's tucked way back / Off a no-name road / If it's the kind of spot / Where the outcast go / If there's a parking lot / Full of jacked up highs / If the uptowns think it's just a neon dive,” Moore sings in the opening verse as he gives fans a peek into...

Queen + Adam Lambert are bringing their Rhapsody Tour back to North America for their first shows on this side of the Atlantic since 2019. The tour kicks off Oct. 4 in Baltimore, Maryland, and wraps up Nov. 11 in Los Angeles, California. “This tour has lots of new bells and lots of new whistles,” Queen guitarist Brian May tells Rolling Stone. “We’ve evolved as performers, I think. We’ve stepped up our game. We have better chemistry than ever. We understand each other better than ever, and we feel more...

Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd first met in 2013 during a songwriting session, when they were randomly put together to write.Magic happened during that session, People reports: They wrote “Last Turn Home,” which Tim McGraw immediately loved (in fact, the next day, he decided to record it!).“It was the start of a wonderful writing relationship,” says Morris. “It’s one of my favorite songs that we’ve ever been a part of. It’s just crazy to look back on that moment where we were both just songwriters, solely, and that song has held so much weight over the years. The...

Andrea Silva, who performs as Loyal Lobos, spent a lot of time singing at funerals growing up. She joined a choir when she was about five years old, and part of her role was to sing “Ave Maria” at ceremonies and remembrances. The experience connected her to death in a profound way, helping her understand the cycle of life beyond loss and mourning. “I’ve never seen death as a tragic thing,” she tells Rolling Stone on a recent Zoom call from Los Angeles. “I’m fully empathetic to what it means...

This year's CMT Music Awards will be rockin'. Blake Shelton, Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson, Carly Pearce and Keith Urban have been announced as performers, taking the stage live on April 2.In addition, Kelsea Ballerini is expected to pull double duty as both a co-host and performer. Her emcee partner Kane Brown was previously announced as part of the musical entertainment — he'll sing "Thank God" with his wife Katelyn Brown. It will be the first time the couple has sung the song duet on television, and Katelyn's television debut.Carrie Underwood...

"I was like, 'Bruce looks even more in shape than me'" Who doesn’t want a body like Bruce Springsteen? Apparently the New Jersey rocker stays in shape by limiting his meals, a strategy Chris Martin has since adopted. In a new interview with Conan O’Brien, Martin revealed that he eats one meal a day. “I actually don’t have dinner anymore,” the Coldplay frontman confirmed. “I stop eating at 4 and I learned that from having lunch with Bruce Springsteen.” “I was lucky enough to go over there to lunch the...

Since Brett Eldredge's debut studio album, Bring You Back, was released in 2013, the singer has been able to celebrate a solid string of successes: five No. 1 singles, seven songs certified platinum and nominations for a number of different honors, ranging from the ACM Awards to Teen Choice Awards.Eldredge has also become known as a songwriter and singer who can craft both a foot-tapping party anthem and a stripped-down love song with similar ease. Songs that exemplify both edges of Eldredge's spectrum appear on The Boot's list of the Top 10...

Nearly three years after first facing the prospect of a ban in the U.S., TikTok’s future in the States appears to be in limbo once again as the Biden administration looks to crack down on the Chinese-owned app.  Like the Trump administration’s pursuits in 2020, the Biden administration is reportedly mulling forcing TikTok’s owner ByteDance to sell its U.S. operations, or outright banning the app if ByteDance won’t cooperate. The tension will boil over Thursday as Congress’s Energy and Commerce Committee is set to hold a hearing regarding privacy and...

After his self-titled 1993 debut failed to make an impact on the country charts, Tim McGraw made up for lost time with its follow-up, Not a Moment Too Soon.Tim McGraw Not a Moment Too SoonCurbloading...The March 22, 1994, release’s five Top 10 singles serve as musical time machines, taking listeners back to when platinum album sales were the norm for cowboy hat-wearing country singers. The other half of the album reminds fans that McGraw’s familiar vocal twang elevates songs that, for a lot of other stars, might be filed away as...

Sly Stone, the enigmatic R&B/funk icon, will share his story in a new memoir, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), arriving Oct. 17 via Questlove’s new publishing imprint, AUWA Books.  Stone co-wrote the new book with Ben Greeman, who’s written memoirs with George Clinton, Brian Wilson, and Questlove (he helped the Roots drummer with his three other books, too). Questlove — who’s directing a documentary about Stone — will also pen a foreword for Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin). In a statement, Stone said, “For as long...

The Brothers Osborne family just got a little bit bigger. The duo's John Osborne and his wife, singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas, welcomed boy-girl twins, Maybelle and Arthur, in the small hours of Tuesday morning (March 21).Osborne shared the happy news on social media, revealing that Arthur is the older of the two by one minute. At birth, he weighed 3 lb., 3 oz. and was 15 and 1/2 inches long. Maybelle weighed in at 5 lbs., 1 oz. and was 18 inches long."Welcome to this crazy world, Arthur and Maybelle," Osborne writes on social media in his...

Post Malone has settled a copyright suit from a songwriter who claimed he was denied credit and compensation for his alleged work on 2019’s “Circles.” Although terms of the settlement deal were not made public, a court filing from U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright obtained by Rolling Stone Tuesday confirmed that Malone and Tyler Armes had “reached a settlement” and would file dismissal documents imminently. According to several news outlets present at what would’ve been the first day of trial, the settlement was reached as a jury was being selected....