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Wynonna Judd took the stage for the opening night of the Judds' Final Tour on Friday night, and she paid touching tribute to the life and legacy of her late mother, Naomi Judd, in a series of powerful moments.Naomi Judd died on April 30, and her daughters issued a statement attributing her death to her long struggle with mental illness. Ashley Judd later revealed that the cause of her death was a self-inflicted firearm wound.During a private memorial service in Nashville on May 7, Wynonna Judd announced that she intended to honor the duo's...

PARTWAY THROUGH FARRUKO’S set, the stage at Miami’s FTX Arena turned into a pulpit. On a mild night in February, the Puerto Rican artist had been standing at the center of the nearly 20,000-person venue, a tangle of flashing lights and smoke-cannon explosions blaring behind him. Fans screamed along as he sang some of his biggest hits, like the 2021 party anthem “La Tóxica,” plus other tracks from his deeply personal 2021 album, La 167. In between, Farruko talked directly to the audience, telling them he’d been striving to become...

Patty Loveless is one of the stars of the neo-traditional country movement with her honky-tonk and bluegrass-infused music. She's recorded 14 studio albums and released memorable No. 1 hits such as "Chains," "Blame It on Your Heart" and "Lonely Too Long."But before all of her success, Loveless was a brand-new artist releasing her debut, self-titled album 35 years ago, on Oct. 1, 1986. Patty Loveless was a minor success, peaking at No. 35 on the Billboard charts and producing four singles.Today, we're going back through Loveless' understated debut album and ranking...

When the Tragically Hip played their final show on Aug. 20, 2016, at the sold-out Rogers K-Rock Centre in the group’s native Kingston, Ontario, bassist Gord Sinclair stood onstage in awe of the moment — wondering what the future held for the larger-than-life Canadian rock band. “There was a deep connection with the people, and as we progressed on that last tour, got stronger and stronger. By the time it got to the last show, it was just like, ‘We should be playing more,’” Sinclair tells Rolling Stone. “It was...

Brandi Carlile will kick off the 48th season of Austin City Limits on Saturday night (Oct. 1), but The Boot and Taste of Country readers are getting a special sneak peek at her set today. The acclaimed singer-songwriter's third ACL appearance features an eclectic mix of tracks from throughout her impressive career, including cuts from her latest record, In These Silent Days.Backed by a nine-piece band, which includes longtime creative collaborators the Hanseroth Twins on guitars and renounced musician and In These Silent Days co-producer Shooter Jennings on keys, Carlile offers up a blazing rendition of her...

LCD Soundsystem’s first new song in five years, “New Body Rhumba, from the upcoming film adaptation of White Noise, has arrived. The band’s first new music since their 2017 comeback album American Dream was penned by frontman James Murphy along with LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Wang and Pat Mahoney and produced by Murphy for DFA Productions. In the context of the Noah Baumbach-directed film — which premiered at the Venice Film Festival ahead of its theatrical (Nov. 25) and Netflix (Dec. 30) release — the seven-minute dancefloor-ready “New Body Rhumba” soundtracks...

Carrie Underwood has her hands full at home, and she's outnumbered! Between her husband, Mike, and her two sons, Isaiah, 7, and Jacob, 3, it's a house filled with masculinity — and bodily functions."They’re seven and three. Everything with them is farts and wrestling," she tells Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton of her young boys. "I wish I could have them turn it off at the table. But it always ends up there.It's not uncommon behavior for little humans at that age, but Underwood is quick to point out that each of her...

The song is an upbeat, energetic ode to mambo sounds Reggaeton legend Don Omar has been busy in the studio over the last year. After releasing the hard-hitting rap banger “Flow HP” with Puerto Rican artist Residente in September 2021, he followed things up with a more playful and romantic track called “Soy Yo,” featuring longtime genre veteran Wisin and the Cuban duo Gente de Zona. Don Omar is having even more fun on his latest offering: “Let’s Get Crazy” is a delightful throwback to mambo sounds that pulls in...

Evan Paul hosts Taste of Country Nights, On Demand, a weekly country music interview podcast that focuses on the music. Follow wherever podcasts are found, like Apple Podcasts and Spotify and leave a rating and review. ​​​​​​​​​​​This show is part of the Townsquare Media On Demand network.We know and love Breland for the songs that he has released that have been widely successful, but did you know that he wasn't always a country music star? He once had a day job that he hated with a passion.I got the chance to sit down with country music's rising star, Breland, and let me tell you,...

The Flaming Lips have once again declared war on those evil machines as the band has announced a massive 20th-anniversary reissue for Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Due out Nov. 25, the 6CD box set boasts the 2002 LP alongside a copious amount of demos, b-sides, EPs, remixes, radio sessions, and live recordings from the era, over 50 of which have never been officially released. Among the highlights from the 100-track collection are a pair of demos that mark the dawning of the LP’s surprise hit “Do You Realize??,” two...

Twenty-eight years ago today (Sept. 29, 1993), Vince Gill was doing plenty of celebrating. The singer took home five trophies at the 27th annual CMA Awards, including Entertainer of the Year, making Gill the night's biggest winner.Along with Entertainer of the Year, Gill's awards during the evening included Male Vocalist of the Year, Vocal Event of the Year (as part of George Jones' "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"), Album of the Year and Song of the Year. The Song of the Year honor was for "I Still Believe in...

Coolio, whose Nineties music was a staple on radio, a favorite on MTV, and included the hit “Gangsta’s Paradise,” died Wednesday at the age of 59. Coolio’s manager, Jarez Posey, confirmed the rapper’s death to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not immediately available. Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr. in 1963, he went to school in Compton, California and attended Compton Community College. He cut his first single in the late 1980s, “Watcha Gonna Do,” a song that was played locally on a hip-hop station. He later connected with WC and...

Aging is inevitable, and Shania Twain is choosing to embrace it. The 57-year-old recently posed topless for the artwork promoting her new single "Waking Up Dreaming.""I styled that photograph myself," she tells People. "It was all about taking off the bra, taking off the shirt, tying the shirt around my waist.""This is a statement of being comfortable in my own skin and just being really myself," she adds.The photo shows Shania wearing knee-high stiletto boots, a white button-up shirt tied around her waist, topped off with earrings and a cowboy...