Music

On Sept. 15, 2007, Garth Brooks made history with his song "More Than a Memory." Fourteen years ago today, the song became the first tune ever to enter Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart at No. 1.Co-written by Lee Brice, Billy Montana and Kyle Jacobs, the moody, subdued "More Than a Memory" was Brooks' first No. 1 hit since 1998's "To Make You Feel My Love." It appears on the compilation The Ultimate Hits."More Than a Memory" features a narrator realizing that he can't forget a past romantic fling, no matter how...

Billy Strings and Allison Russell were two of the top winners at the 2022 Americana Honors & Awards, held Wednesday at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Strings won Artist of the Year for the first time, while Russell was awarded Album of the Year for her acclaimed solo debut Outside Child. Strings was previously nominated for Emerging Act of the Year at the Americana Awards in 2020, but ultimately lost out to Black Pumas. In the last two years, his rise has been rapid and he’s found a cross section...

Michell Branch and the Black Keys' Patrick Carney are putting their divorce proceedings on hold in an attempt reconcile, according to court documents reported by Pitchfork.New documents reportedly show that the couple will halt proceedings for at least six months while they “participate in counseling services to effectuate reconciliation and/or may resume living together as husband and wife."Rumors of the separation began circulating after Branch posted a quickly-deleted tweet accusing Carney of cheating. She then formally announced her split from Carney on Aug. 11 through a statement issued to TMZ."To say that I...

Noah Cyrus opens her debut full-length with a stark lyric: “When I turned 20, I was overcome/With the thought that I might not turn 21,” she murmurs over fingerpicked guitars and whispers of feedback. It’s a grab-you-by-the-throat introduction that is a fitting opening for The Hardest Part, a compact yet emotionally resonant collection of Laurel Canyon-recalling pop from the youngest member of the Cyrus clan. Channeling Cyrus’ recent travails, which include the death of her grandmother, her parents’ romantic problems, and her own addiction to and recovery from Xanax, The...

Lainey Wilson took the stage during the 2022 ACM Honors broadcast on Tuesday night (Sept. 13), revving up the crowd with an energetic performance of "Workin' Overtime" from Yellowstone.The ACM Honors recognized Yellowstone with the ACM Film Award at the ceremony, which took place at the iconic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Aug. 24 and aired on Fox on Tuesday. Wilson is joining the cast of Yellowstone for its upcoming Season 5, and she delivered a scorching performance of "Workin' Overtime," which appeared on Yellowstone long before she was announced...

Chicago, IL — The jury begun its deliberations in the R. Kelly federal trial at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, where it will decide the fate of the disgraced singer who is charged with 13 counts of producing and receiving child pornography, enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Jurors will also rule on related charges for his co-defendants, former business manager Derrel McDavid and former assistant Milton “June” Brown. McDavid is charged on one count of conspiracy to receive child pornography, two counts...

An outfit mishap at the ACM Honors led to a special moment — and very memorable Ryman debut — for rising artist Tiera Kennedy, who helped tribute special honoree Shania Twain at the show with a performance of Twain's 1998 hit, "From This Moment On."Kennedy showed up to the 2022 ACM Honors red carpet wearing a floor-length, flowing pink dress with long sleeves and a plunging neckline, but she quickly realized that another star who was also set to perform that night had chosen that same outfit. With an hour...

Prior to performing a swerving version of Lucinda Williams’ “Drunken Angel” for an intimate dinner party in Nashville on Monday night, Jason Isbell remarked how some songwriters just can’t write a good song anymore. But Williams, he said, was so unfailingly talented that she could restart her career right now and in 10 years “we’d be right back here.” Here was the BMI Troubadour Award celebration, which honored Williams — the first woman to receive the award — for decades of songwriting greatness. The BMI Troubadour dinner is one of...

Jake Blount, Emily Nenni, Joy Clark and over 140 more acts are set to perform at the 2023 Folk Alliance International (FAI) Conference. The eclectic annual event will take place Feb. 1-5, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo.The event welcomes members of the music industry, including hundreds of musicians from an array of genres, to highlight and celebrate folk music and its global impact. Festivities include private showcases that offer rare, intimate performances from rising and established artists, as well as in-depth panels that discuss and dissect trends and other notable topics within the genre.First established in 1989,...

Britney Spears’ dad is asking a California appeals court to reverse a ruling that barred him from deposing his daughter in their ongoing battle over her now-defunct conservatorship. “This court must intervene to ensure a fair proceeding,” Jamie Spears and his lawyer Alex Weingarten argue in the 59-page petition filed Friday in the state’s Second Appellate District. According to Jamie, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny was wrong when she decided in July that Britney could not be compelled to answer questions under oath regarding her claims Jamie...

Carrie Underwood is officially back as the face and voice of NBC's Sunday Night Football this week, returning as the show's weekly opener for the 10th consecutive season. The performance clip, which aired on Sunday (Sept. 11), features Underwood singing the theme, "Waiting All Day For Sunday Night," which is adapted from rock legend Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself For Loving You."The high-energy performance clip shows Underwood rocking a glittering, off-the-shoulder dress and performing for a stadium full of cheering football fans, interspersed with footage of the players as they...

25 Years My Way The mini-documentary and expanded album featuring three reimagined tracks arrive on September 16 As the 25th anniversary of his seminal sophomore album My Way approaches, Usher is setting a slate of celebrations in motion while looking back on the past two and a half decades since its release. “It was the first time as an artist that I just felt confident enough to tell anybody: This is what I want to do. This is where I’m at. This is who I am,” the singer explained in...

Ever since it opened in December 2019, Shania Twain's "Let's Go!": The Las Vegas Residency has been providing support for the singer's Shania Kids Can (SKC) Foundation, donating $1 of every purchased ticket to the cause. Now, as her residency concludes, the singer teamed with Live Nation Las Vegas and Caesars Entertainment to present SKC with one final donation of $150,000.During the singer's tenure in Las Vegas, her foundation has put an extra focus on kids local to the area, partnering with Communities in Schools of Southern Nevada (CIS) to...