Music

Charley Pride's In Person, the first major live album released by a Black country artist, is an unassuming landmark. With a runtime of just under 34 minutes, Pride’s album is shorter than many of the recordings that are cited as among the greatest of all time, including Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison and Buck Owens’ Carnegie Hall Concert. But despite its brevity, the album is an invigorating and essential piece of history, a portrait of a pioneering star on the precipice of unprecedented success.Pride’s backing band for the 1969 album included a contingent of Nashville...

Carrie Underwood's new single "Ghost Story" is a dramatic revenge song, and that's part of what attracted her to it. Stepping into the studio to sing it, she sealed the deal."It was just like, ah, this just feels good," Underwood says, smiling as she talks to Kelleigh Bannen from Today's Country With Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country."Ghost Story" drops on Friday (March 18), and next Monday it will become her first solo radio single since "Drinking Alone." The chord changes and the musicality of the David Garcia-produced track really appealed to her, she...

King Princess will release a new full-length, titled Hold On Baby, later this year — and to mark the announcement, the singer has dropped “For My Friends,” an ebullient, hook-laden pop ballad slated to appear on the album. The single follows “Little Bother,” a collaboration with Fousheé released earlier this year. The project of 23-year-old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mikaela Straus, King Princess first gained acclaim for her 2018 queer anthem, “1950.” Hold On Baby marks the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2019 debut album, Cheap Queen. Driven by pulsating synth...

Tim McGraw's oldest daughter has caused quite a stir on her social media by spoofing one of her famous father's album covers.Gracie, 24, took to Instagram to show off a side-by-side of Tim's Not a Moment Too Soon cover and her own version. Of course, hers involves a little photoshopping, as she's seen with a clearly-drawn-on handlebar mustache to match dad's. She's just missing a signature cowboy hat and oversized button-up shirt!"Like father, like son," she writes in the caption. Gracie is the oldest daughter of McGraw and Faith Hill's three girls,...

Haley Dahl took the stage at Austin’s Mohawk bar on March 16 dressed like a witch from folklore, which checks out, considering her band Sloppy Jane’s recent album Madison was recorded in a cave. She stood head to toe in royal blue, her velvet suit’s sharp shoulder pads providing a trusty hook for her cape to trail behind. And when she shed this elaborate outfit — stripping down to torn fishnet tights — her old pal Phoebe Bridgers arrived to help her scream.  Bridgers, who started her career as a pre-fame...

In 2018, singer-songwriter Ben Danaher released his debut album Still Feel Lucky to widespread critical acclaim. The Texas native earned praise for his raw and honest storytelling in songs like "Jesus Can See You," "My Father's Blood" and "Hell or High Water," a co-write with Maren Morris. From the pain of losing a loved one, the sting of betrayal or the lingering bruises from heartbreak, Danaher brings a clear voice to complicated emotions.On Feb. 22, he released Handmade: Vol. 1, which features a stripped-down version of his Still Feel Lucky track...

Lil Nas X fans can now breathe easy, as the rapper-singer reappeared on Twitter Wednesday after a three-month absence. In his first Twitter post of the day, Lil Nas X, who is notoriously active on the platform, described the hiatus as “maternity leave” — a cheeky reference to the pregnancy-themed stunts he performed leading up to the “birth” of his first full-length LP, Montero. “I’m so happy I’m back on the internet,” he tweeted shortly afterwards. “I missed me so much.” During his posting spree, the “Old Town Road” hitmaker claimed...

Charlie Berry was originally drawn to country music because so often it’s reflective of an artist’s life: the storytelling, the good and bad times. He, too, wants his music to mirror where he is in life — something fans can relate to when they listen.“You get a full picture of an artist's personality  — the honesty of it,” Berry tells Taste of Country.His January 2021 debut single, "Whiskey Take it Easy," was a song with a more serious undertone, a similar note to past songs he’s penned, as well.“When I started out...

Lil Durk delivered a double dose of music from his new LP on The Tonight Show Tuesday evening — and Future was on deck to join the rapper in a performance of their latest collaborative effort. The duo kicked off the segment with a heavily-censored rendition of “Petty Too” — which marks the eighth time Lil Durk and Future have joined forces — before Lil Durk took center stage to perform “Ahh Ha.” Both tracks come off Lil Durk’s 7220, which was released last week. The album, which marks the...

Twenty-four years ago today (March 16, 1998) was a celebratory day for LeAnn Rimes: It was on that date that her debut single, "Blue," was certified gold, for sales in excess of 500,000 units."Blue," which was the debut single from and title track of Rimes' freshman album, was originally written and recorded by Bill Mack in the 1950s. But it was Rimes' spin on the tune, which she first recorded when she was just 11 years old, that made it one of her biggest hits to date.LeAnn Rimes Blue singleCurbloading...Following her recording...

Young Dolph was shot 22 times in the hail of gunfire that ended the famed rapper’s life at a Memphis bakery last November, new autopsy results reported by WHBQ-TV reveal. The findings from the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center say that the musician, born Adolph Thorton Jr., was shot in his left chest, left abdomen, right chin, right neck, right shoulder, both arms and multiple times in his back, the station reported Tuesday. The brazen daylight assassination unfolded Nov. 17, 2021, after two gunmen traveling in a stolen Mercedes-Benz ambushed...

Could Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood be the next country superstars lending their names to a downtown Nashville bar? It's possible, according to the Nashville Business Journal, which cites "multiple sources" in saying that Brooks is "eying a honky-tonk at 411 Broadway."That's the same space formerly occupied by longtime Broadway favorite Paradise Park, a trailer park-themed bar and restaurant, as well as the Downtown Sporting Club. Both venues have since closed, and the building that housed them sold in December 2021 for $48 million.According to All Access, the public records...

Dolly Parton will not be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but not because she didn't get the votes.While inductees aren't scheduled to be announced until spring, Parton has bowed out of the running, stating that she doesn't feel she's worthy."Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don't feel that I have earned that right," she says on social media."I really do not want votes to be split because of me," she adds.The Country Music...

Billy Strings returned to late-night Monday evening, delivering a high-energy performance of “Know It All,” the lead track from the Grammy Award-winning artist’s 2021 album, Renewal, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Backed by his touring band, the 29-year-old singer displays his much-celebrated guitar chops as he details the period of reflection and regret often experienced after the end of a relationship. “Well I thought I knew it all/’Till I crashed into the wall,” he sings on the song’s chorus. “Let me learn from my mistakes/And try to pick up...