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Maddie & Tae pay tribute to their husbands’ selfless love on their new song, “Strangers.” The soaring ballad finds the duo’s Madison Font and Taylor Kerr reflecting on their lives before meeting their significant others, and how much love has turned their lives around.“How were we ever strangers? / Seems crazy to me now / Haven't I known you forever? / 'Cause the thought of the days without / You and all your love / Have all but disappeared / I'll never be convinced, baby, that you wеren't always here...

Sam Elliott is one of the biggest stars in the star-studded cast of the new Yellowstone prequel, 1883, and he comes to the show with huge credentials. In an interview with Taste of Country prior to the show's launch, Elliott's co-star, LaMonica Garrett, shares what it's like to work one-on-one with the movie icon.Elliott plays the character of Shea Brennan on 1883, which also stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as James and Margaret Dutton. Their characters are the great-great-grandparents of Yellowstone's John Dutton (Kevin Costner), and the show follows...

Eli Young Band are kicking off the new year with a brand new song, "Love Talking." Written by Jeffrey East, Eric Arjes and frontman Mike Eli, it tells the story of a guy who courageously confesses his feelings to his love interest.Unlike most country songs, this one isn’t an alcohol-driven, spur-of-the-moment action. As the persona admits, he's “never been more sober” and simply “can’t blame a liquor buzz” for being head over heels in love.“When I said you're the only one I'm ever gonna need, I'm ever gonna want / Don't know...

Fifty-five years ago today (Jan. 7, 1967) was an historic day for country music: It was on that date that Charley Pride became the first Black singer to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.Pride was only the second Black performer ever to play at the Opry, following harmonica player DeFord Bailey, who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry from 1927 to 1941. At the time of his Opry debut, Pride had just earned his first Top 10 single, "Just Between You and Me," a song from his sophomore album, The Pride of Country Music; he had...

It may be 2022, but Caroline Jones still can’t get over 2021.In the month of November alone, the singer-songwriter found herself experiencing dream after dream come true, from performing on the CMA Awards stage alongside Zac Brown Band, to opening for The Rolling Stones, to stepping on the stage of the iconic Grand Ole Opry.“Oh, and I also released my sophomore album Antipodes on November 12th,” Jones chuckles during an interview with The Boot. “We also did a bunch of album release shows too, and of course we were on tour with...

In 2004, Gretchen Wilson put out her breakthrough debut studio project, Here for the Party. The album produced four Top 10 singles, including her chart-topping signature smash, "Redneck Woman." But even though she was at the top of her game, Wilson admits that back then, she questioned her place in country music."Everybody just seemed classier than me," she admitted to Taste of Country at the CMA Awards in 2013. "You know, I felt like ... you ever walk into someplace where you're supposed to have on a suit and tie, and...

Arista Records/Monument Records has released the theme song for the hotly-anticipated new country music drama Monarch. Performed by singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith, "The Card You Gamble" sets the stage for an epic showdown."Sometimes you get diamonds, sometimes you get coal / There ain't no way of knowing which way it's gonna go / It can make you feel like you're on top of the world or leave you all in shambles / Depending on how the dice is rolled, your heart is the card you gamble," Smith sings over sultry guitar licks in the chorus.The song was written...

Rita Wilson is adding her name to the growing list of impressive guest stars to appear on the new Yellowstone prequel, 1883.Variety reports that Wilson is slated to make a guest appearance on the show in the role of a storekeeper named Carolyn. According to the exclusive report, she offers Margaret Dutton (Faith Hill) a little downtime via some whiskey punch during a stop in Doan's Crossing.The actor and singer is following in the footsteps of her husband, Tom Hanks, who guest-starred in Episode 2 of 1883 in the role...

Maren Morris has just kicked off the next era of her already accomplished career with the release of her autobiographical single "Circles Around This Town." The 31-year-old Texas native has become a crossover success, charting hits on both the country and pop charts. From a young age, she spent years honing her craft as a songwriter and performer before heading to Nashville to pursue her career. Her 2015 self-titled EP, which included her hit "My Church," found huge success on streaming platforms and led her to a major label deal.Morris'...

On DS4EVER, Gunna brings a surfeit of personal style. His raps, a blend of melodic gestures and whispered boasts, glide like an Aston Martin dashing along Biscayne Bay. It’s breezy and full of allusions to hot sex, macho boasts and luxury accoutrements. On occasion, he refers to personal troubles: The Turbo-produced “Livin’ Wild” finds him admitting, “I just got from the hospital, might need another liver/Kidney failure, I tell ya, this shit couldn’t be no realer.” Yet the turmoil never overwhelms Gunna’s seductive vocal presence. Days before DS4EVER’s release, Freddie...

Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town will revive their popular Bandwagon Tour in 2022 with a spate of co-headlining shows running through May and June. The country artists, who once collaborated on “Smokin’ and Drinkin’” from Lambert’s album Platinum, put together the first iteration of the Bandwagon Tour back in 2018. Kicking off May 6 in Houston, the Bandwagon Tour will run 15 dates in total, sticking exclusively to outdoor venues like the Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas and the Ruoff Music Center outside Indianapolis. Other stops include Cincinnati, Detroit,...

“I just want to be a filmmaker,” Abel Tesfaye told Rolling Stone in 2020, months after he made his big-screen debut in Uncut Gems. “I want to make great cinema.” With his latest album, Dawn FM, he’s channeled his passion for film into one of his most theatrical work yet. His fifth studio LP enlists a prime cast of singular rappers (Lil Wayne and Tyler, the Creator), distinctive producers (Max Martin and Oneohtrix Point Never), and high-wattage friends (Jim Carrey and Quincy Jones) to spin a rousing drama of death...

There are more frequent solar eclipses than there are instant classics in rap. But back in 1994, when Nas courted unbelievable hype — after a planet-shifting verse on 1991’s “Live at the Barbeque,” followed by the red-hot “Halftime” a year later — then delivered with the Library of Congress–inducted Illmatic, he achieved the impossible. Magic, Nas’s 15th studio album, which arrived in late December as his surprise second project of 2021, doesn’t set the stakes that high. But it’s a mature monument for a legendary rapper who sounds newly charged....

Michelle Behr had just taken her phone off airplane mode as she arrived in Cancun for the first weekend of Dead and Company’s “Playing in the Sand” resort shows when she got a one-word text from a friend: “Canceled.” The rumors about the shows’ cancellation were circulating on various Facebook pages throughout the day. About an hour after receiving the text, the band shared that with the Omicron variant surging, show organizer CID Presents canceled the event. Now Behr, a 50-year-old with terminal cancer who was looking at “Playing in...