Music

If you have seen Clay Walker onstage anytime since the beginning of his career in 1994, you’ve seen the "Dreaming With My Eyes Open" singer in something very special to him: his cowboy hat — yes, the same one that he's had since the start.In a recent interview, Walker told Taste of Country Nights host Evan that he's still rocking the same hat from back in the day. "I have my traditional black hat that I’ve always worn, and I have the same hat that I wore at my first concert,"...

The Kid Laroi has released a music video for his new track “Not Sober,” featuring Polo G and Stunna Gambino. The song comes off the singer’s new EP, F*uck Love (Over You), which is out now. In the video, directed by Steve Cannon, Polo G and Stunna Gambino join The Kid Laroi on a Los Angeles rooftop and outside an apartment building to offer their verses. F*uck Love (Over You) also includes The Kid Laroi’s recent collaboration with Justin Bieber, “Stay,” which got a music video directed by Colin Tilley. The...

Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood's "If I Didn't Love You," is a midtempo duet full of heartache. Both sides of this former relationship are having trouble moving on — because each still loves the other."If I didn't love you, I'd be good by now / I'd better than barely gettin' by somehow," Aldean and Underwood sing in harmony in the chorus. "Yeah, it would be easy not to miss you / Wonder about who's with you / Turn the want-to off whenever I want to / If I didn't love you."Aldean leads the first verse,...

Ahead of the release of Coldplay’s new album Music of the Spheres, the band has shared the LP’s closing track, the space epic “Coloratura.” Clocking in at 10 minutes and keeping with the album’s interstellar theme, “Coloratura” takes a panoramic, multi-suite voyage into the cosmos, with Chris Martin namechecking celestial bodies like Galileo, Oumuamua, and Betelgeuse along his journey to the stars. “It’s a crazy world, it’s true,” Martin sings in the closing minutes, following a colossal guitar solo that ties the track’s many disparate elements together. “In this crazy...

Ashland Craft's "Your Place or Mine" finds a heartbroken woman drowning her sorrows at a bar — and, hopefully, leaving with "Mr. Lonely across the room." The singer says she's never been much for one-night stands, but she was happy to write about using one to get over an ex.Craft co-wrote "Your Place or Mine" with Lee Starr and Willie Morrison, the latter of whom was actually one of her Uber drivers during one of her first trips to Nashville. Below, the singer shares the story behind the song, and behind her co-writing...

President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen will release a joint book, Renegades: Born in the U.S.A., on October 26th globally via Higher Ground/Penguin Random House. The tome is described as “a collection of candid, intimate, and entertaining conversations,” which began in Spotify’s co-produced podcast of the same name. Published in an oversized, fully-illustrated format, the book will also feature rare and exclusive photographs from the authors’ personal collections and never-before-seen archival material, including Springsteen’s handwritten lyrics and Obama’s annotated speeches. “Over the years, what we’ve found is that we’ve got a...

Jason Aldean is known for giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at his life on social media, but this week, he's using social media to prove he can keep a secret. Well, until Friday, at least.On Wednesday (July 21), the "Dirt Road Anthem" star teased an upcoming duet called "If I Didn't Love You," but didn't reveal who his co-singer is. Instead, there's a question mark, forcing fans to speculate on who might accompany him when the song comes out on Friday (July 23).Fans wasted no time getting to work at guessing who the mystery...

Todd Snider has announced dates for an extensive fall tour. The Nashville singer-songwriter’s Return of the Storyteller Tour begins July 24th with a sold-out event at Tennessee’s the Caverns. Spanning more than 50 dates from which audio will be compiled for a live album, the Return of the Storyteller Tour will keep Snider on the road through early December. Stops along the way include Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse, New York’s Gramercy Theatre, and Seattle’s Washington Hall, plus multiple nights in Felton, California; Des Moines, Iowa; and Tomball, Texas. Guests will change...

Texas Hill are asking fans and followers to keep an eye out for their equipment and merch trailer after it was stolen from Nashville's Sylvan Park neighborhood on Tuesday (July 20). The trio's Craig Wayne Boyd shared the details on Facebook, imploring people to keep an eye out for the missing trailer.According to Boyd — who formed Texas Hill with former American Idol contestant Casey James and fellow former The Voice contestant Adam Wakefield in 2020 — Texas Hill's trailer contained "our drum vaults, our guitar vault, our Behringer in-ear rack with three...

Omar Apollo performed his new single “Go Away” on The Tonight Show, complete with a cinematic storyline and sets. In the clip, the singer waits at a bus stop with his suitcase, boards a plane alongside three dancers and then ascends into the clouds, where he finishes the lovelorn tune. Apollo premiered “Go Away” earlier this month, marking the singer’s first new music since releasing his project Apolonio last year. Apollo produced “Go Away” with the help of Carter Lang and Chromeo. The song also arrived with a music video, directed...

According to a new report, Taylor Swift will not submit her recently released Fearless (Taylor's Version) album for consideration in any categories in the upcoming Grammy Awards or CMA Awards.Billboard reports that the country-turned-pop superstar has decided not to submit her 2021 re-recorded version of her sophomore album from 2008 for consideration in any categories in the two major awards shows, attributing that news to a statement from her label, Republic Records.“After careful consideration, Taylor Swift will not be submitting Fearless (Taylor’s Version) in any category at this year’s upcoming Grammy and...

Taylor Swift will not be submitting Fearless (Taylor’s Version), her 2021 re-recording of her 2008 album, for consideration at the upcoming Grammy and CMA Awards, a representative for Republic Records stated on Tuesday. “After careful consideration, Taylor Swift will not be submitting Fearless (Taylor’s Version) in any category at this year’s upcoming Grammy and CMA Awards,” the representative told Billboard. “Fearless has already won four Grammys including Album of the Year, as well as the CMA Award for Album of the Year in 2009/2010 and remains the most awarded country album of...

Luke Bryan's family simply can't pass up an opportunity for a good prank. The country superstar played a show in Bristow, Va., on his 45th birthday (Saturday, July 17), and his family, band and opening acts were all on hand to make sure the big day didn't go unrecognized.Video from Bryan's show at Bristow's Jiffy Lube Live shows his wife Caroline, their sons Bo and Tate, Bryan's Proud to Be Right Here Tour openers Dylan Scott and Caylee Hammack and more surprising Bryan with an elaborate — and extremely goofy — "Happy...

Farm Aid is returning to Hartford, Connecticut’s Xfinity Theatre on September 25th with a lineup that includes board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, and Margo Price alongside Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Bettye LaVette, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Allison Russell, Particle Kid, and Ian Mellencamp. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10:00 am EDT. “The experience of the past 18 months has reminded us how much we need each other,” Farm Aid President and Founder...