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Tales From the Crypt Natalie Merring wanders through a haunted castle, stumbles across skeletons, and confronts a spiritual foe in the new clip With October just around the corner, Weyes Blood is getting into the Halloween spirit with the eerie and ghastly new video for “Twin Flame.” Directed by Ambar Navarro, the clip hearkens back to old school fantasy and gothic horror flicks. It opens with an animated sequence in which a man rides away from a castle in the middle of the night. It then switches to live-action, with...

Twenty years ago today, on Sept. 15, 2003, Miranda Lambert signed her first record deal, with Epic Records. The deal came only a few months after Lambert placed third in the first season of Nashville Star.Lambert was approached by Epic, a division of Sony Records, about signing a record deal, when she was just 19 years old. Already showing her feisty side, the future country superstar said that she would only sign with the record label if they allowed her to choose the songs she wanted to sing, play her own...

Irish Grinstead, a member of the R&B girl group 702 best known for the 1999 hit “Where My Girls At?,” has died at the age of 43. Grinstead’s sister and fellow group member Lemisha Grinstead announced Irish’s death on Instagram. “It is with great sadness that I have to let you know that my beautiful sister and friend has passed away this evening,” Lemisha wrote.  “She has had a long battle and she is finally at peace. That girl was as bright as the stars! She was not only beautiful...

Carly Pearce, Toby Keith, Jelly Roll and Kane Brown are among the performers for the inaugural People's Choice Country Awards. The awards show is set for Thursday, Sept. 28, at the historic Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.Others scheduled to take the stage include Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Hardy, Kelsea Ballerini and Wynonna Judd. Little Big Town will do double duty during the night's festivities, as they are set to both perform and host the event.The 2023 People's Choice Country Awards will bring a rare appearance from Keith. The icon has been out of...

U2 premiered a new, Las Vegas-inspired song titled “Atomic City” during a surprise pop-up concert/music video shoot Saturday on Sin City’s Fremont Street. Taking the stage two weeks before the band opens their U2 UV: Achtung Baby residency at the massive MSG Sphere, Bono and company performed the track a couple times during the show, which doubled as a music video shoot for the video’s rumored release later this month. “Atomic City” takes its title from Las Vegas’ nickname during the days of nuclear bomb testing in the 1950s, when...

Earlier this week, Luke Bryan and his team got together to celebrate a giant moment in his career, and for country music. Bryan and his team had a party to commemorate his 30th career No. 1 song in country music — and Jason Aldean was on hand to help.Admitting that he never thought he’d make it to 30 No. 1 songs, Bryan said he expected to achieve eight to ten hits at best. It really took him until he started having multiple No. 1s that he noticed how much of an...

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner has been ousted from his position on the Board of Directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. The news was announced on Saturday, following an interview with The New York Times, where he made widely criticized comments about Black and female musicians, alongside revealing other questionable editorial decisions. Wenner is promoting his book, The Masters, which features interviews with influential artists, such as Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, John Lennon, and Bruce Springsteen — none of the artists featured are female...

A historic farm that once belonged to June Carter Cash and the Carter family has found a buyer in Nashville, months after it went on the market.The Smith-Carter House in Nashville listed for $3.5 million in May, but that price turned out to be too high. The property re-listed for less before arriving at a final asking price of $1.799 million, according to online property sites. The property is currently listed as under contract — showing, so it's found a buyer in a deal that has not yet closed.Built in 1925,...

Prime Time Rapper performed "Uproar" for Boulder fans ahead of Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes' matchup The hottest event in college this year is any game featuring “Coach Prime” Deion Sanders and his University of Colorado Buffaloes, and on Saturday Lil Wayne was in Boulder to deliver a pregame concert ahead of the team’s home matchup against Colorado State. Lil Wayne appeared on Fox Sports’ Big Noon Kickoff to perform his Tha Carter V track “Uproar” for the Colorado fans, an appropriate choice given the song’s lyrics, “Aimin’ at your...

Some of the biggest country music tours of 2024 were announced this week, including runs for Dan + Shay, George Strait, Riley Green and more. Find 10 country music tours below, with dates and openers listed.Carrie Underwood and Travis Tritt are two more artists who released American tour dates, while Darius Rucker is going to Europe early in 2024.Several artists snuck in a batch of fall 2023 tour dates, as well. Scroll down to see 10 tours with details on opening acts and tickets.Related: Country Music Tours Scheduled for 2023 + 2024, Full...

During our two-hour Zoom call, Cleveland rapper/producer Kipp Stone tells me that his zest for writing started with stories about a character he deemed the “Cleverland Hero.”  “It’s a shoebox under my bed a bunch of stories,” he says while lounging in a chair in his home. “ would later turn into album ideas and stuff like that. I had a character called The Cleverland Hero and he was a musician on a mission to become the coldest.  On his journey, he met a whole bunch of people. He met...

Maren Morris is taking a musical left turn with her two newest songs, and that's just a sample of what the singer-songwriter has in store for her fans.In a new interview, Morris tells the Los Angeles Times that she is leaving country music in favor of exploring a broader range of musical influences on her upcoming third studio album.Morris dropped a new two-song project titled The Bridge on Friday (Sept. 15), and she says the new songs are the start of a new musical chapter. "The Tree" is a hopeful...

Bahamas’ entire aesthetic is one of taking the piss. The Sad Hunk title of his last album, his Zoolander press photos shot at the gym, and even his very stage name suggest he’s telling a joke with an awfully long punchline. But on his new album Bootcut, the Canadian creative born Afie Jurvanen couldn’t be more genuine. Or as they love to say in country music, “authentic.” Bootcut, as its title implies, is a collection of country-inspired ballads fleshed out with steel guitar, thoughtful lyrics, and a guest spot by...

Carrie Underwood brought a little bit of everything to Today for their Citi Concert Series on Thursday (Sept. 14).In addition to a fire outfit — a given for the singer — Underwood gave the audience a taste of her new music alongside a deep dive into some of her older hits.The country veteran, outfitted in a lime green fringe romper and chunky jewelry, of course included her latest radio single, "Out of That Truck."Her mini set also included:The Oklahoma native was also on hand to talk about the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which was a direct beneficiary of...