Music

Willie Nelson returns to southern California at this weekend’s Palomino Festival at Brookside at the Rose Bowl. And although it’s purely wishful thinking on my part, I’m hoping that fellow music legend and cannabis aficionado, Snoop Dogg, is in town for the show. It would just make sense. Willie and Snoop have long expressed admiration

We all have to grow up sometime, and Maggie Carson‘s maturation on The Dark Was Aglow is something to behold. Carson cut her teeth with the rollicking Brooklyn folk band Spirit Family Reunion, and her debut solo album retains their scrappy energy and joie de vivre. On her own, though, Carson and her band create

Garth Brooks is arguably the most successful country artist of all time. With over 150 million units sold, he clocks in at number one all time in terms of country music artists, ahead of legends like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Reba McEntire and more. Garth is also leading all genres of music with a whopping

Margo Price has teamed up with Mavis Staples and Adia Victoria for a powerful new collaboration. Released today (July 8), “Fight to Make It” is a timely, energizing anthem for the marginalized and oppressed. Co-written with her husband and fellow accomplished singer-songwriter Jeremy Ivey, Price’s latest track pushes back against the widespread and longstanding gender, race and class divides

Where can I get this injected directly into my veins? We’re going way back into the vault today, to the year 2014, when Shooter Jennings teamed up with Whiskey Myers for a face-melting cover of Shooter’s dad, Waylon Jennings’, hit song “Never Could Toe The Mark.” The title track to his 1984 album, it was actually

There’s lots of hot shot guitarists out there, but few bring a deep sense of joy to the table with them. That’s not meant to be a pun, but Joy Clark is literally an artist to watch — not only are her songs a soothing balm to a worried heart, watching Clark onstage is medicine in

It still hasn’t hit me that the Turnpike Troubadours are back together. We’re talking about arguably the greatest country music band to ever walk this planet, behind the songwriting masterminds of frontman Evan Felker. There was a point in time where I truly believed I would never see the day, and here we are in

Austin Burke “Nowhere to Go” Austin Burke is kicking back and taking it easy on his brand-new song, “Nowhere to Go.” As he admits in the all-too-relatable first verse, “I’m getting real tired of bustin’ my ass / This 9-5 life gets me nowhere fast / All the hustling and bustling just trying to make some

You might wanna go ahead and grab a couple tissues. Kip Moore recently stopped by radio station 92.5 XTU Philadelphia for a town hall to benefit the families of fallen police officers Branden Sisca and Martin Mack, who were both fatally killed in the line of duty in March. Kip heard about the story from his

Two years without one of the greatest fiddle players the world has ever known. Today marks the two-year anniversary of the passing of Charlie Daniels, who died on July 6, 2020 after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke at his home just outside of Nashville. On the anniversary of his father’s death, Charlie Daniels Jr. shared a

If you head to a show with Lee Bains + The Glory Fires, you won’t see a Southern punk band on stage. Instead, you’ll see a band that’s a raucous tornado of sound and righteous fury. A decade into their work, the talented outfit has toured the country proselytizing anarchism, anti-racism, and joyous resistance. The band’s upcoming

If you like guitar licks, country-rock jams like Marcus King, and rustic vocals like Paul Cauthen, I’ve got an artist for you. Meet Early James. I stumbled upon Early James in 2020. His song “Blue Pill Blues” was featured on the Spotify playlist, I was hooked. Since discovering this song, it has remained heavily in my

Until now, the songs Eric Church has chosen to release as singles off his Heart & Soul triple album have leaned heavily toward the “rock” half of his signature country-rock sound. But in his newest single, “Doing Life With Me,” Church both slows down the tempo and brings acoustic country instrumentation to the forefront of

American Aquarium is one of the hardest touring bands out there. These road dogs have relentlessly toured the country this year promoting their latest album Chicamacomico. One of the top albums of 2022 thus far, Chicamacomico showcases Barham’s spectacular lyricism as he introspectively draws on his own experiences with helplessness and hope. Out of the

When it comes to genre experimentation, Thomas Rhett has been all over the map — his influences range between pop, R&B and even Latin music — but traditional country is a huge component of his musical foundation, and he taps into ’90s lyrical in his good-timing new single, a duet with Riley Green called “Half

Kody West is back with another head banging single. His fourth single in the past year, West’s “Falling” hit streaming platforms this past Friday. To my knowledge, there hasn’t been an announcement on an upcoming album yet, but it looks like a new project may be in the works for West, as “Falling” follows previously

Fancy Hagood, who is known for his self-described brand of “queer Southern pop,” has teamed up with country veteran Kacey Musgraves for a new song called “Blue Dream Baby.” Released in honor of International Pride Day and co-written by Little Big Town‘s Karen Fairchild along with Alysa Vanderheym, the song opens with disco-flavored beats and rhythmic acoustic

Oh captain, my captain… In honor of our nation’s birthday, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame has posted throwback photos of Team USA Olympic Wrestling Teams. These festive photos of the successful 1992 and 1996 teams show the wrestlers in their stars and stripes uniforms alongside honorary team captain… Garth Brooks. “Garth Brooks was Honorary

Ryan Hurd takes us to the roller rink in the music video for his song “Pass It On.” The good vibes song is the first track off his debut album, Pelago. The video opens with Hurd walking into a fairly empty roller skating rink. His happy demeanor causes a few people to scratch their heads as he