Trust, according to Shane McAnally, is not just an essential component but a downright necessity when forming a healthy relationship between a songwriter and artist. In that way, “writing songs with someone is more intimate than dating,” the Grammy-winning songwriter-producer contends with a laugh. “It’s not always the first date …
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When she wasn’t blasting the NHL for a bad call that cost the Nashville Predators and her husband Mike Fisher a victory, Carrie Underwood spent the past week teasing fans about the prospect of new music, posting images from the studio and rehearsing with her band. On Monday, the Academy …
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Keeping up with Willie Nelson has been as hard as ever of late, but he slows things down on “Something You Get Through,” the wounded new ballad from his soon-to-be-released LP, Last Man Standing. Like the other two songs to be released ahead of the album, including the title track …
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Lilly Hiatt had just led her quartet through a rocked-up set at the seventh annual Luck Reunion, the eclectic festival held at Willie Nelson‘s Luck Ranch outside of Austin, when she paused to take in her surroundings. She was on the Chapel Stage, a tiny and cozily crowded church with …
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“Nothing good ever happens after midnight – so the story goes,” Brent Cobb sings on his new song “King of Alabama.” It’s a line delivered with nonchalance, but imbued with irony and tragedy in the Georgia native’s loving ode to Wayne Mills, the first song to be released from Cobb’s …
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Tuesdasy night, in Time Square’s Playstation Theatre, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Maren Morris and Kesha sat in a half-circle and played 16 songs – four each – for an audience of just under 900 country music fans. The show, a fundraiser for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, …
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When it came time for Wade Bowen to write his latest album, he found himself at a crossroads. About to turn 40, with the sting still fresh from his major label dreams having evaporated, Bowen was facing down middle age and the prospect of a long, slow slide into his …
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Whitney Rose goes full-on Sixties go-go dancer in the new music video for her soulful throwback single “Can’t Stop Shakin’,” from the 2017 LP Rule 62. The Canadian singer-songwriter, who now calls Texas home, cut the song almost exactly one year ago on Inauguration Day. Its swinging, horn-laden groove features …
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UPDATE: Dolly Parton has responded to Adele‘s homage to her “Jolene”-era style in a video posted to Twitter, in which she expresses her astonishment that the 25 artist counts her as an influence. In her 50-plus years as an entertainer, Dolly Parton has inspired many drag performers to adopt and …
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As the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements begin to make their presence felt in country music, the Nashville-based songwriting collective Song Suffragettes is taking a strong stand against discrimination and harassment with the song “Time’s Up.” The video made its debut on Friday. Co-written by Kalie Shorr and Lacy Green, “Time’s …
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