Yearly Archives: 2026

Before he ever stepped into the spotlight, Chris Stapleton was already shaping country music — just from behind the scenes in Nashville. Continue reading…

Ella’s got some new fellas! Continue reading…

It’s hard to know where to start being enraged at or deconstructing this recent piece of media released by the Country Music Hall of Fame. First off, why are we featuring a pop producer in a display at the Country Music Hall of Fame?

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Steve Earle at Groton Hill Music Hall June 30, 2026 w/ Micky Braun opening While he’s considered the Hardcore Troubadour, Steve Earle is equally adept at being the Hardcore Raconteur as evidenced on the continuation of his career retrospective, his 51 Years of Songs & Stories tour. Steve Earle has never needed much more than […]

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Low Cut Connie – Livin In the USA Basically, this is old school rock (& roll) with aggressive vocals, driving melodies, strong backup voices, a gnarly lead guitar above the brick & mortar chords of heavy rhythm guitars on the title track reminiscent of Passifist’s “Christ In the Nuclear Age” (1994). This Low Cut Connie […]

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The song was a response to the Sept. 11 attacks, but that’s only half the story. Continue reading…

I’ll admit that my summer reading runs more to marine biology, medical narratives, and Victorian fiction. Since I write about music books in this column and for Publishers Weekly, I like to take a little break in the summer and be transported to the depths of the oceans

Back in the year of our Lord 2001 (in the year 2000…in the year 2000…) I ventured with my band to Tree Sound Studios to record. We liked what we’d heard with The Tender Idols’ album Distressor and saw that the guitar player produced it. So we struck a deal with the young Dave Cobb […]

Hardy moved to Nashville with one goal — write songs for the artists he admired. Turns out, Blake Shelton was at the top of that list. Continue reading…

Probably expected that one to be the other way around. Jason Aldean and his wife, Brittany Aldean, have been married since 2015, a year after going public with their relationship following the country singer’s divorce in 2013. At the time of their marriage, Aldean was already one of the biggest artists in country music, having been nominated for four Grammy Awards since releasing his debut album a decade prior. Brittany, on the other hand, was a dancer for the Charlotte […]

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