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Country music icon Clint Black has joined the ranks of personalities who wrote their memoirs. Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie Xo, came out with hers a few months ago. Kenny Chesney recently did likewise. It’s a big job to write about yourself candidly and honestly. You have to include the thrilling ups and the disheartening downs. […]

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Officially hitched. Almost exactly a year after debuting their relationship on the red carpet of the American Music Awards last May, Zac Brown and jewelry designer Kendra Scott have tied the knot during a small ceremony in Greece. The couple had reportedly been dating for a few months before they made their red carpet debut together, and on July 24 announced that they were engaged after Zac pulled off an elaborate proposal that involved 30 elephants. As Zac recalled at […]

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Luke has always had his finger on the pulse of country music. You can have your qualms about the entirety of Luke Combs‘ musical output over the past decade; however, you simply cannot deny that he has been nothing but a net positive in country music since his debut in 2017. Even if you ignore all the chart and sales success, which features him being the third-highest-selling country artist behind Morgan Wallen and Garth Brooks, having the 1oth-most #1 hits […]

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Ratings for Episodes 1 and 2 of ‘Dutton Ranch’ are finally in. Continue reading…

Nominees in five categories have been named for the 2026 Americana Honors and Awards. The winners will be recognized on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The 25th annual awards show is the highlight of the Americana Music Association’s AMERICANAFEST, a festival and conference celebrating American roots-inspired music which extends from Sept. 15-19.

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Tom Waits, the singer, is not necessarily the best interpreter of Tom Waits, the songwriter. Over the past half-century, the gravelly warbler has created a singular body of work, much of it composed in collaboration with spouse Kathleen Brennan. But his harsh voice, a blend of Howlin’ Wolf, Captain

Susto Stringband Susto Stringband (Volume 2) On Susto Stringband (Volume 2), Justin Osborne revisits SUSTO’s songbook with the instincts of a front-porch band, modifying familiar material in the language of an Appalachian string band. That loose, road-worn feeling is central to the record’s appeal. Osborne explains, “This album was so much fun to make over […]

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Bill Kirchen Cat Out of the Bag Some artists are excellent, some become heroes, and a rare few cross into the realm of the truly legendary. Bill Kirchen has long occupied all three spaces at once. On Cat Out of the Bag, released via Last Music Co., the Titan of the Telecaster sounds as alive, […]

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JP Soars and Anne Harris photo by Daniel Boone JP Soars has a new album set to release on May 29 on 40 Below Records featuring singer/violinist Anne Harris. JP, an International Blues Challenge winner and recipient of the Albert King Guitar Award, has built a style over twenty plus years of playing onstage to […]

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Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom Bordering on a folk tendency once the domain of early Bruce Springsteen, Nathan Evans Fox can see in the distance through his rearview mirror – he decided he wasn’t going to let that premise fade away. Instead, he takes up his North Carolina upbringing, the struggles he witnessed & maps […]

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