Benefit concerts can rustle up some unusual musical pairings for duets, but in a new clip from last fall’s Trying to Reason Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert in Florida, Caroline Jones joins together with Jimmy Buffett for a touching rendition of the chief Parrothead’s “Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On.” Written …
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East Nashville club the Basement East has developed a reputation for its regular tribute shows – usually an army of artists takes the stage to play the hits of a legend. During the venue’s most recent tribute night, however, it was a salute to the icons who died last year. …
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Oscar winning singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham returns to film with the new track “How Shall a Sparrow Fly,” a bleak-but-beautiful ballad that appears in the new Western drama Hostiles. Written and performed by the gritty roots rocker and modeled on a traditional Scots-Irish dirge, the song is anchored by mandolin and …
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When Jimmy Buffett found his audience during the mid-Seventies, it was as a sandy-toed beach bum in Key West, Florida, with songs that glorified the happy hours and last calls of island life. Years before he hit the tropics, though, he spent time in Nashville as an unknown folksinger, recording …
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Drew Baldridge was conflicted. The young country singer was shaken from having performed at Las Vegas‘ Route 91 Harvest Festival just two days before 59 people were killed at the concert in the deadliest shooting in modern American history. Now, a few days after the October 1st tragedy, Baldridge had …
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“Merry Christmas Darling,” first recorded by the Carpenters in 1970, consistently ranks among the perennial Christmas favorites. With the late Karen Carpenter’s dreamy, pristine vocals at the forefront of what is essentially a bummer tune about being separated during this special time of year, the song has become even more …
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If there’s anything that Mike and the Moonpies know as well as Texas honky tonk, it’s life on the road. In the Austin band’s new song “Beaches of Biloxi,” from their upcoming LP Steak Night at the Prairie Rose, the road life gets the best of them. Featuring an elliptical …
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Out on the road there’s plenty of downtime before the show. Throughout his Soul2Soul 2017 outing with wife Faith Hill, Tim McGraw has been using some of that time to jam on classic covers backstage with the artists opening the concerts. The latest installment of the “Backstage With…” hootenannies features …
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The “East Texas vibe” as she calls it, of Lee Ann Womack‘s upcoming LPThe Lonely, the Lonesome & the Goneis a seemingly dark, somber one if her performance of the track “All the Trouble” on Friday’s Megyn Kelly Today show is any indication. Womack was introduced by the host, who …
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Carrie Underwood‘s blockbuster Storyteller Tour wrapped up nearly one year ago, but now fans can relive the experience at home: Underwood just announced plans to release a film documenting one stop of the trek. Carrie Underwood: The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round, Live from Madison Square Garden will …
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