Ethan Hawke’s new two-part documentary, Highway 99: A Double Album, offers a rich, three-hour tribute to Merle Haggard, delving into the late country legend’s complex life and legacy with heartfelt reverence. Blending rare archival footage, audio interviews with Haggard, reflections by Dolly Parton and Rosanne Cash, and performances by artists like Norah Jones and Jason…… Continue Reading
Stray Kids’ KARMA debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart, earning the K-pop group the seventh No. 1 of their career. The release notched 313,000 equivalent album units in the United States over the past week, with traditional album sales making up 296,000 of that figure, marking career highs in both totals for the group. All…… Continue Reading
During an intimate Soho Sessions performance at the Hamptons’ Stephen Talkhouse on Monday night (August 25), Maren Morris reflected on how her breakout 2016 single, “My Church,” transformed her from a singer-songwriter into a full-fledged artist, bringing out opener Yola to join her on the song. That special collaboration fit perfectly alongside performances of “The…… Continue Reading
In a new interview with Audacy’s Katie Neal, Bailey Zimmerman reflects on the growth he experienced while making his new album, Different Night Same Rodeo, which was released on August 8. Zimmerman was anxious to see if he could follow-up the success of his 2023 debut record, Religiously. The Album, which peaked at No. 3…… Continue Reading
The 2025 Field & Stream Music Festival, set for October 3-5 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, featuring headliners Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, has been canceled without much explanation. This marks the second consecutive year the event was scrapped, following its inaugural 2024 edition being called off due to Hurricane Helene. Other acts like…… Continue Reading
During a recent appearance on Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast, Lainey Wilson humorously recalled when HARDY treated her and her crew to a strip club visit in Huntsville, Alabama, as an end-of-tour gift during their 2023 Fall tour together. HARDY handed her 100 one-dollar bills with a “Have fun” send-off, although they missed the…… Continue Reading
Riley Green is currently riding high with his Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 hit, “Worst Way,” but the 36-year-old country star admits in a new interview with CMT that writing love songs is outside his comfort zone. “It’s not really my thing,” Green says of making romantic ballads, though the chart success of his current…… Continue Reading
The Hallmark Channel has just announced the addition of twelve country music icons to the star-studded cast of their upcoming holiday film, A Grand Ole Opry Christmas. Bill Anderson, Rhett Akins, Megan Moroney, Jamey Johnson, Drew Baldridge, Maggie Baugh, Suzy Bogguss, Mickey Guyton, Pam Tillis, Dailey & Vincent, Riders in the Sky, and Tigirlily Gold…… Continue Reading
Following Randy Travis’ stroke in 2013, which left him in a coma and with less than a one percent chance of survival, doctors considered ending treatment amid severe infections and complications. “They said, ‘We need to pull the plug. He’s got too many things going against him,'” his wife Mary revealed in an emotional new…… Continue Reading
Braxton Keith abruptly ended his concert Friday night (August 22) in Ardmore, Oklahoma, after fans repeatedly threw beer into the crowd. The 25-year-old country singer criticized their poor behavior and walked off stage mid-show. “I know that most of y’all are behaving yourselves tonight,” he said in the fan shot TikTok video. “But there’s a…… Continue Reading