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As the host of the Discovery Channel’s Survivorman, Les Stroud entertained viewers with his immersive approach to the wilderness – as in, he’d drop himself into a remote locale with only a few tools and challenge himself to make it out unscathed. But the Canadian-born Stroud also spreads his nature-first …

Annual bluegrass festival DelFest wrapped up its 11th year on Sunday, bringing together dozens of artists and fans of the genre at Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland, Maryland. The four-day musical gathering was host to both established grass legends and vanguard up-and-comers, with a healthy measure of onstage collaborations such …

Kacey Musgraves quickly follows the wounded heartbreak of the just-released video for “Space Cowboy,” with the giddy thrills of the new clip “Butterflies.” Like the latter, this one was also shot in Mexico City and directed by Courtney Phillips, but looks at love from a much more sunny perspective. The …

Eric Church turns 41 years old on Thursday, enjoying status as one of country music’s most acclaimed artists. Early praise from numerous media outlets accompanied the July 2006 release of the North Carolina native’s debut album, Sinners Like Me, from which four singles were issued. The first of them, “How …

Trisha Yearwood, the Grammy-winning hitmaker, cooking show host, author and wife of Country Music Hall of Famer Garth Brooks, adds radio host to her resume with today’s launch of a new weekly SiriusXM show, “Trisha’s Take Five.” Airing exclusively on the Garth Channel, SiriusXM’s satellite and streaming channel devoted to …

Joan Shelley can say a great deal in very few words. On her new EP Rivers and Vessels, the Kentucky folk singer turns those gifts to interpreting the works of such artists as Nick Drake, JJ Cale, and Dolly Parton, including a haunting cover of Parton’s “The Bridge” that features …

Brandi Carlile is headed back to Newport Folk Festival in 2018, becoming the latest artist to be added to a lineup that already includes Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and Courtney Barnett. Carlile, who was added to the Rhode Island festival’s rolling announcements today, will be making …

There are few figures in country music as influential and perhaps as underappreciated in modern culture as Doug Sahm, who changed the climate of the genre when he fused psychedelic San Francisco rock and gritty soul into his breed of Texas music with his band, Sir Douglas Quintet. Now, as …

Throughout his career, songwriter John Prine has not only had his remarkable catalog of songs covered by other artists, he has also put his own spin on songs by his influences and peers. The latest in the latter category is Prine’s delicate take on a song Johnny Cash first recorded …

Justin Townes Earle has a habit of doing things on his own terms. Last year, he broke with convention in leaving Nashville for Omaha, Nebraska to cut his latest LP, the acclaimed Kids in the Street. This spring, he’s hitting the road for a fresh, 34-date tour, which he’ll be …