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Brandi Carlile has posted an emotive cover of Tears For Fears’ “Mad World” that was captured at her Washington State home. The song was included as part of Carlile’s full-album livestream re-imagining of 2009’s Give Up the Ghoston September 13th. Seated at a keyboard and flanked by a series of …

After a six-month delay as organizers figured out how (and where) to stage an awards show during a global pandemic, the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards finally announce their winners on Wednesday night. Dubbed “A Night of Heart and Hits Live From Nashville,” the ACMs, hosted by Keith …

Rhiannon Giddens and Amanda Palmer team up for a cover of “It’s a Fire,” a track from the British trip-hop band Portishead‘s 1994 album Dummy. Giddens and Palmer recorded the song remotely from their respective homes in Ireland and New York during quarantine. Trading verses, the singers offer a reverent …

Maren Morris performed her crossover hit single “The Bones” on The Late Late Show With James Corden on Thursday night, cutting a striking image in a gold dress and bare feet. Morris belted the song about perseverance and resilience outdoors, pacing a candlelit rug while her band played around her. …

“Country music also looks like this,” Mickey Guyton said when she shared a video clip of Nashville artist Reyna Roberts on Twitter back in June. Roberts, seated at the piano with poppy-red hair down her back, was covering Carrie Underwood’s “Drinking Alone,” and she matched the superstar note for note …

With the release of “Every River,” the second track to be issued from their upcoming album, Arm in Arm, North Carolina’s Steep Canyon Rangers rise to meet the challenges of a “ruthless age” via a stirring anthem rooted in bluegrass and old-time gospel music. Featuring an impassioned lead vocal from …

Brent Cobb will return to his indie roots with the new album Keep ‘Em on They Toes, following a pair of albums on Elektra subsidiary Low Country Sound. The follow-up to Cobb’s 2018 album Providence Canyon, Keep ‘Em on They Toes will be released October 2nd via Cobb’s own Ol’ …

The Mavericks will release their first album sung entirely in Spanish on August 21st. The band, who marked their 30th anniversary last year, assemble original material and classic songs on En Español, a dream project for the group’s co-founder Raul Malo. The eclectic band preview the LP, coming via their …

Cam communes with nature and reconnects with an enduring symbol of her California childhood in “Redwood Tree,” the singer’s third release from her long-awaited sophomore album. A propulsive meditation on the life lessons accompanying the swift passage of time, “Redwood Tree” was co-written by Cam with Anders Mouridsen and frequent …

Brad Paisley and his touring band reunited on the same stage — at a safe distance — Friday night to perform a crowd-less livestream concert as part of Bud Light’s Seltzer Sessions. Lady Antebellum similarly performed together, six feet apart, to open the two-hour livestream, with proceeds from the concert …