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Electronic producer Diplo‘s country-themed project will soon put out its debut album. The album Chapter 1: Snake Oil will be released May 29th under the name Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley. A handful of tracks from the project have been issued to the public over the last few months, including the …

Sam Hunt was the musical guest on Monday’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, turning in an at-home performance of his current single, “Hard to Forget.” Hunt released his new album, Southside, on April 3rd. Where many televised and livestreamed performances during the COVID-19 pandemic have been fully …

Singer-songwriter Becca Mancari has returned with the slinky new song “Hunter.” It’s the first new music Mancari has released since her album Good Woman came out in 2017. “The letters in the mailbox say ‘I’m gonna hunt you down,’” Mancari sings, backed by a track of shimmering synthesizers and pointillist …

Keith Urban hosted a livestream concert from his basement studio this week, the second in his Urban Underground series. Performing a six-song set, the singer-guitarist mixed in a classic cover as a tribute to a recently departed icon: Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler.” “I wanted to do a song for the …

In a 1970 newspaper interview, songwriter Kris Kristofferson recalled his arrival in Nashville a few years earlier by saying he “rocketed straight to the bottom.” A couple of years later he would become one of the most-covered songsmiths in town, with songs including “For the Good Times,” “Help Me Make …

Keith Urban‘s All for the Hall concert, benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, is one of Nashville’s most beloved homegrown traditions. After a brief hiatus, the fundraiser returned to Bridgestone Arena on Monday night with Urban as host (his frequent co-host Vince Gill was on tour with …

William Prince is in a better spot right now than when he started writing songs for his latest album. Grappling with the death of his father and the dissolution of a long-term relationship, the Juno-winning Canadian singer-songwriter — who turned heads with the swooning “Breathless” in 2018 — buckled down …

The singer-songwriter and performer known simply as Desure taps into his glammy side in the video for his cover of Carly Simon‘s “You’re So Vain,” which officially arrives today. Desure, whose given name is Josh, puts on a series of wigs and slays some flamboyant looks in the mesmerizing, gender-bending …

Singer-songwriter Mary Bragg momentarily sheds her country-folk sound for a little slice of Southern rock on a cover of Aaron Lee Tasjan‘s “Don’t Walk Away” featuring Drivin N Cryin. The recording will appear on Bragg’s forthcoming EP Think About It, which will be released March 6th. Tasjan, who once played …

Although the majority of tunes on Shelley King’s Kick Up Your Heels shine a light on her fiery guitar and roof-rattling vocals, there’s another artist whose presence bubbles up from the deep, gritty grooves of the Austin-based blues and Americana musician’s ninth album: Levon Helm. The legendary drummer and vocalist …