Music Country

The Jonas Brothers momentarily expanded to a quintet during the Nashville stop of their Happiness Begins Tour as they invited country duo Dan + Shay out to perform their crossover smash “Tequila” for the crowd. Emerging from the subterranean levels of Bridgestone Arena to enthusiastic screams, Dan + Shay joined …

John Hiatt was honored as the third recipient of the BMI Troubadour Award during a dinner Monday night in Nashville. The songwriting mainstay, who moved to Nashville when he was just 18, follows John Prine and inaugural Troubadour recipient Robert Earl Keen in the honor. An intimate affair at the …

Songs from Luke Combs and Craig Morgan about the bond between a father and his son, a track from Trisha Yearwood that parallels her relationship with Garth Brooks, and a love letter to the road from Michaela Anne make up this week’s best country and Americana songs. Caleb Caudle, “Howlin’ …

Miranda Lambert hits the pits to go muddin’ in her new music video for “It All Comes Out in the Wash.” Taking the wheel of a vintage, white Ford Bronco, the country singer and her friends are fully committed to getting dirty, tearing up a mud bog outside of Nashville …

The 30A Songwriters Festival will return to the panhandle of Florida January 17th, 2020, with an all-star group of artists set to perform. Among them are formidable tunesmiths who represent a range of genres, including John Prine, Brian Wilson, Indigo Girls, and Tanya Tucker. With 200-plus artists on tap to …

Miranda Lambert teams with Maren Morris for a murderous revenge fantasy against a cheating partner in the new song “Way Too Pretty for Prison,” released on Monday. It’s the fourth track Lambert has offered from her upcoming album Wildcard. Opening with an atonal squall and Lambert’s laughter, “Way Too Pretty …

Singer-songwriter John Hiatt, whose songs have been recorded by a wide range of artists from Bonnie Raitt and Willie Nelson to Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop, will be honored next month by the performing-rights organization BMI with the presentation of its Troubadour Award. At the private ceremony in Nashville on …

The Highwomen offer up a hymn of togetherness and support in “Crowded Table,” the second track released from the supergroup’s upcoming debut album. The group also recently released “Redesigning Women” from the self-titled project, which was produced by Dave Cobb. “You can hold my hand when you need to let …

Brandi Carlile calls out the male-dominated music business and the National Rifle Association in the as-yet-unreleased song “Cowgirls,” which she dedicated to “the boys in the country-music industry” in her live debut of the tune. With the acoustic, mid-tempo song’s finger-pointing lyrics Carlile asserts, “I don’t believe in wealth and …

Happy 73rd birthday to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Linda Ronstadt, born July 15th, 1946, in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to her mid-Seventies dominance as rock’s premier female artist, Ronstadt also delivered impassioned performances of country songs throughout, and beyond, that era, with crossover hits including the Everly …