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The Allman Betts Band — the jam-rock group featuring Allman Brothers Band progeny Devon Allman and Duane Betts — covered their fathers’ “Midnight Rider” during their “Saturday Sessions” performance on CBS This Morning. Performing from the stage of Solana Beach, California’s Belly Up venue, the group — which also boasts …

Charlie Daniels was synonymous with country music and Southern rock, yet a decade before scoring his commercial breakthrough as a recording artist with the 1973 novelty pop hit “Uneasy Rider,” the North Carolina native notched a significant feather in his cap when a swirling pop ballad he co-wrote called “It …

The late John Prine has been named the first honorary poet laureate of the state of Illinois, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday, nearly three months after the singer-songwriter’s death from complications related to COVID-19. “He leaves behind an unparalleled musical legacy and was beloved by family and millions of fans …

The Old 97’s began recording their new album Twelfth in Nashville this spring, on the very day that tornadoes decimated sections of the city. That March night, from the floor-to-ceiling windows of their rented condo in the city’s Melrose neighborhood, the band watched transformers explode in the distance and debris …

Luke Combs has released the studio version of his timely song “Six Feet Apart,” originally debuted during a mid-April livestream performance by the singer in quarantine. Written by Combs with Brent Cobb and Rob Snyder, “Six Feet Apart” addresses the depressing feeling of witnessing spring come alive but not being …

Good news for fans eager to hear the new Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit album, Reunions: There is now a way to get it early. On Wednesday, the singer announced plans to release the album exclusively to independent record stores in the U.S. and Canada on May 8th, one …

A little more than a month ago, the War & Treaty’s Tanya Blount-Trotter was feeling the early symptoms of COVID-19, for which she eventually tested positive. She has since recovered from the virus and is back to making music at home with her husband and performing partner Michael Trotter Jr. …

Luke Dick has had his biggest commercial success as a hit country songwriter for artists like Eric Church and Dierks Bentley, but his work outside of the Music Row bubble is what distinguishes him as a Nashville-based renaissance man. In January, his documentary Red Dog, about growing up as the …

With her first solo album in five years, Shelby Lynne has put a hint right in the title that it could be her most intimately honest. Out April 17th, Shelby Lynne is prefaced by the release today of “Here I Am,” a stark but hopeful piano ballad accentuated by Lynne’s …

Jason Aldean has plans to spend a big portion of 2020 onstage singing for his fans. On Wednesday, the country superstar announced a new leg of his 2020 We Back Tour, which will carry him through the end of summer. The 22 new dates will pick up July 17th in …