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Soccer Mommy, a.k.a. Sophie Allison, unveiled a sinister new song “Lucy” accompanied by a Matrix-like visual. The track will be released as a 7-inch single via Loma Vista Recordings. Short for “Lucifer,” “Lucy” is a slow-burner with a fuzzy guitar riff and intense, sensuous lyrics like “You cannot resist him/When …

In 2016, Craig Morgan was giving serious thought to walking away from his country music career. That summer, the singer’s 19-year-old son Jerry drowned in a tubing accident on a lake near the Tennessee-Kentucky border and Morgan was, understandably, shell-shocked. He continued to tour, but he often found himself going …

The lines outside Nashville’s biggest music venues ballooned last week, thanks to the influx of fans, bands, and music-industry personnel attending the 20th annual AmericanaFest. It was the festival’s biggest year to date, and Nashville — a city that’s grown exponentially, with more than a half million people moving to …

Marty Stuart‘s led a willfully charmed life. As an 11-year-old, he met hit singer Connie Smith at a concert he attended, and told his mom he’d marry Smith some day (he did). He hit his career stride at 13 playing virtuoso mandolin and guitar with bluegrass architect Lester Flatt; he …

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 …

John Mayer has captured his creative pricess in the music video for his new single “Carry Me Away.” The video for the laid-back, acoustic song showcases Mayer experimenting in the studio, hanging out with his dog and working with his producers over endless hours. The footage offers a snapshot of …

Christie’s will auction off a trumpet both designed and played by Miles Davis next month. Commissioned by Davis in 1980, the Martin Company horn features a distinctive gilt pattern showing crescent moons and stars, with the word “Miles” inscribed inside the bell. Christie’s estimates the instrument’s value at between $70,000 …

Alessia Cara has shared a new song, “October,” from her forthcoming EP The Summer. The melancholy number, produced by Jon Levine and Midi Jones and written by Levine and Cara, is about something special coming to an end. On the mid-tempo song, Cara croons, “Bubble we’re living in/ Setting me …

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’ …