Country News & Features
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Features3 months agoBest Musart Songs: An Introduction To Regional Mexican Music
The celebrated imprint has an incredible catalogue of regional Mexican music hits that span genres like mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, and cumbia.
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News3 months ago
Reba McEntire Returns To The Road, And To Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart
Guests at various dates include Brandy Clark, Hannah Dasher, Caylee Hammack, Reyna Roberts, Cailtyn Smith, and Brittney Spencer.
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News3 months ago
George Strait, Willie Nelson Sign Up For Austin’s Moody Center Opening Event
George Strait will headline the grand opening of the Moody Center in Austin, TX, on April 29, 2022, in a show also featuring Willie Nelson and Randy Rogers.
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News3 months ago
Keith Urban Announces ‘The Speed Of Now’ UK, European Tour Dates For 2022
The 11-date jaunt kicks off in Birmingham on April 28 and includes a show at London's Eventim Apollo.
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Features3 months ago
‘Settin’ The Woods On Fire’: Hank Williams’ Next Course After ‘Jambalaya’
Hank's next single was the jaunty, lighthearted ‘Settin’ The Woods On Fire.’
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Features3 months ago
Best Tanya Tucker Songs: 20 Raw Country Classics
The country star has deftly navigated one trend after another in her lengthy career, with hits coming in multiple decades.
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News3 months ago
Reba McEntire And Dolly Parton Present First-Ever Duet In ‘Does He Love You’ Remake
‘Every time I’d hear Dolly doing a duet with somebody else,‘ McEntire tells Billboard, ‘I would get a little sad or a little jealous.’
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News4 months ago
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss Return With Rousing ‘High And Lonesome’
‘Raise The Roof’ is out November 19.
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News4 months ago
The 55th CMA Awards Set To Return To Bridgestone Arena On November 10
Chris Stapleton and Eric Church top the list of nominations with five each.
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News4 months ago
Deana Carter To Headline The Ryman Auditorium To Celebrate Historic Anniversary
‘It is such an honor and a career highlight to finally headline The Ryman, our sacred Mother Church,’ says Carter.
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Features4 months ago
Best Concept Albums: 43 Classics That Will Blow Your Mind
Funkateers, country stars and punks contributed to the best concept albums in music, proving that prog rockers didn’t entirely own the concept of concepts.
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News4 months ago
Kacey Musgraves References ‘Forrest Gump’ During ‘SNL’ Performance
The country crossover star provided the soundtrack to the show’s new season premiere.
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Features4 months ago
‘Mama Tried’ Album: Merle Haggard’s Outlaw Country Classic
The album was released in October 1968, when the man from Bakersfield was enjoying an extraordinary run of success.
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Features4 months ago
‘Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’’: Loretta Lynn’s Feminist Anthem
Continuing Loretta's bold habit of saying the unsayable, ‘Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)’ was a landmark song in country music.
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Features4 months ago
‘Thank God I’ve Got You’: Even More Top 10 Action For The Statler Brothers
The group were already a decade into one of the most impressive country chart careers of the era when ‘Thank God I've Got You’ arrived in October 1976.
