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Sturgill Simpson recalled his first concert — Van Halen — in an online tribute to Eddie Van Halen, who died Tuesday at 65 after a battle with cancer. “Face melted. Mind blown. Life changed.,” Simpson posted on Instagram, along with a photo of vintage Eddie Van Halen onstage. “Impact is …

Dolly Parton‘s most memorable on-screen appearances, from concert specials to cameos with Oprah Winfrey and Bob Hope, are assembled for the new 19-DVD box set Dolly: The Ultimate Collection. One of the most cherished clips is from 1974, when Parton bid farewell to her frequent duet partner and confidant Porter …

First-round Grammy voting gets underway on September 30th and runs through October 12th. For our2021 Grammy preview issue, we asked a series of likely contenders for next year’s awards to reflect on their past experiences at the ceremony, look ahead to the future, and discuss the albums and singles that …

Since writing “Woodstock” inside a New York City hotel room, Joni Mitchell‘s counterculture anthem has been covered repeatedly throughout the last 50 years, most famously with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s electrifying version on Déjà Vu. Now, a folky rendition by Bonnie Raitt has been unearthed, recorded at a March …

Sam Morrow doubles down on the muscular country-funk of his 2018 album Concrete and Mud with “Rosarita,” the first release from the California performer’s upcoming LP. Titled Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down, the project is due October 30th via Forty Below Records. Morrow penned “Rosarita” with fellow Californian Jaime Wyatt …

Brothers Osborne cook up a funky groove with an evergreen message in their new song “Hatin’ Somebody,” which will appear on their upcoming album Skeletons. The CMA-winning duo’s third studio project, Skeletons will be released October 9th. Built around sizzling, woozy electric and acoustic slide guitar that recall Sticky Fingers-era …

In a peak Garth Brooks gesture, the “People Loving People” singer assembled four screens of Zoom attendees, from journalists to morning-show DJs, on Wednesday to announce that he’ll no longer compete for the CMA Awards‘ top prize of Entertainer of the Year. Brooks has won Entertainer of the Year more …

When Shy Carter collaborated with Sugarland to write their 2010 single “Stuck Like Glue,” he brought bold ideas to the table. Like a drum loop, beat boxing, and a reggae rap breakdown performed by the duo’s Jennifer Nettles. At the time, such progressive production was considered country music heresy. “That …

Singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook has returned with “Perfect Girls of Pop,” the lead offering from her upcoming seventh album. Titled Aftermath and produced by Butch Walker, the new project will be released September 11th via Agent Love/Thirty Tigers. In “Perfect Girls of Pop,” Cook mines a vein of restless, jangling college …

Vince Johnson, whose music first reached millions of households through the Netflix documentaryTiger King, put out a new ramshackle country-rock song on Friday. Johnson was mostly unknown before the show, but that has changed: The release of “Killer Carole” was accompanied by the announcement of his new publishing deal with …