Harris and Miller sat down together in Nashville and hooked up with Variety via Zoom to discuss what makes the “Spyboy” live album an essential adjunct to the studio album that came right before it, ...
In the late 1960s, Parsons met Chris Hillman of the Byrds. Hillman invited him to join the band, replacing David Crosby. While he was never an official member of the band, he greatly influenced the ...
In 1995, Emmylou Harris broke the mold with Wrecking Ball, an expansive, atmospheric record that redefined not only her own career but the bounds of what a country album could be. Pulling influences ...
McClinton began playing the guitar as a young teenager. Soon, he formed a band called The Straitjackets, who served as the house band at Jack’s, a club in Fort Worth, Texas. At the age of 19, he was ...
A simply beautiful moment. Randy Travis’ journey over the past twelve years has been nothing short of incredible. If you recall, the “Three Wooden Crosses” singer suffered a massive stroke back in ...
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Country legend Hank Williams has many enduring and influential songs to his credit, from “Hey, Good Lookin’” to “Honky Tonk Blues” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” Now the Alabama native is earning new ...
Decades on, Sticky Fingers is still arguably the Rolling Stones’ finest No. 1 record, showcasing their rawest, most iconic ...
In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...
The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list grew in November. As we head into the ...
Nine and a half years after his death -- on his 79th birthday, in fact -- Merle Haggard is the subject of two new albums, one by good pal Willie Nelson. Those tope a new music releases week that ...
A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish ...