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Since COVID-19 hit in March, musicians have been looking for ways to continue to perform for fans. First came the livestreams — so many livestreams — now, it’s all about drive-in concerts. Monday, Live Nation announced a whole string of such shows for July featuring the likes of Brad Paisley, …

Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Matthew McNeal, “All for Nothing” …

Travis Denning‘s “After a Few” is an odd song to be a summertime country hit. A stormy account of a physical attraction that just won’t quit, the brooding mid-tempo tune is shot through with longing and shadowy regret, rather than your typical warm-weather optimism. The Warner Robins, Georgia, native penned …

Mickey Guyton has released “Black Like Me,” an intimate new piano ballad that chronicles her journey of navigating American life, and the country music industry, as a black woman. Guyton co-wrote the song with co-producer Nathan Chapman, Emma Davidson-Dillon, and Fraser Churchill. The song’s plaintive chorus puts a fine point …

Joshua Ray Walker taps into his inner Dwight Yoakam on the ferocious new song “True Love,” a double barrel blast of yearning vocals and classic country playing. The track arrives with the announcement of Walker’s new album Glad You Made It, due July 10th. Musically, “True Love” can’t contain its …

Five-time Grammy winner Steven Curtis Chapman has recruited friends from the country and contemporary Christian music communities for an inspirational new song that aims to encourage and assist those struggling during the COVD-19 global pandemic. Brad Paisley and Lauren Alaina, along with gospel music artist Tasha Cobbs Leonard, join Chapman …

Harold Reid, whose bass voice, songwriting, and gift for humor distinguished his long career as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame vocal group the Statler Brothers, died at his home in Staunton, Virginia, Friday evening after a lengthy battle with kidney failure, according to Reid’s bandmate Jimmy …

Country singer-songwriter Jessi Alexander, whose hits include Miley Cyrus‘ “The Climb,” released her new solo album Decatur County Red on March 27th. The album’s autobiographical title track and centerpiece comes to life in the new video, which features photos and videos from Alexander’s childhood spending time on the Tennessee River. …

Along with seven hours of big cat intrigue, alleged murder, accidental shootings, and unsolved arson, Netflix‘s docuseries Tiger King has gifted us with some outrageously cheesy country songs, all sung (or at least performed) by zookeeping country wannabe Joe Exotic. “Here Kitty Kitty” is a swampy murder ballad and “My …

Ashley McBryde sings about bad habits and those vices that refuse to go away in “First Thing I Reach For,” the latest release from the singer-songwriter’s upcoming second album, Never Will. Anyone hoping to continue the thrilling revenge-redemption narrative in McBryde’s recent video trilogy will have to remain in suspense, …