Last week's episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Ryan Gosling included musical guest Chris Stapleton, who returned to the show for his third appearance. He masterfully performed two tracks, including the multi-Grammy winning "White Horse" (Best Country Song, Best Country Solo Performance) featuring his band and his wife, Morgane, accompanying. On a show known…
On an auspicious Leap Day and the final day of February we want to bid adieu to our Artist of the Month, Willi Carlisle – and as it happens, he's dropped a brand new music video as if to celebrate the occasion. Shot by Mike Vanata of the hugely popular series Western AF, the…
Since the Grammy Awards ceremony on February 4, the country and folk music worlds have waited with bated breath for the Recording Academy to share a stand-alone video of Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs' stunning collaboration on their mutual, cross-generational hit, "Fast Car." Late last week, the Academy made our dreams come true –…
During the primetime Grammy Awards broadcast on February 4, country experimenter/challenger and singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves announced her next full-length album with a 30-second ad that dripped with pastoral, "cottage core" imagery. Among more than a handful of recent, high profile album announcements – Lana Del Rey announced her upcoming country album just prior to…
During a series of high profile Verizon ads during yesterday's Super Bowl, Beyoncé announced that her upcoming Act II following 2022's incredibly popular dance album, Renaissance, will find the globe-crossing singer/creative powerhouse returning to country. As music journalist Marissa Moss points out in a brand new post for the country newsletter she co-founded, Don't…
