It all happens so fast, and then … it’s over. When Kenny Chesney, the only country artist on Billboard’s Top Touring Acts of the Last 25 Years, hit the road, the rush of the fans, the laughter, the joy, the memories were their own kind of fuel. As the kid …

Grammy Award-winning MCA Nashville country artist Vince Gill released the third focus track from his upcoming album Okie today. The song, “I Don’t Wanna Ride The Rails No More,” is the first track on the album, and it is clearly inflected with the Okie experience. The album’s title is taken …

Billy Strings’ second studio album, Home (Rounder) is due out on Sept 27th but you can hear his debut single “Taking Water” above. Stings is no doubt the most exciting act to hit the Bluegrass scene in a while. The Michigan-born, Nashville-based artist is reshaping bluegrass into his own exceptional …

In 2019, multi-platinum, Grammy-winning, rock ’n’ roll-country-Tejano band The Mavericks celebrate 30 years of music with a whirlwind of new activity. The Miami-born band will mark three decades of Latino and American music traditions with a series of special events that celebrate a great past and look forward to the …

Earlier today (7/11), the Convention Center Authority voted unanimously to provide $6 million to the National Museum of African American Music. With the gift, NMAAM will also name an important feature of the Museum the Francis Guess Roots Theater presented by Music City Center. “We are extremely thankful that the …

Keith Burns, founding member of the Grammy-nominated trio Trick Pony, is slated to appear on Inside Edition (Syndicated-ABC/CBS/Fox) on Friday, August 16, 2019. The special segment (filmed in Nashville, Tennessee) was prompted by the show’s investigative journalist, Lisa Guerrero, who teamed with Burns to co-write and record a country song …

The Music City Roots team joined Nashville Mayor David Briley, Madison’s Metro City Council member Nancy VanReece and other community leaders to reveal plans for a new venue next to historic Amqui Station. The Roots Barn, scheduled for a grand opening in the Fall of 2020, will be part of …

Tanya Tucker will play special, select shows this fall celebrating the release of her new album, While I’m Livin’ (out August 23 via Fantasy Records). The intimate performances will be held August 22 at Exit/In in Nashville, September 17 at The Bowery Ballroom in New York (presented by SiriusXM), and …

Violent Femmes have unveiled another song from their new album, Hotel Last Resort, due via [PIAS] on Friday, July 26. A rambunctious new rendition of the band’s classic “I’m Nothing” featuring pro skateboarder Stefan Janoski is available now. Listen here. “‘I’m Nothing’ explores the modern conundrum of people needing to attach …

It’s a long ways from Nashville, but it’s always for a good cause. Underscoring the severe crisis in farm country, Farm Aid’s annual music and food festival will return to the heart of dairy country on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. Tickets go …