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A snapshot of what's coming up in Country music next week... (Photo : Sugar Hill Records)Marty StuartA snapshot of what's coming up in Country music next week. -
8 Albums Named after the Artist's Hometown: OutKast, Bruce Springsteen and More
Whether they would admit it or not, an artist's hometown has an insurmountable influence on their music, and these eight artists flaunted their hometown proudly. -
Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Grand Opening: Reba McEntire, Loretta Lynn & Bobby Bare Celebrate With Music Festival In Arkansas
This past Saturday (Aug. 16) saw the grand opening of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, the small farmhouse in Dyess, Arkansas, where the legendary singer grew up, and often sang about, that has now been transformed into a museum. -
Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Tour
Loretta Lynn may have turned 82 in April, but the lady who will be receiving the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award on September 17, 2014 isn't letting a little thing like age keep her on the sidelines. On August 8th, she will kick off the Coal Miner's Daughter tour in San Antonio, Texas and will visit 12 more cities before wrapping it up on November 6th in Huntsville, Alabama. -
Loretta Lynn To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From Americana Music Association
Loretta Lynn is slated to be honored this year by the Americana Music Association. Loretta Lynn will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting from the Americana Music Association. -
LISTEN: Billy Ray Cyrus Releases Single from Upcoming Album, ‘Icon: The Distance’
Billy Ray Cyrus is about to drop a new album tomorrow, June 3, titled 'Icon: The Distance'. He's just premiered the album's single, "The Distance." -
Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Taj Mahal and others bring new perspective to Civil War-era music on 'Divided & United' [LISTEN]
You may not have paid too much attention to the lessons on the Civil War in your American history class, but this lesson on the era might draw your interest if you're a music fan. The new compilation Divided & United collects 32 songs from the Civil War and features modern musicians performing them. -
Loretta Lynn's Gospel Music Festival
Next weekend will mark the first annual Loretta Lynn Gospel Music Festival in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. The queen of country music will welcome fans to her ranch for a good, old-fashioned Gospel weekend... -
Willie Nelson Teams Up With Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood and More For Female Duets Album "For The Girls"
Luke Bryan acknowledged last week that's rough for women in country music, as a majority of the genre's listeners are female and yet only six of the Top 25 songs on the country charts are sung by women. Willie Nelson has been aware of the problem for a while apparently, because he's launching a duets album featuring nothing but female partners. -
Lydia Loveless Finds Her Country Music At The Hands of Nick Lowe and Richard Hell, Not Another Redheaded Alt-Country Chanteuse
Lydia Loveless sings country songs about hard times, alcoholism and faithless men. Would it hurt us music writers to stop comparing her to Neko Case?
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