Music Country

I wanted While I’m Livin’ to be a full circle moment for Tanya Tucker. I wanted songs on par with “Delta Dawn” and “What’s Your Mama’s Name,” and I also wanted to bring in an Americana element. The thing that comes to mind when I think of Tanya vocally is …

Tanya Tucker, unmistakable with her neon pink hairdo, is sitting at the bar — “my office,” she calls it — of an old-school Italian eatery in Nashville’s midtown neighborhood. The 60-year-old country singer who shot to fame with “Delta Dawn” in 1972 at 13 and appeared on the cover of …

Midland tapped into the dreamy vibe of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” with their atmospheric new song “Put the Hurt on Me.” The country trio follows Isaak’s lead with the music video too, setting the tune to a stark black–and-white video (though theirs doesn’t feature Helena Christensen on a beach). Singer …

Dolly Parton may be a woman for all seasons but she’s been especially prolific when it comes to Christmas-related projects. This year the global icon teams with the Hallmark Channel to spotlight the East Tennessee theme park that bears her name in the holiday-themed TV movie, Christmas at Dollywood. Starring …

Singer-songwriter Caroline Spence chronicles a whole hilarious series of mishaps and an unlikely romance in the new video for “Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes,” which premieres today. The song appears on Spence’s 2019 album Mint Condition. With its ringing, guitar-driven approach, “Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes” nods to Tom Petty’s …

It’s early evening on Friday at Chicago’s Country LakeShake Festival, and in a few minutes Miranda Lambert will perform her first full set in eight months, headlining the day’s all-women lineup. But prior to taking the stage, she’s watching Maren Morris’ set from the wings, tapping her white boots along …

New songs from promising Australian trio Dozzi, American Idol alum Brooke White and roots-rock band the High Divers make up this week’s list of the best country and Americana songs. Dylan Brady, “Over Us” Feeling beaten down by a breakup, 20-year-old Dylan Brady channels his melancholy into a nostalgic, radio-friendly …

Sturgill Simpson issued a twangy new tune “The Dead Don’t Die,” previewing Jim Jarmusch‘s upcoming zombie comedy of the same name. The breezy number serves as theme song for the film, which stars Bill Murray and Adam Driver. A snippet from the track highlights a scene following policemen Cliff Robertson …

As the longest-running member of Cordovas, songwriter Joe Firstman has carried the harmony-heavy, jam-friendly torch of the Grateful Dead’s American Beauty era and the Allman Brothers’ golden years into the world of modern-day Americana. He and his bandmates are cut from old-school rock & roll cloth: a group of pot-smoking, …

Carrie Underwood’s new arena tour is now in full swing, having opened May 1st in Greensboro, North Carolina. From the moment the tour was announced — which features openers Maddie & Tae and Runaway June — it promised to put women front and center, and during Saturday night’s stop at …