With its future already unclear due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Nashville’s famed rock venue the Exit/In is now up for sale. In its 50th year of operation, Exit/In has served as a popular concert destination for Music City, hosting national touring acts including Talking Heads, R.E.M., and Lucinda Williams, as …
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After Brothers Osborne singer-guitarist T.J. Osborne publicly came out as gay in a Time magazine article on Wednesday, he appeared onEllen to talk about the process of revealing himself to the world and why he chose to come out now. “Even though I was coming out, it still felt really …
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Garth Brooks performed “Amazing Grace” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday afternoon and called for viewers at home to come together in song and unity. Sporting a black cowboy hat and black shirt and jacket, Brooks — emphasizing his everyman appeal in blue jeans — walked down …
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Country musicians Toby Keith and Ricky Skaggs were reportedly presented with the National Medal of the Arts by president Donald Trump on Wednesday. The presentation took place on the same day the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump for a historic second time in the wake of the …
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Miranda Lambert joins pop icon Barry Gibb and Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan on a groove-heavy new recording of “Jive Talkin’,” from Gibb’s newly released album Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1. Featuring appearances by Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, and Dolly Parton, the project emphasizes the songwriting roots of …
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Back in May, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires premiered his new album Reunions during a stripped-down livestream concert at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl. On New Year’s Eve, the songwriter will return to the venue with Shires and his full band, the 400 Unit, for another livestream gig. Streaming exclusively on Fans.live, …
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Maren Morris won her first Female Vocalist of the Year award at Wednesday night’s CMA Awards and used her time onstage to honor the under-acknowledged legacy of black women in country music with an emotional acceptance speech. “There are some names in my mind that I want to give recognition …
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Update (9/18): Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have added an additional show at the Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee. The new socially distanced concert is set for October 8th. *** Last October, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit were gearing up to play a seven-show residency at the Ryman Auditorium …
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Roots-music trio Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band adds a fourth member in Dom Flemons for a high-octane cover of “Shake Your Money Maker.” The musicians convened at Sun Records Studio in Memphis in late 2019 to re-create the Elmore James blues standard, which they had first performed together as a …
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Sheryl Crow has announced a pair of virtual at-home concerts, titled “Songs From the Big Green Barn.” The shows will take place at — you guessed it — Crow’s Big Green Barn in Nashville, and will consist of an “Outside” performance on Friday, September 18th, at 9 p.m. ET, and …
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