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In its original form, the Maren Morris, Zedd and Grey collaboration “The Middle” was prepped for dance glory –a summit of electronic music producers and a country-pop star embracing her inner disco diva. Since its release in January, the song has become an international hit and reached Number One on …

Beware: Spoilers ahead! With an episode that focused on the seemingly forgotten Juliette and brought the very-much-missed Hayden Panettiere back into the spotlight, the looming series finale of Nashville keeps getting closer with less and less to care about, Panettiere definitely notwithstanding. Nobody keeps Juliette in a corner (or locked …

When Tami Neilson became a mother, she began to take notice of the way people formed expectations about what she should be doing. A working musician for most of her life, the Canada-born, New Zealand-based performer was frequently asked by male colleagues and complete strangers how her sons could be …

A few weeks ago, Sam Hunt teased to country DJ Bobby Bones that new music – particularly a track called “Nothing Lasts Forever – would be emerging soon in the wake of his just-released single “Downtown’s Dead.” On Saturday, he made good on that promise, playing “Nothing Lasts Forever” at …

Instead of a planned “moment of silence” during the opening of Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, Texas-born Kelly Clarkson, who hosted the show, paid an emotional tribute to the victims of Friday’s high-school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, with a plea for “a moment of action.” Barely able to hold …

One day after releasing “Downtown’s Dead,” his first single in 15 months, Sam Hunt sat with SiriusXM host Storme Warren to discuss the new song, which depicts a guy feeling the emptiness of his constant-party existence. “There’s that line in the bridge: ‘What am I doing with my life,’ where …

Devin Dawson likes to say he has a tendency to over-write his songs. It’s a slight perfectionist streak that’s been with him at least since his teenage years – back when he was playing bass in a heavy metal band called Shadow of the Colossus, working to master the intricate, …

Bad music is more than just a matter of taste for Jason Isbell. It’s a means to, or more precisely a hindrance to, understanding other peoples’ experiences of the world. So the Grammy winner says in his new conversation with Sam Jones in the latest episode of the online Off …

Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line and Jason Aldean lead all nominees with four each at the 2018 CMT Music Awards. The nominations for the annual show honoring outstanding achievement in country music videos were announced Tuesday morning. Little Big Town have been tapped to host the awards, set for Wednesday, …

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Brent Cobb has released a new song from his upcoming third studio album Providence Canyon, issuing “Come Home Soon” on Thursday. Featuring Cobb’s south Georgia drawl over a loping, Southern rock beat and expressive slide guitar, “Come Home Soon” is a breezy but bittersweet meditation on the side …