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Maren Morris joined Ellen DeGeneres for an in-the-studio conversation on DeGeneres’ talk show on Thursday to chat about her upcoming performance on the Grammy Awards and why she thinks country music is getting more socially conscious. Morris, whose hit “The Bones” is nominated for Best Country Song at Sunday’s Grammys, …

Last March, Ben Nichols found himself in the same predicament as every other working musician: at home with an unusual amount of time on his hands. Fortunately, the singer and principal songwriter of the venerated Memphis band Lucero had just wrapped several weeks of touring in January and February, giving …

So, How Was Your 2020?is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Dierks Bentley and his family were vacationing in Colorado when the pandemic began and Tennessee schools …

Marcus King performed his song “Wildflowers & Wine” on Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, leading his band through the soul-inflected tune from his album El Dorado. Backed by a full band that includes fellow singer-songwriter Maggie Rose as one of his backup singers, South Carolina …

There’s a gentle life-lessons ballad called “Little Stuff” that wraps up Brent Cobb‘s latest album Keep ‘Em on They Toes in which he sings about seeing “heaven in the clouds.” It’s not a metaphor. Cobb, a proponent of natural mind-altering substances, was on a mushroom trip beneath a tree near …

Plenty of artists have taken to shooting their music videos at home during Covid-19, but for Miranda Lambert, the unfortunate circumstances of the pandemic have presented a unique opportunity to flex. In her new music video for “Settling Down,” directed by Trey Fanjoy, Lambert shows off her impressive farm outside …

Billy Strings hasn’t allowed the pandemic to completely quash his live game. The guitar prodigy has been consistently playing concerts — some virtual, some socially distanced or drive-in — since July. On Wednesday, Strings announced his latest show, a two-hour, crowdless livestream from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Set for Sunday, October …

Of all the Nashville artists who released albums during the pandemic, few got as raw of a deal as Kelsea Ballerini. Her third record, Kelsea, dropped March 20th, right as the uncertainty and rightful fear of Covid-19 was taking hold across the country. Music was the last thing on anyone’s …

Singer-songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan has announced dates for his “Live and Well From East Nashville” virtual tour. The three-night series kicks off with a solo acoustic show on October 13th. Tasjan, a bandleader and guitarist, will have a different approach and location for each of the three shows, which run …

Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell depict a couple having an honest, difficult conversation about abortion in the new song “The Problem.” The track’s release coincides with International Safe Abortion Day and proceeds from its sales will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, a reproductive justice organization based in Alabama. Shires wrote …