Ronnie Milsap will play his final Nashville concert Tuesday night, a guest-heavy salute to the piano player featuring Kelly Clarkson, Little Big Town, Sara Evans, Parker McCollum, Breland, Ricky Skaggs, and more. Milsap is 80 now and regarded as a pillar of country music — the Country Music Hall of Fame inducted him in 2014 — but at heart, he remains an unapologetic pop vocalist.
Listen to “Pure Love,” his 1974 Number One hit, written by Eddie Rabbitt. Only an expert in pop could successfully sell those lyrics about “milk and honey and Cap’n...
Listen to “Pure Love,” his 1974 Number One hit, written by Eddie Rabbitt. Only an expert in pop could successfully sell those lyrics about “milk and honey and Cap’n...
- 10/2/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Country music stars Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs simultaneously hold the top two spots on the coveted Billboard Hot 100, marking the first time the genre has sat in those positions in a long time.
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” continues atop the chart, with Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” coming in the number two slot. The chart measures song popularity based on radio airplay, radio airplay audience impressions, digital song sales, and streaming activity.
The last time two county stars were atop the Hot 100 was in 1981. In March of that year, Eddie Rabbitt’s “I Love a Rainy Night” and Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” held the top two spots.
For Wallen, topping the charts is becoming routine. His “Last Night” hitting No. 1 marks his 12th time in a row at No. 1. The song is part of his 2023 album One Thing at a Time.
Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s...
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” continues atop the chart, with Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” coming in the number two slot. The chart measures song popularity based on radio airplay, radio airplay audience impressions, digital song sales, and streaming activity.
The last time two county stars were atop the Hot 100 was in 1981. In March of that year, Eddie Rabbitt’s “I Love a Rainy Night” and Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” held the top two spots.
For Wallen, topping the charts is becoming routine. His “Last Night” hitting No. 1 marks his 12th time in a row at No. 1. The song is part of his 2023 album One Thing at a Time.
Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s...
- 7/2/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Voters for the Country Music Hall of Fame will be deciding their 2023 inductees in a few weeks. Vote in our poll below for your choice of who should be selected. Last year’s inductees for the class of 2022 were Joe Galante (executive), Keith Whitley (modern era) and Jerry Lew Lewis (veterans era). Other recent modern era inductees have included The Judds (2021), Marty Stuart (2020), Brooks and Dunn (2019), Ricky Skaggs (2018) and Alan Jackson (2017).
Seeacm Awards hosts: Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will emcee the country music event
Our poll strictly focuses on the modern era category, which includes any artist who first gained national prominence 20 years ago (or longer). Here are the 12 superstars you’ll find in our poll (only one will be chosen):
Clint Black
Kenny Chesney
Faith Hill
Alison Krauss
Martina McBride
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
Travis Tritt
Shania Twain
Keith Urban
Trisha Yearwood
Dwight Yoakam
The veterans category...
Seeacm Awards hosts: Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will emcee the country music event
Our poll strictly focuses on the modern era category, which includes any artist who first gained national prominence 20 years ago (or longer). Here are the 12 superstars you’ll find in our poll (only one will be chosen):
Clint Black
Kenny Chesney
Faith Hill
Alison Krauss
Martina McBride
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
Travis Tritt
Shania Twain
Keith Urban
Trisha Yearwood
Dwight Yoakam
The veterans category...
- 4/1/2023
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Shania Twain and Hillary Lindsey are among the newest musicians elected to the Nashvillle Songwriters Hall of Fame. The incoming members will be formally inducted at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala on Oct. 30 at Nashville’s Music City Center.
The Canadian-born Twain dominated the second half of the Nineties, not just in country music but in global pop as well. Many of her biggest hits, including “You’re Still the One,” “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” and “Any Man of Mine,” often writing with then-husband Mutt Lange. Her...
The Canadian-born Twain dominated the second half of the Nineties, not just in country music but in global pop as well. Many of her biggest hits, including “You’re Still the One,” “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” and “Any Man of Mine,” often writing with then-husband Mutt Lange. Her...
- 8/2/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Tony Joe White cooks up a slinky disco-country tune with “Alone at Last,” a previously unreleased song from Light in the Attic’s third installment of its popular Country Funk series. Country Funk Volume III (1975 – 1982) will be available August 6th.
No stranger to creating backwoods funk burners, the late Tony Joe White feels almost dressed up on “Alone at Last” by comparison to “Polk Salad Annie.” A taut bassline, scratchy electric guitar, and rubbery disco groove keep things moving, while a shimmering electric piano creates an atmosphere of late-night desire.
No stranger to creating backwoods funk burners, the late Tony Joe White feels almost dressed up on “Alone at Last” by comparison to “Polk Salad Annie.” A taut bassline, scratchy electric guitar, and rubbery disco groove keep things moving, while a shimmering electric piano creates an atmosphere of late-night desire.
- 8/5/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The bright horns and slapping bass of Dolly Parton’s “Sure Thing,” the disco harmonies of Conway Twitty’s “Night Fires,” and the swagger of Ronnie Milsap’s “Get It Up” all get their due on Country Funk Volume III (1975-1982), the latest installment of Light in the Attic Records’ compilation series.
Slated for release on August 6th, the 17-track set is the first in the series to include music from the Eighties. Twitty’s Heart & Soul album, which featured the machismo-heavy “Night Fires,” was released in 1980; Jerry Reed...
Slated for release on August 6th, the 17-track set is the first in the series to include music from the Eighties. Twitty’s Heart & Soul album, which featured the machismo-heavy “Night Fires,” was released in 1980; Jerry Reed...
- 7/1/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
For a few freewheeling days in June of 1970, Elvis Presley assembled some of Nashville’s best sessions players to jam in RCA Studio B on Music Row. Elvis chose the songs himself, everything from Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Bob Wills’ “Faded Love” to Willie Nelson’s “Funny How Time Slips Away” and Eddie Rabbitt’s “Patch It Up.” The sessions were marathon affairs, and naturally the musicians — and Elvis — would get hungry.
Charlie McCoy, the multi-tool player who first recorded with Elvis on the soundtrack to 1965’s awful Harum Scarum,...
Charlie McCoy, the multi-tool player who first recorded with Elvis on the soundtrack to 1965’s awful Harum Scarum,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
In June 1970, Elvis Presley made the trip east from his Graceland home in Memphis to Nashville, where he holed up in RCA Studio B on Music Row for five days of recording. Presley, who was in the midst of his Las Vegas comeback at the International Hotel, was joined by Music City sessions players like Charlie McCoy and Norbert Putnam — the legendary “Nashville Cats.” The result came to be known among fans as the “marathon sessions.”
Now, a new four-disc compilation assembles the masters from those halcyon days and captures Presley at his energetic best.
Now, a new four-disc compilation assembles the masters from those halcyon days and captures Presley at his energetic best.
- 8/7/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
As country singers go, Crystal Gayle has long been a sparkling diamond in a rhinestone world. While the singer’s recently released You Don’t Know Me beautifully showcases her elegant, middle-of-the-road vocal delivery — a quality that led her to become one of the most successful crossover artists of the late Seventies — the record also pays homage to Gayle’s deep, abiding connection to vintage country music.
In the process, it becomes a heartwarming family affair as well. That family includes two sisters who co-wrote a country classic, “Don’t...
In the process, it becomes a heartwarming family affair as well. That family includes two sisters who co-wrote a country classic, “Don’t...
- 10/26/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Two and a half years after their debut LP On the Rocks introduced the world to Midland’s infinitely fun, boot-stompin’ Eighties-country-in-an-Instagram-filter sound, their new single finds the trio not planning to leave the honky-tonk anytime soon. “Mr. Lonely” is a mischievous, Texas dance hall-inspired tune in the spirit of Eddie Rabbitt written by the band (singer Mark Wystrach, guitarist Jess Carson and bassist Cameron Duddy) alongside Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne.
Complete with a pedal steel solo from Paul Franklin and some boogie guitar, “Mr. Lonely” is a tongue-in-cheek...
Complete with a pedal steel solo from Paul Franklin and some boogie guitar, “Mr. Lonely” is a tongue-in-cheek...
- 3/29/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
On Monday morning, Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens and former label executive Jerry Bradley were announced as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Television and radio host Bill Cody, filling in for an under-the-weather Reba McEntire, handled hosting duties for the live-streamed event in the museum’s rotunda, where plaques of the inductees are placed. As usual, the three inductees were from the Modern Era, the Veterans Era and a rotating category, which this year is the Non Performer designation.
Modern Era inductees Brooks & Dunn are country...
Television and radio host Bill Cody, filling in for an under-the-weather Reba McEntire, handled hosting duties for the live-streamed event in the museum’s rotunda, where plaques of the inductees are placed. As usual, the three inductees were from the Modern Era, the Veterans Era and a rotating category, which this year is the Non Performer designation.
Modern Era inductees Brooks & Dunn are country...
- 3/18/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Reggie Young, whose guitar playing graced hundreds of rock, pop and country records by everyone from Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley to George Strait and Merle Haggard, died Thursday at his home in Leipers Fork, Tennessee, just outside Nashville. He was 82.
As lead guitarist for the Memphis Boys, the house band at American Studios, Young played on more than 100 of the most recognizable hits of late Sixties and early Seventies, including Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” and “In the Ghetto,” followed by a brief stint in Atlanta before relocating to Music City.
As lead guitarist for the Memphis Boys, the house band at American Studios, Young played on more than 100 of the most recognizable hits of late Sixties and early Seventies, including Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” and “In the Ghetto,” followed by a brief stint in Atlanta before relocating to Music City.
- 1/18/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Blake Shelton returned to the Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform, in the host’s words, “the song he sings to Gwen Stefani every night.” That tune, the romantic “Turnin’ Me On,” is the third single from Shelton’s Texoma Shore LP, co-written by the artist with Josh Osborne and Jessi Alexander.
Texoma Shore, the follow-up to the country star’s 2016 album If I’m Honest, takes its name from the Texas and Oklahoma body of water Lake Texoma, near where Shelton recorded the LP. He released the steamy song as a single earlier this summer.
Texoma Shore, the follow-up to the country star’s 2016 album If I’m Honest, takes its name from the Texas and Oklahoma body of water Lake Texoma, near where Shelton recorded the LP. He released the steamy song as a single earlier this summer.
- 12/20/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Blake Shelton has added a new entry in his “Friends and Heroes” series, releasing an appropriately anxious cover of Eddie Rabbitt’s 1979 hit “Every Which Way but Loose.” It joins Shelton’s recent covers of Bobby Bare’s “Tequila Sheila” and George Jones’ “The King Is Gone.”
The Voice coach plays it straight with his version, preserving the double-tracked vocal passages and string flourishes of Rabbitt’s original as he puts himself in the shoes of a guy trying to work out some complicated feelings about a lover. Shelton brings...
The Voice coach plays it straight with his version, preserving the double-tracked vocal passages and string flourishes of Rabbitt’s original as he puts himself in the shoes of a guy trying to work out some complicated feelings about a lover. Shelton brings...
- 11/30/2018
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The Peabody award-winning The Leftovers concludes on Sunday, June 4 and through its three seasons, the show has become just as acclaimed for its music as its incredible story, writing and acting.
While the HBO series is no stranger to change (season one's opening titles used an original piece by composer Max Richter, and season two used Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be"), season three has gone even further, adapting the theme song to each episode. "[It was showrunner] Damon Lindelof's decision," music supervisor Liza Richardson tells Et by phone, adding that the music choices on the series vary between her and Lindelof's allegiance to certain artists, love of repetition and the desire to "surprise."
Exclusive: Damon Lindelof on Ending ‘Leftovers’ in the Wake of ‘Lost’
"Hopefully all the main title choices are all very surprising for the audience, whether you know the song or not," she says. And while title choices serve as an ode to that specific...
While the HBO series is no stranger to change (season one's opening titles used an original piece by composer Max Richter, and season two used Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be"), season three has gone even further, adapting the theme song to each episode. "[It was showrunner] Damon Lindelof's decision," music supervisor Liza Richardson tells Et by phone, adding that the music choices on the series vary between her and Lindelof's allegiance to certain artists, love of repetition and the desire to "surprise."
Exclusive: Damon Lindelof on Ending ‘Leftovers’ in the Wake of ‘Lost’
"Hopefully all the main title choices are all very surprising for the audience, whether you know the song or not," she says. And while title choices serve as an ode to that specific...
- 5/30/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
"Look at him!" Dierks Bentley laughed, pointing toward Luke Bryan who was passing by with a drink in each hand. "He's got two drinks! No respect for the show!" With a wide grin, Bryan retorted, "I'm trying to get my wife drunk!" When Nashville's A-list gathered for a special People photo before the taping of the 10th Annual Acm Honors, the atmosphere was more family reunion than formal event, and the good-natured barbs flowed as freely as the booze. Once country's wildest child, Acm Honoree Tanya Tucker proved that at 57, she's as rowdy as ever when she pretended to flash...
- 9/9/2016
- by Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
"Look at him!" Dierks Bentley laughed, pointing toward Luke Bryan who was passing by with a drink in each hand. "He's got two drinks! No respect for the show!" With a wide grin, Bryan retorted, "I'm trying to get my wife drunk!" When Nashville's A-list gathered for a special People photo before the taping of the 10th Annual Acm Honors, the atmosphere was more family reunion than formal event, and the good-natured barbs flowed as freely as the booze. Once country's wildest child, Acm Honoree Tanya Tucker proved that at 57, she's as rowdy as ever when she pretended to flash...
- 9/9/2016
- by Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
The 10th Annual Acm Honors has finalized its line-up - and you're definitely going to want to tune in! Alicia Keys, Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Dan + Shay and The Band Perry are the last additions to the star-studded list of performers, it was announced Thursday. The artists will join previously announced acts Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Cam, Toby Keith, Maren Morris, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban and hosts Lady Antebellum. Carrie Underwood's hubby Mike Fisher, Emmylou Harris, Martina McBride and Thomas Rhett have also been added as presenters. Related: Miranda Lambert Releases New Single,...
- 8/25/2016
- by Danielle Anderson, @dak5000
- PEOPLE.com
A review of tonight's "The Americans" coming up just as soon as I have a friend in Japan named Hirohito... "The Americans" was set in the early '80s because the period features the last great gasp of the Cold War, but it also happens to be an important transitional era for espionage in general. It's still an analog world where human intelligence is still the main driver of the field, but we're just starting to get to the point where machines could duplicate or even surpass what could be obtained through people in the field like Philip, Elizabeth or Stan. And "Arpanet," in addition to advancing many of this season's big arcs, tells a pair of linked tales of Russian man (and woman) vs. American machine, with Oleg coaching Nina on how to fool the polygraph, Philip trying to get access to Arpanet — and having to rely on the...
- 4/10/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Fox Scene from “Mash Off,” an episode of “Glee.”
Wow, that was a huge slap heard ’round the world, because wake up, fans, that “Mash Off” episode was one of the best ones yet. It left you hanging for more.
Tight character story lines, well sung songs, and extremely intricate choreography made this a knockout. (And no, that’s not a dodgeball term.) The mash-up episodes every season can be hit or miss, but this year was perfected to the nth degree.
Wow, that was a huge slap heard ’round the world, because wake up, fans, that “Mash Off” episode was one of the best ones yet. It left you hanging for more.
Tight character story lines, well sung songs, and extremely intricate choreography made this a knockout. (And no, that’s not a dodgeball term.) The mash-up episodes every season can be hit or miss, but this year was perfected to the nth degree.
- 11/16/2011
- by Raymund Flandez
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
It's that time again, Gleeks!
In advance of Tuesday's (Nov. 15) episode of "Glee," Fox has posted the tunes from the episode on the official Glee the Music page. In "Mash-Off," the McKinley high gang tackles that fun but not-always-successful musical topic of mashups.
This time, it appears the New Directions are facing off against their new in-school rivals, the Troubletones. The mashups mostly tackle one artist -- the first features both glee clubs taking on Pat Benatar with "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"/"One Way or Another," while the second sees New Directions put their goody-goody spin on Hall & Oates' "I Can't Go for That"/"You Make My Dreams Come True."
We've already talked about how flawless the Troubletones' Adele mashup of "Rumor Has It" and "Someone Like You" is, but you should probably watch it again just so you know for sure.
Shelby and Mr. Schue duet on dueling "You & I" songs,...
In advance of Tuesday's (Nov. 15) episode of "Glee," Fox has posted the tunes from the episode on the official Glee the Music page. In "Mash-Off," the McKinley high gang tackles that fun but not-always-successful musical topic of mashups.
This time, it appears the New Directions are facing off against their new in-school rivals, the Troubletones. The mashups mostly tackle one artist -- the first features both glee clubs taking on Pat Benatar with "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"/"One Way or Another," while the second sees New Directions put their goody-goody spin on Hall & Oates' "I Can't Go for That"/"You Make My Dreams Come True."
We've already talked about how flawless the Troubletones' Adele mashup of "Rumor Has It" and "Someone Like You" is, but you should probably watch it again just so you know for sure.
Shelby and Mr. Schue duet on dueling "You & I" songs,...
- 11/11/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I've had my iPod Touch for a month, and I've discovered an alarming trend: Anytime David Archuleta's "Crush" comes on — which is apparently often, since it's on my Top 25 Most Played — I hit the little tab on the upper right of the screen to hide his photo. Why? Because I can't chance that someone might see his face in the 45 seconds it takes for the screen to go dark — and just turning the iPod over doesn't seem quite safe enough. Is this something everyone does — flipping the screen to reveal the tiny track title only on the embarrassing tunes — or just me? If you are a flipper, on what songs? After the jump, my (alleged) Top 25 Most Played List, which includes three more flips. 1. "More Like Her" by Miranda Lambert 2. "You're an Angel, and I'm Gonna Cry" by Chris Thile 3. "Keep on Trying" by Poco 4. "When Did Your Heart Go Missing?...
- 9/2/2009
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
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