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Naomi Judd—one half of the mother-daughter country duo The Judds—has died at age 76. Her daughters Wynona and Ashley Judd announced the tragic news in a statement Saturday, but did not provide details on their mother’s death. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” they […]
Following the success of his new Lil Durk collab “Broadway Girls,” country star Morgan Wallen says he’d like to work with Kendrick Lamar. The singer-songwriter has been at the center of controversy this year after a video showed him using a racial slur, for which he ended up apologizing. In a new conversation with comedian Druski on Clubhouse, per Variety, Wallen was not […]
Reba McEntire is advising fans to stay safe after testing positive for COVID-19. In a recent livestream on TikTok, the 66-year-old country music superstar shared that she and her boyfriend Rex Linn both were diagnosed, although the pair was fully vaccinated. “I just want to say one thing: this has been a hard year and it’s […]
Three people died and two are in critical condition after what officials are calling a carbon monoxide leak at a country music festival in Brooklyn, Michigan, NBC News reports. Five people in their early 20s were found unresponsive in a travel trailer at a campground near the Faster Horses Festival Saturday afternoon, a statement from the Lenawee County Sheriff’s […]
The music world has lost another legend. According to Variety, Black country artist Charley Pride died Saturday at the age of 86. His publication relations team confirmed the tragedy to the outlet, stating Pride died at his Dallas home from complications due to COVID-19. His death came about a month after he performed at the 54th Annual Country Music […]
On January 5 of next year you’ll be able to buy a children’s book authored by Lil Nas X. That news was announced via a tweet in which the man behind “Old Town Road” also revealed the name of the book. Appropriately it’ll be called C Is for Country, which may or may not be a nod […]
Taylor Swift spent her entire career putting up an apolitical front, but that all changed last October when she announced her endorsement of House member Jim Cooper and former governor of Tennessee Phil Bredesen in his race for a Senate seat on Instagram. Swift explained in her post that her silence throughout the years was due to previously being “reluctant to publicly voice my […]
During a recent interview with Taste of Country, Billy Ray Cyrus revealed that a line referencing marijuana was cut from the verse he originally wrote for Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town (Remix),” which you probably knew busted the record for most weeks sitting atop Billboard’s Hot 100. Cyrus told the outlet that he was tasked […]
The year was 1999, and Garth Brooks was presenting a new project to the world from beneath the more rock-centered alter ego of Chris Gaines. Now, the year is somehow 2019, and Childish Gambino is introducing a new generation to the one-off project’s biggest Hot 100 hit “Lost in You.” This is all made possible […]
Chart-topper and noted genre agnostic Lil Nas X has his sights set on getting booted from another chart. The rapper behind “Old Town Road” just shared a snippet of a new, rock-leaning song with Ryan Tedder and poked the chartmakers who helped turn his single into the No. 1 song in the country. POST CONTINUES BELOW […]
