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Country music’s libation of choice might be whiskey, but Robert Ellis swaps the booze for bubbly water on his new song, “Topo Chico.” An ode to Texas’ beloved fizzy drink from Ellis’ forthcoming LP Texas Piano Man, “Topo Chico” harkens back to the classic “Pop a Top,” with the hiss …

Eric Church fans will have the opportunity to listen in on his ambitious Double Down Tour this February, as the innovative star will broadcast four of the unique shows live on SiriusXM’s the Highway. Airing each Friday beginning February 1st from Boston, Massachusetts, the live broadcasts will feature Church’s freewheeling, …

Jason Isbell was one of the guests this past weekend on Live From Here, the musical-variety series hosted by musician Chris Thile on public radio and SiriusXM. As seen in the above clip, Isbell performed a somber rendition of the Grammy-winning “If We Were Vampires,” one of the emotional highpoints …

For his Monday night appearance on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Kane Brown opted to highlight not one of his up-tempo radio hits but a ballad album track off his latest LP Experiment. Displaying a supple baritone, Brown crooned “Homesick,” a love letter to the one he misses when …

Nashville-based country rockers the Steel Woods issue a hard-driving wake up call in “All of These Years,” a newly released track appearing on their upcoming second album Old News, out January 18th. Featuring another blast of their characteristic dark roots rock and plenty of face-melting attitude, the track owes as …

Zac Brown Band set their new song “Someone I Used to Know” to an intense music video that tells the story of a high school football star who enlists, goes to war and returns with post-traumatic stress disorder. Brown doesn’t appear in the dramatic video until the very end, when …

Nashville songwriter Jerry Chesnut, whose songs were recorded by dozens of artists including Elvis Costello and Elvis Presley, as well as George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, died Saturday in Nashville. He was 87. A native of Loyall in Kentucky’s Harlan County, Chesnut had his …

Brett Young was the guest on Tuesday’s episode of Today, performing the single “Here Tonight” from his newly released second albumTicket to L.A. Young penned the driving “Here Tonight,” which gets some beefed up drums and a rock-anthem feel on Today, with Ben Caver, Justin Ebach and Lady Antebellum‘s Charles …

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham has announced his first album release in four years, setting February 15th as the arrival date for his sixth studio LP, American Love Song. The gravel-voiced New Mexico native — who also earned an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for 2009’s “The Weary Kind,” the …

Josh Turner pauses as he enters the backstage hallway of Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, taking time to say hello and chat with Grand Ole Opry crew members as he makes the short journey to his dressing room for the evening. In just a few hours, Turner will make an appearance on …