Blackberry Smoke lean way into their country side on the twangy “Lonesome for a Livin’,” a collaboration with Jamey Johnson that appears on the Southern-rock band’s new album, You Hear Georgia. Written by Blackberry Smoke singer Charlie Starr and Johnson, “Lonesome for a Livin’” is traditional country weeper, accented by …
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Willie Nelson & Family and Hank Williams Jr. will headline the inaugural Born & Raised Music Festival. Set for Pryor, Oklahoma, the three-day fest runs June 5th through 7th and features an impressively curated mix of traditional country artists like Nelson and Williams, Red Dirt acts like Cody Canada & …
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Last October, during the final encore of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s annual residency at the Ryman Auditorium, Amanda Shires traded solos with dobro master Jerry Douglas during a Celtic-influenced cover of Tom Petty‘s “You Got Lucky.” Twelve months later, she’s covering the song once again, this time as …
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