The big question last week, as the dust settled from megastar Beyoncé’s Super Bowl bombshell about releasing a country album, was whether country radio would embrace her new songs. After all, modern pop country radio doesn’t have a great […]
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I don’t know if you heard, but there was a big football game last weekend. But the real big news, obviously, was Beyoncé dropping word of a new album via a Verizon ad that aired during the game. And […]
It’s hard to imagine a voice like Mojo Nixon’s ever being silenced, but here we are. Nixon, 66, died Wednesday from a “cardiac event” aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, according to a statement from his family. Nixon merged the […]
Last week’s column brought you a preview of the presenters and performers of interest to roots music fans at the daytime Grammy Premiere Ceremony, and this week we learned who we’ll see at the main event this Sunday night. […]
The Recording Academy has announced details of the only part of its Grammy ceremony that really matters to roots music fans — the daytime Premiere Ceremony. Larkin Poe, Brandy Clark, and Gaby Moreno are among the performers for the […]
As ND’s Through the Lens columnist Amos Perrine told us last week in words and his excellent photos, the public radio performance show Mountain Stage is marking its 40th year. To mark the milestone, the NPR Music/West Virginia Public […]
The word a dictionary chooses as its “word of the year” says a lot about the year that’s been. Most times, the choice is at least partly based on the number of times people have looked up the word […]
Joshua Ray Walker has fit enough ups and downs for an entire lifetime into his 2023, it seems. In August he released a delightful album of covers, What Is It Even? (ND interview), and was booked to play one […]
Before there was Mariah Carey, before there was Wham!, there was Brenda Lee for the holidays: Her “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has been a staple on holiday radio playlists and store soundtracks pretty much constantly for decades. But […]
After taking a leave of absence from playing bass with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit last summer, Jimbo Hart announced this week that he’s making that step away permanent. “I’m no longer a member of the 400 Unit,” […]
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