The contributions of Black artists to country music have been marginalized, minimized, and, in some cases, wholly erased from the genre’s history. A group of songwriters, singers, activists, and journalists aimed to set the record straight on Wednesday during a live panel discussion in Nashville. Dubbed “Act III: A Conversation Around ‘Three Chords and the Actual Truth,’” the event was presented by the Black Music Action Coalition and the org’s co-founder, president, and CEO, Willie “Prophet” Stiggers.
Scholar and songwriter Alice Randall, who co-wrote Trisha Yearwood’s 1995 Number...
Scholar and songwriter Alice Randall, who co-wrote Trisha Yearwood’s 1995 Number...
- 5/18/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter helped shine a light on the ongoing conversation surrounding country music in relation to Black musicians. Now, a new CNN FlashDoc called Call Me Country: Beyoncé and Nashville’s Renaissance, out April 26 on Max, will dive even deeper into the issues and hurdles Black artists have long faced in the genre.
The Call Me Country trailer, which dropped on Tuesday, teases analysis and conversations surrounding Queen Bey’s history-making LP and how it ignited a conversation surrounding the treatment of Black artists in a white-dominated music genre and industry.
The Call Me Country trailer, which dropped on Tuesday, teases analysis and conversations surrounding Queen Bey’s history-making LP and how it ignited a conversation surrounding the treatment of Black artists in a white-dominated music genre and industry.
- 4/23/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
As Willie Nelson once sang, there’s no place but Texas — and some of country music’s hallmark awards shows seem to agree. In the past two years, two big-budget ceremonies have been staged not in Nashville but in the Lone Star State. On Sunday, the CMT Music Awards, airing on CBS, made their return to Austin for a second consecutive year and leaned hard into all the trappings of Texas.
Native son Cody Johnson opened the show with an everything-is-bigger performance of a song called “That’s Texas.” Cowboy hats were ubiquitous,...
Native son Cody Johnson opened the show with an everything-is-bigger performance of a song called “That’s Texas.” Cowboy hats were ubiquitous,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé‘s new album Cowboy Carter was represented at the 2024 CMT Music Awards held at Moody Center on Sunday (April 7) in Austin, Tex.
Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts and Brittney Spencer all took to the stage to present an award together.
The four country music artists are all featured on Beyoncé‘s cover of “Blackbiird” on her latest album Cowboy Carter.
Tanner also lends vocals to the album’s opening track “American Requiem,” while Tiera, Reyna and Brittney all sing harmonies on “Tyrant.”
On the red carpet earlier in the night, Tanner talked about working on the song and hearing it for the first time.
“You know, I found out, along with the rest of the world, what all of this sounded like and looked like,” she told Billboard. “It was just as much a gift for me as I know it was for everybody else.
Another artist who worked on Cowboy Carter,...
Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts and Brittney Spencer all took to the stage to present an award together.
The four country music artists are all featured on Beyoncé‘s cover of “Blackbiird” on her latest album Cowboy Carter.
Tanner also lends vocals to the album’s opening track “American Requiem,” while Tiera, Reyna and Brittney all sing harmonies on “Tyrant.”
On the red carpet earlier in the night, Tanner talked about working on the song and hearing it for the first time.
“You know, I found out, along with the rest of the world, what all of this sounded like and looked like,” she told Billboard. “It was just as much a gift for me as I know it was for everybody else.
Another artist who worked on Cowboy Carter,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Parker McCollum and Brittney Spencer delivered the hard-hearted breakup anthem “Burn It Down” to the 2024 CMT Music Awards stage on Sunday.
The “Compassion” singer appeared in an embellished red dress, while McCollum took the stage in a fitted black t-shirt and cap as the pair performed against a backdrop of literal flames. Spencer’s soaring vocals elevated the radio hit as the pair took on the smoldering chorus: “Burn it down ’til it’s ashes and smoke/Burn it down to the smolderin’ coal/Burn it down ’til I don’t want you no more.
The “Compassion” singer appeared in an embellished red dress, while McCollum took the stage in a fitted black t-shirt and cap as the pair performed against a backdrop of literal flames. Spencer’s soaring vocals elevated the radio hit as the pair took on the smoldering chorus: “Burn it down ’til it’s ashes and smoke/Burn it down to the smolderin’ coal/Burn it down ’til I don’t want you no more.
- 4/8/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé has landed another No. 1 album with Cowboy Carter.
Her country music album bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, according to Billboard and Luminate. Cowboy Carter, which dropped March 29, debuted with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the week ending April 4.
This marks Beyoncé’s eighth No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200. It also marks the biggest week for an album so far in 2024, and the biggest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which debuted with 1.653 million units in November.
It’s also Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units in May 2016.
In addition, the album debuted atop several other Billboard charts, including Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales.
Beyoncé boasts another record, becoming the first Black woman ever to top the Top Country Albums list, which was created in 1964. Cowboy Carter also notched the biggest week...
Her country music album bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, according to Billboard and Luminate. Cowboy Carter, which dropped March 29, debuted with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the week ending April 4.
This marks Beyoncé’s eighth No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200. It also marks the biggest week for an album so far in 2024, and the biggest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which debuted with 1.653 million units in November.
It’s also Beyoncé’s biggest week since Lemonade debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units in May 2016.
In addition, the album debuted atop several other Billboard charts, including Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales.
Beyoncé boasts another record, becoming the first Black woman ever to top the Top Country Albums list, which was created in 1964. Cowboy Carter also notched the biggest week...
- 4/7/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sir Paul McCartney is a fan of the Cowboy Carter rendition of his song, Blackbird, which he originally wrote in 1968.
“I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird,'” McCartney wrote Thursday on Instagram. “I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place. I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!”
Beyoncé called him to discuss the song before recording it. “I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it,” he wrote. “I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song. When I saw the footage on the...
“I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird,'” McCartney wrote Thursday on Instagram. “I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place. I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!”
Beyoncé called him to discuss the song before recording it. “I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it,” he wrote. “I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song. When I saw the footage on the...
- 4/4/2024
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul McCartney has praised Beyoncé for her interpretation of “Blackbird,” calling it “a magnificent version” that “reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place.”
“I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!” McCartney wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday.
“I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it. I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song. When I saw the footage on the television in the early 60s of the black girls being turned away from school, I found it shocking and I can’t believe that still in these days there are places where this kind of thing is happening right now.
“I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!” McCartney wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday.
“I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it. I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song. When I saw the footage on the television in the early 60s of the black girls being turned away from school, I found it shocking and I can’t believe that still in these days there are places where this kind of thing is happening right now.
- 4/4/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Paul McCartney applauded Beyoncé’s rendition of the White Album classic “Blackbird” in a statement posted Thursday on the Beatles legend’s social media.
“I am so happy with [Beyoncé’s] version of my song ‘Blackbird,'” McCartney wrote alongside a photo of the singers together. “I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place. I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out.
“I am so happy with [Beyoncé’s] version of my song ‘Blackbird,'” McCartney wrote alongside a photo of the singers together. “I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place. I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out.
- 4/4/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
In November 2016, at the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards, Beyoncé performed “Daddy Lessons,” her first explicit foray into country music. On the emotionally intimate, vervy album Lemonade, the song felt inspired by the singer’s Southern origins. Onstage, accompanied by The Chicks and a band wielding the full power of acoustic guitars, horns and harmonicas, it became a full-throated declaration — an affirmation of all that came with Beyoncé’s roots in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.
The backlash to her performance was swift and predictably racist. In a recording of that moment, the camera quickly cuts away from parts of the audience largely unmoved by Beyoncé’s enthusiastic invitation to clap along. On social media, detractors expressed their anger at the musician’s inclusion. A month later, the Recording Academy rejected “Daddy Lessons” as a country entry for the Grammys, setting the stage for a contentious battle about who and...
The backlash to her performance was swift and predictably racist. In a recording of that moment, the camera quickly cuts away from parts of the audience largely unmoved by Beyoncé’s enthusiastic invitation to clap along. On social media, detractors expressed their anger at the musician’s inclusion. A month later, the Recording Academy rejected “Daddy Lessons” as a country entry for the Grammys, setting the stage for a contentious battle about who and...
- 4/3/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jack White was greeted with a bouquet of flowers recently. They were from Beyoncé.
On Tuesday, the musician shared a photo of the (literal) flowers Beyoncé sent him after she released her album Cowboy Carter, and they included a sweet note acknowledging how he inspired her new record.
“I just wanted you to know how much you inspired me on this record,” Beyoncé wrote, signing it: “Sending you my love.”
White shared a photo of the flowers on her Instagram, thanking Queen Bey for the gesture.
“What a sweet gesture...
On Tuesday, the musician shared a photo of the (literal) flowers Beyoncé sent him after she released her album Cowboy Carter, and they included a sweet note acknowledging how he inspired her new record.
“I just wanted you to know how much you inspired me on this record,” Beyoncé wrote, signing it: “Sending you my love.”
White shared a photo of the flowers on her Instagram, thanking Queen Bey for the gesture.
“What a sweet gesture...
- 4/2/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is a landmark provocation that dares the country music establishment to look itself in the eye. Nashville has spent decades marginalizing Black women like Linda Martell and Rhiannon Giddens, and outright ignoring the likes of Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, and Reyna Roberts. Beyoncé, inspired at least partially by the ugly fallout from her appearance alongside the Chicks at the CMAs in 2016, is now playing a game of chicken with Music Row. Are they really going to ignore one of the most prominent Black artists of the last 20 years when she comes to the gates of their white picket fences? And, if so, how are they going to reconcile that with their insistence that of course we aren’t racist with the fact that Beyoncé has proven that she knows exactly what she’s doing and why.
Every choice Beyoncé has made on Cowboy Carter betrays a...
Every choice Beyoncé has made on Cowboy Carter betrays a...
- 4/2/2024
- by Jonathan Keefe
- Slant Magazine
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is galloping on Spotify and bringing other Black country-based artists for the ride.
Since the album’s release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts like Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Shaboozey — who all appear on Cowboy Carter — has increased in the past week.
Spencer saw an uptick of 170 percent in first-time listeners, Roberts and Tanner Adell both went up 125 percent, and Tiera Kennedy’s first-time listens were increased by 110 percent. Spencer, Reynolds, Adell and Kennedy collaborated with the Grammy-winning superstar on a cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird,” the second track on Cowboy Carter.
From left: Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Tiera Kennedy
Willie Jones, who appears alongside Beyoncé on “Just for Fun,” saw an uptick of 75 percent in first-time listeners, and Shaboozey, who is featured on “Sweet/Honey/Buckiin’” and “Spaghetti,” went up 70 percent.
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just...
Since the album’s release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts like Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Shaboozey — who all appear on Cowboy Carter — has increased in the past week.
Spencer saw an uptick of 170 percent in first-time listeners, Roberts and Tanner Adell both went up 125 percent, and Tiera Kennedy’s first-time listens were increased by 110 percent. Spencer, Reynolds, Adell and Kennedy collaborated with the Grammy-winning superstar on a cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird,” the second track on Cowboy Carter.
From left: Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones and Tiera Kennedy
Willie Jones, who appears alongside Beyoncé on “Just for Fun,” saw an uptick of 75 percent in first-time listeners, and Shaboozey, who is featured on “Sweet/Honey/Buckiin’” and “Spaghetti,” went up 70 percent.
And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just...
- 4/1/2024
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jon Batiste is giving high praise to Beyoncé, with whom he collaborated on a new country music album, Cowboy Carter.
Beyoncé dropped the 27-track album Friday, but she made history last month with the release of single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. That made her the first Black woman to accomplish such a feat, according to Billboard.
Batiste, who was one of several collaborators on Cowboy Carter, praised the Grammy-winning singer for her role in breaking down barriers across music genres.
“This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.
He added: “Quincy Jones told me, as he also wrote in his forward to my We Are album, ‘it’s up to you to de categorize American music!! ,’ which is what Duke Ellington told him. I really believe that is our generations role,...
Beyoncé dropped the 27-track album Friday, but she made history last month with the release of single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. That made her the first Black woman to accomplish such a feat, according to Billboard.
Batiste, who was one of several collaborators on Cowboy Carter, praised the Grammy-winning singer for her role in breaking down barriers across music genres.
“This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.
He added: “Quincy Jones told me, as he also wrote in his forward to my We Are album, ‘it’s up to you to de categorize American music!! ,’ which is what Duke Ellington told him. I really believe that is our generations role,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From the start of Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé makes it clear this ain’t your typical country album. Opening epic “Ameriican Requiem” is part gospel, part-Queen, part-Buffalo Springfield as the artist lays out both her intentions and lineage. “Used to say I spoke ‘Too country’/And the rejection came, said I wasn’t ‘country ‘nough’/Said I wouldn’t saddle up/But if that ain’t country, tell me what is?” she sings from the gut, after listing off her bona fide country credentials.
Like everything Beyoncé has done, specifically in...
Like everything Beyoncé has done, specifically in...
- 3/30/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé is making sure her fellow Black female artists in the country space are getting their flowers too.
Amid the release of her highly-anticipated country album Cowboy Carter on Friday, the Grammy-winning singer sent flowers and cards with sweet messages to K. Michelle and Mickey Guyton to show her appreciation for what they have already done in the genre.
“Thank you for opening doors for me, queen. Keep shining. Love and respect, Beyoncé,” she wrote to Guyton, along with a stunning bouquet of white flowers.
In her card to K. Michelle, the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer said, “You’re killing it! I love what you’ve been doing and I know it’s not easy to enter a new space. Sending you positivity and respect. I hope to meet you one day. Love, Beyoncé.”
Guyton became the first Black female solo artist to be nominated for a Grammy in a...
Amid the release of her highly-anticipated country album Cowboy Carter on Friday, the Grammy-winning singer sent flowers and cards with sweet messages to K. Michelle and Mickey Guyton to show her appreciation for what they have already done in the genre.
“Thank you for opening doors for me, queen. Keep shining. Love and respect, Beyoncé,” she wrote to Guyton, along with a stunning bouquet of white flowers.
In her card to K. Michelle, the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer said, “You’re killing it! I love what you’ve been doing and I know it’s not easy to enter a new space. Sending you positivity and respect. I hope to meet you one day. Love, Beyoncé.”
Guyton became the first Black female solo artist to be nominated for a Grammy in a...
- 3/30/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The second track on Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé’s country album on the cover of which the singer wears red, white, and blue, and carries an American flag — is a take on a song by notoriously British band, The Beatles. At first glance, the cover of “Blackbird,” while beautiful, may seem like an outlier. Other artists featured on the album include country icons like Dolly Parton, Linda Martell, and Willie Nelson. The Beatles’ song makes more sense on the album than it may initially seem, though.
Beyoncé covers The Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ on ‘Cowboy Carter’
Cowboy Carter features a luminous, true-to-the-original cover of “Blackbird.” Beyoncé sings the song, accompanied by the harmonies of Black country artists Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Brittney Spencer, and Reyna Roberts. The folky, White Album classic is an unexpected addition to the country album. It’s also a crucial one.
Paul McCartney, who wrote the song in 1968, explained his inspiration for “Blackbird.
Beyoncé covers The Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ on ‘Cowboy Carter’
Cowboy Carter features a luminous, true-to-the-original cover of “Blackbird.” Beyoncé sings the song, accompanied by the harmonies of Black country artists Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Brittney Spencer, and Reyna Roberts. The folky, White Album classic is an unexpected addition to the country album. It’s also a crucial one.
Paul McCartney, who wrote the song in 1968, explained his inspiration for “Blackbird.
- 3/29/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Among the guests appearances on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter are a few newer names country fans may recognize. Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, and Reyna Roberts pop in to sing with Beyoncé on “Blackbiird,” a reimagining of the Beatles 1968 song “Blackbird” (the “ii” signifies the LP is the second installment in the singer’s three-album project).
Adell is a rising country star who dropped her debut album, Buckle Bunny, last summer. Her inclusion on Cowboy Carter is of note because she seems to have manifested it herself. In February,...
Adell is a rising country star who dropped her debut album, Buckle Bunny, last summer. Her inclusion on Cowboy Carter is of note because she seems to have manifested it herself. In February,...
- 3/29/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncè tried to break the internet in her Super Bowl commercial and wound up breaking our brains with the announcement of her newest album Cowboy Carter, dropping tomorrow.
Confirmed songs for the highly anticipated release reveal collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Tanner Adell and more, according to Variety. Additionally, country legends Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Linda Martell will all be featured in interludes on the album.
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Confirmed songs for the highly anticipated release reveal collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Tanner Adell and more, according to Variety. Additionally, country legends Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Linda Martell will all be featured in interludes on the album.
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- 3/28/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
The lineup for CMA Fest 2024 is out and it emphasizes a new era of country music. While veterans Luke Bryan and Keith Urban, and the seemingly never-to-retire Lynyrd Skynyrd, are set to play the festival’s biggest stage, the roster is heavy on young talent: Hardy, Lainey Wilson, Kelsea Ballerini, Megan Moroney, Parker McCollum, Jelly Roll, and Brothers Osborne will all perform at the nightly concerts at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.
Kicking off Thursday, June 6, and running through Sunday night, June 9, CMA Fest features hundreds of artist performing on 10 stages...
Kicking off Thursday, June 6, and running through Sunday night, June 9, CMA Fest features hundreds of artist performing on 10 stages...
- 3/14/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick delivered another farm fresh special, this time with a sweet rendition of Beyoncé’s hit “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
The couple shared a video on Instagram, alongside the caption: “Monday morning serenade. @beyonce #texasholdem.” Playing to an audience of farm friends, Bacon took care of the acoustics while Sedgwick provided back up vocals.
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“Texas Hold ‘Em” swooped the Number One spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart on Monday — Beyoncé’s ninth time atop the...
The couple shared a video on Instagram, alongside the caption: “Monday morning serenade. @beyonce #texasholdem.” Playing to an audience of farm friends, Bacon took care of the acoustics while Sedgwick provided back up vocals.
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“Texas Hold ‘Em” swooped the Number One spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart on Monday — Beyoncé’s ninth time atop the...
- 2/27/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Beyonce’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” has topped Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, the publication announced on Monday, marking the singer’s ninth time atop the chart as a solo artist and the 13th in total when including her songs with Destiny’s Child.
“Texas Hold ‘Em” dethroned Jack Harlow’s “Lovin On Me,” which had spent much of 2024 at Number One — save for Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” at the start of the new year and for the debuts of Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And” and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hiss.
“Texas Hold ‘Em” dethroned Jack Harlow’s “Lovin On Me,” which had spent much of 2024 at Number One — save for Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” at the start of the new year and for the debuts of Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And” and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hiss.
- 2/26/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
TikTok-er Tayler Holder is one of the platform’s biggest stars. Since rising to fame, he has explored his musical talents including releasing a song titled, “Human” earlier this year. Holder recently sat down with uInterview founder Erik Meers to discuss the inspiration behind the relatable song. “This year didn’t start off in the most ideal […]
The post Video Exclusive: Tayler Holder On New Music, TikTok Fame & Reyna Roberts Song appeared first on uInterview.
The post Video Exclusive: Tayler Holder On New Music, TikTok Fame & Reyna Roberts Song appeared first on uInterview.
- 6/18/2022
- by Rose Carter
- Uinterview
Mickey Guyton, Amythyst Kiah, and Breland are among the artists who appear in For Love & Country, an Amazon Music Original documentary that will explore the Black roots and evolution of country music. The film, directed by Joshua Kissi, premieres April 7 and will be available for streaming on Amazon Music and Prime Video.
In the 90-second trailer, a variety of artists representing a multitude of different sounds make appearances. It’s a range that encompasses Reyna Roberts, Allison Russell, and Jimmie Allen along with Guyton, Kiah, and Breakthrough Artist for Amazon Music Breland.
In the 90-second trailer, a variety of artists representing a multitude of different sounds make appearances. It’s a range that encompasses Reyna Roberts, Allison Russell, and Jimmie Allen along with Guyton, Kiah, and Breakthrough Artist for Amazon Music Breland.
- 3/15/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Reyna Roberts is a study in contrasts in her assertive new song “Raised Right.” The Alabama native released the country-rock anthem on Friday and it follows her 2020 single “Stompin’ Grounds.”
Built around a handclap rhythm and swampy guitar lick, “Raised Right” has Roberts outlining some fundamentals of her upbringing. “At your worst, be on your best/Do unto others like the good lord says,” she sings, waiting a beat before she adds, “Unless you cross me or my girlfriends.”
Roberts plays up those dual sides of her personality throughout the song,...
Built around a handclap rhythm and swampy guitar lick, “Raised Right” has Roberts outlining some fundamentals of her upbringing. “At your worst, be on your best/Do unto others like the good lord says,” she sings, waiting a beat before she adds, “Unless you cross me or my girlfriends.”
Roberts plays up those dual sides of her personality throughout the song,...
- 8/27/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
On Wednesday, CMT aired the concert special CMT Giants: Charley Pride, a musical tribute to the late, great Country Music Hall of Fame member, who died in late 2020 from complications related to Covid-19. The all-star list of performers included George Strait, Darius Rucker, and Gladys Knight.
Strait, who recently returned to the stage for his ongoing “Strait to Vegas” residency, gave a standout performance with his rendition of Pride’s 1970 Number One “In Anybody Goin’ to San Antone.” In true Strait fashion, he didn’t make any drastic updates to...
Strait, who recently returned to the stage for his ongoing “Strait to Vegas” residency, gave a standout performance with his rendition of Pride’s 1970 Number One “In Anybody Goin’ to San Antone.” In true Strait fashion, he didn’t make any drastic updates to...
- 8/26/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Charley Pride, the Country Music Hall of Fame member who died from complications related to Covid-19 last year, will be remembered with an all-star musical special. CMT Giants: Charley Pride, premiering August 25th at 9 p.m. Et on CMT, pays tribute to the “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” singer through a series of performances and interviews.
Along with appearances by Pride’s son Dion and his widow Rozene, CMT Giants includes performances by George Strait, Garth Brooks, Lee Ann Womack, Darius Rucker, Wynonna, and Alan Jackson. Jimmie Allen, Mickey Guyton,...
Along with appearances by Pride’s son Dion and his widow Rozene, CMT Giants includes performances by George Strait, Garth Brooks, Lee Ann Womack, Darius Rucker, Wynonna, and Alan Jackson. Jimmie Allen, Mickey Guyton,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Pioneering Black country superstar Charley Pride will be the subject of a 90-minute CMT special set for August, the network is announcing today, with stars like Luke Combs, Garth Brooks, Mickey Guyton and Darius Rucker participating in the commemoration.
Titled “CMT Giants: Charley Pride,” the special will be arriving when Pride-pride is still at a peak level, with his name constantly brought up in the current conversations about race and country music, and how his ascent to the top of the genre in the 1970s represented both an enormous breakthrough as well as an opportunity to keep the door open that was lost.
The special will premiere August 25 at 9 p.m. Et on the cable network.
“I am delighted to have so many ‘giants’ in the business celebrate the legacy of Pride,” said Rozene Pride, who was married to the singer for 54 years. “He would have been so happy to...
Titled “CMT Giants: Charley Pride,” the special will be arriving when Pride-pride is still at a peak level, with his name constantly brought up in the current conversations about race and country music, and how his ascent to the top of the genre in the 1970s represented both an enormous breakthrough as well as an opportunity to keep the door open that was lost.
The special will premiere August 25 at 9 p.m. Et on the cable network.
“I am delighted to have so many ‘giants’ in the business celebrate the legacy of Pride,” said Rozene Pride, who was married to the singer for 54 years. “He would have been so happy to...
- 7/15/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks Music Festival will return for its third year over Labor Day Weekend 2021. Bentley announced dates and the lineup for the festival on Monday and Tuesday, with Keith Urban, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Kip Moore among the performers. Bentley revealed the lineup via a series of cover songs he posted to Twitter.
The mountains are calling me and my favorite lineup so far to @sevenpeaksfest this year. Tune in to my socials tomorrow morning starting at 8am Cst / 7am Mst to see who’s coming.
The mountains are calling me and my favorite lineup so far to @sevenpeaksfest this year. Tune in to my socials tomorrow morning starting at 8am Cst / 7am Mst to see who’s coming.
- 6/8/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
CMT has announced the group of performers who will make up its “Next Women of Country” class of 2021, in continuation of the network’s ongoing efforts to champion female talent. The names were revealed during an episode of CMT Hot 20 Countdown and include Ashland Craft, Brittney Spencer, Chapel Hart, Hannah Dasher, Harper Grae, MacKenzie Porter, Priscilla Block, Reyna Roberts, Sacha, and Tenille Arts.
“We’re thrilled to welcome the newest class of CMT’s Next Women of Country,” Leslie Fram, CMT Senior VP, Music and Talent, said in a release.
“We’re thrilled to welcome the newest class of CMT’s Next Women of Country,” Leslie Fram, CMT Senior VP, Music and Talent, said in a release.
- 1/25/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
“Country music also looks like this,” Mickey Guyton said when she shared a video clip of Nashville artist Reyna Roberts on Twitter back in June. Roberts, seated at the piano with poppy-red hair down her back, was covering Carrie Underwood’s “Drinking Alone,” and she matched the superstar note for note — and with enough unique power that even Underwood herself took notice, tweeting support.
But Roberts, raised in California and Alabama, has her own original repertoire as well. On Friday, the 23-year-old released “Stompin’ Grounds,” a debut single that proves that anthemic,...
But Roberts, raised in California and Alabama, has her own original repertoire as well. On Friday, the 23-year-old released “Stompin’ Grounds,” a debut single that proves that anthemic,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
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