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Robyn Hitchcock has long been known both for his open-minded creativity and for his love for psychedelic music and imagery. In a new video for his Robyn Hitchcock track “Sayonara Judge,” Hitchcock and director Hugh Hales-Tooke, who have known each other since Hitchcock’s days with the Soft Boys in the …

The Country Music Association announced the nominees for the 52nd annual CMA Awards on Tuesday morning in Nashville, with Chris Stapleton leading all nominees with five. The bearded, big-voiced singer-songwriter scored nods in the Entertainer, Album, Male Vocalist, Song and Single of the Year categories on the strength of his …

The Allman Brothers Band recorded “Blue Sky” in September 1971, one month before guitarist Duane Allman took a joyride through the streets of Macon, Georgia, and suffered a fatal crash on his motorcycle. Nearly 50 years later, solo artists Devon Allman and Duane Betts — the sons of fellow Allman …

There’s no better therapy for an artist like Luke Combs than to pick up his guitar and play, which is exactly what he does in the new video for his heartbreak power ballad “She Got the Best of Me,” the latest single to be released from his expanded This One’s …

Elle King plays a charismatic cult leader in the flashy music video for her new song “Shame,” the lead single from an upcoming album. Blinged out in a fur coat and gold jewelry, the cane-wielding “Ex’s and Oh’s” singer luxuriates in a palm tree-laden mansion in the “Shame” video, directed …

Dawn Landes made a deliberate choice about what kind of music she hoped to make when she approached Monument Records founder Fred Foster about producing her new album. Even so, Landes still had to prove her artistic worth to the 86-year-old Country Music Hall of Fame member, who had mostly …

Danielle Bradbery and Thomas Rhett team up on the wistful new duet “Goodbye Summer,” an updated version of Bradbery’s solo tune “Hello Summer.” It’s a deceptive title, implying blue skies and tan lines along with every other popular country cliché. While those things do hover in the background, the story …

The key ingredients for any great music fest include a stellar and eclectic lineup and a scenic venue, and the 2018 edition of Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, checked both those boxes. Situated on the banks of the Ohio River, where the views at sunset are worth a ticket price …

Shania Twain is already eight weeks into her Now Tour, but while her name may be on the marquee, she’s not going it alone: the country superstar is accompanied by an entourage of musicians, dancers and crew who help produce the elaborate stage show that took months to coordinate and …

Lady Antebellum isn’t quite through their first song (“We Owned the Night”) at Colorado’s famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre, but singer Hillary Scott can’t pull the smile off her face – the Monday night gig marks not only the band’s first show of 2018, but its first ever gig at Red …