- 8 years ago Sticky: What is your favorite country song?
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“Honky Tonk Heroes” has one of the best stories in country music
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: In honor of Comics Week, we’re focusing on songs with “hero” in their titles.Waylon Jennings, “Honky Tonk Heroes” (1973)Even in a town as steeped in folklore as Nashville, how Waylon Jennings came to record “Honky T
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Joe Nichols Proves Traditional Country Music Still Has a Place on the Radio
Many things about Joe Nichols’ life have been a slow build, culminating in his success over the past two years. The 38-year-old country artist has been active for almost 20 years, beginning with his eponymous 1996 debut — and though he's had hits before, even Nichols himself will tell you...
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Dierks Bentley Dishes on His Bumpy Road to Stardom: 'I Didn't See It Working Out for Me'
"My career has been like that ramp," Dierks Bentley says, crossing a dirt parking lot as he leaves a Billboard photo shoot. He nods in the direction of a long loading ramp that slopes up from the mud onto the rear of a flatbed truck. The simile isn't entirely accurate -- his career arc has included a precipitous dip in the middle -- but the idea of a gradual climb holds true for Bentley, a tortoise among hares.
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Country music power couple Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert announce divorce
Fill your Dixie Cup with whiskey, grab a box of tissues and put Patsy Cline's Crazy on repeat because it's over for country superstars Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. The couple have split after four years of marriage.
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Florida Georgia Line helped change country music. What do they say to people who wish they didn’t?
While it's pretty great to be one of the most successful acts in Nashville, it's also a contentious time thanks to the 'bro country' backlash.
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Dierks Bentley Surprises Fans
“Take a ride with Dierks and @MaddieandTae surprising fans at #CountryThunder... #SoundsOfSummer https://t.co/wJPWhyT4Ns”
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Ashley Monroe’s Best Questions From #AskAshley
The first thing you should know is, there were little knife emojis everywhere. During CMT’s Twitter chat with Ashley Monroe she dished about her new album The Blade.
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Luke Bryan: CMA Music Fest Is "Ground Zero for Hardcore Country Music Fans"
Luke Bryan teased his upcoming performance for the CMA Music Festival, calling the annual event "ground zero for hardcore country music fans"
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Eric Church Exhibit Coming to Country Music Hall of Fame
Visitors to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will soon be able to walk through the life and career of Eric Church. The "Like a Wrecking Ball" singer has been tapped as the subject of the venue's next cameo exhibition, opening September 18th.
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Miranda Lambert on Twitter
“Thank you Jesus for girlfriends and coffee. Oh and concealer! #wewokeuplikethis https://t.co/EOsM2Mnh5y”
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"Red Dirt" Non-Live
"Red Dirt" Non-Live, a playlist on Spotify
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Country Music Sensation Lynn Anderson Dies From Heart Attack At 67
The legendary singer died in Nashville at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, according to a statement made by her rep to Billboard. The spokeswoman also shared that Anderson had recently been suffering from pneumonia.
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Garth Brooks Is Country Music's Top Tour Money-maker of 2015
Garth Brooks comes in at No. 2 on Pollstar's list of the top money-making tours in 2015, making the most of any country artist.
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Dierks Bentley Literally Comes a Little Closer at WE Fest
The evening crowd certainly got close to Dierks Bentley on Day 2 at WE Fest 2015. One lucky fan danced with the Riser singer, while another enjoyed shotgunning a beer onstage with the star. Others got high fives or even had the chance to touch his arm when Bentley ran out into the audience during Come a Little Closer.
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Jake Owen and Wife Lacey Divorcing
Jake Owen and his wife Lacey are getting a divorce. The “Real Life” singer shared the news with his fans on Friday afternoon (August 7), calling it the hardest thing he’s ever done.
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Luke Bryan on Pushing the Boundaries of Country Music
Luke Bryan‘s role in this musical melting pot is more than complementary. The “Strip It Down” singer is both lauded and ridiculed as he climbs the charts with each new single (11 of his last 13 singles have hit No. 1) and takes home yet another Entertainer of the Year award. On Kill the Lights, his fifth studio album, Bryan dabbles in hip-hop, hard rock, R&B and Alabama‘s vintage, mid ’80s pop-country.
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Women push for equality, and quality, in country music
Leslie Fram started seeing the problems that women were facing in country music when she came to Nashville four years ago to lead CMT’s music strategy division. A former rock radio programmer, she immersed herself in the songwriter community and was blown away when she heard Brandy Clark performing at the tiny Bluebird Cafe. Grammy-nominated Clark, an artist who has penned hits for Miranda Lambert and Kacey Musgraves, was not being played on country radio.
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Modern Country Music: Does It Have a Future or Will It Fail?
A beer-swilling man in a pickup truck invites a girl wearing cutoff jeans to swill beer with him at a riverside bathed in the moonlight. If this scenario sounds familiar, you may be living in a modern pop-country song, where such scenarios play out without any apparent end in sight.
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Maddie & Tae: "People Forget How Great Country Music Is"
When you get a little taste of fame — or simply when the times and trends change — it’s easy to forget a lot of grounding truths and realities in life. For Maddie & Tae, there is one truth they won’t ever forget: Country music is great.
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Nashville's Cheatin' Heart: Why Country Music Has Been Obsessed With Adultery for the Last Century
Country music and cheating go together like whiskey and water. Flip on any radio station—classic country, pop-country, alt-country, “truck-driving country”—and mixed in with the love songs and the hoedown stomps and the patriotic ballads, you’re bound to hear some poor soul walking the floor over the loss of his woman. Or some desperate soul pleading a temptress not to take her man.