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  1. essay
    Just Another Morning in Good Ol’ AmericaMorgan Wallen’s GMA interview didn’t so much begin a redemption tour as it did extend a winning streak that’s gone strong for decades.
    By Andrea Williams
  2. essay
    What Reckoning?Country music is exactly where it was a year ago, when the dam on the industry’s ocean of racism supposedly broke. Duh.
    By Andrea Williams
  3. country music
    Watch Mickey Guyton, BRELAND, and Gladys Knight Perform at the CMT Music AwardsPlus an award for Black country legend Linda Martell.
    By Bethy Squires
  4. award shows
    Watch Miranda Lambert Vibe around the Fire at her CMT Awards PerformanceMaking the most of pandemic-mandated pretaped performance.
    By Bethy Squires
  5. the rerecordings
    Taylor Swift Recruits Maren Morris for a New Unreleased Song From FearlessListen to a sneak peek of “You All Over Me.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  6. apologies
    Luke Combs Says ‘There Is No Excuse’ for His Past Use of Confederate FlagIn conversation with Maren Morris, the country singer addressed his use of Confederate-flag imagery in a 2015 music video.
    By Chris Murphy
  7. non apologies
    Morgan Wallen Is ‘Embarrassed’ That He Used the N-Word in Leaked VideoBoth major country awards issued statements, and the ACM “will halt” Wallen’s eligibility.
    By Charu Sinha
  8. across the aisle
    Garth Brooks Is ‘Rising Beyond Red and Blue’ to Perform at Biden’s InaugurationGive that man his guitar.
    By Devon Ivie
  9. lol
    Meanwhile, Trump Reportedly Gives Toby Keith the National Medal of ArtsThe president was impeached for a historic second time during the “closed press ceremony.”
    By Chris Murphy
  10. album review
    Sorry, But Get Used to Morgan WallenHe’s after the keys to the country-music kingdom … and succeeding like clockwork.
    By Craig Jenkins
  11. kellyoke
    Kelly Clarkson Covers ‘Rainbow’ by Kacey Musgraves, Invents HopeSome people wait a lifetime for a moment like this.
    By Zoe Haylock
  12. obits
    Charley Pride Deserved Better Than What Country Music Could Ever Give HimIt’s not enough to say he was first, that he was great, that he was an inspiration to Black people also wanting to believe in a career in country.
    By Andrea Williams
  13. q&a
    Chris Stapleton Is Still Molding Country Music Into His Own Image“I play things that are probably extremely contrary to whatever people think I am.”
    By Craig Jenkins
  14. cmas 2020
    Maren Morris Praises and Thanks Black Women in Country Music in CMA Speech“There are so many amazing Black women that pioneered and continue to pioneer this genre.”
    By Chris Murphy
  15. cmas 2020
    Well, at Least Justin Bieber Got to Play One Arena This Year …Bieber joined fellow wife guys Dan + Shay for a COVID-friendly performance of “10,000 Hours” at the 2020 CMAs.
    By Chris Murphy
  16. yikes
    Ummm, No One Is Really 6 Feet Apart or Wearing a Mask at the CMAs Right NowNot a mask in sight at the CMAs, just potential superspreader event vibes.
    By Chris Murphy
  17. miranda lambert
    Miranda Lambert Presents Her Husband …’s Abs in New ‘Settling Down’ VideoReader, we gasped.
    By Halle Kiefer
  18. lawsuits
    Blues Singer Anita “Lady A” White Countersues the Former Lady AntebellumCiting “lost sales, diminished brand identity, and diminution in the value of and goodwill associated with the mark.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  19. acms 2020
    Taylor Swift Heads to the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards StageTo perform “betty” from her recent album folklore.
    By Halle Kiefer
  20. huh
    Loretta Lynn and Kid Rock Get (Faux) HitchedAt a “hillbilly soirée” this weekend.
    By Halle Kiefer
  21. she walks the line
    Reese Witherspoon Is Making Her Own Nashville Star, Y’allGet ready for My Kind of Country.
    By Devon Ivie
  22. my album is dropping
    The Chicks Have Dropped Their First Album in Fourteen Years, GaslighterIt’s the newly named country group’s followup album to Taking the Long Way Home.
    By Chris Murphy
  23. the inside track
    Margo Price’s ‘I’d Die for You’ Is Transcendent Rock MusicThe country outsider’s biggest song yet, on new album That’s How Rumors Get Started, shouldn’t come as a surprise.
    By Justin Curto
  24. q&a
    Margo Price, After the StormA natural disaster delayed Price’s momentous new album, That’s How Rumors Get Started. Then disaster struck again: COVID-19.
    By Hilary Hughes
  25. lady a
    Anita ‘Lady A’ White Will Not Be Erased“If you want to be an advocate or an ally, you help those who you’re oppressing. And that might require you to give up something.”
    By Andrea Williams
  26. lawsuits
    Renamed Band Lady A Is Suing Anita ‘Lady A’ White Over Use of the Name Lady AAnita White has responded to the lawsuit, tweeting “no weapon formed against me shall prosper.”
    By Chris Murphy
  27. obits
    ‘Devil Went Down to Georgia’ Country Star Charlie Daniels Dead at 83The musician’s biggest hit got him a Grammy Award and a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
    By Justin Curto
  28. concerts
    Country Stars Chase Rice, Chris Janson Break Social Distancing for ConcertsThe singers played for thousands in Tennessee and Idaho last weekend.
    By Justin Curto
  29. lady a rises
    Lady Antebellum Secedes From the ‘Antebellum’They’ll share their new name with longtime blues singer Lady A.
    By Zoe Haylock
  30. obits
    Daughter of Country Singer Hank Williams Jr. Killed in Car AccidentKatherine Williams-Dunning was 27 at the time of her death.
    By Halle Kiefer
  31. lady a
    If Country Music Wants to Reckon With Its Racism, Look Deeper Than the Bad NamesEven if we are to give “Lady A” credit for their gesture, we must also acknowledge that it should be but the catalyst of far deeper work.
    By Andrea Williams
  32. my single is dropping
    The Dixie Chicks Drop a Tearjerker From Their New Album“Julianna Calm Down” is the band’s second single off their first album in 14 years.
    By Zoe Haylock
  33. acm presents: our country
    Everything You Missed From the ACM Presents: Our Country SpecialFrom many fitting song choices to a stirring Kenny Rogers tribute.
    By Justin Curto
  34. music
    Shania Twain and Her Horse Duet on ACM Presents: Our CountryShania brings the star power. Her horse brings the eating-a-guitar power.
    By Halle Kiefer
  35. they never ask haw yee
    Orville Peck Remembers What It’s Like to Go Outside in His ‘Summertime’ VideoNow we just need Peck to teach us how to make those fringed leather face masks.
    By Rebecca Alter
  36. coronavirus
    Singer John Prine In Critical Condition Following COVID-19 SymptomsThe Grammy-winning singer-songwriter received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy earlier this year.
    By Halle Kiefer
  37. obits
    Country-Music Legend Kenny Rogers Dead at 81He sold over 50 million albums with his distinctive, husky voice.
    By Chris Murphy
  38. my single is dropping
    After a Long Time Gone, Listen to the Dixie Chicks’ New Song ‘Gaslighter’“Gaslighter” is the title track from the band’s first album in 14 years.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  39. dixie chicks
    The Dixie Chicks’ First Song in 14 Years Is Imminently (Finally) Upon UsThe title track to Gaslighter, the Texas trio’s first release since 2006, arrives March 4.
    By Amanda Gordon
  40. chat room
    Yola’s Just Trying to Survive the HypeThe multidimensional British singer-songwriter is up for Best New Artist at the Grammys, but she’s just trying to catch her breath.
    By Kim Kelly
  41. grammys 2020
    ‘I Guess It’s a Little Different Having a Career Resurgence at 61’How country music outlaw Tanya Tucker might win her first Grammy nearly 50 years after her first nomination.
    As told to Jewly Hight
  42. cma awards 2019
    P!nk and Chr!s Stapleton Perform ‘Love Me Anyway’ at the CMAsBecause there’s no genre she can’t make her own.
    By Rebecca Alter
  43. cma awards 2019
    Kacey Musgraves Made a ‘Rainbow Connection’ With Willie Nelson at the CMAsMusgraves picked up two awards as well.
    By Justin Curto
  44. cma awards
    Reba McEntire Proves She’ll Never Let Us Down With ‘Fancy’ CMA PerformanceNot that we were worried.
    By Chris Murphy
  45. honky tonk angels
    Jennifer Nettles Sent a Message to Country Radio With Her CMA OutfitAnd it’s NSFW!
    By Chris Murphy
  46. my single is dropping
    Watch the Music Video for Justin Bieber’s Wife Guy Anthem ‘10,000 Hours’10,000 hours to become an expert at love.
    By Bethy Squires
  47. peter coyote
    The Golden Voice Behind All Those Ken Burns DocumentariesIf you’ve ever been entranced by the narration of a Ken Burns doc, you have Peter Coyote to thank.
    By Tim Greiving
  48. country music
    The Story of Country Music Is Too Vast for Even Ken Burns’s 16-Hour Doc to TellThe greatest compliment you could pay an undertaking like this is to wish there were more of it.
    By Craig Jenkins
  49. tv review
    Ken Burns’s Country Music Is Powerful, Beautiful, and Somehow Still IncompleteThe 16-hour, eight-part series doesn’t have as firm a handle on the big-picture stuff as it wants you to think.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  50. q&a
    The Highwomen Were Built for This Cultural Moment“Maybe we don’t have radio on our side. Maybe we do. But we’re here, and you’re going to have to listen to us.”
    By Jewly Hight
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