Troy Cassar-Daley Navigates Grief, Loss on the Dreamy ‘Between the Fires’
The country star tells Rolling Stone AU/NZ about how he made his 12th album, his most personal recording yet
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Queer Country Pioneers Lavender Country Released Their Debut Album in 1973. 50 Years Later, They’re Still Just as Radical
“I knew that I would probably wear a scarlet letter on my back for the rest of my life and that it [would] doom me to obscurity,” says the group’s Patrick Haggerty
Dallas Good, the Sadies’ Singer-Guitarist, Dead at 48
Good and his brother Travis spent more than two decades releasing influential, critically revered records with their garage-country-rock band
A Black Country Music Fan Didn’t Feel Safe at Concerts. So She Started a Movement
Black Opry was born as a simple way for founder Holly G to meet likeminded fans. It’s now a force of change in bringing racial equity to country music
Breland Is a Streaming-Music Star. Amazon Music Is Making Him the Face of Its ‘Breakthrough’ Campaign
The country/hip-hop songwriter aims to level up with the support of the streaming service, who are also providing indie artists with financial help via a new fund
Why Dolly Parton Damn Sure Belongs in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Y’all
The Tennessee songwriter and international treasure is nominated for induction into the Rock Hall, where she’d rightly join fellow country trailblazers like Johnny Cash
Did Dropping the N-Word Actually Help Morgan Wallen’s Career?
A year after the singer came to represent country music’s race problem, Wallen has a sold-out tour, a radio hit, and headlining gigs at summer festivals
Why Hiss Golden Messenger Changed Their American Flag Album Cover After the Jan. 6 Insurrection
“In an instant, the cover felt totally inadequate,” says songwriter M.C. Taylor. “The flag came to seem insensitive and overprivileged.”
Morgan Wade’s ‘Suspicious Minds’ Cover Is Like Elvis Fronting ELO
Robotic vocoder, pounding piano, and ringing electric guitars give new life to Presley’s 1969 hit
Hargus ‘Pig’ Robbins, Legendary Keyboardist Who Played on Albums by Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Dead at 84
Blind after an accident at age 3, Robbins learned to play piano with a distinct sense of feel, which made him a go-to Nashville session musician
Kacey Musgraves Just Did the Most Kacey Thing Ever: Surprising a Philly Gay Bar With a Fleetwood Mac Cover
The singer popped into the historic Tavern on Camac to croon “Dreams” ahead of her show at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center
