
Spotify Released Its Country Artists to Watch List. Half of Them Are Unsigned
Independent artists like Dalton Dover, Madeline Edwards, and Ashley Cooke mingle with major-label names like Morgan Wade and Breland
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Subscribe NowIndependent artists like Dalton Dover, Madeline Edwards, and Ashley Cooke mingle with major-label names like Morgan Wade and Breland
“Morgan Wallen’s thoughtless redemption tour is the nail in the coffin of me realising these systems, and this town is really not for us,” said songwriter Joy Oladokun after the polarising country star performed on the Opry this weekend
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The Gaslight Anthem frontman leans on the Christian hymns of his youth during these trying times. “A lot of people would say that seems naive. And maybe so. But I need that,” he says. “And if that makes me weak, that’s cool.”
Country vocalist, known for “B.J. the D.J.,” “I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water,” and his signature “Waterloo,” was a member of the Grand Ole Opry for more than 60 years