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2 days ago

Ella Langley Just Tied One of the Biggest Records in Billboard History

Remember last week when we told you Ella Langley was one week away from something enormous? She got there. “Choosin’…

2 days ago

Johnny Cash, ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and Pa’s Real Fiddle Are Coming Together in Nashville

This may be the most unexpectedly perfect combination of country music and television nostalgia we’ve seen in a while. The…

2 days ago

Dolly Parton Dies at 80, Leaving Country Music—and the World—Far Better Than She Found It

There are country stars. There are legends. And then there was Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton died Tuesday, August 25, in…

2 days ago

Dolly Parton’s Legacy Is Already Sitting on Bookshelves Across New Hampshire

If you want to understand why the death of Dolly Parton means something far beyond country music, you don’t have…

2 days ago

Jessica Chastain Is Playing a Country Star in a Dark New Nashville Mystery

Nashville has been the setting for plenty of movies. Usually somebody arrives in town with a guitar and dreams of…

4 days ago

Dolly Parton Is Exploring Avatar Concerts So Fans Could See Her Perform Long Into the Future

Dolly revealed in an interview published Monday, August 24, that she’s in the early stages of exploring avatar performances that…

4 days ago

Dan + Shay’s New Album Started With Grief—and Became Their Most Personal Record Yet

Dan + Shay have made plenty of songs for weddings. Their new album is about what happens after the wedding.…

4 days ago

Cole Swindell Wrote a Song About His Dad’s Old Bronco—Then His Brothers Actually Found It

Sometimes you write a country song about a memory. Sometimes your family goes out and finds the memory. That’s essentially…

4 days ago

Megan Moroney’s Fans Created a Concert Dress Code—and Nobody Actually Told Them To

Apparently there is a dress code for a Megan Moroney concert. There’s just one strange detail. Megan never created one.…

4 days ago

Reba McEntire Has Been Doing This for 50 Years—and She’s Still Figuring Out Ways to Keep It Interesting

Fifty years into a career, you would think Reba McEntire had earned the right to put things on cruise control.…

4 days ago

Luke Combs Is Bringing His Stadium Tour Back to New England

New England country fans may want to put a reminder in the phone for Friday morning. Luke Combs is bringing…

1 week ago

How Russell Dickerson’s Wife Accidentally Helped Him Land a Duet With Fetty Wap

Here’s your reminder that sometimes embarrassing your spouse on social media actually pays off. Russell Dickerson has had one of…

1 week ago

Remembering Hayden Panettiere: How ‘Nashville’ Turned Her Into a Real Country Chart Artist

Fans of Nashville woke up to some terribly sad news Monday. Hayden Panettiere, who played country superstar Juliette Barnes throughout…

1 week ago

Gary LeVox Names Country Music’s Best Golfers—and Absolutely Roasts Blake Shelton

Country singers apparently spend a lot more time on golf courses than we realized. And according to Gary LeVox, some…

1 week ago

Sugarland Is Going Back on Tour—and They’re Coming to New England

If “Stay,” “Settlin’” and “Want To” immediately transport you back about 20 years, this tour might be for you. Sugarland…

1 week ago

The Band Perry Family Feud Gets Messy as Neil Perry Says He Was Fired From the Group

For years, fans of The Band Perry have wondered exactly what happened behind the scenes as one of country’s most…

2 weeks ago

Willie Nelson Gave The Rock His First Guitar—and Now He’s Thinking About a Country Album

Apparently Dwayne Johnson has some pretty serious country credentials hiding underneath all those muscles. The actor better known as “The…

2 weeks ago

AI Country Singers Are Making Real Money—and You May Have Already Heard Them

Here’s a question country music probably wasn’t expecting to ask five years ago: What happens when the singer isn’t actually…

2 weeks ago

Niko Moon Traded the Beach for the Woods—and Found a Whole New Sound

For the last several years, Niko Moon has been one of country music’s go-to guys for songs that make you…

2 weeks ago

Cowboy Boots Are Booming Again—and Nashville Tourists Aren’t the Only Ones Wearing Them

There used to be a pretty reliable way to spot a Nashville tourist in the middle of summer. Look for…

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Prosecutors rest in Tupac Shakur murder trial, putting Duane Davis’ defense up next

Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the murder trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis after calling 24 witnesses for the nearly 30-year-old killing of Tupac Shakur.

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Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80

Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80.

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Judge grants Blake Lively $400,000 of $8M in legal fees she sought in film fight with Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively will get just over $400,000 of the $8 million she sought in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after they settled their fight over the production of their 2024 film "It Ends With Us," a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs

There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton. Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and theme park enthusiast who died Tuesday, transcended celebrity in rhinestones and fringe.

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Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations has died at 80

Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old.