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BONUS TRACKS: Beyoncé Hits Country Radio + Remembering Dex Romweber and Roni Stoneman

BONUS TRACKS: Beyoncé Hits Country Radio + Remembering Dex Romweber and Roni Stoneman

The big question last week, as the dust settled from megastar Beyoncé’s Super Bowl bombshell about releasing a country album, was whether country radio would embrace her new songs. After all, modern pop country radio doesn’t have a great track record for playing songs by women, and people

Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, and Iris DeMent Honored at International Folk Music Awards

Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, and Iris DeMent Honored at International Folk Music Awards

This year’s International Folk Music Awards, presented on the opening night of Folk Alliance International’s annual conference Wednesday, smiled on bluegrass-leaning roots musicians even as it celebrated all things folk. In a ceremony in Kansas City, awards were given for album, artist, and song of the year for

Old 97’s Announce 13th Album, ‘American Primitive’

Old 97’s Announce 13th Album, ‘American Primitive’

After 30 years as a band, the Old 97’s have learned to rely on what comes naturally to them. For their new album, American Primitive, they gathered in a Portland, Oregon, studio and just let ’er rip. “This was the first record we’ve ever done with zero pre-production,

BONUS TRACKS: Beyoncé Swings the Spotlight to Country Music

BONUS TRACKS: Beyoncé Swings the Spotlight to Country Music

I don’t know if you heard, but there was a big football game last weekend. But the real big news, obviously, was Beyoncé dropping word of a new album via a Verizon ad that aired during the game. And as foretold by her recent public fashion choices and confirmed

BONUS TRACKS: Remembering Mojo Nixon + More of the Week’s Music News

BONUS TRACKS: Remembering Mojo Nixon + More of the Week’s Music News

It’s hard to imagine a voice like Mojo Nixon’s ever being silenced, but here we are. Nixon, 66, died Wednesday from a “cardiac event” aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, according to a statement from his family. Nixon merged the speed, loudness, and brashness of punk with roots music

Kacey Musgraves Finds Fresh Footing for New Album ‘Deeper Well’

Kacey Musgraves Finds Fresh Footing for New Album ‘Deeper Well’

As you might have heard Kacey Musgraves sing in a cryptic commercial aired during Sunday night’s Grammy Awards broadcast, “My Saturn has returned” — and so, it was firmly announced today, has Musgraves, with a new album coming next month. Deeper Well, surfacing on March 15 on Interscope/MCA Nashville,

Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires Ending Marriage

Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires Ending Marriage

People magazine is reporting that Americana royal couple Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires are ending their marriage. Isbell filed for divorce from Shires on Dec. 15, according to People’s review of court documents. They have one daughter, Mercy, who is 8 years old. Isbell and Shires married in 2013,