How We Work Now: Nashville’s Exit/In Venue Owner Chris Cobb

Studio bookings, concert postponements, drive-in concerts and a rogue political show: As the nation attempts to reopen following a pandemic-related lockdown, the country industry is struggling to keep the music playing in a marketplace with a hazy immediate future.

By Chris Willman

By Chris Willman

In the pre-coronavirus world, Brad Paisley would have been kicking off his summer tour this weekend.

Yet another full-length will follow an upcoming double album

Miranda Lambert is doing her bit to help animals after horrific tornadoes swept through Nashville and Middle Tennessee in March.

Tim McGraw is one proud #GirlDad! The country music singer appears on the May 13 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and he told the talk show host about the work his daughter, Maggie McGraw, 21, is doing to help out in Nashville during the coronavirus pandemic. “Maggie’s doing some work for a non-profit called Feed the Frontline,” Tim explained. “It’s a national non-profit and she’s organizing the one here in Nashville. She’s doing a great job.”

Country singers Maddie & Tae are taking a trip down memory lane!

Independent publisher Round Hill Music and its record label division are launching Black Hill Records, a new label dedicated to rock music.The label will be based out of Los Angeles and distributed worldwide by The Orchard, and it has already signed its first three artists: Austin duo Black Pistol Fire, Nashville blues and rock guitarist Jared James Nichols and iconic British rock band The Cult."They say rock is dead when in fact it is very much alive," Round Hill co-founder and CEO Josh Gruss

The Indigo Girls are pushing boundaries with their latest single.

By Chris Willman

Most of Tennessee’s restaurants were given the green light to allow dine-in service once again Monday as part of Gov. Bill Lee’s directive to begin reopening the state’s economy that had been largely closed due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

The 2020 ACM Awards are moving from Las Vegas to Nashville.

The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast from Nashville for the first time in their history. The ACM announced today (April 27) that the show will be broadcast from three historic country music venues -- the Grand O

By Chris Willman

With a bluesier new record, "Good Souls, Better Angels," just out, Williams tells Variety about the album's rawer sound, her raw nerves about Donald Trump, why she wrote more explicitly about domestic abuse, and the neighborliness of her new home, Nashville.