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John Prine puts a characteristically wistful, sweet spin on Stevie Wonder‘s 1984 hit “I Just Called to Say I Love You” in a new Spotify Singles session, released today. Replacing Wonder’s mix of synthesizers with his trademark fingerstyle guitar playing and his plainspoken vocal delivery, Prine brings out the endearing …

Willie Nelson was a guest on Tuesday’s installment of The View, sitting down with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and their co-hosts of the talk show. The brief conversation turned from politics to his longtime friendship with fellow music icon Frank Sinatra. Dressed in a black hoodie with “Willie’s Reserve” on …

Loretta Lynn revisits her honky-tonk roots with the jaunty, devilish “Ruby’s Stool,” a just-released cut from the Country Music Hall of Fame legend’s upcoming LP, Wouldn’t It Be Great. Backed with barrelhouse piano and pedal steel guitar, “Ruby’s Stool” tells the tale of a woman who dances with the singer’s …

More than any other track on his debut album Mr. Jukebox, “Weird Thought Thinker” sums up the quirkiness of Joshua Hedley. The Nashville singer-songwriter and pristine-voiced crooner fully embraces the wandering vibe of the song in a new video. Filmed on the bus, backstage and in the clubs, the clip …

Next month, Ruston Kelly will release his highly anticipated debut album Dying Star. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter has already released a couple of the album’s tracks, and just offered up another preview of the LP in the form of new tune “Faceplant.” The deceptively upbeat track tackles addiction and its consequences, …

Brett Eldredge dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night, offering up a swaying performance of his current single, “Love Someone,” as part of the show’s Mercedes Benz Concert Series. Dressed in black and white in contrast to the song’s feel-good vibe, Eldredge bounced around the outdoor stage while his …

Since her self-titled debut LP was released 41 years ago next month, Reba McEntire has spotlighted the songs of hundreds of writers, including Layng Martine Jr., who penned her first chart single, “I Don’t Want to Be a One Night Stand.” In recognition of her significant influence on the songwriting …

When Chris Lane recorded his first LP, Girl Problems, he and producer Joey Moi decided to double down on the skill that they believed could help the North Carolinian stand out in the crowd: his ability to slip easily into falsetto, a technique that rarely makes its way into the …

Songwriter and musician Donnie Fritts returned to his native home of Alabama to record a moving and deeply personal tribute to his longtime best friend Arthur Alexander, the soul singer and songwriter of tunes covered by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, among countless others. The LP June …

Years before rebranding herself as a country-pop powerhouse, Cassadee Pope earned her first fans as the leader of Hey Monday. She was a teenage punk-rocker, fronting a band of mop-topped misfits whose fans included Glee co-founder Ryan Murphy – who handpicked the band’s power ballad “Candles” for a key scene …