The ever-prolific Willie Nelson has announced his 152nd (!) album, The Border, out May 31st via Legacy Recordings. Still going strong at 90 years old, he has also shared the title track, a cover of Rodney Crowell’s 2019 song of the same name. Stream it below.
Produced by Nelson’s longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon, The Border features 10 new tracks, including four co-written by Nelson with Cannon. In addition, it contains an additional Crowell cover (“Many a Long and Lonesome Highway”) and recordings of songs penned by Larry Cordle and Erin Enderlin, Shawn Camp and Monty Holmes, and Mike Reid.
The Border will be available on digital, CD, and black vinyl formats; pre-orders are ongoing. Check out the artwork capturing the Big Bend border area between Texas and Mexico below, followed by the full tracklist.
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On “The Border,” the Red-Headed Stranger gives his interpretation of Crowell’s Texas cut,...
Produced by Nelson’s longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon, The Border features 10 new tracks, including four co-written by Nelson with Cannon. In addition, it contains an additional Crowell cover (“Many a Long and Lonesome Highway”) and recordings of songs penned by Larry Cordle and Erin Enderlin, Shawn Camp and Monty Holmes, and Mike Reid.
The Border will be available on digital, CD, and black vinyl formats; pre-orders are ongoing. Check out the artwork capturing the Big Bend border area between Texas and Mexico below, followed by the full tracklist.
Get Willie Nelson Tickets Here
On “The Border,” the Red-Headed Stranger gives his interpretation of Crowell’s Texas cut,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Willie Nelson is showing no signs of slowing down as a month after he celebrates his 91st birthday, the country legend will release his 75th studio album, The Border.
Ahead of the LP’s May 31 release, Nelson has shared the first single and title track, a cover of Rodney Crowell’s 2019 song about a guard on the Texas border.
“We were writing the song to be sympathetic to the actual border guards, and I’m still sympathetic to them. They’re trying to do a job down there. It’s not their policy,...
Ahead of the LP’s May 31 release, Nelson has shared the first single and title track, a cover of Rodney Crowell’s 2019 song about a guard on the Texas border.
“We were writing the song to be sympathetic to the actual border guards, and I’m still sympathetic to them. They’re trying to do a job down there. It’s not their policy,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The first time Grammy-winning Americana/bluegrass act Steep Canyon Rangers played the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, the group was adorned in full suits and encircling a lone microphone.
“It was probably around 2004,” Rangers singer-banjoist Graham Sharp tells Rolling Stone backstage at the recent Suwannee Spring Reunion festival. “We’ve been able to trace our band and its evolution through this festival, from being a traditional bluegrass band to being whatever the hell we are now — this place is a natural home for that.”
Sandwiched...
“It was probably around 2004,” Rangers singer-banjoist Graham Sharp tells Rolling Stone backstage at the recent Suwannee Spring Reunion festival. “We’ve been able to trace our band and its evolution through this festival, from being a traditional bluegrass band to being whatever the hell we are now — this place is a natural home for that.”
Sandwiched...
- 4/2/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
The winners of the 2020 Americana Honors and Awards were announced Tuesday morning, with the Highwomen and John Prine among this year’s winners. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Americana Music Association decided to forgo an in-person awards ceremony in 2020, instead announcing the winners via social media.
The Highwomen may have been mostly absent from the CMAs and Grammy Nominations, but the all-star quartet of Amanda Shires, Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby lead among Americana Awards winners in 2020. The group locked up prizes for Album of the Year for their self-titled debut,...
The Highwomen may have been mostly absent from the CMAs and Grammy Nominations, but the all-star quartet of Amanda Shires, Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby lead among Americana Awards winners in 2020. The group locked up prizes for Album of the Year for their self-titled debut,...
- 12/15/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Legacy Records has announced an expanded edition of Forever Words, the 2018 collaborative album that found artists like Chris Cornell and Elvis Costello setting poems and lyrics of Johnny Cash to music for the first time.
The deluxe version of Forever Words will be released to streaming services in four “waves,” pairing a total of 18 new songs with the album’s original 16 tracks. The first wave arrives today (Friday, October 23rd) with the songs “Big Hearted Girl” by Hard Working Americans and “I’m Comin’ Honey” by Shawn Camp, alongside the...
The deluxe version of Forever Words will be released to streaming services in four “waves,” pairing a total of 18 new songs with the album’s original 16 tracks. The first wave arrives today (Friday, October 23rd) with the songs “Big Hearted Girl” by Hard Working Americans and “I’m Comin’ Honey” by Shawn Camp, alongside the...
- 10/23/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
In February, Aubrie Sellers released her second album Far From Home on the heels of a tour with Robert Earl Keen. The singer-songwriter was also slated to head out on tours with Tanya Tucker and Lillie Mae when the Covid-19 pandemic shut everything down; instead, she began livestreaming and creating new recordings. Enter World on Fire, a three-track EP recorded in collaboration with her guitarist and boyfriend Ethan Ballinger, which features Sellers’ dense, dreamlike take on Chris Isaak’s 1990 hit, “Wicked Game.”
Harnessing the song’s moody vibe and injecting...
Harnessing the song’s moody vibe and injecting...
- 7/8/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Nominations for the 31st annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards were unveiled Friday in a live event broadcast on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction channel, with an array of talent, from legends to newcomers, recognized in more than a dozen categories. Competition was so tight in the top-prize race this year that Entertainer of the Year features six nominees instead of the usual five.
Musicians vying for Entertainer of the Year are Balsam Range, Billy Strings, Del McCoury Band, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Sister Sadie, and Special Consensus.
With their mention in the category,...
Musicians vying for Entertainer of the Year are Balsam Range, Billy Strings, Del McCoury Band, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Sister Sadie, and Special Consensus.
With their mention in the category,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Nominations for the 2020 Americana Honors and Awards were announced Monday morning, with several of the previous year’s high-profile roots releases collecting nods. The annual event is set to take place September 16th at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, though in what form precisely has yet to be revealed.
Frequent Americana nominee Brandi Carlile’s name shows up among the Artist of the Year hopefuls and several times in the other categories, both as a member of all-star quartet the Highwomen and as a collaborator on Tanya Tucker’s thrilling While...
Frequent Americana nominee Brandi Carlile’s name shows up among the Artist of the Year hopefuls and several times in the other categories, both as a member of all-star quartet the Highwomen and as a collaborator on Tanya Tucker’s thrilling While...
- 6/15/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The final contestant to make the Top 20 on season 18 of “American Idol” will be either Grace Leer or Lauren Mascitti. As Ryan Seacrest revealed at the end of the April 5 episode, viewers will get to decide which of these women moves on in the competition. Who do you want it to be? Cast your vote in our poll below and then sound off in the comments section with your thoughts.
Both of these contenders to win “American Idol” season 18 are 28 years old and now live in Nashville.
Grace hails from San Francisco and was a semi-finalist on the short-lived series “American Idol Juniors” when she was all of 11 in 2003. She is the frontwoman of a band that also includes her long-time pal Kyle Clouse, who accompanied her on guitar at her audition. For her showcase song, Grace went with an Aretha Franklin classic, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.
Both of these contenders to win “American Idol” season 18 are 28 years old and now live in Nashville.
Grace hails from San Francisco and was a semi-finalist on the short-lived series “American Idol Juniors” when she was all of 11 in 2003. She is the frontwoman of a band that also includes her long-time pal Kyle Clouse, who accompanied her on guitar at her audition. For her showcase song, Grace went with an Aretha Franklin classic, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.
- 4/6/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
ABC airs the the third of five “American Idol” episodes devoted to the audition stage of the competition on March 1. Another 15 would-be winners of season 18 will sing for the three judges — Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie — hoping to get one of those coveted tickets to Hollywood.
Which of these will number among the 150 contestants who make it to this next stage? At the end of a week in Hollywood, only 40 moved on to the next round which saw them whisked off to Hawaii at the end of January where they auditioned for judges again, this time in front of guests staying at Disney’s Aulani Resort in Honolulu.
Only half of these Top 40 acts made the cut. In turn, the Top 20 performed twice more for the judges: first in solos and then duets with celebrities. Just 14 of them were put through to the live shows, which begin in April.
Which of these will number among the 150 contestants who make it to this next stage? At the end of a week in Hollywood, only 40 moved on to the next round which saw them whisked off to Hawaii at the end of January where they auditioned for judges again, this time in front of guests staying at Disney’s Aulani Resort in Honolulu.
Only half of these Top 40 acts made the cut. In turn, the Top 20 performed twice more for the judges: first in solos and then duets with celebrities. Just 14 of them were put through to the live shows, which begin in April.
- 3/2/2020
- by Denton Davidson and Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
A dozen more hopefuls were sent through to Hollywood on Sunday’s American Idol, including a familiar face whose story has taken some unfortunate turns since her time on the show. Read on for a breakdown of the 12 successful auditions from Week 3:
Kimmy Gabriela, 17 | Idol‘s third week of auditions started off strong with this Florida teen, who says that music helps her connect with her Dominican and Venezuelan heritage. So, naturally, she performed… OneRepublic’s “Let’s Hurt Tonight”? Surprising song choice aside, the girl’s got pipes. At Katy Perry’s request, Gabriela performed a second song in Spanish,...
Kimmy Gabriela, 17 | Idol‘s third week of auditions started off strong with this Florida teen, who says that music helps her connect with her Dominican and Venezuelan heritage. So, naturally, she performed… OneRepublic’s “Let’s Hurt Tonight”? Surprising song choice aside, the girl’s got pipes. At Katy Perry’s request, Gabriela performed a second song in Spanish,...
- 3/2/2020
- TVLine.com
On February 7th, Aubrie Sellers will unveil Far From Home, the follow-up to her 2016 debut album New City Blues, which was released four years ago this week. Sellers continues to cover a wide range of musical and emotional territory with the advance tracks from the forthcoming LP — the latest, “Lucky Charm,” finds the often-contemplative singer-songwriter in a sweet, light, and romantic mood.
Buzzing with swirling rock guitar and pounding rhythm, “Lucky Charm” turns negatives into positives as Sellers finds herself relentlessly followed by a sure sign of bad luck — a black cat.
Buzzing with swirling rock guitar and pounding rhythm, “Lucky Charm” turns negatives into positives as Sellers finds herself relentlessly followed by a sure sign of bad luck — a black cat.
- 1/31/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Producer, songwriter, music publisher, filmmaker, visionary: Cowboy Jack Clement was all of these, but, perhaps first and foremost, the late Country Music Hall of Fame member was, throughout his lifetime, a devoted friend to countless fellow musicians. On Tuesday, during an afternoon ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Clement’s legacy was honored with the donation of his Gibson J-200 guitar to the museum’s permanent collection.
Purchased by the musician in the 1950s and played through the years by fellow Hall of Famers Bobby Bare,...
Purchased by the musician in the 1950s and played through the years by fellow Hall of Famers Bobby Bare,...
- 11/21/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Aubrie Sellers has released the pensive title track to her upcoming album Far From Home. Expressing a sense of disconnection, but ultimately finding a light at the end of a dark tunnel, the tender tune, co-written with Park Chisholm, stands in stark contrast to the hard-rocking previously released cuts from Sellers’ second album.
“This song came from the feeling of being disconnected from others, or never quite fitting in,” Sellers says in a statement. “Feeling like I’m not in the right place is something that seems to follow me around.
“This song came from the feeling of being disconnected from others, or never quite fitting in,” Sellers says in a statement. “Feeling like I’m not in the right place is something that seems to follow me around.
- 11/15/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Aubrie Sellers offers another fascinating preview of her forthcoming LP Far From Home with “My Love Will Not Change,” featuring country-rock stalwart Steve Earle. As a team, Sellers and Earle turn the track into a hard-driving rock anthem that’s less an ode to comforting commitment and more a statement of gritty defiance.
Penned by veteran songwriters Shawn Camp and Billy Burnette, “My Love Will Not Change” was first featured on the Del McCoury Band’s 2003 LP, It’s Just the Night. In 2007, Hal Ketchum delivered a more straight-ahead country...
Penned by veteran songwriters Shawn Camp and Billy Burnette, “My Love Will Not Change” was first featured on the Del McCoury Band’s 2003 LP, It’s Just the Night. In 2007, Hal Ketchum delivered a more straight-ahead country...
- 8/30/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Nominations for the 2019 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards were announced Wednesday morning. With a total of 24 nominations among them, this year’s nominees for the Ibma Entertainer of the Year are Balsam Range, Sam Bush Band, the Earls of Leicester, Del McCoury Band, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers. The winners in this and other categories, including Album of the Year, individual vocal and instrumental exellence, and Song of the Year (with a surprising seven nominees because of a tie) will be revealed at the 2019 International Bluegrass Music Awards on September 26th.
- 7/24/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
In 1974, just months after Steve Earle hitchhiked from San Antonio to Nashville, he wound up taking over bass-playing duties from Rodney Crowell in Guy Clark’s band. Forty-five years later, Earle, aided by his longtime band the Dukes, will pay homage to the profound influence the late songwriter and mentor had on his life and songcraft with Guy, a 16-track collection of tunes penned by Clark. The first release from the album, “Dublin Blues,” is out today.
Out March 29th on New West Records, Guy was produced by Earle and...
Out March 29th on New West Records, Guy was produced by Earle and...
- 1/9/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
As their clever name, a tribute to two all-time greats, suggests, Earls of Leicester pay homage with a powerful bluegrass sound dedicated solely to the music of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and delivered by six of the genre’s modern masters. The supergroup of pickers — Jerry Douglas, Shawn Camp, Barry Bales, Charlie Cushman, Johnny Warren and Jeff White — will release their latest Rounder Records album, Live at the Cma Theater in the Country Music Hall of Fame, on September 28th.
Recorded over a two-night stand in Nashville, the LP...
Recorded over a two-night stand in Nashville, the LP...
- 9/20/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Loretta Lynn had her first Number One country hit in 1966 with “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind).” More than 50 years later at, age 86, she can still deliver a badass barroom anthem. On her new song “Ruby’s Stool,” from her new album Wouldn’t it Be Great (out September 28th) Lynn tells the story of watching from the sidelines as her man dances with a no-good honky-tonk girl and contemplating how to handle her: “I’m gonna sit right here and empty this ashtray in...
- 9/14/2018
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
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 man. Meanwhile, Lynn sidles up next to Ruby’s man at the bar, seated on her antagonist’s barstool and emptying an ashtray into Ruby’s drink. The tune was inspired in part by a...
Backed with barrelhouse piano and pedal steel guitar, “Ruby’s Stool” tells the tale of a woman who dances with the singer’s man. Meanwhile, Lynn sidles up next to Ruby’s man at the bar, seated on her antagonist’s barstool and emptying an ashtray into Ruby’s drink. The tune was inspired in part by a...
- 9/13/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
After a delay of 13 months, during which she has been recovering from a stroke, 86-year-old music icon Loretta Lynn will release her new studio LP Wouldn’t It Be Great. A showcase of songs written or co-written by the resilient Country Music Hall of Fame legend, the album is now set for release on Friday, September 28th.
The follow-up to Lynn’s Grammy-nominated Full Circle, Wouldn’t It Be Great was co-produced by John Carter Cash and Lynn’s daughter Patsy Lynn Russell, who also teamed up to produce Full Circle.
The follow-up to Lynn’s Grammy-nominated Full Circle, Wouldn’t It Be Great was co-produced by John Carter Cash and Lynn’s daughter Patsy Lynn Russell, who also teamed up to produce Full Circle.
- 8/22/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Artists representing traditional, contemporary and boundary-stretching styles are among the list of this year’s nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards, announced today at a Nashville press conference. In another banner year for women in bluegrass, the top nominees, with an impressive six nods each, are fiddle-playing singer-songwriter Becky Buller, the first-ever woman named Ibma Fiddle Player of the Year in 2016, and Molly Tuttle, who in 2017 earned an Ibma honor as Guitar Player of the Year, the first female artist to win in that category.
Also recognized among the...
Also recognized among the...
- 7/25/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
You knew from the get-go that Loretta Lynn wasn’t too keen on her landmark 85th birthday.
“Don’t sing ‘Happy birthday,’ ” the country legend commanded her audience after her first four songs at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Friday. “This ain’t my birthday…. You know I ain’t but 26!”
Lynn paused, perhaps to reassess reality. “Aw,” she declared, “I could work any 26-year-old girl under the table any time.”
The capacity crowd roared, of course. They’d been invited to this indomitable icon’s birthday concert and were determined to throw her a party whether she wanted one or not.
“Don’t sing ‘Happy birthday,’ ” the country legend commanded her audience after her first four songs at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Friday. “This ain’t my birthday…. You know I ain’t but 26!”
Lynn paused, perhaps to reassess reality. “Aw,” she declared, “I could work any 26-year-old girl under the table any time.”
The capacity crowd roared, of course. They’d been invited to this indomitable icon’s birthday concert and were determined to throw her a party whether she wanted one or not.
- 4/15/2017
- by Nancy Kruh
- PEOPLE.com
It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas with a Santa’s sleigh-full of new holiday albums from country music’s biggest stars.
Track for track, the records are brimming with creative arrangements, inspired duets, new songwriting and — what we all long for — a few breathtaking gems that are sure to send holiday spirits soaring. But how to pick the ones that match your taste and mood? People is here to help with this music-shopper’s guide.
Chris Young, It Must Be Christmas
Young’s oft-spoken love for the holidays flows through every track on this album, and his...
Track for track, the records are brimming with creative arrangements, inspired duets, new songwriting and — what we all long for — a few breathtaking gems that are sure to send holiday spirits soaring. But how to pick the ones that match your taste and mood? People is here to help with this music-shopper’s guide.
Chris Young, It Must Be Christmas
Young’s oft-spoken love for the holidays flows through every track on this album, and his...
- 12/2/2016
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
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