Fresh off Beyoncé’s record-breaking, genre-defying new album, CNN is examining country music’s post-Cowboy Carter reckoning in a new documentary.
Produced by CNN FlashDocs, Call Me Country: Beyoncé and Nashville’s Renaissance is streaming today exclusively on Max. Per the logline, the 42-minute film “examines this reckoning in the genre straight from the country music capital of the world” through interviews with musicians and analyses by culture and country music experts. (Beyoncé was not involved with the CNN documentary.)
Stream 'Call Me Country' on Max
The Grammy-winning superstar became the first Black woman to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with the release of Act II: Cowboy Carter, which follows Renaissance as the second installment in a potential series of albums. She previously said she did not feel “welcomed” by the country music world when she first tried to enter the genre. Upon releasing her eighth studio album,...
Produced by CNN FlashDocs, Call Me Country: Beyoncé and Nashville’s Renaissance is streaming today exclusively on Max. Per the logline, the 42-minute film “examines this reckoning in the genre straight from the country music capital of the world” through interviews with musicians and analyses by culture and country music experts. (Beyoncé was not involved with the CNN documentary.)
Stream 'Call Me Country' on Max
The Grammy-winning superstar became the first Black woman to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with the release of Act II: Cowboy Carter, which follows Renaissance as the second installment in a potential series of albums. She previously said she did not feel “welcomed” by the country music world when she first tried to enter the genre. Upon releasing her eighth studio album,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Saturday Night Live veterans Molly Shannon and Steve Koren (Superstar, A Night at the Roxbury) are again joining forces for a new comedy currently in development at HBO, our sister site Deadline reports.
Koren will pen the project starring Shannon as a woman deeply addicted to celebrity news and gossip who finally agrees to get help after her friends and family stage an intervention. But she checks into a fancy celebrity rehab center in Malibu, which she treats more like a stay at the Four Seasons rather than a place to confront her demons.
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Koren will pen the project starring Shannon as a woman deeply addicted to celebrity news and gossip who finally agrees to get help after her friends and family stage an intervention. But she checks into a fancy celebrity rehab center in Malibu, which she treats more like a stay at the Four Seasons rather than a place to confront her demons.
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- 4/19/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
“If you’re looking for a heart to break/Then break mine,” Brothers Osborne sing on their new song “Break Mine,” which doubles as the title of their just-released four-song EP. The sibling duo of vocalist Tj Osborne and guitarist John Osborne dropped the project early Friday morning, as a complementary follow-up to their self-titled 2023 album.
Along with “Break Mine,” the EP includes a second new song, the acoustic-guitar country of “Get to Movin’ Again.” It’s a folky sing-along featuring the Osbornes’ friends and family on the chorus. Both...
Along with “Break Mine,” the EP includes a second new song, the acoustic-guitar country of “Get to Movin’ Again.” It’s a folky sing-along featuring the Osbornes’ friends and family on the chorus. Both...
- 3/22/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The second annual Reportin’ for Duty benefit concert will feature a diverse roster of musicians that includes Post Malone, Eddie Vedder, Jelly Roll, the War and Treaty, Jake Wesley Rogers, and Dan Spencer. The concert will take place at the “world’s longest bar,” the 250-person–capacity Humble Baron at the Nearest Green Whiskey Distillery in Shelbyville, Tennessee, on Feb. 17. Tickets are available now.
The event will raise funds for Eb Research Partnership (Ebrp), which Vedder and his wife Jill Vedder co-founded to fund research to treat and cure Epidermolysis Bullosa,...
The event will raise funds for Eb Research Partnership (Ebrp), which Vedder and his wife Jill Vedder co-founded to fund research to treat and cure Epidermolysis Bullosa,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Brothers Osborne have announced a 35-date tour next year. Their fourth album Brothers Osborne was released in 2023 and just scored a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album.
The sibling duo of singer Tj Osborne and guitarist John Osborne will kick off their newest slate of live shows in March 2024 in Milwaukee. The tour will stretch until the end of June, wrapping up in Cleveland. The Osbornes have curated a superb and eclectic roster of opening acts: Son of Dad singer-songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr., Nashville’s homegrown rock trio the Cadillac Three,...
The sibling duo of singer Tj Osborne and guitarist John Osborne will kick off their newest slate of live shows in March 2024 in Milwaukee. The tour will stretch until the end of June, wrapping up in Cleveland. The Osbornes have curated a superb and eclectic roster of opening acts: Son of Dad singer-songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr., Nashville’s homegrown rock trio the Cadillac Three,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Country music’s biggest stars are stepping out for the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards.
The event, which is being held at the legendary Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, is the first country music awards show where winners are chosen entirely by fans. There will also be two honorary awards presented Thursday night; Wynonna Judd will receive the Country Champion Award, while Tony Keith will receive the Country Icon Award.
Little Big Town will serve as hosts and will also perform. Others slated to hit the stage include Keith, Judd, Blake Shelton, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay, Hardy, Jelly Roll, Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini.
The show will air Thursday night on NBC and Peacock.
And check out all the People’s Choice Country Awards red carpet arrivals below.
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Toby Keith and Tricia Lucus
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Kelsea Ballerini
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Jimi Westbrook and...
The event, which is being held at the legendary Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, is the first country music awards show where winners are chosen entirely by fans. There will also be two honorary awards presented Thursday night; Wynonna Judd will receive the Country Champion Award, while Tony Keith will receive the Country Icon Award.
Little Big Town will serve as hosts and will also perform. Others slated to hit the stage include Keith, Judd, Blake Shelton, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay, Hardy, Jelly Roll, Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini.
The show will air Thursday night on NBC and Peacock.
And check out all the People’s Choice Country Awards red carpet arrivals below.
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Toby Keith and Tricia Lucus
(Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)
Kelsea Ballerini
(Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)
Jimi Westbrook and...
- 9/28/2023
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
When Tj Osborne announced to the world that he was gay in February 2021, it was both the beginning and the end of a journey. Coming out was a decision years in the making, a historic moment for country music that allowed him to finally go public with a part of himself he’d always felt obligated to keep hidden. It also opened the door to creating Brothers Osborne, the duo’s most honest and heartfelt album to date.
“I would even go as far as to filter what I would...
“I would even go as far as to filter what I would...
- 9/15/2023
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Brothers Osborne live it up every way they can in “Sun Ain’t Even Gone Down Yet,” a bright and boisterous track from their upcoming self-titled album, out September 15.
On the tune, singer Tj Osborne paints a hard-partying picture of drinking hard and living fast over a funky-tonk backdrop of guitars and thwapping drums. Then he and his guitarist brother John join their voices to finish the tableau: “If a cold libation’s any indication, we’re gonna have a hell of a night,” they sing. “The day’s about...
On the tune, singer Tj Osborne paints a hard-partying picture of drinking hard and living fast over a funky-tonk backdrop of guitars and thwapping drums. Then he and his guitarist brother John join their voices to finish the tableau: “If a cold libation’s any indication, we’re gonna have a hell of a night,” they sing. “The day’s about...
- 7/14/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Queer music artists have always been influential. However, many have gone under appreciated throughout history. When it comes to award shows, queer artists have also been very much present, despite society’s homophobia and transphobia. So to celebrate Pride month, here are 10 music-related queer award show moments worth remembering. For 10 others, check here.
Angela Morley becomes the first openly trans person to earn an Academy Award nomination
The first trans person to be nominated for an Oscar contended for music. The great Angela Morley achieved this in 1974 as one of the four composers for the film “The Little Prince.” Morley’s nomination was a huge step forward in LGBTQ+ history, and it’s rare even to this day, with the number of trans individuals nominated for the Oscar still being very small.
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Angela Morley becomes the first openly trans person to earn an Academy Award nomination
The first trans person to be nominated for an Oscar contended for music. The great Angela Morley achieved this in 1974 as one of the four composers for the film “The Little Prince.” Morley’s nomination was a huge step forward in LGBTQ+ history, and it’s rare even to this day, with the number of trans individuals nominated for the Oscar still being very small.
SEEKennedy Center Honors 2023: Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick
R.E.M. wins two Grammys...
- 6/24/2023
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
When Brandy Clark launched a country-music recording career in 2013, there wasn’t any template to follow for an openly gay artist in Nashville. Despite co-writing hits like Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow,” Clark heard loud and clear the industry’s subtle messages that she wouldn’t be supported as an out performer. Even Chely Wright, who had big radio hits in the Nineties, had been forced to wait years and change stylistic directions before she came out publicly.
“One of the things that was hard for me to grasp was...
“One of the things that was hard for me to grasp was...
- 6/7/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Brothers Osborne describe the feeling of a big loss starting to sink in with their new track “Goodbye’s Kickin’ In.” The song is set to appear on the duo’s as-yet-unannounced follow-up to 2020’s Skeletons.
“Goodbye’s Kickin’ In” is the groovier, funkier side of Brothers Osborne, featuring an insistent bass pulse, a four-on-the-floor beat, and some guitar work from John Osborne that’s got shades of Lindsey Buckingham. “Heard that song a hundred times/Ninety-nine I didn’t mind/This time it just set me off,” Tj Osborne sings,...
“Goodbye’s Kickin’ In” is the groovier, funkier side of Brothers Osborne, featuring an insistent bass pulse, a four-on-the-floor beat, and some guitar work from John Osborne that’s got shades of Lindsey Buckingham. “Heard that song a hundred times/Ninety-nine I didn’t mind/This time it just set me off,” Tj Osborne sings,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
When the Academy of Country Music celebrated the 50th anniversary of its annual awards, it went to the place that does everything big and held the event at the then-new AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This year, the annual event will be back in the greater Dallas area, but this time on the grounds where the Cowboys do their between-games work. In addition to the location change, this year’s show gets a little update in the sense that last year’s host Dolly Parton will now have a...
- 5/9/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Ed Sheeran, hot off his winning verdict in the “Thinking Out Loud” copyright infringement case, is set to perform on the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards streaming live on Thursday, May 11, 2023 on Prime Video. This will be the first time Sheeran’s performing on the popular Country music awards show.
Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks are hosting this year’s ACM Awards which is set to take place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. In addition to Sheeran, the ACM Awards will feature special collaborations including Carly Pearce and Trisha Yearwood; Ashley McBryde featuring Brandy Clark, Caylee Hammack, Pillbox Patti, and John Osborne; Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina; and solo performances by this year’s top nominee Hardy and ACM Male Artist of the Year nominee Jordan Davis.
Presenters include Gabby Barrett, Breland, Brandy Clark, Jordan Davis, Mickey Guyton, Tyler Hubbard, Dustin Lynch, Tj Osborne,...
Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks are hosting this year’s ACM Awards which is set to take place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. In addition to Sheeran, the ACM Awards will feature special collaborations including Carly Pearce and Trisha Yearwood; Ashley McBryde featuring Brandy Clark, Caylee Hammack, Pillbox Patti, and John Osborne; Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina; and solo performances by this year’s top nominee Hardy and ACM Male Artist of the Year nominee Jordan Davis.
Presenters include Gabby Barrett, Breland, Brandy Clark, Jordan Davis, Mickey Guyton, Tyler Hubbard, Dustin Lynch, Tj Osborne,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards have expanded their performance lineup for Thursday’s show — most notably with the addition of pop star Ed Sheeran. Sheeran, who released the new album – (Subtract) on May 5 and was the subject of a recent Rolling Stone cover story, will make his ACMs debut.
Other new performances include a reunion of Ashley McBryde’s Lindeville crew for “Bonfire at Tina’s.” McBryde will team up with vocalists Brandy Clark, Caylee Hammack, and Pillbox Patti, with assistance from Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne, who...
Other new performances include a reunion of Ashley McBryde’s Lindeville crew for “Bonfire at Tina’s.” McBryde will team up with vocalists Brandy Clark, Caylee Hammack, and Pillbox Patti, with assistance from Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne, who...
- 5/9/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
When Melody Walker and her friend Caitlin Doyle first envisioned the Grateful Dead tribute band Bertha, Tennessee’s legislature hadn’t yet introduced legislation limiting drag performance. The Nashville musicians were just daydreaming about an all-women Dead tribute group, but soon landed on the idea of doing it in drag.
“I was like, ‘It would still be an all-woman band if everyone was in drag,” Walker says. “It was a joke. And I was like, ‘Wait, but how hilarious and amazing would that be?’ We were cracking up at the...
“I was like, ‘It would still be an all-woman band if everyone was in drag,” Walker says. “It was a joke. And I was like, ‘Wait, but how hilarious and amazing would that be?’ We were cracking up at the...
- 5/4/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Ashley McBryde has offered the first glimpse of her post-Lindeville era mere days after a thrilling two-night staging of that collaborative album at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter released her new song “Light On in the Kitchen” on Friday, expressing her admiration for those who looked out for her and pledging to pay it forward.
Unlike the character-driven songs on Lindeville, “Light On in the Kitchen” is centered around a simple conceit of offering a safe place where hard-won wisdom is abundant. With its gentle, brushed drums and light shadings of mandolin,...
Unlike the character-driven songs on Lindeville, “Light On in the Kitchen” is centered around a simple conceit of offering a safe place where hard-won wisdom is abundant. With its gentle, brushed drums and light shadings of mandolin,...
- 2/24/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
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Grammy-winning country duo Brothers Osborne may sing about not being for everyone, but their new whiskey is. The WhistlePig PiggyBack Legends Series: Brothers Osborne Barrel is a single barrel, limited-edition 100 percent rye whiskey, created for and selected by whiskey lovers John and Tj Osborne. It all started with what may seem like a carefully orchestrated Taylor Swift-style Easter egg when WhistlePig was prominently featured in the band...
Grammy-winning country duo Brothers Osborne may sing about not being for everyone, but their new whiskey is. The WhistlePig PiggyBack Legends Series: Brothers Osborne Barrel is a single barrel, limited-edition 100 percent rye whiskey, created for and selected by whiskey lovers John and Tj Osborne. It all started with what may seem like a carefully orchestrated Taylor Swift-style Easter egg when WhistlePig was prominently featured in the band...
- 11/15/2022
- by Alison Abbey
- Rollingstone.com
John Osborne is about to be a dad — times two! At the 2022 CMA Awards on Wednesday, Brothers Osborne took home the trophy for Vocal Duo of the Year, and John used his and brother T.J. Osborne’s acceptance to announce that his wife, Lucie Silvas, is pregnant with twins.
“My wife Lucie’s pregnant, we got twins on the way,” John excitedly said to cheers from the crowd. “I love you, babe. You’re gonna be an amazing mom.”
After the big win, Et’s Rachel Smith spoke to the duo backstage, and John opened up about his and Lucie’s journey to start a family.
“My wife and I have been trying for a very long time and we’ve done IVF. It was a long journey and it finally worked out,” he said. “If anyone out there is struggling with IVF or fertility, just hang in there. It...
“My wife Lucie’s pregnant, we got twins on the way,” John excitedly said to cheers from the crowd. “I love you, babe. You’re gonna be an amazing mom.”
After the big win, Et’s Rachel Smith spoke to the duo backstage, and John opened up about his and Lucie’s journey to start a family.
“My wife and I have been trying for a very long time and we’ve done IVF. It was a long journey and it finally worked out,” he said. “If anyone out there is struggling with IVF or fertility, just hang in there. It...
- 11/10/2022
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Brothers Osborne teamed up with the War and Treaty for a blistering performance of the Rolling Stones’ “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It”) at the 56th CMA Awards.
Both duos put their signature stamp on the Stones’ 1974 gem, with Tj Osborne and Tanya Blount trading vocals in the first verse before being joined by Michael Trotter for a searing three-part harmony chorus. John Osborne did his best ragged-but-right Keith Richards solo.
Brothers Osborne and War and Treaty recorded a studio version of the song for an...
Both duos put their signature stamp on the Stones’ 1974 gem, with Tj Osborne and Tanya Blount trading vocals in the first verse before being joined by Michael Trotter for a searing three-part harmony chorus. John Osborne did his best ragged-but-right Keith Richards solo.
Brothers Osborne and War and Treaty recorded a studio version of the song for an...
- 11/10/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Country music star was one of the last things Leslie Jordan added to his long list of joy-bringing talents before his unexpected death on Monday, Oct. 24, following a fatal car crash in Los Angeles at age 67. In one of his final interviews, a sit-down with CBS News, the beloved star opened up about being embraced by the genre’s community.
“So unexpected just to happen in my 60s – I’m a country music singer now,” he said, laughing. “I love Nashville and the way that Nashville embraced me, you know,...
“So unexpected just to happen in my 60s – I’m a country music singer now,” he said, laughing. “I love Nashville and the way that Nashville embraced me, you know,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
The day before his death, Leslie Jordan shared a video of himself singing a hymn about going to heaven. On Sunday, the beloved Will & Grace actor shared a video where he’s singing, “When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder” on his Instagram. The hymn’s message takes a more poignant meaning following his death.
In the video, Jordan can be seen seated next to his producer Danny Myrick, who played guitar as Jordan began to sing.
“Sunday Mornin’ Hymn Singin’ with @dannymyrick,” the late actor captioned the post,...
In the video, Jordan can be seen seated next to his producer Danny Myrick, who played guitar as Jordan began to sing.
“Sunday Mornin’ Hymn Singin’ with @dannymyrick,” the late actor captioned the post,...
- 10/24/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
T.J. Osborne is ending the year on a high note. During the 2021 CMA Awards on Nov. 10, the country singer and his brother John Osborne celebrated Brothers Osborne's fourth win for Vocal Duo of the Year. But while accepting the award inside the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, T.J. made it clear that this trophy was extra special. "Oh, my god! I tell you, every time that we have won this award, it has never, ever ceased to be extremely shocking," T.J. shared. " Honestly, it is so incredible to be here. Thanks to everyone who voted for us. It's been a crazy roller coaster of a year for us in so many ways, especially for...
- 11/11/2021
- E! Online
When Brooke Eden first began dating her now-fiancée Hilary Hoover, the country singer received some sobering advice: Keep the romance a secret. Any nights out or displays of affection had to happen far from prying eyes, at the request of her team.
“We were told we couldn’t be seen in public together,” Eden says of her relationship with Hoover, a radio promotions director for Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. “I spent so many years not being open and free about it.”
That sense of being is inhibited what made...
“We were told we couldn’t be seen in public together,” Eden says of her relationship with Hoover, a radio promotions director for Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. “I spent so many years not being open and free about it.”
That sense of being is inhibited what made...
- 8/18/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
In the earliest stages of Covid lockdown, Leslie Jordan was visiting his family in Tennessee and rented a condo in downtown Chattanooga. During that first month or so of isolation and distancing, the television star and comedian started to go a little stir crazy. He filmed himself talking and posted the video to Instagram.
“It’s still March. How many days in March? When is April fuckin’ gonna get here?” he moaned, laying on one side with his head pressed into a pillow. “My mother hollerin’ up the steps, asking...
“It’s still March. How many days in March? When is April fuckin’ gonna get here?” he moaned, laying on one side with his head pressed into a pillow. “My mother hollerin’ up the steps, asking...
- 4/6/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
First, there were the drafts of tweets that went unsent. Then there were the profanity-laced text messages to trusted friends. Finally, there were nerve-calming cooking videos on YouTube. Making some sense of the sadness and confusion I felt in the wake of the Morgan Wallen video took time. The disappointing revelation that country’s hottest new star had been caught on camera using a racist slur was quickly followed by the joyful coming out of Brothers Osborne frontman T.J. Osborne, stirring up even more emotions. As a country-music fan from...
- 2/12/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
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