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News Articles: Genre: Country

The War and Treaty: Tanya Trotter & Michael Trotter, Jr.

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The War and Treaty kicks off the party with 'Plus One'

Part of a growing number of Black artists being embraced by the Nashville country-music machine, The War and Treaty is the husband-and-wife duo of Michael & Tanya Trotter. Their new album, Plus One, infuses country with gospel, bluegrass, rock and whatever else inspires them.

February 14, 2025
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  • Phil Harrell,
  • Lindsay Totty,
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Beyoncé onstage Sunday night at the 67th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, where her album <em>Cowboy Carter</em> received historic wins for best country album and album of the year.

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  • Music

Beyoncé finally won album of the year. Don't mistake this moment for her peak

Her Grammy win for Cowboy Carter will rightly be seen as historic. But for the artist, it's part of a grander thesis long in the making.

February 03, 2025
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By:
  • Sidney Madden
Benson Boone does a flip off the piano while performing his hit "Beautiful Things" at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. Boone was one of several rising artists who made their Grammy debuts this year with far more adeptness than most rookies.

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  • Music

Gen Z conquers the Grammys

Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar won the night's biggest awards, but the real takeaway from the Grammys is that a wave of younger stars has arrived on the pop scene, fully prepared to own the spotlight.

February 03, 2025
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  • Ann Powers
With <em>Cowboy Carter</em>, which also won best country album, Beyoncé finally took home the Grammy she'd most coveted.

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  • Music

Grammys 2025: 10 takeaways from Beyoncé's biggest night

A rundown of all the surprises and snubs of the 67th Grammy awards, from a historic win for Beyoncé to show-stopping moments from Chappell Roan and Doechii.

February 03, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
The duet by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars spent four weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in November before being swept out of the top 10 by the annual rush of holiday songs. This week, it finally rises to the top of the chart.

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  • Music

With the holidays over, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and more stars flood the pop charts

Now that most Christmas songs and albums have been packed away into the proverbial attic, the pop landscape of the new year is coming into focus.

January 11, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
Paul Franklin performs at the National Association of Music Merchants in 2014 in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • Music

He's been nominated 32 times for CMA Musician of the Year — but never won

Steel pedal guitarist Paul Franklin set a CMA record as a 32-time nominee for Musician of the Year. Will this year be different?

November 20, 2024
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/29/1042510168/kris-kristofferson-musical-rebel-and-movie-star-has-died-at-age-88"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Kris Kristofferson's obituary</strong></a>

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  • Obituaries

Kris Kristofferson, musical rebel and movie star, has died at age 88

Musician and film star Kris Kristofferson has died at age 88. His hit songs include "Me and Bobby McGee" and he starred in dozens of films, including A Star Is Born, opposite Barbra Streisand.

September 30, 2024
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  • Melissa Block
 Just shy of a decade after debuting in hip-hop, Post Malone completes a long-gestating country turn with the new album <em>F-1 Trillion</em>.

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  • Music Features

Post Malone's winding country road

The duet-packed F-1 Trillion marks a new chapter, but it's no wild swerve — the one-time SoundCloud rapper has had his eye on Nashville for years.

August 15, 2024
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
Taylor Swift performs onstage during the European leg of her Eras Tour on July 5 in Amsterdam.

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  • Music

Taylor Swift is back at No. 1, for her lucky 13th week

After a short vacation from the pinnacle of the albums chart, Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department reclaims the throne in a week filled with names and sounds that are awfully familiar.

August 07, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Zach Bryan's fifth album in five years, <em>The Great American Bar Scene</em>, features love songs, thorny anthems, autobiographical lore and even a mini-arc that directly invokes classic Bruce Springsteen songs.

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  • Music

Zach Bryan makes — and breaks — his own myth on 'The Great American Bar Scene'

Bruce Springsteen, 40 years on from Born in the U.S.A., shows up on Bryan’s new album to offer the wisdom and regret of a lifetime of telling truths and spinning yarns.

July 09, 2024
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  • Ann Powers
George Strait performs at the Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration Of The Life & Music Of Loretta Lynn at the Grand Ole Opry on Oct. 30, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • Music

George Strait sets a new record for the largest ticketed concert in U.S. history

The country music icon played before a crowd of 110,905 fans at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field in College Station on Saturday, according to Billboard.

June 17, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
GPB News NPR

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  • Music Interviews

Brittney Spencer brings her culture to country music

The rising young singer-songwriter, who tours with Willie Nelson and sings on Beyoncé's latest album, is making a name for herself in a new era of more inclusive country music.

May 30, 2024
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By:
  • Lara Downes
Post Malone (left) and Morgan Wallen on the red carpet at the 57th Annual CMA Awards on November 8, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • Music

As summer starts, Taylor Swift, Post Malone and Morgan Wallen maintain chart reigns

For the fifth week in a row, Swift's The Tortured Poets Department was the best-selling album in the country. Post Malone and Wallen's "I Had Some Help" repeated as the top song.

May 29, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Bad Bunny performs on SNL on Oct. 21, 2023.

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  • Music

'SNL' just wrapped its 49th season: It's time to cruelly rank its musical guests

From Billie Eilish to Bad Bunny, JT to J.Lo, boygenius to Ice Spice, here they are: the home-run performances, the solid base hits and the outright whiffs.

May 20, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse is one of two "middle-of-the-river" lighthouses left standing on the Hudson River.

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  • Arts & Life

Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.

The National Trust's annual list includes Eatonville, the all-Black Florida town memorialized by Zora Neale Hurston, Alaska's Sitka Tlingit Clan houses, and the home of country singer Cindy Walker.

May 01, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby
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