Chris Stapleton

Mavis Staples will celebrate her birthday a few months early with the star-studded Mavis Staples 85th: All Star Birthday Concert. The event, scheduled for April 18 at Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater, will feature a headlining performance from the gospel and soul singer herself, with additional appearances from Chris Stapleton, Grace Potter, Black Pumas, Hozier, Norah Jones, and more. (Staples turns 85 on July 10.) “At the end of last year, I was talking about retiring,” Staples shared in a statement. “But after…

T-Pain was at a karaoke party last year when an R&B-flavored country ballad starting playing over the system. The rapper-turned-singer didn’t recognize it, so he opened up Shazam to listen — and the result came back as “Tennessee Whiskey,” by Chris Stapleton. “I made it a part of my ‘sad playlist,’” T-Pain tells RS. “The lyrics spoke to me.” Songs from decades past are routinely revived or rediscovered, and that’s currently happening in a big way with “Tennessee Whiskey,” a 44-year-old honky-tonk song about…

During the peak of the pandemic, Chris Stapleton would often awaken to find little unmarked bottles of whiskey on his doorstep. His bass player, J.T. Cure, would quietly drop off the caches of brown liquor at a few select houses, and later that day, Stapleton, Cure, and their friends would conduct blind taste tests over Zoom. “That was our social activity,” Stapleton says. “It would inevitably just end with a bunch of guys cackling on Zoom, but it was fun.” Stapleton didn’t know it then, but the tasting…

Neil Young & Crazy Horse, the Killers, Vampire Weekend, Bonnie Raitt and hundreds more set to invade the Big Easy this spring The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, the Killers, and Bonnie Raitt highlight the 2024 Jazz Fest lineup as the venerated festival returns to New Orleans from April 25 to May 5. Vampire Weekend, Queen Latifah, Heart, Bomba Estéreo, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Earth, Wind & Fire, Widespread Panic, and the Beach…

Pop-country, stomp n' clap folk country, Red Dirt, stoner country, and even grunge country helped give the genre one of its most impactful years in decades You know those people who say they listen to everything but country music? Even they were streaming and spinning many of these albums this year. Country had an undeniable moment in 2023, one informed by an influx of exciting new artists like Megan Moroney and Stephen Wilson Jr., a growing mainstream appeal for subgenres like…

Dolly Parton is arguably the most beloved living American. How many people are alive today because Dolly told them to get the Covid vaccine back in early 2021? Of course, she’a a paragon of country music, but her reach goes far beyond Nashville, from the disco-pop of her working-woman masterpiece “9 to 5” to the soft-rock bliss of her classic Kenny Rogers duet “Islands in the Stream.” And the crossover love has been reflected back; one of the most popular cover songs of all time is Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will…

Photo: Popel Arseniy (Shutterstock)NFL season is almost over, which means the Super Bowl is nigh. We’re still waiting to see who will duke it out at Super Bowl 57. Last year’s Super Bowl attracted over 112 million users, and this year could bring bigger numbers with the advent of streaming everything.Even if you don’t care for football, Super Bowl 57 will feature Rihanna on stage for the first time in years, plus performances from Babyface and Sheryl Lee Ralph. Here’s how you can watch Super Bowl 57.When is Super Bowl…