Justin Nobel is writing a book about oil-and-gas radioactivity for Simon & Schuster. This story was supported by the journalism nonprofit Economic Hardship Reporting Project In 2014, a muscular, middle-aged Ohio man named Peter took a job trucking waste for the oil-and-gas industry. The hours were long — he was …
Read More »Angels & Airwaves Schedule 2020 North American Tour
After embarking on their first tour in seven years earlier this year, Tom DeLonge’s Angels & Airwaves will return to the road this winter for another stretch of North American dates. The latest 18-date jaunt kicks off December 4th in Phoenix, Arizona, and concludes January 26th in Norfolk, Virginia. Along …
Read More »'It Was One Problem After Another': How Woodstock 50 Fell Apart
A month before Woodstock 50 was announced, the festival was already in deep trouble. Last December, Michael Lang, the co-founder of the original 1969 event who had become its bemused-hippie symbol in subsequent decades, was in talks with an upstate New York racetrack for a fest that would mark the …
Read More »Margo Price on Nashville Hypocrisy, Gun Control and Trump
A few days ago, Margo Price‘s husband, Jeremy, and her seven-year-old son, Judah, discovered a moonshine barrel on a hill behind their brand-new home, located 20 minutes from downtown Nashville. “I went, ‘I gotta see this. I can’t be left out,’ ” Price says, milling around her retro wooden kitchen in …
Read More »Cardi B, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars to Perform at 2018 Grammy Awards
Cardi B, Bruno Mars,Lady Gaga, Kesha, SZA,Pink, Childish Gambino and Little Big Town will perform at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, set to take place January 28th at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Other newly revealed performers include Logic, Alessia Cara and Khalid (who teamed for “1-800-273-8255”) and …
Read More »Blake Shelton Was the Most Played Artist on Country Radio in 2017
The top country radio artists of 2017 have been announced in a yearly set of lists based on data tallied by Mediabase, which measures nationwide radio airplay on stations. Blake Shelton has been identified as both the year’s most-played male and overall artist, based in large part on his two …
Read More »Tom Petty: Country Stars Remember the Rock Icon
When Tom Petty died on Monday at age 66, the leader of the Heartbreakers left behind a catalog of songs essential to classic rock. But whether he intended it or not, he also had an enormous impact on today’s country music. His jangly guitar sound and classic song structure is …
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