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Cowboy Hunters – “Shag Slags Not Flags”

Glasgow-based musicians Megan Pollock and Desmond Johnston make up the band Cowboy Hunters. Their last single “Have A Pint” is an aggressive, circus-like romp inspired by the Lady Gaga interview ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1989, We Lost One of Country Music’s First “Singing Cowboys” Who Later Ran for President

Carl Stuart Hamblen, radio's first "singing cowboy", died from brain cancer on March 8, 1989, at age 80 in Santa Monica, California.
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Jessie Ware Shares ‘Ride’ Video Starring James Norton

Jessie Ware has shared the video for ‘Ride,’ off the upcoming album ‘Superbloom,’ featuring actor James Norton.

How ‘Wanted! The Outlaws’ Became Country’s First Platinum Album — and a Movement for Outsiders

Marking 50 years of Wanted! The Outlaws, artists and historians revisit the compilation that transformed Waylon, Willie, Jessi and Tompall into country’s defining rebels.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2000, We Lost the Country Music Pioneer Who Co-Wrote a Tennessee State Song and Made the Grand Ole Opry Dance

"Tennessee Waltz" composer Pee Wee King, who brought the union to the Grand Ole Opry, died March 7, 2000 in Louisville, ...
CNET

These Are the Catchiest Songs Ever Written, According to AI and Human DJs

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...