Music

Roomy new venues join well-trodden stages and a rocking history

The Clarksdale juke joint rings in a quarter century at the crossroads

Forty years of Dollywood, a Broadway show, and a hotel later, Parton is going strong at eighty

Across the Region

Fresh off its seventy-fifth birthday, the Longhorn Ballroom debuts an open-air venue

The Georgia-born singer-songwriter performs three songs, including his breakout single, “Boys Back Home.” Recorded at Riverfront Revival in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Nashville’s greatest new honky-tonk is a seventy-five-year-old downtown landmark

A statement release from a powerhouse North Carolina band, a country star’s bold experiment, the debut from a Muscle Shoals duo, and seven more albums that made our music columnist’s year-end list of favorites

The country artist performs three songs. Recorded at Riverfront Revival in North Charleston, South Carolina

A conversation with Scott Avett, of the North Carolina roots favorite, and Faith No More’s legendary frontman on the year’s most unexpected musical collaboration

Vince Gill, Bill Anderson, Ashley McBryde, long-serving employees, and more Opry insiders speak to a dozen-plus moments that cemented the institution as country music’s biggest stage

From a joyful anthem from the Queen of Bounce to a Southern supergroup’s debut release, our music editor picks ten favorite new tracks that will keep your autumn humming

The Grammy-winning artist looks back at her 1998 live album, which has been newly reissued with five previously unreleased songs—one of which G&G is proud to premiere here.

The 1925 recordings captured the Appalachian sound for the first time—and they‘re still influencing artists today

The Outlaw Country legend’s son shares a cache of never-released songs in the upcoming album Songbird

The singer-songwriter plumbs the depths of a difficult year and emerges with a moving album about loss and resilience

When crisper, cooler temps arrive, set your compass on one of these eight destination music festivals

Through his vast vinyl collection, the singer-songwriter celebrates an inherited love of music

The Americana singer and passionate gardener returns with a leaner, rootsier sound that’s Willie Nelson–approved

The preservation band performs three cover songs at the G&G offices in Charleston, South Carolina. Recorded in partnership with Visit Macon.