New Releases


Kenny Chesney during an inspirational visit to the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum in Key West while working on his new book.

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The country megastar’s first book is “a love letter” to his creative art

A portrait of three men in a yellow room

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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

A collage: Clockwise, from top left: Rick Hall and Clarence Carter at FAME; Paul Simon at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio; Aretha Franklin at FAME; Etta James at FAME.

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A new book and Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition tell how a small Alabama community helped put Aretha Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, and other greats on the map

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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

An album cover

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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.

A group of musicians stand outside

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

A photo illustration on white, black, and blue of two men

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

A portrait of a woman

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

Derek Trucks holds a bottle of Ass Pocket Whiskey.

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Wright Thompson on how the musician indulges his bourbon love