Country Music Features

LONG READ•The Running Kind: Reconsidering Tradition Through Merle Haggard

Writer David Cantwell speaks to Will Groff about his new book on country icon Merle Haggard.

INTRODUCING•Premiere: Town Mountain - 'Seasons Don't Change'

‘Seasons Don't Change’ is the next taste of Town Mountain's forthcoming album Lines in the Levee, due out on October 7th, on New West Records.

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INTRODUCING•Premiere: Gabrielle Metz - 'Mixtape'

A box fresh slice of delicious country pop that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on Speak Now and brings to mind contemporaries like Catherine McGrath or Kelsea Ballerini as she playfully spins out the mixtape metaphor to take in all the different sides to her own personality.

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INTRODUCING•Premiere: Kris Kristofferson - 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down' (Live at Gilley's, 1981)

Taken from the forthcoming record 'Live at Gilley’s - Pasadena, TX: September 15th, 1981', Kris Kristofferson premieres the iconic 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down' exclusively at Holler.

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OPINION•Nashville's Quid Pro Quo: The Death of the Country Music Duo?

Recent country star pairings have resulted in an extremely surface-level exchange between two poster children for the modern homogenization of Nashville’s country.

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INTRODUCING•Video Premiere: Martha Spencer – ‘Young Rover’

A softly-picked, harmony-soaked mountain ballad that brings to mind Laura Cantrell or Gillian Welch, topped off with a sprinkle of longing and a big delicious dollop of yearning on top.