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Kacey Musgraves will bring her Country and Western Rhinestone Revue to the Orpheum Theatre on February 19, 2016! Tickets for Kacey's show at the Orpheum Theatre are on sale now. Get yours here! The Orpheum Theatre is located 1 Hamilton Place Boston, MA 02108 Follow Kacey on Twitter Facebook Instagram

RECORD OF THE YEAR Blank Space Taylor Swift No one had a bigger year than Swift.  The vocals, lyrics, production, and video for "Blank Space" are all top shelf. ALBUM OF THE YEAR Traveller Chris Stapleton I think that the 58th GRAMMYS are going to be the year of the Stapleton, but I wouldn't be surprised if Girl Crush upseeded him in a few categories. SONG OF THE YEAR "Girl Crush"  Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Little Big Town) Would love to see Massachusetts native McKenna bring this one home! BEST NEW ARTIST Sam Hunt Hunt had a meteoric rise in 2015.  I can't see this going to anyone else.  In fairness to the other nominees, I've only heard of two of them so maybe they're awesome. BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE Cam "Burning House" Love her, love this song, love the lyrics, love the video, love "Untamed".  Love.  Love.  Love.  BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFOR...

The much-anticipated debut album from The Brothers Osborne, Pawn Shop, was released today.  The songs that helped them gain recognition are featured, including “Rum and “Stay a Little Longer” (currently number 3 on the charts).  The duo, comprised of John and TJ Osborne, moved to Nashville separately to pursue their country music careers but soon realized they had something special when playing together.  The band’s own musicians are featured on the album, giving it a full band sound among musicians that have spent countless hours playing together.  The album features both twangy, traditional sounding country songs to southern rock.  Superb song writing is on display throughout, along with TJ’s phenomenal baritone vocals and John’s background harmonies and amazing guitar skills make Pawn Shop an album to remember.  Purchase "Pawn Shop" on iTunes or Google Play .  Vinyl and tee shirt packages are also available from http://www.brothersos...

Even before the release of their debut single, “Break Up With Him”, Old Dominion was already influencing what country music fans were hearing on the radio.  The quintet, comprised of Matthew Ramsey (lead vocals), Trevor Rosen (guitar, keyboard), Whit Sellers (drums), Brad Tursi (guitar), and Geoff Sprung (bass guitar), has written No. 1 hits for some of today’s top country artists. While Ramsey and Rosen have written for the likes of Dierks Bentley (“Say You Do”) and Craig Morgan (“Wake Up Loving You”), Ramsey also collaborated with band mate Tursi for Kenny Chesney’s “Save It For A Rainy Day” and Rosen wrote “Neon” for Chris Young and “Come Back To Me” for Keith Urban. Although these projects seem by design, the collaborations with most artists are sometimes more happenstance than not. “We don’t set out to write for other people. We just try to write the best song we can,” he explains. “Break Up With Him” was the first song that all five members collaborated on, and ...

Lance Stinson is gearing up for a string of Massachusetts tour dates.  Stinson will be playing  Lucky Dog Music Hall  in Worcester, MA on Thursday, July 2 nd  and following that with back to-back shows at  Loretta’s Last Call  in Boston the 3 rd  and 4 th .  Ahead of his Boston dates, Stinson will have an acoustic set with his guitar player at Judge Roy Bean Saloon in Bristol, RI on Wednesday night.   When we spoke, Stinson was coming off of chat with students of Wentworth College Mass Communication class about social media.  He was impressed nearly all of the students were fans of country music.  Stinson is active on social media and says, " It helps build your fan base to where it's more of a grass roots kind of thing.  It gives you the opportunity to interact with people that like your music."   Stinson has a distinctly rocking country sound.  Of his sound, Stinson says, "It's a kind of country wi...