Jim Lauderdale News

RFD-TV announced the details of its fall 2016 schedule highlighting several new series, new seasons, and returning favorites.

Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter helped expand and popularize the genre that became known as bluegrass, died Thursday from difficulties with skin cancer. He was 89.

Representatives of the worlds of music and politics will come together at The Recording Academy's 2016 GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards to honor three-time GRAMMY winners Zac Brown Band

Singer Kaitlyn Baker, who has been attracting attention since the release of her singles “Burn” and “Coal Train,” will bring her “coal country” style of music to the WDVX “Blue Plate Special” in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 16. The program broadcasts Monday through Saturday in front of a live audience at the Knoxville Visitors Center.

Blackberry Smoke fans can catch a rare acoustic set from the Southern rockers tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan. 27) on “Music City Roots, Live From The Factory,” a two-hour radio show that revives the historic legacy of live musical radio production in Nashville.

Laura Cantrell is back on tour with a residency at Atwood's in Boston every Tuesday through November 17th. In addition, she will play a in Philadelphia on 11/9 and in New York on 11/12.

Touring in support of the album, she kicks off her fall tour September 10, opening for Chatham County Line at Back Porch Music Series on the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, NC.

Touring in support of the album, she kicks off her fall tour September 10, opening for Chatham County Line at Back Porch Music Series on the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, NC.

Madison Square Park Conservancy today announced the Mad. Sq. Music: Studio Series lineup on Saturdays, September 12 through October 10, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The National Music Council honored one of the industry's most beloved and successful impresarios July 11, at the 32nd Annual American Eagle Awards. Country Music Hall of Fame inductees the Oak Ridge Boys presented Jim Halsey with the award, which comes in recognition for his lifetime commitment to music and music education.

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, Marc Cohn, performs at Westhampton Beachy Performing Arts Center on Saturday, August 1 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $45, $60, $75 and are available online at www.whbpac.org.

The National Music Council is set to honor music legends Kris Kristofferson, Charley Pride and Jim Lauderdale, along with music management icon Jim Halsey and country music producer/director Sherman Halsey

The National Music Council will continue its 75th Anniversary Celebrations by bringing its Annual American Eagle Awards presentation to Nashville, Tennessee

When it comes to achieving dreams, everybody has to start somewhere. In fact, before celebrating their names in lights and selling-out headlining shows, many of country music's biggest legends paid their dues by performing in rowdy bars, dance halls and dives, nicknamed "Honky Tonks," for the foot-tapping, twangy country music billowing from their doors. Hit television show Country's Family Reunion will take artists back in time to those humble beginnings, and invite them to share their stories and songs from their favorite Honky Tonks tonight at 8e/7c. Tune in to RFD-TV for the premiere of the show's "Honky Tonk Series," and take a trip down memory lane with legendary artists like Moe Bandy, Tony Booth, Jim Lauderdale, Eddy Raven, Daryle Singletary and many more.

Nashville-born, New York City-based singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell will perform at Rough Trade NYC on October 27. The show is in support of Cantrell's critically acclaimed new album, No Way There From Here, which is out now on Thrift Shop Recordings. In celebration of the release, Cantrell recently performed the album tracks 'Starry Skies' and 'Can't Wait' on 'CBS This Morning.'

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter John Legend will team up with Grammy Award-winning country star Lee Ann Womack next month when CMT presents an all-new episode of CMT CROSSROADS. Legend and Womack will meet and collaborate for the first time on the CMT CROSSROADS stage in Franklin, Tenn. CMT CROSSROADS: JOHN LEGEND AND LEE ANN WOMACK will premiere tonight, September 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT only on CMT.

Firecat Projects, in conjunction with Steppenwolf Theatre, presents The Midnight City, written and performed by Tony Fitzpatrick with Stan Klein, today, Sept. 6-Oct. 19 in Steppenwolf's Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted. Adapted and directed by 16th Street artistic director Ann Filmer, The Midnight City features video art by Kristin Reeves, music by John Rice and Anna Fermin.

Nashville's best and brightest studio musicians The Time Jumpers - including the venerable Vince Gill - bring Music City to Park City tonight, August 30. I

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter John Legend will team up with Grammy Award-winning country star Lee Ann Womack next month when CMT presents an all-new episode of CMT CROSSROADS. Legend and Womack will meet and collaborate for the first time on the CMT CROSSROADS stage in Franklin, Tenn. CMT CROSSROADS: JOHN LEGEND AND LEE ANN WOMACK will premiere Friday, September 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT only on CMT.

Firecat Projects, in conjunction with Steppenwolf Theatre, presents The Midnight City, written and performed by Tony Fitzpatrick with Stan Klein, Sept. 6-Oct. 19 in Steppenwolf's Garage Theatre, 1624 N Halsted.