This week's wave of awesome? Boiler Bang, That Mexican OT, The David M’ore Band, BJM, The ROAR Marching Band Field Show Competition and more.

In an exclusive interview with American Songwriter, The Doobie Brothers’ John McFee shares the story behind the just-reissued sole album by his short-lived supergroup Jackdawg.

Born in Jacksonville just over 50 years ago, 38 Special is still holding on loosely. The nonstop Southern rock band is celebrating its anniversary with its first studio album in more than twenty years ...

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — The Southern country-rock group Confederate Railroad lost a second summer fair gig after objections over the use of the Confederate flag in its logo. The band's Aug. 1 date at ...

Eighty-nine years ago today, a legendary country songwriter and multi-instrumentalist was born in North Carolina.

In 1977, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio cofounder and Swampers guitarist Jimmy Johnson offered a local band called Jackson Highway a song called “Old Time Rock and Roll.” The band, named after Muscle ...

Early in The Vegabonds’ career, they opened a show for Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer Gregg Allma n. One of the first big shows this Auburn, Alabama founded band ever played. This was around 2011.

This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. It’s mid-afternoon in Nashville at ...