Women in music

Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour will go down in history as a record-breaking feat that managed to bring tremendous amounts of joy to millions of fans, even when that didn’t seem possible. In the Disney+ documentary series, The End of an Era, filmmakers Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce, along with the star subject herself attempt to chronicle all the many facets of the tour. “Every single night, no matter what’s going on, we’re going to do everything in our power to blow your mind,” Swift says in the series, referring to the show.

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From at least around the pandemic, country music has been undergoing a distinct political and cultural fracture. Now, it’s unlikely you’d see certain artists collaborating with those across the aisle or joining tours that lean one way or the other (for instance, the recent Rock the Country festival drama). But Grammy-nominated songwriter Laura Veltz, who’s written hits with Jessie Murph, Dan + Shay, and Maren Morris, says it’s easy to bridge the gap in Nashville’s writers’ rooms — with some conditions.

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Saturday Night Live has announced its lineup for April 11, featuring Anitta as the musical guest and Colman Domingo as host.

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The Americana Music Association will hold its 25th annual Americana Music Honors & Awards gala just a few months after America celebrates its 250th. Artists up for top honors include Margo Price, who’s nominated in both the Album and Artist of the Year categories; Ken Pomeroy, who’s up for both Emerging Act and Album of the Year;, and Brandi Carlile, an Artist of the Year nominee whose “Returning to Myself” is also up for Song of the Year. The stacked Artist of the Year category also includes Charley Crockett, Molly Tuttle, and Jesse Welles.

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Taylor Swift dropped by fiancé Travis Kelce‘s Tight End University event at the Pinnacle in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night.

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Madonna returned to the top of the charts for the first time this decade as her Confessions II opened at Number One on the Billboard 200.

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