Full Coverage: Stagecoach 2016
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Listen for any length of time to mainstream country radio and it’s easy to conclude that the genre has become a one-dimensional realm of singers with little on their minds but when the next party starts.
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Rodney Crowell is one of the most lauded songwriters of the last 40 years, and he’s developed a deep catalog of revered songs that have been recorded and performed countless times by other musicians.
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Corporate sponsorship at music events took an intriguing turn Friday at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, when singer Sam Hunt, whose music incorporates elements of hip-hop along with his country foundation, was joined on stage by rappers Snoop Dogg and G-Eazy and singer Bebe Rexha.
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The Stagecoach Country Music Festival was a new player on the festival circuit back in 2007 when it premiered.
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The first lesson from the 2016 edition of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, which has been underway for barely an hour?
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When Eric Church headlines the first night of this weekend’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Friday, he’s likely to showcase the songs that have made him Nashville’s foremost rabble-rouser.
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Listening to mainstream country radio stations for any length of time can quickly become dispiriting.
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How Stagecoach went from fliers in feed stores to one of the world’s biggest country music festivals
With a handful of increasingly successful mega-events under their belts, the organizers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio got the idea to spin off a country counterpart, the gathering that became the Stagecoach Country Music Festival.
