Full Coverage: Stagecoach 2016

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.

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.

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.

The Stagecoach Country Music Festival was a new player on the festival circuit back in 2007 when it premiered.

The first lesson from the 2016 edition of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, which has been underway for barely an hour?

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.

Listening to mainstream country radio stations for any length of time can quickly become dispiriting.

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.