Music

If you’re not on the Pecos & The Rooftops bandwagon, what are you even doing? The band, led by frontman Pecos Hurley, is on a quick rise in the lone star state music scene, thanks in part to their breakout hit you may know already called “This Damn Song”. They’re gearing up to release their

Charles Wesley Godwin and his wife are now living back in his home state of West Virginia — just outside of Morgantown, in a home they, for the first time, own themselves — but when he wrote his new song “Temporary Town,” he was missing the Mountain State something fierce. “I’d been living away from West Virginia

Riley Green is back at it again. He stuck another absolute unit of a buck with his bow and arrow down in Louisiana. This time of year, if Green’s not picking guitar strings, he’s pulling back a bowstring and letting arrows fly at big bucks like this. For the second time in two weeks, he has

Pistol Annies have returned to the scene in the holiday spirit with their newest album Hell of a Holiday, which includes the playful song “Come on Christmas Time.” The song begins with “Lone Star Annie” Miranda Lambert delivering a flirty first verse: “I’ve got a crush on Santa / I wanna ride his sleigh / He’s got

Get ready, Randy Houser is about to hit the road in the very near future. It’s been a minute since we’ve gotten new music from the guy, with the exception of the beer drinkin’ anthem “Drink Up” with HARDY and Lee Brice for HARDY’s new Hixtape Vol. 2 project. And in my personal opinion, his 2019

Kelly Clarkson and Chris Stapleton have teamed up for a brand-new Christmas song, “Glow.” The stunning, ebullient tune spotlights the powerhouse vocalists’ strong deliveries and complementary harmonies. “Nothing has changed, I still wish you could be / Wrapped up in my arms, spending Christmas with me / When it gets cold is when I notice the

Say what you want about Luke Bryan’s music, he seems to be a pretty good dude. A small town Tennessee woman found that out first hand when she blew a tire rounding a curve in small town Tennessee. She wasn’t sure what to do next, but thankfully, a stranger stopped to lend a helping hand.

Brandi Carlile joins Elton John to celebrate the “Simple Things” in a new collaboration. The song features the two in jubilant, knowledge-dispensing harmony over a jaunty, piano-driven melody. “Simple things / Hard to learn / Fire’s hot / Burn, burn, burn,” goes the song’s chorus. “Simple truths / Hard to see / Not what you want, but what

Everybody, try to remain calm, BUT… Evan Felker is officially hitting the stage again. Yes, it’s true. He’ll be performing live THIS Thursday as a part of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Virtual Concert Series in an effort to raise money for the North Texas chapter that’s based in Dallas. The event also includes an afternoon golf

Jenny Tolman’s Texas two-step was inspired by a few Texas tour stops and a sassy comment to her boyfriend. The country singer is releasing “I Know Some Cowboys” as the first taste of an upcoming album. Guitars, fiddle, steel and B3 organ drive a rhythm that carries Tolman as she tells her man to step

Even though I pride myself in being a big time connoisseur of the sad country song, and never been a big fan of the average bro-country banger, every once in a while, I don’t mind the kind of jam that you can crank out on the speaker when you’re getting rip-shit drunk. Point being, I’ve

Jamie O’Neal is sharing an update of a Christmas classic with her fans in advance of the holiday season, and it’s a song to which she has a deep emotional connection. O’Neal is dedicating her new rendition of the Bing Crosby classic “White Christmas” to the memory of her late sister. O’Neal’s new take on

Happy 64th birthday to an absolute legend, Dwight Yoakam. Dwight was one of the most popular artists of the late ’80s and ’90s, selling more than 30 million records, securing 5 Number 1 albums, a ton of CMA and ACM nominations, and a status among modern country artists as one of the most influential artists

Country trio Pistol Annies have released their first-ever Christmas album, Hell of a Holiday. Out Friday (Oct. 22), the 13-song collection features three covers and ten originals, including the ebullient title track. “​​It’s gonna be a hell of a holiday and it’s only just begun / The whole world is decorating and it’s only November

Parker McCollum is quickly becoming one of the biggest things in country music. I’ve been listening to the guy since 2016, when the only album he had to his name was The Limestone Kid, and it’s been wild watching the fanbase grow at a rapid pace over the past six years. Now he’s becoming a household

Zac Brown Band deliver some much-needed feel-good energy in the music video for the title track of their just-released new album, The Comeback. Like the lyrics of the song — and the album as a whole — ZBB’s “The Comeback” video speaks directly to the current cultural moment, underscoring the difficulties many have faced during the COVID-19

Aaron Lewis is gearing up to release 4th-career country studio album in 2022. Titled Frayed At Both Ends, the new album slated for January of 2022 takes a bare bones, less is more, approach to recording. But that doesn’t mean he’s not bringing in top talent. “There’s so much great music in Nashville, which I think everybody

Chris Stapleton and Rage Against the Machine frontman Tom Morello have joined forces for a roots-rock epic, “The War Inside.” A sunset-tinged, animated music video, which follows a couple driving backwards in time across a disaster-ravaged American landscape, accompanies the song. Displaying Stapleton’s singular vocals and Morello’s famous blend of heavy metal and hip-hop guitar sounds, “The

Happy Friday. This week on the Whiskey Riff New Music Friday Playlist, we have new tunes from Dillon Carmichael, Parker McCollum, Wade Bowen, Read Southall Band, Pistol Annies, Brent Cobb, Randy Houser with Hardy and Lee Brice, Drew Parker, Carson McHone, Creed Fisher, Corb Lund with Terri Clark and Brett Kissel, Kassi Ashton, Jon Langston,

Ava Rowland currently finds herself living a life that she could previously only dream of. The Ohio native is continuing to climb the steps toward country music stardom in the future thanks to songs such as “He’s Like a Habit” and “Mama’s Favorite Song.” But with her new single “Ghost,” she’s taking a moment to look