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Songwriter and country music legend Tom T. Hall has reportedly passed away today. He was 85. One of the best to ever play the game, Tom was responsible for writing hit songs like “Harper Valley PTA,” “I Like Beer,” ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis,” “Little Bitty,” and more. The Olive Hill, Kentucky, native had

“One Mississippi” may be Kane Brown‘s new radio single, but it was a particularly life-changing song for his co-writer, Levon Gray. The Alabama native tagged Brown in an Instagram Story and wound up signed to Brown’s Verse 2 Music. It wasn’t quite that easy, of course — Brown was impressed with what he heard on the

Koe Wetzel’s newest music video cuts deep. The video for “Drunk Driving”, from his latest album Sellout, was released last week and ended up being quite a departure in mood from previous videos like “Cold & Alone” and “Good Die Young”. A more somber, ominous video than what we’re used to from Koe, which is typically

Sturgill Simpson and Willie Nelson unite for a duet on Simpson’s new album, The Ballad of Dood and Juanita. “Juanita” is a charming love song from the perspective of Dood, a “larger-than-life” figure, inspired by Simpson’s grandfather, who must embark on a quest to rescue his wife, Juanita, after she’s kidnapped by a bandit named Seamus McClure. “Juanita, when

Streaming, eh? After a dismal performance in the ratings and CBS declining to renew the Academy of Country Music Awards show after this year, it appears as though they’ve made an exclusive deal with Amazon Prime Video for the 2022 show. It will be the first time a major awards show has livestreamed exclusively, and

Ray Wylie Hubbard has often said of “Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother,” his “politically incorrect” tongue-in-cheek fan-favorite song from 1973, that “it probably never should’ve been written, let alone recorded … but the way I look at it, careers have been built on less.” Now, nearly five decades later, country music that can poke

Jason Isbell is sticking to his word. Isbell announced earlier this month that he would require attendees to be vaccinated or show a negative test at all of his shows, and that if the venue wouldn’t allow it, he wouldn’t play. We’re now requiring proof of vaccination or a current negative test to attend all

Koe Wetzel sets his somber fan favorite, “Drunk Driving,” to dark and haunting visuals in the song’s new music video, shot in Nashville and directed by Patrick Tohill. The clip follows Wetzel through a period of emotional tumult and grief: He sits in a diner booth across from a woman who does not appear to

Gotta respect the classics. CMT is coming back with their CMT Giants special, a series that pays tribute to the careers of some of country music’s most legendary artists. So far we’ve seen tributes to names like Hank Williams Jr., Reba, Alan Jackson and Kenny Rogers. And this time they’re honoring the legend Mr. Charley Pride.

Katie Callahan finds joy in working with the earth, and her new song “In a Garden” expresses just how much her time in the soil and among her plants means to and does for her. It’s premiering exclusively on The Boot; press play below to listen. Callahan wrote “In a Garden” shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic

Man, talk about a rough few weeks for Mark Chesnutt. The 90’s country legend (and one of the more underrated artists from the 90’s if you ask me) underwent back surgery at the end of July, announcing that he would be in the hospital for “a couple days” before moving home to rest up and

In August 2020, RaeLynn made her debut on Round Here Records — Florida Georgia Line‘s then-newly established label — with her Baytown EP. The six-song project, named for her Texas hometown, was what the singer described as an immersive look into her personal and musical story, offering both swagger-filled earworms such as “Keep Up” and

Miranda Lambert knows how to cover a classic country song the right way. She’s done plenty of them in the past, like Waylon Jennings’ “I Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This”, and even teamed up with Eric Church years ago to sing the song we’re talking about today, “The Way I Am”. Though it never reached

Rapper Nelly enlisted two of country’s fastest-rising newcomers — Blanco Brown and Breland — to join him for his new single, “High Horse.” With an uptempo, danceable beat that delivers a massive dopamine hit, the song borrows just as much from funk and club music as it does from country twang. That’s a perfect fit for Brown and

How damn good does it feel to have the great Travis Tritt crankin’ out new music? Titled Set In Stone, the Dave Cobb-produced project was Tritt’s first studio record since 2007. Released in May of this year, Tritt kicked things off with the lead single “Ghost Town Nation,” followed by the nostalgic “Smoke In A Bar.” Keeping

Chris Stapleton‘s rendition of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” leans into the song’s dark and doom-y melody. It’s faithful to the original hit, but with some quintessentially-Stapleton twists. For one, a lengthy guitar solo stretches the six-and-a-half-minute song to over eight minutes, and offers the country star a chance to show off his skills as his band

Talk about some huge news from one of the best in the business. For those that don’t know, Jon Randall has probably either written, co-written, or perhaps even produced a lot of your favorite country songs. The man’s written songs for Miranda Lambert, Alison Krauss (yep, he wrote “Whiskey Lullaby”), Dwight Yoakam, Dierks Bentley and

The protagonist in the Barefoot Movement’s “Someday” is doing their best to look on the bright side. The new song — premiering exclusively on The Boot, along with its music video — is a prayer of sorts, the trio explains. “”Someday” was written right in the middle of some great personal turmoil. It came out like a

One of the greatest joys for a music fan is having a secret… Whether it’s an artist, or an album, or a song, there’s something so fun about knowing music that most people don’t. Of course, it’s always better for those great works or artists to get the love they deserve (hence why I started

Remember this one? A couple years ago, Sturgill Simpson announced that his next album would be a “sleazy, steamy, rock and roll record.” An announcement that perhaps took many fans by surprise: “We went in without any preconceived notions and came out with a really sleazy, steamy rock n roll record. It’s definitely my most