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Lilly Hiatt’s “Lately” sounds like a love song, but it comes from the tumult of 2020 and the loneliness, unfamiliarity and distress of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s premiering exclusively via The Boot; press play below to listen. “”Lately” is all for you,” Hiatt shares. “I’d like to let you in on the strife

Welp, to say that this sucks would be the understatement of the century. After the release of Sound And Fury, was really looking forward to Sturgill Simpson melting my fucking face off during his A Good Look’n Tour with Tyler Childers. Then this cruel bitch named The Rona happened and the entire tour got axed before it made

Sean Rowe promises a lifetime of love in “I Won’t Run,” a quiet, romantic, traditional country waltz. The song is premiering exclusively on The Boot; press play below to listen. Over a melody of pedal steel from Ben Lester, time-keeping drums from Shane Leonard and organ from Chris Carey, Rowe swears, “Baby, I won’t break your heart

For those of you who don’t know, RC Edwards is a founding member, songwriter, bassist, and cornerstone of the Turnpike Troubadours. Among others, we can thank Edwards for writing the Turnpike classics “Easton & Main,” “Morgan Street,” and “Kansas City Southern.” A little over a year after the band announced their hiatus, fiddler Kyle Nix

Morgan Wade‘s debut single “Wilder Days” leaves you a special kind of breathless. There’s an urgency to the rock-inspired love song that’s rare on Top 40 country radio. This newcomer proves that you don’t need to sacrifice depth to get a great hook and strong melody. A dozen comparisons come to mind as you play “Wilder Days” on

Damn, is this John R Miller record good or what? The gritty, introspective artist released Depreciated a few months ago and it’s been a consistent go to when I need something real and something really fantastic. One of my favorites is “Motor’s Fried,” which reminds us to not throw the baby out with the bathwater, but in

Dylan Gerard can’t help but think about what could have been in his new “Please Don’t Let Me” music video. The clip is premiering exclusively on The Boot; press play below to watch. Directed by Craig Harris and shot in Jacksonville, Fla., Gerard’s new music video intersperses footage of the artist and his band performing the song

George Strait is The King of country music. With an incredible 30 studio albums under his belt and 60 number one hits, it’s not hard to imagine how and why he earned that nickname. And, on this date in 1993, he released his 14th studio album Easy Come, Easy Go.  It produced four singles for George,

Singer-songwriter Waylon Payne has shared a new song, “7:28,” ahead of the release of his upcoming project, The Lost Act. It’s a tribute to his mother, the late country singer Sammi Smith. Smith’s death in February of 2005 was one of the most difficult times of Payne’s life, he shares. The song takes its title from the time

Gotta love an artist trying to stick it to The Man…  Charley Crockett’s latest album, Music City USA, is yet another piece of old-timey, Gulf country excellence that we’ve grown accustomed to over his career. He’s obviously never been one to lean into what country music radio and record labels are pushing, and despite not having their

Keith Urban has shared the official audio for “Crimson Blue,” a track that appears in the finale of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, which stars his wife, Nicole Kidman. “Crimson Blue” has a dream-like quality that mirrors the mysterious and often mind-bending limited series created by Hulu. Throughout the song, Urban sings about not being able to

Sticking to their word. When some artists began to require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test at future concerts, The Steel Woods made sure that they were doing the opposite. They posted a message on Instagram saying that they would refuse to play at any venue that would implement a Covid requirement, and

Dalton Domino‘s new song ”Wasn’t Her Own” has some extremely 21st-century roots. The Texan is part of a songwriting group text, through which he was presented a challenge: Domino had to write a song using three phrases: “a glass of wine,” “steel-toed boots” and “oven mitts.” Listeners will, indeed, hear all three as details in “Wasn’t Her

Tim McGraw has quietly had a solid acting career, and with him taking the lead in the new Yellowstone spinoff, 1883, he’s really padding that resume. And while I’m pretty partial to his performance as Dallas McVie in Four Christmases, he’s starred in movies like The Blind Side, The Shack, Country Strong, The Kingdom and more. Of course, his first big

William Lee Golden couldn’t take another piece of bad news. His sons, Rusty, Craig and Chris, were mourning the loss of their mother while the famed Oak Ridge Boys member with the iconic white beard was mourning the loss of his first wife and high school sweetheart. And due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the world

It’s always a great day in history when George Strait is dropping albums. And on this date, way back in 1984, the King released his fourth-career studio album, Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind.” Featuring hits like the title track, as well as “The Cowboy Rides Away” and “The Fireman,” the album also included a

Mickey Guyton has been open about the struggles she’s faced in country music, often advocating for equality and representation within the genre and vulnerably sharing about the personal hardships she’s had to endure. However, she’s not opened up about her husband Grant Savoy’s terrifying health scare and misdiagnosis, until now. Speaking to Today’s Country with Kelleigh Bannen about

That’s a good lookin’ race car. Big Machine label group, home of Carly Pearce, is sponsoring Sam Mayer’s No. 8 Chevy for the Xfinity race tonight at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. As the first race of the Round of 12 in the Xfinity playoffs, Sam is not technically eligible to move forward in the rest

Fall has only just begun, but that doesn’t mean that Carrie Underwood is waiting to celebrate the Christmas season… and all of the things that come along with it. Underwood gave fans a taste of winter a little early with her release of the upbeat new song, “Favorite Time of Year.” Throughout the holiday song,