Waylon freakin’ Jennings. A legend in country music, but one who was never afraid to speak his mind and get into some crazy shit. He’s one of the best to ever do it, of course, and knew good music when he heard it, seeing as he single-handedly saved Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger album from
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We’ve been hearing stories about living the “outlaw” country life for years and years now. From Willie and Waylon, to Hank Jr., George Jones, and more their music and lives perfectly summed up the wild, full throttle, lifestyle that many of our favorite country legends lived back in the day. But what about the guys
It’s a unique and enchanted place. Somewhere that is truly fun for the whole family. You can stroll through butterfly gardens, scream on roller coasters, vibe with some live music, soak up the sun by the pool, do some arts and crafts, get in a knife fight with a local over a corn dog, or
John Mayer has just released a new single, and the track features guest vocals from Maren Morris. “Last Train Home” is the first single from Mayer’s upcoming album, Sob Rock. The singer-songwriter and guitarist dropped the new track on Friday (June 4), featuring the Grammy-winning country and pop singer on background vocals. The song draws
Oftentimes in country music, we see a younger artist covering someone on the older side. Maybe it’s someone they grew up listening to, or someone that inspires them in some way, but it’s always a sign of respect to the artist they’re covering. Well, we’re now getting the inverse of that and I’m very much
Though the true identity of the man behind the famous fringed masks is a secret, his talent is not. And now, Orville Peck has the co-sign from pop star Lady Gaga to prove it. For the 10th anniversary edition of Gaga’s 2011 album Born This Way, she enlisted the help of various artists to put new spins
We have a habit of digging deep into the caverns of the interwebs over here at Whiskey Riff. Time and time again, we’ve unearthed some pretty cool, throwback performances, whether it’s a baby-faced Tyler Childers, Dolly Parton singing at 14, or even some of Miranda Lambert’s early work. But today, we’re taking it back to
Curtis Grimes celebrates lifelong friends in his single “Friends,” and his brand-new music video for the song captures those special relationships. The new clip is premiering exclusively on The Boot; press play below to watch. Grimes and director Paul Galvan “wanted to capture the elements of what makes something feel like home and that make us
Morgan Wallen is back on Instagram once again to share some new music. Just a couple of weeks ago, he shared a new tune on his feed, a song he co-wrote with Miranda Lambert called “Thought You Should Know.” The unreleased tune was written as a heartfelt letter penned to his mom. He’s also been out
When Breland and Keith Urban met for the first time at Urban’s Nashville-area home — bright and early one Friday morning, as Urban recalls – the country superstar asked the rising star to share what had been inspiring him lately, and what he’d been working on. The demo of a chorus that Breland played for Urban — an early version
The Chief is BACK ON STAGE. Eric Church hit the stage at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, last night for his first concert since before the pandemic started over a year ago. In that time, Chief has released THREE new albums – and hasn’t been able to perform a single one of
Kalie Shorr has just released a stellar new cover of a Chicks classic, and it’s a must-hear for any fan of the classic country trio, as well as country’s next generation. Shorr has re-recorded the Chicks’ “Cowboy, Take Me Away,” which gave them a No. 1 hit when they released it as the second single
Morgan Wade introduced herself to the world in a big way earlier this year with the release of her first album Reckless. So far, the most popular track from the project has been “Wilder Days”, which is her first song to break 1 million streams on Spotify. Morgan released a music video for “Wilder Days” about
Early in their career, the Wandering Hearts formed a friendship with Marty Stuart; in fact, it was the singer-songwriter who first invited the UK-based trio to come to the United States, after they opened for him on a 2017 UK tour. Stuart liked what he heard, and he wasted no time pitching the group a song. “Back
I have an embarrassing confession… I was today years old when I realized that Dwight Yoakam plays the divorced guy, Mr. Kroeger, in the opening scene of Wedding Crashers. I mean, I know what Dwight Yoakam looks like, I’ve seen Wedding Crashers upwards of a hundred times and I just never made the connection. I can quote
Rising country star Brit Taylor‘s new single “At Least There’s No Babies” wraps up her debut album, Real Me. Released on Friday (June 4), the brand-new song is one of three on forthcoming deluxe edition of the project, due out next month. “The album Real Me told my story, and it wasn’t always easy to share
As we await the arrival of Flatland Cavalry’s new album, Welcome to Countryland, we already know what we’re gonna get. Some damn good country music. And after the release of their first single off the album “Some Things Never Change,” we know that the album is gonna continue to bring us everything that makes the Lubbock,
The Flatlanders – Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock — add a bit of Texas twang to a 50-plus-year-old Bob Dylan song with their cover of “She Belongs to Me.” The brand-new recording is premiering exclusively via The Boot; press play below to listen. Dylan originally released “She Belongs to Me” in 1965, on his Bringing
The recording is FINISHED. Last month, Cody and the gang went into the studio, the iconic Sonic Ranch Recording Studio in Tornillo, Texas, and it sounds like they put in some WORK. According to a Facebook post from Cody, they spent the month recording and wound up with just shy of 30 new songs for
Chris J Norwood has a whole lot of fun making his point in the music video for his cheekily titled new single “I Am Not Cool.” The new clip, premiering exclusively on The Boot, juxtaposes the singer-songwriter’s life in the spotlight with mundane slices of life out of it. Scenes of Norwood walking a red carpet,