Music

Many people consider June 1st to be the consensus start of summer. Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, school is just about over, pools are open, and the big fish are biting. The idea of a fish fighting takes on a different meaning for noodlers, who are anglers that prefer to fight their fish

Drew Green‘s new “The Rest of Our Lives” music video will make you want to get lost in the country with the one you love. Readers can press play below to watch the performance, premiering exclusively via The Boot. It’s a simple concept: Green stands in the middle of a grassy clearing, the camera circling

It seems like everything’s controversial these days. No matter what you say or do, there’s pretty much always going to be somebody who gets mad at you for it (usually somebody hiding behind a keyboard). Country music is no exception – and it’s not just a recent thing, either. And I’m not just talking about

Okay, I have a serious question for y’all today. Why doesn’t “Everything But You” get the credit it deserves? Seriously. I would put it in my top five favorite Kip Moore songs of all time. Hell, maybe even top three… It has every element in the making of a great country song: nostalgia, longing, regret,

Anyone who gets the nod of approval from Cody Jinks, Jamey Johnson, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard is pretty cool in my book. Ward Davis has shared the stage with his good friends, Cody and Jamey, more than few times including performances of “Colorado” and “Highwaymen”, but friendship with some of country music’s best is

John Michael Montgomery was a boot stompin’ staple of country music back in the ’90s, who could hang with the best of them with songs like “Sold,” “Life’s a Dance,” and “Be My Baby Tonight.” If you go to any country concert nowadays, you can just about bet your life savings that you’ll hear a

Though he has four studio albums under his belt that have spring-boarded him into superstardom in the Texas music scene, Koe Wetzel’s first work came to us in the form of an EP. His 2012 EP is called Love and Lies, and I would say it’s a little lighter on the love and heavier on

Trace Adkins is honoring our military heroes with an impactful new song and video that arrives just in time for Memorial Day 2021. The veteran country singer’s video for “The Empty Chair” honors actual service members who lost their lives while serving the country. Adkins invited fans to submit photos of their loved ones who died

Gotta love newer artists who still respect the legends. And Jake Owen has always been one of those artists who respects the legends who came before him. Take, for instance, this video of Jake singing “Sunday in the South” with Marty Raybon and Mike McGuire of Shenandoah. Jake starts out discussing what this song means

Paying tribute to our fallen heroes on this Memorial Day weekend. Luke Combs took to the Grand Ole Opry stage tonight to play in front of his first live audience in 16 months. And he took the opportunity to pay tribute to all of our men and women in uniform with the emotional “Even Though

Craig Campbell‘s new single, “Never Mine,” is a searing final goodbye to a love interest that was never quite as into him as he was into her. From start to finish, the song displays emotional complexity and nuance, refusing to villainize the ex in question while also not downplaying how much hurt the relationship brought him. To write

Memorial Day Weekend is here. A time to reflect back on the men and women who gave their lives to secure the freedom of the American people. Those who paid the ultimate price so we can spend the weekend drinking beer, grilling meat and listening to ’90s country. And that’s exactly what we’re gonna do.

“Cosmic Americana” duo Blue Cactus examine the seasons of a relationship in their song “Stranger Again,” and its accompanying music video, premiering exclusively on The Boot. Press play below to watch the brand-new clip. “On your mind / That’s where I want to be all the time,” Blue Cactus’ Mario Arnez and Steph Stewart sing in

OF COURSE HE SAID THAT… If you know anything about Garth Brooks, you knows he’s on of the highest-selling entertainers of all time, he’s a country music superstar, he still routinely sells out football stadiums in a matter of minutes, and he’s married to the great Trisha Yearwood. You also might know that he’s one

Drew Parker‘s major-label debut single, “While You’re Gone,” is also the title track of his newest EP. And while it may be the first time many country fans are hearing Parker’s voice on the radio, it’s unlikely to be the first time they’ve heard his words: He’s a seasoned songwriter who helped create “Homemade” for Jake

There’s lots of country songs that talk loving the small town where you’re from and while there’s certainly some people that resonates with, there’s a whole other group who want to get out, or at least feel frustrated by where they were born and raised. When you grow up around the same small group of

Ray Scott came from one of those one-stoplight, lots-of-dirt-roads sort of towns: the towns that people leave in order to make their dreams come true. The towns they return to when they have lived out those dreams. Indeed, Scott did just that for his new music video “I was doing some shows in Greensboro and

Georgia-grown southern rock band Blackberry Smoke released their 7th studio album today. And, they brought out the big guns in Alabama native Jamey Johnson to join them on the track “Lonesome for a Livin’.” They had previously put out a few songs in the lead up to the full release, like the title-track “You Hear

Yola finds freedom, thanks to the power inside her, in her new song “Stand for Myself.” The title track of her new album is accompanied by a music video inspired by the aesthetics of clips from the 1990s and 2000s. Directed by Allister Ann, Yola’s “Stand for Myself” music video in, as she describes it, “the

George Strait has been known to put out a hit single or two… hundred. With over 60 number one singles in his career, he’s the all-time leader in country music number ones, and rightfully so, has been crowned the undisputed King of country music. And on this date, nearly 40 years ago, that monstrous run