The wedding song trifecta. Luke Combs has spent the better part of the past two years melting hearts across the country radio airwaves. And with his next single, he’ll be looking to do it again. A newlywed himself, he’s released “Beautiful Crazy” back in 2018 and it stayed atop the charts for multiple weeks. The
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The classic, “Always on My Mind” has been recorded by everyone from Elvis to Willie Nelson. Written by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher and Mark James, the unmistakable song has been featured in hit shows, commercials, and plenty more over the years. Watch Willie Nelson perform with his sons For my money, nobody does it quite
Troy Cartwright is Berklee trained but Red Dirt raised, and while the Dallas native says he listened close to his college professors, he also never forgot where he came from. When songwriting today, it’s still usually just him and an acoustic guitar, like it’s always been. “I was actually very, very bad at all the musical
“I am so sorry for anyone that I have hurt.” Ol’ Wheeler is back. Wheeler Walker Jr. has been off the grid for a while now, but given the news, it was time for him to release his own version of The Apology. Doing his best parody of Morgan Wallen’s recent apology video, the “Sit
Lanco‘s latest release, “Near Mrs.,” is a rock-inflected look back at the love interests who were almost — but not quite — the one. Though those relationships ultimately ended in heartbreak, it’s not a sad song. On the contrary, the narrator offers gratitude for the lessons learned from each one, and traces how each “Near Mrs.”
We told you Kat Hasty should be on your radar and it looks like Zach Bryan agrees… Zach invited Kat to be the latest guest in his YouTube series The Belting Bronco, where musicians cruise down some old backroads performing songs in the back of his old Ford Bronco. There happened to be a big
Hailey Whitters teams up with one of her childhood idols, Trisha Yearwood, on her new song “How Far Can It Go?” Whitters opens the summery song, reminiscent of Yearwood’s signature hit “She’s in Love With the Boy,” before the country icon takes over on the second verse. Their voices join together on the chorus as
Ah, yes, the good ol’ days. The days when concerts, plays, any form of live entertainment for that matter, were all taken for granted. Last year, just before COVID hit, Tyler Perry had a play in Nashville called Madea’s Farewell Play. At one point during the show, the one and only Chris Stapleton popped up from
Taylor Swift‘s re-recorded version of her hit song “Love Story” is faithful to the original, but fans who have been listening for years will notice a few subtle differences in the newly released track. The country-turned-pop superstar debuted the complete reimagined rendition on Friday (Feb. 12). Written by Swift and Nathan Chapman and released as
Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings are officially back to work on Tanya’s next album. In 2019, the three of them collabed on Tucker’s Grammy-winning While I’m Livin’, which Carlile co-produced alongside another country outlaw, Shooter Jennings. The trio took home Grammy awards for Best Country Album and Best Country Song. It was essentially
Carrie Underwood shows off her vocal range on her new version of the gospel hymn “Softly and Tenderly,” though she does so in a more understated way than on some of her biggest hits. Fans can hear the song, released on Friday (Feb. 12), below. The country star saves much of her gusto for a
Luke Combs is spending his first Valentine’s Day as a married man on the track today. Tasked with kicking off the pre-race festivities, Luke is live at Daytona International Speedway today for the 63rd running of the Great American Race, the Daytona 500. And prior to the performance, Luke spent some time chatting with NASCAR
Singer and songwriter Mando Saenz was in the fifth grade when he went to his first concert: ’80s metal band Dio, on their 1984-’85 The Last in Line Tour, at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas. “Me and my brother convinced my mom to go,” the artist recalls, later praising the band’s live theatrics. “It was
It’s always a great night at the Grand Ole Opry when Ashley McBryde is on that stage. Joined by Tony Emmanuel and Steve Wariner, it was her 19th trip inside that circle. She delivered an another emotional performance of “Girl Going Nowhere,” “First Thing I Reach For,” and a new tune called “Whiskey and Country
Robyn Ottolini‘s acoustic performance of her single “F-150” is daring — especially because the performance puts the singer and her guitarist in the bed of a burning truck! It’s premiering exclusively on The Boot; press play above to watch. The acoustic version of “F-150” strips the song down to how it sounded when Ottolini first
Most of us have taken an odd job a time to two to scrape up a little money. And for anybody trying to make in the entertainment industry, they’ve almost certainly taken a shit gig or two. But, you have to draw the line somewhere… and for Kacey Musgraves, that line was French maid. According
Blake Shelton is keeping it all in the (soon-to-be) family with his newest music video. The clip for the country singer’s hard-times love song “Minimum Wage” was directed by Todd Stefani, who just so happens to be the youngest brother of fellow artist Gwen Stefani, Shelton’s fiancée. The video’s sure to have Shelton fans missing in-person
“Just follow your arrow, wherever it points…” Rolling Stone is releasing their third-annual “Women Shaping The Future” issue, and this year, country star Kacey Musgraves appears on the cover. In the feature, Musgraves talks everything from her massive success with Golden Hour, to her divorce, some magic mushrooms, and of course, her song “Follow Your
Kameron Marlowe follows in the musical footsteps of fellow North Carolina native Luke Combs with his debut single, “Sober as a Drunk.” The song’s traditional country leanings, clever wordplay and barrel-chested baritone vocals all hearken back to Combs’ early hits — but Marlowe is rapidly proving his determination to leave his mark on country music, on his
Chris Stapleton has got himself a funny one. Back in the 2019… on the Grammy red carpet, Extra host Renee Bargh was fawning over Chris Stapleton’s music, particularly his love songs. And who could blame her? The man is a certified wordsmith. So when she asked his wife Morgane about how amazing it is to