25 years ago today… This year marks 30 years in the country music business for Tracy Lawrence, who took to Instagram today to celebrate the career milestone. Making his debut in 1991 with “Sticks and Stones,” Tracy boasts a several #1 hits and more than 20 top 1o singles. “It’s hard to believe, but 2021
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Floyd, Va., native Morgan Wade generated quite a buzz with the release of her song “Don’t Cry” just before Christmas, and her debut album lives up to it. Reckless is due out on March 19, the singer announced on Friday (Jan. 22). Ten gorgeously crafted tracks await listeners on Reckless, combining Wade’s ace songwriting skills with lush, but not
“The road is long and it ain’t paved well…” The Oklahoma-based country rock group Read Southall Band just dropped the music video for their latest release, “Where We Belong.” Channeling their inner Kings Of Leon, the new offering is much more atmospheric than we might be used to hearing from Read and company, who have
No matter how you try, you can’t pull one over on the people who know you best. Singer-songwriter Sam Williams sings about the times we try — and fail — to do so, and the desire to break away from those familiar patterns, in his new song, “Can’t Fool Your Own Blood.” Co-written by Williams with
Get EXCITED. Lainey Wilson is one of the more promising young stars in country music right now, with a sound that harkens back to those badass ladies of the ’90s. And now, the Louisiana native is bringing her signature “bell bottom country” to the masses in the form of a brand new album titled, Sayin’
Parker McCollum can’t quite crack a cold, cold heart in “To Be Loved By You,” his new radio single and a new way of looking at a man who played heartbreaker with his debut. “Pretty Heart” found the Texan mourning a woman that he foolishly let slip away. If you like a narrative, you can call
It’s official… Eric Church is releasing a TRIPLE ALBUM this spring. The news leaked early this morning and the official announcement came later this afternoon, but this April we’re going to get three albums (one is a Church Choir exclusive) featuring 24 songs from their month-longer recording session up in the Carolina mountains. Titled Heart &
When Amanda Shires first conceived of her song “The Problem,” it was not a conversation between a couple, but a discussion among women. Upon the release of the duet version, which features her husband, fellow singer-songwriter Jason Isbell, in 2020, Shires mentioned that she planned to share the song with its original lyrics down the line — and on Friday (Jan. 22),
So I have an embarrassing confession to make. I got into the country music game in high school, and unfortunately, that was when “bro country” was at its God-awful peak. Every “country” song I listened to consisted of the same formula: girls, booze, bonfires, lifted trucks, and flat bills flipped back (basically every FGL song
Kylie Frey revels in her roots throughout her new EP, Rodeo Queen — a project that spotlights fiddle, steel and the real-life rodeo dreams that even won her a Louisiana High School state goat tying championship back in 2011. But while much of the six-song project centers around Frey’s identity and where she comes from, her new single, “I
As g sings… “Blame it all on my roots, I showed up in boots… sporting a new set of hair.” Garth Brooks made a splash at the inauguration ceremony today, performing an a capella version of the classic hymn “Amazing Grace.” After the performance, G lit up like a Christmas tree, dashing off into a
Jon Pardi‘s newest single, “Tequila Little Time,” is tailor-made for a day of relaxation, preferably in some warm weather. The Heartache Medication track is more laid-back than the album’s previous singles, the Top 5 “Ain’t Always the Cowboy” and the No. 1 title track. “Tequila Little Time” features a heavy emphasis on Spanish-infused horns, a new
When I think of Tim McGraw, it’s hard for me not to go to the 1990’s version of him with the full face, mullet and that signature mustache singing “Indian Outlaw.” That’s personally my favorite era of Tim McGraw’s music. But that being said, one of my favorite Tim McGraw songs, and arguably his most
Hunter Hayes debuted his new song “The One That Got Away” on Good Morning America on Thursday (Jan. 14). It’s a song about moving on and freedom, he says. The “Wanted” hitmaker’s new digital single is a part of Red Sky (Part II), his upcoming album on LP Entertainment. It follows the 2019 album Wild Blue
Back with another gem from the ’90s. Advertising was really simple in the ’90s… get somebody famous. Your commercial is a steaming pile of corny dog shit? Doesn’t matter, we got somebody famous. You have the classic John Wayne and R. Lee Ermey Coors Banquet commercial, Alan Jackson and Clint Black’s Miller Lite spot, Johnny Cash
Hailey Whitters enlists fellow singer-songwriter Jordan Davis for “The Ride,” one of five new duets included on her just-announced Living the Dream project, a deluxe edition of her 2020 album The Dream. “The Ride” shares the importance of keeping things in perspective, even during difficult times, pointing out that it’s life’s low points that make the highlights so sweet.
No signs of slowing down here… Ever since his first single “Hurricane” hit the airwaves in 2016, Luke Combs has been runaway freight train of momentum, cranking out hit after hit after hit. Throw in sold out show after sold out show, album sales records, chart records, streaming records, an Entertainer of the Year nomination,
Singer-songwriter Ray Fulcher may appear to be living the high life in his song “I Got It All,” but as its newly released music video reveals, that’s not quite the full story. The clip is premiering exclusively on The Boot; press play above to watch. Fulcher is hanging out in a dream world in his “I
My man. I’m relatively new to NASCAR, but I dig the hell out of it. Last year, when the pandemic shut down the entire world, the first (and only) sport to return was NASCAR… so I started watching it. And sure I was familiar with guys like Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson,
Willie Jones grew up listening to everything from gospel to pop music, but he can still remember hearing strains of some of country music’s beloved patriotic anthems on the radio. “We have so many patriotic songs,” Jones reflects, offering up a bit of Martina McBride’s “Independence Day” as we chat. “I always wondered what that would