Music

Man, it feels like yesterday when everywhere I looked, and every radio station and channel I’d flip to was playing that God awful “Fancy Like” song by Walker Hayes. Ya know, the “Applebee’s” song, for those that have never cared to even look the song up. I still find myself waking up in cold sweats

There is nothing quite like rediscovering a song on an album you love. The most recent song I’ve re-fallen in love with is from Hailey Whitters’ 2020 album, The Dream. A tune we all know and love, a cover of Chris Stapleton’s “The Devil Always Made Me Think Twice.” The original guitar riff and the twang-heavy song

Randall King covering Randy Travis is one heck of a combo. And now that Thanksgiving is over… Christmas music is officially acceptable. Randall King has released his own rendition of Randy’s “Old Time Christmas,” with all of its traditional country Christmas charm. Originally released on Randy Travis’s 1989 Christmas album, Randy Travis An Old Time

“We stand for the flag, and if you don’t like, it we don’t care…” It just hits different hearing that at a setting like Fort Rucker, Alabama. And Riley Green recently played it for Army troops there in his home state, after joining them for some training as part of the Grand Ole Opry’s Inside

Not gonna lie, the thought has often crossed my mind: “What in the hell is Chris Cagle doing nowadays?” The guy was an absolute hitmaking machine in the 2000s, with songs like “What Kinda Gone,” “Chicks Dig It,” “Let There Be Cowgirls,” “Laredo,” “What A Beautiful Day,” and more. However, the guy seemingly fell off

Happy Turkey Day, everyone! As the grills are fired up, beers are cracked, wine bottles opened, potatoes are mashed, and family is all around, today is the perfect day to enjoy time with those who mean a lot to you and be thankful for what we all have. And one of my favorite videos to

Sam Hunt returns to his roots — both lyrically and sonically — on his autobiographical new song, “Start Nowhere.” Co-written by Hunt, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally and Zach Crowell, the reflective track tells the story of what a trip home can do for a lost and weary soul. “I’m packin’ it up, movin’ along /

Morgan Wallen dropped a brand new music video just in time for Thanksgiving. A tribute to his mama Lesli, “Thought You Should Know” was actually released on Mother’s Day earlier this year and is Morgan’s current single at country radio. A co-write with Miranda Lambert and Nicolle Galyon, the song itself features a pretty simple

Charles Kelley is letting fans into his journey to sobriety. The Lady A singer shared a vulnerable song he wrote called “As Far as You Could,” which he says is his “goodbye letter to alcohol.” “This song is my goodbye letter to alcohol,” he writes on social media alongside a 3-minute and 50-second audio file.

How was this song not a massive hit? I was on a long drive yesterday listening to Spotify on shuffle when Jon Pardi and Lauren Alaina‘s 2019 duet “Don’t Blame It On Whiskey” came up. And this song is so damn good. So I hit the rewind button and played it again. And one more

Six years ago, rising country talent Caroline Kid arrived in Nashville and worked her way into the city’s musical community from the ground up. The Iowa native became a frequent performer at open mic nights across town and began penning songs for other artists, even becoming a member of Nashville Songwriters Association International along the

Paintin’ over it might not have been able to hide Billy Bob’s love for Charlene. But hiding a turkey in a Joe Diffie-themed masterpiece is a pretty dang good disguise. Katie Shawver, a mother from Ohio, took to Facebook recently to show off her second grade son Zane’s “disguise the turkey” artwork that was inspired

Let the countdown to Charles Wesley Godwin’s next album begin… The king of West Virginia (as declared by me) has been putting out stripped down versions of new songs for a little while now, like “Skyline Blues” and “All Again”, and with this latest one, it’s safe to say there’s something in the works… We previously heard

Lainey Wilson took the stage on Yellowstone on Sunday night (Nov. 20) to perform in character during Episode 3 of Season 5, and she treated fans to a brand new song they’ve never heard before. Wilson joins Season 5 of Yellowstone as a musician named Abby, who will reportedly become friendly with Beth Dutton (Kelly

A few weeks back, we here at Whiskey Riff made a little trip to Greenville, South Carolina for the Greenville Country Music Fest. While we were there, I had the privilege of interviewing Larry Fleet, and talk about everything from his music, like his latest album studio album Stack of Records, collaborations he’s done, what

I think we are seeing new music on the horizon from Sierra Ferrell, and I’m pumped. On Ferrell’s most recent tour stint in Australia, she debuted a new song to the crowd titled “I Can Drive You Crazy.” The tune is very folk heavy and has a very different sound than her debut album, Long Time

Randy Rogers Band is back with a music video for “Fast Car,” the latest single from their ninth studio album, Homecoming, which was released in October. The track is a driving ballad about the first encounter between two people that have never met and all of the assumptions the narrator makes about a potential new love interest.

Is it summer yet? Parker McCollum announced today that he is extending his tour and building a ‘Summer Tour’ schedule to follow up the ‘Spring Tour’ dates he posted earlier this month. He will also be bringing along some fellow Texas country acts including the legendary Randy Rogers Band, as well as Flatland Cavalry. The

Yellowstone is BACK. Yellowstone was back tonight with a brand new episode titled “Tall Drink Of Water,” and if that line didn’t set off an absolute firestorm. This week’s episode found the bunkhouse crew, as well as Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly), out on the town and that bar just so happened to feature Lainey Wilson’s

Well…. this tour looks just awful. Friends, beer, music and fun… that’s what it is like being on tour with Jon Pardi. CMT took some behind the scene footage of life on the road with Pardi during his stop in Boston for his Ain’t Always the Cowboy Tour with Lainey Wilson and Hailey Whitters. Jon