Music

At first blush, it doesn’t make sense for country music and New York City to work. But Whitney Lockert makes it happen. A stalwart veteran of the New York country scene (such as it was) in the 2010s, Lockert returned home to California a few years ago. His upcoming album, Long Way to California (out

Sierra Ferrell has been one of my favorite female artists to emerge over the last year. She combines traditional sound, with a grunge yet rhinestone cowgirl exterior, and she has an insane vocal range. So when I saw her on the Bonnaroo lineup, I knew I had to make time to tune in Sunday afternoon.

Bill Anderson & Dolly Parton “Someday It’ll All Make Sense” It’s not everyday that a song flawlessly blends the lyrical elements of a comforting hymn, rootsy instrumentation, and the sheer honesty of country songwriting in a song. But this new Bill Anderson and Dolly Parton duet, written by Bobby Tomberlin, Ryan Larkins, and Anderson, does

Every time I listen to a new country album, I find myself being drawn to the songs that tell a story, those songs that create characters and have a plot. Maybe it’s the English major in me, but there is something to the specificity of those songs that make them the most compelling. To go

You never know who’s gonna pop up at a show in Nashville… And for fans at the Brooks & Dunn concert at Bridgestone Arena last night, they got way more than their money’s worth when Kix and Ronnie pulled Miranda Lambert up on stage to sing a few tunes. The Texas native was there taking

One of the biggest tropes of country music is songs about trucks and/or cars. From nostalgia trips like “Drive (For Daddy Gene)” by Alan Jackson to acts of revenge like “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood to judgements of personality like “TRUCK” by HARDY, the car or truck has become a character all its own

So much good country music coming out of Appalachia these days. I stumbled across The Local Honeys a few weeks ago, watching a Western AF session they shot a little over a year ago. And I have not been able to consume enough of their content since. Their Kentucky bluegrass roots, deep-hollar vocals, and raw lyrics combine for

If sitting on an old church pew, backstage at some venue (maybe), cold Miller Lite in hand, while singing Willie Nelson songs with your spouse ain’t a picture of true love, then I don’t know what is. To be honest, there’s not much context here… The video caption says “live at Epicenter,” but I don’t

Turnpike Troubadours just keep addin’ tour dates, and I couldn’t be happier about it. They have shows coming up in Atlanta, GA on October 29th, in addition to shows in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium July 29th-30th, one in Raleigh, NC on October 28th, and a few other festival appearances, as well. But after their

Sounds like Carrie Underwood is raising her kids right. After a performance at CMA Fest last week, she talked to Entertainment Tonight about her new record, Denim & Rhinestones, as well as her performance at the Grand Ole Opry last weekend. Guests in the audience hilariously caught a glimpse of her oldest son, Isaiah, breakdancing

This just might be the most Willie Nelson song I’ve ever heard… The Red Headed Stranger teamed up with his son, Micah (AKA Particle Kid), for a brand new single called “Die When I’m High (Halfway To Heaven).” Micah said that he wrote the song after playing rounds of chess and dominos with his dad

49 Winchester is having themselves a year. If you aren’t familiar with the Castlewood, Virginia band, then I don’t know where you have been all year. In the anticipation leading up to the release of their 4th album, Fortune Favors the Bold, in May, and one of the best albums of 2022 thus far, Winchester

Newcomer Bailey Zimmerman chronicles a relationship that’s barely staying afloat in his new song, “Rock and a Hard Place,” which he released on Monday (June 13) at the request of his fervent, rapidly-growing following on social media. The song details a relationship that started out strong — “We’ve been talkin ’bout forever / Since we’ve

Nothin’ like hittin’ the links on the sunny shores of Mexico. Over the past couple weeks, Koe Wetzel, Wade Bowen, Josh Abbott, Mike Ryan, Randy Rogers, and more headed down to Cabo San Lucas for Casey Donahew’s two-week long, Boots on the Beach Festival. I mean, some of Texas’ finest music, plus Mexico, plus tequila…

Fast-rising country newcomer Breland — who’s best known for collaborating with A-Listers like Dierks Bentley, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban and Sam Hunt — officially has an album on the way. He announced his full-length debut, Cross Country, during a stop on NBC’s Today With Hoda & Jenna on Tuesday morning (June 13). The album takes its name from Breland’s

“Dirt Road” is one of Kip Moore’s best-kept secrets. Of course, his hardcore fans have known that for years, and it was actually released as a single back in 2014. Along with “Young Love,” both songs were supposed to be featured on the tracklist of his 2015 sophomore album, Wild Ones, but were left as

Pat Green continues to prove that he hasn’t missed a beat over his extensive country music career, as he’s released a number of singles in preparation for his upcoming album, Miles and Miles of You. The Texas country powerhouse has dropped the album’s title-track, “All In This Together,” “Build You a Bar,” and most recently, “Steady.”

Over the weekend, country music star Toby Keith revealed that he had been battling stomach cancer for the past six months with a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Telling fans that he’s looking forward to “recovering and relaxing” with his family, and that he’ll see his fans again soon, it appears that the prognosis

Back in January, country singer Sara Evans’ husband, former Alabama quarterback and radio host Jay Barker, was arrested near the couple’s home in Nashville after he allegedly tried to hit Evans with a car. Evans was leaving a party at the neighbors house, and got into a friend’s car to head back to the couple’s

Kenny Loggins is once again calling out Garth Brooks. With the new Top Gun movie out (and I hear it’s pretty damn good), you can’t help but think about Kenny Loggins’ 1986 hit “Danger Zone.” I mean, what a jam. But if you were around in the early ’90s, you might remember that Kenny Loggins and