Music

I gotta admit that I’m a big sea shanty gal. The first time I heard “Wellerman,” I was freaking hooked. Technically, “Twiddles” by Misbehavin’ Maidens was the first shanty I heard, but that’s a very different vibe. I think that’s why “The Sea” by Sierra Ferrell has become a constant in my song rotation ever

Today, Dolly Parton is country music royalty. But 60 years ago, she was an just an aspiring singer performing in a parking lot. And for the first time, we’re getting a glimpse of what that looked like. Archivist Bradley Reeves recently appeared on WBIR in Knoxville to debut some newly-uncovered footage of a 14-year old

It really doesn’t get much better than Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard on the same stage, so it is no surprise that “Pancho & Lefty” is one of my all-time favorite duets. In 2007, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price teamed up for a taped concert series with PBS titled “Last Of The Breed:

Well this is a pleasant surprise. By now, most of us are aware of the passing of 32 year old country music singer songwriter Luke Bell, who tragically lost his battle with mental illness near Tucson, Arizona. However, I wasn’t expecting to hear his voice on Martha Spencer’s new album, Wonderland, which was released this past Friday.

Can’t say enough good things about Luke Combs, man. The dude is just a class act. Back in July, he brought a teenager with terminal cancer on stage to sing his hit song “Better Together,” he surprised another terminally ill young man with concert tickets and a full backstage experience, and also paid off funeral expenses for

Gotta admit, I’m JACKED for a new Tyler Childers record. Maybe a little too jacked… Ol’ Timmy Tyler got the country music community fired up yesterday with a short teaser that seems to imply new music is on the way soon. His first Instagram post in almost two years, it seemingly picks up where his

When June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore first penned “Ring Of Fire,” something tells me they never saw this coming. Of course, “Ring Of Fire” was popularized by Johnny Cash in 1963, and went on to become one of the most iconic country music songs of all time. According to her autobiography, I Walked The Line: My

Ben Gallaher “Still a Few Cowboys Left” Ben Gallaher brings a cowboy’s story to life in his anthemic new single, “Still a Few Cowboys Left.” The soaring country-rocker is a blue-collar anthem and ode to all who stay true to the cowboy way of life. Gallaher penned the imagery-packed song with Neil Thrasher and Tony

For anyone who is a ’90s country music fan, you know Mark Chesnutt was a prime staple of the genre in that era. I mean c’mon, the man was a hit making machine back then, with songs like “Bubba Shot The Jukebox,” “Goin’ Through The Big D,” “Brother Jukebox,” “Too Cold At Home,” and more.

Kelsea Ballerini has dropped a powerful and ruminative new song, “What I Have.” The emotional track, which Ballerini co-wrote with Cary Barlowe and Alysa Vanderhym, arrives on the heels of her recent announcement of her divorce from Morgan Evans. Opting for a stripped-back production, “What I Have” boasts diary-entry lyrics that vulnerably and beautifully chronicle Ballerini’s thoughts

Morgan Wade is not giving us any room to breath after releasing her Acoustic Sessions EP. I am honestly still recovering from the three new songs on there (especially “Flower”), so when I opened Instagram, I was not expecting to see a snippet of a brand new song. But as Zach Bryan says… songwriters write songs.

The great Lukas Nelson in the building… Lukas stops by the podcast for the first time to talk about working on the soundtrack for and playing in ‘A Star is Born’ alongside Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, some of his favorite artists in country right now, how he chipped his tooth playing guitar and why he

Amy Martin has no need for hiding. Growing up in Harrisonburg, Va. as a queer Christian, Martin felt isolated from the community she loved so much. Martin’s album, Travelin’ On, is being released as a series of singles from now until January 2023. It focuses on reconciling that love with the rejection of others, and

The great Willie Nelson… proud Texan, a country music icon, marijuana aficionado… acrobatic sex master? As a leader of the outlaw country movement, Willie Nelson has more than his fair share or crazy stories. Hell, even some of his more recent stories will put most people to shame. Whether it’s smoking a joint on the

Talk about a stone cold country heartbreaker. The one and only Waylon Jennings is one of my favorite artists of all-time, and it would be nearly impossible for me to settle on just one favorite from his expansive catalog of incredible music. Depending on the day, I find myself gravitating towards a different Waylon tune, which in

Taking it back to the beginning. Much like the name Dale Earnhardt and his son Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the racing world, when you think of country music, it’s hard not to immediately think Hank Williams, as well as his son, Hank Williams Jr. Of course ol’ Hank is iconic as anybody to every pick

Jon Pardi officially has his fifth career #1 on country radio. “Last Night Lonely” is the lead single from his forthcoming album Mr. Saturday Night, and it hit the top spot on the Mediabase country chart over the weekend. Mediabase is one of the two charts that artists and labels use to track their songs

Camille Parker‘s voice has been turning heads across the country music industry recently, but her roots have ran deep within the genre for years. She’s always had a love of music, instilled in her by her grandfather, Mr. Charles. “Mr. Charles was just so great at showing me that (artists) start in small places,” she told UNC’s MediaHub. “It’s

Richard Nixon was known for a few things… Being the 37th President of the United States, getting the US out of the Vietnam War and stabilizing relations with China and the U.S.S.R., he was President when the United States landed on the moon (or faked it according to conspiracy theorists), and perhaps most famously… being

Chancellor Woodson literally rocks… Over the weekend, North Carolina based band American Aquarium headlined North Carolina State University’s annual Packapalooza festival, which is an all-day block party held on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh. Frontman BJ Barham is an NC State alumni, and he noted during his set that he started his freshman year at the