Music

Before the great Robert Earl Keen rides off into the sunset, he’s at least having one more go with Tyler Childers. Last week, REK announced that he would be hanging it up for good come this fall, citing that he wanted to retire from touring while he still loved it. His touring career today, which

Erin Rae has released “Cosmic Sigh,” the fourth single from her forthcoming sophomore album Lighten Up, due out on Feb. 4 via Thirty Tigers. The first two singles, “True Love’s Face” and “Modern Woman” were immersed in Laurel Canyon country, while both “Cosmic Sigh” and its predecessor “Candy and Curry” find ways to blend dream

Man, I can’t wait for this new gospel album from Brent Cobb, which is finally dropping on January 28th. Titled And Now, Let’s Turn To Page…, the man has dropped three stellar singles in “We Shall Rise,” “When It’s My Time,” and the newly released “Just a Closer Walk With Thee,” and let me tell ya,

Amythyst Kiah’s newly released cover of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” is a striking choice. The original version, a 1980 single from British synth-rock legends Joy Division, was released six years before the Chattanooga native was born. The vocals were muddled on Joy Division’s, as much was during the height of their genre’s era. But

For my money, Brothers Osborne’s 2020 Skeletons album was one of the best of the year. The Grammy-nominated album has so much grit and authenticity to it, and it shines through on jams like “I’m Not For Everyone,” “Skeletons,” “Back On The Bottle,” along with so many others. With that being said, the country duo dropped

With her 2021 album Changemakers, folk singer Crys Matthews truly established herself as a force to be reckoned with. While Matthews is well-traveled in folk and women’s music circles, her first showcase at last year’s increasingly diverse AmericanaFest will hopefully lead to growing connections in Americana and country music. Today, on the 49th anniversary of

One of my top albums/EPs of 2021 was Midland’s oThe Last Resort EP. The band is most known for their badass, honky-tonkin’ two steppin’ heaters, bringing a breath of fresh air to the bro-country/boyfriend-country-soiled mainstream sound. But on this last album they slowed things down a little bit, with a heavy focus on slower paced,

Shaboozey “Tall Boy” If you’re looking for a perfected blend of alt-country and hip hop, look no further than Shaboozey‘s infectious new single “Tall Boy.” In the track’s music video, the Virginia native heads to Nashville’s oldest dive bar, the Springwater Supper Club, to let off some steam and throw a few back. He manages to take a

Talk about celebrating one of the GOATs. Back in 2011, “More Life” was the ultimate tribute concert to the man himself, Mr. Randy Travis, in honor of the 25th anniversary of his iconic Storms of Life album. And who would’ve thought over a decade later, “More Life” would become a documentary. The award-winning Circle Network has announced

Bluegrass legend Del McCoury will turn 83 years old just days before the release of Almost Proud, The Del McCoury Band’s 17th studio album. Due out on Feb. 18, the record will include a collaboration with his longtime friend Vince Gill called “Honky Tonk Nights.” Though the duo have been friends for years, this is the first time

Riley Green is bringin’ it with this one… He’s in Cancun right now to play at Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa Festival in Mexico, but he took a little time out of his schedule there to debut an unreleased new song called “Taillights.” Straight from the hotel room with just an acoustic guitar backing him,

Award-winning songwriter and guitarist Molly Tuttle and her band Golden Highway are gearing up to release a brand new album. This morning (Jan. 20), Tuttle announced that her third full-length solo record Crooked Tree will be released on April 1. Golden Highway, her acclaimed band featuring mandolinist Dominick Leslie, banjoist Kyle Tuttle, fiddle player Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and

FIRE ME UP. There ain’t too many country music artists in the game right now who are as badass as Jamey Johnson. I mean, the man is just the real deal, as authentic as it gets. I’m just dying for the day that the man drops a brand new album (fingers crossed it’s sometimes soon),

The picture of Morgan Wade’s Reckless Deluxe release is starting to unfold. We heard the first new track, Run, a few weeks back and just a day or so ago, she let us know about another track that’s coming soon… “When you get to release a deluxe version of your album, you obviously include some Elvis! Y’all

Brooklyn-based antifolk musician Linda Draper makes a scathing retort in the acoustic version of “Tether,” the closing track for her upcoming album Patience and Lipstick. “They keep speaking in their crooked tongues, trying to sell me the idea we’re all in this together,” she sings of disorganized media and political messaging in the face of

One of the most iconic country music stars of all time, and the fastest rising star in the business. Zach Bryan is arguably the most explosive up and comer in the game right now, definitely the most compelling, and if you’ve had the chance to hear the crowd at a live show, you know he’s

Waylon Jennings… the man was one of kind. I wish the country music legend was still alive to this day, and I could have the privilege to sit down with him and listen to all of the wild stories he accumulated throughout his famed career. Above all else, the man always was authentic is they

Norwegian quartet Silver Lining reflect on the long path that led to happiness and love in their stunning new single. “The Dream” is premiering exclusively on The Boot; press play below to listen. Comprised of Stine Andreassen, Live Miranda Solberg, Bjørnar Ekse Brandseth and Halvor Falck Johansen, the group is a collection of some of Norway’s

You’d think after listening to an album start to finish as much as I have over the past few months, it’d lose some of its luster, but not this one. Charles Wesley Godwin’s How The Mighty Fall stands the test of time as absolutely one of the best top to bottom albums I’ve ever heard. Literally every

Welcome back, Joe. If you’re in your mid-30s like me, the music of Joe Nichols was probably a big part of the soundtrack to your teenage years. After releasing his debut album in 1996, Joe really burst onto the scene in the early 2000s with his second full-length album, Man With a Memory. The album produced