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Clayton Anderson is ready to get personal. The country singer-songwriter is set to release his third studio album Made in the USA on Sept. 16, marking what he notes as his most reflective and meaningful release to date. “Every song on this album has a special meaning to me,” Anderson says. “It’s my most vulnerable body

Texas’ finest… Koe Wetzel stops by the podcast for the third time to talk about all the new music he has coming soon, his version of the wild strip club story with Parker McCollum, playing a couple shows with Snoop Dogg, potentially collaborating with Post Malone one day, getting arrested in New Braunfels, Texas, over

Accomplished singer-songwriter Anthony D’Amato yearns for a love that will turn the tides in his aching new story-song ”Ships in the Night,” which is premiering exclusively today (Aug. 17) at The Boot. “‘Ships in the Night’ is a song about longing and desire,” D’Amato tells The Boot. “I imagined a narrator so filled with loneliness that his nightly tears flood

At this point pretty much every country artist has their own bar in Nashville. When Garth Brooks announced that he would be opening a bar on Broadway in downtown Music City, he joined a list of artists like Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, John Rich, Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Kid Rock, Alan Jackson…you

Honey Harper are set to release their sophomore album Honey Harper & the Infinite Sky on Oct. 28 via ATO Records. The innovative, genre-bending outfit have shared their first cut from the project today (Aug. 16), which serves as a modernized, groovy throwback to classic country-rock of the 1970s. Anchored by enveloping guitar riffs and

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that Waylon Jennings will forever be one of the greatest outlaw country singers of all time. We’re talking about a guy who did things his own way with no regrets, and if the machine out in Nashville, or anybody in general pissed him off, he was gonna

Rising country talent Tiera Kennedy makes a strong debut with her joyful new single “Found It in You.” The Alabama native explores the excitement, joy and contentment that comes after finding a love that you know will last. Kennedy’s now-husband and current creative director, Kamren Kennedy, served as inspiration behind the track’s heartfelt lyrics. “When I wrote ‘Found

Scary news out of the Blackberry Smoke camp over the weekend. The southern rock outfit from Atlanta, Georgia, revealed today that drummer Brit Turner suffered a serious heart attack over the weekend. Luckily, he was able to make it to the hospital in time and was provided with the necessary medical care to save his

Little Big Town embrace optimism in the wake of heartbreak in their hopeful new song, “Better Love.” Karen Fairchild takes over lead vocals on the group’s latest track, which reflects on a relationship that didn’t turn out as planned. Instead of dwelling on what went wrong, she reiterates that the rewards still outweigh the risks when it comes

Talk about a stone cold country classic. One of my all-time favorite Willie Nelson songs is his classic country heartbreaker “Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning.” Written by Gary Nunn and Donna Farar, it was released as the third single from Willie’s iconic 1982 album, Always On My Mind, and eventually peaked at #2 on the

The Lone Bellow are back with their first new music since 2020. The Nashville-based trio’s latest single “Gold” is written as a powerful testimony from someone who has lost a loved one from opioid addiction. “We don’t ever try to write songs with an agenda, so with ‘Gold’ the idea was to tell the story

It is no secret that Dolly Parton has a heart of gold. She has numerous philanthropic efforts, from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to donating money during the pandemic, she loves giving back. This ideology carries through to building other musicians up as well. Dolly sat down the Glamour Magazine back in 2020 to react to

Jamey Johnson has been the talk of the country music this weekend, after he unleashed hell on a group of country radio DJs in Lincoln, Nebraska. Headlining the Bourbon Theater’s Lincoln On The Streets concert with Blackberry Smoke and Ella Langley, Jamey took exception to a group of radio DJs from KX96.9 coming on stage

“Your favorite punk bands favorite country band” self-titled fourth album, The Vandoliers, has finally hit streaming platforms, and it was well worth the wait. The Dallas, TX based Vandoliers have garnered quite a bit of attention within the music scene this year releasing several singles and playing some high profile shows in an effort to

RIP Country Radio… Time of Death: Approximately 5:00 pm. Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Cause of Death: Murdered by Jamey Johnson Jamey Johnson, one of country music’s best singers, best songwriters, and last great defenders of traditional country music, took the stage in Lincoln, Nebraska, yesterday for their Lincoln On The Streets event, that also featured performances

We all know and love Tyler Childers for his fantastic gritty vocals and songwriting. However, the guy can equally kill a cover of just about anything as well. We’ve seen the Eastern Kentuckian put together some insanely good renditions of S.G. Goodman’s “Space & Time,” Hank Williams’ “The Old Country Church,” John Prine’s “Yes I

Look at Tyler Childers getting some much deserved recognition. It feels like it was yesterday when the Eastern Kentuckian rocked our worlds with his 2017 Purgatory album, featuring songs we all still spin to this date, like “Feathered Indians,” “Whitehouse Road,” “Lady May,” “Universal Sound,” “I Swear (To God),” and hell, the whole track list. The number

No one is more excited than me that Morgan Wade is dropping her Acoustic Sessions EP tomorrow. Seriously, I’ve been wanting this since she posted a little video of herself front porch pickin’, doing an acoustic version of her current single “Wilder Days” back in March. And today, she’s sharing another acoustic video of an unreleased

Memphis road warriors the Dirty Streets have not slowed down on their seventh studio album, Who’s Gonna Love You?, which is due out Sept. 29 via Blue Élan Records. The trio is known for their grimy and exuberant mix of rock, blues, and soul — a true pastiche of Memphis’ musical heritage. On the album’s title track,

Ashley McBryde can sing the hell outta some 90’s country. At a show at the famous Exit/In in Nashville, Tennessee a couple days ago, she did an awesome cover of Jo Dee Messina’s 90’s heater “Heads Carolina, Tails California.” The show was hosted by her fellow artist Kendell Marvel, and was full of other great