On Flatland Cavalry Joining the Morgan Wallen Tour
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o should we be happy for Flatland Cavalry receiving this opportunity to open a massive show in a stadium for Morgan Wallen? Or should we be disappointed they accepted it?
Jimmy Buffett Should Step In to Save Historic Country Music Landmark
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Worried preservationists can parrot their concerns all day, but the King of the Parrotheads may be the only one left who has the audience and authority to step in and help preserve this historic landmark by bringing attention to the significance of the building sitting at 152 Nassau Street in Atlanta, and saving this important piece of country music history.
Jason James Readies Much Anticipated Album “Seems Like Tears Ago”
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The wait for the sophomore record from Jason James hasn’t exactly been like ‘Chinese Democracy,’ but it’s been painstaking for his fans nonetheless. How can you blame the bellyaching when the Texas native is able to evoke the sounds and themes of classic country in a way you just can’t hear these days unless you dust off your old vinyl records?
Meghan Patrick Twists Off On Fan Who Screams “Show Me Your T*ts!”
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Traditionally-leaning Canadian country music artist, Warner Music Canada signee, and reigning Canadian Country Music Awards Female Artist of the Year recipient Meghan Patrick was headlining the Hagersville Rocks Music Festival Saturday night (7-27) in Ontario when some smart ass in the crowd thought they would get cute.
Cody Jinks Gives Unexpected Opportunity to Kentucky’s Jordan Foster
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Somerset, Kentucky-based singer and songwriter Jordan Foster was playing a show Saturday, July 20th at Champions Sports Bar & Grill in Richmond, Kentucky when no other than Cody Jinks walked in the door. Jinks was in town playing two sold out shows at the Eastern Kentucky University’s Center for the Arts only a couple of blocks away.
Album Review – Justin Moore’s “Late Nights And Longnecks”
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Just like we’ve seen from many mainstream country performers recently, from Blake Shelton, to Reba McEntire, to Jon Pardi, to Randy Houser, making your album more country is the hot thing at the moment. Of course this is all relative since the baseline from where many of these performers started at was not very country at all.
Ryan Engleman of Turnpike Troubadours to Play with Reckless Kelly
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The Turnpike Troubadours may be on indefinite hiatus at the moment, but you’ll get to see the band’s hot shit guitar player Ryan Engleman soon at a Reckless Kelly show near you. After the departure of long-time Reckless Kelly guitarist David Abeyta in February, it has been a revolving cast of characters filling the big […]
Miranda Lambert Sees Career Best Debut with New Single
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Miranda Lambert is back with a big new single called “It All Comes Out in the Wash” ahead of a new album out this fall, and the big question on a lot of people’s minds once the single was released was if radio would play it. But “It All Comes Out in the Wash” makes its entrance with its first week on radio like it was shot out of a canon.
Brooks & Dunn Exhibit Coming to the Country Music Hall of Fame
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In March, legendary country music duo Brooks & Dunn were announced as the newest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame in the Modern Era category. Now the duo will receive the honor of having their legacy and contributions to country music commemorated in an official exhibit at the museum.
Remember This Name True Country Fans: Vincent Neil Emerson
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If you’re anything like me, you live for those country music moments when you make a big discovery of a new artist you know is going to be entertaining you for years to come, even if big radio and the mainstream of country won’t give them the time of day. Now your radar needs to be firmly affixed upon Vincent Neil Emerson.
NFL Superstar Christian McCaffrey is a Huge Tyler Childers Fan
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Training camps are just getting started all across the NFL, and playlists full of music to get players amped up will be blasting out over Bluetooth speakers in locker rooms or streaming through earbuds, and NFL superstar Christian McCaffrey says his primary fix comes from surging country music artist Tyler Childers.
Album Review – Gethen Jenkins’ “Western Gold”
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An album like Western Gold by Gethen Jenkins is important because it doesn’t just announce your next favorite album, it announces your next favorite artist. Gethen Jenkins is not exactly new to the scene. He’s played some 1,000 shows, including opening for the likes of Whitey Morgan, Dale Watson, Billy Joe Shaver, and others. But Western Gold is the moment where he brands his stamp on the traditional country and Outlaw music movement.
Charley Crockett on Upcoming Album ‘The Valley,’ Writing w/ Evan Felker
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Crockett is also readying the release of his fourth album in two years called The Valley, and many of the songs chronicle Crockett’s struggles with his serious health condition, and the re-evalation of life such an experience can inspire. Recorded just a week before he went in for surgery, The Valley will be released via Son of Davy/Thirty Tigers.