Of course Taylor Swift will be performing at the 2026 CMA Awards on November 18th. It’s been one of the worst kept secrets in music over the last few months. The question is, will it lead to something more?
Earlier this week, Morgan Wallen announced the return of his “Sand In My Boots” festival first held in 2025. After taking 2026 off, they’ve announced the fest is coming back to Gulf Shores, Alabama.
The presentation would start and finish off strong, had some really touching moments in the form of both performances and oral remembrances worth remarking on and revisiting, yet meandered at times in the middle portions.
Released on October 2nd by Drake on a deluxe edition of his latest record called “Habibti (FOMO),” the song called “Solar Eclipse” is basically a reworking of “Choosin’ Texas,” just with different lyrics, and a totally different vibe.
Ella Langley has cancelled her show set for Friday, October 9th at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a caller threatened “great harm to the people at this event in the way of shots fired and bombs.”
Weather put a damper on festivities at the Two Step Inn in Georgetown, TX in 2026. But undaunted, they have announced their return for 2027 with a stacked lineup that will include Brooks & Dunn hopefully finally making their Two Step debut.
It’s officially official. Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is now the longest-running #1 single in the all-genre Billboard 100 history—a history that goes back all the way to 1958. This week, the song spent its 23rd week at #1.
Perhaps the coolest and most remarkable aspect of the elevation of Ella Langley and “Choosin’ Texas” to the most popular song in all of music is that Ella has done this all by herself. There was no featured artist or remix.
Just give them all to Ella Langley now, because you know she’s going to win them. Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Music Video of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, they’re all shoo-ins for Ella.
It’s only a matter of time until Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is officially crowned the biggest single in American music history. It’s already the longest-running #1 single on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.
This question was inevitable in the passing of Dolly Parton on August 25th. And the only logical conclusion is “nobody.” But posed as a hypothetical and a thought exercise, who could be that person that we revere on the same level as Dolly Parton?
Zach Top’s career feels like it’s at a crossroads. Smartly, Zach Top has released two new songs in hopes of re-igniting some of that initial momentum behind him. And generally speaking, they feel like they could be valuable in that pursuit.
Sorry Halloween, but you’re gonna have to play second fiddle to the release of a new Kaitlin Butts record in 2026. Coming at you like a bowl full of treats on October 30th, Kaitlin will unleash her latest record “Hello, Honky Tonk.”
All of the Ella Langley accolades and attention have somewhat overshadowed the rather incredible success of another song, Stella Lefty’s “Boston.” Whether it deserves to be or not, it has also been assigned to the domain of “country.”
Sure, there’s a little bit more race to run. But at this point, Ella Langley has gotten so far out in front and lapped so much of the field, it’s a forgone conclusion how this race is will end, and against some massive competitors.
In 2026, the Grammy Awards have brought back the “Best Contemporary Folk Album” category that was eliminated in 2012, while also founding a new “Best Traditional Folk Album” category.
The new big thing on country radio is an old big thing: Taylor Swift. The global superstar released a new song called “I Knew It, I Knew You” on June 5th as part of the Toy Story 5 soundtrack, with the marketing claiming it’s a country song.
Sam Barber is a contemporary folk artist who has so much more similar in style, sound and approach to the music of Zach Bryan, Noah Kahan, Joshua Slone, and other massive artists that have been dominating charts.
While in Austin, TX earlier this year for the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, Kyle Busch and his wife Samantha stopped by Austin’s famed honky-tonk Sagebrush.
For decades now, a big story has been how the Super Bowl has ignored country music when it comes to its massive halftime performance, which has become just as big of a cultural event as the game itself.
It’s Ella Langley and Texas for the win in 2026, as Academy of Country Music voters chose Texas artists, and Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” as the top winners. You could also say the ACMs chose authenticity.
What’s undeniable is that we’re in a retro moment in country, and Miranda Lambert is betting hard that moment includes a little nostalgia for both sides of the John Travolta dance movie craze.
The beauty in the world is the new Kacey Musgraves album ‘Middle of Nowhere.’ That’s what we should focus on, not trying to use “country music” as a dumping ground for the power elite to distract from their privilege.
What is indisputable at this point is that Ella Langley is nothing short of a country music superstar. She is one of the biggest stars to be launched from the country genre in years, and is one of the biggest artists in all music.