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Thirty-seven years ago today, on June 2, 1986, Randy Travis dropped his major-label debut album. Storms of Life was released on Warner Bros. Records. Storms of Life includes a re-release of Travis’ first chart-topping single, “On the Other Hand,” as well as “Diggin’ Up Bones” and “No Place Like Home,” two additional No. 1 hits for Travis. When the label first released
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On June 2, 2003, Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett teamed up to release the pint glasses-clinking ode “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere.” The song appears on Jackson’s Greatest Hits Volume II album; the two men had also teamed up in 1999 to cover Buffett’s beloved “Margaritaville” on Jackson’s covers album, Under the Influence. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” was
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Platinum-selling singer, songwriter, and producer Madison Beer has released her new single “Home To Another One” – listen HERE. The summer anthem showcases Madison’s ethereal vocals across dynamic, upbeat production. The song was written and produced by Madison and Leroy Clampitt. The single is accompanied by the aptly aesthetic video, directed by Madison & Aerin Moreno,
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Twenty-four years ago, singer, songwriter, guitarist, awards show host and insurance pitchman Brad Paisley was a 26-year-old dreamer with hopes that his debut album, Who Needs Pictures (released June 1, 1999), might someday launch him into the same stratosphere as such quirky, multi-talented heroes as Roger Miller and Little Jimmy Dickens. Paisley entered country music’s family
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Jessye DeSilva isn’t defined by your perceptions. In their new song “Dysphoria,” premiering exclusively at The Boot today (May 31), the burgeoning singer-songwriter comes to a breaking point, exhausted from maneuvering through others’ perceptions and pre-conceived notions of their own identity and experience. “Sometimes it can be hard enough to see myself as a trans
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The best Memorial Day songs focus on the men and women who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice. These 20 country songs do that in deeply personal ways. Well-known titles by Tim McGraw, Toby Keith and the Statler Brothers are the go-to songs for any Memorial Day songs list. For this Top 20, we went deeper. Find
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Phil Vassar became a force on the country music scene beginning in 1999, following the release of his self-titled debut album. That record included his first single, “Carlene,” which featured backing vocals from 90s country hitmaker and longtime friend Collin Raye and climbed to No. 5 on the country airplay chart. Not long after, he
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The “Oklahoma Smokeshow” singer-songwriter drops an acoustic performance video Zach Bryan finds himself having an existential crisis and longing for some peace in “Hey, Driver,” a song he released as an acoustic performance video on Friday. The tune doesn’t appear on any of the ACM Award-winning Oklahoma songwriter’s albums to date. “Hey driver, pull on
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Few things are certain in the history of country music, unless you’re talking about the early influence of Jimmie Rodgers. The Meridian, Miss., native’s sound, look and business plan undoubtedly set the map for solo country stardom long before its roads led to Nashville. Rodgers was born on Sept. 8, 1897, and worked on the
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