Music

Garth Brooks doesn’t sound like he’ll slow down when his stadium tour wraps in 2022. The Country Music Hall of Famer plays Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on Saturday (July 31), but one day prior, he shared a loose sketch of what might be coming when he’s done playing the big houses. Country music’s best-selling artist is far

Steven Lee Olsen‘s new song is “Relationship Goals” — literally, that’s what it’s called. Lyrically, it lays out the singer and songwriter’s hopes in love. “Happy ending / Sunday sendin’ flowers to your mama / Love you so good it shows / You’re beamin’ head to toe / People askin’ when I’m askin’ / They can

Amy Ray has a thing for birds. On her 2018 country album Holler, she had two songs about sparrows and dueted with Brandi Carlile on “Bird in the Hand” on Ray’s Lung of Love LP. In the new song “Chuck Will’s Widow,” the singer, songwriter and one-half of Indigo Girls draws inspiration from the bird

It’s not unusual for rock bands to have creative tensions, but few bands take it to the limit (pun intended!) quite like the Eagles. The ’70s superstars broke up in 1980 after two of the band members actually threatened each other with physical violence onstage in front of a concert audience. The Eagles were already

Twenty years ago today, on July 31, 2001, Blake Shelton‘s self-titled freshman album was released on Giant Nashville. Blake Shelton includes Shelton’s debut single, “Austin,” which flew all the way to No. 1. “Austin” became a big hit for Shelton, but just as the song was climbing the charts, Giant Nashville closed its doors. Shelton then was

Lauren Alaina says her just-announced new album is personal, and the first song from the project is all the proof we need to believe her. “It Was Me” is an honest apology to an ex about why things ended: “No, it wasn’t you I didn’t love,” Alaina sings, “It was me.” Throughout the new song, over a simple, acoustic

Ray Fulcher was onstage at Nashville club the Listening Room earlier this summer playing songs to an audience of tourists and a smattering of locals. They cheered for “Does to Me,” the Number One that Fulcher co-wrote for Luke Combs and Eric Church, and raised their bottles for fresh anthems like “Bucket List Beers” and

Thirty-six years ago today (July 30, 1985), Alabama had 8 million reasons to celebrate. It was on that date that the group became the first country act to earn quadruple-platinum status — twice over, nonetheless! The band achieved the feat with both their 1981 album Feels So Right and 1982’s Mountain Music. Feels So Right, which was

Ashland Craft‘s first release after she signed to Big Loud Records in early 2020 was “Trainwreck,” a lyrical acknowledgement that she just needs to be alone right now. As she sings in the chorus, “Baby, I’m a trainwreck, a trainwreck / I’m comin’ off the line / It’s a sure bet you’ll get your heart broke

“I asked her if she loved me and she said, ’10-4,'” Sam Williams sings in his new song “10-4.” It’s an unconventional answer to one of the most nerve-wracking questions a person can ask. Technically, it’s a yes — well, an “okay” — and in the right relationship, it could be a sweet inside joke; in other relationships, though

Front and Center, the public television concert series, has announced its 10th season lineup and premiere date. The new season includes eight performances by artists ranging from Americana icon John Hiatt to mainstream country duo Maddie & Tae. But Season 10 actually kicks off with an older concert — a 2008 performance by Glen Campbell

Dierks Bentley has officially unveiled his new single. The veteran country singer tapped Breland and Hardy for a collaboration on a fun new track titled “Beers on Me.” The song, released on Thursday (July 29), is a lighthearted romp about friends meeting up for a good time at the local watering hole, blowing off steam from

The awards, the headlining tour, the accolades — Josh Abbott and the Josh Abbott Band predicted all of it, but not for themselves. During this episode of the Radio Texas Live Legends podcast, host Buddy Logan revisits a February 2013 interview with the JAB. The conversation finds them between iconic albums, Small Town Family Dream (2012) and

Jenna Paulette experienced a major country-girl mishap on the set of her new “Country in the Girl” music video. “I just lost my dad’s lucky lure,” the singer can be heard whispering near the end of a new behind-the-scenes video, premiering exclusively on The Boot. There’s water splashing behind her — because a friend of

Dave Hause may call Santa Barbara home right now, but his Philadelphia raising informs nearly everything about the singer-songwriter. In the euphoric new song “Sandy Sheets,” Hause recalls his formative years as a teenager making the rite-of-passage drive from the Philly suburbs to the Jersey Shore, where anything was possible. “We went wild in the

Country music’s very own masked cowboy is returning to the stage this fall. On social media, Orville Peck announced his upcoming Drive Me, Crazy Tour, complete with a run of dates that’ll keep him on the road through September and October. The tour takes its name from a track on Peck’s Show Pony EP, which

Jason Aldean has plenty of duets in his repertoire, but his collaboration with Carrie Underwood, ”If I Didn’t Love You,” is among his biggest. The midtempo duet is full of heartache, and finds both sides of a former relationship having trouble moving on — because each still loves the other. Kurt Allison and Tully Kennedy, two of Aldean’s band

With “Buy Dirt,” Jordan Davis shows that he doesn’t subscribe to a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” theory of life. His new collaboration with Luke Bryan is a sharp pivot away from the mostly fancy-free, melodic, uptempo hits he’s delivered to radio over four years. The time is right for change. While “Slow

Under Friday evening’s full moon at FloydFest, rock icons Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew stood on the festival’s main stage with funk/soul act Turkuaz and launched into a 40th-anniversary ode to the Talking Heads’ groundbreaking album Remain in Light. As the two men tore into the classic “Once in a Lifetime,” strangers and friends alike

Thirty-five years ago today, on July 26, 1986, Randy Travis was undoubtedly doing plenty of celebrating. It was on that date that the singer earned his first No. 1 single with “On the Other Hand,” from his freshman album, Storms of Life. “On the Other Hand,” which was written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, tells the

Jon Pardi has stepped out of his cowboy boots and dived into rock ‘n’ roll, offering his take on Metallica’s “Wherever I May Roam.” The unexpected cover of the metal band’s classic comes from The Metallica Blacklist, a collection of covers of some of the group’s biggest hits. Clocking in at over six minutes long, Pardi’s

Ingrid Andress will embark on an expansive, cross-continental tour in September. On Monday (July 26), the singer revealed her headlining Feeling Things Tour, which begins with a string of U.S. dates that kick off in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 27. After making 12 stops in the U.S. in late 2021, Andress’ headline tour will embark

Luke Combs, one of the headliners of Michigan’s Faster Horses country music festival, has paid to cover the funeral costs of three fans who died at the music and camping festival earlier this month. A representative for Combs confirmed an original report by Michigan TV station WLNS to Rolling Stone. The three young fans — Dawson

Jerrod Niemann‘s songwriting chops have never been in question; after all, he co-wrote Garth Brooks‘ 2001 hit “Good Ride Cowboy,” and artists such as Jamey Johnson, Julie Roberts and Neal McCoy have recorded his tunes. However, the Kansas native didn’t experience chart success under his own name until 2010, with the release of his major-label debut,

Ahead of his just-announced upcoming album, Same Truck, Scotty McCreery has released a brand-new song called “Why You Gotta Be Like That.” The playful tune was written by McCreery, James McNair, and Jordan Schmidt, a trio with great writing chemistry. “Writing with James and Jordan is always so much fun, and I think that genuine

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and founding member Gary Rossington is recovering at home after undergoing emergency heart surgery. The iconic Southern rock band posted to Facebook on Friday evening (July 23) to share the news, writing, “Our thoughts and prayers are with Gary Rossington as he recovers from emergency heart surgery. Gary is home resting and

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Gary Rossington is recovering after undergoing emergency heart surgery recently. The band announced Rossington’s procedure following Lynyrd Skynyrd’s concert Friday at the North Dakota State Fair, where they performed without Rossington, the last surviving original member of the Southern rock greats. Rossington and the band returned to the road for the first time

Just over five months after he was caught on camera using a racist slur, Morgan Wallen sat down with Good Morning America anchor Michael Strahan to discuss the incident and how he’s worked to learn and grow from it in what has been a quiet time for him, career-wise. Wallen says he spent 30 days in rehab in San Diego

Bonnie Stewart‘s “Magnolia” is a lyrical tribute to her home, and her music video is a simple homage, too. The new clip is premiering exclusively on The Boot; press play below to watch. The Kevin Kneeland-directed video finds Stewart — who wrote the song — walking a stunning bit of countryside. Interspersed with these scenic shots is footage

The president of the Nashville branch of the NAACP is speaking out against Morgan Wallen‘s Good Morning America interview on Friday morning (July 23), saying the country singer’s reasoning for using the N-word in a video that surfaced in February is faulty. Nashville NAACP President Sheryl Guinn tells TMZ that she thinks Wallen’s interview with