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Holly G was trying to find a way to reconcile her love of country music with one disconcerting fact: She rarely saw anyone who looked like her at a country concert. It was always a sea of white faces and the unshakeable feeling that she wasn’t welcome. “I actually bought tickets to see country music

Fans of Sarah Shook know what to expect from the outspoken honky-tonk singer and their band: a threatening storm of honky-tonk songs about lost love, addiction, and self-loathing, anchored by Shook’s brash world-weary drawl. Shook’s previous albums have a certain sense of Southern gothic shadows looming in the backdrop, inviting us to join us in

17-year-old Sky Katz delivers stunning pop-punk perfection in her energetic visual for new single “Breakup Song,” co-written and executive produced by Joel Madden (Good Charlotte), co-produced by Halo Boy and Zakk Cervini. This high energy record fits Sky like a glove and matches her history of catchy wordplay with newfound rock tendencies. Following her first

Canadian singer-songwriter Donovan Woods has released the final single ahead of his new EP, Big Hurt Boy, which is due out on March 18. “I Won’t Mention it Again” is about how choosing to ignore the elephant in the room can sometimes feel like the best option. “Lord it’s only a moment of silence / For a tragedy nobody cares

Joe Nichols and Blake Shelton have been friends long enough that they can look back on some of their rowdier behavior and laugh. Well, Joe can, at least. Shelton joins Nichols for a song called “I Got Friends That Do” on the latter’s new Good Day for Living album. It’s an easy, pure country collaboration

Margo Price will make her literary debut in 2022 with the publication of her first book. Titled Maybe We’ll Make It: A Memoir, the volume will be released via the University of Texas Press on Oct. 4. Price has frequently written about her life in song, tackling her rocky journey to Nashville, motherhood, and grief

Every week, The Boot highlights recent favorites from country, Americana and everything in between. In every list, you’ll find picks from our contributing team that we think you’ll love. Keep reading to check out the latest installment of The Boot’s Weekly Picks. Natalia M. King “AKA Chosen” This energizing anthem of love and self-acceptance is one of the

When you hear the phrase “son of a” in a country song, the words that follow don’t usually go like this: “You’re a son of a momma / You’re a son of a dad / Who will never stop loving you and being there / And giving you everything they have.” This expert flip is exactly what makes Dillon Carmichael‘s latest single, “Son of

Twelve years ago today, on Feb. 16, 2010, Miranda Lambert earned herself a little more bling: It was on that date that the singer earned a gold record, signifying sales of 500,000 units, with her 2009 album Revolution. Miranda Lambert Revolution albumColumbia Nashville loading… Revolution spawned two No. 1 singles: “The House That Built Me” and “Heart

Steve Poltz puts Dylan-esque wordplay and the electric acid-test colors of the Sixties on display in his new song and video for “Can O’ Pop.” It’s the latest track off the San Diego-raised, Nashville-based songwriter’s upcoming album Stardust & Satellites, out Feb. 18. “Can O’ Pop” is a fizzy delight, with Poltz weaving in geographical

Forty-seven years ago today (Feb. 15, 1975), TG Sheppard earned his first No. 1 hit with “Devil in the Bottle.” The song was the debut single from Sheppard’s eponymous freshman album. TG Sheppard Devil in the BottleMelodyland loading… Songwriter Bobby David penned “Devil in the Bottle,” which tells the tale of a man giving in

What do you do when the crushing pressures of a pandemic, the economic realities of an artist’s life, and making it in New York City weight down on you? You laugh it off of course — like in any good country song. In “Modern Man,” Elliah Heifetz marries contemporary pressures with classic honky-tonk for a

If you turn 21 years old in 2022, then you were born in a Brooks & Dunn year. Those turning 40 will find a Willie Nelson song as the most played song from their birth year. Anyone turning 75 years old got an earful of bad advice from Tex Williams the year they were born.

“I’ve been around for about two years now and I have yet to put out an album,” says Breland, calling from a tour stop in Boston on a 7 degree morning. “My momentum is a direct result of people discovering the music on their own time, checking out playlists, and diving in on all these

Keith Whitley‘s life and career were tragically cut short, but his music has left a lasting impact on country music. The Kentucky native became close friends with another future country star, Ricky Skaggs, at an early age. The pair were just teenagers when their talents were discovered by bluegrass icon Ralph Stanley, who quickly recruited

Jennifer Lopez – “Love of My Life (Marry Me)”: When production team Monsters & Strangerz get involved in a track there’s no doubt it’s going to be a chart topper. Most famous for there recent work on Katy Perry’s ‘Daisies’, Monsters & Strangerz team up with JLo for the Marry Me soundtrack. If you haven’t

Last year, CMT named rising Canadian country star Sacha one of 10 artists in the Next Women of Country Class of 2021. On her new single, “We Did,” the talents that earned Sacha her spot are on full display. Sacha’s vocals are electric, matching the spark of the young love she’s signing about. The track pulses with a rhythm not

Mickey Guyton helped kick off Super Bowl LVI on Sunday (Feb. 13) with a powerhouse performance of the national anthem. Wearing a belted blue dress and backed by a vocal choir and piano, Guyton’s version of the anthem pulled out all the stops for a dazzling performance. Still, the star of the show was Guyton’s

For all of its national holiday status, Super Bowl Sunday can be a complicated matter, especially when you consider the NFL’s tumultuous record surrounding issues of race. See the league’s handling of Colin Kaepernick or coach Brian Flores. But the NFL made the right call for Super Bowl LVI when it invited Mickey Guyton —

One of Margo Price‘s biggest creative projects is finally coming to fruition. The accomplished singer-songwriter is set to release Maybe We’ll Make It: A Memoir on Oct. 4 via the University of Texas Press. “I’m so excited to share with y’all that for the past five years, I’ve been working on writing a book,” Price said in a

For all of you that don’t know the brilliant actress Mckenna Grace, she’s starred in a huge variety of films and television shows. In her own introduction she says; Hi! I’m Mckenna:) You might know me from film and television shows such as Ghostbuster’s Afterlife, The Haunting of Hill House and The Handmaid’s Tale…if not,

Maren Morris is pondering life and our time here on earth. The conclusion is the same: We won’t live forever, but it’s what we do with our time that matters. In her new song “Background Music,” Morris makes a promise to love her husband, fellow artist Ryan Hurd, for as long as they both have

It may not seem as though country music has taken center stage at the Super Bowl all that often, but throughout the big game’s history, more than a dozen of the genre’s artists have performed during pre-game festivities and at halftime. Super Bowl organizers have more often selected country stars to sing the National Anthem

Luke Bryan showed Las Vegas his kind of night when the country star kicked off his residency at Resorts World on Friday. It was a spectacle that featured top-end technology, pyrotechnics, a slew of No. 1 songs, and a whole lot of ass-shaking. In a press conference prior to the concert, Bryan promised a “high

In February of 1993, Toby Keith released his debut single, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.” Co-produced by Nelson Larkin and Harold Shedd — the pair that co-produced all of Keith’s self-titled debut album — the song is about a man wistful for a different kind of life. More precisely, the protagonist of “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” feels as

The last time Anaïs Mitchell released a new album under her own name was 2012. The years between Young Man in America and her latest self-titled LP, released on Jan. 28, were hardly a creative gap for Mitchell. Her acclaimed musical Hadestown was on its journey to Broadway and went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical in

Vince Gill‘s Down to My Last Bad Habit is full of big-name collaborators — you just have to look further than the tracklist to notice some of them. The lauded musician’s 14th studio album arrived six years ago, on Feb. 12, 2016. Listeners will find Cam (“I’ll Be Waiting for You”) and Little Big Town (“Take

Allison Moorer’s son John Henry was playing in a New York City park in 2019 when he climbed an old, squeaky glider and began stomping his foot to its rhythm, then singing along. Using video of John Henry’s instinctive performance that his teacher had sent, Moorer’s longtime musical collaborator Kenny Greenberg created a loop while

Love is in the air, but you need a great country song to keep it there. This playlist of the greatest country love songs features some of the most romantic, endearing, satisfying and — ahem — passionate songs from hitmakers of every generation. Country love songs from the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s and 2000s are included on this list