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“Fancy Like” singer Walker Hayes will release a new studio album early in 2022. The 13-track Country Stuff the Album album will build off an EP of the same name, released in June. Five of the six titles from that EP appear on the tracklist for Country Stuff the Album, available Jan. 21 on Monument

Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, but it also marks an especially important event for music fans. Twice a year, vinyl lovers swarm local record stores to snag rare and exclusive releases from their favorite artists. Record Store Day and Record Store Day Black Friday give listeners the opportunity to buy special

Sam Morrow brings a soulful blend of country, funk, blues and rock in his latest single “This Town.” The brand-new song is premiering exclusively with The Boot; press play below to listen. The Texas singer-songwriter’s rich vocals sit atop an irresistibly groovy live percussion loop, building into a groovy, atmospheric soundscape. The track builds off of the innovative sound

The Faster Horses Festival, a three-day country music gathering held each summer in Brooklyn, Michigan, has been a hotbed of sexual assault, according to a startling new investigation by MLive, the Michigan news site. The 7300-word story paints a troubling picture of a culture of predatory behavior, overt misogyny, and excessive drinking at the music-and-camping

Country music would sound way different, if it existed at all, without the original Carter Family trio. Numerous books, academic articles and documentary films explain how powerhouse vocalist Sara, her song-collecting husband A.P. and multi-instrumentalist cousin Maybelle pioneered not just country music but also folk, bluegrass and other genres that sound at home in the

Nov. 17, 1997, was an historic day for Shania Twain, and for country music: It was on that date, 24 years ago today, that the singer’s sophomore album, The Woman in Me, was certified diamond, signifying sales of more than 10 million units. Polygram/Mercury The Woman in Me became the first record by a female

Rainbow Girls “Santa Anna” San Francisco trio Rainbow Girls (Erin Chapin, Caitlin Gowdey, Vanessa May) make an offering to Mother Nature in “Santa Anna,” a track named for the windy weather phenomenon that affects California each autumn. The soft, string-laced folk track, perfect for fans of Phoebe Bridgers and John Craigie, also asks humanity to respond to

“Will they remember the words to my song when I’m dead and gone?” Shooter Jennings asks in the new song “Leave Those Memories Alone.” The answer doesn’t really matter after you digest the next line: “While I’m here, I can’t remember the words to my own songs,” he admits. “Leave Those Memories Alone,” a horn-laced

In the 1990s, CDs sold like hotcakes. As that trend turned underdogs such as Alanis Morissette and future country star Darius Rucker’s Hootie & the Blowfish into household names, Garth Brooks became more than just an established star. He rewrote the record books when it came to album sales, with seven multi-platinum albums issued between 1989

Thirty years ago today (Nov. 16, 1991), Garth Brooks earned his seventh No. 1 single with the tune “Shameless,” from his Ropin’ the Wind album. “Shameless” was written and originally recorded by Billy Joel, for his 1989 album Storm Front. Joel’s version landed in the Top 40 on the pop charts, but it was Brooks’ version that

Steve Earle & the Dukes have announced a tribute concert to his son Justin Townes Earle at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Jan. 4, on what would have been the late singer-songwriter’s 40th birthday. Titled “A Celebration of Justin Townes Earle,” the concert will feature artists like Jason Isbell, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Old

A mid-2010s Bitter Southerner feature on John Prine offers an incredible look into, as author Jonathan Bernstein writes, “one of the wittiest, sweetest, most talented musicians alive.” Perhaps the most enlightening fact to come out of the gushing praise from Prine’s musical peers, collaborators and admirers, however, is that, just as they are fans of his,

November 16, 2021 Everything You Need To Know About ‘Adele One Night Only’ Special with Oprah and Where You Can Watch It Adele has opened up about her recent past in an intimate interview with Oprah Winfrey. In the Adele: One Night Only TV special which aired last night in the US, the British singer discussed

Forty-three years ago today (Nov. 15, 1978) was a life-altering day for Kenny Rogers: It was on that date that the singer’s multi-platinum-selling album The Gambler was released. Rogers was already one of the most successful male vocalists in country music by the time he released The Gambler, but the record catapulted him to superstar status, becoming a worldwide

The Orion Amphitheater will open in Huntsville, Alabama, next spring with an all-star lineup of artists who have strong ties to the state. The weekend-long “First Waltz” will take place May 13 through 15 and include performances by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Brittany Howard, and Waxahatchee. The three-day series of shows will also

Josh Turner is saluting U.S. military men and women in the heartwarming video for his new holiday song, “Soldier’s Gift.” Instead of enlisting actors to bring songs to life, Turner opted to cast real-life veterans from Wounded Warrior Project. “It was important to me that we didn’t cast actors for the main [roles]. Both the

It’s always at the end of the CMA Awards ceremony. The audience full of fans and the country stars alike wait with eager anticipation to hear the name called for the evening’s highest honor: Entertainer of the Year. Since the CMA Awards’ inception in 1967, when Eddy Arnold nabbed the first-ever Entertainer of the Year trophy,

The 55th CMA Awards tried to restore a sense of normalcy to country music, following another year of the pandemic, a scandal with one of its rising stars, and a genre that is fracturing along political and cultural lines. For the most part, the CMAs succeeded: fans were back inside Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, artists mingled

Even Carrie Underwood eats too much at Christmas time. The famously fit country singer has dropped “Stretchy Pants,” a comedic pop-country song that celebrates the realities of over-indulging around the holidays. A portion of proceeds from the song will go to the Store, Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s not-for-profit grocery store for families

The night of the CMA Awards is one of the biggest in Nashville, when the stars align and everybody who is anybody in the country music scene is on hand to perform, present, receive an award or just enjoy the show. But it isn’t only Music City’s finest who show up: Sometimes, even the performance lineup interspersed with stars from across the

Dolly Parton’s classic “Jolene” gets an overhaul for the dancefloor with a new remix. A rare officially sanctioned update of Parton’s work, “Jolene (Destructo Remix)” was released Friday. Destructo, the producer/DJ guise of Gary Richards, builds on the rhythmic elements that made “Jolene” so compelling in its original form: the funky, minor-key guitar riff, the

When Little Big Town recorded “Better Man” in 2016, they made clear that Taylor Swift didn’t write the song for them. It was a song she had written and felt would be perfect for the quartet, and she was right. The group’s version became a No. 1 hit and won a CMA Award and a

November 12, 2021 FEATURED, Music News Tate McRae Debuts Music Video For The Single ‘Feel Like S–t’ Pop superstar Tate McRae has released a new single, titled “Feel Like Shit,” accompanied by a dance heavy music video. Directed by Sam Sulam, the music video features McRae performing a contemporary routine alongside actor and dancer Mason Culter. The

Forty-six years ago today, on Nov. 11, 1975, Reba McEntire‘s career as a country music singer officially began: It was on that date that the then-20-year-old signed her first recording contract, with Mercury Records. McEntire was already singing in a group, the Singing McEntires, with her brother Pake and sister Susie at the time she

Taylor Swift released her re-recorded version of Red late last night, a 30-track behemoth that includes the superstar’s first recordings of “Babe” and “Better Man,” originally cut by Sugarland and Little Big Town, respectively. But the highlight for many country fans is Swift’s collaboration with Chris Stapleton. Together, Swift and Stapleton tackle “I Bet You

Taylor Swift asked Chris Stapleton to help her flay an ex-lover during “I Bet You Think About Me,” her new country radio offering. The pop superstar leaves nothing unsaid as she gives a five-verse middle finger to this snob. Stapleton’s parts are rather muted, joining Swift for only select chorus and pre-chorus harmonies. Much like “Betty,” Swift’s last release

November 12, 2021 FEATURED, Music News Haywood Shares Her Love For The City That Never Sleeps On ‘New York’ Pop singer Leah Haywood has shared her brand new single ‘New York’, that details her love and her time in the big apple New York City. She took to Instagram to make her announcement and explain

Country music is filled with songs proclaiming love and devotion to the United States, but for many artists, their patriotism runs even deeper. Several artists – Jamey Johnson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson, among others — spent time in the United States military prior to the start of their successful music careers. For some, like Willie Nelson, their