Miranda Lambert joins pop icon Barry Gibb and Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan on a groove-heavy new recording of “Jive Talkin’,” from Gibb’s newly released album Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1. Featuring appearances by Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, and Dolly Parton, the project emphasizes the songwriting roots of the Bee Gees’ work. With
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Noah Schnacky isn’t the type of guy to kiss and tell. The 23-year-old with the movie star looks and massive social media following shares a lot, but he doesn’t share much about his romantic life. But there is one thing the rising country artist knows for sure: He has known love. Of course, love comes
Laine Hardy tells the story of Charlotte Johnson like she grew up right down the road from his parents’ house in Livingston, La. The country up-and-comer chose “Swingin'” by John Anderson as his cover song for a RISERS performance for The Boot’s partner site, Taste of Country. After live, acoustic versions of his own song “Tiny Town”
Twenty-three years ago today (Jan. 10, 1998), Martina McBride soared to No. 1 with her single “A Broken Wing.” The song comes from McBride’s multi-platinum-selling album Evolution. “A Broken Wing,” which was McBride’s second career No. 1 hit, is an honest look at an emotionally abusive relationship. McBride’s powerful delivery of the thought-provoking tune earned her several
Madison Beer releases her latest single “BOYSHIT,” via Epic Records. With the release comes Madison’s Vevo LIFT campaign, which features a performance of the single, along with “Selfish,” her fastest ever US certified gold record, and a short film on the artist titled “Becoming.” “BOYSHIT” is taken from Madison’s forthcoming debut album, Life Support, out February 26th 2021.
Emma Lov and Jackson Foote, the amazing duo that is LOOTE, is back with their newest single ‘Exes’. Following, ‘Pushing Daisies’ and ‘Who You Are”, this newest release features the same amazing production that every LOOTE song has. Be sure to follow Loote on all platforms and check out their latest song ‘Exes’….it’s fire. Get
Tyla Yaweh fires a proverbial warning shot into 2021 with the release of his new single, “All The Smoke.” Produced by Hitmaka, the song features Gunna and Wiz Khalifa. Get “All The Smoke” HERE via London Entertainment/Epic Records. Tyla Yaweh has spent the last two years on a steady rise, and momentum is certainly working in his favor. “All The Smoke” oozes with the realization
Ed Sheeran has returned with his first new song in a year and a half, titled ‘Afterglow’. ‘Afterglow’ marks Sheeran’s first musical delivery since his 2019 studio album No. 6 Collaborations Project. In a statement to fans, Sheeran wrote, “Hey guys. ‘Afterglow’ is a song I wrote last year that I wanted to release for you. “It’s not
Even in the Earth’s final moments, people will still be mixing up Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel it sems. In the music video for Perry’s “Not the End of the World,” which the pop singer dropped Monday morning, a spaceship full of benevolent blue-skinned aliens abducts Deschanel thinking she’s Perry, whom they wish to rescue before
20. Chainsmokers – “Push My Luck” : This track was first heard in mid-June 2019 in an Instagram story of The Chainsmokers. On September 25, they played it for the first time live on their World War Joy tour in Cincinnati, Ohio. On the following day, they mentioned the song to Billboard, unveiling its title. Andrew Taggart, a
Justin Bieber kicked off 2021 with the release of his new video and single “Anyone”. The video, directed by Colin Tilley, finds Bieber in boxing mode, trying to woo actress Zoey Deutch. “I can’t think of a better way to close out 2020 and kick off 2021 than celebrating with my fans all over the
Its been four years since their last album ‘WALLS’, now Kings of Leon have come out of the woodwork to bring us previews of some of the new music from there forthcoming 8th studio album. The new music is the first release we’ve seen from the band since they dropped their seventh album WALLS in 2016.
[embedded content] Born and raised in London to Kosovar-Albanian parents, Lipa attended the Sylvia Young Theater School (Rita Ora, Amy Winehouse) until the age of 13, when she relocated to Kosovo with her family. However, the move wouldn’t last very long, and she was back in London by age 15, living on her own and pursuing a singing
During the pandemic the entertainment industry basically came to a halt. Although band Kings Of Leon has music in the pipeline during this time they reassured fans “the w8 is nearly over”. The group hasn’t released an album since 2016’s Walls, but now there back with a brand new single ‘The Bandit’ and a new album
Ed Bruce, the country singer-songwriter behind hits including “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” died Friday, January 8th in Clarksville, Tennessee, from natural causes, according to his publicist. He was 81. William Edwin Bruce Jr. was born December 29th, 1939, in Keiser, Arkansas, and raised in nearby Memphis, Tennessee. That put
Florida Georgia Line surprised fans with the release of a new song from their upcoming album early Friday morning (Jan. 8). Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley dropped a fun new track titled “New Truck” from their forthcoming fifth studio album, Life Rolls On. The track features the same kind of light, fun energy that characterized
Jake Owen shows off his acting chops in a teaser for the upcoming film, Our Friend. Based on the real-life story of journalist Matthew Teague and his wife Nicole, the movie is centered around an essay Teague wrote for Esquire in 2015 about the experience of having his friend Dane Faucheux move in with him and his wife to help them as Nicole
Thirty-one years ago today, on Jan. 9, 1990, Willie Nelson‘s Stardust album was certified quadruple platinum, for sales in excess of 4 million units. Stardust, released in 1978, includes two No. 1 hits, “Georgia on My Mind” and “Blue Skies.” The 10-track record features classics from all genres, including “Unchained Melody,” “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”
After nearly three months of teasing and a chain-store “leak,” Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album — in all its 30-track glory — was released on Friday. One of the most anticipated tracks pairs Wallen with Chris Stapleton. “Only Thing That’s Gone,” written by Wallen with Matt Dragstrem, Chase McGill, and Josh Thompson, delivers a
Barry Gibb and Keith Urban meet on a cinematic rendition of the Bee Gees’ hit “I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You.” The song is one of a dozen new collaborations between the sole living Gibb brother and country, Americana and bluegrass artists. Urban’s voice is the first to greet listeners in this new version
Singer-songwriter Ed Bruce, who wrote “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and more classic country hits, has died. According to a press release from his representative, Bruce died in Clarksville, Tenn., on Friday (Jan. 8) from natural causes at the age of 81. Born on Dec. 29, 1939, in Keiser, Ark.,
In 2008, Eric Church married Katherine Blasingame at Westglow Spa & Resort in Blowing Rock, N.C. The couple had stayed at the resort before, and, he tells CMT, “We decided that it would be the ideal spot to get married, up in the North Carolina mountains, with just family around us. I can’t imagine a more perfect
Ingrid Andress started off 2021 in style, delivering a performance of her single “Lady Like” on Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden. The song is also the title track from her 2020 debut album, which was reissued in deluxe form in October. Andress begins the song seated at a white piano,
Miranda Lambert gets a little groovy with Barry Gibb and Rival Sons member Jay Buchanan on a new version of “Jive Talkin’,” a 1970s hit from Gibb’s band the Bee Gees. Lambert leads a number of lines in the collaboration, though she also offers harmonies throughout the track. Her voice is instantly recognizable and lends a new
Chris Stapleton lends heartbroken harmonies — and then some — to Morgan Wallen‘s new song “Only Thing That’s Gone.” The brand-new song, from Wallen’s new double album, Dangerous, has a modern edge, but with plenty of traditional tinge to place it in Stapleton’s wheelhouse, too. Wallen co-wrote “Only Thing That’s Gone” with Matt Dragstrem, Chase McGill and Josh Thompson.
Lady A‘s Hillary Scott and husband Chris Tyrrell are celebrating nine years as a married couple on Jan. 7, 2021 — and so far, it’s been quite the adventure. The two met while on a Tim McGraw tour in 2010, and a proposal soon followed. “Chris proposed exactly the way I’ve always dreamed,” Scott recalls. “Our families were
Country music made huge strides forward with streaming listeners in 2020, led by a handful of popular releases from Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen. That meant a bigger piece of a still-growing pie from a genre that has historically lagged with regard to streaming. Year-end data from the Rolling Stone Charts shows country music posting
A mob of pro-Donald Trump rioters stormed the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 6), breaking through barriers and into the building, putting the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, along with other government offices and officials, into lockdown. As the country followed the news on television and social media, many
After a bear of a year in 2020, there’s a glimmer of promise early in 2021. And if you ask us, these up-and-coming artists are shining pretty dang bright. The Boot’s 2021 artists to watch vary in genre, style, influence and background, but these country, Americana, folk and bluegrass newcomers are all poised to have breakout years.
Jamie Lin Wilson doesn’t remember hearing Cross Canadian Ragweed‘s “Sick and Tired” for the very first time, but she does remember hearing the news that the venerable Oklahoma-bred alt-country band had enlisted Lee Ann Womack for the song. “I just thought that was the coolest,” Wilson recalls. “Having someone that is a mainstream country star comin’ in