Credit: Lane Dorsey “Hold Me” is AVAILABLE NOW. ↓ Spotify — Apple Music — SoundCloud — YouTube When I go to write a song, I instinctually pick up an acoustic guitar. “Hold Me” however, came to life when I sat down and revisited the piano after quite some time. Often I don’t know what’s weighing on my chest until I write and
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In January, Eric Church took a trip to the mountains of North Carolina and recorded 28 songs in 28 days. “We removed all of the barriers about what people think of the song,” Church said earlier this year. “Just let it be the most creative thing for that one day, chase that as hard as
Nashville-based singer and songwriter Fancy Hagood is dreaming of a great love in his new single “Don’t Blink.” Readers can hear the soaring folk-pop track, released on Friday (July 31), above. Written by Hagood and his collaborator Shak and produced by Jon Green and Tofer Brown, “Don’t Blink” is aspirational, the artist explains. “A lot
Garth Brooks has his Stadium Tour planned out until 2022, and he’ll cap it off with what he describes as “possibly the biggest gig of my career.” Coming from the man who played Central Park to an estimated 980,000 people, that’s a big statement. Brooks officially began his first-ever run of stadium shows in 2019, though
On Aug. 1, 1998, Garth Brooks reached No. 1 on the country charts with “To Make You Feel My Love.” His cover of the Bob Dylan-written song was at the top 22 years ago today. “To Make You Feel My Love” originally appeared on Dylan’s 1997 album Time Out of Mind under the name “Make You Feel My
Tucker Beathard has reimagined his recent song “Faithful” as a brooding duet, with singer-guitarist Lindsay Ell joining him in the studio for the collaboration. The track appears in its original solo form on Beathard’s upcoming album King, set for release on August 21st. Beathard leads off the tune with some slowed-down electric-guitar arpeggios and puts
Dan + Shay are living in the clouds (literally) in their ”I Should Probably Go to Bed” music video. There’s an Alice in Wonderland vibe to the ’70s-inspired clip, seen above. Directed by Patrick Tracy, the new video finds Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney is an ornate, Victorian-style house where everything’s just a little off. It’s hard to tell if
Ten years ago today, on Aug. 1, 2010, Jimmy Wayne finished his Meet Me Halfway Walk, with a broken foot, in Phoenix, Ariz. The 1,700-mile trek, which Wayne undertook to raise awareness about homeless youth and foster children, began on Jan. 1, 2010, in Nashville. “I grew up in foster care, and I know how
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood really know how to get away from it all. The couple’s former beachside house in Malibu offered a gorgeous vacation paradise for the country music power couple to relax when they weren’t on the road. According to Variety, Brooks and Yearwood bought their four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 4,200-square-foot house in Malibu for
It seems Billie Eilish is ready to conquer the world once again with the release of her new single ‘My Future’. The new track marks the first release of Eilish’s since she dropped the theme song for the next installment of the James Bond franchise, No Time To Die. While it’s unclear if the song will feature
Listening to Dan + Shay’s new song “I Should Probably Go to Bed” under headphones can send you floating, thanks to its heavenly mix of vocal harmonies and sweeping strings. The video does likewise: the premise involves an entire house that becomes unmoored, lifting off skyward à la Pixar’s Up. But this is no gentle
It’s been three years since Gary Allan gave fans a new single, and on Friday (July 31), he released “Waste of a Whiskey Drink.” “It’s about a girl that you just don’t want any of your friends to get tangled up with,” Allan explains in a press release. “You’ve been there. And you’re telling him as he’s
“I’m just a man that learned how to play on the street, and to be honest, that’s a humble thing to build from.” Charley Crockett is a musician who has never forgotten his roots. On 2019’s The Valley, Crockett’s life is on full display, in large part because he found out he needed life-saving open-heart surgery and
Caroline Jones celebrates the journey in her new song “What a View.” Press play above to hear the brand-new track, premiering exclusively on The Boot. Written by Jones, who co-produced the track with Ric Wake, “What a View” is about the emotional, and physical, journeys that come with each and every relationship, both romantic and not. “What’s
Front Country combine their acoustic instrumental prowess with a message to make an impassioned rock & roll anthem in “Amerikan Dream,” the group’s latest release from an upcoming third album. Titled Impossible World, it’s the band’s first album recorded in Nashville since the trio of Melody Walker, Adam Roszkiewicz and Jacob Groopman relocated to Tennessee from
Taylor Swift’s “Betty” is a brilliant piece of songcraft that — now that it has been released to country radio programers — brings a challenge. This new song from Folklore is atypical and long and a little confusing out of context. It asks those who quit following her career when she went pop to come to
Jason Aldean goes a long way toward creating a campfire mood during his Late Night With Seth Meyers acoustic performance of his 9 single “Got What I Got.” The performance aired Tuesday (July 28) on NBC, but it was filmed at Aldean’s home in Nashville. The crooner’s backing band dons mostly non-electric instruments for a toned-down version of the tune,
At the beginning of 2020, Rascal Flatts announced their impending retirement from country music, following a final tour. The band would have been over a month into their Farewell: Life Is a Highway Tour by now — but as the novel coronavirus pandemic took hold in the United States, the country trio had to cancel
Known for her hypnotic vulnerable delivery, elevated presentation that defies gender and genre alike, and inimitable je ne sais quo, Morgan Saint is making her grand return with the refreshing and intriguing HELP EP. This project follows her previously released EPs 17 HERO (2017) and ALIEN (2018) – both which quickly captured praise from the likes of i-D, WWD, Allure, Paper, V Magazine, Interview + more who commended her unique sound
In a peak Garth Brooks gesture, the “People Loving People” singer assembled four screens of Zoom attendees, from journalists to morning-show DJs, on Wednesday to announce that he’ll no longer compete for the CMA Awards’ top prize of Entertainer of the Year. Brooks has won Entertainer of the Year more than any other country artist,
Tyler Childers‘ new “Highway 40 Blues” cover features two key special guests: Ricky Skaggs, who made the song famous, and Larry Cordle, who wrote it. Press play below to listen. Originally released in 1983, as the third single from Skaggs’ Highways & Heartaches album, “Highway 40 Blues” hit No. 1 on the country charts: Skaggs’ fifth
Sam Hunt opens up about his 2019 arrest in a new interview, saying, “I take responsibility,” after being charged with DUI and having an open container in November. Police in East Nashville arrested Hunt in the early morning hours of Nov. 21 after responding to a report that a vehicle was driving the wrong way
How to return to the stage isn’t the only problem country singers are trying to solve during the coronavirus pandemic. LoCash‘s Chris Lucas is trying to figure out how to get his kid back in school. Lucas and wife Kaitlyn have one school-aged child, a 10-year-old boy named Caden. Additionally, the couple have 4-year-old Remi and
Japanese singer/songwriter MIREI possesses a truly transcendent voice, delicate and ethereal yet supremely skilled at channeling complex emotion. Born in Osaka and based in Tokyo, the 21-year-old artist now brings her magnetic vocal presence to Take Me Away – her new album which instantly affirms her rare talent for making dance-pop music with both heartfelt
When Shy Carter collaborated with Sugarland to write their 2010 single “Stuck Like Glue,” he brought bold ideas to the table. Like a drum loop, beat boxing, and a reggae rap breakdown performed by the duo’s Jennifer Nettles. At the time, such progressive production was considered country music heresy. “That was one of the first
Hardy‘s ”Give Heaven Some Hell” serves as a stirring tribute from the musician to anyone who’s lost a loved one. “Give Heaven Some Hell” is the latest number culled from the singer-songwriter’s upcoming debut album, A Rock, which comes out on Sept. 4 via Big Loud Records. The song follows both “Boots” and “One Beer” in giving
The Chicks are reaping the rewards for their brave new album Gaslighter. Not only is the project the group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks’ first fresh effort in 14 years, but in an impressive debut, it opens in the No. 1 position on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart. That feat comes after the Chicks moved 84,233 equivalent album units
In 2011, Heidi Newfield released “Stay Up Late” as a single. Written by husband and wife Jimmy Yeary and Sonya Isaacs, along with Ben Hayslip, the track is, the tunesmiths agree, “a little risqué,” but an awful lot of fun; in fact, they had a feeling that whoever heard the song first would wind up cutting
Maroon 5 released a new song and music video on Thursday night called ‘Nobody’s Love’, which asks for an end to the war on Marijuana. While the lyrics of Nobody’s Love aren’t overtly tied to marijuana by any means, the minimalist music video shows Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine singing the tune outside at night, while
Lucinda Williams was six weeks away from the release of Good Souls Better Angels when the World Health Organization sounded the alarm on COVID-19, officially deeming the outbreak a pandemic. Since then, the songwriter has barely left her new home in East Nashville. Even so, Good Souls Better Angels feels like an alt-country soundtrack to