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Sometimes the only way to move forward is by taking a new and unpredictable path. Burgeoning country music talents Lexie Hayden and Jason Nix find themselves in an unexpected crossroads in their latest track, “Breaking Up.” The creative collaborators have individually made a splash on the country music scene in recent years, co-writing two country radio

Buick Audra has been just about everywhere you can go in the music industry: she’s won two Grammys as a result of her work with Joss Stone. She is the guitarist and primary songwriter for Nashville heavy music duo the Friendship Commanders. With her third solo album Conversations with My Other Voice, Buick Audra turns

The Americana songwriter is broadcasting a performance of her new album In the Canyon Haze to theaters around the country Brandi Carlile’s new album In the Canyon Haze reimagines the songs on her 2021 LP In These Silent Days through the lens of L.A.’s Laurel Canyon. On release day, Sept. 28, Carlile and her band

Thirty-two years ago today (Sept. 9, 1989) was a bittersweet day for friends and family of the late Keith Whitley. It was on that date that Whitley’s song “I Wonder Do You Think of Me” hit No. 1, only four months after his death by alcohol poisoning. “I Wonder Do You Think of Me” was the title track

Danielle Bradbery puts a new spin on a spunky breakup song in her tune, “A Special Place.” Written by Maren Morris, Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins and Sasha Alex Sloan, the song finds Bradbery sending an ex to a place no one wants to be. Bolstered by strong electric guitars, she kicks off the song by describing this

In 1999, Montgomery Gentry signed their first record deal. Between then and when Troy Gentry was killed in a helicopter crash on Sept. 8, 2017, the duo released eight studio albums. Although the majority of their songs came from outside songwriters, Gentry and duo partner Eddie Montgomery did occasionally help co-write their material; Gentry specifically co-wrote eight of the songs that

Tyler Childers and his band the Food Stamps are adding a little extra shot of ambition to the fall, announcing plans for the new triple album Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? on Thursday. The project, which follows Childers’ 2020 release Long Violent History, will be released via Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records on Sept.

Tyler Childers is back with an ambitious and unique new project. On Sept. 30, the celebrated singer-songwriter will release Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, a brand new album featuring eight new songs presented in three parts. These three chapters — titled Hallelujah, Jubilee and Joyful Noise — supply three different sonic interpretations of Childers’ latest collection

If there’s a criticism to be held for Dan + Shay‘s newest single, “You,” it’s the fact that the song doesn’t represent a huge step in any new direction for the country duo. Its lyrics describe a smitten, rock-solid relationship that’s sure to stand the test of time — familiar subject matter for the singers

Thirty-six seconds into the trailer for FOX’s new, scripted country music drama Monarch finds Trace Adkins staring down the barrel of a rifle. He’s just stepped out of a beater of pickup truck that’s beneath his character’s status on the show, but in line with his pragmatism. Viewers don’t hear the crunch of gravel beneath his

“Things a Man Oughta Know” singer Lainey Wilson, who scored her first Number One hit in 2021, is the leading nominee at the 2022 CMA Awards. The full list of nominees for the Country Music Association’s centerpiece show, set to take place Nov. 9 in Nashville, was announced Wednesday morning. Wilson’s strong debut effort, Sayin’

Ever wondered why your favorite artist wasn’t front and center when the envelopes got opened at the CMA Awards? Of course you have — there’s always a difference of opinions when nominees, and then winners, are revealed each year at the annual awards show. Lucky for our readers, The Boot has some intel on how

Hearty road warriors The Good Graces — a shifting collective lead by Kim Ware — reconcile their past, present, and future on their upcoming album Ready, out Sept. 16 on Fort Lowell Records. The band’s new song, “Palisade Peaches,” channels grief and nostalgia into a smooth, ’90s college radio-style track. Ware comes by the sound honestly. After

Thomas Rhett is picking up where he left off after taking a 10-day break from his Bring the Bar to Your Tour for some doctor-mandated vocal rest. Rhett shared the good news with fans on social media, also providing a little bit more information about the vocal cord irritation that forced him to cancel a

Email: neill@outloudculture.com Socials: @neillfrazer An artist infinitely fascinated by the natural world, Kathleen creates music as unpredictable as nature itself: serene as well as explosive and ineffably dazzling. As a child growing up in the Rocky Mountains, she began writing songs at age seven and later studied poetry in college, steadily carving out a truly singular songwriting voice

Wes Freed, the visual artist whose surreal Southern-gothic images of shadowy figures, ominous owls, and black flamingos adorned album covers by Drive-By Truckers, has died at 58. Freed was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in January and a GoFundMe campaign was underway to help pay for his treatment. The band’s publicist confirmed Freed’s death to Rolling

While September is known as the month of backpacks, sharpened pencils, early alarm clocks and kids across the United States returning to school, it’s also a month in which many, many country stars celebrate with cake — because it’s their birth month! September is quite the month for country music stars to be born; from

It’s been two decades since Kelly Clarkson‘s life-changing American Idol victory, and she’s marking the occasion with gratitude and an emotional message of hope and love for everyone who supported her during her Idol years. On social media, the singer shared a lengthy message reflecting on the ways in which Idol jump-started her career and continues

It is difficult to envision the moment playing out any other way. Robert Earl Keen, seated onstage at Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, Texas, had been playing for 3,000 people for nearly two-and-a-half hours. Only a single chorus remained between him and retirement after 41 years of playing shows. The Americana icon is 66 and

Sixty-one years ago today, on Sept. 3, 1961, Loretta Lynn‘s life changed forever: It was on that date that the then-22-year-old signed with Decca Records, with which she released 18 studio albums, three gospel albums, two collaborative records with Ernest Tubb, a Christmas project and a greatest hits disc. By the time that Lynn signed

Kenny Chesney and Old Dominion have been touring across the United States over the last few months on Chesney’s headlining Here and Now 2022 Tour. Now, to punctuate their celebrated trek in style, the country stars have teamed up for their first-ever collaboration, “Beer With My Friends.” The spirited David Lee Murphy, Shy Carter and

Carrie Underwood is the latest celeb to hop on the viral “Teenage Dirtbag” trend, posting a compilation video of some of her most epic and unrecognizable shots as a teen. Underwood was 22 when she got her start on American Idol in 2004-2005, so she was only a few years removed from her teens when

Email: neill@outloudculture.com Socials: @neillfrazer PRMSE, pronounced Promise, (@prmsemusic) is a Zimbabwean-born UK artist, who is no stranger to the world of music, working on campaigns for artists such as: Madonna, Stefflon Don, David Guetta, Kehlani, Ella Mai and Pop Smoke. PRMSE grew up in a household listening to an eclectic collection of legendary artists such as

The 1974 summit of country music and rock is finally available to stream This Oct. 4 marks 48 years since the very first Volunteer Jam, Charlie Daniels’ Nashville celebration of Southern music. The Allman Brothers’ Dickey Betts and Marshall Tucker Band’s Toy Caldwell both performed at the War Memorial Auditorium that Friday night, coming together

Deana Carter‘s classic song “Strawberry Wine” wasn’t yet a country chart-topper when she released her debut album, but it didn’t take too much longer. Carter’s Did I Shave My Legs for This? arrived in the United States on Sept. 3, 1996 — 25 years ago today — and by Thanksgiving that year, she was celebrating a multi-week No. 1

Ben Gallaher “Still a Few Cowboys Left” Ben Gallaher brings a cowboy’s story to life in his anthemic new single, “Still a Few Cowboys Left.” The soaring country-rocker is a blue-collar anthem and ode to all who stay true to the cowboy way of life. Gallaher penned the imagery-packed song with Neil Thrasher and Tony

Maren Morris is putting her money where her mouth is when it comes to supporting transgender youth. The country singer has raised $100,000 in just one day, after announcing a new line of T-shirts on Friday (Sept. 2) to support the Trans Lifeline and the GLAAD Transgender Media Program. Morris turned to Twitter late Friday

The song is the title track of the country singer’s new LP Amanda Shires appeared on The Late Late Show to perform her recent song “Take It Like a Man.” Playing with her band, the singer offered an emotive take on the anthemic track. “Take It Like a Man” comes off Shires’ recent LP of

There’s no one in country music quite like Loretta Lynn. The genre-defining legend made a name for herself, starting in the 1960s, with songs that tackle topics women simply weren’t expected — or allowed — to sing about: abortion, divorce, the genuine difficulties of motherhood and more. Lynn’s career has spanned decades and has never really

Kelsea Ballerini has dropped a powerful and ruminative new song, “What I Have.” The emotional track, which Ballerini co-wrote with Cary Barlowe and Alysa Vanderhym, arrives on the heels of her recent announcement of her divorce from Morgan Evans. Opting for a stripped-back production, “What I Have” boasts diary-entry lyrics that vulnerably and beautifully chronicle Ballerini’s thoughts