Editor impressed by up-and-coming female country artists
Oct 31 • Kyle Joseph, Opinion • 207 by The Country Music Association Awards air a week from today. I just lost two-thirds of my readers with that lead, but I’m not ashamed to spend Read More
2017
Editor impressed by up-and-coming female country artists
Oct 31 • Kyle Joseph, Opinion • 199 by The Country Music Association Awards air a week from today. I just lost two-thirds of my readers with that lead, but I’m not ashamed to spend Read More
Editor impressed by up-and-coming female country artists
Oct 31 • Kyle Joseph, Opinion • 189 by The Country Music Association Awards air a week from today. I just lost two-thirds of my readers with that lead, but I’m not ashamed to spend Read More
Editor impressed by up-and-coming female country artists
Oct 31 • Kyle Joseph, Opinion • 175 by The Country Music Association Awards air a week from today. I just lost two-thirds of my readers with that lead, but I’m not ashamed to spend Read More
Editor impressed by up-and-coming female country artists
Oct 31 • Kyle Joseph, Opinion • 168 by The Country Music Association Awards air a week from today. I just lost two-thirds of my readers with that lead, but I’m not ashamed to spend Read More
Editor impressed by up-and-coming female country artists
Oct 31 • Kyle Joseph, Opinion • 157 by The Country Music Association Awards air a week from today. I just lost two-thirds of my readers with that lead, but I’m not ashamed to spend Read More
Editor impressed by up-and-coming female country artists
Oct 31 • Kyle Joseph, Opinion • 150 by The Country Music Association Awards air a week from today. I just lost two-thirds of my readers with that lead, but I’m not ashamed to spend Read More
Editor impressed by up-and-coming female country artists
Oct 31 • Kyle Joseph, Opinion • 142 by The Country Music Association Awards air a week from today. I just lost two-thirds of my readers with that lead, but I’m not ashamed to spend Read More
Coming Soon: David Lee Murphy – “Alright” feat. Kenny Chesney
David Lee Murphy Arrives at Radio with “Alright” Lead Track from No Zip Code Teams w Friend Kenny Chesney NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When David Lee Murphy decided to go into the studio with his pal Read More
Why Is Pink Performing at the CMA Awards? Examining the Pop Star’s Country Connections
On Oct. 27, a little less than two weeks before the 2017 CMA Awards, the Country Music Association revealed that Pink will be performing at this year’s ceremony. Including pop stars in the annual awards show isn’t Read More
Album Review: Kelsea Ballerini Upends Country Music’s Patriarchy on ‘Unapologetically’
Album Review By JON CARAMANICA November 1, 2017 One upside to working in a genre in stagnation is that opportunities to creatively react to it — to underscore its weaknesses, to poke at its norms — abound. Read More
Album Review: Kelsea Ballerini Upends Country Music’s Patriarchy on ‘Unapologetically’
Album Review By JON CARAMANICA November 1, 2017 One upside to working in a genre in stagnation is that opportunities to creatively react to it — to underscore its weaknesses, to poke at its norms — abound. Read More
Album Review: Kelsea Ballerini Upends Country Music’s Patriarchy on ‘Unapologetically’
Album Review By JON CARAMANICA November 1, 2017 One upside to working in a genre in stagnation is that opportunities to creatively react to it — to underscore its weaknesses, to poke at its norms — abound. Read More
Album Review: Kelsea Ballerini Upends Country Music’s Patriarchy on ‘Unapologetically’
Album Review By JON CARAMANICA November 1, 2017 One upside to working in a genre in stagnation is that opportunities to creatively react to it — to underscore its weaknesses, to poke at its norms — abound. Read More
Album Review: Kelsea Ballerini Upends Country Music’s Patriarchy on ‘Unapologetically’
Album Review By JON CARAMANICA November 1, 2017 One upside to working in a genre in stagnation is that opportunities to creatively react to it — to underscore its weaknesses, to poke at its norms — abound. Read More
Album Review: Kelsea Ballerini Upends Country Music’s Patriarchy on ‘Unapologetically’
Album Review By JON CARAMANICA November 1, 2017 One upside to working in a genre in stagnation is that opportunities to creatively react to it — to underscore its weaknesses, to poke at its norms — abound. Read More
Album Review: Kelsea Ballerini Upends Country Music’s Patriarchy on ‘Unapologetically’
Album Review By JON CARAMANICA November 1, 2017 One upside to working in a genre in stagnation is that opportunities to creatively react to it — to underscore its weaknesses, to poke at its norms — abound. Read More
Album Review: Kelsea Ballerini Upends Country Music’s Patriarchy on ‘Unapologetically’
Album Review By JON CARAMANICA November 1, 2017 One upside to working in a genre in stagnation is that opportunities to creatively react to it — to underscore its weaknesses, to poke at its norms — abound. Read More
Album Review: Kelsea Ballerini Upends Country Music’s Patriarchy on ‘Unapologetically’
Album Review By JON CARAMANICA November 1, 2017 One upside to working in a genre in stagnation is that opportunities to creatively react to it — to underscore its weaknesses, to poke at its norms — abound. Read More
FGL’s Tyler Hubbard Taught Granger Smith His Onstage Secret: Go Shirtless!
Fans who’ve seen Florida Georgia Line in concert are familiar with Tyler Hubbard’s signature move of tearing off his shirt at the end of the show and tossing it into the crowd. Now, Hubbard is Read More
Dustin Lynch, Sara Evans + More to Perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
With Halloween behind us, the holidays are near, meaning it’s almost time for one of the year’s most notable events. Macy’s has announced the lineup for their annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and it includes a number of country Read More
Kirt Webster’s Webster PR Closes After Allegation of Sexual Misconduct
According to Webster PR’s website, the firm is no longer in business. A screenshot of the firm’s statement is below. Webster PR represents a number of artists, including Dolly Parton, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Rogers, Justin Read More
Webster PR Shutters Business Amid Allegations of ‘Terrible Things’
Kirt Webster Nothing official so far from WEBSTER PUBLIC RELATIONS, but the TENNESSEAN is reporting that the company has shuttered its operation, citing a notification on the company’s website that reads, “As of [WEDNESDAY], NOVEMBER Read More
Luke Bryan as a T-Rex, Thomas Rhett’s Girls as Bees + More of the Best Halloween Costumes
Country artists aren’t afraid to go all out for the spookiest day of the year — they seem to love dressing up, and fans love seeing their costumes! Couples like Carrie Underwood and her husband Read More
Jessica Simpson Wears a Beard for Her Halloween Tribute to Dukes of Hazzard Costar Willie Nelson
They famously starred alongside one another in the 2015 big-screen remake of The Dukes of Hazzard. And this Halloween, it appears country icon Willie Nelson was on Jessica Simpson‘s mind! The 37-year-old “Public Affair” singer got back to her country Read More
Kirt Webster Shuts Down PR Operations Amid Sexual Assault Claims
Kirt Webster, owner and founder of Webster Public Relations, has shut down his business amid allegations of sexual assault. Webster represents country clients like Dolly Parton, Kid Rock, Kenny Rogers and the Oak Ridge Boys. According Read More
Webster PR Shuts Down Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kirt Webster
Webster PR has shut down effective immediately (Nov. 1) following sexual misconduct allegations made against its president and CEO, Kirt Webster. The company’s website has been wiped. In place of Webster PR’s website, a landing Read More
Mary Sarah Packs Her Boots and Heads to Vegas with “The Voice”
NBC’s The Voice just got a little more amazing with a recent announcement about a live event featuring some of its former contestants. The show is heading to Las Vegas in spring of 2018 where The Voice: Read More
Triple Tigers Promotes Laura Hostelley To Mgr./Label Product
Laura Hostelley TRIPLE TIGERS RECORDS has upped Coord./Promotion LAURA HOSTELLEY to Mgr./Label Product. HOSTELLEY joined TRIPLE TIGERS in NOVEMBER of last year as the label staffed up (NET NEWS 11/28/16). In her new role, HOSTELLEY Read More
Top 40 Country Songs for November 2017
November 2017 is a month for newcomers. Nine of the Top 10 artists on this monthly look at the Top 40 country songs didn’t have a hit on the radio five years ago. There’s songs from Read More
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Releases Indian Child Welfare Act Judicial Benchbook
Publication Improves Court Practice in Indian Child Welfare Act Cases The NCJFCJ recognizes that the voice of tribal court judges is a necessary component to strengthening the needs of children and families served by state Read More
Country Music’s Most Heated Feuds
Country music feuds rarely escalate to anything more than a war of words, or in this day and age, a war of tweets. None of the 10 feuds listed here turned physical, and the same Read More
Kelsea Ballerini, Three Drinks In
by Alison Bonaguro 47 mins ago Why can’t more interviews be like this? Entertainment Weekly took Kelsea Ballerini to Mother of Pearl — a post-modern Polynesian-inspired tiki bar — in Manhattan’s East Village and got Read More
Garth Brooks Picks Nashville for Final North American Tour Date
Garth Brooks picked the final city for his North American Garth Brooks World Tour run with Trisha Yearwood, and it’s the place he got his start: Nashville. The country icon will play Bridgestone Arena on Dec. 16 — Read More
Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley’s Best CMA Awards One-Liners [WATCH]
Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley have co-hosted the CMA Awards since 2008, and each year, they get more confident … and their jokes get even funnier. Throughout their years as hosts, Paisley and Underwood have made Read More
Story Behind the Song: Kelsea Ballerini, ‘Legends’
Kelsea Ballerini‘s “Legends,” the lead single from her sophomore album, Unapologetically, is poised to be her fourth No. 1 hit. Written by Ballerini, Hillary Lindsey and Forest Glen Whitehead, the tune came about when Ballerini was Read More
Country Stars With November Birthdays
November is the month where those of us in the U.S. gather ’round the table to slice the turkey, pass the mashed potatoes and give thanks for all that we have. It’s a month of Read More
Country music’s top publicist accused of sexual abuse by singer denies allegations
Kirt Webster (center) flanked by Dolly Parton and ACM’s Pete Fisher at the 11th Annual ACM Honors at the Ryman Auditorium on Aug. 23, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty) A former client of Kirt Webster, Read More
Country music’s top publicist accused of sexual abuse by singer denies allegations
Kirt Webster (center) flanked by Dolly Parton and ACM’s Pete Fisher at the 11th Annual ACM Honors at the Ryman Auditorium on Aug. 23, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty) A former client of Kirt Webster, Read More
The Boot News Roundup: A Merle Haggard Museum Will Open in Nashville + More
Welcome to The Boot’s News Roundup, a morning rundown of the news country music fans need to know. Read on to learn more about the latest goings-on in the country, Americana, bluegrass and folk genres. Read More
Jason Aldean’s Axl Rose Only Topped by Wife Brittany’s Halloween Costume
Jason Aldean dressed as rocker Axl Rose for Halloween, but his wife Brittany once again proved she’s the queen of the holiday — the Egyptian queen. No, there’s no logical reason an Egyptian woman would Read More
Six Rise At Entercom As CEO David Field Preps For Merger With CBS Radio
David Field In a memo to staffers yesterday (10/31), ENTERCOM CEO DAVID FIELD announced a number of executive promotions along with 23 others who are being named to senior roles at the company. The six Read More
60 Years Ago: Lyle Lovett Is Born in Texas
Happy birthday, Lyle Lovett! The singer-songwriter was born 60 years ago today (Nov. 1) in Klein, Texas. Lovett was born to William and Bonnie Lovett; his father was a marketing executive, while his mother was Read More
Emergency Power System 2017 Market Segmentation,Application,Technology & Market Analysis Research Report to 2022
“Emergency Power System Industry” Global (North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa) Emergency Power System Market 2017 Forecast to 2022 PUNE, INDIA, November 1, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — WiseGuyReports.Com Publish a New Read More
Blake Shelton’s ‘Turnin’ Me On’ Is All About Gwen Stefani [LISTEN]
Blake Shelton co-wrote one song on his upcoming new album, Texoma Shore, and in advance of the album’s release, he’s shared that track. Readers can press play above to hear “Turnin’ Me On.” “Turnin’ Me On” Read More
Tommy Chuck Named SVP/Programming At iHeartMedia/Tampa-Sarasota
Chuck iHEARTMEDIA Top 40 WIHT (HOT 99.5) and AC WASH/WASHINGTON and Country WPOC/BALTIMORE PD TOMMY CHUCK has been named SVP/Programming for iHEARTMEDIA’s TAMPA-SARASOTA clusters and PD of Country WFUS (US 103.5)/TAMPA. CHUCK, who is a Read More
Guest Room Sessions: Suzie Brown, ‘Sometimes Your Dreams Find You’
In November’s first installment of The Boot’s Guest Room Sessions video series, singer-songwriter Suzie Brown performs an intimate version of her song “Sometimes Your Dreams Find You.” Readers can press play above to watch the Read More
5 Reasons Chris Stapleton Deserves to Win 2017 CMA Entertainer of the Year
Chris Stapleton is one of the exclusive group of artists nominated for Entertainer of the Year at the 2017 CMA Awards, and he deserves to win! Entertainer of the Year is the biggest category of the Read More
Garth Brooks Reveals Final North American World Tour Stop: Nashville, Tenn.
Garth Brooks has announced his final North American World Tour stop: As expected, it will be in Nashville, Tenn. Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood — his special guest at all World Tour stops — will perform Read More
Ex-Country Artist Accuses PR Executive of Sexual Misconduct, Exec Denies Allegations
Ex-country artist Austin Rick has accused a well-known Nashville PR executive, Kirt Webster, of sexual misconduct. Rick, who also went by Austin Cody, alleges that Webster sexually molested and abused him, paid Rick to keep Read More