Chris Young, Russell Dickerson and more country artists released new singles this week. Read on to hear ’em! Chris Young, “Hangin’ On” Chris Young’s new single, “Hangin’ On,” is all about a love so good Read More
Dierks Bentley, the recipient of the 2018 CRS Artist Humanitarian Award, gave a keynote speech at the seminar on Feb. 5, following the ceremony honoring his humanitarian and charitable efforts over the years. The theme of self-reflection was at the forefront Read 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
Folksy duo Big Little Lions are premiering their song “Kind” exclusively for readers of The Boot. Press play below to listen. The duo, comprised of Helen Austin and Paul Otten, wrote “Kind” in the aftermath of Read More
Eight years ago today, on Feb. 16, 2010, Miranda Lambert earned herself a little more bling: It was on that date that the singer earned a gold record, signifying sales of 500,000 units, with her Read More
Tragedy can strike anyone, from a neighbor next door to family members to some of the biggest superstars in the world; no one is exempt. Whether you have a row of Grammys on your mantle Read More
Kelsea Ballerini spent Valentine’s Day playing her first-ever headlining show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and she couldn’t let the occasion pass by without sharing a special moment with her husband, fellow country artist Morgan Evans. Read More
Two Nashville legislators have filed a bill that would offer protections to independent contractors in cases of sexual harassment, similar to the laws already in place for full-time employees. Should the bill become a law, Read More
In January of 2018, Dan + Shay revealed that they will join Rascal Flatts and Carly Pearce on the Flatts’ headlining Back to Us Tour later this year. The trek will be an especially meaningful one for the duo, as Rascal Flatts are Read More
Willie Nelson is 84 years old, and it seems he’s accomplished everything anyone could dream of: He’s acted in more than 30 films (including an upcoming Western with his sons), received a fifth-degree black belt in the Read More
The Weight Band are premiering the new track “You’re Never Too Old (to Rock ‘n’ Roll)” exclusively for readers of The Boot. Fans can press play above to watch a rowdy, raucous performance of the song from the Americana Read More
Lindsay Ell says it’s a good time to be a woman in country music. The 28-year-old, whose recent album, The Project, landed at the top of the charts, finds a feeling of community among female artists, and thinks Read More
Kassi Ashton, who recently made the Boot’s 2018 Artists to Watch list, took the stage during the annual UMG luncheon at 2018’s Country Radio Seminar with a bluesy, brooding performance of her song “The Straw.” Read More
On the heels of “Like I Loved You,” the third single from and second No. 1 hit off of his self-titled debut album, Brett Young released “Mercy.” Accompanied by a brooding piano line, the ballad describes the painful, Read More
Just four and a half months after 58 country music fans died in a mass shooting at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nev., a 19-year-old former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Read More
For February’s second installment of The Boot’s Guest Room Sessions series, singer-songwriter JD Eicher performs a cover with the artist who wrote the song. Readers can press play above to watch Eicher and Kiernan McMullan Read More
Forty-two years ago today (Feb. 15, 1975), TG Sheppard earned his first No. 1 hit with “Devil in the Bottle.” The song was the debut single from Sheppard’s eponymous freshman album. Songwriter Bobby David penned Read More
What happens when five musicians from small towns get together and make an album? In the case of Lanco, it’s a formula for success. The band released their debut album, Hallelujah Nights, on Jan. 19, and they’re already making a big Read More
Following the unexpected death of country singer Daryle Singletary on Monday, Feb. 12, Chris Young included a poignant tribute to Singletary in his setlist for a San Antonio, Tx. show that same evening. Young performed an abbreviated version of “I Let Read More
In country music, there are love songs, heartbreak songs, fight songs, uplifting songs … and cheating songs. The latter are a sort of specialty in the genre, with some of the its most iconic tunes Read More
In 1995, Canadian native Terri Clark released her self-titled debut album; her first single, “Better Things to Do,” reached the Top 3 in both the U.S. and Canada. As Clark recalls to The Boot, she Read More
Valentine’s Day, to some, is known as Singles Awareness Day. But just because you don’t have a significant other to celebrate the day of love with doesn’t mean you should just give up on the Read More
Kathy Mattea and her songwriter husband Jon Vezner owe their first meeting to a dead car battery. “Kathy lived upstairs at Wrensong, the publisher I used to write at,” Vezner tells The Boot. “I’d see her Read More
Texas’ Turnpike Troubadours recently made their Austin City Limits debut, and the episode will premiere on Saturday night (Feb. 17). The Boot’s readers don’t have to wait that long to get a peek at their performance, however: Press Read 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
The Josh Abbott Band have joined forces with Bud Light in an ad campaign promoting their Texas roots. Readers can press play below to listen to the Josh Abbott Band’s recording of the classic country Read More
Cam shared a song called “Palace” with a live audience at a Sony Music Nashville event on Feb. 6. Readers can press play above to watch a video of the live performance. The song appears as Read More
Tyler Childers played a new song for a live audience in Norway in January that he calls “Snipe Hunt.” Readers can press play above to watch a video of the performance. The cleverly penned lyrics, Read More
Thirty-three years ago today (Feb. 14, 1985) was a Valentine’s Day to remember for Randy Travis: It was on that date that the singer inked his record deal with Warner Bros. Records, only two weeks Read More
Country up-and-comer Michaela Anne is debuting her cover of Hank Williams‘ classic tune “Your Cheatin’ Heart” exclusively for readers of The Boot. Press play below to listen. A Nashville newbie, Anne moved to Tennessee from Read More
The 2018 Ameripolitan Music Awards were crowned Tuesday night (Feb. 13). Nikki Lane, Luke Bell and more took home trophies at the annual awards ceremony, which celebrates the best in outlaw country, honky-tonk music, rockabilly and more. Read More
Steve Moakler has announced the schedule for his 2018 Born Ready tour, supporting his upcoming album of the same name. The tour, backed by Mack Trucks, Moakler’s partner in the Born Ready campaign, will launch Read More
Country music is about more than boots, trucks and whiskey (although it very much is about boots, trucks and whiskey). It’s also about breaking up and making up, falling in and out of love and Read More
Coy Bowles and his wife Kylie now have a family of four! The Zac Brown Band member welcomed his second child, Millie Mercy, on Monday (Feb. 12). Baby Millie was born at 4:26AM in Atlanta, Read More
Easton Corbin has left his longtime label home. After nearly a decade with Mercury Nashville, the singer is no longer affiliated with the record label. According to Sounds Like Nashville, Corbin has “part[ed] ways” with Read More
If you’re looking for a new pickup line to add to your arsenal, look no further than country music. In terms of lyrics that could definitely be re-purposed to hit on someone, country is full Read More
Don’t have a date tonight? Just turn on country radio, and you might get some advice for finding that special someone. Yes, country music is known for tales of love and heartbreak, but something’s gotta Read More
Kristian Bush knew it wasn’t over. When he and Sugarland‘s Jennifer Nettles parted ways in 2012 to work on solo projects, both personally and professionally, it was only a matter of time before they picked Read More
Dierk’s Bentley‘s upcoming new album, The Mountain, isn’t all about his wife, Cassidy Black, but its first single, “Woman, Amen,” sure is. With its uptempo “whoah-oh-oh”s and passionate lyrics — “I’d lose my way and I’d lose my mind Read More
Country music has some great love songs in its repertoire, but even more romantic than tracks like “Through the Years,” “You’re Still the One” or “Forever and Ever, Amen” are the real-life love stories of Read More
Songs about lost love are part of the fabric of country music. Since the music tells the true stories of real people’s lives, there’s no way to shy away from the painful subject of losing Read More
In January of 2018, Dan + Shay debuted a brand-new single, “Tequila,” a surprising twist on what listeners might expect from a song named after a kind of liquor. Instead of a classic, uptempo drinking song, Read More
Tributes to ’90s country artist Daryle Singletary have been pouring in since he died early Monday morning (Feb. 12). On Facebook, Lee Brice shared a somber rendition of “Old Violin,” a Johnny Paycheck song that Singletary covered on Read More
Country traditionalist Candi Carpenter is premiering her new song “Cry Baby,” and its music video, exclusively for readers of The Boot. Press play above to watch. Syrupy pedal steel pairs with Carpenter’s rich timbre and Read More
Fifty-one years ago today, on Feb. 13, 1967, Dolly Parton‘s debut album, appropriately titled, Hello, I’m Dolly, was released. The then-21-year-old Parton wrote or co-wrote 10 of the 12 songs on the record, including two of Read More
Country music legend Waylon Jennings died in 2002, but he left an indelible mark on the genre. Along with scoring several chart-topping hits as a solo artist, Jennings also found success as part of the supergroup Read More
Sixteen years ago today (Feb. 13, 2002) was a sad day in country music: It was on that date that Waylon Jennings died, from complications from diabetes. He was 64 years old. Jennings was born near Littlefield, Read More
Footage of Daryle Singletary‘s final performance, given on Saturday night (Feb. 10), is making its way around the internet following his death early Monday morning (Feb. 12). The ’90s country artist’s last concert took place Read More
Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, who make up the duo Dan + Shay, have both seen substantial changes in their personal lives in the past year: Smyers tied the knot with his fiancee Abby Law Read More
In Summer 2017, bluegrass icon Rhonda Vincent and ’90s country singer Daryle Singletary teamed up for an album of duets, American Grandstand. The joint project would turn out to be Singletary’s final release; the artist died on Monday Read More
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