The new year has begun with a bang: Luke Combs, Jillian Jacqueline and numerous other artists have released new singles to country radio in recent days. Luke Combs, “One Number Away” Combs has shared “One Read More
After releasing five albums together, Sugarland‘s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush parted ways in 2012 to focus on their solo careers. However, the award-winning duo thrilled fans when they made an unexpected appearance at the 2017 CMA Read More
Thirty-three years ago today (Jan. 5, 1985), George Strait was starting the new year on a high note. It was on that date that his single “Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind” soared to the Read More
Nashville, CMT’s relentlessly dramatic hour-long drama about fictional country music stars, made its return to the network on Thursday night (Jan. 4). This sixth season of the show will be its final one, and the lives Read More
In 2017, Vince Gill took home Grammy Awards‘ Best American Roots Song trophy, for his group the Time Jumpers‘ “Kid Sister.” This year, the lineup of nominated songs includes a track by late, great Gregg Allman, as well Read More
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Since 2012, the Grammy Awards’ category for Best Folk Album has combined the awards show’s previous categories of Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Traditional Folk Album. Sarah Jarosz, who currently makes up one-third of the Read More
“Stay Downtown” is one of only five songs on Cole Swindell‘s 2016 album You Should Be Here that the singer didn’t write, and also the first outside song he’s released as a single. But, Swindell says, he Read More
The characters on Nashville have been through plenty of ups and downs in the show’s four seasons so far. In 2017, the beloved TV drama got a new home, CMT, following its cancellation on ABC after Season Read More
After meeting at Belmont University in 2008, Florida Georgia Line‘s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley released their first EP in late 2010. They signed to Big Loud Mountain Records, released another EP in May of 2012 … and Read More
After the tragic death of Troy Gentry in September of 2017, surviving Montgomery Gentry member Eddie Montgomery is moving forward with plans to release the duo’s final project, Here’s to You, early in 2018. Montgomery and Gentry Read More
On Thursday (Jan. 4), CMT’s Nashville will return to the network for its sixth and final season. No doubt, as the show works to go out with a bang, the new season will include a Read More
Long before Garth Brooks was the most successful artist in any genre, he was an aspiring singer-songwriter who moved to Nashville from Oklahoma, just hoping to get his music on the radio. But when he finally Read More
Muscle Shoals, Ala., wouldn’t be famous for its musical influences without FAME Studios — and FAME Studios wouldn’t have become what it is without Rick Hall. Hall — born Roe Erister Hall on Jan. 31, Read More
Singer-songwriter Melissa Plett has the honor of kicking off The Boot’s Guest Room Sessions series in 2018. In this installment, she performs the title track of her newest studio album, Ghost Town. For her Guest Room Sessions Read More
Some artists take years to earn mainstream recognition, much less success. But Dustin Lynch, who moved to Nashville at age 18 to be a professional songwriter, struck platinum with his debut single, 2012’s “Cowboys and Read More
Eighteen years ago today (Jan. 3, 2000), LeAnn Rimes kicked off the new year — and the new millennium — on a high note: It was on that date that her eponymous studio album, released Read More
Sixty-eight years ago today (Jan. 3, 1950) was an historic day for country music, although no one was aware of it at the time: It was on that date that the famous Sun Studio — Read More
What happens when five small-town musicians get together and make an album? In the case of Lanco, it’s a quickly rising country hit … and an upcoming debut album named Hallelujah Nights. Lanco consists of five talented Read More
It’s a brand-new year, and The Boot’s staff members are pretty excited about what’s coming up in country and Americana music 2018. Fans already know to expect some killer new albums and massive tours … but we’ve Read More
No matter who you are, a new year often brings with it a renewed sense of hope, promise and resolve, personally and professionally. The new year could be the year for any number of up-and-coming artists — but Read More
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It’s always exciting to see who will give birth to the first baby of the new year: Will the baby be born at midnight on Jan. 1, or will it be a few minutes after? Read More
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Justin Moore earned another radio hit with, “Kinda Don’t Care,” the title track of his fourth studio album. The song wasn’t written by the artist, but by hit songwriters Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip and Ross Copperman; still, it sounded 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
Forty-three years ago today, on Jan. 2, 1975, Austin City Limits premiered on PBS. The show’s inaugural episode, which aired as part of a PBS pledge drive, featured Willie Nelson as its very first guest. ACL‘s original first episode actually Read More
Eight years ago today, on Jan. 1, 2010, singer-songwriter Jimmy Wayne kicked off the new year by starting a 1,700-mile walk, called Meet Me Halfway, to raise awareness about youth aging out of the foster care system. Wayne Read More
Twenty-four years ago today (Jan. 1, 1994), Faith Hill started off the new year on a high note: She scored her very first No. 1 hit with her song “Wild One,” from her debut album, Take Read More
One-hundred and twenty-six years ago, in 1892, the historic Ryman Auditorium was completed. Although it was known as the Union Gospel Tabernacle at the time, the venue set a precedent in Nashville as a place Read More
Fifty-nine years ago today, on Jan. 1, 1959, Johnny Cash kicked off the new year on a high note: It was on that date that the singer performed at the famous San Quentin State Prison Read More
Music fans who don’t listen to much country still likely heard a thing or two this year about some of the genre’s big names: Jason. Sam. Carrie. Chris. Blake … Margo. Sturgill. Jason. In 2017, Read More
Shania Twain and Frederic Thiebaud’s love story is one of redemption — something beautiful out of pain and heartbreak — and their marriage is one that will inspire hope in even the darkest of situations. Their love and Read More
Country singer Kellie Pickler and songwriter beau Kyle Jacobs planned an elaborate Nashville wedding … then decided they didn’t need pomp and circumstance to say “I do.” So, they eloped to Antigua in the Caribbean, sealing their Read More
“Country music is earnest. It’s all about the songs.” We’re sitting with Beau Patrick Bedford, bandleader and producer for the Texas Gentlemen, somewhere in East Nashville, enjoying a cup of coffee. He and his fellow Read More
Kelsea Ballerini‘s sophomore album, Unapologetically, is a 12-track journey through Ballerini’s love life, from heartbreak to happily-ever-after with her husband, Morgan Evans. The 24-year-old wrote all of the dozen songs on Unapologetically, but she says there is Read More
“Heartache on the Dance Floor” was Jon Pardi‘s third single — and third No. 1 hit — from his sophomore album, California Sunrise. The song, written by Pardi along with Brice Long and Bart Butler, is Read More
Tony Lucca is rounding out 2017 with an appropriately timed Guest Room Sessions performance. Readers can press play above to watch Lucca cover the classic holiday tune “Blue Christmas.” Lucca recorded this Guest Room Sessions clip Read More
On Dec. 6, Time magazine revealed its Person of the Year for 2017: “the Silence Breakers,” those who have stepped forward to share their stories of sexual abuse, harassment and / or assault. Among the people Read More
Trisha Yearwood wears a number of different hats these days: In addition to spending time on the road with her husband, Garth Brooks, Yearwood also has her own TV show on the Food Network, Trisha’s Southern Read More
There’s no way around it: The year 2017 was a difficult one, both in the country music community and beyond. From the deaths of stars such as Glen Campbell and Troy Gentry to the tragic Route 91 Harvest Festival Read More
At the age of 30, Trace Adkins left the oil fields of Louisiana for Nashville in 1992. After playing honky-tonks in the early ’90s, he got a record deal, and by 1996, he had hit the Read More
While country music has seen its share of ups and downs over the past few years, 2017 showed that America’s favorite genre has continued to evolve into one of the most adaptable, inclusive and universally loved types of music. Read More
It seems as though country music’s sub-genres are getting their much-deserved recognition as of late. Jason Isbell and the Secret Sisters, among others, received nods at the 2018 Grammy Awards. Tyler Childers‘ Purgatory debuted at No. 1 on Read More
Morgan Evans is not only a rising country artist, he’s an established songwriter as well. Evans — who is married to Kelsea Ballerini — wrote every song on his eponymous freshman album (which was only released in Read More
Dylan Scott and his wife Blair are officially parents! The couple’s first child, a boy, has arrived. Beckett Scott Robinson arrived on Tuesday (Dec. 12), at 5:20PM, People reports. The baby boy was born weighing 8 pounds and measuring Read More
The 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards are coming up on April 15, 2018, and if you’re wondering how the voting process for the ACM Awards works, The Boot has got you covered. From Read More
The year 2018 will be a good one for Kacey Musgraves fans: The singer has revealed that she’ll be releasing her third studio album early in the year! Musgraves’ freshman album, Same Trailer Different Park, will Read More
The past few years have brought about a resurgence of the Americana, bluegrass, folk and alt-country genres, and 2017 was a year in which fans saw the fruits of that labor. With newcomers such as Whitney Read More
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