Anyone that has seen Jelly Roll perform (whether live or on TV) can tell the man loves to create a wild, loud, and rambunctious atmosphere for his concertgoers. In a recent interview with Taste of Country, the recipient of the CMA ‘New Artist of the Year’ award discussed a specific aspect of live concerts that he finds to be comical, but many other artists seem to be annoyed with. The Need A Favor singer appears to believe that artists nowadays are getting too upset when fans throw objects on stage- he considers it an inherent aspect of performing. During the…
Author: Aidan Callahan
Luke Combs is undoubtably one of the faces of the current country music scene. Two-time CMA “Entertainer of The Year,” sixteen number one songs, selling out the biggest stadiums across the nation- the man is absolutely crushing it. With his massive success now, it’s easy to look past his humble beginning as an artist in his college town of Boone, North Carolina. However, as they say, from humble beginnings come great things, and this has proven to be the case for the chart-topping superstar. On a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, Combs discussed his start…
Jason Aldean has collected twenty eight number one hits in his nearly two decades since releasing his first studio album. This success has contributed to him earning the ACM Award for “Artist of The Decade” in 2019, and cementing himself as one of the genre’s superstars. Despite the accolades and massive hits, there will always be things that artists like Aldean will look back on in their career and see missed opportunities. In many cases, this pertains to passing songs for ideas to other artists just to see them blow up and become massive successes. On an appearance on Tracy…
Cody Johnson released his newest album, Leather, on November 3rd. With this record, Johnson provides his fans another phenomenal collection of songs that showcase his incredible talent and unwavering dedication to authenticity. In a recent interview Apple Music’s “Today’s Country”, Johnson revealed that the title track of the album was written by fellow Texas native, Ian Munsick, his gold certified Long Live Cowboys collaborator. He explained that the two were hanging around on his tour bus when Munsick played him Leather for the very first time. After hearing the song, Johnson felt inspired to make an album surrounding it. “He…
Eric Church is no stranger to releasing live recordings of not only his songs, but covers of other artists as well. He has seven full live albums, containing recordings of his performances from all kinds of big stages from 2013 to 2018. Any true Eric Church fan knows he credits the great Bruce Springsteen as one of his inspirations and this admiration shines front and center in his largest hit to date, named after the artist himself. The 7x platinum Springsteen has become a staple in country music over the years since its release, and his medley, Springsteen/Born To Run,…
On a 2020 appearance on This Past Weekend with Theo Von, country music’s hottest trio, Morgan Wallen, HARDY, and ERNEST, discussed their songwriting process and recollect a specific memorable experience when writing one of their biggest hits. It’s no secret that the three are genuinely close friends outside of music, and it seems that they have much more fun writing together than with anyone else. This is extremely evident in this case, where ERNEST hilariously revealed he was “faded” when they were writing the now 5x platinum hit, More Than My Hometown. ERNEST tells the story: “The night we wrote…