Author: Brady Gray

From its creation, The Sammy Rose Band has always sought to be genre-defying. With the release of their new album Cowboy, the band has maintained their usual sound in terms of mixing elements of country, blues, pop, and alternative music through songs that come from personal experiences. Country music has had its influence on the band as far as songwriting is concerned. The band has long been drawn to the way a country song can establish a beginning, middle, and end while allowing a character or situation to evolve along the way. This element has been incorporated into Cowboy despite its sounds going beyond the…

A piece of Dolly Parton history is officially up for grabs in the Hollywood Hills, but you’re going to need some pretty deep pockets to call it home… A Hollywood Hills residence once owned by the late country music legend and her husband, Carl Dean, has officially hit the market with an asking price of $7.95 million, marking the first time the property has been offered for sale in 25 years. Parton and Dean purchased the Los Angeles property back in 1985 for $750,000, during a stretch when Dolly was already well into becoming one of the most recognizable entertainers…

More than 40 years after Dolly Parton first dreamed up the idea, her Cup of Ambition coffee line is officially available nationwide… The late country music icon’s coffee brand, created in partnership with family-owned Community Coffee, officially launched nationwide on September 29 following its initial debut at Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop. The name, of course, comes straight from one of the most recognizable lines in Parton’s 1980 classic, “9 to 5.” Back in June, Dolly revealed that turning “Cup of Ambition” into an actual coffee brand had been something she had wanted to do for more than four decades: “I thought the…

Some songs begin with a carefully planned concept, while others reveal their meaning during the creation process. For Gracie Boots, “Teenage Reality” was definitely of the latter kind. Boots had been carrying the title for some time, but when she started working on it at the piano, she did not have a story to tell. Instead, Boots started writing with a verse that reflected her mood of the moment. A melody soon appeared that Boots could not get out of her head. That melody eventually became the chorus, and the rest of the song followed with surprising speed. Within roughly two hours, “Teenage…

The guitar is not merely an instrument that Ciera MacKenzie plays alongside her while she writes her songs. Instead, it is a process through which she has learned to experience her emotions and create songs with a specific emotion in mind. The connection between the singer and her guitar influences her ability to create her unique country-rock sound, inspired by both the 1960s rock and red dirt country from Oklahoma. In her latest single “Red,” audiences are offered yet another perspective from Ciera MacKenzie, whose songwriting skills and musicianship always go hand in hand. While the lyrics of “Red” describe the extreme…

A fitting song choice for a night of remembrance… Last night, Lainey Wilson joined a special group of performers as the nation marked 25 years since the terrorist attacks that claimed exactly 2,977 lives on September 11, 2001. Tackling a song that has long been associated with moments of mourning, Wilson performed “Amazing Grace” during the ABC 9/11 Tribute in Manhattan, a one hour special broadcast live from New York City honoring those who lost their lives while also recognizing survivors, first responders, and families who lives were forever changed that day. Lainey took the stage at the base of the…