Author: Brady Gray

“Where in the heck does the time go? As of today, May 17th, 2024, Alan Jackson’s legendary song, “Chattahoochee,” was officially released as a single 31 years ago. THIRTY frickin’ years. Co-written by Jackson and Jim McBride, “Chattahoochee” was released from Alan’s 1992 album, “A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ‘Bout Love)”. Label executive, Gary Overton, is on the record saying no one, absolutely no one, “wanted to put that out but Alan.” The song not only was different than anything else he had released prior, everyone questioned what the heck a “Chattahoochee” was, even Waylon Jennings. “I think…

Give us the country album already, Kelly. At this point, it’s pretty common knowledge that Kelly Clarkson can out-sing almost anyone on their own song, and with multiple features on country tracks such as Jason Aldean’s “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” as well as performing dozen’s of country covers on her daytime talk-show, a country album is way past due from the season 1 American Idol winner. This past week, Kelly paid tribute to legendary duo, Brooks & Dunn, with a phenomenal performance of their 1994 hit, “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind.” Written solely by Ronnie Dunn, the track was released…

Good news Blake Shelton fans. This morning it was officially announced that the country superstar and OG Voice coach will officially be making a return to the NBC hit singing competition show next week. Shelton was a coach on The Voice for 13 years straight, appearing in 23 seasons alongside host, Carson Daly. He was replaced by Reba McEntire, who is wrapping up her second season and will be the only current coach brought back for season 26 when she joins The Voice alum and Blake’s wife, Gwen Stefani, along with newcomers Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé. To celebrate 25…

Conner Smith is hittin’ the road this fall. The ACM New Male Artist of the Year nominee officially announced his headlining ‘The Storyteller Tour’ this morning with special guests Jonathan Hutcherson and Zach John King. Kickin’ off in Great Falls, Montana, on October 8th, the tour features 16 total dates and wraps up in December with three shows in Canada. “The Storyteller Tour feels like the beginning of the next chapter for me. What made me fall in love with country music was three chords and the truth. I’m excited to share through my live show how my music has…

Last night, Morgan Wallen took his massive headlining One Night At A Time tour to Citizens Bank Park (home of the Phillies MLB team) in Pennsylvania and performed for a sold out crowd of over 40,000 people. Of course, this was a makeup date, as Morgan had to cancel the original show back in June of last year due to his vocal chord issues. After making fans in Philly wait almost a year, Morgan kept the original openers that included Lauren Watkins, Ernest and Parker McCollum, and even later brought out the Texas native to sing Eric Church’s part on…

What say you? Parker McCollum recently made an appearance on the Like a Farmer podcast, where he was asked who he thinks is at the top of country music right now. While the Texas native acknowledged that his music is “different” and more “hip-hop based,” he unabashedly name-dropped East Tennessee artist, Morgan Wallen: “I don’t think anybody ever catches Wallen. I know it’s a different kind of country. It’s a lot more hip-hop based….so if you really care to dissect it that much, which I don’t, I don’t really care what people call certain kinds of music.” Parker then says…