Author: Brady Gray

Country music enthusiast and avid drinker of alcohol. Old Aldean is better than your favorite artist. (except for Zach Top)

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…

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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…

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“Baby lock the door and turn the lights down low…” Before becoming the country music sensation that he is today after the release of his 2015 debut album, “Traveller,” Chris Stapleton was one of the most prominent songwriters in all of Nashville. The 45 year-old superstar is responsible for co-writing many hits over the last couple of decades, including some you probably wouldn’t expect. From “Never Wanted Nothing More” by Kenny Chesney, to “Come Back Song” by Darius Rucker, Chris left his mark all over the 2000’s. One track that Chris is listed as a co-writer on, just before blowing…

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Country music singer/songwriter and Middle Tennessee State University alum, Michael Hardy (better known by his stage name of just HARDY), had the privilege of his returning to his old school this past weekend to give the commencement address to over 2,000 graduating students. On top of speaking to the first class of 2024, the country/rock singer finally received his diploma in person, 11 years later after not attending his own graduation. During his speech, HARDY detailed his first encounter with a then-nobody, Morgan Wallen: “About 8 years ago, my publisher called me and he asked if I wanted to write…

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Reba’s been a busy woman. From coaching on season 25 of The Voice, to working on her new NBC sitcom, “Happy Place,” the 69 year-old country star has showed no signs of slowing down at this stage in her career. And on top of those time consuming gigs, Reba has also been working on a new album and debuted a brand new song for the first time live last night on the hit singing competition show. “I Can’t,” written by Victoria Banks, Tania Hancheroff and Tia Sillers, is a powerful anthem and the first new music from the country star…

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This morning, the lineup for the 22nd annual Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas was announced and it features some of the biggest names in all of music. The massive lineup consists of artists from multiple genres, including headliners Blink-182, Dua Lipa, Tyler The Creator, Pretty Lights, Leon Bridges, Khruangbin, and country acts Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson. The other country artists set to perform during the 6-day event this fall include The Red Clay Strays, Braxton Keith, Tyler Halverson and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ACL Festival (@aclfestival) Austin City Limits will…

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