Author: Brennen Kelly

Fresh off of his headlining set at Bonnaro Music Festival last night which featured a surprise appearance with Miranda Lambert, Luke Combs has added a staggering 34 brand new Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certifications this morning. Combs, who has been nothing short of a powerhouse in the age of streaming, has now become the first country artist ever to receive four seperate certified diamond songs with his 2018 single, “She Got The Best of Me,” being certified diamond today. This breaks his previous record of three songs which he achieved last year. “She Got the Best of Me”…

As country music continues to grow day by day, both in terms of popularity and diversity between subgenres, the Grammys have made a major change to their selection process heading into 2026. Next year, the award show will add a brand new category: Best Traditional Country Album. In turn, the Recording Academy will rename the currently existing Best Country Album category to ‘Best Contemporary Country Album’ at next year’s show. With this change, the Grammys will now contain five seperate country music categories at the 68th annual show: Best Solo Country Performance, Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Best Country Song, Best…

After sending the internet into a frenzy Wednesday morning with a brand-new teaser video that contained references to long-awaited unreleased tracks, Tyler Childers has officially announced that his 7th studio album, Snipe Hunter, will be released on Friday, July 25th. As of now, the only confirmed track on the album is none other than today’s newest release, “Nose on the Grindstone,” which has remained one of Childers’ most popular releases since its appearance on his acoustic OurVinyl Session back in 2017. With that being said, however, the aforementioned teaser video from Wednesday morning also hinted towards the inclusion of his…

Tyler Childers, much like his contemporaries such as Jason Isbell and Kacey Musgraves, has never been one to shy away from expressing his politics and beliefs quite regularly. Being one of the most prominent liberal voices in the genre, the “Whitehouse Road” singer has never shied away from speaking out on controversial topics. This, of course, was highlighted most prominently on his 2020 album, Long Violent History. Though eight of the nine songs present on the record were instrumentals, the album’s closer and title track was written in response to the infamous killing of fellow Kentuckian, Breonna Taylor, as well…

On a weekend intended to be a celebration of country music, tragedy struck on the final day of CMA Fest in Nashville. Conner Smith, who had previously played at the festival on Saturday, struck and killed a 77-year-old Nashville resident, Dorothy Dobbins, on Sunday, June 8th. As reported by TMZ, Smith, who rose to fame with viral hits such as “Creek Will Rise” and “I Hate Alabama,” was behind the wheel of his Chevy Silverado heading north on 3rd Avenue around 7:30 p.m. when he accidentally hit Dobbins while she was crossing the street inside a marked crosswalk. Dobbins was…

As each day passes, it becomes more apparent that Morgan Wallen’s I’m The Problem is going to continue to smash records both in country music and abroad. After spending its third straight week at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart, Wallen’s fourth studio album just became the best-selling album in 2025 in the US by total units in just three weeks. According to Chart Data, one of the leading chart insiders on X, I’m The Problem surpassed Kendrick Lamar’s GNX which was released on November 22, 2024. Riding the massive popularity of his 2024 smash hit, “Not Like…