Author: Brennen Kelly

Fresh off of two brand new RIAA certifications for “Sweet Dreams” (gold) and “High Road” (platinum) off of his new album, 9 Lives, Koe Wetzel is back with a brand new project: a three song Apple Music Nashville Sessions EP. Apple Music Nashville Sessions have been quitely been creating some of the most interesting service-exclusive EPs out there today. With everyone from Charles Wesley Godwin, Jason Isbell and Turnpike Troubadours to Riley Green, Ronnie Dunn and Parker McCollum releasing their own projects over the past year, we have received some brilliant covers and reimaginings of these artists’ best songs. Today,…

Read More

Back in September, rumors began swirling after Rascal Flatts subtly made changes to their social media bios with the bio reading, “What are we doing these days?” This bio change coupled with an increasing amount of posts had fans clamoring for an explanation. Was it a new album? A new tour? Today, it has been confirmed that the band was gearing up for a brand new reunion tour in 2025 celebrating their 25th anniversary, aptly titled the Life is a Highway Tour, which will mark the first time they went out on the road since they went on hiatus in…

Read More

On the seventh anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, many in the country music world and at large are grieving the losses of the 60 victims shot and killed at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Route 91 Harvest Festival famously featured headlining performances from Eric Church, Sam Hunt and finally Jason Aldean, who was performing on stage during the shooting, which lasted for 11 minutes and injured over 850 people. Last month, Aldean opened up about his experience being on stage during the tragedy during an interview with former Fox News anchor,…

Read More

Fresh off of the release of his duet with Carrie Underwood, “I’m Gonna Love You” and the announcement of the deluxe version of his 2023 album, Leather, Cody Johnson is back with yet another announcement: a brand new tour. Minutes ago, Johnson took to social media to announce his 2025 Leather Deluxe Tour which spans from January 17th to August 9th. Accompanying Johnson throughout the North American leg of the tour are Grammy-winner, Ashley McBryde, as well as Drew Baldridge. Walker Montgomery will also join Johnson and McBryde on May 2nd and 3rd in Charlotte, North Carolina and Charleston, South…

Read More

After an incredible 12 months that included the 2023 Country Music Association (CMA) Entertainer of the Year award along with a recently announced Nashville bar and a Top 10 all-genre album with Whirlwind, Lainey Wilson continues her hot streak, joining Luke Bryan and 5x NFL MVP, Peyton Manning, as co-host for this year’s CMA Awards. This morning, as reported by Variety, Wilson, who’s up for four awards including Entertainer of the Year, will join Bryan and Manning, who’ve hosted the awards show for the past two years, as the first female co-host of the show since Carrie Underwood ended her…

Read More

With the entire country music world mourning the loss of Kris Kristofferson, who died yesterday at the age of 88 years old, it seemed right to unearth some of the best performances of his legendary, sprawling career. Of course, you have his legendary collaborations with Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash on “Why Me Lord” and “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” but there’s one performance from 2003 that remains one of his best collaborative efforts. That performance is none other than his tribute to fellow Highwayman, Johnny Cash, shortly after his passing at the 37th annual Country Music Awards in which he,…

Read More