Author: Brennen Kelly

Hailing from the Chicagoland area, Brennen graduated from Valparaiso University with a BA in Communication and a minor in Cinema and Media Studies. After covering Arts & Entertainment at his university's newspaper, he began writing for Country Chord in March of 2023. Known for his love of independent country and authentic songwriters, Brennen has a long-history of championing the likes of Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers and many others.

As one of the most popular Barstool personalities, Caleb Pressley has made quite the name for himself as a podcaster and host of his Sundae Conversation series. The 31-year-old has collaborated with seemingly everyone ranging from rappers, Drake and Rick Ross, to athletes, Aaron Rodgers and Joe Burrow, to country stars, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll. Fresh off of releasing his brand new album, Quit!!, HARDY became the next country star to join Pressley on Sundae Conversation and discussed everything from his death growls on his metal tracks to the frequency of inc*st in his home state of…

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“We could bury every hatchet, but we can’t bury the past.” Just five days after the release of his fifth studio album, 9 Lives, Koe Wetzel is keeping the strong momentum he’s built over the past few months with another music video release for none other than “Hatchet.” The ninth track of the album joins the likes of “High Road,” “Damn Near Normal” and the XXXTENTACION cover, “Depression & Obsession,” which all got their own music video. Yesterday, Wetzel took to Instagram to announce the music video’s release. In the caption, he said, “This one really means a lot to…

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Eric Church’s 2017 Holdin’ My Own Tour will always go down as one of the best runs from any country artist in the past decade. The 61-day tour featured no openers, a two-set, three-hour show and a plethora of stellar covers across genres that were later released into a five-volume live album, 61 Days in Church. The aforementioned covers ranged everywhere from The Band’s “Ophelia” and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Lodi” to Willie Nelson’s “Me And Paul” and John Anderson’s “Seminole Wind.” However, the best cover featured on 61 Days in Church very well may be his performance of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s…

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We are so back. After teasing the song back on July 10th and being spotted shooting a music video for it in downtown Nashville, Post Malone has officially announced that his highly-anticipated collaboration with Luke Combs, “Guy For That” is coming this Friday, July 26. In an Instagram post, Post shared more footage from the aforementioned video shoot with the simple caption, “Guy For That out 7.26 @lukecombs.” The track was teased all the way back in February by Post on Instagram before he made his full-fledged dive into country music. Two singles, an ACM Awards performance and a CMT Fest appearance later,…

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Fresh off of his Thursday night performance at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts which featured the likes of The Lumineers, The War & Treaty and Barstool’s president, Dave Portnoy, it seems that Zach Bryan was rumored to make an appearance at the second night of Noah Kahan’s two-show run at Fenway Park this past Saturday. There’s no concrete information that this collaboration was ever planned; however, rumors have been swirling that the “Something in the Orange” singer missing the Fenway Park performance due to some worrying circumstances. In a new Deuxmoi blind item, which is essentially a news story curated…

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After a performance at Blake Shelton’s bar, Ol’ Red, during CMA Fest which included a cover of the Dixie Chicks’ “There’s Your Trouble” and an appearance from Jelly Roll on “Need a Favor,” the rumors of mgk going country were swirling. After the CMA Fest appearance and a cover of Zach Bryan’s “Sun to Me,” mgk is continuing his push into country music with the upcoming release of “Lonely Road” with none other than Jelly Roll himself. Hours ago, the pair teased the song on Instagram with the caption, “countdown to KellyRoll activated. thanks to John Denver for paving the way.” While I’m…

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