Author: Brennen Kelly

With Grammy night in full-swing, Chris Stapleton led the way for country artists, taking home Best Country Song and Best Country Performance for White Horse. Now, it’s Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ turn to take home some hardware. The pair officially took home Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit, I Remember Everything. I Remember Everything was released to country radio on Sept. 11 and immediately skyrocketed to #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, Hot Rock and Alternative and the Hot 100 chart. The song is currently spending its 18th straight week at #1 on the…

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Along with Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers is one of the founding fathers of the indie country renaissance we are currently in for good reason. The Appalachian singer/songwriter has been consistently releasing some of the best music in the genre over the past 13 years. From infamously calling out the Americana awards to racking up three nominations at this year’s Grammy’s, the Feathered Indians singer has quickly risen to living-legend status. With all that being said, he doesn’t truly have a bad song released to date which makes this ranking incredibly hard. For the sake of simplicity, this list ranks all…

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It’s finally here. Back on Jan. 22, Muscadine Bloodline took to Instagram to tease a brand-new song with a mystery feature with the caption reading, “On Feb 2nd, / Crank up the speakers. / A new song coming, / But, who is the feature???” The outline of the mystery artist instantly had fans debating whether it was Koe Wetzel, Kolby Cooper, Warren Zeiders or even Drayton Farley. The duo, who have been on a hot streak ever since the release of Teenage Dixie back in 2023, kept the fans guessing with multiple Instagram posts over the following days before officially…

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Arguably the fastest-rising artist in all of country, Dylan Gossett, is back with Bitter Winds, a highly-anticipated follow-up to his debut EP, No Better Time. The Beneath Oak Trees singer teased the song back in November on TikTok and Instagram, which immediately prompted fans to beg for its release. Two months later, Gossett took to Instagram to announce the song would be made available on February 2nd. While discussing the track, Gossett said, “‘Bitter Winds’ is a song reflecting on these past few months and how time moves fast in general. Sometimes you wish it could just slow down, even…

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We’re nearly a month into 2024, and it seems like new releases are finally hitting their stride after the post-new year lag. There are some great tracks this week, ranging from indie powerhouses, Wyatt Flores and Josh Abbott Band, to a surprise re-release from Morgan Wallen. Without further ado, let’s get to the reviews. Milwaukee – Wyatt Flores Milwaukee feels like a natural evolution of Flores’ music sonically while still keeping the core of what makes him stand out in today’s country landscape: his lyrics. The way that Flores continuously builds off of the cold, desolate setpiece that he set up…

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Oh how time flies. Saturday, January 26, 2024, marks the one-year anniversary of Zach Bryan releasing his surprise collaboration with Maggie Rogers, Dawns. For those unaware, Bryan teased the track all the way back on November 14, 2022, on TikTok when he shared a video of him playing a rough version of the first two verses on the piano and guitar. The post quickly blew up on social media, garnering over 3.2 million views, 513,000 likes and 47,000 saves as of writing. This prompted fans to beg for its release. Some of the comments included “release it father,” “Mr. Bryan…

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