On the road again… Coming off of the massive success of his 2023 major label debut, Family Ties, Charles Wesley Godwin has taken the independent and alternative country world by storm. With the album seemingly making every single “Best of 2023” lists, it’s no surprise that Godwin would take the record on the road. Godwin took to Instagram today to announce a brand new batch of shows for April of 2024. The tour dates are as follows: 4.4 – Richmond, VA – The National4.5 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall4.6 – Gainesville, FL – Heartwood Soundstage4.11 – Minneapolis, MN…
Author: Brennen Kelly
“She’s always gonna leave, but she’ll leave you smiling.” In anticipation for their upcoming album, Somewhere Down the Road, Josh Abbott Band has released their third and final single, She’ll Always Be. She’ll Always Be joins Barstool Boys and What Were You Thinking as the three pre-released tracks off of the new release. Abbott took to Instagram last Friday to announce the song’s release, noting how the song is for “all the daughters out there.” While discussing his writing process for the album, Abbott noted how he wanted to focus more on writing from his personal life and less on…
It’s no stretch to say that Chris Stapleton is a legend in the making. From his jaw-dropping vocals to his diverse songwriting history, it truly seems like there’s nothing that the Parachute singer can’t do musically. The reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year winner released his fifth studio album, Higher, back in November. Now that some time has passed and Higher has been given time to digest, there’s no better time to rank all of Stapleton’s albums. Without further ado, here is my ranking. 5. Higher I’d like to preface this ranking with the fact that Higher has the disadvantage…
“But I know the present will not last, tomorrow will be kinder.” Kaitlin Butts, frequent Flatland Cavalry collaborator and wife of their frontman, Cleto Cordero, is back with a brand new cover of the Secret Sisters’ Tomorrow Will Be Kinder. Butts took to Instagram on Dec. 20 to announce the song’s release. The track was first released by the Secret Sisters in 2012 for the first The Hunger Games film soundtrack. It wouldn’t be surprising if Butts decided to cover this song given that Flatland Cavalry recently appeared on the soundtrack for the most recent film in the franchise, The…
2011 is widely recognized as a great year for mainstream country music. With career-defining albums from artists such as Eric Church and Miranda Lambert, to breakout years from Chris Young and Scotty McCreery, the year had plenty of new, exciting releases throughout. 24 different artists scored the 34 unique #1 hits that year with only 12 of those songs spending more than one week on top of the chart, meaning that there was something fresh to hear on top of the chart nearly every single week throughout the year. Here are the 34 songs that went #1 on Billboard’s Hot…
What a year it’s been. With 2023 coming to an end, there’s no better time to sit and reflect on the outstanding success that the country music genre has experienced. From Morgan Wallen dominating nearly every single major chart to Oliver Anthony becoming an overnight success and snagging a #1 hit, there have been some incredible highs throughout the year. If dominating pop culture wasn’t enough, country also dominated the charts. In a Billboard article published back in September, Xander Zellener documented many of the records that the country genre broke throughout 2023. Here are some of the highlights. First…