One of the youngest, budding independent duos, Gus and Phin Johnson, better known as Low Gap, are back with a brand new single, Other End of a Heartbreak. After being propelled by the success of Mockingbird back in 2022, the teenage duo released their second single of 2023. The pair announced the song’s release back on October 27. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Low Gap • Country Band (@low__gap) Written by Gus, the track shares some similarities to Ashley McBryde and Carly Pearce’s Grammy-winning song, Never Wanted to Be That Girl. In fact, Gus noted that…
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In a year that seems filled to the brim with compelling indie releases from artists such as Sam Barber to Dylan Gossett to Flatland Cavalry, Wyatt Flores keeps the independent country train rolling with the release of Life Lessons. The EP marks the second studio project from the Please Don’t Go singer. Flores took to social media on November 2 to announce the EP’s release, sharing the psychedelic, Grateful Dead-esque cover art. I’m proud to announce life lessons the project is dropping November 17th. It’s been an extremely crazy year and I can’t thank y’all enough for joining me on…
Rising Texas singer/songwriter, Dylan Gossett, has officially announced he’s signed with Big Loud Texas/Mercury Records today. It should come as no surprise given the Coal singer’s massive streaming numbers and quick rise to fame. Beginning posting on TikTok back in April of this year, Gossett has already amassed over 335,000 followers on the platform. His streaming numbers on Spotify are also incredible, sitting at over 4.4 million monthly listeners and over 42 million streams on his smash hit, Coal, as of today. Coal is also currently sitting at #35 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. In an exclusive interview with…
Known in many country circles as the most underrated artist in the genre, Kip Moore has established himself as one of country’s premier songwriters and acts. Starting off his career with the smash hit, Somethin’ Bout a Truck, Moore experienced mainstream success right out of the gate. In the years following, however, he has seen a bit of a downtick in popularity, especially in the mainstream. With all this being said, Moore’s talent severely outweighs his chart success and sales. Today, I’ll be ranking all five of his studio albums. 5. Damn Love Moore’s latest album, Damn Love, is his…
This should be interesting. Following his two Grammy nominations last week, Zach Bryan has teamed up with Bud Light for a one-night show in Las Vegas to kick off Super Bowl weekend in the strip. According to Forbes, Bryan will play a show in part of the newly-announced Budlight Backyard Tour. The show will be held at The Chelsea, a 3,000-person venue inside the Cosmopolitan Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip on Feb. 9, 2024, during Super Bowl Weekend. Tickets will only cost $20 per person plus fees. Preregistration for the tickets is open now at budlightbackyard.com with tickets going…
The newly-crowned CMA Male Vocalist of the Year, Chris Stapleton, is back with his brand new album, Higher. It’s been just over three years since we’ve received a new album from the Tennessee Whiskey singer, with the Grammy-winning record, Starting Over, being released on Nov. 13, 2020. With an album this highly anticipated from an artist as generational as Stapleton, it’s no stretch to say that there will be plenty of think-pieces, rankings and reviews written about the album and Stapleton’s career so far. After a few listens, I put together a way-too-early Top 5 list of my favorite tracks…