Being out on the road night after night can be tiring. Spending each day in a tour bus, wearing the same few shirts and eating similar foods gets old even for the most hardened road warriors. The same goes for country music’s fastest-growing star, Zach Bryan. During his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Bryan opened up about the repetitive nature of playing similar setlists every night and what keeps him motivated to give it his all during every show, “I love making music and stuff, but even touring, playing the same songs, I love doing it because the people…
Author: Brennen Kelly
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.
“The culture war in this country is so goofy, so overblown.” Zach Bryan and Joe Rogan came out of the gate firing during Rogan’s latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, discussing Bud Light, Travis Tritt, online discourse and the culture war going on in America. The pair opened up cans of Bud Light as the episode begins. Rogan says, “We’re drinking Bud Light, ladies and gentlemen. Sorry. There’s nothing wrong with it, people. Bryan interjected by simply saying, “We’re fu*ked,” with a laugh. Rogan goes on to say how one marketing decision led to the controversy surrounding Bud Light,…
It’s no secret that Country music and murder ballads go hand-in-hand. From Johnny Cash’s tales of crime to Colter Wall’s stories of cheating, you don’t have to look very far to find songs depicting dark, violent subject matter to fulfill an appetite for murder. Here are 10 of the best murder ballads throughout the decades. Cocaine Blues – Johnny Cash Starting out with the Man in Black, Cocaine Blues is Cash in his wheelhouse. Cash comes out of the gates swinging, “Early one morning while making the rounds, took a shot of cocaine and shot my woman down.” There’s a…
It’s a good day to be a Country music fan whenever someone like Tyler Childers decides to release new music; today is no exception to that rule. After posting cryptic videos on social media all week, the Follow You To Virgie singer has officially released In Your Love. The first thing that becomes abundantly clear upon first listening to the track is how different it sounds compared to the rest of Childers’ discography. This is a clear divergence compared to his first three studio albums. This isn’t the barn-burning style we came to love in Purgatory or even the tent-revival…
Before Chief, Eric Church had minor hits with songs such as Love Your Love The Most, How ‘Bout You and Hell on the Heart. However, no one could predict the absolute powerhouse that would be unleashed with the release of Chief on July 26, 2011. Following the success of Smoke A Little Smoke, his breakout single off of Carolina, Church knew that he didn’t want anyone reigning him in during the creation of Chief. In an interview with The Boot, he said, “Going in the studio [for the new album], our main goal was not to let anyone reign us…
With independent Country being the buzziest it has ever been, everyone is searching for the next Zach Bryan, Charles Wesley Godwin and Sam Barber to appear on their Spotify recommended playlist. Whether it is TikTok, Instagram or Twitter, young, budding independent artists are just waiting to be discovered seemingly every minute. Here are five independent artists that need to be on your playlists right now. 1. Wyatt Flores For many dedicated independent country fans, Wyatt Flores might seem like an extremely obvious choice. However, it doesn’t change the fact that he is one of the most exciting young artists in…