Continuing the celebration of her 11th studio album, Crisco, Miranda Lambert hit up Billy Bob’s Texas last night (October 6) for an epic sold-out show. Obviously showcasing some of last Friday’s releases off the new project such as her Ella Langley duet, “Snakeskin Boots,” Lambert also rewinded the clock with some of her throwback staples of her discography. To the crowd’s luck, this included her 2024 release with the one and only Parker McCollum, “Santa Fe.” While the Postcards From Texas staple has racked up well over 5 million streams on Spotify alone, I like to think of this song…
Author: Casey Nyman
Casey Nyman
Casey, a New Jersey native raised on country music, graduated from the University of Delaware with a BA in Communication and minors in Journalism, English, and Advertising. With her strong journalism background and love for country music, it was only natural for her to start writing about the genre she’s most passionate about. She has been contributing to Country Chord since January 2025. A quick look at her playlists reveals favorites like Megan Moroney, Ella Langley, ERNEST, Zach Top, and Turnpike Troubadours.
More than 12 years after competing on The Voice, Morgan Wallen is now having his own songs covered by contestants on the show, which is a pretty epic full-circle moment if you ask me. I know there are about a million other accomplishments that better showcase just how massive Wallen has become over the past decade, but what can I say? I’m a sucker for nostalgia. And luckily, one of last night’s aspiring artists did the Sneedville native justice with his own rendition of Wallen’s 2022 hit, “Wasted on You.” Michigan native Evan James (who, yes, grew up on a…
I think it goes without saying that 2026 has been an absolutely colossal year for Ella Langley. Between beating— and extending— the record for the longest-running No.1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, acquiring an army of fans (Ella Fellas and beyond), bringing the house down at the ACM Awards with five trophies, and now leading the CMA nominations with a whopping nine nods— the Alabama native is unstoppable. Yet, despite reaching an unprecedented level of success, this is undoubtedly only the start for the 27-year-old who’s got quite a few more goals to check off her bucket list. Earlier…
Note to self: Don’t get on Dolly Parton’s nephew’s bad side. The idea that we can’t be judged by our family members couldn’t ring more true here, especially when it comes to the late sweetheart legend known for her widely accepting nature and her allegedly hostile, drama-stirring nephew, Bryan Seaver. Seaver, Dolly’s longtime head of security and the man who famously shared the devastating news of her passing on social media, has since found himself splashed across headlines for a dispute no one saw coming. A couple of weeks ago, the story broke that Dolly’s manager, Danny Nozell, had filed…
I’m pretty sure this exact scenario happened in my dream last night as well. One Oklahoma fan currently has half the internet punching the wall in jealousy and the other half convinced they just watched a real-life rom-com unfold after Riley Green invited a girl from the crowd to sing with him on stage. During night one of the “My Way” singer’s run at the Choctaw Grand Theater in Durant, this past Friday, October 2, Green plucked a fan from the front row to help him sing his Ella Langley duet, “You Look Like You Love Me.” Now, sure, this…
While the New Orleans Saints got absolutely crushed last night, losing 45-24 to the Atlanta Falcons, at least fans got a pretty epic halftime show out of it— if that’s any consolation. New Orleans staple Trombone Shorty, joined by his band Orleans Avenue, headlined the performance as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of the Saints’ return to the Caesars Superdome in 2006 following Hurricane Katrina, also known as their “Domecoming.” And they went all out for the occasion, with country music icon Eric Church joining Trombone Shorty alongside special guests Kirk Franklin, Juvenile, Cyril and Ivan Neville, and the…