Author: 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.

Tommy Wallen returned to his virtual pedestal yesterday morning, continuing to preach on the first book of the bible: Genesis. The Tennessee father of four, including country music superstar Morgan Wallen, has been using his pastoral background to spread the word on his son’s SiriusXM channel over the past few weeks. This past Sunday, August 9, marked Tommy’s 8th episode titled: Why Did God Create? During his short seven-minute segment, per the title, he continued his exploration of God’s creation of all things on earth and in heaven above, diving into Genesis chapter two this time around. Now, while it…

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I’ve heard Luke Combs’ hit “Beautiful Crazy” about thirty billion times during some down-home wedding ceremonies, but inside of a McDonald’s? Now that’s a first. This clip from a couple’s recent wedding reception has been plastered all over every single one of my social media feeds, which is probably why it now has well over 43 million views on TikTok alone. Yes, you read that right: 43 MILLION. But in case you’re not chronically online like me and haven’t seen the McCeremony, an Akron, Ohio, couple has absolutely stunned the internet with their recent nuptials being exchanged at a local…

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If there’s one thing about Wyatt Flores: no matter what, he’s gonna put on a show. I’ve gotta give the 25-year-old Oklahoma native kudos for the fact that he’s always just performing in the middle of a parking lot or on the side of the street somewhere for his fans. He’s also been known to take his show straight into the crowd on a few occasions, bringing his performance of “Oh Susannah” into the pit of his Aussie concert in Melbourne just a few months ago. This past Saturday night, August 8, Flores kept this same down-to-earth mentality and truly…

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Who knew ten years ago that we’d have a female country star rise up to be as massive as Ella Langley currently is? The currently 27-year-old Alabama native has experienced a meteoric rise to stardom, continuing to chart the top with her circulating hits like “Choosin’ Texas,” “Be Her,” and her Morgan Wallen duet, “I Can’t Love You Anymore.” But just a decade ago, she was a local high school teen with a dream, trying to win over the talent school judges by performing a staple of the era. Was it even a 2016 talent show if at least one…

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In case you’ve forgotten and need a pick-me-up, here’s your Monday morning reminder that new Zach Top music is on the way. Matter of fact, we only have two more weeks to wait before the Washington native drops two brand new songs: “Good Girls & Cowgirls” and “Other Side Of Hurtin’.” Top already gave a sneak peek of the first track, debuting it live a couple of weeks back in Montana and recently releasing the full acoustic rendition to his YouTube channel. As for the latter of the two, the song has remained a mystery, with Top announcing a few…

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Everyone’s favorite secretly emo country singers have returned with another staple early 2000’s throwback, “Ohio Is For Lovers.” Chances are, if you had a Myspace, this Hawthorne Heights hit was featured on your page at least once… You know, the “cut my wrists and black my eyes” theme song? The Alabama duo, Muscadine Bloodline, has been absolutely crushing it with their nostalgic alt covers over the past few weeks, highlighting some of their favorite tracks through their self proclaimed series, “What if ___ was a Muscadine Bloodline song?” This time around, they posed the question, “What if ‘Ohio Is For…

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