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.

Only Chris Stapleton could take a rain delay and turn it into a masterpiece. The absolute country music legend took the stage at Paycor Stadium this past Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio, but unfortunately, the summer storms couldn’t help but put a little detour on his All-American Road Show. Incoming rain forced fans at the concert to take shelter right after opener Lainey Wilson’s performance, and pushed Stapleton’s set back to 10 p.m. I gotta hand it to the 12-time Grammy Award winner; Stapleton used his time wisely, finally gracing the fans who waited out the storms with a song he…

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I feel like once people start caring about seeing your outfits encased in glass boxes, you’ve officially reached icon status. Insanely, for Ella Langley, who’s only been in the game for about five years since the release of her debut single, her clothing is already being shipped off to be on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Now, sure, the fact that Langley has made music history by becoming the longest-leading female single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (not including holiday songs), surpassing both Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, might be more of a star-power indicator. However,…

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Man, why couldn’t one of my siblings have turned out to be a multi-hit-making, chart-topping superstar? Preparing to wrap up his final stop on tour tonight, July 31, in Philadelphia, Morgan Wallen’s historic shows this past weekend at the Big House in Michigan were quite the family affair. For those who don’t know, the Sneedville native is actually the oldest of four, taking on the big brother role to three younger sisters. The oldest of the girls, Ashlyne, whose vocals you might also recognize in the background of his 2023 track, “Outlook,” recently shared a recap of the Wallen family’s…

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Pretty soon it’ll be almost a year since Zach Bryan and Gavin Adcock went viral after they got in the most half-a**ed fight the internet has ever witnessed. In case you don’t remember the memes and the never ending fued that followed, last September the “Something in the Orange” singer climbed a barbed-wire fence at the Born & Raised festival to confront Adcock after he had criticized Bryan online for being rude to a fan. Spoiler alert: no punches even got thrown, and Adcock left the scene to go perform after taunting Bryan through the fence. Well, now ten months…

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Welp. This is definitely the first time I’ve heard of this marketing tactic. A few months back in January, a Wisconsin Brewery posted a wild special to their social media, promising their customers that they would give out “free beer, all day long, the day that [Donald Trump] dies.” They then stated that the post would work as a virtual coupon that patrons could show “in a few months” when he passes away, noting that they’ll “make good on that promise.” Well, now, a few months later, the Micocqua Brewing Company, which sells a pale ale called “Fascist Tears” and…

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I’m not sure when it happened, but Darius Rucker has slowly become my favorite person on Twitter (and yes, I’m still refusing to call it X). The 60-year-old country music icon is oddly active on the platform, constantly responding to fans, posting his golf swings, and sharing all of his updates on his favorite sports teams. Earlier this month, he snapped back at a fan who tried to call him out for claiming “Wagon Wheel” as his own song after he reposted a clip of the US Men’s soccer team singing the track at a post-game karaoke celebration, saying: “Put…

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