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.

If you’re confused about why every single post about Garth Brooks looks like a forensic search forum, let me break down the internet’s long-running “Where Are the Bodies? theory for you. For everyone who’s not chronically online or is under the age of 18 and just discovered who Garth Brooks is because the man still refuses to put his music on streaming…grab some popcorn and get cozy because “Friends in Low Places” has a wild conspiracy theory that fans can’t seem to shake— Myself included. Brooks has been implementing a slow rollout of tour stops on his upcoming 2026 Blame…

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Lesson to all: if you’re going to call out Kid Rock in an article online, at least have the decency to do so in your own words. The genre-blending Michigan singer, Kid Rock, aka Robert Ritchie, recently popped up on my Twitter feed with a lengthy post addressing one of his haters, and I’ve gotta give him props— it roped me in. The “Bawitdaba” singer admitted that he’s taken a step back from addressing his numerous online haters, given that if he did, he’d “never have time to make music or fulfill my duties as ‘The Mayor of Awesomeville.'” Nonetheless,…

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Riley Green had the stage looking like a black friday Victoria’s Secret blowout sale this past weekend in Bangor, Maine. My guy had not one…not two…but THREE bras thrown on stage along with someone’s bunched-up thong. Of course, he and his bandmates had to hang their trophies somewhere during the show, so pretty much everyone’s guitars looked like redneck Christmas trees with the undergarments hanging from their instruments. One TikTok user captured the slew of “fan-gifts” caught by Green during his Saturday night, August 15 show at the Maine Savings Amphitheater. One of the bras was flung during Green’s performance…

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Imagine my surprise when I opened up Ella Langley’s most recent Instagram post and found five-time Grammy Award-winning rapper Drake in the comment section. A lot of Langley’s fans were equally shocked by the unexpected nod from the Toronto superstar, who left the “Choosin’ Texas” singer a supportive shout-out underneath her photo dump from her string of shows in the Lone Star State this past weekend. It was a pretty epic back-to-back lineup of three sold-out arena concerts across Austin, Corpus Christi, and Fort Worth for Langley, as she wrote in her caption, “Texas forever…I’ll never forget these shows.” Drake…

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Live Nation officially has another fat settlement check they have to pay out. The entertainment company has been catching heat over the past few months following the news that both Live Nation and Ticketmaster were liable for violating antitrust laws and operating as an illegal monopoly (charming, right?). Now the corrupt ticketing corporation is back in the news following the announcement that they’ve officially settled another controversial lawsuit. In the much smaller-scale case, Live Nation was sued by a man named Gary Stanhope who was severely injured in a “prolonged” brawl at a 2022 Luke Bryan concert in Hartford, Connecticut.…

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Bias aside, Country Calling has got to be one of the most elite festivals… And now’s your chance to get to experience the ultimate beach-side concert weekend with three friends in just a few weeks. While it may seem like eons away, unfortunately summer is quickly wrapping to a close and before we know it the festival will be popping up on October 2-3. Luckily for those attending though, the early-fall season is an absolute game-changer when it comes to enjoying this coastal festival with weather heating up mid-afternoon and the opportunity to catch some sun, followed by the perfect…

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