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.

Nothing scratches my brain quite like a Chris Stapleton rock cover. And lucky for me, and everyone else with good taste in the world, this past weekend was filled with ’em. The Kentucky-born country music staple had a couple of onstage crossover performances with the legendary band Guns N’ Roses. As fate will have it, the ’80s classic rock group was in Toronto for their headlining show this past Wednesday, August 5, and Stapleton happened to be taking the stage at the same venue, Rogers Stadium, the following night for his All American Road Show. Insanely enough, the collaboration is…

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Miranda Lambert brought out all the stops at her show last night, August 11, at the iconic Full Throttle Saloon. The Texas “Gunpowder & Lead” singer headlined Tuesday night’s show, a part of the 86th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, bringing her 20+ years of career hits to the South Dakota stage. While Lambert has some rowdy show stoppers of her own, it was only fitting that she bring out the queen of female bar anthems, Miss Gretchen Wilson. Oh, and to really top things off, the Grammy award-winning bell-bottom rockin’ and fellow country icon, Lainey Wilson, joined the stage— talk…

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I just discovered that apparently, Riley Green and I have one more thing in common…a love for Facebook Marketplace. Who would’ve thought that the triple threat singer-songwriter, actor, and Voice coach was also an avid lurker on Facebook’s popular resale platform? Now I know what he does in his free time when he’s not hunting or performing to crowds of screaming fans. A Panama City Beach local, Shane Allen, was shocked to say the least when he met up with the Facebook Marketplace buyer of his recently listed acoustic Gibson J-45 guitar. The owner of Front Beach Softwash posted about…

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I was just thinking to myself the other day…Man, it’s been a while since I’ve seen someone get absolutely obliterated with a miscellaneous object during “Boomtown” at a Treaky Oak concert. Lo and behold, I woke up to a video on my TikTok for you page this morning of a folding chair getting slingshotted through the crowd at their most recent concert. Nice to see that some things never change. The West Texas band took the stage on Sunday night, August 9, at Rock the Country in Hastings, Michigan, opening up right before Jason Aldean. Now, does an Aldean concert…

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Even on vacation, country music’s current chart-topping phenomenon, Ella Langley, is still puttin’ her vocal cords to good use. The Alabama native is just a few days away from wrapping up her two-week break on her highly successful 2026 Dandelion tour. It seems following her show alongside Morgan Wallen in Philadelphia, PA, Langley decided to treat herself to a Caribbean getaway and will surely be returning to the stage this weekend in Texas looking a tad bit tanner. Apparently, Langley and her friends have been spending a few days in St Thomas and stopped into the highly popular Iggie’s Beach…

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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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