Author: Casey Nyman

FINALLY, Spotify is answering the prayers of every scorned super fan who has lost a battle or two in the treacherous Ticketmaster wars. Long gone are the days when you could camp out overnight in long lines and get into fistfights to show your dedication to snagging tickets to your favorite artists’ shows. Even with the recently announced fall of Ticketmaster and Live Nation’s monopoly after their loss in the federal antitrust case, by no means is it any easier yet to beat out the overload of fans vying for tickets in a queue online, on top of every scalper…

After another year of what many fans are calling a “massive snub” for Morgan Wallen at last Sunday’s (May 17) ACM Awards, the country music superstar has finally seemingly fired his own shots back at the show. This year’s 61st ceremony saw a lack of attendance from country music’s biggest artists across the board, including four of the Entertainer of the Year nominees: Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, Megan Moroney, and, to no one’s surprise, Morgan Wallen. Another no-show, given he had two stops on his Country! Country! Country! Tour over the weekend, was fellow friend and collaborator, Hardy. The “Wait…

Seven years ago, the same girl who took home a record-breaking seven awards on Sunday night, May 17, at the ACM awards, was once recording cover videos from her bedroom. Repping an Alabama t-shirt, classic 2019 eyebrows, and blonde highlighted side-parted hair that many would claim “doesn’t even look like her,” the then 20-year-old Ella Langley was just on the brink of kickstarting her career. When Langley says that she truly has been singing all her life, she’s not kidding, with her social media still holding a whole archive of her early days of covers. Marking the same year Langley…

“Mr. Saturday Night” recently sat down with Absolute Radio Country to give his hot take that is surprisingly… not that hot when you really think about it. The country music star Jon Pardi, who’s gearing up for the official release of his California Sunrise 10-year anniversary album on June 12, divulged with the UK Number one radio station where he started in on the state of country music in today’s world. For headstrong traditionalists, the idea that country music has become a blanket umbrella for so many sub-genres is an immediate eye roller. However, for the industry as a whole,…

If there’s not already some sort of underground sponsorship between ZYNs and Parker McCollum, someone has got to make this man an official brand rep ASAP. Last night, May 17, the Limestone kid took the underdog win for Album of the Year at the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards for his 2025 self-titled album. The snag came as a shock to many, including McCollum, who has even noted in the past that the album certainly didn’t stack up performance-wise to his other projects, despite being a personal favorite that was insanely cut in just a week in New York…

Representing a major win for the Texas country scene, last night Cody Johnson took home the acclaimed ACM Entertainer of the Year award, adding to his long list of accolades he continues to rack up throughout 2026. Breaking Lainey Wilson’s two-year streak as the reigning winner, the honor marked Johnson’s second trophy of the night after previously winning Male Vocalist of the Year. In true humble CoJo fashion, when he was called up at the end of the night to receive the biggest award of the show, he was beyond caught off guard. Nervously laughing at the podium, he admitted,…