Author: Casey Nyman

This year’s 68th Annual Grammy Awards featured some big additions to the country sector of the show, including the newly added category for Best Traditional Country Album and the renaming of the Best Contemporary Country Album category. Given that Washington-native Zach Top is pretty much the figurehead for this new era classic country revival, many joked that the category was pretty much made for him. As the boom of subgenres continues to explode and country music continues to dominate the music world across the board, it makes sense that the Recording Academy felt the need to differentiate between sounds so…

With the western world taking over the media, as Taylor Sheridan dominates television and country music leads the charts, there’s been a growing crossover between actors and singers stepping into each other’s worlds. It all started with artists like Lainey Wilson, Tim McGraw, and Ryan Bingham branching out into acting on Yellowstone, with the show also continuously highlighting mainly red dirt artists on the series soundtrack. Then the show’s fan favorite, “Kayce Dutton” aka Luke Grimes, continued his dabble in music with his latest debut album release on April 3, Redbird. And of course, Grimes’ writing relationship with Riley Green…

With success comes some inevitable negative press, and Ella Langley is now starting to catch that heat. Beyond the extensive number of confused outsiders who’ve rolled their eyes at the fact that Langley continues to dominate the Billboard charts with “Choosin’ Texas” leading into its seventh week at number one, she’s now receiving hate from people mainly outside of the country music world ahead of her upcoming Friday, April 24, release. The dominating female voice will join reigning star Morgan Wallen on their soon-to-be hit, “I Can’t Love You Anymore.” This past Saturday, Langley opened for Wallen for her first…

Happy 4/20 to Willie Nelson, who will surely be partaking in the holiday to its full extent. Arguably, his all-time greatest celebration of the unofficial cannabis themed day took place 14 years ago, just a few miles from his hometown of Abbott, Texas, in the state capital, Austin, where a bronze eight-foot-tall statue was erected of the country music legend. Keeping on theme, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell hopped on the stage at exactly 4:20 to unveil the figure featuring Nelson perched with his classic braids holding a guitar. With a couple of thousand hometown fans watching and a pungent marijuana…

The countdown to Jason Aldean’s upcoming album, Songs About Us, is now officially just a week away, with next Friday, April 24, ushering in a new era for the country music icon. So far, ten out of the twenty tracks have been released, including the September 2025 single “How Far Does A Goodbye Go,” tipping Aldean over the edge to an astounding 31 number-one hits. This project also includes some standout collaborations for the Georgia native. He’s joined by his home-state alum and fellow country music superstar, Luke Bryan, on the title track, and steps into new territory with his…

Following yesterday’s massive announcement of the upcoming release of Cody Johnson’s next album, Banks Of The Trinity, his staple track “‘Til You Can’t” is also getting another wave of recognition. The October 2021 song written by Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers has officially amassed a new achievement, going 6x platinum certified by the RIAA. The feat comes a year after it hit 5x platinum in April of 2025. Per the Recording Industry Association of America, this accomplishment means that Johnson’s chart-topping hit has sold six million units (in the United States alone). 1 Unit essentially equates to one paid download…