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.

Taking a page from Lainey Wilson’s playbook, Chris Stapleton had his own sort of “Cowgirl of the Night” moment at his Charlotte, North Carolina, show over the weekend. Both country music stars have been out on the road together these past few weeks, with Wilson opening up for a few shows on Stapleton’s 2026 All-American Road Show Tour. Usually, the recently married Mrs. Wilson-Hodges will bring up a little girl from the crowd during her concerts and crown her with her wide-brimmed hat as the “Cowgirl of the Night.” This time around, during Saturday night’s June 20 concert at the…

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More than three years after sexual assault lawsuits were filed against country music singer Jimmie Allen, the court has finally ruled on the last remaining case. A middle district of Tennessee judge reportedly ruled on Thursday, June 18, that Allen must pay $1.8 million to a woman who sued him in May 2023 after she stated that he sexually assaulted and secretly filmed her in a Las Vegas hotel room. Follow the accusations, the “Best Shot” singer was held liable by default after missing multiple court deadlines. Given his repeated neglect, Allen’s subsequent legal damages continued to grow with Judge…

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Ahead of the September release of his ninth studio album, Luke Bryan has been hinting at more “signs” of new music to come. On Tuesday, the Georgia-native posted a snapshot of him filming something in a field with the elusive caption, “New song coming soon…” Sure enough, today Bryan teased a snippet of the forthcoming track with an Instagram story also featuring the potential title or lyrics, “Out Here Making Memories.” Captioning the post with the chorus’s lyrics, “you took the same night… and made it a memory,” the tune yields a classic Bryan sound with some light-hearted storytelling and…

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In honor of Father’s Day this Sunday, June 21, Morgan Wallen is giving his dad the spotlight with a new weekly segment on his SiriusXM channel. This past April 7, the service announced the brand new year-round channel 64, hosted by Wallen, highlighting his fan-favorite catalogue with some of his own picks mixed in. From tour segments to hand-selected songs that have influenced his music (yes, even including some of his favorite hip-hop tracks), every Sunday morning, fans will now be able to tune into the country music star’s father’s show, Tommy’s Sunday Seven. Each week at 9 am, the…

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It’s official…new music from Zach Top is finally on the way. While the Washington native’s last Grammy-award-winning album, released in August 2025, Ain’t In It For My Health, continues to sustain itself as a timeless record (yes, I have in fact listened to “When You See Me” for the fifth time today), there’s no denying that the anticipation for another project is growing. After teasing that he had been back in the writer’s room and preparing for his fourth studio album, Top officially confirmed we won’t have to wait too long to hear new material. On his Wednesday, June 17,…

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“Crank your love with me”…? Don’t worry, you’re not having a stroke and totally just read that song title correctly. In fact, that just so happens to be one of TikTok’s latest country hip hop fusion creations by viral TikToker, @pwr.hungy. While the Tennessee-based user, “power” hungry, does not claim to be a full-blown DJ, he has built a generous following of almost fifty thousand followers, mashing up some of country music’s greatest hits with R&B/Hip-Hop tracks. One of his more recent and most popular being Kacey Musgraves’ 2026 release, “Dry Spell,” and the iconic Ginuwine “Magic Mike” soundtrack hit,…

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