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.

For everyone still mourning the fact that Morgan Wallen never played his 2021 hit, “865,” as the surprise song on tour this year, I’ve got something that’ll hopefully help scratch that itch. While it may not be a massive stadium filled with thousands of screaming fans, newcomer Abigail Mae covered the Dangerous album staple straight from her shower, and it’s pretty incredible. The Georgia native took a spin at the track, posting a clip of her singing it last night, and her raspy vocals, mixed with the stripped-down acoustics of her baby-blue guitar, make for the perfect rugged lullaby. With…

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Thirteen-number-one-hit maker Justin Moore has a hefty catalogue of songs from the 2010s that have since defined his career. But come on, nothin’ beats his iconic track “Bait A Hook,” which has made quite the resurgence in today’s decade thanks to social media. Insanely enough, though, that song didn’t come close to charting #1 at radio; in fact, it didn’t even break the top ten. In a resurfaced clip from his self-titled podcast with guest Rhett Akins, Moore opened up about this disconnect between a song’s success and a song going number one. Obviously, any song that reaches hit status…

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An Ohio Granny is still checking off her bucket list at 103 years old…all that’s left is to go rocky-mountain-climbing and ride a bull named Fu Manchu. The Middletown, Ohio, woman took a leap of faith—quite literally—becoming the oldest person to go skydiving in the state this past Friday. A video posted by her granddaughter, @kaceykeeton1, on TikTok shows the 103-year-old daredevil, Evelyn Franks, being lifted out of her wheelchair into a small airplane. The video now has a whopping 2.7 million views and counting, with nearly 9000 comments from people hyping up her skydiving adventure, set to the audio…

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Morgan Wallen’s dad returned with another Sunday Seven sermon yesterday on SiriusXM, and this week he covered quite the heavy hitter: evolution. Continuing his exploration of the first book of the bible, Genesis, Tommy Wallen, who’s been a pastor for over thirty years, delved into verses 1:20-2:7 on his featured Morgan Wallen radio show. Tommy got right down to business this time around, using this week’s verses to set the record straight on the never-ending debate of evolution vs. creation. Using day five of God’s creation of the earth as his backing for his message, he explains that on this…

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Fellow Georgia natives and long-time country music best friends, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan, have officially brought their antics to the road on their 2026 Double Down Tour. Following the success of their first-ever co-headlining gig this past April at Sanford Stadium in Athens, the two decided to keep the ball rolling (and probably have an excuse to hang out with one another) by launching a set of four more iconic shows. Over the weekend, they kicked things off in Missoula, Montana. Their Saturday night, August 1 show at the Washington-Grizzly stadium was everything you could want out of an…

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Only Chris Stapleton could take a rain delay and turn it into a masterpiece. The absolute country music legend took the stage at Paycor Stadium this past Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio, but unfortunately, the summer storms couldn’t help but put a little detour on his All-American Road Show. Incoming rain forced fans at the concert to take shelter right after opener Lainey Wilson’s performance, and pushed Stapleton’s set back to 10 p.m. I gotta hand it to the 12-time Grammy Award winner; Stapleton used his time wisely, finally gracing the fans who waited out the storms with a song he…

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