It just keeps getting better with age. Monday marks the 28th anniversary of the release of George Strait’s Check Yes Or No, Strait’s 33rd number one hit and an absolute staple of 90’s country. Check Yes Or No is one of the most decorated singles in the long and illustrious career of King George. The song spent four weeks at number one on the country charts in November and December of 1995. The record swept the award season, winning five Single of the Year awards, including those from both the ACM and the CMA. It is now certified 3X platinum.…
Author: Easton Rex
Who doesn’t love a good surprise? Randall King, one of the hottest up and comers out of the Texas country scene, surprised everyone Friday with his new single Burns Like Her. King announced the drop in an Instagram post Thursday afternoon, just hours before the song released. With writing credits from Adam and Greylan James, as well as Mikey Reaves, the song focuses on the kind of love that hurts so good you just can’t get enough of it. Many of us have felt that feeling at some time or another, and King puts it into words in the first…
It’s time to hand out some hardware. Last week the Country Music Association announced their full list of nominees for the 2023 CMA awards. Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning are set to return to host the show for the second straight year after the duo helped the ceremony to its highest ratings since 2019. The winners won’t be announced until the show airs in November, but it’s never too early to speculate on who will bring home the hardware. Here are my predictions for who will take home gold in the major categories (as well as my personal picks). Entertainer…
Been a long time comin’. On Friday, Jon Langston released his long awaited debut studio album, Heart On Ice. The album features 14 tracks, making this the longest project of Langston’s career. Langston is the first artist signed to Luke Bryan’s new label 32 Bridge Entertainment, following a three year stint on tour with Bryan. Langston has been steadily growing in popularity in the country music scene since his first release, Young & Reckless, way back in 2013, and fans have been anticipating this album since his latest EP Now You Know back in 2019, which gave Langston his biggest…
It’s that time of year again. The temperature is dropping, the leaves will be changing, and fans everywhere are dusting off the grills and trailers to get ready for tailgating, and that can only mean one thing: football season is back. Football and country music go together like apple and pie, so it’s no surprise that there are plenty of songs written about it. Here’s some of the best ones to get you ready for game day. Boys of Fall- Kenny Chesney Maybe the most well known country football song, The Boys of Fall perfectly encapsulates the magic of Friday…
Everything’s better in acoustic. Ian Munsick is the latest artist to record an acoustic set for CMT’s Campfire Sessions, an ongoing series that strips it down with the artist playing acoustic versions of some of their biggest hits around a campfire. Munsick’s installment features four of his biggest hits to date, White Buffalo, Me Against the Mountain, Ranch Hand, and fan favorite Long Live Cowgirls, which originally features Cody Johnson, who has a campfire session of his own (and a damn good one at that). He joins Megan Moroney, Lainey Wilson, and Scotty McCreery as artists to sit down for…