Every week, The Boot highlights recent favorites from country, Americana, folk and everything in between. In every list, you’ll find picks from our contributing team that we think you’ll love. Keep reading to check out the latest installment of The Boot’s Weekly Picks. Sam Outlaw “Lonely Man” Jonah Tolchin “Black Hole” Jonah Tolchin wrote “Black Hole” while regularly
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Luke Combs won’t be performing at the 2022 CMT Music Awards, after all. The “Doin’ This” singer has been removed from a list of performers that was first announced on Tuesday (March 22). The Video of the Year nominee was slated to tape his performance for the April 11 awards show on Thursday (March 24). However, Combs
The 94th Academy Awards will have a little bit of country flair this year, as Reba McEntire is on the brief list of performers for Sunday’s show (March 27). The “Fancy” singer will perform “Somehow You Do” from the movie Four Good Days. The song — written by Diane Warren — is also nominated for
Happy 36th birthday to Brett Eldredge! The singer was born on March 23, 1986, in his hometown of Paris, Ill. Eldredge grew up listening to an eclectic list of music that included Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin. From very early on, music was a part of his life. “There’s a video of me
Congratulations are in order for Cody Johnson, who has just earned his first-ever No. 1 single on country radio with “‘Til You Can’t.” The chest-thumping life anthem currently sits at the top of both the Billboard Country Airplay and Country Aircheck charts. With universally relatable lyrics, it’s no surprise that country fans from all walks
American Idol has officially wrapped up its Season 20 auditions, but not without a few necessary hijinks. The latest episode of the show, which aired on Monday night (March 21), saw judge Luke Bryan becoming the butt of a hilarious prank, and it was all courtesy of his wife, Caroline Boyer Bryan. The laughing matter wasn’t
Courtney Jaye The Awakening: “The Kingdom is Inside of Me/Hymns and Hallucinations” Courtney Jaye returns with her first solo album since 2013, and these tracks serve as part one of her story. The record is a spiritual journey, accompanied by a short film that she will share in installments leading up to the full length that
Carly Pearce wrote the songs on 29: Written in Stone about her real-life experiences with navigating divorce and grief. Once she put out the project, though, she began to realize that through sharing her stories, she’d helped fans tap into their own, and she began to connect with her listeners more deeply than ever before.
Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd officially have a toddler on their hands. The country power couple celebrated their son Hayes’ birthday on social media on Saturday (March 19), as Morris shared a series of photos and video of Hayes’ farm animal-themed birthday celebration. In one shot, the newly-minted two-year-old reaches out to touch an animal
Carrie Underwood‘s “Ghost Story” may not be accompanied by many more dramatic revenge songs on her next studio album. The one word that Underwood used as a way to describe the project is not one you’d necessarily associate with her previous albums. “It’s fun. It’s a lot of fun,” she tells Kelleigh Bannen from Today’s Country With Kelleigh Bannen on Apple
“Ad Astra Per Alas Porci,” the evocative overture that bookends country singer Hailey Whitters’ new album, Raised, takes its name from the work of John Steinbeck. Though he notably botched the Latin in his own translation, Steinbeck was known to inscribe his books and letters with the phrase, which means, “To the stars on the
Charley Pride‘s In Person, the first major live album released by a Black country artist, is an unassuming landmark. With a runtime of just under 34 minutes, Pride’s album is shorter than many of the recordings that are cited as among the greatest of all time, including Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison and Buck Owens’ Carnegie Hall Concert. But despite
If Jon Pardi‘s next studio album was a racecar, you could say it’s somewhere between turns three and four. The follow-up to Heartache Medication (2019) is definitely not in the home stretch, but his pace is purposeful. The still-unfinished album will include his new single “Last Night Lonely” and about 13 more songs that Pardi and his team
Carrie Underwood‘s new single “Ghost Story” is a dramatic revenge song, and that’s part of what attracted her to it. Stepping into the studio to sing it, she sealed the deal. “It was just like, ah, this just feels good,” Underwood says, smiling as she talks to Kelleigh Bannen from Today’s Country With Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country.
Tim McGraw‘s oldest daughter has caused quite a stir on her social media by spoofing one of her famous father’s album covers. Gracie, 24, took to Instagram to show off a side-by-side of Tim’s Not a Moment Too Soon cover and her own version. Of course, hers involves a little photoshopping, as she’s seen with a
Charlie Berry was originally drawn to country music because so often it’s reflective of an artist’s life: the storytelling, the good and bad times. He, too, wants his music to mirror where he is in life — something fans can relate to when they listen. “You get a full picture of an artist’s personality [in country
In 2018, singer-songwriter Ben Danaher released his debut album Still Feel Lucky to widespread critical acclaim. The Texas native earned praise for his raw and honest storytelling in songs like “Jesus Can See You,” “My Father’s Blood” and “Hell or High Water,” a co-write with Maren Morris. From the pain of losing a loved one, the
Could Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood be the next country superstars lending their names to a downtown Nashville bar? It’s possible, according to the Nashville Business Journal, which cites “multiple sources” in saying that Brooks is “eying a honky-tonk at 411 Broadway.” That’s the same space formerly occupied by longtime Broadway favorite Paradise Park, a
Tim McGraw’s music and television worlds collided on Saturday (March 12) when his fellow 1883 cast members joined him onstage at Boots in the Park, a festival in in Norco, Calif. Cast members LaMonica Garrett, James Landry Hébert, Alex Fine, Amanda Jaros, Emerson Miller, and McGraw’s wife and fellow star, Faith Hill, attended at the
Miranda Lambert debuted one of the as-yet unreleased tracks on her upcoming album, Palomino, during her set at the Country 2 Country Festival in London last Thursday (March 10). Called “Actin’ Up,” the new tune is classic Lambert: Free-wheeling, irreverent and colorful lyrics paired against a catchy beat with a healthy dose of twang. It’s