Hunter Thomas Mounce's journey to artistry wasn't a conventional one. Nonexistent were singing lessons, choir performances and guitar lessons before he entered his teens, as is the case with many musicians. Instead, those things were replaced by a love of music, passion and a dream. 2021 marks five years since the release of Mounce's debut... Continue Reading →

If you happened to take a look at the iTunes country chart last week, you may have seen a name you've never heard before at number one, and if curiosity got the best of you, you probably listened to the song above popular singles by Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton and Gabby Barrett. The name you... Continue Reading →

On January 15, 1990, there weren’t too many people in the world who knew the name Alan Jackson. Fast-forward 31 years to January 15, 2021 and Jackson is now a staple of country music and one of the pioneers of the neotraditional country movement of the 1990s. After the release of his debut single, “Blue... Continue Reading →

2020 was a perfect year to be dormant and put off working until there were better days on the horizon, just don’t tell that to Jordan Robert Kirk. Kirk used his 2020 to write and record his sophomore record, Western Holler, set for release on February 12. To hold fans over until then, he’s released two... Continue Reading →

It's one thing to find success, but it's another thing entirely to sustain it. Ever since his stint on season nine of The Voice, James Dupré's stock has been on a steady rise; a rise that has recently culminated in the release of his third album, Home and Away, released in early October. After setting... Continue Reading →

There are plenty of reasons to be excited about Kyle Daigle going into 2021. For starters, the last two years have seen the Louisiana native release what we feel is the best music of his career, and he's got the numbers to back it up. The clear outlier, 2019's "Cold Beer in Heaven," took Daigle... Continue Reading →

2020 has been a lot of things (most of them bad), but it has given us the time to discover, appreciate and listen to a lot of great music, and there has been a lot of it! As we look forward to a fresh start in 2021, we're also looking forward to following many of... Continue Reading →

Remember when we chatted with the Chad Cooke Band last week and we said that a good timing, honky tonkin’ single like “Bringing Country Back” was just what the doctor ordered for 2020? That holds true, but at the end of the day, we’re still clingers to sad ol’ songs, so their newest single, “Brothers”... Continue Reading →

Everyone loves a good ol’ sad song, but in a year that has been filled with more sad that normal, a good timing honky tonker is just what the doctor ordered. Luckily, the Chad Cooke Band have delivered with their single “Bringing Country Back.” In tried and true barn burning fashion, the song begins with... Continue Reading →

In a year where it has been easy to be dormant, John Baumann has been anything but. Baumann began his year by introducing The Panhandlers, a Texas country supergroup with whom he had joined and released a debut, self-titled album to critical acclaim. Just three months later, he released his newest solo album Country Shade,... Continue Reading →