The difference a year can make can sometimes be staggering. Around this time last year, JaeCe Simon decided to put her all into pursuing her country music dreams. In the calendar year that has followed, the California native has earned hundreds of thousands of streams across three single releases, including over 100,000 on her debut... Continue Reading →
Sydney Adams Returns with New Murder-Ballad Single, “One More Night With Him”
One of the great traditions of country music for several decades has been the release of murder-country tunes about a man that’s done a woman wrong. True or crafted story, the topic has been tackled by everyone from The Chicks and Reba McEntire to Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert. And now, enter Sydney Adams. The... Continue Reading →
Josiah Spicer Leans into Genuine Country and Western Sound on Debut, Self-Titled EP
It's often said that you have to look back to go forward, and if recent trends in country music are any indication, more and more artists are harkening back to the songs and artists of yesteryear that made the genre great in the first place. Josiah Spicer spent his upbringing loving many of those songs... Continue Reading →
Lauren Watkins Captures Truth and Commonality on Debut EP
You've certainly heard the saying before: country music is about three chords and the truth. That truth is what allows us to feel one with an artist as they tell stories that evoke a similar emotion we have felt and truly allow us to put ourselves into our favorite songs. Lauren Watkins grew up loving... Continue Reading →
Jake Blocker on Riding the Momentum of Newest Single, “You Could’ve Had Me When I Cared”
When Jake Blocker released music for the first time, he had just entered his teens, and admittedly, he didn't have much in terms of a release strategy as the song was put out into the world. And while that may be true, that song, "Just Between You and Me," and its accompanying album, I Keep... Continue Reading →
Kayleigh Mathews Captures Life on the Road on Newest EP ‘Turn Out the Lights’
The thing we love most about country music is that it hits its listeners directly where they are in life. From love and love lost to good-timing tunes, country music has a song to hit everybody at home. Kayleigh Mathews has spent countless miles on the road both bringing her music to the country music... Continue Reading →
Chelsey Carter Releases New Bachelorette Anthem, “Saddlin’ Up”
Chelsey Carter has a way of marching to the beat of her own drum with both her music and her everyday life, and she's proven both with her new single, "Saddlin' Up." At a time in her life where she's seeing peers putting rings on their fingers, Carter unashamedly sings about moving at her own... Continue Reading →
Donice Morace Proudly Flies a Traditional Country Flag on Sophomore Album ‘This Life I Love’
If Donice Morace has made one thing clear over the course of two album releases, it's that he has an undying love for traditional country music instrumentation and storytelling. He's taken the sound of steel guitar and fiddles to both great chart success and packed dancehalls as he's stayed true to his cowboy-country roots. Though... Continue Reading →
Leah Marie Mason Begins New Musical Chapter with Debut EP, ‘Honeydew & Hennessy’
Two years ago, Leah Marie Mason catapulted herself onto the country music scene with her debut single, "Far Boy." Millions of streams later, she followed with her almost equally viral sophomore single, "I Wish," which cemented the North Carolina native's slot as a rising star to watch. Though she enjoyed that success and the foundation... Continue Reading →
Jessie Wilson Captures Her Three Years in Nashville on Debut EP ‘How ‘Bout We Find Out’
Jessie Wilson packed up from her native Alabama just over three years ago to follow her musical dreams. Once an elementary school teacher, Wilson admits that she feels something when she's on stage that she doesn't feel anywhere else. The feeling that strikes her when someone connects with one of her songs is something she... Continue Reading →