Real Country Music Lives Here
To an outsider, the country music career of Curtis Day may have seemed like a shooting star: here one moment, gone the next, with only an album left behind with which to remember his career. What they may not know, though, is the years spent building that music career, that culminated in a self-titled album,... Continue Reading →
Soon after taking her first vocal lesson at five years-old, Blaire Elbert knew that music was her path. Eventually, the Texas native went viral as a member of The Cactus Cuties, and the wheels were in motion. 2023 saw the release of her debut single, "Too Soon to Tell," which she followed with a handful... Continue Reading →
Abbey Cone has worked her entire career to get where she is now. That is, on the precipice of releasing an album that is 100% authentic and writing songs that reinvigorate the fun in making music. As the clock struck midnight to ring in 2026, so came the release of Cone's "Change the Man," a... Continue Reading →
Effy Harvard has always been a writer. She's always been a singer, too, but she's done so in private. Recording 10,000 voice notes on her phone took her on a journey towards sharing her gift with the world, and thankfully, she has. Capturing a timeless, classic country sound all her own, Harvard has unveiled four... Continue Reading →
Speaking personally, seeing Kayley Bishop live is an experience. After our first experience last June, we were floored by her voice, songs and stories. So much so that when flying back home, we had her album, Little Dove, on repeat for most of the flight. During our last interview, Bishop clued us in that she... Continue Reading →
Sometimes it can feel cliché to say that someone was born to be a musician, but in the case of Carlisle Wright, it couldn't be more true. With a musical lineage that dates back four generations, it almost seemed inevitable that Wright would follow in those footsteps. As her father laid the foundation for her... Continue Reading →
There's never been a doubt in Emily Roth's mind that she was meant to be a musician. Not even a tornado rummaging through Nashville on the night she moved to Town could keep her from fulfilling her dreams. A few months later, Roth released her first single, "Meet Me in Tennessee," and began building connections... Continue Reading →
Whether it's a 20-minute phone call or the first 20 seconds of any of his songs, it's clear that Chandler Walters brings energy wherever he goes. From swingin’ numbers like “Worth the Trouble” to hard-driving country rockers like “Justa One Kiss,” Walters keeps a goal of making country music that packs a punch, capturing the... Continue Reading →
SJ McDonald knows that country music boils down to three chords and the truth. Admittedly, though, many of the truths she's shared recently pack a barn-burning punch with a healthy dose of 90s country flair. As she closes the book on 2025, McDonald is opening a new one with her new EP, Sweet at First.... Continue Reading →
For many years, Jade Stone was content just outside of the spotlight. Every weekend, she was on stage, but instead of center stage, she was slightly more stage left or right, sawing on fiddle and singing background vocals for 90s country legend Doug Stone, to whom she has been married for over a decade. The... Continue Reading →
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