Author: Jay Franze

Celeste Marie Wilson has released Southern American Princess, and despite the title, don’t expect glass slippers. Whiskey appears to be more her speed. The Texas singer-songwriter’s new 10-track album follows a run of singles including “Marie,” “Willow” and the wonderfully country-titled “Jesus, Tequila, and Whiskey.” Produced by Jim Reilley and

Country music has never been particularly shy about celebrating people who get up before sunrise, work with their hands and come home wearing evidence of the day. Makenzie Phipps is adding another song to that tradition with her new single, “Blue Collared Man.” Premiered by Country Evolution, the new track

Swedish rockers SPIDERS have released “Crystal Eyes,” the title track from their upcoming album, and once again Scandinavia appears determined to remind the rest of us that loud guitars are doing just fine. Crystal Eyes arrives September 25 via Sound Pollution, following last year’s Sharp Objects. Recorded at Svenska Grammofonstudion

Some songs are difficult to cover because everybody knows them. “Together Again” comes with the added complication that your father wrote and recorded the definitive version. Johnny Owens, the youngest son of Country Music Hall of Famer Buck Owens, has released his interpretation of “Together Again,” continuing a project dedicated

Country music has offered plenty of advice over the years. Don’t cheat. Call your mother. Know when to leave. Karen Waldrup would also like to remind you to keep some cash in your wallet and jumper cables in the trunk. Waldrup has released her latest single, “Just In Case,” a

Sometimes a song takes seven years to find the right record. Girish and the Chronicles apparently aren’t afraid to let an idea sit around until it knows what it wants to be. The Indian hard rock band has released “A New Spark,” the latest single and video from its upcoming

Six Gun Sally has announced its third studio album, Ain’t Goin’ Down, arriving November 20, and with a title like that, an acoustic meditation retreat probably wasn’t in the cards. The 11-track collection finds the Southern rock outfit mixing nine originals with covers of two songs carrying some fairly serious

Mental Cruelty has released “Frost,” and apparently seasonal depression wasn’t quite metal enough without adding Ragnarök. The new single arrives ahead of the band’s upcoming album, Echoes of a Forlorn Land, due October 23 through Century Media. Drawing from Norse mythology, “Frost” takes its inspiration from Fimbulvetr—the brutal winter said

It took more than 40 years, but “Everybody’s Gonna Die” has finally made the album. Better late than never seems slightly inappropriate given the title, but here we are. CRO-MAGS has released “Everybody’s Gonna Die (2026),” a newly recorded version of the 1985 demo-era favorite that didn’t make the final