Theory of a Deadman went to watch Grave Digger practice and came home with a song. Honestly, there are worse ways to conduct a writing session. The Canadian rock veterans have released their new EP, Part 1: Funeral Songs, through ONErpm, accompanied by the new single and video “Monster Truck.”
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Kelly Lang is seeing green, and for once, that’s apparently a good thing. The acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer and author has brought her latest album, Jealous Green Eyes, to vinyl, with the project now available on traditional black wax as well as a limited-edition “Kelly Green” pressing. Because if you’re going
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Apparently, the devil has updated his address. Singer-songwriter Makenzie Phipps has teamed up with fellow The Voice alum Aubrey Nicole for “Devil Ain’t In Hell,” a fiery new country collaboration built around a southwestern, cosmic-country sound, plenty of guitar, and the unfortunate realization that sometimes the red flags aren’t pointing
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Some songs survive generations because they’re timeless. Others survive because country artists simply refuse to leave them alone. Fortunately, “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” deserves both. Award-winning singer-songwriter Lee Newton has released the official music video for her collaboration with Georgette Jones and Heidi Parton, bringing three distinctive voices together
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There is something misleading about the phrase debut single. It sounds like a beginning. For Ivey Leighton, “Good Girl” is anything but. It’s the first song the public gets to hear, but behind those three or four minutes are roughly ten years of writing, learning guitar, filling a phone with
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Jesse and Noah have officially opened The Sunshine Shop. No business hours, no coupons, and apparently no actual retail inventory, but there is a new music video. The brother duo has released the official video for “The Sunshine Shop,” the title track from their sixth studio album, available through Usonia
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Country music has lost one of the artists who helped build the road long before most of us started traveling it. Frankie Miller, the Texas country singer-songwriter best remembered for his 1959 hit “Blackland Farmer,” died August 29 at his home of natural causes. He was 95. Miller remained connected
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After a very busy, and somewhat stressful, day in the studio, I was more than ready to trade the control room for a concert. So I packed up my camera gear, hopped in the car, and headed toward Lori’s Roadhouse in West Chester, Ohio, to shoot David Adam Byrnes. There
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Three songs. That’s it. No second chances. No waiting until the end of the night to figure things out. No asking the artist to step back into the light and do that cool thing one more time. For a concert photographer, three songs can be the entire show. Tom Rentz
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There are bands that record songs and then figure out how to play them live. Archers Gate seems determined to do the opposite. Build the song. Build the sound. Build the atmosphere. Then figure out how to drag every last piece of it onto the stage. That distinction matters. Because
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