Just in case you missed it, Post Malone performed at the 2024 ACM Awards last week, and debuted his new Country song “Never Love You Again” and it’s got me all kinds of excited for his upcoming Country album.
If you’ve been doubting Posty as a Country artist, just check this out:
Dannngggg son…
Poat Malone has the chops for sure, and he’s one of the Pop artists that I am TOTALLY ok with coming over to the Country side.
His yet unnamed Country album will be out later on this year.
We’re getting closer to the release of the Tom Petty Country tribute album “Petty Country”, and to get us ready, Wynonna Judd just released her verison of “Refugee” with Lainey Wilson!
Of course, it’s fantastic.
Really, how could it not be?
I absolutely LOVE that! I’m sure Tom Petty would approve.
The mix of their voices is perfect- Wynonna still has it, and Lainey’s unmistakable twang just adds the punch this version needs.
Here’s the full tracklist of “Petty Country”:
“I Should Have Known It” by Chris Stapleton
“Wildflowers” by Thomas Rhett
“Runnin’ Down A Dream” by Luke Combs
“Southern Accents” by Dolly Parton
“Here Comes My Girl” by Justin Moore
“American Girl” by Dierks Bentley
“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” by Lady A
“I Forgive It All” by Jamey Johnson
“I Won’t Back Down” by Brothers Osborne
“Refugee” by Wynonna Judd feat. Lainey Wilson
“Angel Dream No. 2” by Willie Nelson & Lukas Nelson
“Learning To Fly” by Eli Young Band
“Breakdown” by Ryan Hurd feat. Carly Pearce
“Yer So Bad” by Steve Earle
“Ways To Be Wicked” by Margo Price feat. Mike Campbell
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance” by Midland
“Free Fallin’” by The Cadillac Three feat. Breland
“I Need To Know” by Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives
“Don’t Come Around Here No More” by Rhiannon Giddens feat. Silkroad Ensemble and Benmont Tench
Recently it was announced that Skid Row’s lead singer Erik Gronwall was leaving the band. They had tour dates to do, so they need a fill in, so… enter the Rock Goddess Lzzy Hale of Halestorm.
Sounds to good to be true, right?
Nope. She is legit filling in until they get a new lead singer.
Last night was her first show with the band at Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort in Carterville, Illinois, and they brought the huse down.
I’m a huge Lzzy fan, as she is just incredibly talented, and has really paved the way for more badass women in Rock. I was really excited to see her covering all the Skid Row live, and of course, she didn’t disappoint.
I mean, it’s Lzzy Hale.
Check out her cover of “18 & Life”:
Dammmnnnn…
Oh, and of course, you can’t have a Skid Row concert without the power ballad “I Remember You”:
Yup. Killed it.
That is an incredibly hard song to sing, and that last vocal run is nearly impossible to nail. Sebastian Bach- the OG lead singer of Skid Row- may be a bit of a hot mess, but dude had the pipes.
If there’s anyone who can handle it, it’s definitely Lzzy.
One of my favorite websites http://ultimateclassicrock.com just released their ranking of the Top 30 Rock Duets of all time.
Here’s the Top 10:
1. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (1967)
2. “Walk This Way”, Aerosmith and Run-DMC (1986)
3. “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty (1981)
4. “Under Pressure”, Queen and David Bowie (1981)
5. “Battle of Evermore”, Led Zeppelin and Sandy Denny (1971)
6. “I Got You Babe”, Sonny & Cher (1965)
7. “Hunger Strike”, Temple of the Dog (1991) (Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell)
8. “The Sound of Silence”, Simon & Garfunkel (1964)
9. “Fairytale of New York”, The Pogues and Kristy MacColl (1987)
10. “Just the Two of Us”, Bill Withers and Grover Washington Jr. (1980)
Check out the rest of the Top 30 at https://ultimateclassicrock.com/greatest-rock-duets/
I think that Sonny and Cher and Simon & Garfunkle shouldn’t get to count as they’re already established duos. If that’s the case, then why isn’t Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” on the list? Because this song is still a freaking jam:
What is your favorite Rock duet? Is there anything that should be on the list?
In case you’ve been under a rock or something, HARDY is ne of the biggest names in Country right now, and moonlights as a Rock singer as well. He had his first #1 on Mainstream Rock last year with “Jack”, and it was one of my favrite songs of 2023:
HARDY is not only continuing to dominate the Country world, but is getting full on into Rock as well. He announced his first full-length Rock album “Quit!” which will be released on July 12th.
To get you ready for it, he just released his new song “Psycho” today, and I’m digging both the song and the video:
This song reminds me of an ex or two.
I mean, that’s kind of scary, but at least it’s relateable?
I know there’s some complaints about genre-crossing artists, but I’m really enjoying the dual musical stylings of artists like HARDY, Jelly Roll and Chris Stapleton.
Ok, this looks like it could actually be really cool.
The “Wicked” movie trailer just dropped, and it looks pretty dang cool.
Of course, the movie is based on the popular Broadway musical which I love… if you’re not familiar, it’s about how the Wicked Witch came to be… and it’s a classic.
The movie stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, and it’s looking promising:
I’m a total musical nerd, and this has me just a wee bit excited.
Say what you will about Ariana Grande, girlfriend is MEGA talented. Like, woah.
“Wicked” hits theaters November 26th, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Hopefully it fares better than the movie adaptation of “Cats”.
It’s called “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” and Luke wrote it for the upcoming “Twisters” movie soundtrack, and it his hard:
I’ve been so used to Luke’s love songs, beer songs and now dad songs (and the endless airplay loop of his version of “Fast Car”) that it was kind of a pleasant surprise to hear some real rocker vibes on this track.
Dude has some serious pipes, and I’m so happy that this is his new radio single. I can jam to this all damn day.
“Twisters” – the sequel to the 1996 Tornado Classic will be out July 19th.
I was lucky enough to get to chat with “Amercian Idol” Season 19 Winner and Country Star Chayce Beckham, and seriously, SUCH a nice guy, and he’s got quite a future ahead in the industry, especially coming off of his first #1 hit “23”:
I absolutely LOVE that song, which, by the way, he was the solo writer on it.
We talk about that and more in the interview below:
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