Chris Stapleton can sing anything, and he proved it on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” during a segment called “Wing It and Sing It” where he had to perform a song sight unseen until the lyrics were presented to him.
The result?
Absolutely Hilarious!
I really think Chris needs to cut that as his next single.
I laughed way to damn hard at this!
Again, thank you, Baby Jesus, for Chris Stapleton.
Jelly Roll is EVERYWHERE these days. On your radio, on your tv, and he’s basically taking over with his Country/Rock vibe and big (no pun intended) personality and amazing backstory.
He’s one of the few artists that gets regular airplay on Country, Rock, Top 40, and Adult Contemporary radio.
That in itself is a huge deal.
Well, last night, at The Grand Ole Opry, he debuted a new, unreleased song to see how it went over, and I have a feeling it’ll be on his next project.
Check out “Liar” below:
According to the fans’ reaction, it definitely has big hit potential.
Country singer ERNEST released a pretty solid album last Friday called “Nashville, TN”, and it’s got several big collabs on there, including ones with Lainey Wilson, Morgan Wallen, and this interesting cover with HARDY.
They were brave enough to cover the Radiohead Classic “Creep”- check it out below:
Hmmmm… I’m kind of on the fence with this one. I absolutely LOVE the original version, and it’s kind of hard to beat that. But hey, solid effort for sure.
Honestly, my favorite cover of “Creep” will always be Post Modern Jukebox’s version featuring “Amercian Idol” finalist Hailey Reinhart:
Damnnnn… never gets old.
I mean, how sexy is that? Her voice is absoutely out of this world.
Coachella was this past weekend… you know, the music festival that only the cool kids get to go to, and try to act like they’re cooler than anyone else. So, naturally, I wasn’t there.
FOMO?
Maybe.
But Coachella always has some great performances, and I was pleasantly surprised to see how well No Doubt did.
I was obsessed with this band growing up, and basically just wanted to be Gwen Stefani. I even sang “Just a Girl” for my High School Talent Show my Freshman year and got suspended for wearing a crop top.
No Doubt reunited for the first time in 9 years this past weekend for their Coachella performance, and they brough it.
“Just a Girl”
“Don’t Speak”:
And “Bathwater” with surprise guest Olivia Rodrigo!
Ok, Gwen looks and sounds great, as does the band. I remember them not always having the best live performances, so this was awesome to see.
Will there be more No Doubt in the future?
Right now, no other performances are planned, but hopefully after their successful Coachella set, that will change.
She continued her long streak of stellar vocal performances last night at The Grand Ole Opry with a tribute to the late, great Toby Keith with a pitch-perfect rendition of “Should Have Been a Cowboy”:
I love how Carrie can be pure Country one minute, Gospel the next, and then rip a Guns N’ Roses song to shreds.
Also, her legs are basically National Treasures.
I’m pretty sure Toby Keith would be proud!
Let’s be real, it’s a world better than Brooks and Dunn’s tribute at the CMT Awards last weekend:
Now, I LOVE me some B&D, but something was definitely off there. Sammy Hagar honestly had the best tribute that night, and he’s not even a little bit Country.
Hey, we all have our bad nights, right?
But yeah, Carrie Underwood, though.
Kind of rude that she gets that voice AND those legs, though.
Chris Stapleton was on “Saturday Night Live” last night, and although he didn’t perform “I’m Just Ken” with host Ryan Gosling, his perfromances and skits redeemed that.
Case in point: “Get That Boy Back”:
I choked on my coffee watching that.
And, of course, Chris never misses on his live performances:
One of my favorite up-and-coming artists in Nahville is ERNEST.
He is incredibly talented as a singer and songwriter, and is funny as Hell.
Yesterday, he dropped a new album called “Nashville, TN’ which has 26 tracks, and a boatload of collabs with everyone from Morgan Wallen to HARDY to Lainey Wilson.
And let me tell you, the track with Lainey on it, called “I Woud if I Could” is what 90’s Country Dreams are made of:
How perfect is that? It sounds like it would have totally fit in on Country Radio in 1994, and that’s a beautiful thing.
I really hope Countey Music keeps trending in this direction. We have some really great artists in Nashville right now, and they are doing the damn thing!
Also, last year, I got a chance to chat with ERNEST and he’s the best:
Post Malone just threw us another Country Bone with a recent cover of Garth Brooks’ iconic “Friends in Low Places” in the studio while working on his Country project.
Ok, I still don’t watch “American Idol” as I used to. I’m just going to throw it out there.
But, I can’t help but check out some of the trending videos from this season, and Hot Damn, Loretta Lynn’s Grandaughter Emmy Russell is on heck of a talent.
The show is now onto it’s Top 24 contestants as of this week, and Emmy just pretty much owned this version of Benson Boone’s current hit “Beautiful Things”:
First of all, I love this song, as it embodies how I feel about being a mother, and really, all of the good things in my life. I have been blessed, and in having been so, there is always that feeling that I have everything to lose. This song captures that feeling perfectly, as does Emmy’s verson of it.
Her voice and style is incredibly unique, and she’s one heck of a songwriter as well. Then again, she has some pretty solid genetics helping her out.
She is her own artist, and I’m sure her Grandmother is cheering hard in Heaven.
Fun fact, Benson Boone was a contestant on Idol a few years back, and he quit because he wanted to do his own thing.
I have a feeling that no matter her placing on the show, you will hear from Emmy for years to come. I’m seriously impressed by her.
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