A few weeks ago, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton released a 70’s inspired tune called “A Song to Sing”, and they just released the music video for it.
It’s perfect!
First off, Chris and Miranda together is just necessary.
Secondly, the song and video just bring happy vibes.
The 2024 CMA Awards were last night on ABC, and as always, there were a bunch of live performances. Some great, some meh, and a couple where I was like, “why are they here”? I won’t name names on the not-so-great performances, but I want to give props to who I thought really represented Country Music well.
Ashley McBryde honoring the late Kris Kristofferson with a gorgeous rendition of “Help Me Make it Through the Night”:
Perfection. Kris would be proud.
Kacey Musgraves delivered a gorgeous version of “The Architect”, which I feel is one of the best songs of the year. It didn’t pick up any CMA Awards, but it’s up for a bunch of Grammys, so I’m sure she’ll rack up there:
So pure and gorgeous. Country music is lucky to have Kacey, and really, the industry needs to show a bit more appreciation.
Chris and Morgane Stapleton “What Am I Gonna Do?”:
These two… POWER COUPLE. I want Morgane to release her own solo album and just blow everyone ou of the water.
You know she would.
As usual at The CMAs, there were a lot of great performances, but those were the ones where I was like, “damn.”
The KING of Country Music released his 28th Studio album called “Cowboys and Dreamers” and of course, it’s pure Country Gold.
First off the title track- “Cowboys and Dreamers” is perfect:
BUT there’s also a collab with Chris Stapleton on there called “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame”, and really… you can’t go wrong when you combine those two:
“Honky Tonk Hall of Fame” reminds me of the early 80’s Country- just fun and rowdy- and again, add Chris Stapleton to the legend that is George Strait, and again- pure Country perfection!
Sorry, Taylor Swift. Your buddy is bringing out the big guns with his upcoming Country album “F-1 Trillion”- not only has he released collabs with Morgan Wallen and Blake Shelton, but now he’s teasing a new track with none other than the badassery that is Chris Stapleton.
He put a small clip of the song on instagram to get us ready:
So far, I am loving what Post Malone is doing. One of the comments on the video is that Post Malone is assembling the “Country Avengers”, and that’s a pretty damn accurate statement.
I’ll be honest, I was skeptical at first when I heard that Post Malone was coming over the Country side. But he’s owning it, and I am realllllly looking forward to “F-1 Trillion” which will be out on August 16th.
Also, he has announced his tour dates following the album’s release, and you can get those at http://PostMalone.com
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: