Cody Johnson is now a world record-holding hunter.
It’s no secret that Cody Johnson loves to hunt. He even became a world record-holding hunter last September for taking down a massive Transcaspian urial ram.
Cody shared photos from a recent trip to Alaska. Well, fans are now divided on that latest hunt of his. One person commented, “this makes me so sad 🙁 still love u tho”.
Cody said, “10 days deep in the Alaskan wilderness chasing grizzlies. Trip of a lifetime! Full video coming soon on the Chasing Legends YouTube channel.” And hopefully he makes a rug out of that bear, because I definitely would.
Megan Moroney was the maid of honor at her influencer best friend Natalie King’s wedding over the weekend. She performed her song “Wonder”, which she wrote for Natalie.
Megan said, “I’ve played this song a lot, but I think that this might be the most meaningful time that I play it…
“In the song, I’m telling Natalie that if you just hold out, you’re going to find someone who just shows up early, and you’re never gonna have to wonder how he feels about you. And I definitely think with Alex, you’ve found that.”
Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour stop in Elk Grove, California fulfilled the wish a rancher’s wife made before she passed away.
According to Local 12, Mahon said his wife Cindy, who died last September, told him she hoped to host a country concert on the ranch. Luke Bryan was among her favorite artists.“About two weeks before she passed away, and she says, ‘You know, it would be really neat if we could have a country Western concert here someday,” Mahon recounts.
Cindy died at home, as he went on to say. “Her and I were watching TV and she made a funny noise and I looked over there and she had passed away.”
Of course no one on Luke Bryan’s team was aware of the backstory when they got in touch to set up the concert, Mahon goes on to say, calling it “a pretty big coincidence.”
The widowed rancher said, “I got this random phone call asking if we would like to have a Luke Bryan concert here. Got to believe [she] had something to do with this.”
The 2026 American Music Awards were held last night (5/25/26) in Vegas. And no I didn’t watch due to the fact that I was drinking beer and remembering the men and women who gave their all for Memorial Day to even be a holiday. That’s just me though.
Anyway…here were the winners in the country music categories:
Morgan Wallen: “Best Male Country Artist” Ella Langley: “Best Female Country Artist” + “Best Country Song (Choosin’ Texas)” Megan Moroney: “Best Country Album (Cloud 9)” Zac Brown Band: “Best Country Duo/Group Sam Barber: “Breakthrough Country (New) Artist”
Riley Green did show up as well to perform some solid country music for a lot of people who have more than likely never heard of country music.
A rare performance from the great Alan Jackson happened on Memorial Day y’all.
Alan Jackson showed up to perform for the annual National Memorial Day Concert and it was a special event this Memorial Day Weekend too. It’s annually held on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the concert is dedicated to honoring the military service members, veterans, and their families who have sacrificed their lives for the our country.
The event is traditionally broadcast live on PBS on the Sunday evening before Memorial Day, and this past weekend featured performances from the GOAT, Alan Jackson, as well as Jamey Johnson, Mickey Guyton, Andy Grammer, Mary McCormack and more.
Alan delivered a performance of “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning),” the post-9/11 anthem that garnered him multiple awards. The song would go on to win Song of the Year and Single of the Year at both the CMA Awards and the ACM Awards in 2002 too, and it also landed Alan a Grammy Award for Best Country Song.
It was the perfect song at one of the worst times…and the song is timeless to me.
The Morgan Wallen car was obviously good luck at the Indy 500 on Saturday (5/24/26)
Felix Rosenqvist won the Indy 500 in the closest finish in Indy 500 history. It was a wild ending that made for a very exciting race if you were watching live.
Country music’s biggest star was part of it, as Felix drove the #60 Honda which had Morgan’s name on it. And it was part of a promotional partnership between Meyer Shank Racing and SiriusXM as a way to promote Morgan’s new SiriusXM channel “Morgan Wallen Radio” for the month of May.
Felix had Morgan’s name on his fire suit too, as you can see it in the photos he shared from Victory Lane. The color scheme looks like it’s inspired by the camo that Morgan loves by the way too.
Try not to be jealous ladies, Carly Pearce has gotten so close to Riley Green that she’s felt his ‘stache on her lip.
Of course, it was during the filming of their sultry video for “If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay“. So, it was all for work y’all and that’s it.
Carly said it was only awkward at first for about 30 seconds. She said, “I did finish a bottle of champagne at the end of the day, so I guess it got easier for me because I was feeling better.
There were only two moments where we literally lost it laughing. But yeah, I have to say, I knew, like I had lightning in a bottle when I was going to reveal him sitting next to me.”
It’s been 12 years since Jake Worthington was a runner-up on “The Voice”. And apparently those years have presented some unexpected challenges, because he announced that he’s taking a temporary break from music.
He post a statement on his socials saying, “I live a life as my heroes did, but that life gotten ahold of me. I love my family, my friends and my fans too much to let it take over me. I need to take some time to work on myself for my wife and daughter.
I promise I will come back even better. God bless country music.”
Take your time Jake. We all need it sometimes and family time is more important than anything we call work. Jake’s daughter, Whitley Anne, will be 2 years old in October too.
I would definitely put this man in a country star category.
In a genre lately where you have voices ranging from the likes of Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Turnpike Troubadours and Colter Wall, there’s no one doing it like Zach Top on a national scale right now. I mean there are plenty of other artists keeping the traditional scene alive like Jake Worthington and Charley Crockett…but Zach has really made a name for himself.
Right before the release of “Cold Beer & Country Music”, there’s no arguing that “I Never Lie” was the song that helped Zach become a certified traditional country artist. In addition to becoming a viral online hit to say the least, it would eventually become Zach’s first-career #1 song on country radio in May of 2025. That song also received a two time platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Then during his interview on the Zach Sang Show, Zach revealed that “I Never Lie”, along with the entirety of “Cold Beer & Country Music”, was being passed on by a plethora of different labels in 2023. He pointed out that while there was a lot people saying that the record was really good, but he was met with multiple responses from Nashville executives basically saying “get back to us if anything goes viral.”
“I never got any notes specifically other than ‘this isn’t what’s working right now, so let us know if it goes viral or something.’ Everybody liked it. Everybody was like, ‘Wow, it’s really good, but you hear what’s having hits today? This ain’t it.’”
As usual. Those Nashville executives were wrong about there “this ain’t it” comments. Luckily his now label home, Leo33, wasn’t deaf and knew what was happening and took a chance on Zach as they signed him to a deal.
As it stands today, Zach has landed a Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song nomination at the Grammys, a Single and Song of the Year nomination at the ACM Awards and a Single and Song of the Year nod at the 2026 CMAs…and all for that one hit track of his.
I feel with guys Zach, Jake, Spencer Hatcher, Drake Milligan and Dillion Carmichael to name a few… traditional country music is alive and very well.
It’s Memorial Day weekend for 2026 already. And here are five things you might not know about this important holiday…
1. Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor all who served in the Armed Forces.
2. It’s always observed on the last Monday of May, which is May 25th this year.
3. May 25th is the earliest it can be Memorial Day. It always falls between May 25th and May 31st. It will be on the latest possible date, May 31st, next year.
4. It was called Decoration Day from 1868 to 1970. It didn’t officially become Memorial Day until 1971. That’s also when we began observing it on the last Monday of May.
5. There’s an exact moment of remembrance on Memorial Day. At 3:00 P.M. local time, we’re supposed to pause and remember the brave men and women who died in service to our nation.
