First off. Her song “Boston” is a song that stays stuck in head. You can’t argue that.
So, Stella Lefty had to give songwriting credit to Noah Kahan for the similarity between “Boston” and his song “Stick Season”. Then, she had to give credit to The Dixie Chicks for interpolating their song on one of other songs called “Summer You Were Mine”.
Now, fans have found two more of her songs that have similarities to other songs. The chorus of “Why Wouldn’t We” shares a resemblance to Blake Shelton’s “I’ll Name the Dogs”.
And the chorus of her song “Misery” is similar to “A Million Dreams” from “The Greatest Showman”, you know that Hugh Jackman musical. I mean since the beginning of music…every chord has been played. Can we just get past the idea that this girls music is actually coping other songs? Because we could literally do this with every song ever made and find some similarities in them.
Ernest had a busy 2025 to say the least, which saw him co-writing not one but four of Morgan Wallen’s multi-platinum, #1 hits off his “I’m The Problem”album. “I Got Better” (platinum), “Smile” (2x platinum), “Just In Case” (2x platinum) and as well the title track (3x platinum). He also released two separate projects, “Cadillac Sessions” and “Live From The South”.
So, when 2026 kicked off, Ernest showed no signs of slowing down. May 1st, he dropped his fourth studio album, “Deep Blue”. After dropping the album, he tapped as Ella Langley’s opener on her “Dandelion Tour”, but life caught up to him.
He posted on his Instagram story on August 28th to announce that he was stepping away for a while to prioritize himself and his health…
“Hey y’all. The road has been dragging me down in a bad way. From mental to physical health. I am going away for a couple of weeks to get myself and my priorities back in order. I want to thank Ella for having me out on tour and wishing her the BEST in Auburn tonight and the rest of the tour. I look forward to coming back better and stronger. I owe it to myself and those affected by my actions. That starts now. Love y’all.”
After being off-the-grid since the announcement, he returned to social media to provide an little update on where he’s at in both his mental and spiritual health journey over the past week or so.
“Just checking in to say thank you for all the love and support …. Bottom line is I was LOST… i recon I still am … but the search is on…. And that’s new to me….
If anything, through this time, I am really starting to touch back in with my relationship with God… growing up in the church / Christian school, I would say I got a bit burnt out on it all. I have spent far too long relying on my own (dumbass) way and thinking I can outsmart my better judgement…. That’s not the case…. I don’t have many answers at all….”
Life is one day at a time and thank God that’s all we have to do. And no matter what you’re going through…it’s okay to say I need some time for myself.
Taylor Swift is #1 on country radio for the first time in 13 years thanks to her song for “Toy Story 5”, “I Knew It, I Knew You”. It’s also her 13th song to reach #1 on country radio.
It’s pretty special too considering how 13 is Taylor’s favorite number for number of reasons. Taylor also appeared on three country radio programs over the weekend. Fans who tuned in were a bit disappointed though because the segments seemed to be pre-recorded.
Every song by @taylorswift13 to reach #1 at US Country Radio (Mediabase):
•Our Song (2008) •Should’ve Said No (2008) •Love Story (2008) •White Horse (2009) •You Belong With Me (2009) •Mine (2010) •Back To December (2011) •Mean (2011) •Sparks Fly (2011) •Ours (2012)… pic.twitter.com/vsdrXwbNuW
She said there’s double meaning to the lyrics of “I Knew It, I Knew You”. She said, “the word daze is spelled ‘d-a-z-e’ in the lyrics, but you could also think of it as ‘d-a-y-s’…
Blades of the grass in summer, that harkens back to childhood and playing and using your imagination, but also there’s the added meaning of they’re toys. They can only see up to the height of blades of grass.
Parachutes for the free fall of being younger. There’s the actual parachute army toys in ‘Toy Story’, as well as symbolically, somebody who helps you grow up, helps your landings be softer.”
Believe it or not, today (Monday 9/7/26) is Labor Day. And in general, Americans put in more hours at work than people in most other countries.
The average in the U.S. is around 1,800 hours. That’s more than people in Canada, Australia, Japan, or the U.K. But LESS than people in Mexico, Chile, and Korea.
But which state has the hardest workers? Well, it ain’t Michigan. An annual study ranked all 50 states based on things like employment rates, hours worked, average commute, and how much free time people have in general.
According to the results, the 10 hardest-working states are…South Dakota…North Dakota…Alaska…Hawaii…Wyoming…Nebraska…Texas…New Hampshire…Tennessee…Georgia.
Michigan ranked dead-last, followed by Oregon…New Jersey…Ohio…Nevada…Rhode Island…California…New York…West Virginia…and Pennsylvania.
I’m well aware that this may be triggering for some people, but that ain’t me. If that’s you…please leave our site now.
In case you didn’t know, Luke Combs is an avid hunter and he’s pretty good at it. His trip from last December in Iowa is finally up on YouTube, and you see him successfully hunt a 10-pointer white-tailed buck.
Hunting is God’s gift to us and it’s human nature. As well as survival.
Lainey Wilson is back as the host of the 2026 CMA Awardsz
This will also be her third straight year hosting country music’s biggest night, and her second consecutive year hosting solo. I mean she knows what she’s doing when it comes to hosting now y’all.
The 12-time CMA Award winner announced the news live Saturday morning on ESPN’s College Gameday, which was hosted in Lainey’s home state of Louisiana ahead of the matchup between Louisiana State University and Clemson University in Baton Rouge.
Lainey said, “I couldn’t be more excited to be hosting the CMA Awards again this year, especially with it being the 60th anniversary. I’ve had so much fun hosting the last two years, and this one’s going to be extra special. Can’t wait to see y’all in November!”
The 60th annual CMA Awards will be airing live on ABC November 18, 2026. And the nominations for this year’s awards will be announced Thursday September 10th.
20 farms across North America have created corn mazes to honor Dolly Parton and the 31st anniversary of her Imagination Library. They’re across 15 states and two Canadian provinces.
The mazes were in the works months ago.
Before her passing Dolly said, “I’m grateful for the support of my Imagination Library and am excited to invite people out to get lost in this year’s country music corn maze for a little fun, laughter and “A real good reason to get lost.”
A portion of the ticket proceeds will be donated to the Imagination Library. The mazes will be an interactive trivia game to test guests on their Dolly knowledge. There will also be themed photo ops, storytelling, music, and farm fun. You can even see photos of some of the mazes here too.
In other Dolly news, her cousin Richie Owens, who is also the Parton family historian, went on the “Today” show. He said how Dolly kept her cancer battle private, and even he didn’t know the extent of her health struggles.
He said, “she always kept things private because she always wanted to keep everybody being positive around her and put that out there in the world. Just, ‘Don’t worry about me, I’m going to be fine.’ Just show the love.”
Randy Travis’s last full album, “Around the Bend”, was released back in 2008. And as you know, Randy suffered a near-fatal stroke in July of 2013 which left him struggling to both sing and speak.
Randy and his team has been gearing up to release his first album of original recordings in 18 years. It’s lost songs that were remixed or remastered by his longtime producer. The first single from the album was released on Friday (7/10/26) and it’s called “Fish On”.
Now we know the title and when Randy’s new album will be here thanks to Randy’s socials. Randy’s new album, “Same Old Way”, will be available November 13, 2026. You can also hear three songs from the album now, which are “Fish On”, “I Don’t Care” and the title track, ”Same Old Way”.
“This is the first album of completely new material that Randy has released in over 18 years, full of tracks that span Randy’s distinguished recording career from 1986 to 2013!
Today’s announcement comes with the release of the title track, “Same Old Way,” penned by Travis with his longtime producer and friend, Kyle Lehning. It is the only song the pair has written together, and the first time Lehning has had a major songwriting credit.
Following his 2013 stroke, fans and music industry insiders alike weren’t sure that a project like this would ever be possible again, but Randy continues to make history, and this album is living proof of that. Lehning uncovered the tracks on this album after years of them being locked away in the vault. He assembled, remixed, and remastered the recordings with Randy’s input, giving the world 12 more original Randy Travis songs and bringing back his iconic, irreplaceable voice that still holds true to this day.”
He might want to knock the shit out of the song writers of this song first.
Luke Bryan is fed up with the A.I. accusations behind his song “Fish Hunt Golf Drink”. On Theo Von’s podcast, he shared a message to his online haters. He said, “if I see you one day, I’m gonna f*cking knock the shit out of you…
People have lost their minds.” I mean people can hear and it sounds like a drunk three old wrote the song. It’s catching but I know what I hear.
The real late great country music outlaw has one more album coming y’all.
David Allan Coe passed away in April at the age of 86. Yesterday, his team announced that his final album will be released next month on October 16th. It’s called “A Million Reasons”, and it was actually recorded in 2017.
It’ll include a new version of “You Never Even Called Me by My Name”, which is out now. The track list also includes an opening track with an introduction from wrestling legend Ric Flair and a Johnny Cash tribute.
