Jon Pardi soothes the pain of a breakup with multiple rounds of "Heartache Medication," a song that lovers of old school Country will appreciate.  I got my heartache medication, a strong dedication To gettin' over you... and My heartache medication, well it suits me...

"Back in the day" Top 40 radio was more inclusive than it is today-- teen rock dominated, but playlists included the occasional Frank Sinatra or instrumental, and a good dose of Country:  Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette-- "Stand By Your Man" was #1-- Jerry...

There are thousands, maybe millions, of songs about heartache and heartbreak, by both women and men–all formats and genres. "Her World or Mine” by Michael Ray is “traditonal” Country--his grammar sucks, but the lyrics are sensitive and thoughtful... One of us moved...

Boomer Music Update has been a fan of Country trio Midland since the get-go; we appreciate their traditional yet modern, hip, sound, that’s true to the genre. Two years and several hits later, Midland’s second album is scheduled for a late summer drop, and the first...

When it comes to patriotic songs with popular appeal, it's the Country format that delivers.  Since its release in 1984, Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The U.S.A." has owned the July 4th airwaves, and from Billy Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All," to Trace Adkins' "Arlington,"...

A match made in Country music heaven:  Luke Combs, the hottest act in Country music today, and his latest single, a beer-drinkin', hard hittin', red-neck, roadhouse-sounding throwback to the golden age of Country music juke-joint songs. (We're talking to you, Merle...

That Was Then: "Daughter," by the Blenders, is a fun, snappy 1963 doo-wop ditty, with cute throw-away lyrics that were appropriate for the time, i.e. blatantly sexist and disempowering to women, words that wouldn't even get written today, much less recorded. This Is...

How Blake Shelton got to recording his newest single, "God's Country," is almost as dramatic as the song: He was clearing land on his Oklahoma farm, a place that he considers "to be God's country, doing the thing that makes me feel the most connected to God, which is...

So many songs about eyes:  lying, dying, crying, all formats, genres, languages have songs about the eyes of others, the windows into the soul. "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" was a corny ballad with terrific hooks that was one of the top songs from 1967. Chase Rice's...