OH, TANNENBAUM! ANOTHER GREAT CAREER HITS THE SKIDS
Another talented journalist trapped in the career cul de sac (5/17a)
THE COUNT: LIVE NATION TAPS TYLER, POST, BLINK FOR TOP U.S. FESTS
Cornering the market on surefire headliners (5/17a)
STAPLETON, WILSON BIG WINNERS AT THE ACMs
A genre mash-up at the home of the Cowboys (5/17a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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By Holly Gleason
Columbia Nashville's Tyler Farr ain’t your basic bro-country—more your redneck yearning to be real. With George Jones’ guitar player as a former stepfather and raised by his Missouri farmer father, he knows the difference between Chippendale country and the genuine article. His #1s “A Guy Walks Into a Bar,” “Redneck Crazy” and “Water in My Whiskey” harken back to Merle Haggard, John Anderson, Hank Williams, Jr. and Johnny Paycheck: hard-working men who like to drink at the end of a long week, fully knowing the chaos it creates. Coming up in the clubs of Florida, Georgia and Alabama, he’s lived these songs, giving Suffer in Peace deeper impact. A Skynyrd fan, he brings the torque modern country fans like, but the operatically trained Farr keeps drilling. Good prep for his verbal root canal from HITS’ always-hammering Holly Gleason.