The Megan Moroney album is probably my favorite release of the year so far, as I really liked a lot of the songs and can't think of one I actively disliked. My favorite overall is still Tennessee Orange, but among the new stuff I really liked Mustang or Me with an honorable mention to the melody in the chorus for Sad Songs For Sad People.
I have seen Ian live 3 times in a year and a half and i would go every time. He is soooooo good. I dont care what anyone says his sound is so fun and catchy and i love it!
Ian did exactly what I wanted him to do with this album and I loved it. A lot less of the broad pop elements and more just embracing his Western roots. Top 2 album of the year so far!
Love love Ian Munsick!!! Barn Burner is amazing, you cannot convince me otherwise. 😂 White Buffalo is definitely one of my favorite albums in a looong time. Ian is unapologetically Ian, and I’m here for that.
Bro I couldnt decide what my favorite album from 2023 was. Like we got Muscadine, Luke, Ernest, Wallen, Hardy, Jake, all sorts of people. Great albums too. Then i check out Ians and that debates settled. Best record ive listened to in quite a while man
Awesome to hear you talking about Evan Honer, I just started listening to his stuff a month or so ago and fell in love with his sound. He's definitely a name to watch in country music, his lyricism and songwriting are right up there with the best of them!
Awww...come on Grady...I would love to have a Silverado and dirt roads in Heaven. Sitting on the bank of a peaceful creek listening to the birds and frogs would be how I would love to spend Eternity. Many Blessings from Texas
Thanks for making another great one! My favorite album was going to be Ian Munsicks because I really like his stuff especially the slower more fiddle stuff but man I hadn’t listened to Megan Maroney before and that has to be my second favorite album of the year behind Morgan’s!!
Just saw Kip Moore this past weekend on Friday in Glasgow, Scotland. Sometimes She Stays and Guitar Slinger are the standout songs from the new album in a live setting. Both are massive and expensive songs that can step the energy down for a few minutes before the energy rises in a two hour set. Love Kip Moore!!!
So much music comes out, I take note of who releases music and will likely just wait and listen to it when I have time to sit down and listen to the whole album.
Some real commitment to the bit to grow out the beard to sling for manscaped. I am already a Moroney fan now after her ep which had a lot of these songs, and will check out the Ian Munsick and Jake Worthington albums soon, those are really good voices.
During the add, when you talk about lining up your neck hair, i use an old mask from 2020 to line it up. Use 1 hand to hold both of the ear loops behind your head and the other hand to shave.
He’s back! Good to see you and that beautiful beard again, Grady! Always look forward to your videos, the country scene wouldn’t be the same without you!
I’ve seen Kip Moore on his tour stop in Cologne, Germany and it was the best concert so far. Tow hours full of energy and music! I loved the opening with Damn Love, hope he’ll come back soon!
Agreed on Kip Moore...Grady, he's been saying on tour that this album was finished over a year ago and for whatever reason, they held it back and released it this year....probably plays into your comments on the 80s sound. Hoping he switched his label and makes music he wants to make going forward.
Yo Grady, I don't know if you've seen this or not but their is a girl, Erin Kinsey, who recently released an album called Bet My Heart. I think all of the songs are good but the stand out in my opinion is "Stayed A Summer".
I remember Grady said a couple years back on his (seemingly discontinued?) Patreon, that Manscaped tried to sponsor him and he wasn't gonna touch that one given the connotations. Interesting to see him finally cash in.
I’m rooting for Bailey, because he’s like a breath of fresh air in a time when mainstream country music has become hella sanitized. I mean, country radio ain’t even touching Zach Bryan where I live and they’re being VERY careful with Bailey
It's funny that you hear Nickleback when you listen to Zimmerman. For me, I hear Puddle of Mud. Like, I would describe his sound as "if Puddle of Mud went country".
I'm glad you're okay! The robbery sounds pretty scary and stressful. Anyways, thank you for providing nuanced and funny country music commentary. You always manage to appreciate indie country without being a jerk about the Nashville conveyer belt of handsome white singers. Have you heard of Carter Sampson or Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves? I feel like you would love their stuff.
Jake Worthington is the real deal. Not just a very good country music singer but someone who has great vocalist styling. Natural stylist. Brings back memories of artists like Mark Chestnut , George Jones, Lefty Frizzell , Daryle Singletary. I know those are major icons but If anyone gets the chance go and listen to his acoustic versions of the songs from his new album bc you can hear his vocals and the raw , raspy, yet smoothness of his voice. I just hope he wasn't born in the wrong era. Bc country music needs an artist like him right now.
If you grew up listening to the traditional country of Jones, haggard, chesnutt, strait ect you can absolutely appreciate Jakes album. It's 🔥🤌. Sound might not be for those who are newer country fans of today who enjoy the baileys and hardy ect.
Love seeing Ian getting his due! He's definitely different live ... but it's AWESOME. It's been fun, being one of those in on the Ian Munsick secret for a few years now ... but it's gonna be great to watch him soar.
I really try to keep up on new releases, albums and singles, its just not possible anymore. I have a desk job and have all day to review stuff, and still not possible. Its a good problem to have, but then you find something you missed two years later and dang! missed 2 years of this in my life.
Love Kip Moore - by far my favourite artist - but kind of agree with your comments about the new album. There's a few tracks that are excellent but overall I don't love it anywhere near as much as the rest of his back catalogue. Keep waiting for this to change, but so far not so much.
As far as the release dates, there are about a dozen or so artists where I follow them closely and listen to their new albums as soon as they come out. For other artists I like, I'll check in on them occasionally whenever I'm in the mood to listen to more of their music. And when the big awards are announced, I'll check out the nominees to see if there is anything I missed over the last year that I'd be interested in checking out.
Cant enough of Megan Moroney’s new album, it’s so good, I bought tickets to see her in September. Random thought but the melody and sound on Sad Songs for Sad People kinda reminds me of All Your’n by Tyler Childers
Glad you are okay Grady ! Btw have you heard of Wyatt Flores ? He has some absolutely wonderful music I think you’d love. Please don’t go , and break my bones are my current favorites. Keep keepin on 👍
Grady, Grady, Grady!!! Jesse James Decker and Billy Currington’s “I Still Love You.” This is one of the best duets I’ve ever heard. Please review. They almost have family harmony.
i really like religiously i understand a lot of it becueas im from his generation and a lot of the pains in both of his albums i have felt or em going though that why its one of my favorite artists becueas of that relatability
I need to listen on release dates or the weeks of or else I forget about them. Only way I can stay on top of new music so no I am not release date agnostic! Megan’s album is fantastic.
“Damn Love” is an album that takes 2 or 3 listens for the songs to reveal themselves. Sure “Mr Simple” is a little dialled in; but the title track, “The Guitar Slinger” and the haunting “Sometimes She Stays” are as good as anything. 8.5/10
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Moroney’s album, just such great quality from start to finish. Probably my favorite album of the year so far in a year where there’s been a lot of great music
i agree a lot with the Parker Album. Loved all the songs but it just didn’t hit like limestone kid and probably wrong. I think that’s largely because all of the songs had a similar vibe, whereas LK and PW were so diverse. You’d go from New orleans to Galveston Bay to meet you in the middle and happy new year! They were all so great but they were all so different. There’s not as much diversity in this album and it makes it less than its parts
I need a good summer vibes, windows down album recommendation. not beachy per se but just fun, fast, not something thats lyrically driven type. Like FGL's here's to the good times where every song was just a bop (for better or worse lol).
WRITERS AND FIGHTER, gotta talk about that one Grady!!! also maybe about a week and a half ago zach bryan broke up with his girlfriend so we might get some sort of an Elizabeth pt. 2
Bailey Zimmerman needs to just accept his tone is meant for green day, pop punk. He could def pull off a solid “ ALL THE SMALL THINGS” I would love to see that
What I hate is the growing trend to release albums that mostly just include songs from a previously released album, sometimes not even under a deluxe pretext, but just with a completely new name. Bailey Zimmerman, for instance, had an 8-song EP last year, and he just added 8 more to make this new album instead of having like two separate honest albums. Another trend is to release singles, that roll into EPs of three songs, then albums.
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White Buffalo is such an amazing album to me, there's so many good songs off of it, im addicted to songs like "more than me", and "river run".
Barn burner is exactly what it says. A barn burner. Its awesome
The Megan Moroney album is probably my favorite release of the year so far, as I really liked a lot of the songs and can't think of one I actively disliked. My favorite overall is still Tennessee Orange, but among the new stuff I really liked Mustang or Me with an honorable mention to the melody in the chorus for Sad Songs For Sad People.
I have seen Ian live 3 times in a year and a half and i would go every time. He is soooooo good. I dont care what anyone says his sound is so fun and catchy and i love it!
Cowshit in the morning deserved more love- it's a true work of art
Jake Worthington is my current fav album. Im good with the one noteness. With so much poppy stuff out there we need more of this.
Wait till colter wall drops next week🔥
Glad to see you back! Hopefully life is returning back to normal after the robbery
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I've had Megan's album on replay lately. Her voice does something for me.
Ian did exactly what I wanted him to do with this album and I loved it. A lot less of the broad pop elements and more just embracing his Western roots. Top 2 album of the year so far!
Dudes so much better live too. Wish he left his album voice a little more unpolished
Love love Ian Munsick!!! Barn Burner is amazing, you cannot convince me otherwise. 😂 White Buffalo is definitely one of my favorite albums in a looong time. Ian is unapologetically Ian, and I’m here for that.
Bro I couldnt decide what my favorite album from 2023 was. Like we got Muscadine, Luke, Ernest, Wallen, Hardy, Jake, all sorts of people. Great albums too. Then i check out Ians and that debates settled. Best record ive listened to in quite a while man
I firmly believe that State You Left Me In is up there in the echelons with George Strait. That song is an absolute gem.
Yo Grady! You barely mentioned Arrowhead & Indian Paint Brush as some of the best of Ian Munsik’s White Buffalo…this album is an absolute WIN!🥇
Awesome to hear you talking about Evan Honer, I just started listening to his stuff a month or so ago and fell in love with his sound. He's definitely a name to watch in country music, his lyricism and songwriting are right up there with the best of them!
Honestly I love songs like God Plays A Gibson because it's always so interesting to hear what other artists think heaven will be like!
That Ian Munsick album sounds so good. Love the production. Modern and old that work well.
Awww...come on Grady...I would love to have a Silverado and dirt roads in Heaven. Sitting on the bank of a peaceful creek listening to the birds and frogs would be how I would love to spend Eternity. Many Blessings from Texas
Thanks for making another great one! My favorite album was going to be Ian Munsicks because I really like his stuff especially the slower more fiddle stuff but man I hadn’t listened to Megan Maroney before and that has to be my second favorite album of the year behind Morgan’s!!
Glad you mentioned Brooks & Dunn wrt Megan Moroney’s album. The title track “Lucky” reminds me of Boot Scootin’ Boogie, especially the piano parts.
Just saw Kip Moore this past weekend on Friday in Glasgow, Scotland. Sometimes She Stays and Guitar Slinger are the standout songs from the new album in a live setting. Both are massive and expensive songs that can step the energy down for a few minutes before the energy rises in a two hour set. Love Kip Moore!!!
So much music comes out, I take note of who releases music and will likely just wait and listen to it when I have time to sit down and listen to the whole album.
Some real commitment to the bit to grow out the beard to sling for manscaped. I am already a Moroney fan now after her ep which had a lot of these songs, and will check out the Ian Munsick and Jake Worthington albums soon, those are really good voices.
During the add, when you talk about lining up your neck hair, i use an old mask from 2020 to line it up. Use 1 hand to hold both of the ear loops behind your head and the other hand to shave.
He’s back! Good to see you and that beautiful beard again, Grady! Always look forward to your videos, the country scene wouldn’t be the same without you!
No worries about getting reviews on release day. Sometimes I find a song that’s, and it came out 10-20 years ago
Heck yeah! Streets of gold for sure!
Anyone else see and hear Mark Chesnutt in Jake Worthington? I sure do!
I am right there with you with release date agnostic.
Love Ian Munsick soooooo much.
I’ve seen Kip Moore on his tour stop in Cologne, Germany and it was the best concert so far. Tow hours full of energy and music! I loved the opening with Damn Love, hope he’ll come back soon!
Anyone know what happened to Overshore?
Agreed on Kip Moore...Grady, he's been saying on tour that this album was finished over a year ago and for whatever reason, they held it back and released it this year....probably plays into your comments on the 80s sound. Hoping he switched his label and makes music he wants to make going forward.
Yo Grady, I don't know if you've seen this or not but their is a girl, Erin Kinsey, who recently released an album called Bet My Heart. I think all of the songs are good but the stand out in my opinion is "Stayed A Summer".
Great singer outta dallas. Her albums been on repeat
Glad to see Ian getting his recognition! The BEST live performance I've ever seen!
Evan Honer is one of my favorite artists. He's just so good.
The “boringness” or “one-note-ness” is becoming more and more common and makes me appreciate those (like Jon Pardi) who never have a moment like that
I remember Grady said a couple years back on his (seemingly discontinued?) Patreon, that Manscaped tried to sponsor him and he wasn't gonna touch that one given the connotations. Interesting to see him finally cash in.
I’m rooting for Bailey, because he’s like a breath of fresh air in a time when mainstream country music has become hella sanitized. I mean, country radio ain’t even touching Zach Bryan where I live and they’re being VERY careful with Bailey
It's funny that you hear Nickleback when you listen to Zimmerman. For me, I hear Puddle of Mud. Like, I would describe his sound as "if Puddle of Mud went country".
I 100% agree with you! Love his music!!
I love the Jake Worthington album, but agree with you on the one-note. Still a GREAT album that takes me back to Mark Chesnutt
Jake Worthington’s album is solid. Definitely refreshing to hear.
Fun fact I actually went to school with him. Great guy
I can't hear the word "disrupt" in the ad read and not think of AJ McLean
I'm glad you're okay! The robbery sounds pretty scary and stressful.
Anyways, thank you for providing nuanced and funny country music commentary. You always manage to appreciate indie country without being a jerk about the Nashville conveyer belt of handsome white singers.
Have you heard of Carter Sampson or Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves? I feel like you would love their stuff.
Jake Worthington is the real deal. Not just a very good country music singer but someone who has great vocalist styling. Natural stylist. Brings back memories of artists like Mark Chestnut , George Jones, Lefty Frizzell , Daryle Singletary. I know those are major icons but If anyone gets the chance go and listen to his acoustic versions of the songs from his new album bc you can hear his vocals and the raw , raspy, yet smoothness of his voice. I just hope he wasn't born in the wrong era. Bc country music needs an artist like him right now.
Glad you're ok!! I was just wondering earlier today when there would be another video.
I'm always here for the John Mayer references! Also, the Logan Halstead album is worth a listen!
Wheel and handle on you are my favorite songs on this album
My favorite is tough people do
I know God Plays a Gibson is a bit cheesy but there’s something I love about it
White Buffalo my fave from these right now though TBD Kip doesn't get enough attention.
If you grew up listening to the traditional country of Jones, haggard, chesnutt, strait ect you can absolutely appreciate Jakes album. It's 🔥🤌. Sound might not be for those who are newer country fans of today who enjoy the baileys and hardy ect.
Love seeing Ian getting his due! He's definitely different live ... but it's AWESOME. It's been fun, being one of those in on the Ian Munsick secret for a few years now ... but it's gonna be great to watch him soar.
Things I Never Told You was one of my favorites as well on Parker’s new album that you didn’t really mention
"I support corrupt business practises for people I love" has been added to my motivational quotes.
I really try to keep up on new releases, albums and singles, its just not possible anymore. I have a desk job and have all day to review stuff, and still not possible. Its a good problem to have, but then you find something you missed two years later and dang! missed 2 years of this in my life.
He’s back!!!!!!
Love Kip Moore - by far my favourite artist - but kind of agree with your comments about the new album. There's a few tracks that are excellent but overall I don't love it anywhere near as much as the rest of his back catalogue. Keep waiting for this to change, but so far not so much.
I think we’re starting to see that a collection of good songs does not always equal a dynamic album.
Keep up the great work!
“Disrupting the beard market” we saw what you did there Grady ;)
As far as the release dates, there are about a dozen or so artists where I follow them closely and listen to their new albums as soon as they come out. For other artists I like, I'll check in on them occasionally whenever I'm in the mood to listen to more of their music. And when the big awards are announced, I'll check out the nominees to see if there is anything I missed over the last year that I'd be interested in checking out.
We love a good John Mayer reference
Can’t believe you didn’t mention Burn it Down by Parker McCollum
Cant enough of Megan Moroney’s new album, it’s so good, I bought tickets to see her in September. Random thought but the melody and sound on Sad Songs for Sad People kinda reminds me of All Your’n by Tyler Childers
Wow, that robbery story is really scary. Glad you're okay. I'm about a month behind on videos, so just catching up.
Glad you are okay Grady ! Btw have you heard of Wyatt Flores ? He has some absolutely wonderful music I think you’d love. Please don’t go , and break my bones are my current favorites. Keep keepin on 👍
Yeah he’s in like 2-3 vids back “Who’s Up Next in Country”
Awesome ! I must've missed that one, thanks!
Yes! Heaven is going to surpass our expectations. All the songs putting this present world into Heaven are just limiting the beauty...
If Heaven’s dirt roads were actually gold-dust roads, would that work?? 😂
All I care about it the fact that we’re getting new Colter Wall and Turnpike this summer 👹
You’re killing is Grady, love your content!
Agree with your comments on heaven
Please please please review Mckenzie Carpenter's new album! "Throw You Back" is hilarious!
Grady, Grady, Grady!!! Jesse James Decker and Billy Currington’s “I Still Love You.” This is one of the best duets I’ve ever heard. Please review. They almost have family harmony.
Holy shit im so glad Evan Honer is getting recognition his music is great
i really like religiously i understand a lot of it becueas im from his generation and a lot of the pains in both of his albums i have felt or em going though that why its one of my favorite artists becueas of that relatability
I need to listen on release dates or the weeks of or else I forget about them. Only way I can stay on top of new music so no I am not release date agnostic!
Megan’s album is fantastic.
Thx Grady! Had a listen to Jake and reminds me of 80s country! Some fun lyrics. Also kinda dug Ian.
Bonfire Blackout by Gavin Adcock is great. All Outta Whiskey is one of the prettiest songs I’ve heard in a while
Things I Never Told You brought me to tears
“Damn Love” is an album that takes 2 or 3 listens for the songs to reveal themselves. Sure “Mr Simple” is a little dialled in; but the title track, “The Guitar Slinger” and the haunting “Sometimes She Stays” are as good as anything. 8.5/10
Glad you're okay! Sounds super scary. Hope you're taking time to recover
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Moroney’s album, just such great quality from start to finish. Probably my favorite album of the year so far in a year where there’s been a lot of great music
it's not whiny....it's angst...Parker has perfected the sound of angst...love his album...all of it.
i am in love with lucky ❤
Love Kip Moore. His albums are just moving in a different way than others
i agree a lot with the Parker Album. Loved all the songs but it just didn’t hit like limestone kid and probably wrong. I think that’s largely because all of the songs had a similar vibe, whereas LK and PW were so diverse. You’d go from New orleans to Galveston Bay to meet you in the middle and happy new year! They were all so great but they were all so different. There’s not as much diversity in this album and it makes it less than its parts
Our household cheered at the Good Word Alert being back!
Loved Lucky. Megan's voice is unique and has a lot of staying power. Favorite track is Mustang or Me. Great review.
You look like Cody Johnson with the cowboy hat
Lessons from an Old Man grabbed me!
honestly your reviews give me my playlist
“There’s a nice ✨Grady-ient✨ “
Jake Worthington that's it!!
Saw Lainey Wilson and Flatland Cavalry this weekend opening for Luke Combs - so good!
I need a good summer vibes, windows down album recommendation. not beachy per se but just fun, fast, not something thats lyrically driven type. Like FGL's here's to the good times where every song was just a bop (for better or worse lol).
WRITERS AND FIGHTER, gotta talk about that one Grady!!! also maybe about a week and a half ago zach bryan broke up with his girlfriend so we might get some sort of an Elizabeth pt. 2
I felt the exact same way about Parker’s/baileys albums just kinda there while listening to it yk
Bailey Zimmerman needs to just accept his tone is meant for green day, pop punk. He could def pull off a solid “ ALL THE SMALL THINGS” I would love to see that
Is it just me or does Bailey's hair, voice, music , and the total vibe kind of remind you of Morgan during his "The voice" days??? 🤔
Crazyyyy God Plays a Gibson is my favorite song on the album
Hey I’m glad you are safe that is scary stuff
What I hate is the growing trend to release albums that mostly just include songs from a previously released album, sometimes not even under a deluxe pretext, but just with a completely new name. Bailey Zimmerman, for instance, had an 8-song EP last year, and he just added 8 more to make this new album instead of having like two separate honest albums. Another trend is to release singles, that roll into EPs of three songs, then albums.