Cole Swindell: I’m sure he gets plenty of love, butRandy Travis. I just think of some of those first songs that I remember hearing of his —“Forever and Ever, Amen,”“Deeper Than the Holler,”“On the Other Hand” — songs like that. Everybody talks about (Keith) Whitley, I do...
Old Dominion (name chosen because four band members are from Virginia) originally formed to highlight songs that the various band members had written for artists such as Luke Bryan, Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr, Kenny Chesney and others. In the years since, their music has propelled them to CMA...
The disc is a collection of songs that have been written over the past 10 years. Created and released with the band's full support, the project features co-writes with Stephen Wilson Jr., Dan Isbell, Jessi Alexander, and Matt Jenkins. Tursi produced the entire project as well, with Ben ...
Like the best country songs, the story unfolds across three minutes — kind of risky in a swipe up society. Ramsey does a great job holding back powerful emotions that would squash the slow, lingering burn of this first taste of a new OD project. In a word, "Memory Lane" is restrained...
Cole Swindellis part of a group of artists that is inexplicably ignored come awards season. The 2023 CMA Awards were his best shot for an artist category, with “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” leading his resume. Find him in the Musical Event category, but the ACM Awards winner for Song...
“Texas Time” that actually appeared on his 2018 albumGraffiti U. Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina, who delighted the crowd at the CMA Awards in November, did their same schtick for “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” — a song derived from Messina’s 1996 hit. Ashley McBryde ...
Cole Swindell, Kane Brown, Scotty McCreery and more have spoken of a love for Travis’ songs. His rise helped snuff out the pop-friendly Urban Cowboy movement with neo-traditionalism, a term used to describe those who brought the genre back to its roots. Do Alan Jackson and Tracy ...
singer Matthew Ramsey, multi-instrumentalist Trevor Rosen, lead guitarist Brad Tursi, bassist Geoff Sprung and drummer Whit Sellers — was formed in 2007 and originally honed their songwriting skills by authoring hits for everyone from Luke Bryan and Keith Urban to Kenny Chesney and Cole Swindell. ...
" A post shared by Lainey Wilson (@laineywilson) Other top nominees includeLuke Combs,Kane BrownandCole Swindell, who picked up five each, as well asAshley McBryde,Carly PearceandMiranda Lambert. See the full list of nomineeshere. The 2023 ACM Awards will feature hostsDolly PartonandGarth ...
saying, “It’s funny… we had written a ton for this record… but pretty much all the other songs we’ve cut so far we had a hand in writing. It always seems to work this way that sometime around the 11th hour, a song comes in...