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Lainey Wilson Shares the Inspiration Behind ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’

Lainey Wilson Shares the Inspiration Behind 'Somewhere Over Laredo'

Lainey Wilson is opening up about her current No. 1 single, “Somewhere Over Laredo.” Written by Wilson, along with Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, and Andy Albert, the song is on Wilson’s latest Whirlwind Deluxe album. If not for Wilson’s busy tour schedule, “Somewhere Over Laredo” likely never would have been written. “The truth is that I spend a lot…

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Megan Moroney Calls Kenny Chesney Her ‘Mentor’ and ‘Best Friend’ After 2024 Tour

Megan Moroney Calls Kenny Chesney Her 'Mentor' and 'Best Friend' After 2024 Tour

Megan Moroney is very, very grateful for Kenny Chesney. Moroney got to open for him in 2024, on his Sun Goes Down Tour. And while the experience was great for Moroney and her career, it also made her close with her musical hero. “Some days, I’ll just wake up and be like, ‘Oh. Kenny Chesney is one of my…

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Riley Green Reveals If He Would Do Another Duet With Ella Langley

Riley Green Reveals If He Would Do Another Duet With Ella Langley

Riley Green and Ella Langley already have two award-winning hit singles to their credit, with both “You Look Like You Love Me” and “Don’t Mind If I Do.” And now, Green says he is open to the idea of another collaboration with Langley. “It would be really difficult not to try to do another song with Ella because that’s…

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Lainey Wilson Is Digging Deeper On Her Next Album

Lainey Wilson Is Digging Deeper On Her Next Album

Lainey Wilson is dropping a few hints about her next album. Wilson, whose Whirlwind record came out in 2024, says her next set of tunes will show a different, more personal, side of her. “I’ve written so many songs at this point, I’m like, ‘Okay, it’s time to dig deeper. What have I not talked about? What am I…

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Alexandra Kay On Not Having Imposter Syndrome: ‘I Worked So, So Hard’

Alexandra Kay On Not Having Imposter Syndrome: 'I Worked So, So Hard'

Alexandra Kay knows where she belongs in country music. The singer-songwriter has been tenacious in getting her music heard, starting from playing to an empty room, to opening for Jelly Roll on his massive 2024 Beautifully Broken Tour, and later signing a record deal on BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville, where she just released her sophomore Second Wind album. Her…

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Keith Urban Recalls His ‘Awesome’ First Thanksgiving in America

Keith Urban Recalls His 'Awesome' First Thanksgiving in America

Keith Urban was born in New Zealand, and raised in Australia. Urban relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 1992 to focus on country music, but was unaware of the American holiday of Thanksgiving. “My first Thanksgiving actually was with a family who, it was the Crain family,” Urban recalls. “I was friends with the guy called Billy Crain, and his…

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Carrie Underwood Is Full of Gratitude This Thanksgiving

Carrie Underwood Is Full of Gratitude This Thanksgiving

Carrie Underwood is full of gratitude this Thanksgiving. The 42-year-old is grateful for a lot of things, but especially her husband, Mike Fisher, and their two sons, ten-year-old Isaiah, and Jacob, who is six. “I am grateful for so many things this Thanksgiving,” Underwood gushes. “I think the thing I’m most grateful for, though, is family. I mean, that’s…

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David Phelps Talks His Annual Christmas Barn Bash and Upcoming Holiday Tour

David Phelps Talks His Annual Christmas Barn Bash and Upcoming Holiday Tour

David Phelps loves the holidays, and all the celebration that comes with it. It’s what inspires him to continue hosting his annual Christmas Barn Bash, at his home in Culleoka, Tennessee, about 60 miles outside of Nashville. Phelps will celebrate the tenth anniversary of his Christmas Barn Bash, taking place this weekend, November 28 to 30. In addition to…

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Cody Johnson Says ‘Everything Sounds a Little Funny’ After Surgery

Cody Johnson Says 'Everything Sounds a Little Funny' After Surgery

Cody Johnson is giving a new update after suffering a ruptured eardrum. Johnson canceled the remainder of his 2025 tour dates to have emergency surgery. And while the operation was a success, the recovery has been a bit grueling. “Everything kind of sounds a little funny right now,” Johnson tells Taste of Country. “It has pissed me off, for…

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Lainey Wilson, ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’: Story Behind the Song

Lainey Wilson, 'Somewhere Over Laredo': Story Behind the Song

Lainey Wilson has a Top 5 hit with “Somewhere Over Laredo,” from her Whirlwind Deluxe album. Keep reading to find out everything to know about Wilson’s hit single. Who Wrote “Somewhere Over Laredo” Wilson co-wrote “Somewhere Over Laredo” with Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, and Andy Albert. What Inspired “Somewhere Over Laredo” Wilson understandably travels a lot for her career….

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