No matter how you feel about Chris Stapleton, it’s hard to not recognize that he shook the country music world to its core and caused a significant course correction for the genre when he was coronated as country’s next superstar at the 2015 CMA Awards. But since then his propensity to write new material has been lacking—something he’s addressed in interviews himself. Though he started on the mainstream side of music as a songwriter specifically, his output has significantly slowed over the last few years. His sister albums From A Room Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 from 2017 were mostly filled with previously-released material done anew. Stapleton’s success seems to have taken away some of his fire to create.
source: https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/chris-stapletons-creative-juices-appear-to-be-flowing-again/
“There was a saying: ‘The blues had a baby and they called it rock & roll.’ I always say, ‘Yeah, and I think the daddy was a hillbilly.” That’s Country Music Hall of Fame member Bobby Braddock, writer of songs including “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” on the genesis of rock music. He makes the case that its birth, near the end of the first half of the 20th century, was as influenced by country music as it was the blues.
Blanco Brown unveiled the official music video for this debut single, “The Git Up,” on Friday (Sept. 13). Much like his viral #TheGitUpChallenge video, the clip finds the rising country trap star leading a wide array of people in the song’s funky line dance, including a group of retirees, a squad of firefighters and Tik Tok sensation Harvey Bass, who was reportedly suspended from school after filming his take on the dance during class.