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Summers are prime time for live music -- but they're also prime time for new music. The June calendar is stacked with new country releases, and The Boot needs our readers' help determining which upcoming disc deserves the title of Album of the Month for June 2015.

Corey Smith's 10th studio album, While the Gettin' Is Good, is a collection of 12 songs, but only one can be the first single. The singer-songwriter is revealing the project's first single, "Feet Wet," exclusively with The Boot.

The third annual Country Throwdown Tour Fired Up by Kingsford® landed in Nashville for its final day of the six-week extravaganza on Sunday (July 8). The talent-filled trek was met with a slew of fireworks and a little rain during the stop at The Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel.

We'll be the first to admit, music journalists aren't always the sharpest tools in the shed. Sometimes, we can pose some pretty crazy questions! The Boot took to the CMT Music Awards red carpet to ask your favorite country stars, "What's the stupidest question you've ever been asked in an interview...

He's a touring troubadour who had an impressive following before he even had a record deal, packing shows across the country and selling more than 900,000 digital singles from his own, independent releases. And now, with the highly-anticipated release of his first label album, 'The Broken Record,' critics are finally cluing in on what fans have known for years: Corey Smith makes country music rock