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Jo Smith shares the story behind "Old School Groove," from her 'Introducing Jo Smith' EP.

Jo Smith discusses her 'Introducing Jo Smith' EP and how she found the courage to record new music.

Southern twangs, fiddles and cowboy boots are all reminiscent of country music. And there's one more thing that should be added to the list: wedding bells.

She may sing that "all girls are crazy" in her sassy new single, but Joanna Smith isn't siding with the boys. She instead embraces the eccentricities of the fairer gender and asks the guys, "Don't you love adventure / The rush and the thrill of the chase / And wouldn't the world be boring / If all the females were sane?"

Chris Young kicked off his first headlining tour with a sold-out show at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium last week. The singer-songwriter invited Thomas Rhett and Joanna Smith to join him on the Liquid Neon trek, and says he couldn't be happier with his opening acts...

"Men and women can't be friends," Billy Crystal's character mused in the iconic film When Harry Met Sally. Joanna Smith agrees, especially when it comes to an ex! The Georgia native's poignant new single, "We Can't Be Friends," is all about those lingering feelings that prevent a platonic relationship with a former lover...

As a 20-something, Joanna Smith has enough life experiences to keep her songwriting full of new ideas, but once in a while she does borrow from her friends' lives. One instance in particular, she borrowed a line -- 'Kissin' in Public' -- from another songwriter, who shall remain nameless...

Joanna Smith has been Luke Bryan's No. 1 fan since long before he debuted in 2007 with the huge hit, 'All My Friends Say.' Her admiration actually goes way back to when they were both growing up in the 'Georgia Mud.' "Luke's always been like a big brother," Joanna tells The Boot...

While Joanna Smith isn't 'Gettin' Married' any time soon, that doesn't mean she wasn't sucked into the royal wedding like the rest of us. "I woke up and caught the balcony scene and -- don't print it -- but I was kind of into it," she tells The Boot with a laugh...

When it came to her second single, Joanna Smith just didn't want to write another song about Georgia. It's not that she doesn't appreciate her small town upbringing in Crestview, but since she'd arrived in Nashville it seemed every co-writer she'd worked with wanted to tap into her Georgia background...