Officials from the Iowa State Fair have announced that there will be a major change to its Grandstand Lineup this summer. Dan + Shay are stepping in for Keith Urban for the singer's concert date at the fair. Urban, who was set to perform on Saturday, August 21 is backing out due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts.
It's been a quiet year for musicians. One of the perks of the industry is that while you may not be able to go out and perform your music, you can continue to see success from the music that you've created.
This year K-Country artist Justin Moore falls into this very category. While he wasn't performing, and admittadly only wrote one song; he did see major success on the country charts with his hit "Why We Drink."
Iowa is a great state. While I've only been here for a short amount of time; I've seen enough of Iowa to know that it is a wild and wonderful place to live. As long as you forget about those Iowa winters. I think it's a good enough state to have songs written about it, and apparently it has!
I went deep diving for songs that were either written about Iowa or mention Iowa in the lyrics. Here are a few of the most unexpected ones that I found.
There is one thing that most country songs have in common...alcohol. Whether it be one margarita or two margaritas; country artists usually love their spirits. If you need any proof check out almost every single country song.
Thomas Rhett recently released HIS own brand of tequila called Dos Primos which means "two cousins" in Spanish...