Cody Johnson describes his new single "Dear Rodeo" as his love letter to the rodeo — a sport he chased doggedly before finding love, a family and a calling on country music stages. Ultimately Johnson ...

Like the Texas-born Johnson, country icon McEntire was a rodeo rider before she turned her sights to country music. She says the song "really settled in my bones" (quote via CMT) when she heard it.

Cody Johnson is one of country music's biggest and brightest stars. His sound harkens back to that of true country, before pop and "bro" country took over the airwaves. In fact, some have said he is ...