Birge, Gilbert team up
Friday, May 30, 2025 – George Birge and Brantley Gilbert teamed up to record the song "Small Forever," out today.
""Brantley has been a genre-defining artist, both as a songwriter and a performer. I still think it's wild that I get to call him a friend these days and couldn't be more fired up with how this song turned out," shares Birge.
The song merges country instruments and hip hop beats.
The song is a slow-rolling anthem co-written by Birge with Taylor Phillips, Brock Berryhill (also the producer), and Josh Phillips.
Birge is now direct support for Luke Bryan after a big surprise while making his debut at Stagecoach. He was Lana Del Rey's special guest ahead of his own headline set.
The Austin native was one-half of Waterloo Revival from 2013-20.
More news
- 10/06/25: Gilbert inks with Broken Bow
- 09/05/25: Gilbert "Want You Back"
- 01/17/25: "It' Won't Be Long" for Birge
- 11/22/24: Gilbert goes on the road again with Tattoos
- 09/23/24: Birge is "Missin' Tonight"
- 07/17/24: Gilbert "Tattoos" it
- 06/06/24: Gilbert is "Over When We're Sober"
- 04/26/24: Gilbert goes Off the Rails even more, adds tour dates
CD reviews
It would be easy (and lazy journalism) to write about how much Brantley Gilbert's music is un-country. You need only isolate the drum parts for most of these latest songs to confirm this is primarily a rock recording (masked as country). However, there are some quality - if not exactly country - songs on this effort, which cry out for a different sort of evaluation.
Gilbert saves his best for last with "Man That Hung The Moon," a song about fatherhood that will likely bring many dads to tears. ...
For those fans worrying over the potential demise of bro country, rest easy; Brantley Gilbert is here to keep that flag flying high. Comprised of a solid set of radio ready rockers alongside a few tamer numbers, Gilbert sets out to prove the establishment wrong, rolling his way through 16 tales of hard living and partying. Yet, while Gilbert holds strong to the "bro country" stance, he's also very much his own man, allowing his faith and values to pull front and center as well. ...
With the third version of Brantley Gilbert's "Just as I Am," he has almost doubled the average country album track listing. The definitive Platinum Edition contains 19 tracks that feature his trademark rock inflected country sound. The original 11 tracks are still intact, with the addition of the 3 songs from the original deluxe edition. Added on at the end are five new songs that largely fit well with the tone of the album.
Those who originally purchased the regular edition ...
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