My Top 30 Songs of 2022

There were some bangers released this year! This list doesn’t even begin to encompass all the great songs released over the past twelve months, I’m sure, but these were 30 of the tracks, in no particular order, that stood out to me and were in heavy rotation on my playlists.

Alter Bridge: “Sin After Sin”

Kissing Candice: “South Circle”

Kissing Candice: “see/\saw”

Mac Saturn: “Diamonds”

Call of Sirens: “Kenopsia”

The Funeral Portrait: “Voodoo Doll”

Dark Divine: “Circles”

Lovely Machine: “Picture Frame”

The Veer Union: “Just Pretend (Acoustic)”

Awesome Ray Ray: “Last Desperado”

Silent Theory: “So Far, So Good”

CARBONSTONE: “Scream”

MONOWHALES: “CTRL^^^”

Dark Summer: “In My Heart”

Devils Envy: “Lone Wolf”

Amerakin Overdose: “Agastopia”

A Killer’s Confession: “The Boys”

Modern Mimes: “Down and Dead”

Saliva: “Crows”

Stone Horses: “When I Get Paid”

Shallow Side: “The Worst Kind”

Psyclon Nine: “Money and Sex and Death”

Stone Harvest: “All The Lies”

Death Valley High: “Pretty Graves”

Nickelback: “High Time”

Self Deception: “Psycho”

Stain the Canvas: “Puppet”

Adelitas Way/New Medicine: “Up”

Bad Omens: “Like a Villain”

Shinedown: “The Saints of Violence and Innuendo”

It’s Been A While

Hello!

I fell off the face of the earth during Covid, but as some of you have surely noticed, I’m back! There has been so much to share – from new music to tour dates – that I am just now getting the chance to post a little personal blog and tell y’all what’s up with me.

Well, I honestly haven’t been doing much besides working. My best friend and her family moved to Kentucky last year, so I’ve driven up there twice to visit them. I had never been to Kentucky before, and they took me to the Indiana state line so now I can say I’ve been there as well. Ha!

I also flew out to Colorado in February 2021 to see my brother and his wife. They have lived there since 2017 and that was my first time going to them, and my first time flying. (They have flown home three times, once for a memorable weekend in Dauphin Island.) Colorado was beautiful! We knocked out a couple of other firsts: me gambling and both of them getting tattooed. It was so much fun, but a very short trip. No worries, though. Mom and I are heading out there next week!

Other than that, I’ve been to a few concerts. I saw A Killer’s Confession (and met Waylon Reavis and Church, both formerly of Mushroomhead). I went to a John 5 show and met him, which made my life as I’ve been a fan since I was 12. Small Town Titans came to town, as did Smith & Myers, Tommy Vext, South of Eden, and Blacktop Mojo. And I hung out a lot with Alabama’s very own Throne of Eden.

Now, I’m really just crossing my fingers that the Rammstein tour happens this year. I guess I would be satisfied with an Alter Bridge run in the fall/winter instead; they keep hinting that they’ve begun writing for a new album.

I hope this blog finds all of you well, and that your 2022 is going much better than the last two years! I’m gonna wrap this up with a few pictures. Until next time! 🙂

Small Town Titans
Colorado
My and my brother’s tattoos
My Rammstein tattoo
Blacktop Mojo
Mom with “Catt” (Blacktop Mojo)
John 5
Waylon Reavis
Church
With the besties at the haunted woods for Halloween
Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville
My newest tattoo

Struggle Jennings: Angels & Outlaws Tour, Spring 2022

Struggle Jennings has announced the dates and cities for his spring 2022 leg of the Angels & Outlaws Tour. The lineup this time consists of Caitlynne Curtis, Brianna Harness, and A Killer’s Confession (who were featured on the fall leg of the tour as well). Tickets and VIP meet-and-greets are available at strugglejennings.com.

3/20 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue

3/22 – Joliet, IL – The Forge

3/23 – Green Bay, WI – Epic Event Center

3/24 – Moline, IL – The Rust Belt

3/25 – Minneapolis, MN – The Lyric @ Skyway Theatre 1

3/26 – Chippewa Falls, WI – Every Buddy’s Bar

3/27 – Sioux Falls, SD – Bigs Bar

3/28 – Fargo, ND – The Hall @ Fargo Brewing

3/30 – Billings, MT – Pub Station

3/31 – Great Falls, MT – The Newberry

4/2 – Casper, WY – Gaslight Social

4/3 – Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater

4/7 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre

4/8 – Sauget, IL – Pops

4/9 – Kansasville, WI – Live at 1175

4/10 – Fort Wayne, IN – Piere’s

4/12 – Detroit, MI – Shelter

4/14 – Evansville, IN – Chasers Bar

4/15 – Bowling Green, KY – Capitol Arts Center

4/16 – Louisville, KY – Diamond Concert Hall

New Music (9/16 — 9/22)

Omnium Gatherum: “Chaospace”

Cold: “Without You”

Citizen Soldier: “Weight of the World”

Ambleside: “Still Life”

Mass Worship: “Celestial”

Fever 333: “Animal”

In Flames: “Follow Me”

In Motive: “Subtle Mistakes”

Your Life & Mine: “Runaway”

Like Moths To Flames: “All That You Lost”

Devin Townsend: “Why?”

A Killer’s Confession: “Numb”

Spite: “The Offering”

Kublai Khan: “The Truest Love”

Bayside: “Interrobang”

The Darkness: “Heart Explodes”

Avatarium: “Rubicon”

Leprous: “Alleviate”

Danko Jones: “Fists Up High”

Strigoi: “Phantoms”

Jeremy Camp: “Only You Can”

Tauren Wells: “Miracle”

Our Last Night: “The Beaten Path”

New Years Day: “Come For Me”

Jake Miller: “Could Have Been You”

Stand Atlantic: “Hate Me (Sometimes)”

Amber Run: “What Could Be as Lonely as Love”

Crystal Viper: “Still Alive”

Davey Suicide ft. Telle Smith: “Medicate Me”

Blasterjaxx: “Blackout”