For Wyoming-born Ian Munsick, 2022 is the year of the cowgirl. In January he recruited labelmate and touring partner Cody Johnson for “Long Live Cowgirls” (listen HERE), a “rootsy” western ballad with a “straight-from-the-heart delivery” (Taste of Country). Now he is turning his eye to the fiery saloon-stomper who will “break your heart then make you beg for more” – the “Cowboy Killer.” Munsick wrote the new track alongside featured artist Ryan Charles as well as Carlton Anderson and David Garcia. Listen HERE.
“When I make music, I always strive to create something that’s different from the last song I made,” Munsick said. “As much as I pride myself in powerful, haunting ballads, there is something equally rewarding in making boots and booties boogie. ‘Cowboy Killer’ is exactly that. With an unexpected – yet fitting – feature from my fellow Wyoming native Ryan Charles, country western officially has a new flavor.”
Munsick released the new track on the heels of winning his second iHeartRadio Rocky Mountain Country Music Award. He first earned the “Song of the Year” title for his independently released “Horses Are Faster” in 2017. Now his acclaimed ode to the west, “Long Haul,” has received the same honor. The song twice entered Spotify’s US Viral 50 and has earned praise for its “heart-tugging tenor voice… marvelous sense of melody… [and] beautifully airy and open” sonic atmosphere (MusicRow).
“Long Haul” hails from Munsick’s major label debut, Coyote Cry (listen HERE). He describes the album as a firm handshake of the cowboy and the hippy, the traditional and the contemporary… and everything in between. Born an audiophile and bred a multi-instrumentalist, Munsick co-produced each of the album’s 10 “self-penned songs that conjure equal parts epic adventure and down-to-earth wisdom” (American Songwriter).
