Identifying the serious starting point of Mo Pitney's musical journey is easy. The lanky 24-year old with a constant smile stayed up all night back in 2003, learning every head-turning guitar riff on ...

The wait is over for a full sampling of music from Mo Pitney. The traditional newcomer will release his much anticipated debut album Behind This Guitar this fall. The singer wrote 10 of the 12 tracks ...

Mo Pitney takes his rightful place among country's music's staunchest traditionalists with the release of his debut album, Behind This Guitar. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist has ...

The lyrics of Mo Pitney's "I Met Merle Haggard Today" may seem like an unbelievable story, but the singer says that the tale is completely true -- and that his chance meeting with Haggard was one of ...

Mo Pitney's "Clean Up on Aisle Five" earned the country newcomer a standing ovation during his Grand Ole Opry debut last year -- but if not for a woman he met on a flight, that moment might never have ...

Despite Mo Pitney’s 2020 album title, Ain’t Lookin’ Back, the country singer/songwriter freely reminisced with American Songwriter about each stepping stone in his music career. “The first two records ...

When Mo Pitney sings "let me tell you about country" in his debut single, he's doing more than telling. He's showing. Appropriately titled, the song "Country" is as much positioning statement as ...

The cover photo of Mo Pitney’s sophomore album confirms that he’s grown more facial hair since his successful 2016 debut, but otherwise little has changed. Few reviews of the still young Pitney don’t ...

As the Grand Ole Opry enters its tenth decade, America’s longest-running live radio show continues to spotlight country-music tradition and also welcomes contemporary performers who grace its iconic ...

In 2013, I discussed the possibility of traditional country making a comeback with one of the biggest country stars of the ’90s, Aaron Tippin. “There’s a Randy Travis out there somewhere,” he ...

When Mo Pitney was 12 years old he had a “boxer’s fracture,” a broken arm in a cast that went from his elbow to over the ring and pinky finger on his right hand. That didn’t stop him from learning to ...

Mo Pitney makes music like a young Marty Stuart. When convention says to turn left, he turns right. Sometimes he’s country, sometimes bluegrass. With buddy John Meyer, Mo Pitney belongs to new duo ...