Braxton Keith on Post Malone DM, Stagecoach 'Cozy' Set — SkimNews
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- Braxton Keith, a Midland, Texas singer-songwriter, is leading country music's "new class of twang" per a new Rolling Stone Nashville Now interview.
- Post Malone invited Keith onstage at Stagecoach this spring to perform Keith's own song "Cozy" rather than a Malone track.
- The two first connected when Malone found Keith online last year and sent him a direct message asking him to text back, Keith told the podcast.
- Keith said he was nervous performing at someone else's set, noting the audience didn't know his songs.
- Malone reassured Keith before walking out, telling him the crowd would hear the music through the speakers regardless.
- During the same Nashville Now appearance, Keith also opened up about a viral moment when he stopped a concert to admonish fans throwing beer at the stage.
Why it matters: By inviting Braxton Keith to sing his own song 'Cozy' at Stagecoach rather than a Malone track, Post Malone used one of country's biggest festival stages to spotlight a Midland, Texas singer-songwriter most of the crowd didn't yet know — a public cosign from one of country's fastest-rising crossover stars.
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