Rest in Peace - Taylor Austin Dye - MP3 instrumental karaoke

From Loretta Lynn and Patty Loveless to Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd, there's a vast line of strong female country stars hailing from Kentucky; the southern US state where country music and bluegrass pump blood to the heart. Born in Eastern Kentucky, and based in Nashville, country balladeer Taylor Austin Dye is keeping the tradition alive with her viral country belters that had their beginnings on TikTok. "Rest in Peace" draws from the murder-country canon to spin a yarn about Jay Michael Adams, "thirty-five Kentucky born, and he's survived / By his wife and his three boys". The song's dark subject-matter ("Waited long enough 'til he was blackout drunk / Cinder block on the pedal, threw him in his truck") is offset by its vibrant traditional country instrumentation, which turns "Rest in Peace" into a crowd-pleasing stomper. Released as a single in 2023, "Rest in Peace" was followed that same year by "Bible Belt," in which Taylor Austin Dye tips her cowboy hat to her hometown.