• DARIUS RUCKER WILL GET FANS WARMED UP DURING A SUPER BOWL PREGAME PERFORMANCE.

    Darius Rucker has been announced as one of the featured performers during this year’s Super Bowl pregame festivities on Sunday (February 4th). Darius, along with Sting, will perform at the NFL Tailgate Party and portions of those performances will be televised on the NBC Super Bowl LII Pregame Show.

    Darius is a huge fan of NFL football (especially the Miami Dolphins) and is usually the Commissioner for at least five or six fantasy football leagues and has a “man cave” at home where he watches several games at once. He has always said there are only two times of the year for him – see if you can guess the seasons.

    “Ever since I was five years old, I’ve loved football, and I love how physical it is. I love the chess match of the game. I love the speed of the game. I love college football, but for me watching pro football is better because the speed is so much more,” says Darius. “For me, there’s two times a year, man — football season and waiting for football season.”

    The North Carolina native, who will hit the road with Lady Antebellum later this year, is moving up the country charts with his latest song, “For the First Time.”

    Audio / Darius Rucker talks about his love of football.

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    Darius Rucker (football) OC: …football season. :20
    “Ever since I was five years old, I’ve loved football, and I love how physical it is. I love the chess match of the game. I love the speed of the game. I love college football, but for me watching pro football is better because the speed is so much more. For me, there’s two times a year, man — football season and waiting for football season.”

  • CHRIS STAPLETON ANNOUNCES NEW ALL-AMERICAN ROAD SHOW TOUR WITH MARTY STUART AND BRENT COBB.

    Following his three GRAMMY wins last night (January 28th), Chris Stapleton announced the 2018 leg on his All-American Road Show Tour this morning, and he’s taking along special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb. Tickets go on sale February 9th. He’s got a few festival and specialty dates before the trek kicks off June 16th in Brandon, Mississippi.

    You can sign up for the pre-sale by going to Stapletonfanclub.com.

     

  • CHRIS STAPLETON WINS THE GRAMMY FOR BEST COUNTRY ALBUM.

    Chris Stapleton picked up his third award of the night for Best Country Album for From A Room: Volume 1. This is his second Best Country Album award; his first was for Traveller in 2016.

    He released the collection of songs in May of last year, followed by Volume 2 in December. The album takes its name from Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A (the capital “A” in “From A Room”) where it was recorded over the last year with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb.

    Chris also performed with Emmylou Harris, singing the late Tom Petty‘s “Wildflowers.” Backstage, he talked about being emotional before taking to the stage.

    During the pre-telecast, Chris picked up two awards for Best Country Solo Performance for “Either Way” and Best Country Song for “Broken Halos,” which is making its way up the country charts.

    Audio / Chris Stapleton explains why he named his album From A Room: Volume 1.

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    Chris Stapleton (From A Room studio) OC: …about it. :38
    “That whole room is a sweet spot. The thing to know about that room is that room sounds like that room. I’m also a fan of studios that have a sound. Over time, there have been places that have sounds, you know, Capitol out in L.A. or Muscle Shoals. You can point to places that have sounds – Stax, Motown – these places have sounds, not just by the guys playing ‘em, but the actual sound of the room. The room’s become part of the band. Here in town, the place that has the most of that kind of mojo to me is that room, so that’s what I like about it.”

    Video / Chris Stapleton acceptance speech for Best Country Album at the 2018 GRAMMY Awards

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    Video / Chris Stapleton & Emmylou Harris

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  • LITTLE BIG TOWN WINS GRAMMY FOR BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE.

    Little Big Town won the GRAMMY Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their Taylor Swift-penned smash hit “Better Man.”

    Taylor sent the song to them – her first time pitching a song she wrote – and knew their harmonies would be perfect on it.

    “She thought of us because of the harmonies and she’d never pitched a song to anyone before and the moment that we heard it we were like, ‘Man, that is a song that we are going to cut and so, yeah.’” (Phillip) “Immediately we were all like had the same reaction. Through our whole career, anytime we’ve had that reaction to a song we knew it felt right. So, this one just felt special and we’ve known Taylor since she was in high school, so she’s a dear friend of ours.”

    Little Big Town is currently making their way up the country charts with their latest song, “When Someone Stops Loving You.”

    Audio / Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Phillip Sweet talk about Taylor Swift writing and pitching them their huge smash "Better Man."

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    LBT (Better Man-Taylor) OC: …of ours. :36
    (Karen) “She sent us this song and it was one that was really special to her and she thought of us because of the harmonies and she’d never pitched a song to anyone before and the moment that we heard it we were like, ‘Man, that is a song that we are going to cut and so, yeah.’” (Phillip) “Immediately we were all like had the same reaction. Through our whole career, anytime we’ve had that reaction to a song we knew it felt right. So, this one just felt special and we’ve known Taylor since she was in high school, so she’s a dear friend of ours.”

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  • CHRIS STAPLETON PICKS UP TWO GRAMMYS DURING THE PRE-TELECAST.

    Chris Stapleton is already a GRAMMY Award winner – times two. He picked up the trophy for Best Country Song for his current single, “Broken Halos,” which he co-wrote with Mike Henderson.

    “To win this with him means so, so much to me,” says Chris.

    The Kentucky native also won for Best Country Solo Performance for “Either Way.”

    Both songs are featured on his GRAMMY-nominated Album of the Year, From A Room: Volume 1.

    Chris will perform with the legendary performer Emmylou Harris during the televised show.

    Video / Chris Stapleton acceptance speech for Best Country Solo Performance

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  • KEITH URBAN SINGS ‘FEMALE’ AT HOME.

    Keith Urban is making his way up the country charts with his latest song, “Female.” Check out the video below where he videotaped himself performing “Female” acoustically at home.

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  • CHRIS STAPLETON PERFORMS A PAIR OF SONGS AND INVITES STURGILL SIMPSON ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

    Chris Stapleton was the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live this weekend, and he brought along a special guest, Americana’s Sturgill Simpson, to perform two songs. Chris teased the collaboration on his socials earlier on Saturday (January 27th).

    https://twitter.com/ChrisStapleton/status/957423326238052352

    The pair first teamed for “Midnight Train to Memphis,” then later in the show, they performed “Hard Livin’.” Both songs are from Stapleton’s latest album, From A Room: Volume 2.

    This was Stapleton’s second appearance on the long-running show. He made his debut on SNL in 2016, performing a pair of songs from his multi-platinum Traveller album.

    Chris, who is making is way up the country charts with his latest single “Broken Halos,” is nominated for three GRAMMY Awards, including Best Country Album (From A Room, Volume 1), Best Country Song (“Broken Halos”) and Best Country Solo Performance (“Either Way”). He is also scheduled to perform with Emmylou Harris on tonight’s 60th Annual Grammy Awards, airing live from Madison Square Garden in New York City beginning at 7:30p ET on CBS.

    Video / Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson Midnight Train to Memphis on SNL

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    Video / Chris Stapleton Sturgill Simpson "Hard Livin'" on SNL

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  • KEITH URBAN AND LITTLE BIG TOWN PAY TRIBUTE TO FLEETWOOD MAC.

    Keith Urban and Little Big Town were among the artists who performed at the MusiCares pre-GRAMMY concert honoring classic-rock icons Fleetwood Mac. Miley Cyrus, Zac Brown Band, Alison Krauss, Harry Styles and Imagine Dragons also performed.

    MusiCares raises funds  to support the music community by assisting with medical bills, emergency relief and much more. This year’s event raised $7 million for the organization.

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  • VALENTINE’S DAY LINERS 2018

    Audio / LINER Billy Currington (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey! This is Billy Currington. Hope you have a very Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Brothers Osborne (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey, this is T.J., and I’m John, and we’re Brothers Osborne. Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Canaan Smith (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey, what’s up guys? I’m Canaan Smith, wishing you a very Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Carrie Underwood (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hi! I’m Carrie Underwood, wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day. Send me some chocolate.”

    Audio / LINER Clare Dunn (Valentines Day)

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    “Hey! This is Clare Dunn, hoping you have a very Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Darius Rucker (Valentine’s Day)

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    “What’s up y’all? This is Darius Rucker, hoping you have a very Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Dierks Bentley (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey, it’s Dierks Bentley, hoping you have a very Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Eric Church (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey! This is Eric Church, hoping you have a very Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Eric Paslay (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hi! This is Eric Paslay, hoping you have a very Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Gary Allan (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey, this is Gary Allan, wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER George Strait (Valentine’s Day)

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    “This is George Strait, wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Jon Pardi (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hi! It’s Jon Pardi, and I hope you have a very Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Josh Turner (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey! This is Josh Turner, and I want to wish you and your sweetheart a Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Kacey Musgraves (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hi, this is Kacey Musgraves, and I hope you have a Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Keith Urban (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. This is Keith Urban. Make the day special for your ‘Once in a Lifetime’ love.”

    Audio / LINER Kip Moore (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey! What’s happening, everybody? This is Kip Moore. Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Lady A (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey everybody! We are Lady Antebellum, wishing you a very Happy Valentine’s Day, you love birds.”

    Audio / LINER LBT (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey! We’re Little Big Town. Happy Valentine’s Day!”

    Audio / LINER Luke Bryan (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hey y’all, it’s Luke Bryan. Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Sam Hunt (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hi! This is Sam Hunt, wishing you a very Happy Valentine’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Shania Twain (Valentine’s Day)

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    “Hi, this is Shania Twain. Happy Valentine’s Day.”

  • JON PARDI AND IMAGINE DRAGONS DAN REYNOLDS TEAM UP WITH TRUTH FOR TOBACCO PREVENTION ADS.

    Jon Pardi, along with Imagine Dragons’ lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, has teamed up with Truth, an organization promoting tobacco prevention campaigns. The two artists are featured in a series of anti-smoking ads exposing the tobacco industry’s targeting of and marketing to lower-income communities.

    Check out the video for “Worth More,” below.

    In the meantime, you can catch Jon Pardi on the air with his latest song, “She Ain’t In It, as well as on the road with Miranda Lambert on her Livin’ Like Hippies Tour, which makes stops in Tacoma, Washington (February 1st), Spokane, Washington (February 2nd) and Eugene, Oregon (February 3rd).

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