Buena Vista Records’ emerging duo CB30 released their leap-of-faith love song, “Just Fall,” out everywhere today. The harmony-fueled track is written by the duo’s Christian Clementi alongside Bryce Cain and Jonathan Alcibiades Santana, and produced by Paul DiGiovanni. With heartfelt lyrics igniting the spark of a friendship-turned-more, the duo – comprised of brothers Christian and Brody Clementi – sing:
I don’t wanna wait for someday someday, I get to thinking and I think about you
Kinda glad we took the long way long way, Now there’s only one thing left to do
You and I both know we could have it all, Just fall
“From the day I wrote ‘Just Fall’ with Bryce and Jon, I knew it was one that our fans would relate to,” shares Christian. Brody adds, “We are so pumped to get this song out into the world. Hope y’all dig it!”
About CB30:
As duo CB30, brothers Christian and Brody Clementi are known for their fresh sound and harmony-driven country melodies. Growing up in Nashville surrounded by music, they began writing songs and performing at local charity events at a young age before signing to Buena Vista Records, a partnership between Disney Music Group and Universal Music Group Nashville. The duo has continually grown their fanbase on the road with high-profile performances including Stagecoach and opening stadium shows for Luke Bryan. With the release of new music including latest tracks “Just Fall” and “Don’t Say Goodnight,” plus a staggering 2.7 million TikTok followers, CB30 is making their mark.
Jon Pardi has revealed the track list for his upcoming fourth studio album, Mr. Saturday Night, out September 2nd. Fans can pre-order the album now and listen to the title track, out everywhere today.
Written by Benjy Davis, Reid Isbell and Joe Ragosta, “Mr. Saturday Night” is a neon-tinged, quintessentially country play on words. The slow-rolling track juxtaposes the high-spirited life of the party, with the desolate guy who goes home to face what he’s lost.
“I feel like everybody wants to be Mr. Saturday Night at one point on the weekend and have a good time,” shares Pardi. “But then you hear the song and – the way it’s so well written – it’s a sad song, but you don’t go there right away, because it’s also a fun song. That’s the thing about ‘Mr. Saturday Night,’ it’s more than meets the eye. It’s all fun until you get to the chorus.”
Mr. Saturday Night follows Pardi’s critically acclaimed, ACM and CMA Album of The Year-nominated Heartache Medication. Tapping some of Nashville’s most esteemed songwriters for the forthcoming project, Pardi has teamed up again with Bart Butler and Ryan Gore to produce Mr. Saturday Night. Including Top 10-and-climbing single “Last Night Lonely,” the album boasts 14 songs steeped in losing, a little loving and what’s in between. The California-born honky-tonker digs beneath the surface in new ways, returning the genre to an era of buckle-polishing dancefloor encounters, yowling bar-room revelers and the occasional strong, silent type ballad.
Jon Pardi’s Mr. Saturday Night Track List:
“Mr. Saturday Night” (Benjy Davis, Reid Isbell, Joe Ragosta)
“Fill ‘Er Up” (Jon Pardi, Ross Copperman, Brice Long)
“Last Night Lonely” (Jimi Bell, Joe Fox, Dylan Marlowe)
“Neon Light Speed” (Andy Albert, Josh Dorr, Paul DiGiovanni)
“New Place To Drink” (Jon Pardi, Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird)
“Your Heart Or Mine” (Bart Butler, Justin Ebach, John Pierce)
“Santa Cruz” (Jon Pardi, Luke Laird)
“Longneck Way To Go” (Midland featuring Jon Pardi) (Rhett Akins, Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Ashley Gorley, Mark Wystrach)
“Raincheck” (Will Bundy, John Edwards, Michael Tyler)
“Workin’ On A New One” (Jon Pardi, Rhett Akins, Luke Laird)
“Hung The Moon” (Will Bundy, John Morgan, Jameson Rodgers)
“The Day I Stop Dancin’” (Bart Butler, Justin Ebach, Josh Thompson)
“Smokin’ A Doobie” (Jon Pardi, Rhett Akins, Luke Laird)
“Reverse Cowgirl” (Zack Dyer, Joe Fox, Jared Scott)
Produced by Bart Butler, Ryan Gore and Jon Pardi
On the road now for his headlining AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY TOUR, Pardi will take the stage for a hometown show at Sacramento, CA’s Golden 1 Center tonight (7/22). Growing up in nearby Dixon, CA the high-profile stop is a bucket-list moment for Pardi. Finishing the weekend in the Northwest, he’ll bring his high-energy set of smash hits and new music to Bend, OR (7/23) and Airway Heights (7/24). For a full list of dates, and to purchase tickets to the Ain’t Always The Cowboy Tour, visit jonpardi.com/tour.
On the heels of announcing their 10th studio album Mr. Sun this week, ACM, CMA and GRAMMY-winning band Little Big Town has released the latest glimpse into the new record with “Rich Man” – available everywhere now.
LBT’s Jimi Westbrook, who wrote the track, began toying with the idea of “Rich Man” more than a decade ago, with the concept growing more robust as time passed and life experiences happened. After years of the song never leaving the back of his mind and constantly adding to it as life shifted, Mr. Sun became the perfect landing spot for a song that reflects what genuine wealth means to the band.
“‘Rich Man’ has a special place in my heart, and it feels like the most honest me song I’ve ever written,” Westbrook shares. “It is about my love of family and their role in laying the foundation that anchors me.”
The track’s accompanying lyric video, released today, is a further reflection of that, filled to the brim with personal footage of the band and their kids throughout the years.
Mr. Sun is set for release on September 16th. Physical pre-orders of Mr. Sun are available now, including two hand-signed options from the band – a limited edition, web-store edition tangerine vinyl that includes an 11×11” art card, and a CD that includes a 4×4” art card – in addition to a baby blue vinyl edition of the record. A sky blue vinyl of Mr. Sun will be available exclusively through Barnes & Noble.
Mr. Sun also includes their latest single, “Hell Yeah,” which is climbing the country charts.
Little Big Town continues to bring their exceptional live shows to fans worldwide this summer – they recently wrapped up The Bandwagon Tour with Miranda Lambert and joined The Eagles on all dates of their European stadium tour this summer. This fall, Little Big Town will join Wynonna Judd on select dates of The Judds: The Final Tour.
Shania Twain is the subject of a new, career-spanning documentary, “Not Just a Girl,” which is directed by Joss Crowley. The film will be available to stream beginning Tuesday, July 26th on Netflix.
Since the ’90s, Shania has led the way as a genre-defying, iconic, and empowered female, who has smashed records, amassed an enormous international fanbase, and generated a catalog of some of the biggest hits that have stood the test of time.
The documentary follows Shania from her humble beginnings in Timmins, Ontario through signing her major record label deal in Nashville, meeting her ex-husband and producer Mutt Lange and releasing her breakthrough album The Woman In Me and more career-defining moments, including when she thought she had lost her voice forever due to Lyme’s Disease. It features studio footage and new interviews with Shania at home, as well as interviews with Lionel Richie, Kelsea Ballerini, Avril Lavigne, Diplo, Orville Peck and others.
In addition to the documentary, the global superstar will release a compilation album “Not Just a Girl (The Highlights)” via Mercury Nashville/UMe, which includes a new bonus title track, alongside some of her biggest hits in order of appearance in the documentary.
Not Just a Girl (The Highlights) Track List:
1 Not Just A Girl
2 You’re Still The One
3 Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
4 What Made You Say That – Single Version
5 (If You’re Not In It For Love) I’m Outta Here!
6 Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?
7 Any Man Of Mine
8 You Win My Love
9 Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)
10 I’m Holdin’ On To Love (To Save My Life)
11 From This Moment On
12 Love Gets Me Every Time
13 That Don’t Impress Me Much
14 Forever And For Always (Red Version)
15 Honey, I’m Home
16 I’m Gonna Getcha Good! (Red Version)
17 Up! (Green Version)
18 Life’s About To Get Good
Shania is set to receive receive the ACM Poet’s Award, which is given to a Country Music songwriter for outstanding and longstanding musical and/or lyrical contributions throughout their career, during the ACM Honors Ceremony taking place August 24th in Nashville.
Audio / A couple of years ago, Shania Twain talked about contracting Lyme's Disease and how she thought she had lost her singing voice forever.
Shania Twain (Lyme’s Disease) OC: …again myself. :33
“When I got Lyme’s Disease, I started having problems with my voice. I didn’t understand the problems. For these many years I researched, seen many doctors, finally got to the bottom of it in Philadelphia with a doctor named Dr. Sataloff. He did all kinds of prodding and poking and testing to finally get down to the fact that I had some nerve damage from the Lyme’s Disease, that the Lyme’s Disease had caused, and that affects the way you phonate, the way you make sound and I just didn’t have the control or the quality of tone that I had had before and to the point where I never thought I would sing again. I believed that that was it. I could continue being a songwriter but as far as being a vocalist, it was over. It was a very, very devastating feeling for all those years believing that I would never sing again. I thought that all I could do musically was be a songwriter for other artists and that I would never sing again myself.”
Country Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame members Whisperin’ Bill Anderson and Dolly Parton make their music video debut together with video for the emotional “Someday It’ll All Make Sense.” ABC’s ‘Good Morning America‘ premiered the cinematic video online.
“Working with my ol’ buddy Bill Anderson was the most meaningful fun I’ve had in years,” shared Dolly. “I love the song we sang, I love how we sounded together on it and getting to do a video with him was just icing on the cake. I hope the fans enjoy it as much as we enjoyed being together on it.”
The song’s poignant lyrics are brought to life under the masterful direction of Trey Fanjoy (Taylor Swift, Steven Tyler, Paul McCartney, Keith Urban, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Loretta Lynn, Jack White), as the video shows the two country music icons journey down the road to hope. “Someday It’ll All Make Sense” was co-written by Anderson with Bobby Tomberlin and Ryan Larkins and is on Anderson’s most recent release, As Far As I Can See: The Best Of, released June 10th by MCA Records. To stream or download, click HERE. Someday the picture will come into focus
And we’ll see it all plain and clear
When we come together in the place He has for us
Where the pain and the hurt disappear Someday we’ll laugh at these roads that we’ve traveled
I am completely convinced
That hope never dies or goes out of fashion
Someday it’ll all make sense
“Hopefully, our song can help bring a bit of levity to a world that seems upside down and sideways so much of the time these days. If it can, music will have once again proven itself to be the optimal healer,” said Anderson. As Far As I Can See: The Best Of is a collection of 16 songs and shares its name with the current exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame, Bill Anderson: As Far As I Can See. The name comes from the opening line of one of the first songs he ever wrote, “City Lights,” the country classic that was a hit for Ray Price in 1958. In addition to such beloved songs as “City Lights,” “Still,” Po’ Folks,” The Tip Of My Fingers,” and “Sometimes,” the album features a new song with country icon Dolly Parton, “Someday It’ll All Make Sense.” The newly recorded duet is joined by Anderson and Parton’s first-ever collaboration, an incredibly rare demo of “If It Is All The Same To You,” recorded in 1964 and eventually released as a duet with Jan Howard on Anderson’s chart-topping 1969 album of the same name. As Far As I Can See: The Best Of, was released by MCA Nashville/UMe, which has been Anderson’s label home for most of his seven-decade long career. The new project is released in conjunction with the first-time digital release of seven of Anderson’s albums from the 1960s, available HERE.
(July 19, 2022 – Nashville, TN)– ACM, CMA and GRAMMY-winning band Little Big Townwill release their highly anticipated 10th studio album Mr. Sun on September 16, 2022, unveiling the cover on socialsthis morning.
Physical pre-orders of Mr. Sunare available now, including two hand-signedoptions from the band – a limited edition, web-store edition tangerine vinyl that includes an 11×11” art card, anda CD that includes a 4×4” art card – in addition to a baby blue vinyl edition of the record. A sky blue vinyl of Mr. Sun will be available exclusively through Barnes & Noble.
On Friday, July 22, the band will release a brand-new track and lyric video from the album, “Rich Man,” writtenby LBT’s Jimi Westbrook. Pre-save “Rich Man” here. An official music video for the song will arrive soon.
The genesis of Mr. Sun was unlike any of their previous albums. Due to the pandemic, the band found themselves off the road and apart for the first time ever throughout their 20-year journey. The resilience and creativity born from those months unearthed a deep appreciation for both one another, and the privilege of making music – ultimately inspiring the self-produced Mr. Sun, which packs both the sparkle of storytelling and the heat of truth-telling in a way only Little Big Town can.
“Mr. Sun is intentionally an emotional record that holds hands well with our last album Nightfall,” LBT’s Karen Fairchild shares. “Mr. Sun is focused on better days ahead, the value of friendships and family; it touches on heartbreak and letting go, but it’s full of sunshine and joy.”
“This album has a special feeling to it. We have collectively been through an unprecedented periodmaking this album,” adds LBT’s Phillip Sweet. “Life is short; we are here to live it with the ones around us, loving them and ourselves the best we can. All the while, thankful for another turn around the sun.”
New and old relationships are woven through the Mr. Sun, with a member of the band writing or co-writing 13 of the 16 tracks, and a grand total of 33 songwriters hailing from 3 countries and 20 different states. These songwriting relationships span from 20–year friendships to first time connections, resulting in an album beaming with color across the entire spectrum.
Mr. Sun Track List:
All Summer (Karen Fairchild, Sara Buxton, Madi Diaz, Ashley Ray, Savana Santos, Alysa Vanderheym)
Better Love (Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Tofer Brown, Audra Mae)
Previously released tracks fromMr. Sun include “All Summer” on July 1 and lead single “Hell Yeah”in April, which has amassed more than 21 million global streams since its release. Watch the music video for “Hell Yeah” here and the lyric video for “All Summer” here.
Little Big Town will kick off the brand–new series “CMT Summer Camp” with the premiere episode airing Thursday, August 12 at 9p/8c on CMT. The exclusive one-hourspecial will include performances of new music and some of LBT’s greatest hits for a night of summertime fun.
To celebrate the album’s release, the band will perform on the 2022Citi Concert Series on TODAYon September 16 from the TODAY Plaza at 30 Rock.
Mr. Sun follows the band’s self-produced, 9th studio album Nightfall, which debuted atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart upon its January 2020 release and was nominated for Best Country Album at the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards. The record included critically-acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated “The Daughters,” “Over Drinking” and “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” – the latter of which has garnered more than 362 million global streams to date.
Little Big Town continues to bring their exceptional live shows to fans worldwide this summer – they recently wrapped up The Bandwagon Tour with Miranda Lambert and joined The Eagles on all dates of their European stadium tour this summer. This fall, Little Big Town will join Wynonna Judd on select dates of The Judds: The Final Tour.
GRAMMY, ACM, CMA, AMA and Emmy Award-winning group, Little Big Town – consisting of members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook – first entered the music scene over 20 years ago with hit songs “Boondocks,” “Bring It On Home,” “Good As Gone” and the GRAMMY-nominated “Little White Church.” The band’s breakthrough albums Tornado and Pain Killer produced multiple #1 singles, including “Pontoon,” “Tornado,” and “Day Drinking,” as well as the history-making, best-selling country single of the year (2015) “Girl Crush.” 2017’s The Breaker debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Charts and Top 10 (No. 4) on the Billboard 200 to critical acclaim. The album features their GRAMMY-winning, multi-week #1 single, “Better Man,” as well as the 2019 GRAMMY-nominated, “When Someone Stops Loving You.” The band’s self-produced ninth studio album Nightfall was released January 2020 and hit the top of the Billboard Country Charts. The record included critically-acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated “The Daughters,” “Over Drinking” and “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”- the latter of which has reached more than 362million global streams. In April 2022, they released their new single “Hell Yeah,” which has amassed more than 21 million global streams to date. Little Big Town has earned more than 45 award show nominations and has taken home nearly 20 awards, including multiple GRAMMY, AMA, People’s Choice, CMA and ACM Awards, in addition to an Emmy award.
Eric Church released an acoustic video version of his song, “Doing Life With Me.” He wrote the song with Casey Beathard (“Mr. Misunderstood,” “Hell Of A View”) and Jeffrey Steele (“Stick That In Your Country Song”), and the reflective song sees Church expressing gratitude for those by his side through the journey of a musical career.
“Doing Life With Me” is featured on the & album from Heart & Soul, and it was available as a vinyl exclusive to the North Carolina native’s fan club (Church Choir), which will now be available as a vinyl, CD and digital download to the general public August 19th. Click here for audio on the song.
The unprecedented triple album project was written and recorded in just one month at a place Church found in the North Carolina mountains.
Jon Pardi kicked off his headlining Ain’t Always The Cowboy Tour this weekend, performing for sold-out crowds in Irving and Belton, TX, as well as Oklahoma City, OK.
See photos from opening weekend of the Ain’t Always The Cowboy Tour HERE.
Following support acts Lainey Wilson and Hailey Whitters, Pardi’s high-energy set packed a punch with smash hits (“Dirt On My Boots,” “Heartache Medication”), fan-favorites (“She Ain’t In It”), and new music from his upcoming fourth studio album Mr. Saturday Night.
Releasing September 2nd, Mr. Saturday Night features Top 10-and-climbing lead single “Last Night Lonely,” latest release “Fill ‘Er Up,” and 12 additional new tracks. The album is produced by Bart Butler, Ryan Gore and Pardi, – the same all-star team behind the boards of his critically-acclaimed third album, Heartache Medication.
Next up, the Ain’t Always The Cowboy Tour heads to Sacramento, CA’s Golden 1 Center on Friday (7/22), a bucket-list hometown show for Pardi, who hails from nearby Dixon, CA. Then, he’ll hit the Northwest, taking the stage in Bend, OR (7/23) and Airway Heights, WA (7/24).
For a full list of dates, and to purchase tickets to the Ain’t Always The Cowboy Tour, visit jonpardi.com/tour.
Carrie Underwood covers one of her “all-time favorite songs,” Ozzy Osbourne‘s “Mama, I’m Coming Home,” for her new Apple Music Sessions EP, which was recorded exclusively for the streaming service. “I have always been an Ozzy Osbourne fan and ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home’ is one of my all-time favorite songs,” she says. “I’ve always thought it felt a lot like a country song, and I’ve wanted to cover it for a long time. This was a really fun opportunity for me to be able to finally make that happen. I hope we’ve done Ozzy proud and I hope he likes it.”
For the project, the superstar also recorded a new, stripped-down version of “Ghost Story,” as well as a new version of “Blown Away.”
Carrie is closing in on the Top 10 with her latest hit, “Ghost Story.”
SamHunt has released the carefree music video for his latest single, “Water Under The Bridge.” Directed by Mason W. Dixon, the “Water Under the Bridge” video exudes lightheartedness and good vibes matching what iHeart Country calls “a perfect summertime anthem.”
He co-wrote the tune with Chris LaCorte, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, and says the tune takes him back to a local gathering place where he and his friends used to hang out making memories to last a lifetime.
“Water Under the Bridge” follows Hunt’s recent No. 1 smash hit “23,” also written by Hunt with the trio of LaCorte, McAnally, and Osborne. “23” was Hunt’s eighth chart-topping hit and has amassed over 180M global streams. The pair of songs are the latest from Hunt since his No. 1 debuting album SOUTHSIDE featuring multiple back-to-back No. 1 hits with “Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90’s,” “Kinfolks,” and “Hard To Forget.” The Platinum-selling project debuted to critical acclaim with the album and various tracks landing on multiple “Best of” lists for 2020 including The New York Times Best Albums and NPR’s Best Songs (“Hard To Forget”). The album earned additional praise from American Songwriter, Associated Press, Billboard¸ Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Pitchfork, Slate, The Ringer and more.
Fans can find Hunt touring across the country with upcoming shows this weekend in Harrington, Del; York, Pa; and Atlantic City, N.J. For information on Sam Hunt, visit www.SamHunt.com.
