• KACEY MUSGRAVES RELEASES HER star-crossed ALBUM TODAY.

    Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves’ highly anticipated fourth studio album star-crossed is available today via Interscope Records/UMG Nashville featuring previously released title track “star-crossed” and single “justified” (see full tracklist below). Kacey has also shared the music video for the track “simple times,” featuring Victoria Pedretti (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, You), singer-songwriter Princess Nokia, and Symone (RuPaul’s Drag Race winner). Watch the video here. star-crossed is available now for purchase here: https://kacey.lnk.to/starcrossed

     

    star-crossed : the film is now exclusively streaming on Paramount+ in the US, Latin America, Australia, the Nordics and Canada. Fans outside of these markets can watch on MTV across its worldwide network of channels in nearly 180 regions. star-crossed : the film is presented by Interscope Films and is an Anonymous Content Production in association with UMG Nashville, Sandbox Entertainment and Golden Girl Productions.

    star-crossed has been critically acclaimed by everyone from Associated Press, NPR, The New York Times, Billboard, SPIN, and Pitchfork among others. USA Today raved “the genre-defying singer is back with an even more sonically adventurous new effort,” The New York Times described star-crossed as “the psychological hangover to “Golden Hour,” and Stereogum detailed it as “Golden Hour‘s emotional inverse.” Kacey celebrated the star-crossed release with a chat on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night and will top it all off with a CBS This Morning interview with Gayle King airing tomorrow.

    Kacey just announced special North American headlining tour dates in support of her new record and film. The limited 15-city tour titled, “star-crossed: unveiled” is promoted by AEG Presents and kicks off January 19, 2022 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The tour concludes on February 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California at STAPLES Center (see below for full tour dates). King Princess and MUNA are confirmed as support artists for these dates. Tickets are on sale to the general public now at http://www.kaceymusgraves.com/tour.

    star-crossed track list:

    1. star-crossed
    2. good wife
    3. cherry blossom
    4. simple times
    5. if this was a movie..
    6. justified
    7. angel
    8. breadwinner
    9. camera roll
    10. easier said
    11. hookup scene
    12. keep lookin’ up
    13. what doesn’t kill me
    14. there is a light
    15. gracias a la vida

    2022 star-crossed: unveiled US tour :

    1. Jan 19 / Saint Paul, MN / Xcel Energy Center
    2. Jan 20 / Chicago, IL / United Center
    3. Jan 21 / Kansas City, MO / T-Mobile Center
    4. Jan 23 / Cleveland, OH / Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
    5. Jan 24 / Toronto, ON / Scotiabank Arena
    6. Jan 26 / Philadelphia, PA / Wells Fargo Center
    7. Jan 27 / Boston, MA / TD Garden
    8. Feb 3 / Washington DC / Capital One Arena
    9. Feb 5 / New York, NY / Madison Square Garden
    10. Feb 9 / Atlanta, GA / State Farm Arena
    11. Feb 11 / Nashville, TN / Bridgestone Arena
    12. Feb 14 / Dallas, TX / American Airlines Center
    13. Feb 16 / Denver, CO / Ball Arena
    14. Feb 19 / Oakland, CA / Oakland Arena
    15. Feb 20 / Los Angeles, CA / STAPLES Center
  • BROTHERS OSBORNE EARN THREE NOMINATIONS FROM THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR, VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR, AND MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR.

    Today, Brothers Osborne earned three nominations from the Country Music Association: Album of The Year for their acclaimed album Skeletons, Vocal Duo of the Year, and Music Video of The Year for “Younger Me.” Said the duo about their nominations: “Beyond honored. And a nom for Album of the Year. A big one. We put every ounce of ourselves into our current album, Skeletons. The recording process was interrupted by psychological and physical struggles, a tornado, and a pandemic. Considered quitting in the middle of making this album due to exhaustion and mental health struggles. Genuinely felt like the last album we were ever going to make so we decided to put it all on the table, leaving nothing in the coffers. This industry is so rewarding yet incredibly difficult all at the same time. To any new artists out there… Stick with it. Stay patient and in the moment. Success comes to those who earn it, but happiness comes to those who enjoy it. If it’s hard now, it won’t be forever. See y’all at the CMAs.” The 55th Annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville Wednesday, November 10 on ABC.

    The band recently shared the music video for their latest single “I’m Not For Everyone,” from their third studio album Skeletons. The video, directed by Wes Edwards and Ryan “Flash” Silver, features Leslie Jordan waltzing unscathed through a raucous bar fight. Watch the music video for “I’m Not For Everyone” here. Members of The Family, Brothers Osborne’s official fan club, had an exclusive look at the video yesterday, and fans can sign up to the club here.

    Recently, John and TJ announced plans for their headlining WE’RE NOT FOR EVERYONE TOUR launching this summer. The GRAMMY-nominated duo will hit almost 50 markets including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta and more. Tickets are on sale now here brothersosborne.com.

    The band was featured on the cover of Billboard’s Country Power Players issue. Read the full feature here.

    Recently the band appeared on CBS Sunday Morning (watch HERE) where they spoke to correspondent Anthony Mason regarding their upbringing in the blue-collar town of Deale, Maryland and journey to Nashville to pursue their musical ambitions. They also discussed John’s personal battle with mental health and TJ’s experience publicly revealing that he is gay.

    WE’RE NOT FOR EVERYONE TOUR Dates:
    Sep. 10              Memphis, TN                             The Orpheum Theatre
    Sep. 11            Pelham, AL                              Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
    Sep. 16              Nashville, TN                              Ascend Amphitheater
    Sep. 17              Rogers, AR                                  Walmart AMP
    Sep. 18              Oklahoma City, OK                    The Criterion
    Sep. 22              Irving, TX                                   The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
    Sep. 23              Houston, TX                               White Oak Music Hall – Lawn
    Sep. 24              Austin, TX                                  Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater**
    Sep. 25              Helotes, TX                                Floore’s Country Store**
    Sep. 30              Asheville, NC                             Rabbit Rabbit
    Oct. 1                Atlanta, GA                                Fox Theatre
    Oct. 2                Jacksonville, FL                           Daily’s Place
    Oct. 8                Denver, CO                                Mission Ballroom
    Oct. 10              Phoenix, AZ                               Arizona Federal Theatre
    Oct. 12              Los Angeles, CA                          Greek Theatre
    Oct. 13              Santa Barbara, CA                      Santa Barbara Bowl
    Oct. 15              San Diego, CA                            Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
    Oct. 16              Sacramento, CA                         Memorial Auditorium
    Oct. 17              San Francisco, CA                       The Masonic
    Oct. 20              Portland, OR                              Veterans Memorial Coliseum
    Oct. 21            Abbotsford, BC                        Abbotsford Centre
    Oct. 22              Seattle, WA                               WaMu Theater
    Oct. 28              New York, NY                             Beacon Theatre
    Oct. 29              Hampton Beach, NH                   Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom*
    Oct. 30              Albany, NY                                 Palace Theatre*
    Nov. 11             Kansas City, MO                         Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
    Nov. 12            Minneapolis, MN                    The Armory
    Nov. 13             Chicago, IL                                 Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
    Nov. 18             Richmond, VA                            Altria Theater
    Nov. 19             Washington, D.C.                       The Anthem
    Nov. 20             Moon Twp, PA                           UPMC Events Center
    Apr 30             Indio, CA                                 Stagecoach
    May 08            Birmingham, England             O2 Academy Birmingham
    May 09            London, England                     The Roundhouse
    May 11            Cambridge, England               Cambridge Junction
    May 13            Manchester, England              Albert Hall

  • SAM HUNT RELEASES HIS BRAND NEW SONG, “23,” TODAY.

    Multi-Platinum-selling superstar Sam Hunt releases brand new song “23” today.

    Written by Hunt with Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, and Chris LaCorte (who also produced the track), “23” has the singer thinking back warmly on a past relationship. Using an early photo of his wife Hannah’s aunt and uncle when they were a young couple for his song art, Hunt further illustrates the nostalgia and fondness of days gone by. Despite moving on with new cities, jobs and life, the story goes:

     

    You’ll always have long blond hair

    You’ll always be Memphis queen

    You’ll always be my first time in New Orleans

     

    No matter where I go, no matter what I do

    I’ll never be 23 with anyone but you

    You can marry who you want

    Go back to Tennessee

    But you’ll never be 23 with anyone but me

     

    We’ll always have Folly beach

    We’ll always have delta nights

    We’ll always be in-between real love and real life

    At a recent session at Ocean Way studio in Nashville, Hunt and his band performed a scaled back version of the new song. Fans can watch the performance of “23” HERE

    “23” is the first new track from Hunt since last year’s chart-topping album SOUTHSIDE featuring a string of 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 from Hollywood, Fla. to Huntington Beach, Cali. For information on Sam Hunt, visit www.SamHunt.com.

     

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  • DIERKS BENTLEY INVITES BRELAND TO JOIN DURING HIS HEADLINING SET FOR SELECT UPCOMING 2021 BEERS ON ME TOUR DATES.

    After the launch of his 2021 BEERS ON ME TOUR this past weekend, multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley has invited rising Country hot-shot BRELAND to crash his set in select markets beginning this weekend in Mountain View, CA (8/21) and Stateline, NV (8/22). Tickets for all upcoming tour dates on the BEERS ON ME TOUR with specials guests Riley Green and Parker McCollum are available at Dierks.com.

    “BRELAND shines out there and the fans are really loving what he brings to the party,” Bentley said. “I’ve had him open a few shows the last few weeks, and I just really didn’t want him to leave. I love watching him convert people who may not be familiar with him into big fans. Of course, I want to help him build his career however I can, but he’s also helping me! His energy is joyful and contagious.”

    Fans can watch a sneak peak of Bentley and BRELAND performing “Beers On Me” together here:

    2021 BEERS ON ME TOUR DATES:
    8/20/21 Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
    8/21/21 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre ^
    8/22/21 Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s*** ^
    8/26/21 San Diego, CA  – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
    8/27/21 Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
    8/28/21 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater^
    9/16/21 Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
    9/17/21 Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
    9/18/21 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
    9/23/21 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
    9/24/21 Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
    9/25/21 Boston, MA – Xfinity Center
    10/07/21 Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre*^
    10/08/21 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center*
    10/09/21 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live*
    10/15/21 Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Music Center**
    10/16/21 Pittsburgh, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake**
    10/21/21 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*
    10/22/21 Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP*

    ^Featuring BRELAND
    *Riley Green and TBD
    **Mitchel Tennpenny and TBD
    ***Riley Green Only

    “Beers On Me” featuring BRELAND and HARDY follows Bentley’s recent 20th career No. One hit, “Gone.” The collaboration finds “all three vocalists exuding personality, friendliness and warmth” (Music Row) as they trade verses about brushing off a long week with good company.

    Bentley continues to be a dominant voice for the genre with over 6.4 billion streams. Reaching a new creative high while “making music designed to challenge” (New York Times), Bentley co-wrote 10 of 13 tracks on THE MOUNTAIN, which earned him the highest debut sales of his career and became his seventh chart-topping release. Most recently, Bentley’s surprise LIVE FROM TELLURIDE collection has been touted as “a gift that Country music fans didn’t know they needed,” (The Tennesseean). Having amassed countless nominations from the ACM’s, CMA’s, Billboard Music Awards and more while also earning 14 GRAMMY nominations, Bentley also celebrated his 15 year anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He has also created professional endeavors outside of the music with his Flag & Anthem lifestyle collection Desert Son, along with his “Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row” franchise hosting five locations. For more information visit Dierks.com.

    With the arrival of his PLATINUM-certified debut single “My Truck,” singer/songwriter/producer BRELAND emerged as a bold new force on today’s music landscape. The song’s success – No. One on Spotify’s Global Viral 50 plus the remix featuring Sam Hunt landing on best-of-the-year lists from NPR and The New York Times – paved the way for his signing to Bad Realm Records/Atlantic Records. Already known for collaborations with heavy-hitters from the Country, Pop, and Hip-Hop worlds (including Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts, Nelly, Blanco Brown, Lauren Alaina, and Chase Rice), BRELAND’s now at work on the follow-up to his 2020 self-titled debut EP. He most recently enlisted superstar Keith Urban for the dynamic collaboration “Throw It Back” after dropping lead single “Cross Country” featuring Mickey Guyton. For more information visit www.brelandmusic.com.

  • NEWS AND NOTES: Keith, Reba, Little Big Town, Chris, Carrie, Kacey, Darius

    Keith Urban, Reba McEntire and Little Big Town have been added to the list of artists taking part in Loretta Lynn’s Hometown Rising benefit show on Monday (September 13th) at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. The event, which also added Brittney Spencer and BRELAND to the lineup, will raise money for those impacted by the deadly and devastating floods that hit Middle Tennessee last month. Previously announced artists include Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. The event will stream live on Circle Network, as well as on Circle All Access’ Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.

    Chris Stapleton, Little Big Town and Reba McEntire will sing some of Kenny Rogers‘ biggest hits as the global superstar’s life and legacy is honored in a new star-studded concert special, Kenny Rogers: All In For The Gambler. The celebration, which will also feature Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Idina Menzel and more, was filmed at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville before Rogers’ untimely passing. The live concert, which features on-stage tributes, stories and songs as he bid farewell to performing, will air September 23rd on CBS.

    The official music video for Jason Aldean‘s duet with seven-time Grammy award winner Carrie Underwood, “If I Didn’t Love You,” premiered last night (September 8th). “Carrie was made for this song, but also for this video,” said Aldean. “I’m glad that she was down to get together to make it…it’s something that turned out a little outside of what I’d normally do, which is always cool.”

     

    Kacey Musgraves appears on CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert tonight (September 9th). Check local listing for time.

    Darius Rucker will perform the National Anthem at the Miami Dolphins home opening game September 19th at the Hard Rock Stadium.

     

     

     

  • NEWS AND NOTES: Dierks Bentley, Shania Twain, Gary Allan

    Dierks Bentley will join this season of NBC’s The Voice as a battle advisor for Blake Shelton‘s team. He’ll be joined by Jason Aldean advising Kelly Clarkson’s team, as well as Camila Cabello (John Legend’s team) and Kristen Chenoweth (Ariana Grande). Season 21 of The Voice will premiere Monday, September 21st on NBC.

    Shania Twain is scheduled to appear on ABC’s Live With Kelly and Ryan on Thursday (August 19th) to chat about her new Las Vegas residency at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

    Gary Allan is featured in the latest issue of People magazine talking about his family’s jewelry business, Gary Allan Custom Jewelry, with daughter Maggie. To check out the article, click here.

  • ERIC CHURCH AND CHRIS STAPLETON LEAD THE LIST OF NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR’S CMA AWARDS WITH FIVE EACH.

    The 55th Annual CMA Awards take place on Wednesday, November 10th, and UMG Nashville will be represented in many of the night’s categories, including Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Album, Group, Duo, Single, Song, Musical Event and New Artist.

    With 30 CMA Awards nominations already under his belt, reigning Entertainer of the Year Eric Church scores five additional nominations this year, bringing his total to 35 nominations and four previous wins. In addition to a nod in the Entertainer of the Year category again this year, he claims his eighth nomination in the Male Vocalist of the Year category and fifth nomination in the Album (Heart), Single (“Hell Of A View”) and Song of the Year (“Hell Of A View”) categories. Heart was produced by Joyce and mixed by Hall and Joyce. “Hell Of A View” was written by Casey Beathard, Church and Monty Criswell, and was also produced by Joyce and mixed by Hall and Joyce.

    Bringing his total nominations to 26, Chris Stapleton adds five CMA Awards nominations to his previous 21 in five categories – Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year(Starting Over), Single of the Year (“Starting Over”) and Song of the Year (“Starting Over”), including producer credits in both the Album and Single categories. This brings his total nominations in the Entertainer category to five and tallies his seventh nomination in the Male Vocalist category, which he’s won four times. Starting Over was produced by Dave Cobb and Stapleton and mixed by Vance Powell. “Starting Over” was written by Mike Henderson and Stapleton, produced by Cobb and Stapleton and mixed by Powell. Stapleton is a 10-time CMA Awards winner.

    Brothers Osborne scores three CMA nominations. The pair return to this year’s ballot in the Vocal Duo of the Year category for the seventh consecutive year – a trophy they’ve claimed three times. This marks the brothers’ first nomination in the Album of the Year category, a nod they receive for Skeletons, while they collect their third nomination in the Music Video of the Year category for “Younger Me.” The “Younger Me” video was directed by Reid LongSkeletons was produced by Joyce and mixed by Hall and Joyce.

    Dierks Bentley gets a pair of nods as Male Vocalist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for “Gone.”

    Carrie Underwood returns to the Entertainer of the Year category, while Little Big Town is nominated for Group of the Year. Maddie and Tae are nominated in the Duo of the Year category.

     

     

    Jordan Davis scores his very first CMA nomination in the Musical Event category for “Buy Dirt” featuring Luke Bryan.

     

    Mickey Guyton also scores her first CMA nod in the New Artist of the Year category.

     

     

     

    The 55th Annual CMA Awards will be broadcast live on Wednesday (November 10th) at 8pm ET on ABC.

     

    NOMINATIONS:

    ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

    • Eric Church  
    • Luke Combs
    • Miranda Lambert
    • Chris Stapleton  
    • Carrie Underwood

    ALBUM OF THE YEAR
    Award goes to Artist and Producer(s) 

    • 29 – Carly Pearce
      Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Jimmy Robbins
      Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore
    • Dangerous: The Double Album – Morgan Wallen
      Producers: Dave Cohen, Matt Dragstrem, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome and Joey Moi
      Mix Engineer: Joey Moi
    • Heart – Eric Church
      Producer: Jay Joyce
      Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce 
    • Skeletons – Brothers Osborne
      Producer: Jay Joyce
      Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce 
    • Starting Over – Chris Stapleton
      Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton
      Mix Engineer: Vance Powell 

     

    FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

    • Gabby Barrett
    • Miranda Lambert
    • Ashley McBryde
    • Maren Morris
    • Carly Pearce

     

    MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR  

    • Dierks Bentley 
    • Eric Church    
    • Luke Combs
    • Thomas Rhett
    • Chris Stapleton

    VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

    • Lady A
    • Little Big Town
    • Midland
    • Old Dominion
    • Zac Brown Band

    VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

    • Brooks & Dunn
    • Brothers Osborne  
    • Dan + Shay
    • Florida Georgia Line
    • Maddie & Tae

    SINGLE OF THE YEAR
    Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer

    • “Famous Friends” – Chris Young with Kane Brown
      Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Young
      Mix Engineer: Sean Moffitt
    • “The Good Ones” – Gabby Barrett
      Producers: Ross Copperman, Zach Kale
      Mix Engineers: Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin
    • “Hell Of A View” – Eric Church
      Producer: Jay Joyce 

      Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
    • “One Night Standards” – Ashley McBryde
      Producer: Jay Joyce
      Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
    • “Starting Over” – Chris Stapleton
      Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton
      Mix Engineer: Vance Powell 

     

    SONG OF THE YEAR
    Award goes to Songwriters 

    • “Forever After All”
      Songwriters: Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford
    • “The Good Ones”
      Songwriters: Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis, Jim McCormick
    • “Hell Of A View”
      Songwriters: Casey Beathard, Eric Church, Monty Criswell  
    • “One Night Standards”
      Songwriters: Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde
    • “Starting Over”
      Songwriters: Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton  

     

    MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
    Award goes to Artists and Producer(s) 

    • “Buy Dirt” – Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan
      Producer: Paul DiGiovanni  
    • “Chasing After You” – Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
      Producers: Aaron Eshuis, Teddy Reimer
    • “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” – Elle King & Miranda Lambert
      Producer: Martin Johnson
    • “Famous Friends” – Chris Young with Kane Brown
      Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Young
    • “half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini (featuring Kenny Chesney)
      Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins

    MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
    Award goes to Artist(s) and Director 

    • “Chasing After You” – Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris
      Director: TK McKamy
    • “Famous Friends” – Chris Young with Kane Brown
      Director: Peter Zavadil
    • “Gone” – Dierks Bentley
      Directors: Wes Edwards, Travis Nicholson, Ed Pryor, Running Bear, Sam Siske
    • “half of my hometown” – Kelsea Ballerini (featuring Kenny Chesney)
      Director: Patrick Tracy
    • “Younger Me” – Brothers Osborne
      Director: Reid Long  


    NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

    • Jimmie Allen
    • Ingrid Andress
    • Gabby Barrett
    • Mickey Guyton 
    • HARDY

    MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

    • Jenee Fleenor, Fiddle
    • Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar
    • Aaron Sterling, Drums
    • Ilya Toshinskiy, Banjo
    • Derek Wells, Guitar

     

    Audio / Chris Stapleton, who is up for two awards at Wednesday night’s CMA Awards, including Male Vocalist and Music Video of the Year, says he’s always grateful for the moment of recognition.

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    Chris Stapleton (grateful for awards) OC: …grateful for the moment. :30
    “Well I’ll take ’em home with me I guess once they send ’em Yeah I guess you have to at some point, but it still is a very… I’m thankful for it and it’s very nice and there’s a lot of great people doing a lot of great things making a lot of great music and working really hard and so when you get this kind of a thing going, I don’t think anybody deserves it. It’s a lot of luck and a lot of stars lining up so, I’m grateful for the moment.”

    Audio / Eric Church talks about writing his CMA-nominated Hell of a View.

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    Eric Church (writing HOAV) OC: …biggest ones. 1:11
    “Writing ‘Hell of a View,’ we were in North Carolina. We were in the mountains, and actually that song, I’d went out for a jog one day. We had a pretty good weather day and Casey Beatherd, one of the writers on the song, had been with Monty Criswell earlier. They had kind of worked on some of the song and hadn’t played it for me yet. I went out to jog and I came back in, and Casey was kind of standing up looking out the window and I can tell he’s playing. And when I opened the door, he looked up at me and he said, ‘Don’t say anything. You’ve got to hear this. This is really good.’ He immediately started playing the first part of the song. [One] verse or so, I was hooked. I was in. I loved the way he had the line, ‘caught your wings on fire/when I smoked my Bronco tires out of town,’ and I just thought that was such a great line, and I was smitten with it at that point of time. So, we finished it that night, later that day/night and then recorded it, and it came out great. I knew it was pretty special when it went down. It was always a song that I knew was a big hit, but at the same time it has that timeless quality to it and it’s gonna be one of our biggest ones.”

    Audio / BROTHERS OSBORNE’S JOHN OSBORNE EXPLAINS WHY THE DUO MADE THE ALBUM, SKELETONS.

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    Brothers Osborne (how Skeletons was made) OC: …came about. 1:02
    “Skeletons is a record that was essentially brought on because we wanted to play more new songs live. So going into this record T.J. and I decided let’s make a record that no matter what song we just cherry pick out of the record we can do it during our show. And that is how we decided the songs that we ended up on the record. And we started with just like every other artist, 30, 40 plus songs. We started whittling them down, ‘well we might be able to play that. I don’t know if we would be able to play that.’ And that’s how we ended up with Skeletons. And it was really birthed from just playing live shows. One of the cool things about this record is that this is the first record where our entire band is playing on it. Previous records our drummer Adam and our bass player Pete they were playing, but this one has our other guitar player Jason and our keys player Billy Justin now. And it made a huge difference because for the first time we all got in the studio after playing hundreds of shows together, we put the headphones on and started playing and it was like oh it’s just the guys. We’re jamming with the dudes. And that’s how the record came about.”

    Audio / JORDAN DAVIS EXPLAINS HOW LUKE BRYAN ENDED UP ON HIS SONG, “BUY DIRT.”

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    Jordan Davis (Luke Bryan on Buy Dirt) OC: …my songs now. 1:13
    “I met Luke three or four years ago at an awards show after party, and got to hang with him, but I really kind of got to sit and talk with him after a round of golf one day, and we just really talked about everything under the sun aside from music. Luke kind of embodies what that song is. You know a lot of people get to see Luke on American Idol or on stage, but Luke Bryan really is a great guy. I sent him a message one day, a text message actually attached with the song, and I was like, ‘Hey Luke, I wrote this. It means a lot to me. You came to mind whenever I was thinking about it, through the writing process, and this song just kind of says what you’re about, and if you want to sing on it, great, no pressure. Don’t even feel the need to text me back or whatever. Just listen to it and let me know.’ And he got right back with me. He’s like, ‘Man I love the song. Let me live with it for a couple of days.’ And he called me back four or five days later and was like, ‘When do you want me singing on this thing?’ That was a pretty cool moment. I’m such a big fan of Luke, and he’s been a huge influence on me since I moved to Nashville, and pretty cool to have him on one of my songs now.”

  • LABOR DAY LINERS 2021

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    Hey guys! It’s Adam Hambrick, hoping you have a Happy Labor Day weekend.

    Audio / LINER Billy Currington (Labor Day)

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    Hey y’all! It’s Billy Currington, wishing you a very happy Labor Day weekend.

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    This is TJ, and I’m John, and we are Brothers Osborne, wishing you a happy and work-free Labor Day weekend.

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  • LUKE BRYAN MAKES “WAVES” FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW.

    Luke Bryan has scored a second week at the top of the country charts with the summer smash and his 27th No. 1 song, “Waves.”

    The song was written by Zach Crowell, Ryan Hurd and Chase McGill and is the fifth #1 single off Luke’s BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE album.

     

    Luke told Billboard, “It’s crazy to know we are five singles deep off the ‘Born Here Live Here Die Here’ album. The longevity that country radio and my fans have given my career truly means a lot. I have never taken for granted that I get to make my living doing something that makes me so happy. Thank you for this #1 and loving a song about summer love!”

    “Waves” debuted at country radio in April as the most added song in the nation and Luke performed it for the first time on television on Good Morning America to promote the release of the deluxe edition of his BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE album. Combined, those projects boast FIVE #1 singles: “Waves,” “Down To One,” “One Margarita,” “What She Wants Tonight,” and “Knockin’ Boots.”

     

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    “’Waves’ is a song about kids falling in love during the summer and just all the images and everything about just how beautiful that summer love is and how the emotions just keep coming in waves. ‘Waves’ is kind of a play on words, and I feel in love with the song the second I heard it.”

     

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  • DIERKS BENTLEY LAUNCHES 2021 BEERS ON ME TOUR TO OVER 30,000 FANS THIS WEEKEND WITH HIS SIGNATURE CROWD-PLEASING SET FULL OF SPONTANEOUS MOMENTS AND ARENA SIZED HITS.

    Multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley made “a triumphant return to the stage” (Spokesman Review) for the launch of his 2021 BEERS ON ME TOUR this past weekend with back-to-back stops in Salt Lake City, UT (8/13), Boise, ID (8/14) and Bend, OR (8/15) with special guests Riley Green and Parker McCollum. After an almost two year hiatus from the road, both his recent 20th No. one hit “Gone” and with his newest single “Beers On Me” feat. Breland and HARDY, were welcomed with deafening sing-alongs. Bentley’s BEERS ON ME TOUR continues this week visiting Irvine, CA (8/20), Mountain View, CA (8/21) and Stateline, NV (8/22). Tickets for all upcoming tour dates are available at Dierks.com.

    Bentley continues to be a dominant voice for the genre with over 6.4 billion streams and 20 No. One singles at Country radio. Reaching a new creative high while “making music designed to challenge” (New York Times), Bentley co-wrote 10 of 13 tracks on THE MOUNTAIN, which earned him the highest debut sales of his career and became his seventh chart-topping release. Most recently, Bentley’s surprise LIVE FROM TELLURIDE collection has been touted as “a gift that Country music fans didn’t know they needed,” (The Tennesseean). Having amassed countless nominations from the ACM‘s, CMA‘s, Billboard Music Awards and more while also earning 14 GRAMMY nominations, Bentley also celebrated his 15 year anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He has also created professional endeavors outside of the music with his Flag & Anthem lifestyle collection Desert Son, along with his “Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row” franchise hosting five locations. For more information visit Dierks.com.

    Photo Credit: Zach Belcher