Buena Vista Records’ CB30 released their piano version of Olivia Rodrigo’s viral smash hit, “drivers license,” today – listen HERE. The duo originally recorded an acoustic performance of the song while they were in their home studio and released it on their social media accounts. They received an immediate outpouring of support from their fans and their performance was recently spotlighted by Taste of Country. Additionally, CB30’s Christian Clementi worked as the producer on the track, marking the first self-produced song the duo released.

The brothers explain how they felt when they first heard the song and why they decided to record it. “When we first heard “drivers license,” by Olivia Rodrigo, we knew we had to do a cover,” says Brody Clementi. “We posted a clip of us singing the song on socials and fans really seemed to dig it, so we decided to release the full piano version.”

“This was really fun for us to work on,” adds Christian Clementi. “We recorded the song at our house and decided to have Brody sing lead. I actually produced the song which was super cool.”

About CB30:
CB30, comprised of real-life brothers Christian and Brody Clementi, grew up in Nashville surrounded by music from a young age. After playing some local charity events with their father Jay Clementi, a successful songwriter, they caught the attention of country superstar Luke Bryan who introduced them to various industry contacts leading to a record deal with Buena Vista Records, a partnership between Disney Music Group and Universal Music Group Nashville. The name CB30 comes from Christian and Brody’s first initials as well as the fact they were both born on the 30^th of the month, Christian’s birthday is May 30^th while Brody’s is March 30^th. Their young, fresh sound is built on harmony-driven country melodies with influences ranging from The Everly Brothers to Ed Sheeran. In between football and baseball games, you can often find Christian and Brody on the lake fishing and wakeboarding. CB30 have previously opened for Luke Bryan on a number of stadium dates and made their debut at the famed Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, Calif. The boys visited New York with appearances on Barstool Sports, Music Choice, and TigerBeat. CB30 have been making their presence known on the breakout social media platform, Tik Tok. The duo posted a video of their version of the Charlie Puth Challenge which quickly went viral on the platform, amassing 14 million views in one week. They have since gained over 2.4 million followers and are currently one of the most followed country artists on Tik Tok – Check out their account HERE.  CB30 performed as part of Global Citizen’s 2020 One World: Together At Home live stream concert in partnership the World Health Organization. CB30 released a new version of their latest song, “We Are Right Now,” remixed by NYC-based producers, Black Caviar. CB30 are currently in the studio writing and recording new music.

Luke Bryan tends to take everything in stride, including taking a trip to a medical center earlier this week to get a pretty elaborate fishing hook removed from his hand. The four-time Entertainer of the Year took to Instagram to reveal he really hooked himself a big one – his hand.

Notice when you click on the clip, it says “This video may contain graphic or violent content.” Bless.

He documented the trip to the hospital to have the procedure done on his Instagram stories and headed right back on the water afterward with his guitar tech, Russ.

A few comments on his video included his wife, Caroline, who said, “I leave your ass for 2 hours and this happens…damn baby.” Travis Denning, who loves to fish as well, said, “I don’t think you’ll be able to pass that middle hook 😳,” while Jake Owen quipped, “Huntin’, Fishin’ Lovin’ every day,” after one of Luke’s No. 1 hits.

Luke, who is in his fourth season as a judge on American Idol, is set to release the deluxe version of his Born Here Live Here Die Here album next Friday (April 9th).

Seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner and three-time ACM Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood releases her new album, My Savior, worldwide on Friday (March 26th). In celebration, Carrie will appear on NBC’s TODAY during the 8am hour, including a performance of “Just As I Am,” followed by the 10am hour with a performance of “Victory In Jesus” today (Friday, March 26).  Carrie will be seen on Australia’s #1 National Breakfast Variety and Light Entertainment Program, Sunrise, and will be featured on CBS Sunday Morning, scheduled to air on Sunday, April 4 (Easter Sunday).

My Savior consists of covers of some of Underwood’s favorite traditional gospel hymns in a unique pastiche of musical styles from classic country to folk, bluegrass, and gospel.  The album is available digitally and on CD today and will be available on vinyl April 30th.  My Savior is co-produced and arranged by Underwood and GRAMMY® Award winner David Garcia, with whom she co-produced her critically acclaimed 2018 album Cry Pretty, her seventh album to be certified Platinum or Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. Garcia is a multi-platinum selling, four-time GRAMMY® Award-winning record producer and songwriter.

“This is an album I have always wanted to record and I’m thrilled to be able to bring these uplifting, inspirational songs to life in this special way,” says Carrie.  “It means so much to be able to bring this event to people in their homes on a day that holds so much meaning for us spiritually and to be able to raise much needed funds and awareness for the incredible work of Save the Children as we celebrate the importance of family.”

“When I set out to choose these songs, I wanted to include the beautiful, familiar hymns I grew up singing in church,” says Underwood.  “There are several songs I have performed in the past, like ‘Softly And Tenderly,’ ‘How Great Thou Art’ and ‘Amazing Grace’ that mean so much to me and I knew immediately we needed to record for the album.  This music shaped who I am as a person and is the foundation of my career as a recording artist.  I feel so blessed to get to share these songs with generations of people who love them as I do, as well as others who might be experiencing them for the first time.”

ACM “New Male Artist Of The Year” nominee artist Travis Denning’s “ABBY” has earned the most adds at country radio this week, available to listen here. The “clever kiss-off” (Billboard) and “wickedly fun good-riddance anthem” (PEOPLE) has been a fan-favorite, and instantly turned heads with it’s double-edged lyrical anagram that has fans already amassing over 17 million streams and the track reaching the No. One spot on Sirius XM’s Highway Hot 30. Written by Ashley Gorley, Matt Jenkins and Chase McGill, Music Row declares “this is as clever as all get out. Catchy, too. Play it.”

A native of Warner Robins, Georgia, singer/songwriter and Mercury Nashville recording artist Travis Denning celebrated his first No. One and GOLD-certified single in 2020 with the “shadowy” (Rolling Stone) “After A Few.” Accelerating his ascend from a chart-topping single, the song is taken from his debut EP BEER’S BETTER COLD that debuted in the Top 20 of Billboard’s Country Albums chart. Denning first made waves showcasing his “future star power” (Billboard)with the release of his Top 40 debut single “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs.” Denning has toured as direct support for Dustin Lynch and has previously opened shows for Cole Swindell, Alan Jackson, LANCO, Riley Green and his first headlining “Heartbeat Of A Small Town Tour.” With over 353 million streams worldwide, Denning has been spotlighted for his head-turning sound and was previously selected as one of CRS New Faces, an Opry NextStage recipient and a CMA KixStart Artist, as he makes his mark within the industry. Inspired at a young age, Denning developed a love for country, pop, rock and heavy metal and started playing local bars from the age of 16, as he built a strong following from his distinctive songs and raucous guitar solos. A prolific writer with an unquestionable stage presence, Denning moved to Nashville and secured outside cuts by Jason Aldean, Justin Moore, Michael Ray and more. Denning’s newest songwriting cut includes Michael Ray’s Top 20 single “Her World Or Mine.” For more information, visit travisdenning.com.

For audio and liners on “ABBY,” go here and here.

The 2021 Latin AMAs will be broadcast simultaneously on the Spanish entertainment cable network, Universo, and throughout the Americas on Telemundo Internacional April 15th at 7pm ET.

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Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga & Snoop Dogg– “Qué Maldición”
Christian Nodal & Ángela Aguilar – “Dime Cómo Quieres”
David Bisbal & Carrie Underwood – “Tears Of Gold”
Ozuna, Doja Cat & Sia – “Del Mar”
Rosalía & Travis Scott – “TKN”
Selena Gomez – “De Una Vez”

On every album, Eric Church seems to disturb the status quo and doesn’t write or record the same way he did on previous records. He took that further with his new three-album project, Heart & Soul, by disrupting the entire process and taking everyone out of their comfort zone including himself, his band, his co-writers and his producer Jay Joyce. The collection was born from a month-long session in the mountains of North Carolina during which he wrote/co-wrote and recorded a song from start to finish each day in an effort to push the limits of creativity for everyone involved.

“I committed to — I will get up in the morning and we’re going to write a song or create a piece of work that we are going to record that night, and then we’re going to do it again and again and again,” says the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year. “And I think that there’s something about the commitment to the 24-hour period and then the forget-ability of the next period that made this work. So, when we’re in the studio and I’ve been – somebody, I remember Jay (Joyce) asking him one day he said, ‘Well, hey, how does the bridge go?’  And I went, ‘I don’t know.’ I said, ’I just wrote it an hour ago. I have no cl…– where do you think the bridge goes?’ But being in that moment, that creative moment and not choking it out– this is the end of the creative moment, let’s evaluate it. We let the creative moment continue to the players, to the songwriters.”

The first release, Heart, will be available April 16th. He created the middle album of the trilogy, &, specifically for the Church Choir (his fan club), which will be available exclusively to them only as a vinyl record on April 20th. The third installment, Soul, is set for release April 23rd.

Eric is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “Hell of a View.”

Heart Track List
Lyrics linked HERE, songwriters in parentheses

1. Heart On Fire (Eric Church)
2. Heart Of The Night (Eric Church, Jeremy Spillman, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell, Travis Hill)
3. Russian Roulette (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell)
4. People Break (Eric Church, Luke Laird)
5. Stick That In Your Country Song (Davis Naish, Jeffrey Steele)
6. Never Break Heart (Eric Church, Luke Dick)
7. Crazyland (Eric Church, Luke Laird, Michael Heeney)
8. Bunch Of Nothing (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde)
9. Love Shine Down (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeffrey Steele)

& Track List
Lyrics linked HERE, songwriters in parentheses

1. Through My Ray-Bans (Eric Church, Luke Laird, Barry Dean)
2. Doing Life With Me (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeffrey Steele)
3. Do Side (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
4. Kiss Her Goodbye (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
5. Mad Man (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
6. Lone Wolf (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell)

Soul Track List
Lyrics linked HERE, songwriters in parentheses

1. Rock & Roll Found Me (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Driver Williams)
2. Look Good And You Know It (Eric Church, Jonathan Singleton, Travis Meadows)
3. Bright Side Girl (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Scotty Emerick, Clint Daniels)
4. Break It Kind Of Guy (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Luke Dick)
5. Hell Of A View (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell)
6. Where I Wanna Be (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeremy Spillman, Ryan Tyndell)
7. Jenny (Eric Church)
8. Bad Mother Trucker (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Luke Dick, Jeremy Spillman)
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones (Casey Beathard)

Travis Denning goes for adds at country radio on Monday with his new single, “ABBY.” While he didn’t write it, the first time the Georgia native heard it, he was hooked and knew he had to record the song.

“This is a song I didn’t write but I heard it – my buddy played me the demo early on,” says Travis. “I laughed, and I was like that’s so smart. I was jealous of it. I was like, Dang, I wish I’d written that, and I just related to it. I mean, who can’t relate to a break-up that just has no dignity whatsoever? Every now and then, you’ve got to go full-on ‘I’m done with you and I really need you to understand that in the deepest way.’”

Travis is nominated for New Male Artist of the Year at this year’s ACM Awards. The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton, will air live from Nashville April 18th beginning at 8pm ET/7pm CT on CBS. The show will also be available to stream live and on demand on the new Paramount+ channel.

For more audio and liners on the song, click here.

Easter is this Sunday (April 4th), and we have a few liners and soundbites to celebrate the holiday.

Maddie & Tae are teaming up with the CMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Country Music Association (CMA), to lend their voices and inspire music teachers and students as CMA Foundation Artist Ambassadors. From coming together as a duo through vocal lessons as young teenagers, Maddie & Tae have seen the positive influence of music in their own lives and are working with students and teachers to share the value of music with others. In their roles as CMA Foundation Artist Ambassadors, Maddie & Tae will virtually visit a music class to discuss how music has helped them overcome insecurities and develop confidence. The duo will also take part in a discussion with female teachers about overcoming challenges and the importance of empowering the next generation of female leaders, sharing experiences about their journeys in the music industry, musicianship and why they are utilizing their platforms to encourage the next generation.

“Maddie & Tae have used their voices throughout their careers to advocate for the importance of music education, supporting the CMA Foundation’s mission to provide equitable opportunities for students across the country,” says Tiffany Kerns, CMA Foundation Executive Director. “As we are celebrating Music In Our Schools Month in March, we are excited to have these talented women join our CMA Foundation Artist Ambassador collective to share the power of music with students and music teachers. The CMA Foundation understands that representation is key in all areas of life. Maddie & Tae are two strong, talented and resilient female leaders in the music industry and we are looking forward to them being examples for these students and teachers, showing them that anything is possible.”

“Music has always been incredibly special to us,” says Taylor Kerr of Maddie & Tae. “Not only for the enjoyment of listening and creating, but for the healing and connection it brings to so many. We feel honored to be the new CMA Foundation ambassadors and look forward to chatting about our favorite thing in the whole world!”

Maddie & Tae will bring their unique talents and experience to this initiative as they join a notable group of CMA Foundation Artist Ambassadors, including Jimmie Allen, Lindsay Ell and Ashley McBryde, who have all used their voices to advocate for music education in ways that are personal to them. Allen took part in a virtual meeting with a third-grade music class at Snowden Elementary in Memphis, TN to share his story and discuss music and songwriting with the young students. He also participated in the CMA Foundation’s Teaching Artist Webinar Series to discuss culturally relevant teaching, music discovery and parenting in a pandemic. Ell shared the healing power of music with Nashville area Mt. View Elementary students during a virtual songwriting session last month, as well as teaching student guitarists how to restring and tune a guitar. McBryde served as the inaugural Artist Ambassador, meeting virtually with music teachers last year to discuss obstacles faced while teaching amid the pandemic and sharing how music education led to her career in Country Music. She created a music lesson on building the major scale for teachers and students to use in both their in-person and virtual classrooms.

Over the last 10 years, the CMA Foundation has continued its mission to provide equitable opportunities and access to music education to students across the country. The organization has spent the last decade investing in the ecosystem that supports music education through school districts and teachers in order to champion music at every turn, by providing monetary, programmatic and strategic support with the goal of making systems change within public school districts in underserved communities. The CMA Foundation has a unique platform to advocate, convene and educate others on the value of music for all and is grateful to have an incredible community of artists join in using their reach to help share the importance of music education and investing in the next generation.

The CMA Foundation will continue to provide unique resources and support for music teachers and students as more Artist Ambassadors are announced throughout the year.

Carrie Underwood is set to perform songs from her new album, My Savior, on the Today Show on Friday (March 26th) on NBC. My Savior will be available beginning tomorrow, as well.

Catch Carrie on the @TODAYshow this Friday at 8am and 10am ET on @NBC where she’ll chat and perform songs from #MySavior! ✨🙏 -TeamCU pic.twitter.com/vAAvc7l3dG

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) March 23, 2021

Mickey Guyton is featured on a new version of Breland’s “Cross Country.”

So honored to sing with you @breland! 🤍 Our collab "Cross Country" is out now – https://t.co/9TJn1QGcgo pic.twitter.com/9FfLCJP3oJ

— Mickey Guyton (@MickeyGuyton) March 19, 2021

Reba McEntire sings the theme song “Somehow You Do,” for the new movie, Four Good Days, starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis. “It was written by the amazing Diane Warren who also wrote my songs ‘I’ll Be’ and ‘What If.'” The film will be released April 30th.

I was honored to be asked to sing the theme song for the new Glenn Close and Mila Kunis "moving and powerful" movie, Four Good Days – in theaters April 30. It was written by the amazing Diane Warren who also wrote my songs "I'll Be" and "What If." #SomehowYouDo #FourGoodDays pic.twitter.com/mE0OnwjQkN

— Reba McEntire (@reba) March 18, 2021

Eric Church is featured in the new issue of Garden & Gun to talk about recording his latest three-album project, Heart & Soul, hanging on his Tennessee property and how he relaxes after a long tour.

Eric sat down with @gardenandgun to talk about recording his latest 3 album project Heart & Soul, being out on the lake, and how he relaxes after a long tour.https://t.co/8RDszWzjXJ

— Eric Church (@ericchurch) March 24, 2021