Josh Turner is keepin’ it country with an at-home acoustic version of his 2005 No.1 hit, “Your Man.”
His previous episode of his Keepin’ It Country series was an acoustic version of “Why Don’t We Just Dance.”
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Keith Urban is racing up the country charts with his latest smash, “God Whispered Your Name,” which was written by James Slater, Shy Carter, Micah Carter and Chris August, While Keith writes a lot of his own material, he does gravitate towards songs from outside writers when it feels right.
“The song is everything, and it either feels like something that works for me or doesn’t,” says Keith. “Because a lot of times I can love a song and go into the studio and cut it and work and work on it, and I can’t get it to fit, you know? It’s so frustrating sometimes. It’s like seeing a great jacket in a store and you put it on and you go, ‘Is it me?’ And your friends are like, ‘Not really. You’re like, ‘But maybe I can make it me?’ And they’re like, ‘Not really.’ (laughs) Then you buy it anyway and then you never wear it. But for me, loving the song is number one. I think Eric (Church) said it, when we did ‘Raise ‘Em Up,’ he said, he goes, ‘Keith and I didn’t write this, but it feels like something we would’ve written.’ I thought that’s the perfect way to describe it. I think if you’re a writer and you want to cut a song you didn’t write, it’d be one you’d wished you’d written.”
“God Whispered Your Name” is closing in on the Top 10 on the country charts.
God Whispered Your Name, live at the @opry! Watch the full performance here: https://t.co/xWxq3x81c3 pic.twitter.com/JYAf9iAeDR
— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) May 28, 2020
Keith Urban (on outside songs) OC: …you’d written. :49
“It’s just the song. The song is everything, and it either feels like something that works for me or doesn’t. Because a lot of times I can love a song and go into the studio and cut it and work and work on it, and I can’t get it to fit, you know? It’s so frustrating sometimes. It’s like seeing a great jacket in a store and you put it on and you go, ‘Is it me?’ And your friends are like, ‘Not really. You’re like, ‘But maybe I can make it me?’ And they’re like, ‘Not really.’ (laughs) Then you buy it anyway and then you never wear it. But for me, loving the song is number one. I think Eric (Church) said it, when we did ‘Raise ‘Em Up,’ he said, he goes, ‘Keith and I didn’t write this, but it feels like something we would’ve written.’ I thought that’s the perfect way to describe it. I think if you’re a writer and you want to cut a song you didn’t write, it’d be one you’d wished you’d written.”
Check out the remix of Maddie & Tae’s song, “Die From a Broken Heart.”
NEW @MaddieandTae "Die From A Broken Heart" (Dave Audé Remix) 💣 – https://t.co/JjRd6TBNIK pic.twitter.com/4LoZT9SruT
— Dave Audé (@daveaude) June 12, 2020
PBS has put together a special celebrating some of the biggest female hitmakers who paved the way for today’s Women of Country titled Iconic Women of Country. Join Kathy Mattea, Trisha Yearwood, Terri Clark, Pam Tillis, Wynonna Judd and more as they pay tribute to the legends who inspired them. From Dolly Parton to Tammy Wynette to Patsy Cline to Loretta Lynn to Kitty Wells to Brenda Lee to Patsy Montana and many more, original interviews, archival footage and vintage recordings are included to showcase the hardships and obstacles these female storytellers had to endure to bring their music to light.
There is a bundle for purchase during the PBS airings that features a DVD with additional exclusive features, plus a CD compilation and a poster created by Hatch Show Print. The DVD will include iconic performances/interviews from: Connie Smith, Carter Family, Patsy Cline, Barbara Mandrell, Tammy Wynette, Minnie Pearl, Kitty Wells, Lynn Anderson, Dottie West, Jeannie C Riley, Patsy Montana, Jean Shepard, Brenda Lee, Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn.
The CD Track List:
Dierks Bentley performs live on Instagram on Tuesday (June 9th) for The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Songwriter Sessions beginning at 9pm ET.
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Little Big Town and Tim McGraw will perform during the CBS TV special, United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes, later this month. The show, hosted by Harry Connick Jr., will feature Harry and his filmmaker daughter, Georgia Connick, as they take a road trip across the nation in an RV to thank and celebrate frontline workers. The special will also include performances and appearances from Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Sandra Bullock, Queen Latifah, John Fogerty, Jamie Foxx, Herbie Hancock, Cyndi Lauper, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews, Irma Thomas, Jon Batiste, Andra Day, Rockin Dopsie, Trombone Shorty, Renée Zellweger and more. United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes will air June 21st, at 8pm ET/PT on CBS.
Kacey Musgraves, Eric Church, Vince Gill and many others are taking part in an all-star online special on Thursday. Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine will launch the stream beginning at 7:30pm ET on Prine’s Youtube Channel, Facebook page and Twitch. Prine recently passed away due to complications from COVID-19. Jason Isbell, Bill Murray, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Rita Wilson, Brené Brown, producer Dave Cobb, Stephen Colbert, Iris DeMent, Margo Price, Bonnie Raitt, Amanda Shires, Sturgill Simpson, Todd Snider, Billy Bob Thornton and many more will also appear during the tribute, which will benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Alive Hospice, and the immigrant advocacy charity Make the Road New York.
Honored to be part of “Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine” premiering on the @JohnPrineMusic YouTube channel / Facebook page on June 11th @ 6:30pm CST 🖤 We miss ya, Johnny pic.twitter.com/3QSX74S7WA
— K A C E Y (@KaceyMusgraves) June 9, 2020
Brandon Lay and his wife Nicole welcomed a baby daughter, Lara June, on Monday (June 8th). She joins big brother Ryder.
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Brandon is currently making his way up the country charts with “For My Money.”
Kip Moore continues to be revered by critics, with his fourth studio album WILD WORLD garnering overwhelming praise since its release on May 29. Debuting in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Country Chart, Moore co-wrote 12 of the 13 deeply personal tracks on the record including his current Top 25 single “She’s Mine,” as “Moore toys with arena rock arrangements (‘Janie Blu,’ ‘Fire and Flame’), swampy flirtations (‘Grow On You’), and outlaw swagger (‘Southpaw’)” (Esquire) on the acclaimed set. Moore also self-produced the set, with help from David Garcia, Luke Dick and Blair Daly on respective tracks, with the project debuting at No. One on Australia’s ARIA Country Chart, No. One on Canada’s Country Albums Chart and No. Four on The U.K. Country Album Chart.
“Moore probes growth and honesty with fourth album…Wild World is his manifesto, dropping in a time when we need all the hope we can get.” – American Songwriter
“When programmed beats and pop-influenced country is the sound of the moment, Moore’s heartland country-rock songs with his growling voice feel muscular, nostalgic and honest.” – Associated Press
“One of country’s more thoughtful artists.” – Billboard
“Kip Moore is known for prioritizing meaty, vulnerable songwriting in all of his albums. Even by that measure, Wild World is the singer’s most authentic, honest body of work to date.” – Country Now
“Digging deeper than ever before… his most honest music yet.” – Entertainment Tonight
“Especially vital; occasionally, even rare.” – Esquire
“A mature yet flesh blend of soaring 80’s heartland and contemporary country depth.” – Classic Rock
“An urgent record that showcases Moore’s vulnerabilities with confessional lyrics about love, loss and faith, Wild World serves as a much needed escape.” – Forbes
“Moore again turns introspective on his fourth studio album… He mines deeper into topics—seeking love, seeking freedom, seeking peace, making peace with old decisions…but infuses them with fresh intensity.” – Music Row
“Wild World is filled with bold signposts about the enigmatic artist, his rebel appetite and his “reckless heart” – PEOPLE
“Featuring some of the most dynamic vocal performances of his career, the album does a solid job of matching its philosophical undertones with flat-out enjoyable music, ranging all the way from soft-spoken ballads to barroom-blasting anthems.” – Sounds Like Nashville
“There’s always been something about the country veteran’s music that leaves one breathless. On this album, Moore is aware of it and very much uses it to his advantage.” – Taste Of Country
“In the album’s 13 tracks, the singer shares love and loss, some life lessons and those bits he hasn’t quite figured out yet, too. It’s affirming and invigorating.” – The Boot
To mark the launch of WILD WORLD, Moore also performed a livestream set of songs from the new release on his Facebook and Youtube, with funds raised benefiting MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. During the livestream Moore raised $136,000 and those donations were matched by Spotify via their COVID-19 Music Relief project totaling over $282,000 raised.
Kip Moore has toured the world headlining his own shows, earning acclaim and a rabid fanbase as an all-in performer in each setting and most recently wrapping 40 sold-out headlining shows in The U.S, The U.K. and Canada. Praised by Noisey as “an uncompromising, genre-defying artist firing on all cylinders” Moore has blazed his own trail. The current CMA “International Artist Achievement Award” nominee first splashed into the mainstream with the double-PLATINUM “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck” in 2012, then followed up with three more best selling No. Ones (“Hey Pretty Girl,” “Beer Money” and “More Girls Like You”), a trio of ambitious, critically-praised albums and two gritty EPs that landed Moore on multiple “Best Of” lists. For more information visit kipmoore.net.
Kip Moore (rhythmic movement in album) OC: …in the past. :33
“I feel there was a constant stretch for rhythmic percussion. I’ve always had rhythmic movement on my records, but we tried to really make sure every single instrument was really creating rhythmic percussive patterns, their own individual hook lines throughout the song – we didn’t want the drums just to carry that torch alone. I think you really feel that with this record, more so than any other record I’ve done in the past.”
Travis Denning is celebrating a major career milestone today with his first No. One single at Country Radio with “After A Few” topping both Mediabase/Country Aircheck Singles and Billboard’s Country Airplay chart this week. With its “rolling groove with a thumping undertow” (Music Row) the track has proven to have unprecedented staying power, breaking the record for most weeks spent on the Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. With 130 million streams globally, Denning co-wrote “After A Few” with Kelly Archer and Justin Weaver, and the track is taken from Denning’s just-released debut EP BEER’S BETTER COLD. The project debuted in the Top 20 of Billboard’s Country Albums chart, as Denning continues to make an impression with his craft and “future star power” (Billboard).
“I’m so grateful for this number one. To see it get up the charts was a dream come true that I first had when I was 14 years old,” shared Denning. “This has only helped fuel the fire to want to get back on the road and sing country music for some country lovin’ people.”
A native of Warner Robins, Georgia, singer/songwriter Travis Denning first made waves with the release of his “heart-tuggin’” (Rolling Stone) Top 40 debut single “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs.” Denning kicked off 2020 as direct support on Dustin Lynch’s STAY COUNTRY TOUR 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 242 million streams worldwide, Denning has been spotlighted for his head-turning sound and was selected this past year as an Opry NextStage recipient and 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 Chase Rice. Denning’s newest songwriting cut includes Michael Ray’s Top 20 single “Her World Or Mine.” For more information, visit travisdenning.com.
Billy Currington celebrates the five-year anniversary of his Gold-certified album, Summer Forever, this month. The critically acclaimed album was first released June 2nd, 2015 and debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart June 19, 2015. To commemorate the album’s anniversary, Billy released a video highlighting his hit songs on the record – Watch below.
Summer Forever has earned three Platinum-certified No. 1 singles, “It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To,” “Do I Make You Wanna,” and “Don’t It.” Recorded in Nashville, Tenn., the Georgia native recruited an all-star lineup of songwriters to contribute to the project including Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Cole Swindell, Florida Georgia Line, Shy Carter, Cary Barlowe, Jimmy Robbins, and many more. Fans can order limited edition Summer Forever merchandise HERE.
Summer Forever Track List:
Written by Jaren Johnston, Ashley Gorley and Ross Copperman
Written by Aaron Henningsen, Brian Henningsen, Clara Henningsen, Elizabeth McDavid Elkins and Vanessa Ann Olivarez
Written by Josh Osborne, Jimmy Robbins and Ashley Gorley
Written by Daniel Tashian, Claire Guerreso and Rosi Golan
Written by Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins and Hillary Lindsey
Written by Abe Stoklasa and Mark Trussell
Written by Billy Currington, Cary Barlowe and Shy Carter
Written by Ashley Gorley, Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins and Jerry Flowers
Written by Donovan Woods, Madeleine Slate and Dan Swinimer
Written by Bobby Huff and Ben Burgess
Written by Cole Swindell, Jaren Johnston, Brian Kelley, Tyler Hubbard and Jesse Frasure
Produced by Dann Huff
*Produced by Dann Huff and Jesse Frasure
Billy Currington (title of album) OC: …this album. :21
“I named the album Summer Forever partly because it’s my life – summer and sunshine, beach, ocean and all that – and I think some of the songs on the album reflect that, and it just felt like a great title. It’s the title of one of the songs on there, and when I was kinda going through the songs, one day it just hit me, like, ‘Man, that would be a perfect title for this album.”
Travis Denning just hit the top of both the Country Aircheck and Billboard country charts FOR THE FIRST TIME with his song, “After a Few.” Travis co-wrote the tune with Kelly Archer and Justin Weaver, and it’s an all too relatable song that tells the tale of an old flame coming back into his life with the help of a few drinks.
Travis says everyone can relate to the song’s message. “I think this song really is just about that story that a lot of people can relate to,” says Travis. “Being attracted to someone that probably logically in your head is not good, but something in your heart keeps taking you back.”
Celebrated last night with the hometown boys. After A Few is the #1 song on country radio. So damn grateful. Love y’all. pic.twitter.com/QX8tFeTPuX
— Travis Denning (@Travis_Denning) June 7, 2020
Travis Denning (After A Few) OC: …it’s real. :17
“I think this song really is just about that story that a lot of people can relate to – being attracted to someone that probably logically in your head is not real, but something in your heart keeps taking you back. I mean I know that’s a subject we talk about all the time, but we do it because it’s real.”