Keith Urban had such a great time performing for fans last week, he’s decided to do it again. Titled Urban Underground, the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year will go live at 4pm CT/5pm ET/2pm PT on Monday (March 23rd). Make sure to tune in.
Last Monday was fun, let’s do it again? pic.twitter.com/xkBZA15uIL
— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) March 21, 2020
On Saturday night (March 21st), Vince Gill, Brad Paisley and Marty Stuart performed on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for Circle All Access. The show, without an audience, kicked off with a tribute to Kenny Rogers. Vince performed an emotional rendition of “Sweet Music Man,” the only song the late performer wrote. Vinny also performed a song he wrote for his sweet wife Amy Grant, “Whenever You Come Around.” Check out the entire performance below.
Travis Denning took to his couch to perform on Facebook and Instagram titled Beer’s Better at Home: Live Stream. He did a handful of his own songs, including his current single “After a Few,” as well as “Abby,” “Tank of Gas” and “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs; and he did a few of his favorite cover tunes by the Allman Brothers and John Anderson. He also had a few special guests call in such as Chris Young, Dustin Lynch and Jon Pardi, among others. In addition to performing and chatting with friends, he also told us how to make the perfect margarita and took us on a tour of the house trying to find his girlfriend Madison Montgomery. A good time was had by all who watched.
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Country superstar Sam Hunt releases the music video for “Hard To Forget” today (March 20th). Directed by Tim Mattia, the video revolves around a cast of characters taking up residence at the lowbrow “Southside Motel.” With Hunt set among the tenants, he takes us through his day seeing everything from a card game gone sideways and a down on his luck clown to poolside partiers and a blissful little girl dancing to the light-hearted tune.
Following Hunt’s No. 1 hit “Kinfolks,” “Hard To Forget” made its debut as the most-added song on country radio last week and is quickly making its way up the airplay charts. The new song is the latest taste of what is to come on Hunt’s upcoming April 3 album SOUTHSIDE.
Watch the “Hard To Forget” Video HERE | Preorder SOUTHSIDE HERE
In light of the ongoing news and health concerns surrounding coronavirus COVID-19, the recently announced SOUTHSIDE album release party scheduled for April 3 in Las Vegas has been canceled and the opening weekend of The Southside Summer Tour has shifted to June 11 in Atlanta. Charlotte, Raleigh and Bristow are rescheduled to Oct. 1, 2 and 3 respectively. All tickets purchased will be honored for the rescheduled dates. For any further ticket inquiries, fans are advised to reach out to point of purchase.
Luke Bryan took to Facebook Live to perform a few acoustic songs, including some new tunes from his upcoming album such as the title track “Born Here Live Here Die Here,” “One Margarita,” as well as some of No. 1 hits “Knockin’ Boots,” his latest hit “What She Wants Tonight” and some of his older songs including “We Rode in Trucks.”
Check out the video below.
He’s currently closing in on the top of the country charts with his latest hit “What She Wants Tonight.”
Sam Hunt‘s latest song, “Hard to Forget,” is most definitely hard to forget the very first time you hear it. The Georgia superstar used a sample of Country Music Hall of Famer Webb Pierce’s 1953 hit, “There Stands the Glass,” in the song. Sam had been toying with the idea of putting in samples of older songs, but never found the perfect one…until pal and collaborator Luke Laird pulled out a sample of the Webb Pierce standard.
“I’ve wanted to sample an older country song from an older era for a while, and I’ve tried a few times to make it work, and the songs just haven’t panned out or I haven’t had an idea to write with the samples that we’ve used,” says Sam. “I tried some samples from the ‘90s ‘cause that’s kind of the era of country music that I grew up on, but it never seemed to quite work. For some reason when I heard this Webb Pierce sample for the first time, it clicked, and I knew that was gonna be the song that was gonna be the one we sampled. I was in a writing session with a buddy of mine, Luke Laird, and we were in the middle of writing a song, he played this sample for me, and within a minute of hearing it, I knew, it had to be, I didn’t even have an idea for the song. It was just Webb Pierce singing and then some drums came in, and I was like, ‘I don’t know. Just give me some time to come up with an idea for this, and when we do, we’ve got to write this. It’s gotta be a single and we have to put it out next summer.’ I want to be ale to tour around this song, and all I had was this Webb Pierce sample. So, that’s how it impacted me that day.”
Sam says the song is a key component surrounding his new album. “It took me a little while but finally got the idea and got together with some of my really good songwriting buddies and wrote the song and it all panned out like I hoped it would, so that is one that I’m really excited about,” he says. “It’s a really important song for the record, because the record is kind of built around that song in a way.”
Sam will release the official music video for “Hard to Forget” on Friday (March 20th) at 10am CT.
“Hard to Forget” is from his upcoming album, Southside, which will be available April 3rd.
Sam Hunt (Hard to Forget-Webb Pierce) OC: …in a way. 1:17
“I’ve wanted to sample an older country song from an older era for a while, and I’ve tried a few times to make it work, and the songs just haven’t panned out or I haven’t had an idea to write with the samples that we’ve used. I tried some samples from the ‘90s ‘cause that’s kind of the era of country music that I grew up on, but it never seemed to quite work. For some reason when I heard this Webb Pierce sample for the first time, it clicked, and I knew that was gonna be the song that was gonna be the one we sampled. I was in a writing session with a buddy of mine, Luke Laird, and we were in the middle of writing a song, he played this sample for me, and within a minute of hearing it, I knew, it had to be, I didn’t even have an idea for the song. It was just Webb Pierce singing and then some drums came in, and I was like, ‘I don’t know. Just give me some time to come up with an idea for this, and when we do, we’ve got to write this. It’s gotta be a single and we have to put it out next summer.’ I want to be ale to tour around this song, and all I had was this Webb Pierce sample. So, that’s how it impacted me that day. And it took me a little while but finally got the idea and got together with some of my really good songwriting buddies and wrote the song and it all panned out like I hoped it would, so that is one that I’m really excited about. It’s a really important song for the record, because the record is kind of built around that song in a way.”
NOW That’s What I Call Country: Songs of Inspiration Volume 2 will be released on Friday (March 20th), and it will include songs from Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, George Strait, Lee Ann Womack, Lauren Alaina, Vince Gill and many others.
Track List:
1) Something in The Water – Carrie Underwood
2) Heaven – Kane Brown
3) I Saw The Light – Josh Turner
4) Saints and Angels – Sara Evans
5) God and Country Music – George Strait
6) Don’t Blink – Kenny Chesney
7) Greatest Love Story – Lanco
8) I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
9) In the Garden – Alan Jackson
10) Prodigal Son’s Prayer – Dierks Bentley
11) Prayed for You- Matt Stell
12) The Other Side – Lauren Alaina
13) Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
14) It’s A Great Day to Be Alive – Travis Tritt
15) When My Amy Prays – Vince Gill
16) Haven’t Seen It Yet – Danny Gokey
Josh Turner (I Saw the Light) OC: …the record. 1:20
“I feel like “I Saw the Light” kind of paints the picture of what this whole record is all about. It’s taking something that’s old and making it fresh. And I’ve always been a huge Hank Williams fan. I always loved his version. And so, when we decided to do this song for this record, I’m sitting here thinking how in the world am I going to do ‘I Saw the Light’ to where it sounds like me. So, I started listening to every other version that’s ever been done to this song, and they all just sounded so happy and like there was just something missing in those versions and I couldn’t figure out what it was. Well, this one particular night, I’m lying in bed and couldn’t quit thinking about it, and so all the sudden the inspiration hits me, and I figured out what it was lacking, and I figured out that the guy in this song he eventually sees the light. Like it’s a redemptive song but you can’t recognize light until you’ve been through the darkness. So, I wanted to kind of bring that tone musically to that song and so I jumped up out of bed, I grabbed my guitar and my phone and started recording how I felt like it should go ,and literally I think pretty much like 98% of what I jumped up out of bed and played that night was what happened on the record.’
Jordan Davis is at home with his wife Kristen and daughter Eloise experiencing the same thing as the rest of the world during this time of COVID-19-worry, anxiety and being thankful for the ability to be home with his family. The Lousiana native had already made it to the U-K last week when word came that the C2C (Country to Country) festival was being canceled. He and his band turned around and came home. He tells ABC News Radio he’s really worried about his band and crew. “If we’re not on the road, you know, we’re not making money,” Jordan explains. “And if we’re not making money, I can’t pay my crew. I can’t pay my band…You know, everybody thinks that music is mailbox money. And it’s really not. It’s road money.”
He recorded a message to his fans and revealed what he’s been doing while quarantined at home. “I hope everybody is staying healthy and safe during the social distancing. I know we’re catching up on some movies and some TV shows and also just spending a lot of time with my daughter and my wife, trying to get back into catching up on some books and just kind of re-centering and slowing down a little bit. I hope everybody’s kind of doing that. I hope everybody, like I said, stays healthy and safe, and I look forward to being back out and playing music for you guys.”
He’s making his way to the top of the country charts with “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot.”
Jordan Davis (message during quarantine) OC: …you guys. :28
“Hey everybody, it’s Jordan Davis. I hope everybody is staying healthy and safe during the social distancing. I know we’re catching up on some movies and some TV shows and also just spending a lot of time with my daughter and my wife, trying to get back into catching up on some books and just kind of re-centering and slowing down a little bit. I hope everybody’s kind of doing that. I hope everybody, like I said, stays healthy and safe, and I look forward to being back out and playing music for you guys.”
Make plans to catch Travis Denning on Thursday (March 19th) as he performs for you live on Instagram beginning at 7:30pm. He will also teach you how to make the best margarita…or so he claims.
I’m gonna teach y’all how to make the best margarita ever, and sing y’all some songs tomorrow night on Instagram. We go live at 7:30pmCT TOMORROW. See y’all there. pic.twitter.com/Opboj2Z2hI
— Travis Denning (@Travis_Denning) March 19, 2020
Travis is making his way to the Top 10 with his single, “After a Few.”
Jordan Davis and a couple of bandmembers took to both Facebook and Instagram to perform live for fans. He ran through his No. 1 hits, “Take It From Me” and “Singles You Up,” as well as his latest hit, “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot.” He also ran through a few new tunes, including “Detours,” which he says is one of his favorite songs he’s ever written. He also introduced us to his dogs, his wife Kristen and baby daughter Eloise. Check out the video below.
Jordan is closing in on the top of the country charts with “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot.”