Jon Pardi is definitely off the market, ladies. At his second of two sold-out shows at Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium, the California native proposed to his girlfriend, Summer Fawn Duncan…and she said yes!
After telling the crowd that the Ryman was one of the couple’s first date spots, he got down on bent knee to pop the question. The couple shared an “intimate moment” on stage while Lionel Richie’s “My Love” was piped in over the loud speakers.
His pal and recent tour partner, Dierks Bentley, was side stage taking a few photos of the moment and posted his congratulations on his socials.
“My man @jonpardipics crushing the @theryman stage and crushing life… so proud of you pal. Killer show with my all-time fav encore. Congrats to you and @summerfawn_duncan.”
Jon just released his third album, Heartache Medication, and is making his way up the country charts with the title track. His new fiancee appears in the video for “Heartache Medication.”
He takes his Heartache Medication Tour to Minneapolis on Friday (October 4th) and Milwaukee on Saturday (October 5th).
Jordan Davis just released the latest installment of his “Home State Stories” video series on Tuesday (October 8th). Titled “Taco Bell,” we find out Jordan’s high school nickname was “Stick Figure,” and he also bought out the local Taco Bell.
Check it out right here:
Jordan is making his way up the country charts with his latest hit, “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot.”
Jon Pardi releases critically-acclaimed album Heartache Medication today (9/27). Lauded as an artist that has “…cut a path through modern country’s embrace of pop, hip-hop and EDM…” (New York Times) and with a collection of songs that place him in the same lineage of “…country-music heroes like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard…both as a preservationist and rule-breaker” (Rolling Stone), Pardi’s new album is being called “..an emboldened work…one that draws both vitality and assurance from his anything-but-sterile relationship to his tradition’s modern era…” (NPR). Heartache Medication was first announced by the Associated Press, and was named in the New York Times fall preview and in the list of Billboard’s Most Anticipated Albums of fall 2019. The Los Angeles Times said, “Pardi’s evolved approach to country’s heritage sets him apart at a moment when Nashville seems to want to divide itself into the trailblazers and the preservationists.”Heartache Medication is the followup to Pardi’s breakthrough, Platinum-selling album California Sunrise, and is available today, here: http://strm.to/HeartacheMedicationPR.
Pardi co-wrote seven of the 14 tracks and co-produced the album alongside longtime collaborators Bart Butler and Ryan Gore. “I’m really proud of this record,” says Pardi. “I’m really proud of all the session players, and the songwriters that delivered great songs. I wrote half the record and Nashville stepped in and wrote the other half, and I’m very proud of that.”
Pardi kicked off release week with several performances including Pandora’s Live Concert Series, where he was recognized as a Pandora Billionaire, achieving over 1 billion lifetime spins on Pandora. In addition to that, he gave an exclusive performance from YouTube’s New York headquarters, and celebrated the release of his album with a special iHeartCountry Album Release Party hosted by Bobby Bones. Following stops at People Magazine and AOL Build, Pardi will take the stage tonight for his Hammerstein Ballroom album release event and concert in New York City. The special one-of-a-kind show will be available to fans to stream exclusively on Amazon Music’s Facebook at 8:45 p.m. EST.
Fans can also watch Pardi’s upcoming performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live Outdoor stage on Monday on ABC before he returns to Nashville for back-to-back, sold-out headlining shows at the famed Ryman Auditorium as part the Heartache Medication Tour.
Pardi’s headlining Heartache Medication Tour, kicks off with two career-first, sold out shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium on Oct. 1st and Oct. 2nd. Upcoming stops along the tour include Minneapolis, MN (10/4), Milwaukee, WI (10/5) and Oklahoma City, OK (10/10). Riley Green will serve as direct support. For tickets and for a full list of tour dates, visit http://www.jonpardi.com.
Audio / Jon Pardi explains why he named his new album, Heartache Medication.
Jon Pardi (Heartache Medication title) OC: …as the title. :43 “Heartache Medication as a title for the record always was something we thought about. We looked at all the titles. We thought about ‘Old Hat,’ but that makes it sound too old and ‘Heartache Medication’s’ different, different kind of saying. You know, I think with all of the song titles and what the songs sing about, what we wrote about, what other people wrote about was always like an uplifting, moving on kind of a thing to where it’s like medication. I feel like Heartache Medication was great representation of the songs. You may be sad, but these are topics that’ll make you feel better. So, what does medication do? It makes you feel better, so that’s why we kinda took that as the title.”
Multi-Platinum-selling, award-winning hitmaker Sam Hunt introduces fans to his brand-new song, “Kinfolks,” written by Hunt with longtime collaborators Zach Crowell, Jerry Flowers and Josh Osborne. The world premiere of “Kinfolks,” including its release on all digital and streaming platforms, takes place tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. CT with the song officially impacting country radio on October 14th.
“When I think of ‘kinfolks,’ when I think of that phrase,” says Hunt, “I think of my family, but also I think of my people back home – beyond family. It’s my buddies who’ve been a part of my story from the beginning. I’ve made a lot of new friends and met a lot of new people who are important to me since I’ve moved away, but that core group is still my core group. It’s like that old saying, ‘you can’t make old friends.’” Hunt leans on that sentiment, exemplifying the importance of bringing a new relationship into the mix and comfortability of home.
Hunt has been dropping hints for “Kinfolks” all week with images and lyrics on his socials teeing up the highly-anticipated new release. Currently in the studio finishing up the project expected in the new year, Hunt gave a taste of new music to a packed Bud Light House Party event in Calgary last month, performing the reflective “Sinning With You” with an ecstatic crowd.
Fans have eagerly awaited new music from the record-breaking star since last year’s “Downtown’s Dead,” the follow-up to Hunt’s 6x Platinum “Body Like A Back Road,” and his GRAMMY-nominated, Triple-Platinum-selling debut album, Montevallo.
About Sam Hunt: Sam Hunt’s GRAMMY-nominated, Triple-Platinum-selling debut album, Montevallo (MCA Nashville),topped the Billboard Country Albums Chart in its first week and remains the best-selling debut album for a country artist since 2011. Called “stylistically provocative” by The New York Times and “deceptively phenomenal” by The Washington Post, Hunt has received accolades from Associated Press, Billboard, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, SPIN Magazine, Village Voice, The New York Times,The Washington Post and more. Since the Montevallo’s 2014 release, Hunt has accumulated over 6.85 billion global streams and has earned 22 million RIAA certified units. The album produced four No. 1 singles and five Platinum and Multi-Platinum-selling hits including “Leave the Night On,” “House Party,” “Take Your Time,” “Break Up In A Small Town” and “Make You Miss Me.” Hunt’s three-week No. 1, 6x Platinum-selling, GRAMMY-nominated smash, “Body Like A Back Road” shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart where it remained for an unprecedented 27 consecutive weeks, shattering the record for most weeks atop the nearly 59-year-old chart. Written by Hunt, Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, “Body Like A Back Road” was the No. 1 most-streamed and No. 1 most-downloaded country song of 2017, and the No. 4 most-downloaded and Top 10 most-streamed all genre song of 2017.
Carrie Underwood performed to yet another sold-out arena at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on October 2nd, following recent sold-out shows at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena and L.A.’s STAPLES on her CRY PRETTY TOUR 360. While in NYC, Carrie will also perform on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday (October 3rd) before resuming the tour with upcoming stops in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Boston, Toronto, Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago, and others before concluding on October 31st in Detroit. The tour is sponsored by CALIA and promoted by AEG Presents, with special guests Maddie & Tae and Runaway June.
Oct 4, 2019 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena
Oct 5, 2019 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Oct 9, 2019 Mashantucket, CT The Grand Theater at Foxwoods
Oct 10, 2019 Boston, MA TD Garden
Oct 12, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena
Oct 13, 2019 Buffalo, NY KeyBank Center
Oct. 14, 2019 Toronto, ONT ScotiaBank Arena
Oct 16, 2019 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Oct 17, 2019 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
Oct 19, 2019 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
Oct 20, 2019 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Oct 23, 2019 Memphis, TN FedExForum
Oct 24, 2019 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Oct 26, 2019 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
Oct 27, 2019 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
Oct 29, 2019 Chicago, IL United Center
Oct 31, 2019 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
Carrie is poised to enter the top of the country charts with her latest smash, “Southbound.”
Four-time GRAMMY® Award winner and reigning CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year Keith Urban celebrates his 40th Top 10 single on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart, with his latest “We Were.” The song, co-written by Eric Church, Ryan Tyndell and Jeff Hyde, marks another in a long line of Top 10s that includes a record setting streak of 38, the longest by any artist on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart.
In addition, Urban just this week, announced Keith Urban Live his first official European tour in more than a decade. The tour gets underway in Amsterdam on May 2nd and includes stops in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, as well as four stops in the UK.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Friday, September 27, 2019) – Country star Lauren Alaina releases her brand-new song, “Getting Good” today- available HERE on all digital platforms with an official radio add date of Oct. 7. With “Getting Good,” written by Emily Weisband and produced by David Garcia, the critically-acclaimed and celebrated Georgia vocalist gives listeners an encouraging, upbeat reminder to live in the now.
“Getting Good” Lyrics:
Once I fall in love then I’ll be happy
But then you fall in love and there is still a hole
Once I get some money it’ll all be easy
But then you get that money, you still feel broke
Once I get a little older, I won’t worry
Then you get older and it don’t feel like it should
I’m thinking once I learn to grow right where I’m planted
Maybe that’s when life starts getting good
Once I get a car that don’t stall in the morning
I can make it anywhere I want just wait
But I can see it right now sitting in my driveway
Afraid if I take it out, I’ll chip the paint
Once I get a house that I can hang my hat on
I bet I’ll want to build a bigger one if I could, yeah
I’m thinking, once I learn to grow right where I’m planted
Maybe that’s when life starts getting good
Oh, getting good, getting good, life starts getting good
I’m thinking maybe that’s when life starts getting good
(that’s when life starts getting good, oh)
I’m afraid of both my parents dying
I call my dad, he answers right away
And I didn’t hear a word ’cause I was thinking
About what hasn’t happened yet but will someday
And we hang up the phone before I know it
I’m crying over the conversation my fear took
I’m thinking once I learn to soak up every moment
I’ll realize my life’s already good
Already good, already good, life’s already good
I’ll realize my life’s already good, thank God that my life’s already good
In addition to her busy music schedule, Lauren can be found every Monday night competing on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.
About Lauren Alaina:
Platinum-selling country star Lauren Alaina’s latest encouraging number, “Getting Good,” impacts country radio Oct. 7. The song follows “audio delight” and big ol’ dance party” – “Ladies in the ’90s” – a song that pays homage to some of Lauren’s biggest female role models from Shania Twain, Faith Hill and Dixie Chicks to Britney Spears, TLC, Spice Girls and more.
Lauren’s critically-acclaimed sophomore album, Road Less Traveled, landed on multiple “Best Of” lists including Billboard, Rolling Stone and Amazon, and it became the top-streamed female country album release of 2017. Praised as “full of life lessons and uplift” (PEOPLE), the collection of 12 songs all written by the young star includes Lauren’s first No. 1 smash, “Road Less Traveled,” the Top 25 hit “Doin’ Fine,” and the deeply personal and inspiring, “Three.” Following the album’s release, Lauren has received multiple nominations for the ACM Awards, CMA Awards, CMT Music Awards, Teen Choice Awards, Radio Disney Awards and Billboard Music Awards including taking home last year’s ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year Award and CMT Collaborative Video of the Year Award for “What Ifs,” the 4x Platinum-selling No. 1 hit with childhood friend, Kane Brown. Lauren is one of CMT’s Next Women of Country and she received her very first CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year with her No. 1 hit “Road Less Traveled.”
The “sassy Southerner with killer pipes” (PARADE) has shared the stage with superstars including Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Martina McBride and Jason Aldean, as well as headlining her own shows including her recent U.K. tour with sold-out shows in Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow. Lauren heads out in January on her own headlining That Girl Was Me Tour.
Country Radio Seminar has announced EMI Nashville’s Eric Church as the keynote speaker during a rare and exclusive Q&A session, set for 4pm CT on Thursday, February 20that Nashville’s Omni Hotel during Country Radio Seminar (CRS 2020).
CRB/CRS President of the Board, Kurt Johnson, comments, “As if CRS 2020 wasn’t already star-studded—Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood—the addition of Eric Church ups the ante for sure. You can bet I’ll be front and center to take in this amazing, intimate conversation with a modern Country music legend.”
Registration for Country Radio Seminar (CRS 2020) will increase from $599 to $649 starting Thursday, Oct. 17. Registrations are available for purchase at www.CountryRadioSeminar.com.
There are only 20 weeks left until the 3-day event, and more talent, panels, and events will be released over the coming weeks. Already released agenda highlights include: A Conversation With Miranda Lambert; the “CRS Artist Interview” with Capitol Nashville’s Carrie Underwood; Rascal Flatts appearing at Rascal Flatts: 20 Years Of Country Radio Success; and Kenny Chesney headlining this year’s Warner Music Nashville Kickoff Luncheon, where he will be joined by several artists from the Warner Music Nashville (WMN) family.
Country Radio Seminar is the premier educational and networking event for Country radio and music industry professionals, offering attendees access to informative panels, countless valuable networking opportunities, prominent speakers, research presentations and intimate performances from some of today’s biggest stars and emerging artists. Panels at CRS 2020 will cover a broad range of topics relevant to today’s Country radio industry, including social media and digital innovations, PPM, brand strategies, leadership skills, consumer research studies, the relationships and economics of the radio and record industries and much more.
About Eric Church: The three-time Country Music Association and six-time Academy of Country Music Award winner released his highly-anticipated album Desperate Man atop the Billboard Country Albums chart in late 2018, earning praise as one of the year’s top albums by American Songwriter, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, Stereogum, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, USA Today and Vulture, among others. The album, featuring his most recent No. 1 hit “Some Of It,” also debuted at No. 5 on the all-genre Billboard 200. Rolling Stone describes it as “classic Church: expertly crafted and country-radio-friendly, while also pushing boundaries in a way that sounds natural and unforced” and American Songwriter notes that it “sublimates the pain of a tumultuous year into his most adventuresome album yet.” Church also returned to the road this year for his critically-acclaimed Double Down Tour, with back-to-back nights of two unique shows sans-opening act giving fans 6+ hours of his iconic music in each city. The tour recently featured a massive stop at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, where he broke the venue’s concert attendance record with more than 56,000 fans just two weeks before awing the same stadium’s audience with a 30-minute, solo acoustic CMA Fest set featuring a medley of 17 hits. For more information visit www.ericchurch.com and follow on Facebook and Twitter @ericchurch and on Instagram @ericchurchmusic.
As Judge Bruno Tonioli said, Lauren Alaina, who was the first one to hit the dance floor last night, performed a “rrrrrrracy” Tango with her partner Gleb Savchenko during Monday night’s (September 30th) Dancing With the Stars. She and Gleb earned a 20 out of 30 points with their tribute to Pretty Woman during movie night, and they’ll be back to compete next week. Former pro NFL player Ray Lewis, who became one of Lauren’s cheerleaders, had to drop out of the competition because of an injury, so there were no eliminations.
Make sure to tune in to Dancing With the Stars on Monday (October 7th) at 8pm ET/7pm CT on ABC…AND don’t forget to ADD her new single, “Getting Good,” on Monday, as well.
CUTS 1-12:
CUT 1: LINER Lauren Alaina (Tune Into DWTS) “Hey y’all, it’s Lauren Alaina. Don’t forget to tune in to Dancing With the Stars on ABC on Monday.”
CUT 2: Lauren Alaina (Hello) “Hello.”
CUT 3: Lauren Alaina (I’m Good How Are You) “I’m good. How are you?”
CUT 4: Lauren Alaina (Gleb teaching with paper towel roll) OC: …helps so much. 1:02
CUT 5: Lauren Alaina (going first in the lineup) OC: …first or last. :19
CUT 6: Lauren Alaina (Len and the judges) OC: …I really do. :30
CUT 7: Lauren Alaina (Tango outfit and Dad’s reaction) OC: …sweet about it. :46
CUT 8: Lauren Alaina (reaction to Ray Lewis dropping out) OC: …I love him. :25
CUT 9: Lauren Alaina (show day schedule) OC: …watches the show together. :56
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We have compiled an array of content — a variety of liners and soundbites – from JON PARDI to equip you with everything you might need to put together your own album radio special; roll-out tracks leading up to –and following — the release of his new record, HEARTACHE MEDICATION, to use in news feeds, radio specials and much more. Check out all of details below (including audio liners and soundbites, as well as transcriptions) to create your own content surrounding Jon’s new album release.
“You know ‘Head Over Boots’ was one of the countriest songs off California Sunrise,” the affable young man points out. “And it was one of our biggest singles, so it led us to feel like we could go in this direction. My label was like, ‘Don’t be afraid to be more traditional. The ball’s in your court, man. We’re perfectly fine with this!’”
And so, Jon Pardi dug in, slung low and came back with Heartache Medication. An unrepentantly Bakersfield juke joint/Texas ice house proposition, it’s a cocktail of vintage Brooks & Dunn, stone cold Haggard, a strong shot of the smoothest and swinginest Strait, a long pour of Alan Jackson and equal measures Buck’n’Dwight. From the unapologetic lope of “Old Hat,” a declaration of the good ole boy code of honor, to the quick banjo-trimmed blessing “Starlight,” honoring loved ones who’ve passed, the 34-year old writer sought to re-establish as many classic idioms as possible.
With the twin-fiddle/Telecaster grounded title track, Pardi expands the sweeping “Fool Hearted Memory” classicism into a bar-stool coping strategy, while the turbo-thumping post-rockabilly “Me & Jack” recalls the humor-steeped hijinks of Cash or Waylon and Willie at their wittiest. There’s the fiddle-soaked “Call Me Country” with its ascending guitar solos, the mariachi horns of “Tequila Little Time,” the torch truth of “Don’t Blame It On The Whiskey,” with Lauren Alaina at her most aching, and the steel-stitched promenade turning high-test swing “Tied One On” offering a breadth of style that’s pure ‘90s octane.
