While Clare Dunn is hitting the airwaves with her single “More,” she’s also releasing more music. She just released the song “Put You Into Words,” which she’s been playing live during her shows.
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The King of Country Music, George Strait, will play one night only in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 30th, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The iconic entertainer will be joined by reigning CMA and ACM Male Vocalist of the Year, Chris Stapleton, along with 2018 CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Chris Janson and critically acclaimed, breakout country singer/songwriter Ashley McBryde. Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 16 at 10 am ET via Ticketmaster.com.
The performance marks Strait’s only show in Atlanta since his Cowboy Rides Away Tour stop at State Farm Arena in 2014 when he announced he would no longer tour and only perform select engagements in the future.
With an unmatched 60 singles hitting the top of the charts – more than any other artist in any genre – during his 30-year career, Strait is the undeniable “King of Country Music.” He has collected 33 Platinum or multi-Platinum-selling albums, more than any country artist and third across all genres behind only The Beatles and Elvis Presley. Strait is the only act in history to have a Top 10 hit every year for over three decades and has sold nearly 70 million albums and earned more than 60 major entertainment industry awards, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
Since his record-breaking Cowboy Rides Away Tour, Strait has performed for limited engagements including 18 “Strait to Vegas” shows. Additional appearances in 2018 included two nights in Tulsa, Oklahoma and one night in Austin, Texas as well as a headlining appearance at Bayou Country Superfest for a sold-out Mercedes-Benz Superdome crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Country Music Hall of Famer will wrap up 2018 with a return to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Dec. 7 and 8.
Multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and one of the hottest rising female artists in country music Lauren Alaina joins ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” this Monday, November 5th at 8p ET for a night of country music celebration. Lauren will perform her current radio hit, “Ladies in the ’90s” while contestant Alexis Ren and her partner Alan Bersten pair it with a lively Samba.
Lauren co-wrote “Ladies in the ’90s” with Jesse Frasure and Amy Wadge. The fun, upbeat song pays homage to the era and inspiration for her career path and namechecks some of her favorite 90s songs from mentors and artists who played a role in her journey to today including “Strawberry Wine” (Deana Carter), “…Baby One More Time” (Britney Spears), “Fancy” (Reba), “Genie In a Bottle” (Christina Aguilera), “Vogue” (Madonna), “Man, I Feel Like A Woman” (Shania), “Breathe” (Faith Hill), “Cowboy Take Me Away” (Dixie Chicks) and more. To listen to “Ladies In the ’90s” and hear Lauren’s 90s playlist click HERE.
Lauren, the reigning ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year and current CMA New Artist of the Year nominee, is right now touring the country with Cole Swindell and Dustin Lynch for the Reason to Drink… Another Tour and she joins Blake Shelton as direct support for his recently announced Friends and Heroes 2019 Tour kicking off this February.
In addition to hitting the road with five major tours in the past 12 months alone (Luke Bryan, Alan Jackson, Cole Swindell, Jason Aldean and Cole Swindell/Dustin Lynch), Lauren has also earned back-to-back major awards for ACM New Female Vocalist of the Yearand CMT Collaborative Video of the Year, she co-hosted the prestigious 12thAnnual ACM Honors, and she performed on the 38th annual broadcast of the top-rated PBS special “A Capitol Fourth” alongside music legends CeCe Winans, the Temptations, The Beach Boys, Pentatonix and more. For ABC’s CMA Fest TV special, Lauren joined her good friend Kane Brown for an electric performance of their now TRIPLE Platinum® selling No. 1 hit, “What Ifs,” which went to No. 1 simultaneously topping five Billboard charts.
Josh Turner just released his first gospel collection, I Serve a Savior, and he says his grandmother’s record collection profoundly influenced him.
“She had a huge collection, and she had everything from Roy Acuff to Waylon Jennings to Johnny Cash to The Stanley Brothers, the Osborne Brothers, all kinds of southern gospel groups, Ernest Tubb,” says Josh. “She loved music and she loved gospel music, and she had one of those huge ginormous stereo console things in her house with a record player and 8-track machine and all that stuff. Every time I went to her house she had one of those records playing.”
In addition to the 12-track studio project, Turner has released a complementing 90-minute live performance DVD featuring a special interview of Turner with gospel legend Bill Gaither, a performance with Turner alongside his wife, Jennifer, their four sons, and more. The DVD has been edited to air as a one-hour television special hosted by Bill Gaither, which will re-air November 22nd on RFD, November 24th on RFD and TBN and November 24th on the Heartland channel, as well as other dates.
Audio / Josh Turner talks about his Grandmother’s record collection and how that profoundly influenced him.
Josh Turner (grandmother’s record collection influenced him) OC: …known for. :42 “She had a huge collection, and she had everything from Roy Acuff to Waylon Jennings to Johnny Cash to The Stanley Brothers, the Osborne Brothers, all kinds of southern gospel groups, Ernest Tubb. She loved music and she loved gospel music, and she had one of those huge ginormous stereo console things in her house with a record player and 8-track machine and all that stuff. Every time I went to her house she had one of those records playing. My heart’s always been in country music and the roots of just Americana, just that rootsy, earthy kind of music that our region, the southeast region of the United States is known for.”
Keith Urban wraps the U-S leg of his Graffiti U World Tour this week with shows in Little Rock on Thursday (November 1st), New Orleans on Friday (November 2nd) and Dallas on Saturday (November 3rd).
“It’s a conundrum because I wanna play what the audience wants to hear obviously, and there’s a mix of people in the audience. You’ve always got new people that have never seen us live and they’re hoping that you do ‘X’ song, whatever that might be. It could be ‘Kiss a Girl.’ It could be ‘Sweet Thing.’ It could be ‘You’ll Think of Me.’ It could be ‘Days Go By.’ There’s just so many songs, and then you’ve got people who’ve seen us hundreds and hundreds of times who are like, ‘Oh, please don’t do that song again. We’ve got to have heard that a million times. We wanna hear more of the new ones,’” says Keith. “So, it’s a beautiful challenge that I feel very blessed to have. And at the end of the day I’ll put together a setlist that feels energy and emotion and thematically and musically and every other way right from top to bottom, covering as much as we can without playing for four hours. It’s also part of the reason we didn’t take any other acts on the tour. We just took Kelsea and us. That gave us more time to play.”
Keith, who is making his way up the country charts with “Never Coming Down,” is nominated for several CMA Awards, including Entertainer, Male Vocalist and Album of the Year (for Graffiti U). The 52nd Annual CMA Awards, which will broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 14th at 8pm ET/PT on ABC.
Audio / Before launching his Graffiti U World Tour, Keith Urban explained trying to put together a setlist for his shows.
Keith Urban (Grafitti U World Tour) OC: …time to play. :59 “It’s a conundrum because I wanna play what the audience wants to hear obviously, and there’s a mix of people in the audience. You’ve always got new people that have never seen us live and they’re hoping that you do ‘X’ song, whatever that might be. It could be ‘Kiss a Girl.’ It could be ‘Sweet Thing.’ It could be ‘You’ll Think of Me.’ It could be ‘Days Go By.’ There’s just so many songs, and then you’ve got people who’ve seen us hundreds and hundreds of times who are like, ‘Oh, please don’t do that song again. We’ve got to have heard that a million times. We wanna hear more of the new ones.’ So, it’s a beautiful challenge that I feel very blessed to have. And at the end of the day I’ll put together a setlist that feels energy and emotion and thematically and musically and every other way right from top to bottom, covering as much as we can without playing for four hours. It’s also part of the reason we didn’t take any other acts on the tour. We just took Kelsea and us. That gave us more time to play.”
Travis Denning feels he owes The Allman Brothers for his music career. He says he probably would’ve never picked up a guitar if it weren’t for this iconic band and their different influences.
“When I first started playing guitar, I loved classic rock. I loved AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, I mean those kinds of bands. The more I played guitar, you know the more and more I wanted to hear it faster and louder, so I got into Metallica and I got into Motorhead and Slayer,” says Travis. “I fell in love with singer-songwriters. I fell in love with John Mayer. I fell in love with Neil Young and Amos Lee. It’s so funny telling that story that people go, ‘Man. You’re all over the place with your music.’ I think the reason I was able to do that is because I always looked to the cornerstone of what I loved which was The Allman Brothers Band, and they did the same thing. They had jazz. They had blues. They had country music. They had folk. They had so much that they combined to create this genre called Southern Rock, which is still the fiber of my being.”
Travis will often break out into an Allman Brothers song, like “Whipping Post,” while in concert.
The pinnacle of everything I am musically will forever be The Allman Brothers Band. I doubt I would’ve ever picked up a guitar without them. pic.twitter.com/MKyM55VP5g
Travis Denning (Allman Brothers) OC: …throughout my whole life. 1:08 “When I first started playing guitar, I loved classic rock. I loved AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, I mean those kinds of bands. The more I played guitar, you know the more and more I wanted to hear it faster and louder, so I got into Metallica and I got into Motorhead and Slayer. I mean, I have a lot of hard rock and heavy metal in my veins, and then that led to, I fell in love with singer-songwriters. I fell in love with John Mayer. I fell in love with Neil Young and Amos Lee. It’s so funny telling that story that people go, ‘Man. You’re all over the place with your music.’ I think the reason I was able to do that is because I always looked to the cornerstone of what I loved which was The Allman Brothers Band, and they did the same thing. They had jazz. They had blues. They had country music. They had folk. They had so much that they combined to create this genre called Southern Rock, which is still the fiber of my being. I grew up 30 minutes away from where they lived, where they recorded. And I think there’s something to be said about coming from that same area and being a part of my life throughout my whole life.”
If you happened to miss Luke Bryan, along with his fellow American Idol judges Lionel Richie and Katy Perry, on ABC’s Live with Kelly and Ryan, we’ve got all the links below…even a segment titled “Who’s Most Likely.”
Video / The American Idol judges talk about how they knew each other before the show, and how being tormented by his kids prepared Lionel Richie for dealing with Katy Perry and Luke Bryan's antics.
Video / The American Idol judges, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie, come to the show in inflatable animal costumes.
Video / The American Idol judges talk about which of them is the hardest to impress, and what to expect from the next season of the show.
Video / Ryan and the American Idol judges reveal what they think of each other when they play "Who's Most Likely?"
Luke Bryan wrapped his touring year on Friday night delivering his thirteenth stadium show of 2018 playing to a sold-out crowd in Detroit’s Ford Field. This was the third time Luke closed his touring year at the home of the Detroit Lions. The four-time Entertainer of the Year and American Idol judge performed for 1.5 million fans in 2018.
Luke headlined more stadium shows this year than ever before, playing 13 of the biggest and best sports stadiums across North America in Toronto, New York City, Cincinnati, Tampa, Pittsburgh, Boston, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Denver, St. Louis, Chicago, Vancouver and Detroit. These shows were deemed the “What Makes You Country Tour XL Stadium Sized” and played for 30,000 to 50,000 thousand fans at each stadium stop often reaching crowds of more than 100,000 in a weekend with multiple back-to-back stadium dates and weekends.
“Stadiums are a lot of work,” Luke told Billboard magazine before he became the first country artist to perform and then sell-out Dodger Stadium. “You’ve gotta try to make 50,000 people feel like [they’re in] an intimate setting and an intimate environment. When you’re playing a 15,000-seat amphitheater, everybody’s right in front of you. When I get done with a stadium, I feel like I ran a marathon. There’s no just getting up there and nonchalantly making a stadium show happen. You gotta work hard at it.”
Click HEREfor Luke’s “What Makes You Country Tour” playlist.
Luke, who is scaling the country charts with “What Makes You Country,” returns to the judges table next year with Katy Perry and Lionel Richie for a second season of American Idol on ABC.
Wrangler®, a global leader in jeanswear and casual apparel, introduced Capitol Records Nashville recording artist Jon Pardi as the new face of the Wrangler Retro collection. The cutting-edge jean and shirt collection features fresh designs, updated fabrics, and a variety of modern fit options for the new cowboy and cowgirl who aren’t afraid to get a little dirt on their boots.
As the exclusive spokesperson for Wrangler Retro, Pardi will appear in the brand’s national television, print, radio and online marketing campaign. The current reigning CMA New Artist of the Year has already captured countless fans across America by combining his own traditional country music sound with a modern blend. Just like his music, Pardi’s striking look puts old-school western flare back in style.
“I grew up watching legendary country musicians rock out in Wrangler and always admired their personal style just as much as their music,” said Pardi, who was raised in honkytonks on the West Coast. “What makes the Wrangler Retro collection special is that it honors the tradition of a classic brand, and also brings a new, contemporary style for everyone who loves the western lifestyle, country music and the way a pair of Wrangler jeans look and feel.”
The Wrangler Retro partnership with Pardi comes following the remarkable success of chart-topping hits off his gold-selling breakthrough album California Sunrise, which debuted No. 1 on the Billboard country album chart and produced three consecutive No. 1 songs, “Dirt On My Boots,” “Head Over Boots,” and “Heartache on the Dancefloor.” The video for Pardi’s current chart-climbing single, “Night Shift,” his latest single off of California Sunrise, recently debuted exclusively on ESPN and the song is currently Top 30 at country radio. An ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year award-winning singer/songwriter and AMA nominee, Pardi can be seen next with Dierks Bentley on his upcoming Burning Man Tour, starting in January 2019.
“Jon Pardi has the vintage style, charisma and undeniable musical talent to attract a new and wide audience to the brand,” said Allen Montgomery, Vice President and General Manager of Wrangler Western. “Plus, his genuine love of the Western lifestyle underscores all the reasons why he is the perfect fit for this collection, and Wrangler Retro is the perfect fit for him.”
The Wrangler Retro collection is sold through Wrangler.com and participating western retailers.
MCA Nashville’s hot newcomer Jordan Davis performed during halftime of the Minnesota Vikings-New Orleans Saints NFL Football game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis as part of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football.” Jordan performed several songs from his debut album Home State including his current infectious single “Take It From Me” which is nearing Top 20 at country radio. Jordan also performed his No.1 Platinum-Certified smash hit “Singles You Up” which continues to accumulate impressive streaming numbers after staying on the Spotify US Viral chart for over a month in addition to hitting the Spotify Global Viral chart.
Jordan is currently on the road as part of Kip Moore’s “After The Sunburn Tour” with upcoming stops in Los Angeles on November 2nd and Nashville on November 17th.
In 2019, Jordan is set to join Old Dominion on the “Make It Sweet Tour” kicking off in Chicago on January 18th. For additional information please visit, www.jordandavisofficial.com
