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Parker McCollum has hit the top of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase country chart with his latest smash, “Handle On You.” He co-wrote the gold-certified single with Monty Criswell, and it’s the follow-up to his prior #1 hits — his multi-Platinum debut “Pretty Heart” and Platinum “To Be Loved By You.” “Handle On You” is the lead single from his highly anticipated forthcoming album, Never Enough, out Friday (May 12th).

Killer crowd last night in Missouri! Woke up to Handle On You being #1 at country radio! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNTRY RADIO!!!!3 #1’s in a row… eternally grateful! pic.twitter.com/NJCw2XiD7L

— Parker McCollum (@ParkerMcCollum) May 7, 2023

Parker filmed the video for “Handle On You” back at his family’s ranch in East Texas. While it was a long day of filming, he was able to have fun with the video.

“I’ve done like three music videos out there,” he says. “Any time they’re like they want to film some content of you, I’m like boom, this is an excuse to go to the ranch. If I’m doing a music video it’s an excuse to drive one of my cars, which I really – music videos are kind of a brutal process, they’re pretty boring and they are long days, and so if you can throw in just ripping your Corvette around for an hour or two, it makes it pretty fun. So, I thought the video spoke really well to the song.”

Directed by Jim Wright, the beautifully shot video gives insight into the push and pull of balancing a career that you love but takes you away from home and the people closest to you – striking a middle ground with humble perspective.

“Everybody that wanted to do or pitch a treatment for a music video for ‘Handle On You’ wanted to do it in a bar, and I just said, ‘Man, that’s not my life in a bar anymore. My life is complete chaos 100 miles an hour and then absolute dead silence, and it’s back and forth from one extreme to the other at all times.’ I thought we did a pretty good job in the video kind of showing that,” says Parker.

The Texas native is following up his breakout major label debut, Gold Chain Cowboy, with his forthcoming studio album, Never Enough, out Friday (May 12th).

On the heels of his first single via UMG Nashville/Mercury Records “Giving Up On That” earning the title of most-added the week of its debut at Country radio, Dalton Dover releases “I Wouldn’t Be Here,” paying tribute his momma ahead of Mother’s Day. Dover’s Instagram followers got a preview of the song when he shared his mom’s reaction to hearing it for the first time. 

LISTEN TO “I WOULDN’T BE HERE” | HERE

“I wrote ‘I Wouldn’t Be Here’ for one of the most important people in my life, my momma,” shares Dover. “She’s my best friend, the greatest Mimi to my babies and the wisest woman I’ve ever met. I’m so grateful that I get to call her mom.”

Written by Dover with Russell Sutton and Dan Isabell, “I Wouldn’t Be Here” touches on the highs and lows of growing up and the saving grace of Dover’s mother, as he speaks to her directly throughout the song:

Every little league game, every middle school play
Every time I scraped my knee
Every double shift, every penny pinched
Was for my brother and sister and me
My first song came out all wrong, but you told me it was good
I’m standing now to a sold out crowd just like you said I would

Every time I hit rock bottom
You picked me right back up
When I felt like I was nothing
You said son you’re more than enough
I’m the man I am today because you cared
I wouldn’t be here if you hadn’t been there

Named a Pandora 2023 Artist to Watch, an Amazon Music 2023 Breakthrough Artist to Watch: Country Class and a member of CMT’s LISTEN UP 2023 Class, Dover made his international debut at C2C: Country to Country Festival’s CMA Songwriters Series before joining Chase Rice on the Way Down Yonder Tour. This summer, the Georgia native will perform at the Nissan Stadium Platform Stage and Chevy Vibes Stage at CMA Fest, along with opening for Luke Combs at his Gillette Stadium stop in July and select dates with Parker McCollum among festival and headlining shows.

Dalton Dover Upcoming Tour Dates:

May 5              Downtown Commons Concert Series w/ Matt Stell                    Clarksville, TN

May 6              Grand Ole Opry                                                                      Nashville, TN

May 19            Georgia Country Jam                                                              Atlanta, GA

May 20            WYCD Detroit Hoedown                                                       Detroit, MI

May 23            Froggy 101’s Guitars & Stars After Party                                    Scranton, PA

June 9              CMA Fest – Nissan Stadium Platform Stage                                    Nashville, TN

June 10            CMA Fest – Chevy Vibes Stage                                             Nashville, TN

June 15            KC Live!                                                                                 Kansas City, MO
June 22            Rams Head Live! w/ Chase Rice                                         Baltimore, MD
June 23            Mulcahy’s Pub And Concert Hall w/ Chase Rice                 Wantagh, NY
June 24            Kegs Canalside w/ Chase Rice                                                     Jordan, NY

July 3             Greatest 4th in the North Country Stars & Stripes Concert           Lake City, MI

July 8             Showare Center                                                                         Kent, WA

July 14           Orion Amphitheater w/ Parker McCollum                                      Huntsville, AL

July 15            The Wharf Amphitheater w/ Parker McCollum                               Orange Beach, AL

July 22           Jack Daniels Old No. 7 and Country Cocktails Presents       Foxborough, MA

Luke Combs Bootleggers Tailgate Party Powered by

Whiskey Jam

July 25            Elkhart County Fair                                                                Goshen, IN

Aug. 5             Victory Live Featuring WGAR Country Jam                              Cleveland, OH

Aug. 12           Voices of America Country Music Festival 2023                West Chester, OH

Aug. 24           Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium                                     Chattanooga, TN

w/ Parker McCollum

Aug. 25           Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre w/ Parker McCollum       Charlotte, NC

Aug. 26           CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park                                     Simpsonville, SC

w/ Parker McCollum

Sam Hunt releases the new video for his latest song “Outskirts.” Shot in Portland, Tennessee and directed by Tim Mattia, the video for “Outskirts” captures a “day in the life” of main street in a rural town. Shown through the eyes of a truck driver passing through, the video captures the heartbeat of a small town as the driver takes in all of the characters from and events that unfold throughout the day.

In “Outskirts,” written by Hunt with Zach Crowell, Jerry Flowers, and Josh Osborne, the Georgia-native imagines the road not taken with a past love. The song is the latest from five-time GRAMMY nominee and it serves as the title to Hunt’s upcoming SUMMER ON THE OUTSKIRTS TOUR with special guests Brett Young and Lily Rose. On sale now, the tour kicks off July 6 in Hartford, Conn. and runs across the country with stops including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Mountain View, New York City, Orange Beach, Raleigh, and St. Louis. Visit www.SamHunt.com for more.

Carrie Underwood visited the new SiriusXM Miami Studios this week after announcing her upcoming exclusive SiriusXM channel, CARRIE’S COUNTRY. While at SiriusXM, the global superstar sat down with Howard Stern for an in-depth interview and three-song performance on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show.

https://twitter.com/carrieunderwood/status/1654225699497025540

“We talked on the phone for a few months before our first date.” @CarrieUnderwood tells Howard how she started dating her now-husband, Mike Fisher. pic.twitter.com/dXUOhLDt6Y

— Stern Show (@sternshow) May 5, 2023

.@carrieunderwood put her own spin on @OzzyOsbourne's “Mama, I’m Coming Home” during her first-ever #SternShow interview. pic.twitter.com/Zvm42QPthP

— Stern Show (@sternshow) May 4, 2023

Before they performed together at Stagecoach Festival in 2022, @CarrieUnderwood had been performing @gunsnroses covers for years. She told Howard how she got @axlrose to join her on stage during her #SternShow interview. pic.twitter.com/SSLyvqOSAl

— Stern Show (@sternshow) May 5, 2023

Luke Bryan and Parker McCollum appear on CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown from last weekend’s Stagecoach Festival. Check out all the action Saturday (May 6th) and Sunday (May 7th) beginning at 9am ET/8am CT.

https://twitter.com/cmtHot20/status/1653897363721707523

Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert have recorded a few new songs that will appear in the hit CBS show, Fire Country. Dierks posted a clip of the two in the studio on his socials and wrote, “Tune into the show for the next two weeks on CBS to hear them.” According to Billboard, the two have collaborated on three new songs, two of which — “Saved” and “Still Burning” — will appear in the May 12th episode; while “Something in the Water” will appear in the May 19th season finale. Additionally, Dierks co-wrote and sings “Barbed Wire Heart” that will also air in the finale. The show airs on Fridays beginning at 9pm ET/8pm CT on CBS.

https://twitter.com/DierksBentley/status/1654519915041128449

Darius Rucker will perform during the TODAY Show’s Citi Concert Series on September 1st.

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1654471713764065281

During the first of three sold-out shows of The Eras Tour at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on Friday (May 5th), Taylor Swift announced the release of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) with six extra songs from the vault on July 7th. She writes on her socials, “I first made Speak Now, completely self-written, between the ages of 18 and 20. The songs that came from this time in my life were marked by their brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness. I love this album because it tells a tale of growing up, flailing, flying and crashing… and living to speak about it.”

https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1654697334012366849

Luke Bryan has released a brand-new song today (May 5th), “But I Got A Beer In My Hand.” The song was written by Chase McGill, Matt Dragstrem  and Geoff Warburton, and produced by Jeff Stevens and co-produced by Jody Stevens. It will impact country radio on May 15th and is from a highly anticipated forth-coming album. “But I Got A Beer In My Hand” is available HERE.

Luke will perform “But I Got A Beer In My Hand” on the Sunday, May 21st season finale of “American Idol” as he, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie wrap up their sixth season as judges on television’s original singing competition. Tune in to the live coast-to-coast, three-hour season finale (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT/6:00-9:00 p.m. MDT/5:00-8:00 p.m. PDT) on ABC.

“I knew I wanted a fun up-tempo song everyone could enjoy this summer,” said Luke. “I can’t wait to start doing it live. It’s gonna be a blast.”

This song comes on the heels of Luke’s 30^th No. 1 single “Country On” which closed out the 2022 charts as the final No. 1 of the year. During his career, he has spent 56 total weeks at the top of the country radio charts, sold more than 15 million albums, garnered 20 billion worldwide streams, and has more RIAA certified digital single certifications than any other Country artist of all time with 81.5 Million.

Luke’s 2023 will continue with major touring plans beginning with the launch of his “Country On Tour” running June 15th to October 28th; Farm Tour 2023 set for September 14th-23rd, and his shows at Resorts World in Las Vegas dates August 30th, September 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th and 9th.

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Nashville-based band Boy Named Banjo has released their uplifting new track “What Keeps Me Going” via Mercury Records Nashville. Over tender, harmony-laced production, the quintet shares a positive anthem of gratitude that was written following what our world has experienced over the last several years.

LISTEN TO “WHAT KEEPS ME GOING” | HERE

 “‘What Keeps Me Going’ is essentially our answer to the question, ‘What is important to us?’” shares banjo player Barton Davies, who penned the song with guitarist and harmonica player William Reames and Pat McLaughlin (John Prine, Loretta Lynn). “We wrote this song as we were coming out of the pandemic and reflecting on how that whole experience had shifted our focus. Like many others during that time, we found the most meaning from the simplest things – being outside, watching the sun go down, going fishing, and spending quality time with our loved ones. That’s what kept us going then and what keeps us going today.”

What Keeps Me Going is about the things in life that pull us through the hard times. Whether that’s friends, family, love, faith, nature, music – it’s different for everyone, but we all need that something.

Hope y’all connect to it! Thanks for listening!https://t.co/vKRagirWKd pic.twitter.com/pdxYLEPhAl

— Boy Named Banjo (@BoyNamedBanjo) May 5, 2023

Reames adds, “The song highlights why we do difficult things – whether that is going to a 9-to-5 every day or covering miles in a tour van, the goal is the same: To enjoy life. We work hard to enjoy life.”

Davies continues, “The song sounds like it could’ve been written about 50 years ago, and I love that about it. It’s definitely got a bit of that Laurel Canyon folk-rock feeling to it, but with our contemporary BNB approach. I love the message of the song too. It just seems kinda timeless in the sense that I could look back on this song when I’m older and say, ‘Yep, I still feel that way.’”

“What Keeps Me Going” arrives on the heels of Boy Named Banjo’s Grand Ole Opry debut in March, a momentous milestone for the band that was documented over at People.com.

In a time when the popular choice is to chase the double yellow line down the road to country radio, Boy Named Banjo thrives on its fringes. The Nashville-raised five-piece is a fusion of contemporary country, Americana and folk-rock stacked on a foundation of bluegrass. The band, which has been together in some iteration since its members were in their teens includes Barton Davies (banjo), Ford Garrard (bass/standing bass), Sam McCullough (drums) Willard Logan (mandolin, acoustic/electric guitar) and William Reames (acoustic guitar/harmonica). Reames and Logan played in a middle school garage rock band together, but it wasn’t until Reames met Davies in high school that Boy Named Banjo started taking shape. Garrard and McCullough joined later and together the five guys comprise the band Boy Named Banjo that we know today.

At sold-out shows marked by audiences singing along with every word, Boy Named Banjo tells their stories with an incisive, emotional and roots-driven perspective. In 2020, Boy Named Banjo signed to Mercury Records Nashville and released their debut EP, Circles, the following year. The band spent 2022 on the road playing some of country music’s largest festivals including Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks and Country Jam and Kip Moore’s Fire on Wheels Tour, and made their CMA Fest debut playing at the Ascend Amphitheatre Nighttime Concert as well as a sold-out hometown show at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl. The group most recently released the tracks “Whiskey Dreams,” “Heart In Motion” and “Heart Attack,” which earned support from Billboard, CMT, MusicRow and more. Boy Named Banjo is currently prepping their next project to be released later this year.

Boy Named Banjo 2023 Tour Dates:

May 25 – Newport, KY – Megacorp Pavilion *

May 26 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall *

May 27 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – F. M. Kirby Center *

July 7 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater %

July 8 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre %

September 15 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon and Beyond

September 23 – Franklin, TN – The Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival

October 6 – Monterey, CA – Rebels & Renegades Music Festival

* Supporting Larry Fleet
% Supporting Hank Williams Jr. and Old Crow Medicine Show

On the eve of releasing his self-titled debut solo album, Tyler Hubbard took the stage in NYC for an exclusive performance and live stream as part of City Sessions from Amazon Music. Now, six of Hubbard’s live performances from that night are available now only on Amazon music in a new EP, Tyler Hubbard: City Sessions (Amazon Music Live). Also released today are two exclusive live performance videos for Hubbard’s current hit single “Dancin’ In The Country” and “She Can.”

LISTEN TO TYLER HUBBARD: CITY SESSIONS (AMAZON MUSIC LIVE) | HERE

WATCH THE “DANCIN’ IN THE COUNTRY – CITY SESSIONS (AMAZON MUSIC LIVE)” VIDEO | HERE

WATCH THE “SHE CAN – CITY SESSIONS (AMAZON MUSIC LIVE)” VIDEO | HERE

Tyler Hubbard: City Sessions (Amazon Music Live) Track Listing:

1. “5 Foot 9 – City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)”
2. “Out This Way – City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)”
3. “Tough – City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)”
4. “She Can – City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)”
5. “Small Town Me – City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)”
6. “Dancin’ In The Country – City Sessions (Amazon Music Live)”

About Tyler Hubbard
With 20 No.1 singles on country radio, countless awards and sold-out tours, Tyler Hubbard has already had a remarkable career as a songwriter and as one half of multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line. Hubbard has now stepped out on his own and Billboard claims “Hubbard’s solo career keeps building,” with the release of his debut solo album, Tyler Hubbard. Released earlier this year, the album features Hubbard’s hit debut solo single “5 Foot 9,” which hit No. 1 at Country radio, was certified Platinum by the RIAA, and has almost 396M global streams. It also features Hubbard’s current single, “Dancin’ In The Country,” which already has over 132M global streams and is Top 5 at Country radio.  The song already hit No.1 on  SXM’s The Highway, and the MusicRow chart and spent three weeks there on Canadian Country radio. Hubbard has made several television appearances as a solo artist, most recently at the CMT Music Awards, and also on Good Morning America, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Today. Hubbard is continuing to write, record and tour the country at fairs and festivals throughout the summer. See the official music video for “Dancin’ In The Country” starring Terry Crews along with all the videos from Hubbard’s debut solo album HERE.

Parker McCollum is closing in on the top of the country chart with his latest smash “Handle On You.” He co-wrote the gold-certified song with his buddy Monty Criswell, and he said he loves collaborating with the hit songwriter.

“You know, he had a title ‘Handle On You’ and I don’t like titles. I usually tell them to put their titles away and write from the heart and write something that makes me feel something,” recalls Parker. “But he had the title ‘Handle On You,’ and I just kind of thought it was clever. He kind of caught me on the right day with that one and I said ‘Man, let’s write it.’ It’s kind of an old school country vibe.  So, I just started picking on this melody on my guitar and he really dug it and kind of started that first verse. And he was really the one that kind of started the Tennessee or Kentucky thing and it just kind of went from there.  It’s such a pleasure writing with him. He’s got a crazy talent for writing with an artist and letting them kind of take the lead and write to them, which is really cool.”

“Handle On You” is from his upcoming album, Never Enough, available May 12th.

Luke Bryan will release his new song, “But I Got A Beer In My Hand,” on Friday (May 5th). He announced his new single at last weekend’s Stagecoach and urged fans to go check out a clip he posted on Tik Tok. The tune is the follow-up to his 30th No. 1 smash, “Country On.” He says it’s a good summertime party song about heartbreak.

“It’s about a guy that obviously, his girl leaves him and he’s expecting to really be down about it,” says Luke. “Instead, he goes out, gets a beer in his hand, starts partying and life’s pretty good.”

Luke will perform the song on his upcoming 36-city Country On Tour, which launches June 15th in Syracuse, New York.