JASON ISBELL OFFERS FANS A SECOND LOOK AT FORTHCOMING ALBUM WEATHERVANES; AVAILABLE JUNE 9 “Middle of the Morning” is Out Now: Listen HERE Documentary Film Jason Isbell: Running with Our Eyes Closed Out April 7 on HBO Max
GRAMMY Award-winning music pioneer Alison Brown’s banjo “is an instrument possessed of a unique sonic signature and an inescapable beauty” (Billboard), and it shows on her new collaboration with GRAMMY Award-winning musician/actor/author Steve Martin, “Foggy Morning Breaking,” available everywhere tomorrow (3.24). Watch the “Foggy Morning Breaking” video, here: youtu.be/lFMX4t4FHsc
For their third and final—for now—installation of The Songwriter Tapes, decorated songwriters Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, and Barry Dean are yet again demonstrating the timelessness of a great song. Each volume of The Songwriter Tapes includes brand new recordings of three songs that even part-time country music fans will be familiar with, if not already fans of, and one tune that has yet to see the light of day. Choosing the four songs for each of the songwriters to sing was a collaborative process. And while it may have been difficult to narrow it down to 12 tracks after more than 65 collective years in country music, the result is a timeless anthology of career-defining songs from as far back as 2004 and as recent as 2020.
5X ACM Group of the Year and 5X CMA Vocal Group of the Year, Old Dominion, released the new music video for their hit song “Memory Lane” today. Directed by Mason Allen and Nicki Fletcher, the video highlights the band’s unique ability for abstract storytelling. Watch the video as the band takes a reflective journey HERE.
Congrats to REPUBLIC/MERCURY/BIG LOUD RECORDS artist MORGAN WALLEN on the release of his new album, ONE THING AT A TIME. On FRIDAY (3/3), it became SPOTIFY’s most-streamed Country album in a single day by a male artist. In addition, the 36-song set also had the largest streaming debut of any genre in 2023 so far.
“I think this was a great example of what people are going to get on this album – some unique ideas and titles. I don’t know how much that matters to other artists. Back when we had CDs and cassette tapes and the titles were on the back, before I would listen to anything, be it some album I bought or a list of 20 songs I’d get pitched, I would read the titles and see if anything jumped off the page at me. When you read a title, you think, “Oh that’s about this,” and then when it surprises you, that’s always fun for me. SONGWRITERS: Justin Moore, Paul DiGiovanni, Randy Montana, Jeremy Stover HERE’S WHAT JUSTIN SAYS ABOUT THE SONG:
On April 28, a rare album recorded over three decades ago by multi-platinum-selling, Grammy award-winning artist Travis Tritt will be released on streaming services worldwide. Featuring 11 songs that deliver the quintessential Travis Tritt sound that drove him to the top of the mainstream, Proud of the Country will be released on digital streaming services for the first time via its original label, Copperhill Records. The album will be distributed by Reservoir imprint Painted Desert Music.
Listen now to “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by 2022 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Lainey Wilson. This track was recorded as part of the upcoming release Stoned Cold Country – “A love letter to The Rolling Stones from Nashville,” in the words of the album’s producer Robert Deaton – and a toast to not only one of the best bands to ever do it, but specifically to their supreme influence on the past and present world of Country music. The album features a who’s who of country music and their interpretations of Rolling Stones hits.
Multi-PLATINUM Country hitmaker Justin Moore and PLATINUM-selling newcomer Priscilla Block release the steamy new video for the “anthemic” (Billboard) duet “You, Me, and Whiskey.” Directed by Cody Villalobos, the smoldering track’s Yellowstone-leaning visual is full of passion, wilder days and even some content that isn’t quite suitable to watch at work as it follows a couple trying to keep the spark alive.
Curb Records recording artist Tim Dugger trades heartbreak for enterprise on new track “Buy A Bar.” The lyrically clever original evolves into a full-on singalong when the Curb Records artist reasons he’s spending so much time down at the local watering hole drowning his sorrows, he might as well just cash in all his chips and buy the place.
