Category Archives: New Music

Watch Now: Kelsea Ballerini “Heartfirst” Official Video

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Two-time GRAMMY® Award nominated and multiple ACM and CMA Award winning multiplatinum songwriter, producer and author Kelsea Ballerini presents the cinematic music video for her latest single “HEARTFIRST.” Directed by frequent collaborator Patrick Tracy from a treatment written by the songstress herself, the visual made its broadcast premiere on CMT today. Watch the full video HERE. Listen to “HEARTFIRST”—HERE.

Listen Now: Jason Aldean “What Tequila Does”

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As he now has back-to-back multi-week chart toppers from his 10th studio album MACON, GEORGIA, “That’s What Tequila Does” follows the same path as a slow-groove builds into a rocking anthem mixed with confidence from love-drunk memories. The new single, written by Kurt Allison, John Edwards, Tully Kennedy and John Morgan, is available at all digital retailers here.

Celebrating Stoney Edwards

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Stoney Edwards on Country Music News Blog

If you’ve never heard the song “Cute Lil Waitress” then you don’t know the simple fun and joy of Stoney Edwards’ contribution to country music. Living among the legends of yesterday, Stoney Edwards was an often overlooked stellar songwriter who couldn’t get a fair shake if he tried. Now the music industry is doing its’ best to rectify that oversight. Though the Cliff Notes version of the Stoney Edwards story portrays him as country music’s other Black star of the 70’s, his heritage was even more complex than that. Though his dad Rescue “Bub” Edwards was Black, he also had Irish in his blood. Stoney’s mother Ollie “Red” Edwards was Native American. Born on Christmas Eve 1929 in Seminole County, Oklahoma, Stoney once told historian Peter Guralnick, “I was never really accepted by any race. Sometimes I wished I was black as a skillet or white as a damned sheet, but the way I am it’s always been a motherf***er.”

Out Now: Trixie Mattel Drops Double LP ‘The Blonde & Pink Albums’

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Trixie Mattel Drops Double LP ‘The Blonde & Pink Albums’

Today, Trixie Mattel has reasserted herself as one of the most exciting modern day pop culture pillars and important current voices in queer music with the release of her double LP ‘The Blonde & Pink Albums’ via PEG Records. Inspired by Trixie’s fascination with duality, specifically the juxtaposition of her glamorous, serious side with her fun-loving, carefree side, ‘The Blonde & Pink Albums’ will usher in a new sonic era for the beloved chart-topping superstar. Listen HERE.

Out This Week: Watershed LP – The Belle Curves

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Out This Week Watershed LP - The Belle Curves

Long Island, New York may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of country-Americana music with a strong rural connection, but you might think differently after spending some time with the work of singer/songwriter Delaney Hafener. The driving force behind The Belle Curves, Hafener has a way of turning your assumptions upside down. So whatever preconceived notions you harbor about country music, the USA, love, relationships, identity and belonging, you’ll likely find yourself looking from a newfound vantage point by the time you get to the end of the Belle Curves’ sophomore full-length Watershed.