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Introducing: Logan Robinson – Boat Docks

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Just in time for summer, we got this fun little submission from North Carolina native Logan Robinson.  Give “Boat Docks” a listen and let us know if you’ll be adding it to your summer playlist! You can learn more about Logan Robinson on his website and Facebook pages below. You can also find his music on Spotify, ITunes, and Apple Tunes. https://www.loganrobinsonmusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/LoganRobinsonOfficial/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrrqTpfphkY  

Out Tomorrow: Lindsay Ell – The Continuum Project

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Country star Lindsay Ell took to social media to announce news long-awaited by legions of fans: Ell will release her version of John Mayer’s Continuum album on Friday, May 25. Lindsay Ell’s The Continuum Project, co-produced and co-engineered by Ell, will be available at all digital retailers and streaming services. Beginning as a homework assignment from producer Kristian Bush (Sugarland) in preparation to record her debut album, Ell was given two weeks to reimagine her all-time favorite desert island record, recording every single instrument and singing every part alone in her studio. The process led her to emerge with a renewed creative discovery and vision for how she plays, writes and records her own music. The end-result of Bush’s unique assignment became her critically-lauded No. 1 debut album, The Project. Ell explains, “Recording Continuum was the thing that started it all. Kristian taught me some of the most valuable lessons as my producer from this ‘homework’ assignment. He gave me three rules: I needed to play all the instruments myself, I needed to record it alone in my studio, and I had two weeks. Through it all, I remembered all the things I first loved about making music. I can’t wait for my fans to hear the music that helped shaped ‘Criminal’ and The Project!” The whirlwind doesn’t stop for Ell who just wrapped a year-long run on Brad Paisley’s Weekend Warrior World Tour. Meanwhile, the multi-instrumentalist is set to join Sugarland’s Still the Same Tour in July ahead of supporting select dates of Keith Urban’s Graffiti U World Tour this fall. Adding to the excitement, Ell collaborated with Urban on a brand new track “Horses,” featured on his just-released album Graffiti U, available everywhere now. Her current single “Criminal” is Top 20 at U.S. Country radio and recently landed atop Canadian Country Radio Charts. Watch the music video here For more information, visit www.lindsayell.com ABOUT LINDSAY ELL: Named one of The Huffington Post’s “Top Country Artists to Watch,” Lindsay Ell is a triple threat: accomplished musician, unique vocalist and songwriter. The Calgary native learned to play guitar while traveling with her father to country-bluegrass camps as a young girl. Ell honed her craft as a musical stylist and songwriter after being discovered by BTO and The Guess Who’s Randy Bachman (“American Woman” / “Taking Care of Business”) who discovered her at the age of 13. The multi-instrumentalist was soon touring alongside the likes of Luke Bryan, Buddy Guy, The Band Perry and Keith Urban, as well as wowing audiences as Carrie Underwood’s guitar player live on the “50th Annual CMA Awards” and holding her own alongside icon Melissa Etheridge on Skyville Live. A 2016 CMT Music Award and multiple Canadian Country Music Award nominee, Ell exhilarated audiences from coast-to-coast as part of the 2016 CMT Next Women of Country Tour and Brad Paisley’s 2017 and 2018 WEEKEND WARRIOR WORLD TOUR. She will soon join Sugarland’s Still The Same Tour for Summer 2018 and select dates of Keith Urban’s Graffiti Continue reading Out Tomorrow: Lindsay Ell – The Continuum Project→

Dan + Shay Set To Release Self-Titled Album June 22nd

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WARNER BROS./WAR’s DAN + SHAY will release their new, self-titled “DAN + SHAY” album on FRIDAY, JUNE 22nd. The 11-track project will include their current single, “Tequila,” as well as the just-released “Speechless,” for which the duo dropped a romantic video today (5/18) featuring each of their real-life weddings. Also included on the album will be “Alone Together,” “All To Myself,” and “Keeping Score,” which features KELLY CLARKSON. The duo’s DAN SMYERS and SHAY MOONEY each either had a hand in writing or co-writing ten of the eleven tracks; SMYERS also co-produced the album alongside longtime collaborator, WMN EVP/A&R SCOTT HENDRICKS. “Our first two albums helped us build an incredible and super-loyal fan base, so we knew it was our responsibility to them to put out the best music we could on this record,” said DAN + SHAY. “Most importantly, we wanted to deliver a project that would satisfy the people who got us where we are in the first place. Where we are musically and in our personal lives is different than where we were when this all started, which makes this album unique while still being true to who we are.”

Watch Now: LOCASH – Don’t Get Better Than That

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With a sound that fuses modern Country and classic heartland Rock with an edgy vocal blend, LOCASH have become revered as “one of Nashville’s hardest-working acts” (Rolling Stone) whose live show “has consistently been among the most energetic and entertaining in the country music genre” (Billboard). With two albums and eight charting singles to their credit, LOCASH broke out in 2015 with their gracious GOLD-certified hit, “I Love This Life,” followed by the flirtatious GOLD-certified #1 smash, “I Know Somebody” and 2017’s fun-loving romantic anthem “Ring on Every Finger.” All three singles were part of their Reviver Records album debut, THE FIGHTERS, which was released in the summer of 2016 to Top 15 success. The duo’s follow-up album is expected later this year, and the first single “Don’t Get Better Than That” is now available on all digital platforms. The new video was shot by CMA and CMT Award winning director, TK McKamy, who has directed videos for some of country’s biggest acts including Thomas Rhett, Florida Georgia line, Chris Lane, and Granger Smith. This great summer video will be a hit with all audiences, so make sure to share it on your blog or website today!

Watch Now: Sam Hunt – Downtown’s Dead

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Hunt Joins Luke Bryan and Jon Pardi for  What Makes You Country Tour XL This Summer Sam Hunt released his brand new single, “Downtown’s Dead“, dropping hints on his socials all day Tuesday. Hunt’s new song, co-written by Hunt with Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally and Charlie Handsome, is now available HERE and made its world premiere with iHeart country radio.   “Downtown’s Dead” is the first new single from the critically-acclaimed, GRAMMY-nominated superstar since last year’s record-breaking, 5x Platinum-selling smash, “Body Like A Back Road.” At 34 weeks, Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” set the record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the six-decade history of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart and earned Hunt the 2017 Academy of Country Music Award for “Single Record of the Year.” Hunt will also receive the ACM Gene Weed Milestone Award at the ACM Honors ceremony this summer in recognition of this unprecedented achievement. Additionally, “Body Like A Back Road” was the No. 1 most-streamed and the No. 1 most-downloaded country song of 2017, received CMT’s inaugural Song of the Year Award for 2017, and it is nominated for twoBillboard Music Awards – Top Selling Song and Top Country Song. Hunt is also nominated for the Billboard Chart Achievement Award, Top Country Artist and Top Country Male Artist at this weekend’s celebration. Fans can vote for Hunt’s Chart Achievement nomination HERE and tune in to the 2018 Billboard Music Awards live on Sunday, May 20 at 8pm ET on NBC. Hunt hits the road this month as a special guest on Luke Bryan’s What Makes You Country Tour – XL Stadium Sized along with country star Jon Pardi and opening artists Morgan Wallen (May-Aug) and Carly Pearce (Sep-Oct). Kicking off May 31 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, ONT., Hunt, Bryan and Pardi will hit 13 of North America’s biggest and best sports stadiums including MetLife Stadium (NYC), Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati), Raymond James Stadium (Tampa), Heinz Field (Pittsburgh), Fenway Park (Boston), Target Field (Minneapolis), Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles), Sports Authority Field at Mile High (Denver), Busch Stadium (St. Louis), Wrigley Field (Chicago), BC Place Stadium (Vancouver) and Ford Field (Detroit). For more information on music, tour dates and tickets, please visit www.SamHunt.com.

Blake Shelton Reveals Ole Red Grand Opening

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WARNER BROS./WMN’s BLAKE SHELTON and RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES will celebrate the grand opening of their multi-level entertainment venue, OLE RED, on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6th through SUNDAY, JUNE 10th during CMA FEST in NASHVILLE. Several events will take place during the week, including a “BLAKE SHELTON AND FRIENDS” concert; fans can enter to win tickets to the event here. The venue was revealed last year and will be located on Lower Broadway. “Lower Broadway is the centerpiece of NASHVILLE,” noted SHELTON. “There’s so much great music and fun going on down there all the time, and it’s exciting to now be a part of it – it’s a dream come true.” Added RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES Chairman/CEO COLIN REED, “OLE RED is an experience unlike anywhere else on Broadway – from the live entertainment quality to the food, drinks, décor, and retail. We are excited to celebrate its grand opening with the thousands of fans and visitors that join us in NASHVILLE for one of the most exciting weeks of the year, CMA FEST.”

New Music and Tour From Ashton Shepherd!

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Brickshore Media is pleased to announce the addition of Billboard chart-topping country artist Ashton Shepherd to their roster for exclusive PR representation. This South Alabama native is back in the limelight with an upcoming tour and new music to be released later this year. She will also be a part of this year’s CMA Music Festival in Nashville where she will be signing autographs and performing throughout the event. “I had the privilege to work with Ashton Shepherd a few years ago on her last project. She delivers true country music. She’s the real deal and we’re so excited to be a part of her team,” says Nicole Zeller, President/CEO of Brickshore Media. “I’m thrilled to be a part of the Brickshore family,” says Ashton Shepherd. “Nicole Zeller is a publicist I have come to respect and trust with my music career. If you want to hire a publicist that’s as passionate about music as you are then Nicole is your gal. She puts her heart and soul into everything and I’m glad to be back working with her.” The authentic country sound is back. With new music coming and a full-fledge tour in the works, her latest album Out Of My Pocket portrays the same genuine country style that the audience expects when they think of Ashton Shepherd. She has recently announced The Country Roots Tour with Dove Award-Winner and ICM Award-Winner Nathan Stanley (grandson of the late Dr. Ralph Stanley). With tour dates already secured in Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, and more, this show will be one to catch this fall. About Ashton Shepherd: Nominee for the 2011 American Country Award for Female Music Video and 2009 Academy of Country Music Award Top New Female Vocalist, this southern belle was born and raised in the small Alabama town of Coffeeville. Growing up listening and singing along with greats such as Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless and Shania Twain, her passion for music grew stronger. In 2008, her debut album Sounds So Good produced two Top 40 hits Takin’ Off This Pain and the title track Sounds So Good. Her second album, Where Country Grows, includes the title single and the Top 20 hit Look It Up. She has been featured on Good Morning America, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone Magazine, Country Weekly, just to name a few. With over 91k followers on her Facebook page and growing daily, she has toured with the likes of Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Josh Turner, and more. www.Facebook.com/AshtonShepherd About Brickshore Media: Brickshore Media, Inc. is a full-service public relations firm in Nashville, Tenn that represent the likes of renowned singer/songwriter Brady Seals (Little Texas), Grammy-winning country artist Bryan White, Crystal Day, Nick Hickman, Travis Rice, Williams Honor, just to name a few. With a fresh, savvy approach to modern day media, Brickshore Media specializes in public relations, digital publicity, social media marketing and event coordination for brands and artists that are looking to create an awareness across multiple platforms within the industry. Owned and operated by Nicole Zeller, Brickshore Media has Continue reading New Music and Tour From Ashton Shepherd!→

Listen Now: Granger Smith – You’re In It

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Granger Smith’s irresistible “You’re In It,” the second single off his acclaimed When The Good Guys Win album is officially spinning on Country radio airwaves today (5/7). Following his smash hit “Happens Like That”, the single is the 2nd Most Added song at Country radio this week with 40 first-week stations onboard. Co-produced by Granger Smith, Frank Rogers and Derek Wells and written by Frank Rogers, Justin Adams and Mark Nesler, “You’re In It” is a soaring anthem that explodes through speakers. The song represents a story everyone can relate to on some level: the unknown of what the future holds, but the triumphant realization that a certain person will be in it regardless.   In true Granger Smith fashion, fans got a taste for his new radio single this morning on social media. Watch the music maverick explain his enthusiasm to perform the electric song live to his unwavering Yee Yee Nation at outdoor festivals and packed venues heading into summertime: https://www.instagram.com/p/Biem6HnHBDq/?taken-by=grangersmith   The Wheelhouse Records artist is currently headlining his nationwide Don’t Tread On Me Tour. The unrivaled showman is scheduled to appear at major fairs and festivals coast-to-coast through Summer 2018 as well as return to Australia due to overwhelming fan demand.   For more information and tickets, please visit: www.grangersmith.com/tour   ABOUT GRANGER SMITH: Over the course of his groundbreaking career, Granger Smith has amassed a massive and rabid audience now known as “Yee Yee Nation” built through heavy touring and grassroots fan engagement. He now has a social media following of over 6.8 million and over a quarter of a BILLION online video views. Flagship artist on BBR Music Group’s Wheelhouse Records, Smith broke onto the national scene with Remington, an album that garnered him the No. 1 single “Backroad Song.” Smith was also awarded a BMI Country Award for writing, producing, publishing and performing “Backroad Song” and followed it with the Top 5 hit, “If The Boot Fits.” “Backroad Song” was one of the Top 10 Most Played country singles of 2016 according to Mediabase and has been certified RIAA GOLD. He was nominated as Best New Country Artist for the 2017 iHeartRadio Awards and was included in the 2017 crop of artists honored during the CRS “New Faces” show. He released his current full-length album When The Good Guys Win on October 27 and is headlining his nationwide tour.

Out June 8th: New Sugarland Album “Bigger”

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SUGARLAND’s highly anticipated sixth studio album, titled BIGGER, will be released on June 8 and is currently available for preorder on April 13. Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush co-wrote nearly all of the songs on the album, which was co-produced by Kristian, Jennifer, and Julian Raymond. The project’s lead single, “Still The Same,” is currently climbing the Country radio charts ahead of the duo’s spring-summer STILL THE SAME 2018 TOUR. After taking a hiatus to pursue a series of high profile solo projects, BIGGER is the duo’s first new music in seven years and the first project under their new joint venture with Big Machine Records and UMG Nashville. It will be available to pre-order at digital retailers as well as the title track, “Bigger,” available to download on April 13. As fans have come to expect from Sugarland, BIGGER embodies the musical spirit of the band: it contains tracks both uptempo and upbeat as well as powerful message songs that address specific issues facing the world. “Our hopefulness and our sparkiness and our joy is one of the things I think we do uniquely well, especially in the country format,” says Jennifer of the set’s sunnier material. “We offer that in a unique way.” The bold graphics of the recently unveiled album cover conjure up images of a circus tent, representative of both that fun side and some of the more enigmatic content on the project, which was written over and influenced by the course of the past six months. “This album has a whole bunch of mystery,” says Kristian, who has been enjoying peeling back the layers of the production and the nuanced songwriting. “I’m listening to it every two days just to see what’s in it. I have entire pints of blood in that thing, but I still don’t know where it all came from, and I love that.” Their STILL THE SAME 2018 TOUR kicks off May 25 and will visit 48 cities in the U.S. and Canada, but the duo has already delighted audiences in the U.K. with their new material, earning standing ovations during their performances at the C2C: Country to Country festival in March. Since the band’s inception in 2002, Sugarland has sold nearly 10 million albums domestically, earned seven No. 1 singles to date and amassed more than 260 million on-demand streams, making Sugarland one of the most popular Country music duos of all time. Lauded by Entertainment Weekly as one of the format’s “most successful and beloved acts,” both members of the duo say their time away from writing and recording together has only made them come back stronger and, yes, BIGGER. “We have always enjoyed playing in the margins and stretching the format,” says Jennifer. “But it’s fun to have taken this time away and seen how the format has expanded and how music has evolved. Before, we were playing in the margins. Now, the margins have moved, and that’s fun to hear.” “It’s not like we stopped creating Continue reading Out June 8th: New Sugarland Album “Bigger”→