Rescue Rebuild, GreaterGood.org and Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Team Up

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Rescue Rebuild, a signature program of GreaterGood.org, is teaming up with Miranda Lambert’s foundation Mutt Nation in Lindale, Texas. The two nonprofits will be working with the City of Lindale to restore and repair the existing property to be able to increase pet adoptions in the area. Once completed, the center will be able to host up to 100 pets. Construction is set to begin this fall and they are asking for volunteers to offer time and money for the project to be completed.

The Cadillac Three Release New Video for “American Slang”

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It seems to be a busy day for new releases as The Cadillac Three sneak a bit of “American Slang” into our playlist here at Country Music News Blog. The track is the latest release off their album, “Legacy” due out this Friday August 25th, 2017. The group is currently on tour in the UK on their “Long Hair Don’t Care”. “American Slang” seems to follow along the same bluesy-southern rock trend artists like Zac Brown and Blackberry Smoke have been toeing the line for now for some time. Upbeat and authentic, ‘slang tells the sum of the bands whole as it serves as an origin story of sorts for the things that make up The Cadillac Three. Take a listen and let us know what you think! [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00mV-4P3A-8[/embedyt] NEW ALBUM LEGACY OUT THIS FRIDAY ‘LONG HAIR DON’T CARE’ NOVEMBER UK HEADLINE TOUR August 23rd: Southern rockers The Cadillac Three have released a brand new video for their UK single ‘American Slang’. The track has been added straight to the Radio 2 B-list and is taken from their latest album ‘Legacy’, which is out this Friday on Big Machine Records and available for pre-order here. The track premiered on Clash who describe the new album as “hard-livin’ country rock hymns.” You can watch the video for ‘American Slang’ here. ‘American Slang’ pulses with an anthemic road-trip feel, imbued with nostalgia for The Cadillac Three’s hometown heritage and reflecting on life on the road with tenderness and pride. The track was written with Lori McKenna of The Bird And The Rifle and produced by The Cadillac Three, creating a huge, spacious sound with driving kick drum and delicate lead guitar. The track’s accompanying video aligns dreamlike visuals with the song’s heartfelt lyrics, spaced between retro TV fuzz. Time-lapse footage of open highways and cities by night incite a sensation of distance and life on the road. Having already played main stage slots at Download Festivals in both France and the UK this summer, the trio are touring the US currently before embarking on another world tour this autumn. The Nashville natives will be taking their electrifying performances around the globe throughout their ‘Long Hair Don’t Care’ tour, with nine UK dates featuring special guests Brothers Osborne in November, including a highly anticipated London show at O2 Kentish Town Forum – see the UK dates below. For full dates and album updates, visit www.thecadillacthree.com

Luke Bryan Talks “Light It Up” and Maybe Taking a Break?

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This morning country superstar Luke Bryan took to the Bobby Bones Show at iHeartRadio to share his newest track “Light It Up” and the story behind the song. Take a listen to the track then see what he had to say about writing with Brad Tursi, of Old Dominion. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEoIcr-_tmI[/embedyt] Luke Bryan is currently on tour for his “Huntin, fishin, and lovin every day” run with Brett Eldredge, RaeLynn, and Granger Smith, as well as a few Farm Tour dates with Jon Pardi. Afterwards he plans on taking things a little easier for a minute, telling The Boot: “I really have not ever taken a breath since I rolled into this town,” Bryan said at the time. “So I’m kind of taking a little breath and enjoying that.”

Preview Stephanie Quayle “Love The Way You See Me” Out Sept 8th

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Country music newcomer Stephanie Quayle keeps it simple on her upcoming album “Love The Way You See Me”  due out September 8th, 2017 on Rebel Engine Records. Quayle’s classic storytelling style is reminiscent of the pre-Shania era of female storytellers in country music, bringing to mind artists like LeeAnn Womack and Pam Tillis. Take a listen to the first few tracks and learn more about Stephanie Quayle in the press release below. Stephanie Quayle: Drinkin With Dolly [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUJEkd0MqyU[/embedyt] Stephanie Quayle: Winnebego [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcnuAH2zTZ4[/embedyt] “This music has changed me and I have found what I believe to be my place in country music. I have never been more comfortable in my voice and skin as I am today.” ~ Stephanie Quayle Rebel Engine recording artist Stephanie Quayle captures the heart of storytelling on new album LOVE THE WAY YOU SEE ME, as she offers the genre a fresh sound, relatable storylines and an invigorating presence. Quayle lends her hand in co-writing 6 out of 11 tracks on the new album, with contributions from a slew of GRAMMY-award winning and hit songwriters. Album highlights include the sultry, blues-infused “Selfish,” female power ballad “Ugly,” co-penned by GRAMMY-winning songwriter Nicolle Galyon (Miranda Lambert’s “Automatic”) and hit songwriter Audra Mae (Lambert’s “Little Red Wagon”) and the military-inspired love song “I’ve Got Your Six.”  Quayle co-wrote the title track “Love The Way You See Me” as well as “Post It,” which was co-written alongside hit songwriter Lance Carpenter (Kelsea Ballerini’s debut smash “Love Me Like You Mean It”). To round out the record, Rebel Engine label mate Lucas Hoge lends his songwriting chops and rich vocals on “Second Thoughts.”  Growing up on a working buffalo farm in Montana, Quayle spent much of her time out in the barn mucking horse stalls while listening to the local AM radio. Her 2016 Billboard Indicator Top 50 hit “Drinking With Dolly” served an homage to country’s greatest female artists— Dolly, Tammy, Loretta. The music video premiered on CMT and hit #1 on the CMT Music 12-Pack Countdown and the single has garnered over half a million streams to date. Lauded as one of Rolling Stone Country’s “New Artists You Need To Know,” Quayle is currently crisscrossing the U.S. on her headlining “Winnebago” tour (co-sponsored by Winnebago, KOA and Polaroid). Quayle has performed on FOX & Friends and is critically acclaimed in Billboard, Paste, FOX, Nash Country Daily, Taste of Country and One Country, to name a few. Hollywood Life named her “the epitome of girl power in Country music.”  For more information on Stephanie Quayle, please visit www.stephaniequayle.com  

Dustin Lynch Reveals Track List for “Current Mood”

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Tullahoma, Tennessee native, Dustin Lynch, admits to country fans that he’s been teasing his upcoming album “Current Mood”  track list on social media for months as he finally reveals the songs that made the cut. Using t-shirts covered in lyrics, song titles, and the album’s sequence, Dustin has been peppering his profiles with everything a superfan would need to piece the album together! Now, thanks to his interview with iHeartRadio, we’ve got it all right here in one place! Here’s the official track list for DUSTIN LYNCH’s CURRENT MOOD: “I’d Be Jealous Too” (‪Dustin Lynch, Ross Copperman, Jon Nite) – Producer: Ross Copperman “Seein’ Red” (Tully Kennedy, Kurt Allison, Steve Bogard, Jason Sever) – Producer: Mickey Jack Cones “Small Town Boy” (Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Kyle Fishman) – Producer: Zach Crowell “Why We Call Each Other” (‪Dustin Lynch, Lee Miller, Ross Copperman) – Producer: Ross Copperman “Here We Come” (‪Dustin Lynch, Zach Crowell, Jon Nite) – Producer: Zach Crowell “Love Me or Leave Me Alone” (Dustin Christensen, Chris Gelbuda) – Producer: Ross Copperman “Back On It” (Brent Anderson, Will Weatherly, Smith Ahnquist) – Producers: Brent Anderson & Will Weatherly “I Wish You Were Beer” (Jon Nite, Josh Osborne, Justin Ebach) – Producer: Ross Copperman “State Lines” (‪Dustin Lynch, Kyle Fishman, Andy Albert) – Producer: Mickey Jack Cones “Party Song” (Brett Tyler, ‪Craig Wiseman, Morgan Wallen) – Producer: Mickey Jack Cones “New Girl” (‪Dustin Lynch, Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley) – Producer: Zach Crowell “Why Not Tonight” (‪Dustin Lynch, ‪Jimmy Robbins, Jon Nite) – Producer: Ross Copperman “Sun Don’t Go Down On That” (‪Dustin Lynch, Ross Copperman, Jon Nite) – Producer: Ross Copperman [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz9yRC-LWhU[/embedyt] From The Official Dustin Lynch Press Release: Nashville, Tenn. (August 22, 2017) – Broken Bow Records star Dustin Lynch has just revealed the official track list for his bold and long-awaited third album, CURRENT MOOD (out 9/8) – but in a testament to his fun-loving, good-humored personality, it seems fans have been clued in to the news for weeks. After partnering with iHeartRadio to unveil the complete CURRENT MOOD track list worldwide across all iHeartCountry station sites today (8/22), Lynch admitted he’s actually been posting the top-secret details to his millions-strong social media following for weeks. Starting in early August, the #1 hit-maker has been posting photos of himself wearing T-shirts covered in what turned out to be song titles, lyrics, and the album’s sequence – hiding the truth about his genre-bending, three-year obsession of a project in plain sight. Featuring a huge range of styles – from heartbroken Country to grooving R&B and white-hot Rock – CURRENT MOOD is the next step for one of the most successful solo male Country artists to break out in recent years. Lynch’s self-titled debut and WHERE IT’S AT follow-up landed at #1 and #2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, respectively, and his first single, “Cowboys and Angels,” achieved PLATINUM status. The Tullahoma, Tennessee, native has since racked up four consecutive GOLD or PLATINUM-certified #1 singles (“Where It’s At,” “Hell of Continue reading Dustin Lynch Reveals Track List for “Current Mood”→

Why Country Music Blogs Still Cover Taylor Swift

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These days it seems that country music news sites can’t so much as MENTION Taylor Swift without a huge social media backlash of comments like “Taylor Swift abandoned her country fans!” and “Who cares? She’s pop music now“. This leaves us who cover the industry in a pickle. You see, while the songs she puts out are no longer what is widely accepted as country music, and she has done everything she can to distance herself and her career from the moral and social restraints that the Nashville crowd press upon young female artists, the fact of the matter is that the country music industry still heavily relies on artists like Taylor Swift to finance hundreds of other budding careers and an entire concert tour support system. At a current net worth of over $44MILLION, Taylor Swift’s every career move means money. According to Forbes, her 1989 tour run obliterated previous tour earning records earning a gross of around a quarter BILLION dollars. When you think about it, that’s a lot of jobs. Stage hands, dancers, security, support staff, even the 16 year old kid making corndogs in a stadium food court is benefiting by Taylor’s tour. [bctt tweet=”Why #CountryMusic still cares about @TaylorSwift13 and the #TS6 release. ” username=”My_CountryMusic”] Beyond that is the way that a flagship artist like Taylor can either make or break entire record labels. How many smaller artists on Big Machine Records would never have a PR team or a label advance if the label did not have a successful champion raking it in on the front end? Artists like Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore, and Thomas Rhett all get their tours, albums and publicity funded upfront by the artists that are raking it in ahead of them on the marquee like Taylor, Reba, Rascal Flatts, and Hank Jr. Flagship artists are the building blocks of a successful music economy, so the next time you think “who cares”, then answer with the name of the last artist you went to see and every person behind the scenes who’s job is more secure today than it was before the Taylor Swift Eclipse.

Blackberry Smoke Blows Away Late Show

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Blackberry Smoke takes over the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” performing “Waiting For Thunder”. Falling somewhere between Zac Brown Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd, southern roots rockers Blackberry Smoke have held onto a quiet climb to success over the last few years, but recently have just broken into mainstream with their new album “Like An Arrow“, which includes a track that they were honored to record with the legendary Gregg Allman titled “Free On The Wing”. They appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night to show off their newest single “Waiting for the Thunder” and you can watch their performance below: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lizRCUzkg8c[/embedyt] Blackberry Smoke is currently on tour with country crossover Aaron Lewis.

Scotty McCreery Makes a Big Label Move

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SCOTTY McCREERY SIGNS WITH TRIPLE TIGERS RECORDS / SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT  McCreery Makes History as “Five More Minutes” is Highest Charting Song in  History Without a Record Label Triple Tigers Records announced today that the record label has signed multi-Platinum-selling entertainer Scotty McCreery to its roster. “We are very proud to represent Scotty McCreery,” said Triple Tigers Records General Manager Norbert Nix. “He is an absolute pro and an artist of great integrity. We were blown away when we heard ‘Five More Minutes’ and are looking forward to representing Scotty’s new music to his millions of fans.” “I’m very excited to become part of the Triple Tigers/Sony Music Entertainment family,” said McCreery. “They believe in me and my music, they work hard, and for being a brand new company, they are already succeeding. I am fired up to see what we can achieve together.” The ACM, BMI and CMT Award winner is currently rising up the charts with his emotional single, “Five More Minutes,” one of the most talked about songs of the year which has already earned more than 15 million streams. The song is currently #40 on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart and #46 on the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Chart. In its first week of release, it sold more than 22,000 paid downloads and earned the No. 6 spot on the Billboard Country Digital Sales Chart, his highest ranking on that chart since his debut single in 2011. “Five More Minutes” was released independently without a record label; instead it has been entirely marketed and promoted by McCreery and his Triple 8 Management team. Before signing today with Triple Tigers/Sony Music, McCreery made history. As verified by Country Aircheck, “Five More Minutes” is the first song released without a record label to ever chart on the Country Aircheck / Mediabase Top 50. “That’s awesome!” said a stunned McCreery.  “‘Five More Minutes’ is such a personal song for me and it feels like it’s become very personal for the radio listeners and concert audiences as well. To learn that it made chart history is mind-blowing. I’m proud of all the hard work that my team and I have done on our own, and I cannot wait to see what we are able to achieve working with my new family at Triple Tigers Records.” Written by McCreery, Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell, “Five More Minutes” is a both a nostalgic look back at several fond memories based on McCreery’s life as well as an impassioned plea to be able to spend five more minutes with his late grandfather, whose passing served as the inspiration for the song. Country Music Hall of Fame member Randy Travis said the song is “storytelling and country music at its best” on Twitter when “Five More Minutes” was released. People wrote that the “Five More Minutes” music video “is taking fans on an emotional walk down memory lane” when it debuted exclusively on the magazine’s website in June. Called “poignant” by Rolling Stone, the video features rarely-seen Continue reading Scotty McCreery Makes a Big Label Move→

Shania Twain Lands Silver Screen Debut

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Shania Twain scores her first Hollywood lead in the upcoming John Travolta racing film, Trading Paint. “It’s well know that dirt track racing is one of the most exciting sports in the world, and it’s also one of the most dangerous,” producer Andrea Iervolino told Variety about the project. “Our story is rooted in that high-speed danger, but also very much character driven.” This news comes on the back of a huge promotional push for Shania’s new album “Now” and certainly marks the songstress’s return to the limelight in a big way!