Sunday, May 19, 2019
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Hear it Here: Jude Cole's Poignant New Song, "Partners In Time"
90's pop star turned producer Jude Cole (Kiefer Sutherland/Clay Davidson) released a powerful new song this week that was seriously worth sharing with our readers. The true-story song deals poetically and eloquently with the effects of dementia. Per Jude's own words:
In the spring of '92 as I was putting some finishing touches on one of the tracks for 'Start The Car' at Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, the Rodney King riots broke out. Lori was in downtown LA right at the hot spot, shooting with a photographer for the album cover until late that afternoon.
By the evening things got really strange. The different rooms at Cherokee were booked with various artists of all races and color, and everyone was looking at each other with mistrust as we all watched the news in the lounge. Hostility filled the air, and I remember a fight almost broke out between two of the artists who were yelling obscenities at each other, posturing with puffed chests. Finally, someone changed the channel to MTV. The Michael Jackson video 'Black Or White' was playing.
It was a Twilight Zone episode, to say the least… a surreal time to be alive.
Concurrently that evening as I was driving home. the story of this song happened. It had nothing to do with the riots. Nothing to do with the city, the nation or politics. It was an equally touching part of my day, and I've never forgotten it.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 2019
That Nashville Sound Saturday Newsbytes: Vince Gill, Julie Roberts, Bryan White, Kristi Grider & More
There's lots of news this morning on some on some of your favorite legacy artists and more- so without further ado...
- Vince Gill will return with his new album, Okie, to be released Aug. 23. Gill, who wrote or co-wrote all 12 tracks on the album, derived the album’s name from a once-derogatory term meant to disparage migrants from Oklahoma to the west coast during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.
“I thought this was going to be a songwriter record, not a concept album,” Gill says. “It wound up being more information than I’d envisioned. A friend sent me an email saying, ‘You could have only written this record after living a 60-year-plus life.’ He said, ‘There’s no struggle in these songs, just truth and your experience.”
- Julie Roberts is releasing new music. On May 17th, the songstress will release her new single, "I Couldn't Make You Love Me."
- Country music veteran Bryan White is also back with new music. He will be releasing the single "It Must Be Love"on May 31.
- Music City Hit-Makers (MCHM) will release their debut EP, Songs & Symphony, on June 4. The EP features some of Nashville’s most successful songwriters including Brett James, Jessi Alexander, Chris DeStefano, Hillary Lindsey, Marcus Hummon and Rivers Rutherford.
- Vince Gill will return with his new album, Okie, to be released Aug. 23. Gill, who wrote or co-wrote all 12 tracks on the album, derived the album’s name from a once-derogatory term meant to disparage migrants from Oklahoma to the west coast during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.
“I thought this was going to be a songwriter record, not a concept album,” Gill says. “It wound up being more information than I’d envisioned. A friend sent me an email saying, ‘You could have only written this record after living a 60-year-plus life.’ He said, ‘There’s no struggle in these songs, just truth and your experience.”
- Julie Roberts is releasing new music. On May 17th, the songstress will release her new single, "I Couldn't Make You Love Me."
- Country music veteran Bryan White is also back with new music. He will be releasing the single "It Must Be Love"on May 31.
- Music City Hit-Makers (MCHM) will release their debut EP, Songs & Symphony, on June 4. The EP features some of Nashville’s most successful songwriters including Brett James, Jessi Alexander, Chris DeStefano, Hillary Lindsey, Marcus Hummon and Rivers Rutherford.
“Nashville is the epicenter of great songwriting, so the top songwriters in Nashville really are the best in the business,” says arranger Charlie Judge. “It is my incredibly good fortune to have the opportunity to work with these talented writers, both as a keyboardist in the studio recording their hits, and as an arranger re-casting their songs for orchestra.”
- Josh Grider is Lone Star State troubadour with nine albums under his belt and a following much longer than that Texas panhandle. He's got some new competition under his own roof now. Josh announced his wife Kristi Grider's new project to the world yesterday:
"Kristi Grider has music for you to hear. I'm so proud of her and this project. She is a writer on all these, and the sole writer on most.
Friday, May 10, 2019
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Tanya Tucker Announces Upcoming Shooter Jennings/Brandi Carlile-Produced Album
Album: While I'm Livin'
Label: Fantasy Records
Release date: Late Summer
"Tanya Tucker is an original outlaw who bucked the country music establishment and became a living legend in the process - which makes Fantasy her perfect home," said Fantasy Records president, Margi Cheske. "We're thrilled to work with Tanya, Brandi and Shooter and help bring this stunning new album to the world."
Born in Seminole, TX, Tanya Tucker had her first country hit in 1972, the classic "Delta Dawn" when she was just 13 years old. Since that auspicious beginning she has become one of the most admired and influential artists in country music history amassing 23 Top 40 country albums and a stellar string of 56 Top 40 country singles, 10 of which reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country charts. Her indelible songs include some of country music's biggest hits such as the aforementioned, "Delta Dawn," "Soon," "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane," "It's a Little Too Late," "Trouble," "Texas (When I Die)," "If It Don't Come Easy," and "Strong Enough To Bend" just to name a few. Tucker is also the recipient of numerous awards, including two CMAs, two ACMs, three CMT awards to go along with 10 GRAMMY nominations.
In August 2016, the Academy of Country Music honored Tucker with the Cliffie Stone Icon Award during the 10th Annual ACM Honor. In all, Tucker has sold more than 25 million records worldwide throughout her illustrious career.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Monday, May 6, 2019
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Friday, May 3, 2019
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Monday, April 29, 2019
Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis To Collaborate On June Album Release, Beautiful Lie
Album: Beautiful Lie
Label: The Next Waltz
Release date: June 21, 2019
Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis are each renowned for crafting some of the most enduring music on the vast Texas country and Americana landscape. For only the fourth time in their history as a couple, they’re collaborating again. Beautiful Lie will arrive on the summer solstice, June 21, 2019, on Robison’s The Next Waltz label. The album’s first single, “Nobody’s Perfect,” will be released on May 10, followed by a tour commencing on May 19.
Produced by Robison at the Bunker, his all-analog studio in Lockhart, Texas, outside of Austin, Beautiful Lie finds the pair harmonizing on a mix of originals, well-chosen covers and choice vintage nuggets, including the two-steppin’ country classic, “One Dime at a Time.” The title tune was plucked from the Amazing Rhythm Aces’ 1975 debut album; the sad ballad, “Lost My Best,” is by Uncle Walt’s Band veteran David Ball. Grammy nominee Adam Wright (Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack) contributed three tracks, one written with his wife, Shannon. Robison’s four contributions include the single and a co-write with Jack Ingram titled “Astrodome.” (He also nods to the dome’s home in the pretty closing duet, “Heartache to Houston.”)
For Robison, it’s always about the song. He’s written plenty of great ones — and ridden several to the upper reaches of Billboard’s country charts. (Tim McGraw and the Dixie Chicks hit No. 1 with “Angry All the Time” and “Travelin’ Soldier,” respectively; George Strait reached No. 2 with “Wrapped” and No. 6 with “Desperately.”)
Master stylist Willis, a 1993 Academy of Country Music Awards Top New Female Vocalist nominee, has received several Austin Music Awards including 1999’s Album of the Year for What I Deserve, her widely praised breakout effort. In the tradition of country’s greatest ladies, Willis knows how to find the heartache in a note and hang her voice on it, as demonstrated on “Nobody’s Perfect.” When she and Robison trade verses or harmonize, backed by a stellar gang of Next Waltz regulars, the effect is simply beguiling.
As for those contributors—Geoff Queen (pedal steel, mandolin, electric guitar); Trevor Nealon (keyboards); Scott Davis (electric guitar, piano, banjo); John Michael Schoepf (bass); Joshua Blue (drums, percussion); Rich Brotherton (vocals); and Brian Standefer (cello)—several have racked up considerable hours in the Bunker since Robison launched The Next Waltz in 2016. The multi-faceted endeavor encompasses a record label, a web series featuring interviews, videos and specially recorded songs, and other content that, according to Robison, “sounds and feels like authentic country music should."
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Friday, April 26, 2019
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Halfway to Hazard To Release Live Album Next Month
Album: Live at Analog
Label: Picnic Hill Records
Release date: May 17, 2019
Halfway to Hazard, a duo composed of singer-songwriters David Tolliver and Chad Warrix, will be releasing a new live album next month titled Live at Analog. Though Tolliver and Warrix grew up in different towns in southeastern Kentucky, their band's origins are in Hazard, Kentucky, which was halfway between their hometowns.
Their debut single, "Daisy", was a Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2007. In addition, they toured as Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's opening act on their Soul2Soul 2007 Tour. McGraw helped to produce the album. Their debut album, Come on Time, was released on October 19, 2009 and their most recent album, REDemtion was released in 2017.
Tolliver now writes full-time for Tim McGraw's publishing company, StyleSonic. He and Warrix had one song, "Die by My Own Hand," on McGraw's Emotional Traffic album and Tolliver has the song "Let Me Love It Out of You" on McGraw's Two Lanes of Freedom album. Brantley Gilbert and Jerrod Niemann have also recorded Tolliver's songs.
“It was great to be back in Nashville playing live… it’s been too long!” states Tolliver. “Having some of our best friends in the business join together onstage makes it that much sweeter. We’re looking forward to the upcoming shows. Analog is a fantastic venue and adds to the audience experience.”
1 Intro (Live)
2 Love It Round Here (Live)
3 Taking Me On (Live)
4 Gettin' Lucky (Live)
5 Cold (Live)
6 Die by My Own Hand (Live)
7 Brand New Man (Live)
8 I'm on Fire (Live)
9 Daisy (Live)
10 Rain on the Roof (Live)
11 Heaven on Down the Highway (Live)
12 I'm Tired (Live)
13 Meet Me in Vegas (Live)
14 Countrified (Live)
15 Got Back Up (Live)
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