That Nashville Sound Sunday Newsbytes: New Albums From Clint Black & Will Hoge + New Music Videos

As the music business stands to lose up to 9 billion... that's a billion with a b, folks... from lost revenue from concert ticket sales, it's left the industry reeling. With album sales at an all-time low, streaming revenues that are a joke to the artists, and now concerts all in limbo, now is the time to support your favorite artists. Buy a shirt. Buy some vinyl. Show some support. Heaven knows they need it now more than ever.

~ That Nashville Sound favorite Will Hoge will release his new self-produced project, Tiny Little Movies, on June 26 via Thirty Tigers. It is "a throwback rock and roll splendor, setting the tone well for an album in which Hoge chose to highlight the raw chemistry of his road band. After tackling the arrangements over four days in an East Nashville rehearsal space, Hoge, guitarist Thom Donovan, drummer Allen Jones, and bassist Christopher Griffiths headed into Trace Horse Studio and tracked each song live, together and inspired. “There’s a classic, rock & roll centerpiece to everything this band does, but it’s still a group of four different people, and we all bring different influences to the table,” says Hoge, who turned to Grammy-winning producer/engineer Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Lori McKenna) to mix the album at Sam Phillips Recording. “We’ve got a metalhead in the group. We’ve got a Motown fan. We’ve got a guitarist who loves Johnny Marr. It’s a unique hodgepodge of sounds coming together, and we tried to accentuate that.”"

~ Clint Black will release his 23rd album called Out of Sane on June 19. "Out of Sane is made up of all original songs, except for one cover. I recorded it with a varied collection of musicians; some from my band and some with session players. I believe it’s one of my best albums ever and I think my fans will love it. They’ve been asking for new music for a while and I’m thrilled to finally be able to deliver after five years since the last studio album,” said Black.

New music videos:

      Hot Country Knights (feat Terri Clark) - "You Make It Hard"
      Keith Urban - "Polaroid"
      American Aquarium - "Six Years Come September"
      Clint Black - "America (Still In Love With You)"
      Tracy Lawrence - "When The Cowboy's Gone"

      Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen - "Rodeo Clown"

      Trace Adkins - "Tough People Do"

      Blackberry Smoke - "Take The Highway"

      Drake White - "Mix 'Em With Whiskey"

      Lennon Stella - "Older Than I Am"

A h/t goes to the Ryman Auditorium for this list of country artists live-streaming concerts over the next few days:

April 26

Adam Hambrick
Time: 9 a.m.
What: Coffee and a Hymn
Where: YouTube

Tara Thompson
Time: 11 a.m.
Where: Facebook

Chris Young
Time: 1 p.m.
Where: Facebook

Hailey Whitters
Time: 2 p.m.
What: Performance as part of Stagecoach’s “StageCouch” weekend
Where: Instagram

Tyler Rich
Time: 3 p.m.
What: “Leave Her Wild Sunday Brunch” With Tyler, Sabina and Friends
Where: Instagram

The Lone Bellow
Time: 3 p.m.
What: Pickathon’s “ A Concert A Day”, an initiative to help musicians and artist communities through the to MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund
Where: Facebook, YouTube and Twitch

Song Suffragettes
Time: 6 p.m.
Where: YouTube

Jon Pardi
Time: 7 p.m.
What: Happy Hour as part of Stagecoach’s “StageCouch” weekend
Where: Instagram

Zac Brown Band
Time: 7 p.m.
What: Sunday Night Live
Where: Instagram

Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: Facebook

April 27

Hot Country Knights and Terri Clark
Time: 3 p.m.
Where: Instagram

Temecula Road
Time: 3:30 p.m.
What: Performance
Where: Facebook

Chris Bandi
Time: 7 p.m.
What: Performance
Where: Facebook

Sara Evans
Time: 7:30 p.m.
What: “Closet Chaos” Co-hosted with daughters, Olivia & Audrey. They sing, talk beauty products, tv/film, and host one special guest.
Where: Instagram

April 28

Mitchell Tenpenny
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Where: Instagram

Caitlyn Smith
Time: 8:00 p.m.
What: Country Music Hall of Fame Songwriter Sessions
Where: Instagram

Tyler Rich
Time: 8:30 p.m.
What: “Sing Behind the Scene”: Showcasing the Writer’s and Stories Behind your Favorite Songs.
Where: Instagram

April 29

Clay Walker
Time: 4:00 p.m.
What: Wrangler “Can’t Stop Country” livestream
Where: Facebook

Steve Wariner
Time: 7:00 p.m.
What: Wariner Wednesday

Where: Facebook

April 30 

Sara Evans
Time: 7:30 p.m.
What: “Closet Chaos” Co-hosted with daughters, Olivia & Audrey. They sing, talk beauty products, tv/film, and host one special guest.
Where: Instagram