New Music Video From Josh Abbott - "27 Little Butterflies"

New Music Video From Josh Abbott Band - "Settle Me Down"

New Music Video From The Josh Abbott Band - "Country Nights"

New Music Video From Josh Abbott Band - "What Were You Thinking"

New Music Video From Josh Abbott Band - "Barstool Boys"

New Music Video From The Panhandlers - "West Texas In My Eye"

New Music Video From The Panhandlers - "No Handle"

The Panhandlers are a Texan Red Dirt Music supergroup of sorts made up of Josh Abbott, Cleto Cordero of Flatland Cavalry, William Clark Green and John Baumann- they'll have a self-titled album produced by Bruce Robison out on 3/6/20. 

William Clark Green, Josh Abbott, Cleto Cordero (Flatland Cavalry) and John Baumann Form New Band, The Panhandlers

The Texas music scene got a wild bit of news yesterday when Red Dirt country music veterans William Clark Green, Josh Abbott, Cleto Cordero (Flatland Cavalry), and John Baumann all announced together that they're forming a new band called The Panhandlers.

Each one of the Lubbock music scene stars all teased the  collaboration set for 2020.  Each one has collaborated with one another, even attending songwriter retreats together.

Said Abbott on Instagram, "Been working on this new project/album for a while! Pumped to get this out soon!!!"

Further intriguing this collaboration is that they are tagging Bruce Robison's Next Waltz in posts.  Robison's created a fledgling video and music studio of sorts and it may be possible that he's involved there as such- and perhaps possibly even in a producing role.

In the meantime, social media pages have been created for The Panhandlers and you'll learn as we will as things progress along. 

New Music Video From The Josh Abbott Band - "Oughta Get Drunk"

That Nashville Sound Saturday Newsbytes: Drew Kennedy, Josh Grider, Kate Bowen, Tracy Lawrence, New EPs, New Music Videos & More

Welcome to That Nashville Sound this fine Saturday morning. I'd like to take a quick moment and just thank all of our readers for their continued support through coming to this site for the last 12 years. We're thankful and the opportunity to share in music that moves us is genuinely appreciated. There's lots to share this morning, so without further ado...

- Songwriter Kate Bowen (former Ella Mae Bowen) has traded her former Big Machine Records gig for a brand new music route and has a brand new EP that just came out this week. An accomplished songwriter, her song "I'll Go On" was included on Reba McEntire's chart-topping LP Love Somebody. Now, Bowen has found a new start as a writer and artist, penning a deal with Jay Joyce's Neon Cross Music and Warner Chappell Music. The project is called Waking Up From the American Dream and you can find all the details HERE.

New music videos:

- Aaron Watson - "Old Friend"
- Aaron Watson - "Riding with Red"
- Billy Ray Cyrus - "I've Been Around"
- Billy Ray Cyrus - "Guns, Gold & Guitars"
- Todd Snider - "Like a Force of Nature"
- Jimmie Allen - "Make Me Want To"
- Clare Bowen - "Let it Rain"

- Texan singer-songwriters and best friends Josh Grider and Drew Kennedy have unveiled both the album cover and the release date of their 6/14 album release together, Live at Main Street Crossing. Main Street Crossing, a great little non-profit venue that doubles up as a music hall and a Sunday-morning church, announced that they will be producing their first ever live record. This project will be a follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2017 release At Home In The Big Lonesome by Kennedy and the terrific release last year by Josh Grider, Good People.

- CMA and ACM-award winner Luke Combs will release his highly anticipated new EP, The Prequel, June 7 via River House Artists/Columbia Nashville. Produced by Scott Moffatt, the EP features five new songs co-written by Combs including lead single, “Beer Never Broke My Heart, which recently premiered worldwide at country radio. The song is currently #2 on Billboard’s Country Streaming Songs chart with 11 million streams—setting the record for the best first week of streaming ever for a country song—and #1 on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart.

- Maren Morris is also releasing a new EP, this one landing on May 31 called Maren Morris: Reimagined. It features reworked acoustic renditions of three of her biggest hits with influential Nashville producer Dave Cobb. Morris says on the project, "I think the mark of a good song is you can rearrange it up and it still is a very defining song. Dave you know, his production is so--rootsy and very soulful and Americana and he just understands that sound so intensely. I love the way it turned out."

- Tracy Lawrence will also be back with new music this summer, releasing Made in America on August 15, 2019. “I am extremely proud of my new album Made in America. It is possibly the most personal album I have ever released,” states Lawrence. “I co-wrote 8 out of the 12 songs, pouring my heart and soul in each of the songs. I feel it will resonate with my fans and country music lovers across this nation,” elaborates Lawrence. According to the press release,  "The album harkens back to authentic country music. Lawrence’s mixture of rock and blues, and by penning 8 of the 12 tracks himself, this album is one of his most personal and relatable to date." It should be noted that track number 8 is a song titled "Givin' Momma Reason's To Pray" written by none other than Chris Stapleton.

- Songwriter Glenn Martin passed away this month. Martin wrote top hits for such Country Music Hall of Fame members as Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Bill Anderson and George Jones. Among his best-known songs are Pride’s “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone” (1970), Haggard’s “It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad)” (1972) and Tammy Wynette’s “I Still Believe in Fairy Tales” (1975).

- The last recordings of Troy Gentry will be making it onto a new Montgomery Gentry EP being released on June 14 called Outskirts. The project was recorded in September of 2017 and marks a return to the duo’s signature southern rock sound. Among the tracks on the new album are the title track, which touts the virtues of small town living and common core values, Montgomery’s version of Merle Haggard’s “What Am I Going To Do With The Rest Of My Life,” and Gentry’s take on the Darrell Scott classic “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive.” Writers contributing to the new project include Ashley Gorley, Darrell Scott, Dallas Davidson, Rodney Clawson, and more.

- Josh Abbott Band will release a new EP Catching Fire on June 28. The band released the first song from the EP, “Little More Of You.”  Produced by Marshall Altman (Marc Broussard, Frankie Ballard, Aaron Watson), the Catching Fire EP features "four songs of positivity, built on solid country textures and unified by Abbott’s congenial-but-experienced voice. The EP brings a sense of similarity back to JAB’s own foundation. It’s a return to the band’s sonic past, a revival of its bar-bred optimism and fiery individualism. And it’s a reflection of the group’s off-stage cycles as old chapters are closed and a renewed, upbeat storyline comes to life. Catching Fire captures a sense of personal renewal."

“We have a whole new refocused attitude on what we're gonna do now moving forward,” Abbott says. “Catching Fire is a reflection of what's happened over the last year and a half of my life.”

New Music Video From Josh Abbott Band - "Little More You"

Hear It Here: The Texas Red Dirt Choir's "Faith In The Water"

For the writers and singers of “Faith in the Water” this new song is more than a song, it’s a statement. A statement of resolve that’s as big as the State from which it hails. Written by singer-songwriters Roger Creager and Kyle Hutton, the song paints a picture of the despair, hope, and determination on the faces of their friends and neighbors in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and accomplishes a feat possibly unmatched in Texas Music history.... Twenty-five of the Texas's most accomplished artists have joined their hearts and voices to form The Texas Red Dirt Choir in a quest to raise money for those affected by the $190 billion dollar storm.

 

“Faith in the Water” reflects more than just the generosity of the front-men and women that sing on the project. The song, recorded in famed Bismeaux Studios (Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel), features an incredible list of artists that make up the Texas Red Dirt Choir:

Josh Abbott, Bri Bagwell, Ray Benson, Jason Boland, Wade Bowen, Roger Creager, Deryl Dodd, Kevin Fowler, Susan Gibson, Pat Green, Josh Grider, Kristi Grider, Matt Hillyer, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Kyle Hutton, Jack Ingram, Cody Johnson, Micky and Gary Braun of Micky & The Motorcars, Mike Harmeier of Mike & The Moonpies, Cory Morrow, Kyle Park, Dave Perez, Willy and Cody Braun of Reckless Kelly, Heather Stalling, Max Stalling, Larry Joe Taylor, Koe Wetzel, and Jamie Lin Wilson. Also featuring - Curtis Lee, Sheree Smith, Demetrius D-Soul Davis, Ange Kogutz

 Download, stream, donate, SHARE:  www.faithinthewater.org

That Nashville Sound Wednesday Newsbytes- New Albums & Music Videos

A little happy birthday to That Nashville Sound this week. Ten years ago, this little music blog got started and over that time, we've had a couple million visitors- pretty remarkable. Thank you for taking the time to read it. It's genuinely appreciated.

- Bob Seger announced that he'll be releasing a new album just before Christmas.

- It's worth checking out this interview with Marty Stuart about the final photo of Johnny Cash ever taken.

- Jerrod Niemann has a new music video for his song "I Got This."

- Although it's missing the awesome horns that he has on the album track, still check out Josh Abbott Band's performance of "Texas Women, Tennessee Whiskey" on The Texas Music Scene.

- Tony Jackson admirably covered the Randy Travis classic "Diggin' Up Bones."

- I had an opportunity to interview Erin Enderlin about her phenomenal new album Whiskeytown Crier over at Saving Country Music. Check it out here.

- Country music chart-topper Granger Smith announced today his new album When The Good Guys Win will be out everywhere on Friday, October 27. When The Good Guys Win is his sophomore national release on BBR Music Group’s Wheelhouse Records and follows last year’s acclaimed, Remington, which included the No. 1 “Backroad Song” and No. 5 “If The Boot Fits.”

- Jillian Cardarelli is bright young star who was recently named by Rolling Stone as one of the "Top 10 Country Artists You Need to Know" and she has new music video called "Rerun."

- Holly Tucker has a new music video for her single "Dallas On Your Boots."  

New Music Video From The Josh Abbott Band - "Ain't My Daddy's Town"

That Nashville Sound Thursday Newsbytes

There's plenty of interesting news occurring this week in the world of music including information about Dwight Yoakam, Rory Feek, David Rawlings, Josh Abbott, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Midland, Lady Antebellum and more.

- Midland's "Drinkin' Problem" has a been a surprise traditional country radio hit and their debut yet-to-be-named album will be coming out on September 22.

- CMT has released all their music video performances of their CMT Crossroads concert featuring Earth, Wind and Fire and several country music stars including:

      - Dan + Shay - "That's The Way Of The World"
      - Martina McBride - "Sing a Song"
      - Darius Rucker - "Shining Star"
      - Drake White - "Let's Groove"
      - Sara Evans - "Boogie Wonderland"
      - Rascal Flatts - "After the Love has Gone"
      - Lady Antebellum - "September"

- The Josh Abbott Band will be releasing Until My Voice Goes Out on their own Pretty Damn Tough Records label on August 18. You can hear "Texas Women, Tennessee Whiskey," their first released song of the LP, here.

- David Rawlings is releasing his third album, Poor David’s Almanack, on August 11 via Acony Records. The 10-song project was crafted by Ken Scott (Beatles, David Bowie) and Matt Andrews on analog during a week of sessions at Nashville’s legendary Woodland Sound Studios.

- Rory Feek will be returning to the stage for the first time since the death of his wife Joey. On September 8 and 9 on his properties concert hall/barn, he will perform as a benefit concert for Music Health Alliance, a group that provides health care for musicians.

- August 11th will mark the release date of a double CD of Dwight Yoakam's Austin City Limits Live album with companion DVD.

New Music Video From Josh Abbott Band - "Amnesia"

New Music Video From Josh Abbott Band - "Wasn't That Drunk"

Josh Abbott Band To Release Front Row Seat On 11/6

Artist: Josh Abbott Band
Album: Front Row Seat
Label: PDT/Thirty Tigers
Release date: Nov 6, 2015

Josh Abbott's brief flirtation with Warner Music Nashville has come to an end and is resulting in allowing him the freedom to record and release his fourth full-length album in November- this one a concept album that follows the arc of his marriage from start until end.

"Every album we've put out to date, we've tried to approach with a theme," Abbott told Rolling Stone Country during an exclusive interview. "Something that's consistent."

"'Front Row Seat' really was representative of what we we're doing here," Abbott explained about the album's title track. "That's a song by Ruston Kelly, and it's all about having a front row seat, having this access to someone's life. Anybody that is married, you have a front row seat to her life and she has one to yours. We're kind of giving the fans a front row seat, not only to our band but to my story."

"It was hard," he admitted. "When you get in the studio and start singing, you feel all those emotions again and it kind of took me back to a darker place. But now I feel like putting the album out is almost a sense of closure for me."

"It sounds like our band," he explained. "But it's got just enough pop elements to make radio happy, and it's got just enough touch — fiddle and all that — to make our fans happy."

"I fully believe they're some of the best songs I've written," Abbott said. "They're just so real and emotional and raw, and I needed to record them now while I'm feeling it, because if I waited three of four years to do it they wouldn't be the same." 

New Music Video From The Josh Abbott Band- "She Don't Break"

The Josh Abbott Band To Release Tuesday Night EP on 9/23

On September 23rd, Josh Abbott Band will make their major label debut on Atlantic Records with the new EP. Tuesday Night.

From the press release:

Tuesday Night features five original Josh Abbott Band songs that capture snapshots of life's simpler pleasures over the interplay of dynamic fiddle and twangy guitars. 'Blush' showcases Abbott's signature songwriting style with tender lyrics that evoke a slow-burning Southern romance. 'She Don't Break' then flips the traditional love song on its head, telling the powerful story of a girl discovering her own resilience and independence after being burned by love one too many times. The EP's title track Tuesday Night is a spirited anthem that reminds us to enjoy the everyday moments that we often take for granted -- "Every once in a while you need something to make you feel alright / Sometimes it's just beer and tacos on a Tuesday night," muses Abbott alongside bandmate Austin Davis' playful banjo riffs.

Josh Abbott, a native Texan, formed the Josh Abbott Band in 2006. Since then, his love for Texas has permeated every aspect of his songwriting, weaving authentic character-driven tales while exploring real-life issues that have shaped the Lone Star State. Joined by Preston Wait (fiddle, guitar), James Hertless (bass), Caleb Keeter (guitar), Austin Davis (banjo) and Edward Villanueva (drums), the band has quickly risen to the top of the Texas music scene.

Josh Abbott Band's first three albums were released independently on the band's own label and sold more than 175,000 copies total and 1.4 million singles. Their most recent album 'Small Town Family Dream' reached #5 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. The band also had success at country radio entering the charts with singles "Touch" and "Oh, Tonight (with Kacey Musgraves)".

Josh Abbott Band Tuesday Night EP Tracklist:

1. Where’s The Party At
2. Hangin’ Around
3. She Don’t Break
4. Tuesday Night
5. Blush