That Nashville Sound Saturday Newsbytes - New Albums & Music Videos Galore

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~ Lee Ann Womack, Jason Isbell and Brett Eldredge are among the ten different artists that have contributed to the new album Music Moments, which will raise money and awareness for the
Alzheimer’s Association, a health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research. The songs "honor the personal, emotional connection between music and the most important moments in life that we never want to lose."

~ Country music vlogger Grady Smith discusses the impact that Covid-19 is having on the country music scene and interviews Jamie Lin Wilson about real world hits that country artists are taking with event cancellations.

~ Big tall Texan Josh Grider has released the first single off of his yet-to-be-announced next album called "Country's Coming Back."  You can listen to the new track HERE. 

~ On May 8, country singer/songwriter Margo Price will release That’s How Rumors Get Started, an album of ten new songs produced by her friend and fellow country renegade Sturgill Simpson.

~  Record Store Day has been pushed back from its original April date to June 20, 2020.  Officials on the website said, "We think this gives stores around the world the best chance to have a profitable, successful Record Store Day, while taking into consideration the recommendations of doctors, scientists, the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, and the need to be good citizens of both local and worldwide communities. We’re working with all of our partners and our stores to make this change as smooth as possible for everyone who participates in Record Store Day: customers, record stores, artists, labels and more. Record Store Day is everywhere and we want to hold our party when everyone can gather around safely to celebrate life, art, music and the culture of the indie record store."

~ Skyline Motel, a band made up of Sarah Buxton, KateYork, Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, is releasing a new EP on March 27 called After Dark. The first song off the project is "Fields of Knowing" that you can listen to HERE.

~ New music videos:

      Mo Pitney - "Ain't Lookin' Back" 

      Luke Bryan - "One Margarita"

      Lennon Stella - "Jealous"

Kate York and Joe Pisapia Collaborate On New EP

Artist: Kate York and Joe Pisapia
Album: Self-Titled
Release date: June 17, 2016

She's written more than a dozen songs for ABC's (and now CMT's) Nashville as well as songs for the likes of Little Big Town, Mindy Smith and Sarah Buxton. He's a singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as a member of kd lang's band and worked with Ben Folds Five, Drew Holcolmb, Chuck Mead and a number of other independent Nashville artists.

Together, they've come together and released an EP that is available at their regular songwriter haunts that they play regularly in Nashville.

The first publically release "single" is titled "No One Else Will Do" and the music video can be watched below.