New Music Video From Luke Bryan and Luke Combs - "Finders Keepers"

New Music Video From Shenandoah, Jason Aldean & Luke Bryan - "Sunday in the South"

New Music Video From Jon Pardi and Luke Bryan - "Cowboys and Plowboys"

New Music Video From Luke Bryan - "Waves"

Shenandoah Collaborates With Modern Country Radio Stars On Upcoming Every Road Album Release

Artist: Shenandoah

Album: Every Road

Label: Foundry Records
Release date: 11/13/20

GRAMMY, ACM and CMA winning band Shenandoah, led by frontman Marty Raybon and co-founding member Mike McGuire, haven't released an album of all-new music since 1994. That'll change Nov. 13, 2020 with Every Road via Foundry Records, which includes the band being paired with fellow stars including collaborations with Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Ashley McBryde, Dierks Bentley, Lady A, Zac Brown Band, Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson and Brad Paisley. The first single off the new album, "I'd Take Another One of Those," featuring Zac Brown Band.

Every Road will be the band's 10th studio album after notching 13 No. 1 hits and charting 26 singles on Billboard country charts throughout their career. 

Shenandoah, fueled by Raybon’s distinctive vocals and the band’s skilled musicianship, are celebrated for delivering such hits as “Two Dozen Roses”, “Church on Cumberland Road” and “Next to You, Next to Me” as well as such achingly beautiful classics as “I Want to be Loved Like That” and the brilliant “Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart” duet with Alison Krauss.

EVERY ROAD TRACK LIST:

Produced By: Buddy Cannon

1. "I’d Take Another One Of Those" (with Zac Brown Band)

2. "Make It Til Summertime" (with Luke Bryan)

3. "If Only" (with Ashley McBryde)

4. "Every Road" (with Dierks Bentley)

5. "Then A Girl Walks In" (with Blake Shelton)

6. "High Class Hillbillies" (with Cody Johnson)

7. "Every Time I Look At You" (with Lady A)

8. "Life Would Be Perfect" (with Brad Paisley)

9. "I’ll Be Your Everything" (with Carly Pearce)

10. "Boots On Broadway"

Write You A Song Podcast - An Interview With Rodney Clawson

We share another new podcast from host Tom Mailey from Bonneville radio station New Country 105.1 KNCI in Sacramento. Tom is a country radio veteran with over 30 years of experience in Seattle and Sacramento and a key partner in our Golf & Guitars Children's Charity Music Festival, a little event in our twelfth year that has raised well north of a million bucks for kids and individuals with disabilities. It highlights the songwriters in our industry and is entitled Write You a Song. 

It's his hope that this podcast will shine a little overdue spotlight on the talented men and women who, mostly behind the scenes, write the songs that become part of our lives. You know their words and music, but maybe not their names: Write You a Song will feature some of country music’s biggest songwriters--like Jeffrey Steele, Brett Warren, Ashley McBryde, Tim Nichols and more.

Rodney Clawson is one of the most unusual country songwriters to guest on Write You a Song. He's also one of the most successful. A farmer in Texas most of his life, songwriting was never even a consideration until one day he got a call from a friend who'd moved to Nashville. Annually, he writes about 160 songs but claims he only gets "10-12 good ideas a year". Among those good ideas: songs that have gone on to become massive hits, like "May We All" for Florida Georgia Line and Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean's "Burnin' It Down" and "Amarillo Sky", Kenny Chesney's "American Kids," Luke Bryan's "Drunk On You" and "Bartender" for Lady A. And that's just skimming the surface.

His is one of the most unlikely songwriting success stories you'll ever hear...and that's not even counting that when he was in colleged he coached a kid named John Rich on a high school basketball team. Give it a listen and see why he says if you want to be good, sometimes you have to "dare to suck".

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

All the country music news that's fit to print, completely virus-free...

~ 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"

That Nashville Sound Sunday Newsbytes: New Albums Galore

Some new records forthcoming-

- Songwriter Brett James (his credits include the Number One country hits "Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews, "Blessed" by Martina McBride, "When the Sun Goes Down" and "Out Last Night" by Kenny Chesney, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood) among others is releasing an EP called I Am Now on March 27. Source

- John Anderson is releasing a new album this Spring, titled Years, on Easy Eye Sound. Produced by Dan Auerbach and David “Fergie” Ferguson and set for April 10, the album includes 10 new originals as well as a special guest appearance by Blake Shelton on the track “Tuesday I’ll Be Gone.” Source

- Lily Hiatt is releasing a new album called Walking Proof on March 27 as well. Source

- According to this Rolling Stone article, Lee Ann Womack is working on a new album to be released at some point later in the year. Source

- Luke Bryan will release a new album called Born Here, Live Here, Die Here on April 24. Source

New Music Video From Darius Rucker - "Straight To Hell" (featuring Charles Kelley, Jason Aldean & Luke Bryan)

New Music Video From Luke Bryan - "Most People Are Good"

Eric Church Collaborator & Bandmate Jeff Hyde To Release Own Album, Norman Rockwell World

Artist: Jeff Hyde
Album: Norman Rockwell World
Label: Jeff Hyde Records
Release date: February 23, 2018

Already a Grammy-nominated songwriter and longtime member of Eric Church's touring band, Jeff Hyde makes his solo debut with Norman Rockwell World. Produced by fellow songwriter Ryan Tyndell, the 10-track album arrives February 23.

 

Over the past dozen years, Hyde has written many country hits for other artists, including Eric Church's chart-topping singles "Springsteen," "Record Year" and“Round Here Buzz.” A long line of artists including Alan Jackson, George Strait, Bobby Bare, Luke Bryan, Charlie Worsham, Nikki Lane and Becky Buller have also put their own stamp on his songs, but still much of his material remains unused. It’s a natural result of Hyde being one of Nashville's busiest songwriters, in an industry where more songs are written than are ever heard.

 

Norman Rockwell World rounds up 10 of those untouched compositions, including songs written alongside fellow hitmakers Michael Heeney, Clint Daniels, and Casey Beathard.

 

"When you write for a publishing company for years, you eventually wind up with songs you're proud of that are just sitting on a shelf," says Hyde, who landed his first publishing deal in 2005. "That was part of the reason for doing this record. We wanted to take some of those best songs and give them a life."

 

A native of Marshall, Texas, Hyde moved to Nashville in 2001. He was raised on the sounds of artists such as Keith Whitley, Tom T. Hall, and The Statler Brothers — chart-topping country singers who wrote many of their own hits. "You could turn their records around and look at the back to see who wrote the songs," he remembers, "and the singers were also the writers. I always knew songwriting was the core thing I wanted to do in the music business. I wanted to start with that foundation, anything further would be a bonus.”

 

Per the press release:

Norman Rockwell World roots itself in Hyde's songwriting chops, and also introduces him as a talented vocalist who delivers a song with the same finesse he uses to spin a lyric. He sings each song in a welcomingly strong voice, one that may be familiar to Eric Church's fans who have seen Hyde play acoustic instruments and sing harmonies in Church's band for more than a decade. He beefs up his sound with everything from banjo riffs to mandolin solos. The music itself nods to his longtime influences — including 1980s trailblazers like Don Williams, Whitley, and Vern Gosdin — without losing its modern appeal.

With his solo debut, Hyde plants one foot in the classic twang of his favorite writers, then points the other toward more progressive sounds. This is the sound of a country veteran getting his overdue share of the spotlight, stepping up to the mic for a batch of songs that are as warm and slyly nostalgic as Norman Rockwell's artwork itself.

 

Erin Enderlin Enlists Help From Jamey Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Randy Houser, Ricky Skaggs & More On Upcoming Whiskeytown Crier Album

Artist: Erin Enderlin
Album: Whiskeytown Crier
Contributors: Jamey Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Randy Houser, Ricky Skaggs & More
Release date: September 1, 2017

Erin Enderlin has achieved success (and awards) as a songwriter for country legends such as Randy Travis, Terri Clark and Joey + Rory- and covers a handful of her own compositions here including “Monday Morning Church” (Alan Jackson); “Last Call” (Lee Ann Womack) and “You Don’t Jack” (Luke Bryan). When Enderlin first released her 2013 album, I Let Her Talk, this very site called it one of the ten best albums of the year, marking it as "an incredible record about emotional reactions, love, alcohol and loss. The killer of the album was the title track, a tale of a woman who meets her husband’s lover in a bar, without revealing her identity. The spurned spouse then buys his lover drink after drink as she spills details of the affair.  She sings, “A careless drunk will tell the cold, hard truth”. It's three chords and the truth with a heartache chaser."  It was a project that held a spotlight to an incredible songwriter at the very height of her craft and left us clamoring for more.

Now four years later, she's back with another project and has enlisted some of the most critically-acclaimed names in country music to assist her with the new album. Enderlin’s highly anticipated new album Whiskeytown Crier puts all the sad souls she’s become known for singing and writing about in the same tiny, fictional city. The result is unprecedented: a concept album devoted to women’s experiences in small town, America.   This concept album was produced by Jamey Johnson and Jim “Moose” Brown and features involvement from some of country music's most authentic artists Chris Stapleton, Randy Houser, Ricky Skaggs, Heidi Newfield, Jon Randall, and more.

Whiskeytown Crier tracklist:

1. Intro 
2. Caroline (Jim "Moose" Brown/ Erin Enderlin)
3. Baby Sister (Erin Enderlin/ Shane McAnally/ Felix McTeigue)
4. Ain't It Just Like A Cowboy (Erin Enderlin/ Heather Little)
5. The Blues Are Alive & Well (Erin Enderlin/ Jim "Moose" Brown/ Shane McAnally)
6. Home Sweet Home To Me (Erin Enderlin/ Paul Sikes)
7. Till It's Gone (Jon Randall/ Jim "Moose" Brown/ Erin Enderlin)
8. The Coldest In Town - duet with Randy Houser (Erin Enderlin/ Steve Leslie)
9. Whole Nother Bottle Of Wine (Erin Enderlin/ Heidi Newfield/ Jim "Moose" Brown)
10. Broken (Erin Enderlin)
11. Hickory Wind (Gram Parsons/ Bob Buchanan)
12. Jesse Joe's Cigarettes (Erin Enderlin/ Shane McAnally)
13. His Memory Walks on Water (Erin Enderlin/ Irene Kelley)
14. 'Till I Can Make It On My Own (Billy Sherril/ Tammy Wynette/ George Richey)

New Music Video From 30 Of Country Music's Finest - "Forever Country"

"Forever Country" artist list: Alabama, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Ronnie Milsap, Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Rascal Flatts, Reba, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, George Strait, Randy Travis, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Trisha Yearwood.

2016 CMA Award Nominations Released

Dierks Bentley, Cam and Keith Urban unveiled the nominees for the 2016 CMA Awards this morning live from the Grand Ole Opry House during the 8:30AM half-hour segment of Good Morning America.

The 2016 CMA Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on ABC on Nov. 2 at 8PM ET. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will return as co-hosts, and performers and presenters will be announced in the coming months.

2016 Country Music Association Awards Nominees

Entertainer of the Year
Garth Brooks
 Luke Bryan
 Chris Stapleton
 Carrie Underwood
 Keith Urban

Album of the Year (Awarded to Artist and Producers)
Hero, Maren Morris
Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church
Storyteller, Carrie Underwood
Black, Dierks Bentley
Ripcord, Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year
Eric Church
Tim McGraw
Chris Stapleton
Dierks Bentley
Keith Urban

Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
 Little Big Town
 Old Dominion
 Rascal Flatts
 Zac Brown Band

Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriters)
“Die a Happy Man,” Thomas Rhett
“Humble and Kind,” Tim McGraw
“My Church,” Maren Morris
“Record Year,” Eric Church
“Burning House,” Cam

Vocal Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Joey + Rory
Maddie & Tae

New Artist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Brothers Osborne
Maren Morris
Old Dominion
Cole Swindell

Single of the Year (Awarded to Artist and Producer)
“Die a Happy Man,” Thomas Rhett
“Humble and Kind,” Tim McGraw
“My Church,” Maren Morris
“Nobody to Blame,” Chris Stapleton
“Record Year,” Eric Church

Musical Event of the Year
“Different for Girls,” Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King
“Home Alone Tonight,” Luke Bryan feat. Karen Fairchild
“The Fighter,” Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood
“Think of You,” Chris Young with Cassadee Pope
“You Are My Sunshine,” Morgane Stapleton with Chris Stapleton

Music Video of the Year (Awarded to Artist and Director)
“Fire Away,” Chris Stapleton
“Humble and Kind,” Tim McGraw
“Record Year,” Eric Church
“Somewhere on a Beach,” Dierks Bentley
“Burning House,” Cam

Musician of the Year
Jerry Douglas
Paul Franklin
Dann Huff
Brent Mason
Derek Wells

That Nashville Sound Tuesday Newsbytes

A few new projects and a couple of new music videos make up this Tuesday's news round-up:

- That Nashville Sound's favorite news of the day is that Texas traditionalist Cody Jinks has a brand new album coming out on August 12 called I'm Not the Devil. His 2015 project Adobe Sessions was brilliant and made our top albums of the year list.

- The Grand Ole Opry posted a live performance video of Dot Records artist Ashley Campbell singing that powerful dedication to her father Glen, "Remembering."

- Luke Bryan is growing up. He's moving from his traditional annual Spring Break EP release to one called Farm Tour … Here's to the Farmer set for release on September 23rd.

- Austin native Dale Watson will be releasing a live album appropriately titled Live at the Big T Roadhouse, Chicken S#!+ Bingo Sunday. It lands August 19.

- Frankie Ballard released a new music video for one of his new El Rio album tracks, "Good as Gold."

- Former Steel Magnolia duo member Meghan Linsey recorded a live performance of "Neon Sky" for the YouTube channel Nashville Sessions that highlights her great vocal talent.

- Jack Ingram has a bunch of special PledgeMusic pre-order opportunities for his new August release project, Midnight Motel.

New Music Video From Luke Bryan - "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day"

New Music Video From Luke Bryan- "Strip It Down"

New Music Video From Luke Bryan- "Spring Breakdown"

2015 ACM Award Nominations Announced

The Academy of Country Music unveiled its nominees for the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards, via its social media outlets. The awards show will take place April 19 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan return to co-host the event.

Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Miranda Lambert
Florida Georgia Line

Vocal Event of the Year
Lonely Tonight – Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe, Producer: Scott Hendricks, Record Label: Warner Bros. Records
Meanwhile Back At Mama’s – Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill,  Producers: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw, Record Label: Big Machine Records
Somethin’ Bad – Miranda Lambert Duet With Carrie Underwood, Producers: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf, Record Label: RCA Nashville
The South – The Cadillac Three Featuring Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley & Mike Eli, Producers: Dann Huff, Justin Niebank, Record Label: Big Machine Records
This Is How We Roll – Florida Georgia Line Featuring Luke Bryan, Producer: Joey Moi, Record Label: Republic Nashville

Video of the Year
American Kids – Kenny Chesney. Director: Shaun Silva, Producer: Don Lepore
Cop Car – Keith Urban, Director: John Urbano, Producer: Michelle Abnet
Drunk On A Plane – Dierks Bentley, Director: Wes Edwards, Producer: Clarke Gallivan
I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell, Director: James Keach, Producer: Julian Raymond
Somethin’ Bad – Miranda Lambert Duet With Carrie Underwood, Director: Trey Fanjoy, Producer: Trent Hardville

Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Male Vocalist of the Year (tie)
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton

Female Vocalist of the Year
Brandy Clark
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
The Swon Brothers

New Artist of the Year (currently open for fan voting)
Brett Eldredge
Tyler Farr
Sam Hunt
Kip Moore
Thomas Rhett
Chase Rice
Cole Swindell
Dan + Shay

Album of the Year
Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean
Producer: Michael Knox
Record Label: Broken Bow Records
Pain Killer, Little Big Town
Producer: Jay Joyce
Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville
Platinum, Miranda Lambert
Producers: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf
Record Label: RCA Nashville
Riser, Dierks Bentley
Producers: Ross Copperman, Jaren Johnston
Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville
The Outsiders, Eric Church
Producer: Jay Joyce
Record Label: EMI Records Nashville

Single Record of the Year (awarded to artist/producers/record company)
“American Kids” Kenny Chesney
Producers: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Record Label: Blue Chair Records/Columbia Nashville
“Automatic” Miranda Lambert
Producers: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf
Record Label: RCA Nashville
“Dirt” Florida Georgia Line
Producer: Joey Moi
Record Label: Republic Nashville
“Drunk On A Plane” Dierks Bentley
Producer: Ross Copperman
Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville
“I Don’t Dance” Lee Brice
Producer: Lee Brice
Record Label: Curb Records

Song of the Year (awarded to songwriters/publishers/artists)
American Kids – Kenny Chesney, Songwriters: Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally
Publishers: Big Red Toe Music (BMI), Creative Nation Music (BMI), Farm Town Songs (BMI),    Smack Ink (ASCAP), Songs Of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Twangin And Slangin Songs (BMI), Universal Music Corporation (ASCAP)
Automatic – Miranda Lambert, Songwriters: Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert
Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Pink Dog Publishing (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Wruckestrike (BMI)
Drink A Beer – Luke Bryan, Songwriters: Jim Beavers, Chris Stapleton
Publishers: House of Sea Gayle Music (ASCAP), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Follow Your Arrow – Kacey Musgraves
Songwriters: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves
Publishers: 351 Music (BMI), Highway 508 Songs (ASCAP), House of Sea Gayle Music (ASCAP), Smack Ink (ASCAP), Universal Music Corporation (ASCAP), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
Give Me Back My Hometown – Eric Church
Songwriters: Eric Church, Luke Laird
Publishers: Creative Nation Music (BMI), Longer And Louder Music (BMI), Songs Of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Twangin And Slangin Songs (BMI)
I Hold On – Dierks Bentley
Songwriters: Dierks Bentley, Brett James
Publishers: Atlas Holdings (ASCAP), Big White Tracks (ASCAP), External Combustion Music (ASCAP), Songs of Brett (ASCAP), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

New Music Video From Luke Bryan- "Roller Coaster"