New Music Video From Brandi Carlile & Sheryl Crow - "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Bonnie Raitt Cover)

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow - "Alarm Clock"

New Music Video From Colbie Caillat & Sheryl Crow - "I'll Be Here"

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow - "Now That You're Gone"

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow - "Forever"

New Music Video From Lucie Silvas and Sheryl Crow - "Cool Down"

Four Sheryl Crows Cover Tom Petty - "You Don't Know How It Feels"

Bee Gees' Barry Gibb Collaborates With With Isbell, Carlile, Urban, Dolly, Miranda, Little Big Town & More On Upcoming Country Album

Artist: Barry Gibb (and Friends)

Album: Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1

Label: Capitol Records

Release date: January 8, 2021

The first really intriguing album announcement for 2021 just was released as Bee Gees member and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Barry Gibb is collaborating with a who's-who of country and roots music on a new project to be released just after the first of the year. A lifelong bluegrass and country music fan, Gibb has long dreamed of a project that would bring him together with some of the artists he admires the most. With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, that dream has become a reality with Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1—out January 8 on Capitol Records. 

Across twelve of the Gibb Brothers songs reborn, the album features collaborations with Alison Krauss, Brandi Carlile, David Rawlings, Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch, Jason Isbell, Jay Buchanan, Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Olivia Newton-John, Sheryl Crow and Tommy Emmanuel. In advance of the release, “Words of a Fool,” featuring Grammy Award-winning Jason Isbell, is out today (listen HERE).

Of the experience, Barry Gibb shares, “From the first day we stepped into RCA Studios in Nashville (the very place where Elvis, Willie, Waylon, Roy, the Everly Brothers and so many other legends made their magic) the album took on a life of its own. I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity to work with Dave and all the artists who stopped by. They were all incredibly generous with their time and talent. They inspired me more than words can express. I feel deep down that Maurice and Robin would have loved this album for different reasons. I wish we could have all been together to do it…but I think we were.”

Dave Cobb comments, “It was truly an honor to work with one of my heroes. The Bee Gees’ first album has always been a staple for me and it was surreal to get to witness the genius of Barry Gibb in the studio—he’s one of the greatest of all time!”

Jason Isbell adds, “Barry Gibb is one of the greatest songwriters and singers in popular music history, and I’m happy to say he still has that beautiful voice and that magical sense of melody. Working with him on this project has been one of the great honors of my career. He’s a prince.”

With a career spanning more than five decades, Sir Barry Gibb stands as one of the most renowned and celebrated musicians of the modern era. As co-founder and creative leader of the Brothers Gibb—better known to the world as the Bee Gees—Barry with his brothers, Maurice and Robin, represent one of the most successful vocal groups in rock and roll history, having sold more than 200 million albums to date. With nine #1 singles as a performer, Barry is also amongst the most successful songwriters of all-time (with sixteen #1 singles) and is seventh on the list of most successful producers (with fourteen #1 singles). He is also tied with John Lennon and Paul McCartney for most #1 singles in a calendar year with seven. Among his many awards and honors are eight Grammy Awards, the Grammy Legend Award and, most recently, the 2015 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also the recipient of the American Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, the BMI Icon Award, four BMI Songwriter of the Year Awards, four BMI Song of the Year Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2004, Barry received one of Britain’s highest honors when the Bee Gees were made Commanders of the British Empire and, in 2018, was Knighted “Sir Barry Gibb” by Prince Charles for his services to music and charity.

Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1

   1. “I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You” with Keith Urban

   2. “Words of a Fool” with Jason Isbell

   3. “Run to Me” with Brandi Carlile

   4. “Too Much Heaven” with Alison Krauss

   5. “Lonely Days” with Little Big Town

   6. “Words” with Dolly Parton

   7. “Jive Talkin’” with Miranda Lambert, Jay Buchanan

   8. “How Deep Is Your Love” with Tommy Emanuel, Little Big Town

   9. “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” with Sheryl Crow

   10. “To Love Somebody” with Jay Buchanan

   11. “Rest Your Love On Me” with Olivia Newton-John

   12. “Butterfly” with Gillian Welch, David Rawlings\

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow with Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris & More (CMT Crossroads)

In this latest episode of CMT Crossroads, Sheryl Crow collaborates with fellow musicians to perform songs from her criminally underrated and terrific album, Threads. The performance includes duet performances with Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris and Lucius.

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson - "Lonely Alone"

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile - "Beware Of Darkness"

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow - "Cross Creek Road" (Live at the Ryman)

Write You A Song Podcast - An Interview With Brandy Clark

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.

Singer/songwriter Brandy Clark has released 2 critically acclaimed albums and scored a handful of hits writing for other artists, including Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, The Band Perry, Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, Billy Currington, Darius Rucker, and Kacey Musgraves. But she hasn't yet had the widespread commercial success other songwriters have had, and believe it or not, that's just fine with her. She has performed on popular TV shows including: The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Good Morning America, and The Late Show with David Letterman. She was also nominated for Best New Artist category at the 2015 Grammy Awards. Here, she talks about her start in music, her college formative years and how she approaches songwriting. 

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow - "Everything is Broken" (featuring Jason Isbell)

New Music Video from Sheryl Crow (featuring Joe Walsh) - "Still the Good Old Days"

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples - "Live Wire"

New Music Video From Sheryl Crow and Johnny Cash - "Redemption Day"

Despite his passing in 2003, icon Johnny Cash has another song to sing- this one with Sheryl Crow. Crow is working on a Big Machine album release scheduled to come out later this summer and has released the first music video for the project, a duet with she and Cash on a song they recorded separately originally, "Redemption Day." With modern technology, they've brought the two together on the recording and matched it with powerful genocide visuals.

“I went in to make this record, sitting at the piano, and Johnny was all over it,” Crow said of her inspiration to recast “Redemption Day” as a duet with the Man in Black. Once she received the blessing of the Cash estate, particularly that of Johnny and June Carter’s son John Carter Cash, she moved forward with her plan. “I feel like the song has found its moment,” she said to Rolling Stone.

“I feel like Johnny Cash would have an opinion on what’s happening today,” Crow said at the Cash Cabin. “He was very outspoken. He was a great American in my estimation. He stood for the rights of Native Americans and he stood out against the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. … He was who he was and he was going to say his piece and stand up for what he believed.”

Kristofferson, Stapleton, Church, Fogerty, Willie & More On Upcoming John Lennon Tribute Concert Album

Album: Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert
Label: Blackbird Productions
Release date: January 18, 2019

In honor of what would have been John Lennon’s 75th birthday, Blackbird Presents and AMC brings you Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert, an all-star concert event celebrating the music and message of the legendary music icon. Blackbird Presents Records will release the full-length concert as a double CD, DVD and LP in January 2019.

Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert features "captivating performances, in-depth interviews, and compelling behind-the-scenes action with Aloe Blacc, Eric Church, Sheryl Crow, Brandon Flowers, John Fogerty, Peter Frampton, Juanes, Kris Kristofferson, Pat Monahan, Tom Morello, Willie Nelson, The Roots, Spoon, Chris Stapleton and Steven Tyler."

“It’s beautiful to see so many wonderful and talented musicians come together for this special show to celebrate John’s birthday,” said Yoko Ono. “John’s art continues to give hope, light and happiness to generations of people everywhere. His belief that each of us can change the world continues to inspire the human race to believe in themselves, and his influence is everlasting in everyone’s hearts as we all share in the possibilities and power of music.”

Track listing:

1. Come Together (4:26) Feat: Steven Tyler
2. Instant Karma (3:56) Feat: Brandon Flowers
3. Don't Let Me Down (3:55) Feat: Sheryl Crow, Brandon Flowers, Chris Stapleton
4. Jealous Guy (5:09) Feat: Pat Monahan
5. A Hard Day's Night (3:29) Feat: Sheryl Crow
6. In My Life (3:39) Feat: John Fogerty
7. Watching The Wheels (4:17) Feat: Aloe Blacc
8. Woman (3:36) Feat: Juanes
9. Hey Bulldog (2:36) Feat: Spoon
10. Working Class Hero (4:30) Feat: Tom MorelloKris Kristofferson
11. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (3:42) Feat: Aloe Blacc, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton
12. Give Peace A Chance (4:11) Feat: John Fogerty
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14. Mother (6:45) Feat: The Roots
15. Steel And Glass (5:49) Feat: Aloe Blacc
16. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (2:52) Feat: Peter Frampton
17. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (3:17) Feat: Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Chris Stapleton
18. Revolution (3:34) Feat: Eric Church, Steven Tyler
19. Power To The People (8:19) Feat: Tom Morello
20. A Special Thank You From Yoko Ono (1:40) Feat: Yoko Ono
21. Imagine (4:19) Feat: Willie Nelson
22. All You Need Is Love (With Full Ensemble) (4:11)

Imagine John Lennon Concert: All You Need Is Love from Blackbird Presents on Vimeo.

That Nashville Sound's Best Songs of 2018 - A Year-End Best of List

2018 has been another fabulous year of country music. Traditional country, bluegrass, modern country and Americana are all represented well and this list proves that out- we’ve cast a wide net over that definition of roots-oriented music.  Earlier this month, we unveiled our top albums of 2018, but here we tackle our favorite songs. Few are radio singles. But you probably knew that already if you read this site.

Here are the rules by which this list was selected. It had to be released off an album that was released in 2018, is an independent release not on any other project, or is an already-released single off a to-be-released album. If the album came out in 2017 or before, it couldn’t be included- even if it wasn't released as a single until 2018.

Looking back, there's some amazing songs that moved us more than all the others:

2017 – Sunny Sweeney – “Bottle By My Bed”
2016 - Jack Ingram - "The Sailor and the Sea"
2015-  Chris Stapleton - "Tennessee Whiskey"
2014 - Emily West - "Made for the Radio"
2013 - Kacey Musgraves - "Follow Your Arrow"
2012 - Waylon Jennings - "I Do Believe"
2011 - Ronnie Dunn - "Cost of Livin'"
2010 - Joe Diffie - "Route 5 Box 109"
2009 - Dean Brody - "Cattleman's Gun"
2008 - Jamey Johnson - "In Color"
2007 - Miranda Lambert - "Gunpowder and Lead"
2006 – Johnny Cash – “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”

Without giving much away, below, I believe it important to note that the top five songs are all by women. Despite what general country radio thinks, some of the most powerful songs and projects are coming from the fairer sex and clearly deserve a better shake at being heard to a wider audience. (Steps down from soapbox.)

Let us hear what you think. Anything we missed? Without further ado, here is That Nashville Sound’s Top Songs of 2018.

The Very Best:

1. Ashley McBryde – “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” – Nevermind that Garth Brooks, the king of country music himself, did one cover of a song this year and it was this one. It didn’t hold a candle to this raw and honest open letter to the world about finding commercial music success after grinding on the proverbial Nashville hamster wheel for nearly a decade.  The fact that it more or less was discovered by the world as she made her first Grand Ole Opry performance standing in what might be the most historic country spot in the world made it all the more powerful.

2. Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Lori McKenna, Anais Mitchell, Josh Ritter & Mark Erelli – “By Degrees” - No matter where you sit on the gun control debate, what can't be debated is that as a population we seem to becoming more and more numb and (somehow almost) used to the horrific headlines that seem to pop up almost weekly in our individual news feeds. This thoughtful and introspective song doesn't argue the 2nd amendment to the constitution, only the character flaw that we as humans have that we "can learn to live with anything if it happens in degrees." The additional voices on the project give the message added credence as if they're coming from different parts of a nation.

3. Courtney Patton – “Fourteen Years” - This heartwrenching title refers to the amount of time that has passed since Patton lost her sister in a tragic accident. "I was finally at a place where I could look back and really just appreciate the time that I had with her, but also just longing of— you know, wondering what it would have been like to still have her around with my kids." Time flies and stands still at the same time in her loss and the haunting steel guitar envelopes the track like angel wings. It's equal parts what ifs and a letter to the heavens. It's also poetic genius.

4. Lori McKenna – “The Fixer” - The track is a heart-wrenching glimpse at domesticity from the perspective of a man, as the titular "fixer" distracts himself with household tasks while slowly losing his wife to an unknown sickness. It perfectly draws an analogy with his inability to fix his wife despite a skill of being a handyman everywhere. You can't fix everything. Sometimes life delivers the unfixable. And that's an important lesson in itself.

5. Emma White – “Ten Year Town” - This track is one for the ages. Chasing one's musical dreams is a passion that is done for the love of music and for every one artist or songwriter that succeeds, there are dozens others that are equally as talented (or more so) that never make it over the hump. This track "Ten Year Town" is one of those songs that details the trials and tribulations of chasing the dream inside Music City. It's one of our favorite songs of the year and I implore you to take a minute and listen to it. It's powerful stuff.

6. Chris Janson – “Drunk Girl” - Here lands our first major radio hit on our That Nashville Sound chart. In this day in age where every other song on the radio deals with parties or drinking in some way, dealing with real-world issues of sexual misconduct is important music. Morality matters. It's not that we can't let loose and have fun. But a reminder about the responsibility we have as citizens is important as well- and Janson delivers an extremely well-written song that doesn't come off high-handed at all.

7. Abby Anderson – “Make Him Wait” -  Anderson delivers a song well-beyond her years about the trials of our sex-pressured society and the pressures that young ladies face in our midsts. The girl has pipes and the song represents where she is generationally perfectly. The storytelling is strong and here's hoping we continue to hear more from this exciting new talent.

8. James Scott Bullard – “Wicked Ways” - Outlaw music didn't die with Waylon Jennings. It's alive and well- you just need to know where to look. Bullard's ninth album is a modern day Smokey and the Bandit soundtrack and nowhere does it get better than on "Wicked Ways."  With full tilt honkytonk guitars blazing alongside a great drum riff and an organ rolling in the back, it just might be the most fun time on this entire countdown.

9. Josh Kelley – “Loves You Like Me” - Kelley channels his inner Billy Joel on this piano-driven dedication to his actress wife, Katherine Heigl. Soaring vocals and introspective lyrics give it immense heart- a storyline of their love story makes it a wedding dance song for the ages.

10. Jason Eady – “Calaveras County” - Call me a homer if you wish, but the fact that Eady uses my Northern California backyard as the centerpiece (and title) for this terrific track off of his phenomenal I Travel On album makes me long for my grandma's long-sold house up in Calveritas, California (population 3). With Grammy Award-nominated duo Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley in the studio, it's easy to hear their bluegrass background through the country track with simply sublime musicianship.

11. Jamie Lin Wilson & Jack Ingram – “Instant Coffee Blues” - Our top duet and first cover on the countdown is one originally done by the legendary Guy Clark. I've gotten to know Jamie and Jack through my Golf & Guitars Music Festival and know that almost no artist holds higher esteem for each them than the legendary Texan that passed away in May of 2016. The good friends use a bed of steel guitar as the foundation to hold together a perfect dedication to their mentor.

12. Terri Clark – “Weddings, Funerals and Empty Hotel Bars” - If anyone doubts why legacy artists should continue writing and recording music past the time their singles are played on country radio, this is why. The question on whether you really can go home is the genesis for this song with more depth than an entire Billboard country chart. The fact that it was co-written by Erin Enderlin makes you say, "Of course it was..."  It has her fingerprints all over it, but Clark's point in her career makes it resonate even deeper.

13. Brothers Osborne – “While You Still Can” - This duo proves that critical and radio quality don't have to be independent of one-another. They are quality racking up charted hits and industry awards year after year. This track is the best off of their strong Port Saint Joe.  "Nothing ever lasts forever" is the message of this track. Do whatever moves you now "while you still can."  It's a positive message in a world that needs a little more of that and exemplifies the brothers excellent work.

14. Erin Enderlin – “These Boots” - Enderlin didn't release an album this year, but she did release a couple of outstanding songs independently including this track about the life of her footwear and the amazing life they live including standing on the Opry stage and digging heels when she wants to be stubborn.  She's written for the likes of Lee Ann Womack, Alan Jackson & Randy Travis, and this tender dedication falls right in line with the type of fare that you could hear from any of those artists.

15. Dierks Bentley – “How I’m Going Out” - Legacy. What's yours going to be?  That's the question on this track that asks what you're going to be remembered for when "you jump off this carousel."  He touts effort and friends he's made along the way among the things he wants to be memorialized for when he becomes a "ghost on Music Row."

16. Caitlyn Smith – “This Town Is Killing Me” - Smith simply slays this country protest track about pouring your life into your art in an effort to receive the attention you deserve and not receiving it. “This Town Is Killing Me” is a modern-day “Murder On Music Row.”

17. Cole Swindell – “Dad’s Old Number” - This was another unexpected hit with Swindell using a phone number of a father who's passed away as a key to a memory and a desire for one more call for advice and to hear that paternal voice that is so important. For anyone who has experienced loss, it's an easy spot to trade places with and a near-universal message. Swindell delivers it with a masterful set of lyrics.

18. Will Hoge – “Nikki’s a Republican Now” - Hoge delivered an entire political protest album earlier this year and the highlight of this project was a country-rocker about a punk-Pixies-loving high school girl who surprisingly takes a turn to the far right.

19. Jeff Hyde – “Norman Rockwell World” - Over the past dozen years, Hyde has written many country hits for other artists, including Eric Church’s chart-topping singles “Springsteen” and “Record Year.” He's penned songs for the likes of Alan Jackson, George Strait, Bobby Bare, Luke Bryan, Charlie Worsham and Nikki Lane. That, my friends, is Nashville credibility. "Norman Rockwell World" roots itself in Hyde’s songwriting profound ability. The music itself is a self-professed nod all the memories of a "bygone age" and how the tilt-a-whirl life we spin around on would be better served sometimes slowing down on a front porch.

20. Wade Bowen – “Death, Dyin’ and Deviled Eggs” - A friends service is the setting for this thoughtful and terrifically-detailed of what it means to say goodbye. A food spread is described and then Bowen says, "It's a helluva a way to say goodbye, I guess."  He proclaims that before you go to heaven, you better have Jesus in your soul, but "you better get plenty before you go."  It's brilliant.

The Cream of the Crop (21 -40):
Jeff Hyde – “Henry Ford”
Wade Bowen – “7:30”
Mitchell Tenpenny – “Drunk Me”
Scotty McCreery – “Five More Minutes”
Brothers Osborne – “Shoot Me Straight”
Ashley McBryde – “Southern Babylon”
Ashley McBryde – “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega”
Ashley Monroe – “Hands on You”
Brett Young – “Mercy”
Josh Grider – “Good People”
Cole Swindell – “Break Up In The End”
David Nail and the Well Ravens – “Heavy”
Lindi Ortega – “Lovers In Love”
Lori McKenna – “You Won’t Even Know I’m Gone”
Maggie Rose – “It’s You”
Kimberly Kelly – “Prayer and a Six Pack”
Steve Moakler – Thirty”
Eric Church – “Hippie Radio”
Eric Church – “Some of It”
Pistol Annies – “When I Was His Wife”
Carrie Underwood – “Spinning Bottles”

The Upper Crust (41-60):
Charlie Daniels Band – “Mudcat”
Gord Bamford – “That’s What Grandpa’s Do”
Ashley McBryde – “The Jacket”
Erin Enderlin – “World Without Willie”
Avalon Kali – “Country Song”
Carrie Underwood – “Love Wins”
Ashley McBryde – “Orphan”
Lee Ann Womack – “Honky Cat”
Garth Brooks – “All Day Long”
Kenny Chesney – “Get Along”
Love and Theft – “You Didn’t Want Me”
Lori McKenna – “People Get Old”
Maggie Rose – “Smooth”
Jimmie Allen – “Best Shot”
Runaway June – “Wild West”
Cody Johnson – “On My Way To You”
Jimmy Rankin – “These Roads”
Eric Church – “Monsters”
Will Hoge – “Thoughts and Prayers”
Will Hoge – “The Illegal Line”

The Best of the Rest:
Avalon Kali – “Kitchen Dance Floor”
Josh Grider – “My First Band”
Willie Nelson – “Last Man Standing”
Lindi Ortega – “You Ain’t Foolin’ Me”
Shooter Jennings – “Bound Ta Git Down”
Kenny Chesney (feat Mindy Smith) – “Better Boat”
David Nail and the Well Ravens – “Cheating On Me”
Jimmy Rankin – “Highlander”
Steve Moakler – “One More Troubadour”
Carrie Underwood “Ghosts on the Stereo”
Blackberry Smoke – “You Got Lucky”

Hear It Here: Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Lori McKenna, Anais Mitchell, Josh Ritter and Mark Erelli Combine Forces on "By Degrees"

Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Lori McKenna, Anais Mitchell, Josh Ritter and Mark Erelli have joined forces to record a powerful new song that benefits Gabby Giffords Courage To Fight Gun Violence Foundation.

Cash calls the song “the most compassionate, vivid and non-preaching anti-gun violence song I’ve ever heard,” Erelli wrote the track which provides and introspective and sobering light on a topic that remains among the most heavily debated in the country.

With a chorus that reads “you can learn to live with anything when it happens by degrees,” Erelli suggests that little by little, we are becoming numb to the violence surrounding our nation. Perhaps most troubling is the tragic line painting the image of “little hands on little shoulders, children in a line… led away from school as the shots rang out inside.”