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That Nashville Sound Saturday Newsbytes: New Opry Member, New Albums & New Videos

A couple new album announcements and some new videos all were made yesterday and we've got the details and links for more information below...

- The Grand Ole Opry made a great choice in inviting bluegrass superstar Rhonda Vincent to becoming the new member of the Opry last night.

- David Adam Byrnes will be releasing Neon Town on May 22.  You can hear him talk about the new project HERE.

- Best pals and frequent Texas collaborators Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen are reuniting for another project, a sequel of sorts to their first album. The project will be called Hold My Beer, Vol. 2 and will be released on May 8.

“Unlike our first record, which kind of happened out of nowhere, this album was really planned,” explains Bowen. “We made a conscious effort to write for this specific project and also focused on bringing the best outside songs to the table. It was really important for us to be as mindful and purposeful as possible when it came to choosing the songs that made the cut for this volume.”

“Every single song on the album comes from the heart,” Rogers continues. “Some will make you laugh. Others will make you cry…but when it’s all said and done, we just hope the music speaks for itself and reflects the amount of time and love that went into each of these songs, from the melodies to the lyrics. We couldn’t be prouder of this album.”

The first song released off the project is "Rodeo Clown" and you can hear it HERE. 

- New music videos:

      Zac Brown Band - "Me and the Boys in the Band"

      Marc Broussard - "Eyes on the Prize"

      LeAnn Rimes - "Skinny Love"

      Sierra Hull - "25 Trips"

      Caitlyn Smith - "Supernova"

      Jordan Rager - "Cold in California"

That Nashville Sound Friday Newsbytes: New Music Videos, New Albums from Montgomery Gentry & Ray Scott

Yesterday brought a few new music videos as well as a couple of new album announcements that are important to get on your radar:

~ Mumford & Sons have a new music video for their new song "Guiding Light."

~ Sierra Hull has a new music video (courtesy of Music Fog) for her song "Weighted Mind."

~ Cassadee Pope has a new music video for her new release "One More Red Light."

~ Ray Scott is following his 2017 release of Guitar for Sale with a new project Honky Tonk Heart that will be coming out Feb 22, 2018. Says Scott, "Most artists, if they’re workin’, can’t help but evolve. It keeps things interesting, keeps ‘em movin’ forward. Thank God for the trials of life. They provide inspiration, and guys like me need that like the crops need the rain."

- Montgomery Gentry has a new project called 20 Years of Hits that was re-recorded shortly before Troy Gentry s untimely death in 2017 in celebration of the band's 20-year milestone anniversary; it includes five #1 Billboard country chart-topping hits as well as numerous gold and Top 10 hits spanning the group s first two decades. As a special tribute to Troy and Eddie, some of country music s biggest stars such as Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Rodney Atkins, Granger Smith, Colt Ford, Logan Mize and Jimmie Allen stepped up to join in on seven of the duo s most popular songs.

Upcoming Bobby Osborne Project Gets Help From Vince Gill, Del McCoury, Darrell Scott, Sierra Hull and More

Artist: Bobby Osborne
Album: Original
Label: Compass Records
Release date: June 2, 2017

Grand Ole Opry member and International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Honor member Bobby Osborne has a brand new album coming out in June that has a little bit of help from a lot of his bluegrass and country friends. On Compass Records, Original will feature his legendary high vocals and mandolin playing. Osborne is known primarily for his collaborations with his brother Sonny Osborne in their band, the Osborne Brothers. He was a pioneer in conceiving the now-popular "high lead" vocal trio concept. The Osborne Brothers recordings of "Rocky Top", and "Kentucky" were named official state songs of Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively.

The new album features an all star cast of pickers and singers collaborating with Bobby on an eclectic set of songs. Bluegrass sensations Sierra Hull and Trey Hensley team up with stalwarts Stuart Duncan and Todd Phillips on grass’d up versions of Paint Your Wagon’s “They Call The Wind Maria” and the Bee Gees’ “I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You.” The never-before-recorded Darrell Scott song “Kentucky Morning,” featuring Rob Ickes, gives a nod to Bobby’s heritage while the cover of “Make the World Go Away” with the lush twin fiddles of Buddy Spicher and Matt Combs evokes Music Row circa 1962. Bobby’s touring band the Rocky Top X-Press, with sons Wynn, Robby and Bobby Osborne Jr., deliver an updated version of the Osborne Brothers’ classic “Pathway of Teardrops” while Ronnie and Robbie McCoury, together with Josh Williams and Missy Raines, collaborate on a version of the obscure Mel Tillis song “Goodbye Wheeling.” Additional performers include Sam Bush, Vince Gill, Jim Lauderdale, Del McCoury, Darrell Scott, David Mayfield, Molly Tuttle, Bryan McDowell, and Kenny Malone.

1. They Call the Wind Maria (feat. Sierra Hull, Stuart Duncan and Alison Brown)
2. Goodbye Wheeling (feat. Ronnie McCoury, Josh Williams, Robbie McCoury and Del McCoury)
3. Kentucky Morning (feat. Sierra Hull, Stuart Duncan, Rob Ickes, Dale Ann Bradley and Darrell Scott)
4. I've Gotta Get A Message to You (feat. Sierra Hull, Trey Hensley, Stuart Duncan, Alison Brown, Rob Ickes and Claire Lynch)
5. Make The World Go Away (feat. Vince Gill and Molly Tuttle)
6. Just In Case
7. Don't Be Cruel (feat. Sam Bush, Jim Hurst and Todd Phillips)
8. Eight More Miles (feat. Sam Bush and Michael Cleveland)
9. Country Boy (feat. Sierra Hull, Stuart Duncan and Alison Brown)
10. Pathway of Teardrops 

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Sierra Hull To Release Weighted Mind In January 2016

Artist: Sierra Hull
Album: Weighted Mind
Label: Rounder
Release date: Jan. 29, 2016

Sierra Hull, the singer and mandolinist and former child prodigy who signed with Rounder at age 13, and distinguished herself by becoming the first bluegrass musician to receive a Presidential Scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music, has announced the release of her first new album in five years.  Weighted Mind will be released on January 29, 2016.
 
15-time Grammy winner Béla Fleck produced the recording, which features eleven compelling new compositions written or co-written by Hull, and one traditional tune for which she and Fleck provided a new arrangement. Alison Krauss, Abigail Washburn, and Rhiannon Giddens add harmonies on the project.

Veteran music scribe and fellow musician Peter Cooper writes, “Hull’s bluegrass roots inform and inspire this soundscape, but bluegrass does not define or limit Weighted Mind. This is not bluegrass music, or chamber music, or pop music. This is original music, from a virtuoso who tells the truth and speaks from herself.”

Mentor Alison Krauss proclaimed, “Sierra is a remarkably talented, beautiful human being. Success could not come to a more worthy person.”  Béla Fleck concurs: “Sierra and (her longtime musical partner) Ethan (Jodziewicz) proved themselves to be powerful artists, with extremely high standards. I am so glad to have ended up being a part of this project.”

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