Tracy Lawrence will release his 16th studio album, Made in America, on Aug. 16.
The 12-song offering features eight songs co-penned by Tracy. Additional songwriters include Chris Stapleton, Flip Anderson, Monty Criswell and more.
“I am extremely proud of my new album,” says Tracy. “It is possibly the most personal album I have ever released. I co-wrote eight out of the 12 songs, pouring my heart and soul into each of the songs. I feel it will resonate with my fans and country music lovers across this nation.”
Tracy, who scored a number of No. 1 hits in the 1990s with songs like “Time Marches On” and Texas Tornado,” shared the new album’s title track/lead single on May 24. The new tune, which was penned by Tracy, Rick Huckaby and Adam Sanders, celebrates the hardworking men and women that exemplify American fortitude.
Listen to “Made in America” below.
Made In America Track List & Songwriters
Made in America (Tracy Lawrence, Rick Huckaby, Adam Sanders)
Forgive Yourself (Tracy Lawrence, Rick Huckaby)
Running Out of People to Blame (Tracy Lawrence, Carson Chamberland, Mark Nesler)
When the Cowboy’s Gone (Tracy Lawrence, Wyatt McCubbin, Carson Chamberland)
Nothin’ Burns Like You (Tracy Lawrence, Carson Chamberland, Mark Nesler)
First Step to Leaving (Tracy Lawrence, Mark Nesler, Rick Huckaby)
It Ain’t You (Tracy Lawrence, Paul Nelson, Rick Huckaby)
Givin’ Momma Reasons To Pray (S. Camp, Chris Stapleton)
Work On My Willie (Tracy Lawrence, Rick Huckaby, Flip Anderson)
Chicken Wire (Monty Criswell, Rick Huckaby)
Just the South Coming Out (Rick Huckaby, Wade Kirby)
Stay Back a Hundred Feet (Monty Criswell, Rick Huckaby)
Eric Church debuted his new video for “Some of It” during his concert at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on May 25.
The new clip serves as the sequel to Eric’s “Desperate Man” video, which featured Eric evading agents from “EMI”—which happens to be the name of his label—as he and the song’s co-writer, Ray Wylie Hubbard, embarked on a mission to distribute music to the people.
Eric’s new video for “Some of It” picks up with Eric entering prison. While serving his time on the inside, Eric’s wife and daughter continue their lives on the outside. As the daughter grows, she stays in contact by writing letters and shipping her dad a guitar—piece by piece—which Eric slowly reconstructs with the help of other inmates and an understanding prison guard. The daughter’s letters inspire Eric to pen “Some of It,” which leads to a jam session in his cell.
Eventuality Eric is released from prison—but this story isn’t over. As the video ends, the scene cuts to an unknown man on the phone who ominously declares, “He’s out.”
“Some of It,” which was penned by Eric, Jeff Hyde, Clint Daniels and Bobby Pinson, is featured on Eric’s 2018 album, Desperate Man.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee will be playing baseball in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005 after being selected as the No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional hosted by the University of North Carolina.
The Vols will take on No. 3 seed Liberty to open regional play at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, May 31. Regional host North Carolina will take on UNC-Wilmington in the second game of the day and both contests will be streamed live on ESPN3 and the ESPN app.
Regional play is a double-elimination format with the winner of each of the 16 regional sites advancing to Super Regional play.
This will be Tennessee’s 10th NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2005, ending a 14-year drought. The Big Orange have made four College World Series appearances as well (1951, 1995, 2001 and 2005).
Ticket packages for the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional will go on sale Wednesday at noon while single-game tickets will be available starting Thursday at noon through the UNC ticket office website by clicking HERE. Single-game tickets will be $15 while full-session tickets can be purchased for $60. Gates will open two hours prior to first pitch and the stadium will be cleared between games.
Parking will be available in the Rams Head Deck for $10 and in the Craige Deck for free (levels 5-9). Beginning at 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, there will also be free parking available in the Bowles Lot, the Raleigh Road Visitors Lot and on Stadium Drive. Disability parking is available for $10 in the Rams Head Deck. Ridge Road will be closed to through traffic for the weekend.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In Saturday’s extra-inning back and forth affair, No. 12 Tennessee came out on top, 3-2, against the No. 5 Gators in the ninth frame thanks to a bases-loaded, walk-off walk drawn by senior Haley Bearden to force the deciding Game 3 on Sunday.
Caylan Arnold spun a gem in the circle for the Lady Vols, tossing her second 9.0-inning complete game of the season. The junior allowed just two runs (one earned) on seven hits while striking out seven of her 34 batters faced. Arnold threw a career-high 177 pitches in the outing.
The Orange and White were led at the plate by Chelsea Seggern (3-for-4) and Aubrey Leach (2-for-4). Leach scored two of Tennessee’s runs, including the winning run.
The victor of tomorrow’s Gainesville Super Regional final will advance to the Women’s College World Series and join No. 8 Alabama as two of three potential SEC schools still in the running for the championship. No. 14 Kentucky needs to win tonight to force a third game against No. 3 Washington.
On Saturday, the Lady Vols wasted no time getting on the board, scoring one run on three hits in the first inning. Leach led off with a single and then took second on a delayed steal before advancing to third on a wild pitch. Seggern then hit the senior home with an RBI single to right field.
In the fourth inning, Florida tied the contest at 1-1. UF’s Kendyl Lindaman led off with a single and moved to second on a throwing error by Tennessee. She then came around to score on Jaimie Hoover’s single.
Tennessee reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the fourth off the bat of Madison Pacini. The freshman entered as a pinch hitter with runners on second and third and one out. With a 3-1 count, Pacini roped an RBI single to left field, giving UT a 2-1 edge.
The Gators then answered in the fifth stanza with a run of their own to square the game up at 2-2. Jade Caraway reached on a fielder’s choice and scored on an RBI single to center before Arnold delivered a strikeout to leave two runners stranded.
In the bottom of the fifth, Tennessee threatened with a lead-off double by Amanda Ayala, but she was left stranded as three consecutive outs were recorded.
After a silent sixth, Arnold retired UF in order to start the seventh frame. During their turn at the plate, the Lady Vols put the go-ahead run in scoring position with two outs but a strikeout ended the threat to send the game to extras.
Both teams saw runners reach third base in the eighth inning, but to no avail as consecutive outs ended Florida’s threat and Cailin Hannon was caught stealing at home.
The Lady Vols had executed delayed steals twice already in the game and made the decision to go for it with two outs on the board. As the throw was made back to the Gators’ Kelly Barnhill, Hannon took off for home but was called out at the plate.
In the final frame, Florida had runners reach base on back-to-back walks but couldn’t muster the offense needed to drive in a run.
UT broke the stalemate in the bottom of the ninth, using one hit and three walks. With one out, Leach and Ayala drew free passes. Seggern then knocked a single to right to load the bases and bring Bearden to the plate. The outfielder stayed patient in the at-bat and drew her second straight walk of the game to bring in the winning run, giving Tennessee the 3-2 edge.
WALK IT OFF: Saturday’s walk-off win against Florida marks the Lady Vols’ first walk-off win of the season and the first since Haley Bearden hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning vs. LSU on April 14, 2018.
ON DECK: Tennessee will face off against Florida at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday with the winner advancing to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla. The game will be aired on ESPNU and UTSports.com, AM 990 and the Tennessee Gameday App will carry a live radio broadcast.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The WNBA tips off its 23rd season Friday, and as the new campaign begins there will be six former Lady Vols on rosters around the league. That total leads all SEC schools.
All-time, 48 Lady Vols have gone on to play in the WNBA. A total of 42 of those Tennessee products were taken in league drafts, including 17 first-rounders and three No. 1 overall selections.
Parker is Tennessee’s most seasoned WNBA veteran and enters her 12th year in the league with L.A. as a five-time WNBA All-Star forward, two-time league MVP and 2016 WNBA Finals MVP.
Last season, the 6-foot-4 standout started in 30 of her 31 games and produced an average of 17.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. She tips off this season against the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday, May 26, at 8 p.m. ET with fans being able to tune in on Twitter.
Stricklen is the second-most experienced UT player in the WNBA, heading into her eighth year as a pro. She was originally drafted second overall by the Seattle Storm and begins her fifth year with the Connecticut Sun by taking on the Washington Mystics on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (Twitter)
Last season, Stricklen saw action in 34 games and started in 30 of them, marking a career high for starts. The 6-2 guard/forward averaged 6.6 ppg. and 2.3 rpg. while playing 18.8 minutes per contest and shot a career-best 43 percent from three-point land, knocking down 58 of 135 attempts.
Johnson begins her seventh season in the league and her fourth overall with the Dallas Wings on opening day (May 24) against the Atlanta Dream at 7:30 p.m. (League Pass: WSB Now). Last year, the 6-3 two-time WNBA All-Star forward saw action in 29 games and started in 17. She averaged 8.0 ppg. and 6.0 rpg.
Joining Johnson in Dallas is Harrison, who recently was traded to the Wings by Las Vegas. Harrison sat out last season with the Aces due to medical reasons. The 6-3 forward begins her third season in the WNBA with career averages of 7.8 ppg. and 4.4 rpg. with a 50.4 shooting percentage from the field. Two seasons ago in 2018, she put up averages of 11.4 ppg. and 6.4 rpg. while starting 33 of 34 games with the San Antonio Stars.
DeShields makes her second-year debut with the Chicago Sky when they play the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday, May 25, at 8 p.m. (CBS Sports Network/FOX Sports North). Last season, DeShields appeared in 34 games and started in 33 of those, averaging 14.4 ppg., 4.9 rpg. and 2.2 apg. for the Sky. The 6-1 guard was one of five players named to the 2018 WNBA All-Rookie Team, tying for the most votes with A’ja Wilson of Las Vegas and Ariel Atkins of Washington.
After winning a WNBA Championship in her first season as a professional player, Russell returns for her second go-around with the Seattle Storm. During her rookie year, the 6-6 center saw duty in 24 contests, averaging 1.7 ppg. and 1.4 rpg. in 5.6 minutes of duty. Her first game this year is Saturday, May, 25, against the Phoenix Mercury at 3:30 p.m. (ABC), and she comes into that contest after averaging 11.0 ppg. and 8.0 rpg. during two preseason outings in 2019.
Warner Music Nashville has shared a previously unreleased song, “One in a Row,” by Country Music Hall of Fame member Randy Travis.
Randy recorded the breakup ballad prior to his stroke in 2013. Penned by Buddy Jewell and Thom McHugh, “One in a Row” is Randy’s first new tune in six years and comes out on the heels of the release of his new book, Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life, which chronicles Randy’s working-class childhood, country music career, medical problems, broken marriage and more.
Over the course of his career, Randy has recorded 18 No. 1 hits and sold more than 25 million albums. He suffered a near-fatal stroke in 2013, but with the help of wife Mary and physical therapy, he has made improvements in his speaking, walking and singing. He was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016. Randy celebrated his 60th birthday in April.
Count Blake Shelton among those who were shocked to learn that Adam Levine won’t return as a judge on Season 17 of The Voice.
The news was announced on Today on May 24 by the host of The Voice, Carson Daly.
Adam has served as a judge with Blake since the show’s inception in 2011. The pair’s often-contentious shtick continued to keep viewers tuning in for 16 seasons. After hearing the news, Blake didn’t miss the chance to hurl a final Twitter insult Adam’s way, noting that he was “gonna miss working with that idiot.”
Having a hard time wrapping my head around @adamlevine not being at @NBCTheVoice anymore. After 16 seasons that changed both of ours lives. I only found out about this yesterday and it hasn’t set in on me yet. Gonna miss working with that idiot.
Maren Morris will release a new EP, Maren Morris: Reimagined, via Apple Music on May 31. The three-song offering, which was produced by Dave Cobb, features acoustic versions of “Girl,” “The Bones” and “The Middle.”
As a companion to the EP, Apple Music will also release a short film that takes fans behind the scenes in the studio as Maren shares the meaning behind each song.
“I think the mark of a good song is you can rearrange it up and it still is a very defining song,” says Maren. “Dave [Cobb], 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.”
Maren Morris: Reimagined and the companion film will be available exclusively on Apple Music beginning on May 31.
Thomas Rhett is gearing up for the release of his upcoming fourth studio album, Center Point Road, which will drop on May 31. The 16-song album takes its name from the street in TR’s Hendersonville, Tenn., hometown that shaped much of his life experiences.
TR co-penned every track on the album, which also features a number of collaborations, including Little Big Town (“Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time”), Jon Pardi (“Beer Can’t Fix”) and Kelsea Ballerini (“Center Point Road”).
One week before the album’s release, Thomas Rhett shared the nostalgic title track, which he penned with Jesse Frasure, Amy Wadge and Cleve Wilson.
“I though the song was good before Kelsea hopped on there, but when she got on there, it turned into great,” says TR to Nash Country Daily. “It’s cool because I grew up [in Hendersonville] and Kelsea grew up in Knoxville, so we kind of grew up in the same way, at the same time, same kind of small towns, so I knew Kelsea would relate to this song. She told me the other day, she said, ‘I felt like I wrote this song.’ I think if you’re going to be on a collaboration, you should feel that way about the song.”
After 38 weeks at country radio, Morgan Wallen’s single, “Whiskey Glasses,” is wobbling up the charts. The tune, which was penned by Ben Burgess and Kevin Kadish, is currently No. 3 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.
“Lyrically, ‘Whiskey Glasses’ is a heartbreak song, but I didn’t want it to feel like that so we tried to get clever in the studio,” says Morgan to NCD. “I didn’t want it to feel sad, so I told [producer Joey Moi] that I wanted to make the song kind of feel more drunk as it went along. We kept adding little things here and there to make it almost wobble.”
Whatever Joey and Morgan did in the studio is working. “Whiskey Glasses” is mirroring the ascent of Morgan’s previous No. 1 single, “Up Down,” which topped the charts in June 2018 after 32 weeks.
“I’m just glad people are liking it,” adds Morgan.
Morgan is currently nominated for CMT’s Breakthrough Video of the Year for “Whiskey Glasses.” He will join Florida Georgia Line’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour in June.
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