After Kelsea Ballerini spilled the beans about the release date (Nov. 3) and name (Unapologetically) of her upcoming sophomore album on Good Morning America, she performed the album’s lead single, “Legends.”
Co-penned by Kelsea, Glen Whitehead and Hillary Lindsey, “Legends” follows a string of hits from Kelsea’s debut album, The First Time, including “Love Me Like You Mean It” (No. 1), “Dibs” (No. 1), “Peter Pan” (No. 1) and “Yeah Boy” (No. 3). Currently, “Legends” is No. 43 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart after seven weeks.
“’Legends’ is one of the first songs I wrote for the record and every time I’ve listened to it, I find a different meaning,” says Kelsea. “It brings me back to the heartbreak I wrote it from, it makes me think of my fans and the journey we’ve shared, and now I sing it from the perspective of a legendary love story. I hope everyone hears something in it that brings them to a place of nostalgia and is as excited as I am to begin this next chapter together.”
Vols men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes was a guest on The First Quarter this morning with Heather Harrington and Tyler Ivens.
Coach Barnes joined the show from the legendary Long’s Drug Store in Knoxville.
The team is getting ready to embark on a trip to Europe with tours, practices and three games scheduled.
Barnes on the European Trip
“It’s an educational experience because some of them are going to end up living in some foreign countries because they want to play basketball and not all of them are going to make it to the NBA. There’s opportunities in a lot of different countries. It’s going to be a great experience. I love to travel. I really do. I love going over to Europe. I like going anywhere.”
Barnes on a desired Tennessee/Texas SEC/Big 12 Challenge “They actually wanted us to do that this year. If they would come here I’m all good with it. If they’re willing to let Texas come to Knoxville because the last time Texas came to Knoxville, Tennessee won.”
Listen to that entire interesting interview with Coach Barnes where they also talk about the team, Yves Pons getting to campus, the lack of respect for the SEC in hoops, non-conference scheduling, roasted nuts, breakfast and much more.
Jim Casey talks with Dylan Scott about growing up in Louisiana, his early musical influences, moving to Nashville when he was 19, how his wife inspired his No. 1 single, “My Girl,” his new Deluxe album . . . and Dylan reveals the title of his new single, “Hooked.”
Following the back-to-back successes of previous studio albums Bring You Back (2013) and Illinois (2015), Brett Eldredge is gearing up for the release of his upcoming self-titled album on Aug. 4—exactly 10 days away.
For Brett, the build-up to the release of the 12-song offering—all of which he co-wrote—is part of the fun.
“It’s the build-up, the countdown—that’s exciting,” says Brett to Nash Country Daily. “I’ve been waiting to get his album out for a while, so I’ve released a few songs early as instant grat tracks to kinda give people a taste of the depth of this record. I just think it’s a whole new level of musicality from me, and so I’m excited for the world to see it.”
NCD editor Jim Casey (left) with Brett in studio.
While more often than not, artists release a self-titled album as their debut, Brett felt his new project deserved to be self-titled because it represented him more than anything he had ever created.
“I think coming into my own and actually figuring out what I wanted to say and how I wanted to say it takes a couple of records,” says Brett. “When I got to this record, it’s like, this is me melodically and lyrically more than anything I’ve ever done. This deserves to be self-titled because it’s more me than anything yet. I want it to be that big career album for me, that one that took it to a whole nother level. Everything has been going so well, and the build-up to this big record has been what I wanted it to be. I like to put the pressure on myself to deliver and I think the fans are going to love it.”
Brett released the album’s lead single, “Something’ I’m Good At,” in February. After 22 weeks on the chart, the tune is currently No. 24 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
Brett Eldredge Track Listing and Songwriters
“Love Someone” – Brett Eldredge, Ross Copperman, Heather Morgan
“Superhero” – Brett Eldredge, Ross Copperman, Heather Morgan
“The Long Way” – Brett Eldredge, Matt Rogers
“The Reason” – Brett Eldredge, Ross Copperman
“Somethin’ I’m Good At” – Brett Eldredge, Tom Douglas
“Haven’t Met You” – Brett Eldredge, Ross Copperman, Heather Morgan
“No Stopping You” – Brett Eldredge, Tom Douglas
“Brother” – Brett Eldredge, Tom Douglas
“Heartbreaker” – Brett Eldredge, Ross Copperman, Heather Morgan
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tennessee’s 2017 home opener against Indiana State on Sept. 9 is slated for a 4 p.m. ET broadcast on SEC Network, as announced by the Southeastern Conference office on Tuesday.
The Vols and the Sycamores have never played each other on the gridiron before.
The television times and channels of Vols’ first three games of the 2017 season have been set. Tennessee opens the season against Georgia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game on Sept. 4 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, with an 8 p.m. ET kickoff on ESPN. The Big Orange opens SEC play on Sept. 16 against Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida, with a 3:30 p.m. ETbroadcast on CBS.
Times and television channels for the remainder of UT’s 2017 football games will be announced later during the season.
Today (July 25), Kelsea Ballerini announced on Good Morning America—with a follow-up post on Twitter—that her sophomore album, Unapologetically, will be released on November 3.
November 3nd my sophomore album "Unapologetically" will be released. whoomp there it is…💕✨
“[Unapologetically] is about years 21 through 23,” says Kelsea to Nash Country Daily. It really is. It starts with a gross breakup that I had. It talks about the darkness of that. I haven’t really . . . ‘Peter Pan’ is like as much of a breakup as I went into on the first record, because that’s really the only feeling of a breakup that I’d had at that point. This one definitely gets darker than that. But then it takes you through the darkness of that, the bounce back from that, into just growing up and finding who I am as a young girl. New insecurities that I have, all of that, into meeting [fiancé] Morgan [Evans] and getting engaged. It talks about all of it.”
At his show in Los Angeles on July 21, Garth assisted in the gender reveal of a pregnant couple’s baby. When the couple told Garth that they planned to name the child Brooks regardless of the gender, Garth opened the envelope containing the ultrasound to reveal that they would be having a baby girl. Garth then told the couple, “If I am still alive when Brooks goes to college, we will pay for her college.”
Sam’s “Body Like a Back Road” has been “doin’ 15 in a 30” for 24 straight weeks atop Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, which ties the record set by Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” in 2012 and 2013.
“I wrote ‘Body Like a Back Road’ with my producer Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally,” said Sam to Nash Country Daily. “I connect music to the emotions that come from relationships, so most of the songs that I write are inspired by those circumstances, emotions, feelings, all that kind of stuff. ‘Body Like a Back Road’ is a lighthearted song that was a lot of fun to write. It sort of swings, and hopefully it’s easy to listen to and will put a smile on some folks’ faces.”
Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart All-Time Record
1. “Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt — 24 weeks (2017)
1. “Cruise” – Florida Georgia Line – 24 weeks (2012)
2. “Walk On By” – Leroy Van Dyke – 19 weeks (1961)
3. “H.O.L.Y.” – Florida Georgia Line – 18 weeks (2016)
4. “Die a Happy Man” – Thomas Rhett 17 weeks – (2015)
5. “Love’s Gonna Live Here” – Buck Owens – 16 weeks (1963)
The House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, S.C., cancelled Jamey Johnson’s concert hours before it was scheduled to take place on July 23.
The House of Blues issued a statement on Facebook, citing “safety and security” reasons.
A member of Jamey’s band, Melonie Cannon, posted two Facebook comments, one of which was attributed to Jamey’s drummer, TC Coleman.
“no one in the band carried a gun in that building . . . FYI”
“House of Blues didn’t need to treat us like we were terrorists, they put a medal [sic] detector between Jamey’s buses and the stage entrance and the only people coming in and out of his buses was us. His band and crew and we all have laminated stage identification. We did not come to House of Blues to be treated like we are going to kill the fans. If someone came backstage to harm anybody you better pray there is a Jamey Johnson type individual around. The backstage area is supposed to be tightly secured for our protection not to protect us from ourselves. How can you expect any artist to give a great performance if you are gonna give him or her a bunch of shit before we perform. I stand with Jamey because he’s a damn perfectionist about giving the fans a great qaulity [sic] performance without any phoney [sic] celebrity bullshit. Too bad Live Nations can’t figure it out. And for Live Nation concerts saying the artist did not enter the building is a damn lie. We did a hour plus soundcheck. No artist should be treated like that. Tony TC Coleman”
As you can imagine, the fans were not pleased and posted more than 160 comments to the House of Blues’ Facebook post.
“Love Someone” – Brett Eldredge, Ross Copperman, Heather Morgan
