Rascal Flatts Reveals Christmas Album Track List and Cover Art

Rascal Flatts Reveals Christmas Album Track List and Cover Art

Posted on September 23, 2016

Christmas is a coming and Rascal Flatts is getting into the Christmas spirit. Gary Levox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney have just revealed the title, cover and track listing of their upcoming Christmas album, The Greatest Gift of All, which is due out Oct. 21.

The trio’s first-ever Christmas album—one they produced themselves—is a 10-track collection of songs filled with old-time classics and personal favorites. Adding to the sentimentality of the album are the three members young children, who lend their voices to the opening of “Silent Night.”

“It probably seems crazy that we waited this long to release a Christmas record,” said Jay DeMarcus in a statement. “We just wanted to do it right!  There are certain songs I think most everyone wants to hear during Christmas, and we wanted to put our own special spin on those songs, while adding in a couple of our personal favorites.  We had a blast making this album, and being in the producer’s chair ourselves, makes it extra fun and challenging for us.”

rascal-flatts_the-greatest-gift-of-all-album-cover-artTHE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL Track List:

1. “Joy to the World”
2. “O Holy Night”
3. “Deck the Halls”
4. “A Strange Way to Save the World”
5. “Go Tell It On the Mountain”
6. “Let It Snow”
7. “Silent Night”
8. “Someday at Christmas”
9. “The First Noel”
10. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

Even Kid Rock Was Amused By Zach Galifianakis’ Interview of Hillary Clinton on “Between Two Ferns”

Even Kid Rock Was Amused By Zach Galifianakis’ Interview of Hillary Clinton on “Between Two Ferns”

Posted on September 23, 2016

Kid Rock has never been one to shy away from controversy. Actually, he seems to be quite fond of creating it, like when he opened for Zac Brown Band at Fenway Park earlier this month and decided to introduce a track by dropping an F-bomb directed toward 49er’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick (:50 second mark).

Mr. Rock, who has had crossover country success with singles like “Picture” and “All Summer Long,” is also not a fan of Hillary Clinton, to put it lightly. But even Kid knows funny when he sees it.

Hillary appeared on Zack Galifianakis’ awkwardly hilarious interview series Between Two Ferns, and she was asked: “When he’s [Trump] elected president and Kid Rock becomes Secretary of State, would you move to Canada? Or one of the Arctics?”

Check out Kid Rock’s tweet below, as well as the entire episode of Between Two Ferns.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b2fc974d1d/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis-hillary-clinton?short_id=an29&_cc=__d___&_ccid=b2bd5389-11ba-486b-ba64-e5476b27027f

photo by John Russell / CMT

2016 Americana Music Awards Red Carpet Photos

2016 Americana Music Awards Red Carpet Photos

Posted on September 22, 2016

Last night (Sep. 21) the Americana Music Association held their annual Americana Music Awards at the Ryman Auditorium. It was a star-studded show with an eclectic list of performers including Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, William Bell, The Milk Carton Kids, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, Margo Price, George Strait and many others.

We have listed all of the 2016 Americana Music Award nominees and winners on an earlier post. View photos of what the Americana stars wore on the red carpet below.

 

photos by Jason Simanek

Faith Hill Shares Mother-Daughter Road Trip Photos As She Drops Daughter, Maggie, Off At College

Faith Hill Shares Mother-Daughter Road Trip Photos As She Drops Daughter, Maggie, Off At College

Posted on September 22, 2016

Dropping your kids off at college is a bittersweet moment for most parents, and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw were no exception when they dropped their middle daughter, Maggie, off at college today (Sept. 22).

“It’s beautiful and it’s sad all at one time,” Tim once remarked about his children leaving the nest. “You know, you can’t wait for them to sort of see what they make of themselves and do with themselves when they get out from under your umbrella, but you’re also nervous and sad because you’re gonna miss ’em.”

But before they said goodbye to Maggie, Faith shared some memorable moments from the mother-daughter road trip on their way to the new school.

Thanks to social media, we were able to be a part of the trip as the adorable duo sang along to Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” and made a few new friends along the way. But like most parents, tears were shed on the final day when mom and dad had to say goodbye to their little girl. Celebrities— they’re just like us.

Check out Faith and Maggie’s travels along the way to her new school. Good Luck Maggie!

Photo courtesy Faith Hill Twitter

Throwback Thursday: Remember When Chris Stapleton Was That Hairy Guy in a Hat in the Fog Who Was Singing Backup for Luke Bryan?

Throwback Thursday: Remember When Chris Stapleton Was That Hairy Guy in a Hat in the Fog Who Was Singing Backup for Luke Bryan?

Posted on September 22, 2016

Chris Stapleton. It’s a name every country fan now knows. In the last year, he’s won multiple Grammys, CMAs and ACMs. His debut solo album, Traveller, reached No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 after his breakout night at the CMA Awards in November 2015.

Not only does every country fan now know Chris’ name, but many fans—and country stars—are claiming to have “known about Chris for years,” a gag that Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley got some laughs out of at this year’s ACM Awards.

Although Chris had fronted the bluegrass troupe The SteelDrivers from 2007–2010 and written a handful of No. 1 hits, including Kenny Chesney’s “Love’s Gonna Make It Alright” and Darius Rucker’s “Come Back Song,” he was relatively unknown to the casual-country-music-loving world in 2013—the year Luke Bryan recorded “Drink a Beer,” a song that Chris co-penned.

Luke released “Drink a Beer” in November 2013 and dropped the music video in December, which featured footage from Luke’s performance at the 2013 CMA Awards, where he paid homage to his late brother and sister.

In the foggy background of the video, there’s a hairy guy in a cowboy hat who is singing backup: that man is Chris Stapleton.

Enjoy Chris’ performance—and Luke’s—in our Throwback Thursday video.

At a No. 1 party in 2014 celebrating the success of “Drink a Beer” and three other singles, Luke declared Chris Stapleton “The Best Singer On Earth.”

Watch Billy Ray Cyrus’ Sentimental New Video for “Thin Line”

Watch Billy Ray Cyrus’ Sentimental New Video for “Thin Line”

Posted on September 22, 2016

On Sept. 9, Billy Ray Cyrus released his 14th studio album, Thin Line, which features collaborations with a number of artists, including Shooter Jennings, Joe Perry, Lee Roy Parnell and Shelby Lynne.

Today (Sept. 22), Billy Ray released the music video for the album’s title track, a tune that features vocals from Grammy Award-winning Shelby Lynne.

“Shelby came in and just sang her butt off on the first single here, ‘Thin Line,’ the title track,” said Bill Ray to Nash Country Daily. “Dynamite comes in small packages. She was definitely ready to go, man. She was awesome.”

The video for “Thin Line” was shot entirely on Billy’s property outside of Nashville and offers viewers a peek into Billy’s southern home as he wanders through the spaces that are filled with memories and the prized possessions that inspire him, including a handwritten note from Johnny Cash in 1992.

“Thirty-six years ago I was working with Elvis and saw him take the same kind of flak you’re taking now. Congratulations on the way you’re handling it all. In your case, as in Elvis’, the good outweighs the bad. Let ’em have it. I’m in your corner.” – Johnny Cash

Check out the video below.

2016 Americana Award Winners Include Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell & More

2016 Americana Award Winners Include Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell & More

Posted on September 22, 2016

Artist of the Year

  • Bonnie Raitt
  • Chris Stapleton WINNER
  • Jason Isbell
  • Lucinda Williams

Album of the Year

  • Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell, Produced by Dave Cobb WINNER
  • The Ghosts of Highway 20, Lucinda Williams, Produced by Greg Leisz, Tom Overby and Lucinda Williams
  • The Very Last Day, Parker Millsap, Produced by Parker Millsap and Gary Paczosa
  • Traveller, Chris Stapleton, Produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton

Group Duo of the Year

  • Alabama Shakes
  • Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell WINNER
  • Lake Street Dive
  • Milk Carton Kids
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band

New/Emerging Artist of the Year

  • John Moreland
  • Leon Bridges
  • Margo Price WINNER
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

Song of the Year

  • “24 Frames,” Jason Isbell WINNER
  • “Dime Store Cowgirl,” Kacey Musgraves
  • “Hands of Time,” Margo Price”
  • “S.O.B.”, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats

Instrumentalist of the Year

  • Cindy Cashdollar
  • Stuart Duncan
  • Jedd Hughes
  • Sara Watkins WINNER
Kenny Chesney Reveals Track List for New Album, “Cosmic Hallelujah,” Which Features Songwriters Hayes Carll, Hillary Lindsey & More

Kenny Chesney Reveals Track List for New Album, “Cosmic Hallelujah,” Which Features Songwriters Hayes Carll, Hillary Lindsey & More

Posted on September 21, 2016

Kenny Chesney made some “Noise” in March when he released the aforementioned track as the lead single from his upcoming 17th studio album, which, at the time, was tentatively titled Some Town Somewhere. The tune became another Top 10 hit for Kenny and looked to pave the way for the new album’s scheduled release in July.

Kenny, however, took a detour from Some Town Somewhere in July and decided to rename the album Cosmic Hallelujah. He pushed the drop date back to Oct. 28 and wet everyone’s whistle by releasing the album’s second track, “Setting the World on Fire,” a duet with P!ink that is now a Top 5 hit.

Today (Sept. 21), Kenny revealed nine more tracks that will comprise his new 11-song offering.

  1. kenny-chesney“Noise”
  2. “Setting The World on Fire” (feat. P!nk)
  3. “Some Town Somewhere”
  4. “Trip Around the Sun”
  5. “All The Pretty Girls”
  6. “Bar at the End of the World”
  7. “Winnebago”
  8. “Jesus and Elvis” (feat. Allison Moorer)
  9. “Bucket”
  10. “Rich and Miserable”
  11. “Coach”

“I’ve been blessed with some of the best songs out there, some songs written, actually, just for this album by writers whose work I’ve loved for years,” Kenny said in a press release. “When ‘Setting the World on Fire’ came together, it opened a window of time—and some songs that had come in after we were done, I didn’t have to save for the next album. Suddenly, everything was changing, and the album I’m releasing now has a lot of what made Some Town Somewhere capture the essential part of who the No Shoes Nation is, but really takes the your-life-is-now piece of The Big Revival and expands it.

“And there’s one very special song I’ve been holding for years called ‘Coach’ that we went in and re-cut,” said Kenny. “It really captured that song’s heart.”

Matraca Berg, Hayes Carll, Hillary Lindsey, Shane McAnally, Allison Moorer, David Lee Murphy, Jon Nite, Josh Osborne and Craig Wiseman are among Cosmic Hallelujah’s songwriters. The Oscar-nominated Allison Moorer also provides vocals on “Jesus and Elvis.”

photo by Jill Trunnell

See a Sneak Peek of Charlie Daniels’ New Country Music Hall of Fame Exhibit

See a Sneak Peek of Charlie Daniels’ New Country Music Hall of Fame Exhibit

Posted on September 21, 2016

Last night (Sep. 20) Charlie Daniels spoke briefly about his humble beginnings and bold early life ambitions at the opening and special viewing of his new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.

“At the age of almost 80 years, God has chosen to bless me with yet another wonderful blessing. To think that artifacts, accolades, symbols, relics and souvenirs of my life are going to be on display here at the crossroads of country music. It’s a sobering fact for a chubby fiddle player that came to town with a dream and a twenty dollar bill. I was just one of the hopefuls who desperately wanted to be a part of what was going on in Music City and was willing to walk out on a high and very shaky limb to prove it.”

The exhibit certainly does feature many “artifacts, accolades, symbols, relics and souvenirs” from Charlie’s life and career as a musician. Unique items such as a photo of his 1950s band, The Jaguars, and an old show poster that lists him as “Charles ‘Mabeleene’ Daniels” to a special wood and glass case featuring an exotic walking cane collection – one his favorite items in the exhibit.

Check out the photos below and be sure to visit by March 2017 to see this exhibit and many others at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Listen to Charlie Daniels’ entire exhibit opening speech:

 

Watch Mickey Guyton’s Upbeat Performance of “Heartbreak Song” on ‘Today’

Watch Mickey Guyton’s Upbeat Performance of “Heartbreak Song” on ‘Today’

Posted on September 21, 2016

Mickey Guyton is currently out promoting her new single, “Heartbreak Song,” and this morning (Sept. 21) the vibrant singer performed the uptempo song on the Today Show’s Citi Concert Series.

Mickey, who released her debut single, “Better Than You Left Me,” in 2015 along with her self-titled EP, was nominated this past April for her first-ever ACM Award in the New Female Vocalist of the Year category.

Prior to her performance on Today, Mickey talked with hosts, Hoda and Kathie Lee about a once in a lifetime performance at the White House in front of President and Mrs. Obama—early on in her career.

“It was probably one of the most nerve-wracking moments of my life,” she tells the hosts. “I was out in D.C. for four days and I didn’t eat for those four days. I was a nervous wreck. It was so incredible.”

Watch Mickey perform her single, “Heartbreak Song.”

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