Travis Denning has a new song out now called “She’s On It.”
Talking about the track Travis says, “I think sometimes a song has to wait for its time to be heard. I wrote this song in 2016, and think it’s waited long enough. I’m beyond excited to give y’all a taste of the new music we’ve been working on this year, and there’s a lot more coming.”
Denning adds, “I’ve been in and out of the studio a lot this year, and I’m so excited about the music we’ve been working on, especially this song. Can’t wait to hear y’all sing it out on the road.”
When it comes to being out on the road, Travis’ schedule will keep him pretty busy for the next several months. Fans will get to hear “She’s On It” live and in person starting this weekend at Stagecoach in California.
Travis then plays shows through May including heading out with Dierks Bentley on his Beers On Me tour.
Starting May 27th in Minnesota, Dierks, Travis and Ashley McBryde will be out on tour through the beginning of September.
Travis will also be at this year’s CMA Music Fest…
Fans will have plenty of chances in 2022 to hear Travis Denning sing his new song “She’s On It.”
Just so we’re all on the same page – Christmas was 4 months ago.
OK? Good.
Do you still have your decorations up?
Well, Niko Moon is still having a good time with his Christmas Tree still standing proud…but now he’s turning to fans to see if it’s time for it to come down…or just ride it being up all year long.
Niko is rocking around his Christmas tree to his latest single at country radio – “Easy Tonight.”
Talking about the track, Niko says, “‘Easy Tonight’ is a celebration of life y’all. Telling about making sure those drinks go down easy. We don’t get a long time – we’re gonna have a good time, right?”
Congrats to Erin Kinsey as she made her debut at the Grand Old Opry this past Saturday night.
For any artist, appearing on the Opry stage for the very first time is a big deal.
After her performance Saturday night Erin said, “I don’t really have the words for this, and don’t know if I ever will. But thank you so much to the Grand Ole Opry for giving me a chance to share my music and my story on the biggest stage in country music. The weight of that circle and the legends that have performed in it, is so real and I feel so honored to have been able to feel it. Can’t wait to show y’all all of the behind the scenes, but for now I’m still taking it alllll in.”
Erin added, “Thank you to everyone who spent their Saturday night freaking out with me… it meant the world.”
Erin continued on the Opry means to her, “What does a Grand Ole Opry debut means to me? Honestly – it means everything. The first time I came to Nashville at 11 years old, right after I started chasing this dream, I sat in those pews and just hoped one day it would be me in that circle playing my songs. In 2020, I had the absolute honor of singing beside Rita Wilson while she sang a song I wrote for breast cancer awareness. Even though that was a dream come true in so many ways, there was a part of me that was worried it was the closest I’d ever get. But little did I know, a year (to the day) after I released my first song to streaming platforms, I’d be stepping on the most historic, important, and respected stage in country music. It means everything. “
Erin Kinsey recently released her debut EP, 40 East.
From that collection of music, Erin Kinsey’s current single at country radio is “Just Drive.”
Tenille Townes latest project, Masquerades, is out now!
Talking about the 7-track EP, and the name it carries, Tenille says, “This EP marks the beginning of a new chapter of music with you guys…. I really do think that we are beautiful complexities underneath everything we hide behind. Setting down my masquerade over the past little while has been liberating, terrifying, disorienting, and empowering all at the same time. Pull one thread and the infinity of emotions and doubts and hopes and fears and everything in between unravels and these songs were created from the heart of that place. From both sides of who I am. And from the courage that you guys have given me, lifting up the pieces of these songs in their raw form leading up to here. Couldn’t me more excited for our new frontier together.”
Tenille’s EP Masquerades includes “When’s It Gonna Happen,” “Villain In Me,” “Light In Your Eyes” and “When You Need It” which features Wrabel.
Townes says, “Loved getting to do this song about friendship with Wrabel… making this music video was the first time we met in person after writing so many songs together through a computer screen. Becoming friends and creating together was one of the brightest spots in such a dark time and I love that this song represents all of that to me. Hope you feel loved as you listen to it and cheers to the friends who are always there when we need it“
Masquerades track list; 1. “When You Need It” (featuring Wrabel) 2. “When’s It Gonna Happen” 3. “The Sound of Being Alone” 4. “Villain In Me” 5. “Shared Walls” (featuring BRELAND) 6. “Same Road Home” 7. “Light In Your Eyes”
Tenille Townes’ EP Masquerades is out now – and it includes “Shared Walls” which features BRELAND.
Did you catch the video of Shania Twain and Harry Styles at this year’s Coachella?
Shania shared “I am honored and thrilled to have joined Harry Styles onstage for his Coachella debut. What a magical moment!! And I mean c’mon… WHAT A SHOW! I’m a huge fan! Grateful we got to create this memory together.”
Check out Harry and Shania singing her classic “Man! I Feel Like A Woman.”
Stephanie shares that her new project is the result of living through these past couple of years, “As many of us know, 2020 and 2021 changed the course of our live music experiences. Now in 2022, we have so much catching up to do with our fan family. This album is for them.”
Her Family and friends were a big part of Stephanie’s self-titled album “It was requested by them and made with them in mind. This collection of music includes some songs they’ve heard, and a few they haven’t. It’s those new songs that really complete this chapter, and sets up what comes next. I hope each listener finds a piece of themselves in this album and the songs become the soundtrack to new memories and moments in their lives.”
The 8-track collection includes music that Stephanie has previously shared with her fans, like “Wild Frontier” and “I Want The World For You” – but it also features new songs like “Hang My Hat.”
Quayle says “’Hang My Hat’ is a lyrical play and total earworm. Tori Tullier had this title and it was an ‘OF COURSE’ when we three (Quayle, Tullier and Karen Kosowski) sat down to write. As a writer on the song, I feel so incredibly proud of it and its complex simplicity – not to mention how honest it is in regards to my husband, the heart I hang my hat on every day. The Western imagery represents so much to me, from my roots to what I live to how I want to live. It’s the mindset of not running away from love but choosing it every day, letting it grow like the sunrise… sometimes it’s too bright and you have to shift your gaze to get it all back into focus. There’s an effortless story here to tell and when it comes to love, that story never gets old. Thank God or we would all be out of business.”
Stephanie Quayle’s self-titled album is available now.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Down to its final strike in the ninth inning, No. 1/1 Tennessee rallied for five late runs to defeat Florida, 6-4, in 11 innings to complete the weekend sweep at Condron Family Ballpark.
True freshman designated hitter Christian Moore was the hero, plating the tying runs with a two-out single in the ninth inning before blasting a two-run homer in the 11th to put the Volunteers ahead 6-4.
Tennessee Baseball / Credit: UT Athletics
Redmond Walsh was rock solid out of the bullpen, pitching three shutout innings of hitless relief to earn the win and improve to 2-0 on the year.
With the win, Tennessee became the first team in SEC history to start conference play 17-1. The only other team to start 16-1 was the 1951 Vols.
The Big Orange (37-3, 17-1 SEC) were held to just one hit entering the ninth inning before cranking out four base knocks to score three runs and tie the game at four. Walsh was able to work out of a couple of jams in the ninth and 10th innings to keep UF off the board before Moore’s go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the 11th.
Gators’ starter Brandon Neely was phenomenal in just his third start this season, racking up a career-high eight strikeouts while allowing just one hit in seven innings.
Drew Beam wasn’t quite his normal dominant self but was still solid and battled to keep UT within striking distance. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native, allowed three runs on four hits in four innings before making way for Will Mabrey and the bullpen.
Mabrey and Mark McLaughlin held down the fort to keep the Vols in the game, combining to toss four solid innings of relief, allowing just one unearned run and two hits before Walsh took over.
After not leading once over the first two games, it was the Gators who jumped out to the early lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first. UF had just one hit in the inning but the advantage of two walks and a hit batter in the inning to go up 2-0.
Florida (23-17, 6-12 SEC) extended its lead to 3-0 in the fourth with a home run from Jac Caglianone, a solo shot that just cleared the wall in center field.
The Gators scored again in the fifth when Caglianone drove in his second run of the afternoon with a sacrifice fly to deep center field to make it 4-0. Josh Rivera scored on the play after reaching on a bunt single before advancing to third on an errant throw on the play.
The Vols broke up the no-hitter and the shutout in the top of the seventh inning. Drew Gilbert tripled off the top of the wall in right field and came in to score on an RBI groundout by Trey Lipscomb to cut the Florida lead to 4-1.
After a scoreless eighth, Jorel Ortega got the ninth-inning rally started with a solo home run to left-center field to lead off the frame and cut the deficit to two.
Following a back-to-back strikeouts, Lipscomb kept the inning going with a bloop single before Luc Lipcius walked and Evan Russell singled to load the bases. Moore came up with the biggest hit of his young career with a two-run single to score Lipscomb and pinch-runner Seth Stephenson to tie the game at four.
Florida threatened in the ninth, getting the winning run to third with only one out, but the veteran Walsh got a strikeout and a fly out to left field to escape the jam and send the game to extras.
In the 11th, Russell singled up the middle with two outs to set up Moore’s eventual game-winning two-run blast to left-center. Walsh set the Gators down in order in the bottom of the inning to slam the door and secure the sweep.
UP NEXT: The Vols return home for a five-game homestand starting with a midweek contest against Xavier on Tuesday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be streamed digitally on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
NOTABLE
VOLS CLEANING CREW IS BACK IN BUSINESS: With Sunday’s thrilling come-from-behind victory, Tennessee set a new program record for series sweeps in a season, recording their eighth of the year. The previous record was seven, set by the 1994 SEC Championship team.
This weekend’s sweep was UT’s first over the Gators in Gainesville since 2001 and just their third on the road at Florida in program history (2022, 2001, 1971).
BULLPEN CLUTCH AGAIN: The Vols’ bullpen came up huge once again, holding Florida to just one unearned run while allowing just two hits over the final seven innings of the game.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Down to its final strike in the ninth inning, No. 1/1 Tennessee rallied for five late runs to defeat Florida, 6-4, in 11 innings to complete the weekend sweep at Condron Family Ballpark.
True freshman designated hitter Christian Moore was the hero, plating the tying runs with a two-out single in the ninth inning before blasting a two-run homer in the 11th to put the Volunteers ahead 6-4.
Tennessee Baseball / Credit: UT Athletics
Redmond Walsh was rock solid out of the bullpen, pitching three shutout innings of hitless relief to earn the win and improve to 2-0 on the year.
With the win, Tennessee became the first team in SEC history to start conference play 17-1. The only other team to start 16-1 was the 1951 Vols.
The Big Orange (37-3, 17-1 SEC) were held to just one hit entering the ninth inning before cranking out four base knocks to score three runs and tie the game at four. Walsh was able to work out of a couple of jams in the ninth and 10th innings to keep UF off the board before Moore’s go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the 11th.
Gators’ starter Brandon Neely was phenomenal in just his third start this season, racking up a career-high eight strikeouts while allowing just one hit in seven innings.
Drew Beam wasn’t quite his normal dominant self but was still solid and battled to keep UT within striking distance. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native, allowed three runs on four hits in four innings before making way for Will Mabrey and the bullpen.
Mabrey and Mark McLaughlin held down the fort to keep the Vols in the game, combining to toss four solid innings of relief, allowing just one unearned run and two hits before Walsh took over.
After not leading once over the first two games, it was the Gators who jumped out to the early lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first. UF had just one hit in the inning but the advantage of two walks and a hit batter in the inning to go up 2-0.
Florida (23-17, 6-12 SEC) extended its lead to 3-0 in the fourth with a home run from Jac Caglianone, a solo shot that just cleared the wall in center field.
The Gators scored again in the fifth when Caglianone drove in his second run of the afternoon with a sacrifice fly to deep center field to make it 4-0. Josh Rivera scored on the play after reaching on a bunt single before advancing to third on an errant throw on the play.
The Vols broke up the no-hitter and the shutout in the top of the seventh inning. Drew Gilbert tripled off the top of the wall in right field and came in to score on an RBI groundout by Trey Lipscomb to cut the Florida lead to 4-1.
After a scoreless eighth, Jorel Ortega got the ninth-inning rally started with a solo home run to left-center field to lead off the frame and cut the deficit to two.
Following a back-to-back strikeouts, Lipscomb kept the inning going with a bloop single before Luc Lipcius walked and Evan Russell singled to load the bases. Moore came up with the biggest hit of his young career with a two-run single to score Lipscomb and pinch-runner Seth Stephenson to tie the game at four.
Florida threatened in the ninth, getting the winning run to third with only one out, but the veteran Walsh got a strikeout and a fly out to left field to escape the jam and send the game to extras.
In the 11th, Russell singled up the middle with two outs to set up Moore’s eventual game-winning two-run blast to left-center. Walsh set the Gators down in order in the bottom of the inning to slam the door and secure the sweep.
UP NEXT: The Vols return home for a five-game homestand starting with a midweek contest against Xavier on Tuesday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be streamed digitally on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
NOTABLE
VOLS CLEANING CREW IS BACK IN BUSINESS: With Sunday’s thrilling come-from-behind victory, Tennessee set a new program record for series sweeps in a season, recording their eighth of the year. The previous record was seven, set by the 1994 SEC Championship team.
This weekend’s sweep was UT’s first over the Gators in Gainesville since 2001 and just their third on the road at Florida in program history (2022, 2001, 1971).
BULLPEN CLUTCH AGAIN: The Vols’ bullpen came up huge once again, holding Florida to just one unearned run while allowing just two hits over the final seven innings of the game.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A day after historic pitching dominated, the bats answered the bell in No. 14 Tennessee’s 9-1 win over ECU to finish out the Lady Vol Challenge 3-0.
Senior outfielder Kiki Milloy led the offensive outburst with three hits, two doubles, two RBIs, two runs and two stolen bases. Milloy’s three-hit outing was her first of the season and first since hosting Missouri at the end of the 2021 regular season. The do-it-all senior also extended her team lead in doubles, stolen bases, RBIs and runs.
Lady Vols Softball / Credit: UT Athletics
The Lady Vols (33-13) roped 12 hits, including six for extra bases, in Sunday’s triumph. Freshman infielder McKenna Gibson and sophomore outfielder Rylie West each mashed two-run homers, while Zaida Puni (2-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI) and Kelcy Leach (1-for-3, RBI) both knocked doubles for the Big Orange. Leach’s two-bagger went down as the game-ending hit, driving in Puni to make the score 9-1 and secure the run-rule win in the bottom of the sixth.
Sophomore starting pitcher Bailey McCachren was lifted in the top of the second with no outs and runners on first and second in favor of freshman Nicola Simpson. Simpson utilized the ground ball to work the Lady Vols out of trouble, including a double play from Ivy Davis to Gibson to Ashley Morgan that kept the Pirates at bay and off the scoreboard. Simpson finished the day recording her second career win on two-and-a-third innings of two-hit ball and a single run surrendered.
The Seattle, Washington, native sat down ECU (19-29) in order in the third and the offense repaid her efforts with six runs of support in the bottom of the third. Davis got the onslaught started, ripping a single the other way that turned into a three-bagger when the Pirate right fielder could not handle the hit. Milloy promptly brought Davis home on a ground ball double laced through two ECU fielders, reaching the wall in left center. Puni doubled off the right field wall to trade places with Milloy and double the Tennessee lead to 2-0.
Gibson knocked out ECU’s starting pitcher showing off her opposite field power, bombing home run No. 10 on the season near the top row of the outfield bleachers and once again doubling the Tennessee lead to 4-0 over the Pirates.
West gave the incoming Pirate pitcher a harsh greeting, sending her sixth homer of the season over the recently opened porches in center field for a 6-0 cushion. The bomb was her first homer to leave the park since the series finale against Florida on March 27.
In the fourth inning, it was sophomore pitcher Ryleigh White’s turn to work the Lady Vols out of trouble. Inheriting a similar situation to Simpson in the second, White used similar tactics to stymie the Pirates: letting the defense work. Graduate senior Amanda Ayala recorded her second outfield assist of the season, throwing out a runner at third on a base hit. A lineout back to White would strand two Pirates on base and hold them to a single run in the frame.
The Lady Vols gave ECU some déjà vu in the bottom half of the frame. Milloy led off with her 12th double and Puni brought her in again for her 10th multi-RBI game of the season, bringing the Big Orange lead to 7-1 and just two runs away from run-ruling the Pirates for a second time this weekend.
White cruised over the final two innings of play while Tennnessee added a pair of runs in the fifth and sixth innings to clinch the victory. Milloy put the Lady Vols ahead 8-1 with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth before Leach doubled to left-center field to end the game 9-1 in the sixth, improving UT’s all-time record against ECU to 4-1 and its season record to 33-13.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols hit the road to finish up their SEC reprieve for a matchup with the Liberty Flames on Wednesday, April 27. The game will be a rematch from the 2021 NCAA Knoxville Regional. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. from Lynchburg and can be seen on ESPN+.
