Jimmie Allen new single “Down Home” is an open letter to his father, who passed away in 2019.
Talking about the track, Jimmie shares, “‘Down Home’is probably one of the most special songs I’ve ever written. I wrote it about my father – kind of like, hopefully he’s in heaven and looking down on everything I’m doing and hope he’d be proud of me. I wrote it with my friends TateHowell, RianBall and Cameron Bedell.”
Allen continues, “It’s a song that’s actually helped me a lot because in the midst of missing my father, I think about him seeing everything I’ve got going on and it’s like… even though he’s gone, he’s always with me. I hope this song finds its place in the world and this song helps people that have lost not only a father, or a parent, or a loved one just like the song has helped me.”
As you watch the music video for “Down Home” – you’ll notice it’s in black & white…that was done because Jimmie wants the viewer to focus on the message of the lyrics. But he also wanted to have the visual elements have a close ties to the relationship he had with his dad…so Jimmie childhood home, the baseball field his father taught him how to play on, and his father’s favorite restaurant, are among the personal landmarks featured in the piece.
Jimmie says, “Being able to shoot the video in the same place that I created so many memories with my father was super special. It felt like my father was with me every step of the way.”
Watch the music video for Jimmie Allen’s “Down Home” here…
Ashley McBryde won Music Event Of The Year at the 2022 ACM Awards with Carly Pearce for their collaboration “Never Wanted To Be That Girl.”
This week Ashley shared on social media a video recapping her ACM Award adventures in Las Vegas – including the moment she was asked to sing with Eric Church during his performance on the award show.
With the video, Ashley shared, “Don’t be nervous. It’ll all fall into place! I say that to myself over and over. The ACMs are beautifully unpredictable! And I’m HERE FOR THAT.”
Check out the Eric Church medley from this year’s ACM Awards that includes Ashley McBryde…
Ashley and Carly captivated the whole audience in Las Vegas – and those watching in Amazon Prime Video – with their performance of “Never Wanted To Be That Girl.”
Kip Moore‘s current single at country radio made its first appearance on his 2012 debut album, Up All Night.
“Crazy One More Time” is a track on Kip Moore’s first album, and while it was never a single it did become a fan favorite that has always been at the top of the songs requested for Kip to play.
Kip explains how being stir crazy during the pandemic, and giving “Crazy One More Time” a new sound inspired his new collection of music, “3 months into the initial lockdown, I got a call from a good buddy Matt Bubel. We caught up briefly before bringing up the obvious situation at hand and how stir crazy we were both getting. I told him to bring over all of his gear and let’s just see what happens…No thought of genre, lines or any other inhibitors. Some of the songs we wrote during that month will be on this next project coming, but the recreation of this tune was the magic dust that got us going. Thank you lil buddy for always being a steady friend in this not so steady world.”
Kip shares, “The initial idea for ‘Crazy One More Time’ came about after running into someone that I hadn’t seen in years, and someone that I had a lot of history with”.
Watch the recently released music video for Kip Moore’s “Crazy One More Time (Revisited)”…
Tennessee players Zakai Zeigler and Josiah-Jordan James along with head coach Rick Barnes previewing 2nd Rd NCAA Tournament game vs. Michigan. Video courtesy of NCAA Media Hub.
Vols guards Zakai Zeigler and Josiah-Jordan James / Credit: NCAA Media Hub
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Michigan players Jace Howard and Terrance Williams II along with head coach Juwan Howard previewed their 2nd Rd NCAA Tournament game vs. Tennessee. Video courtesy of NCAA Media Hub.
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The No. 3 seed Tennessee basketball team continues NCAA Tournament action Saturday in Indianapolis, taking on No. 11 seed Michigan in the Round of 32 at 5:15 p.m. ET inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Fans can catch Saturday’s game on CBS and online or on any mobile device through the CBS Sports app. Ian Eagle (play-by-play), Jim Spanarkel (analysis) and Jamie Erdahl (reporter) will have the call.
Fans can also listen live on their local Vol Network affiliate to hear Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp calling the action. A national radio broadcast is also available on channel 135 on Sirius and channel 202 SiriusXM.
Vols G-F Josiah-Jordan James / Credit: UT Athletics
On Thursday, Tennessee (27-7) grabbed a first-round NCAA Tournament win over No. 14 seed Longwood, 88-56. The Vols shot a season-high 60 percent from the field during the win (33-for-55), including 58 percent on 3-pointers (14-for-24).
Santiago Vescovi was one of five double-figure scorers for Tennessee, pouring in a team-high 18 points on 6-for-8 shooting from 3-point range. Vescovi’s six made 3-pointers tied for the most ever by a Vol in an NCAA Tournament game. Vescovi also set the Tennessee program record for best 3-point percentage in an NCAA Tournament game (.750).
No. 11 seed Michigan defeated No. 6 seed Colorado State in its first round game on Thursday, 75-63.
Saturday marks the third time that Tennessee and Michigan have matched up in the NCAA Tournament since 2011. The Wolverines defeated the Vols in both the 2011 Round of 64 and the 2014 Sweet Sixteen, with the 2014 meeting also taking place in Indianapolis.
With a win Saturday, Tennessee would advance to the Sweet Sixteen, which is set for Thursday in San Antonio, Texas. Time and television network will be determined following the conclusion of this weekend’s games.
SATURDAY’S MATCHUP • Tennessee’s all-time series with Michigan is tied, 5-5. That includes two NCAA Tournament clashes, both won by the Wolverines (2011 and 2014). The 2014 meeting took place in the Sweet Sixteen at Indy’s Lucas Oil Stadium. • Rick Barnes has faced Michigan only once as a head coach, as his Texas squad fell to the Wolverines in the third round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee. • The Volunteers are 24-36 all-time against current members of the Big Ten, while Barnes is 30-31 vs. Big Ten opposition. • Arizona and North Carolina both are common opponents for the Vols and Wolverines this season. Tennessee defeated both of those squads, while Michigan lost to both away from Ann Arbor. • The Vols recruited recent UM signee Jett Howard, who is the son of Michigan head coach Juwan Howard. UT also recruited UM freshman wing Caleb Houstan.
STORYLINES • Thursday’s Longwood victory was Tennessee’s 150th win under head coach Rick Barnes. • Tennessee is riding an eight-game win streak and has won 13 of its last 14 contests. • The Vols set a school record for team field-goal percentage in an NCAA Tournament game by shooting .600 (33 of 55) Thursday. • Santiago Vescovi tied the UT record for 3-point makes in an NCAA Tournament game with six against Longwood. • Through four postseason games, Tennessee is allowing an average of just 56.8 points per game. • According to KenPom, the Vols rank second in the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing only 86.0 points per 100 possessions. • The Volunteers captured their first SEC Tournament championship since 1979 last weekend in Tampa. • True freshman Kennedy Chandler was named SEC Tournament MVP.
LOOKING AHEAD • A Tennessee win Saturday would give the Vols their ninth all-time Sweet Sixteen appearance, and their second of the Barnes era. • A triumph over the Wolverines also would give this Tennessee squad its seventh victory during the month of March. That would tie the 2013-14 (Sweet Sixteen) and 2010-11 (Elite Eight) teams for the most March wins in program history. • Potential Round of 16 opponents are Villanova, Ohio State, Loyola Chicago or Delaware. • The Volunteers’ first loss this season was a neutral-site setback to Villanova at the Hall of Fame Tip-Off at Mohegan Sun Resort in Connecticut on Nov. 20, 71-53. • Tennessee’s last meetings against both Ohio State and Loyola Chicago came in the NCAA Tournament. The Vols beat the Buckeyes in the 2010 Sweet Sixteen in St. Louis, and Tennessee fell to Loyola Chicago in the 2018 Round of 32 in Dallas.
ABOUT MICHIGAN • No. 11 seed Michigan (18-14) enters Saturday’s Round of 32 matchup off a 75-63 win over No. 6 seed Colorado State Thursday. • Ranked No. 6 in the nation in the preseason AP Top 25, Michigan finished 11-9 in regular-season Big Ten play this season. • The Wolverines entered the NCAA Tournament 5-10 in Quadrant 1 games and also had three losses in Quadrant 2 and one in Quadrant 3. • Michigan has alternated wins and losses for its past 11 games, having not won or lost consecutive games since Feb. 8 and Feb. 10. • Wolverines sophomore center Hunter Dickinson was a second-team All-Big Ten selection and leads Michigan statistically in scoring (18.4 ppg), rebounding (8.3 rpg) and blocked shots (1.5 bpg). • Dickinson has recorded 10 double-doubles this season. • Graduate guard Eli Brooks is Michigan’s second-leading scorer, averaging 12.4 points per game while shooting 38.6 percent from 3-point range. • Freshman forward Moussa Diabate was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team. Diabate averages 9.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. • Michigan entered the NCAA Tournament ranked No. 33 overall by KenPom—No. 19 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 91 in adjusted defensive efficiency. • DeVante’ Jones, Michigan’s starting point guard and third-leading scorer, missed Thursday’s first-round game due to concussion. His status for Saturday’s game is unknown.
TENNESSEE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT • The Vols are making their 24th all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Big Orange own a 23-24 (.489) NCAA Tournament record. • The Vols are 1-0 in the First Four, 14-7 in first-round games, 7-8 in second-round games, 1-0 in third-round action, 1-7 in regional semifinals, 0-1 in regional finals and 0-1 in the now-defunct regional consolation round. • This is the program’s fourth NCAA berth under seventh-year head coach Rick Barnes. • Tennessee’s 24 NCAA Tournament berths tie LSU for fourth-most among SEC teams. • Since 2010, among SEC programs, only Kentucky (31) and Florida (19) have won more NCAA Tournament games than Tennessee (10).
SCHWARTZ LATEST BARNES ASSISTANT TO EARN HEAD COACHING OPPORTUNITY • On Wednesday, March 16, sixth-year Tennessee associate head coach Michael Schwartz was named the head coach at East Carolina. • For Schwartz’s first two seasons at Tennessee, current ECU AD Jon Gilbert was an executive associate AD at Tennessee. Gilbert’s son, Kent, is a sophomore walk-on on this Tennessee team. • In the seven years Rick Barnes has been at Tennessee, he has now seen five of his assistant coaches earn Division I head coaching opportunities: Chris Ogden (Texas Arlington), Rob Lanier (Georgia State), Kim English (George Mason), Desmond Oliver (ETSU) and, most recently, Schwartz (East Carolina).
As Carrie Underwood is getting ready to head back for the March and April residency dates of her Reflection show at Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas, the country superstar dropped a brand new single – “Ghost Story.”
This appears to be the first song from a new project that Carrie will be bring to fans in 2022.
Congrats to Parker McCollum who is at number-one this week with “To Be Loved By You” – one of the 10-tracks from his album, Gold Chain Cowboy.
Parker, who co-wrote “To Be Loved By You” with Rhett Akins, says “You know, writing with Rhett, he’s probably one of my favorite people, he definitely is one of my favorite people to write with. He loves to hunt, he loves to fish, and he loves really good country songs. And so, any time we get into a room together, even from the first time we ever hung out and tried to write, we had a lot in common. So, usually we’ll talk for like an hour, showing each other pictures of deers at our ranches or some fish we caught or something, and then we’ll get around to writing a song. And every time we’ve written, I’ve walked away really digging whatever came out of that session. And he’s just a great guy – he’s a Hall of Famer now – so, it’s just another kind of pinch me moment to get to write with people like that.”
This is Parker’s second number-one (after “Pretty Heart” which topped the chart in 2020) and it follows his sold-out show at Rodeo Houston this past weekend.
73,000 tickets sold out last night. And To Be Loved By You went #1 this weekend. Idk what else to say. To Country Radio and to Houston, TX… THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! pic.twitter.com/8SifMLpEoK
Russell Dickerson just got back from playing shows over in the UK as a part of the C2C music festival that brings jam packed country music concerts and events to London England, Glasgow Scotland, and Dublin Ireland.
Russell’s All Yours, All Nighttour is in Kentucky this weekend…
But Russell won’t be putting his passport away yet, as he announced that his All Yours, All Night tour will be going Worldwide this Fall!
Russell will be packing up and heading out for the 7 dates in October to bring “Home Sweet” to his fans in the UK.
Michael Ray recently topped the Billboard airplay chart with his song “Whiskey And Rain.”
Now he’s ready to follow that one up with another song from his 2021 EP Higher Education…
“Holy Water” is Michael Ray’s new single at country radio…
Talking about the track, Michael says “’Holy water’ is the song that I’m made sure I had on this EP. I wanted something that was swamp feel Florida. It references this little white church – Cassia Baptist Church – that’s in my hometown that my great great grandfather helped build, my dad was a pastor at this church, and rumor has it my grandmother and my grandfather ran moonshine, so it’s a little tip of the hat to the old Bonnie and Clyde of my family.”
Michael went back to his family church and his hometown of Eustis, Florida to film the music video for “Holy Water” – which is out now…
