Maddie & Tae have a brand new song out for fans…
Listen to “Mood Ring” from Maddie & Tae now…
Photo Courtesy of Maddie & Tae
Ashley McBryde Is the Talk of the Town With Her Tour Announcement
Ashley McBryde will be the talk of the towns that she takes her tour to in 2021!
Ashley proudly stated “AAAAAND we’re back!! I’ve been waiting to be able to say that! We’ve missed you all so much. There aren’t even words to do it justice. We can’t wait to see you. I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU! Being back on the road is a deep breath of fresh air. Now let’s be together and make some damn music!”
This Town Talks tour schedule
*Morgan Wade as support | ^Adam Hambrick as support | +Priscilla Block as support |
~Ray Fulcher as support | #Support to be announced
June 12, 2021 Dr. Pepper Park at the Bridges Roanoke, Va.*
July 16, 2021 Gold Nugget Grand Event Center Lake Charles, La.
July 17, 2021 Floore’s Country Store Helotes, Texas#
July 18, 2021 Nutty Brown Café & Amphitheatre Austin, Texas#
July 28, 2021 Bourbon Theatre Lincoln, Neb.^
Aug. 5, 2021 Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, Okla.*
Aug. 6, 2021 Orpheum Theatre Memphis, Tenn.*
Aug. 7, 2021 Robinson Performance Hall Little Rock, Ark.*
Aug. 17, 2021 Irving Plaza New York, N.Y.+
Aug. 19, 2021 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, Pa.+
Aug. 20, 2021 House of Blues Boston, Mass.+
Aug. 21, 2021 The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, Md.+
Aug. 26, 2021 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tenn.
Aug. 27, 2021 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tenn.
Sept. 2, 2021 The Pageant St. Louis, Mo.+
Sept. 3, 2021 Bogart’s Cincinnati, Ohio+
Sept. 16, 2021 The Sylvee Madison, Wis.^
Sept. 22, 2021 The Wilma Missoula, Mont.~
Sept. 23, 2021 Martin Woldson Theatre at the Fox Spokane, Wash.~
Sept. 25, 2021 Showbox Seattle, Wash.~
Sept. 26, 2021 Roseland Theater Portland, Ore.~
Sept. 29, 2021 Ace of Spades Sacramento, Calif.~
Oct. 3, 2021 House of Blues San Diego, Calif.+
Oct. 5, 2021 The Wiltern Los Angeles, Calif.+
Oct. 13, 2021 Ogden Theatre Denver, Colo.~
Nov. 12, 2021 The Eastern Atlanta, Ga.+
Nov. 13, 2021 Tivoli Theatre Chattanooga, Tenn.+
Nov. 14, 2021 The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, N.C.+
Dec. 8, 2021 Riviera Theater Chicago, Ill.+
Dec. 11, 2021 ` Mississippi Moon Bar Dubuque, Iowa+
Dec. 12, 2021 Egyptian Room at Old National Centre Indianapolis, Ind.+
Jan. 6, 2022 Brown Theatre Louisville, Ky.+
Jan. 7, 2022 Roxian Theatre Pittsburgh, Pa.+
Jan. 8, 2022 The National Richmond, Va.+
Jan. 13, 2022 20 Monroe Live Grand Rapids, Mich.*
Jan. 14, 2022 The Fillmore Detroit, Mich.*
Jan. 15, 2022 Agora Theater Cleveland, Ohio#
Tickets for Ashley’s This Town Talks tour go on sale this Friday – for dates and tickets, visit https://ashleymcbryde.com
Plenty of people will be looking for this one when Ashley brings her tour to town – it’s “Martha Divine”
Photo Credit: Daniel Meigs
Scotty McCreery Is Making a Little You Time for His Fans
Add Scotty McCreery‘s name to the growing list of country artists who are making plans to hit the road and bring their music to the fans in 2021.
The dates and cities for the You Time tour are out now!
Scotty says “Can’t wait to be out on the road this summer on the You Time Tour. More dates will be added soon. Also excited to join Old Dominion for their Live from the Ballpark Tour. C’mon out and see us!!”
For more info on the tour schedule – check out his website, ScottyMcCreery.com.
Of course, this is song name after Scotty McCreery’s current single at country radio, “You Time.”
Photo Credit: John Shearer
Chase Rice Takes “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen” Live
Did you catch Chase Rice‘s recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live?
He performed his Top-20 (and climbing) hit “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen.” – check it out here…
Photo Credit: Kaiser Cunningham
Sam Hunt’s Number-1 Song Was a Late Addition to His Southside Album
Congrats to Sam Hunt – he’s topping the country music airplay chart this week with “Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s.”
Sam says, “That’s a song that kind of speaks to the times a little bit. My favorite line from that song is ‘Modern love leads to modern hearts breaking. I’m just a product of my generation.’ Just a fun, kind of simple reflection on how much more difficult it is to be so connected, the downside of being so connected, nowadays.”
Did you know that the track almost didn’t make it onto his Southside album in the first place, Sam shares “Yeah, that was one that was written in the 9th hour, and turned out pretty cool I thought, so we included it on the record.”
Here’s the number-1 song this week in country music – Sam Hunt’s “Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s”
Photo Courtesy of UMG Nashville
Alan Jackson Has Gone To The Tonight Show for a Performance
Did you catch Alan Jackson on his recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon?
Alan performed “Way Down in My Whiskey” from his new album Where Have You Gone — watch it here…
Photo Credit: Russ Harrington
Jordan Davis Adds a New Limb to His Family Tree
Jordan Davis is having a big week.
On Friday, May 21st, he’s releasing his new EP, Buy Dirt…
and now he’s also announced that he and his wife, Kristen, will be having their own special project released later this year.
Jordan shared “Add a few limbs to the family tree…add me to the list of artists putting out new music and having kids during quarantine.”
Jordan broke the news that not only is he and Kristen are having a second child, but they are going to make their daughter Eloise a big sister to a little brother.
While Jordan and Kristen are very excited to become parents again, he does admit that getting the news was a little anti-climatic compared to the first time they found out they were pregnant, “I was going for a song writing thing, and before I left the house, Kristen was like ‘Hey, is this a good time to tell you that we’re going to have another kid?’ Then I was just like ‘What?’ Cause the first one she…I was in New York and she flew up, and then I walked into the hotel room the pregnancy test was on the desk, and I was like ‘No way! Awesome!’ like, this really cool moment…and this one it just kind of felt…she’s like ‘Oh, hey, we’re having a kid.’ (laugh) I was like ‘Alright.’ I mean we obviously want a lot of kiddos but it’s just crazy how with the second one you’re just like ‘Yeah, this is going to happen too’.”
Jordan’s EP, Buy Dirt – which arrives Friday, features 8 tracks – 7 of which he co-wrote.
That 8th track he didn’t write is actually a song co-written by John Prine for John’s debut album, but it was another John…John Denver who made the song popular in the early 1970s, “Blow Up Your TV.”
This is one of the other songs on Buy Dirt, this is the music video for Jordan Davis’ “Almost Maybe.”
Photo Courtesy of UMG Nashville
A Day In The Country – May 18th – Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Gretchen Wilson & George Strait
This is A Day in the Country with Paul Koffy – May 18th
On this day in 2020 Kenny Chesney’s Here And Now was at number-1 on the country album chart
In 2016 Thomas Rhett’s “Die A Happy Man” is certified double platinum
On this day in 2005, Gretchen Wilson’s “Redneck Woman” is certified platinum
And a very happy birthday to the king…George Strait
Photo Courtesy of UMG Nashville
Blake Shelton Visits The Kelly Clarkson Show With John Legend, and Nick Jonas
Blake Shelton, John Legend and Nick Jonas visit fellow The Voice coach Kelly Clarkson on her own The Kelly Clarkson Show.
As Kelly commemorates John’s 4th appearance on her show with a special jacket, she also catches Blake in a bit of fib about where his jacket that Kelly presented to him was. The foursome also traded stories and memories about their time as coaches on The Voice…
Check out the conversation here…
The coaches also played the lyric game Throw Me A Line…
Photo Credit: Andrew Eccles
Dan + Shay’s Glad Their Song Means So Much to Fans
The idea for Dan + Shay’s “Glad You Exist” started in Dan Smyers‘ phone as something he says to his wife…and this was before the events that surrounded 2020.
Shay Mooney says “After that song kind of came together…I feel like, you know, when we finally got to record it – it was during quarantine – and I feel like the entire timing of how the song came together was not only good for our fans, and the message was good for our fans, but also for us!”
Shay adds, “You know it’s important to remember that we need to tell the people that we love that we love them and we’re glad they’re around. I think being away from your family and not getting to see the ones that you love was…we were reminded of that even more. So, this song has taken on a new meaning.”
Dan + Shay also shared a video of them singing a special version of the song.
They posted it with the caption “this video was taken right after we finished writing glad you exist with our friends Tayla, Jordan, and Ryan. our inspo was the thought of being in an arena full of people we love, turning the house lights on, putting an arm around one another, and singing all together as one, just being grateful that we are all on the planet at the same time. we’re counting down the days until this can happen again (SEPTEMBER 😍), and when it does, emotions will be at a maximum. thank y’all for the love on this song, it truly means the world. comment and let us know which show we’ll see you at on the (arena) tour this fall!”
Check out their performance of “Glad You Exist” from this year’s ACM Awards right here…
Photo Credit: Catherine Powell
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