Collin Raye Readies New Album, “Scars,” Featuring Guest Artists Miranda Lambert & Vince Gill

Collin Raye Readies New Album, “Scars,” Featuring Guest Artists Miranda Lambert & Vince Gill

Posted on November 2, 2020

Collin Raye will release a new album, Scars, on Nov. 20.

The 14-song offering represents Collin’s first album of new music in more than 10 years. Collin co-wrote 12 songs on the new project, which features guest vocals from Miranda Lambert (“Scars”) and Vince Gill (“Rodeo Girl”). In addition, Dan Auerbach backs Collin on electric guitar throughout the album.

“Scars is the album I’ve dreamed of making my entire recording career,” says Collin. “I sincerely hope that the people who have embraced my music the last 29 years will embrace Scars and find enjoyment and emotional inspiration from this album. Having Miranda and Vince sing with me on this record gives it an extra special element of ‘coolness.’ I’m excited for the release!”

Scars Track List & Songwriters

1. “Ghost Story” (Scotty Wray)
2. “Scars” feat. Miranda Lambert (Scotty Wray, Tony Ramey)
3. “Bad Storm Coming Tonight” (Pat McLaughlin, Joe Allen, Collin Raye)
4. “Dancing Alone in the Street” (Collin Raye)
5. “Never Going Back There Again” (Collin Raye, Britanny Raye, Michael Curtis, Troy Powers)
6. “Loved By An Angel” (Pat McLaughlin, David Ferguson, Collin Raye)
7. “Rodeo Girl” feat. Vince Gill (Pat McLaughlin, David Ferguson, Collin Raye)
8. “Chasing Renee” (Collin Raye, Jacob Wray)
9. “I’ve Got A Lot to Drink About” (Collin Raye, Shaunna Larkin)
10. “Ever Making Up Time” (Collin Raye, Gene Lasage)
11. “Let It Go Away” (Joe Allen, Collin Raye, David Ferguson)
12. “Rock ’n’ Roll Bone” (Collin Raye)
13. “Young As We’re Ever Gonna Be” (Scotty Wray, Collin Raye)
14. “Mama Sure Could Sing” (Scotty Wray, Collin Raye)

photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com

Eric Church Dedicates New Song, “Through My Ray-Bans,” to Route 91 Harvest Festival Fans [Listen]

Eric Church Dedicates New Song, “Through My Ray-Bans,” to Route 91 Harvest Festival Fans [Listen]

Posted on October 30, 2020

Eric Church shared a new song, “Through My Ray-Bans,” on Oct. 30.

Eric, Luke Laird and Barry Dean co-penned the song in honor of the fans who attended the Route 91 Harvest Festival in 2017. Eric was a headliner at the festival two days before a lone gunman opened fire during Jason Aldean’s set on Oct. 1, which killed 60 people and injured hundreds more.

“Through My Ray-Bans” finds Eric crooning the chorus: “Everybody’s got their arms around everybody else’s shoulders / Guarding against the world outside like an army of Friday night soldiers / The battle wages tomorrow but tonight you don’t give a damn / Wish you could stay the way I see you through my Ray-Bans.”

“Through My Ray-Bans” follows the recent release of “Hell of a View,” “Crazyland,” “Bad Mother Trucker” and current single, “Stick That in Your Country Song.”

Listen to “Through My Ray-Bans” below.

photo by JPA, AFF-USA.com

Listen to Lady A’s New Rendition of “Wonderful Christmastime” From Deluxe Holiday Album

Listen to Lady A’s New Rendition of “Wonderful Christmastime” From Deluxe Holiday Album

Posted on October 30, 2020

Lady A released a deluxe version of their 2012 holiday album, On This Winter’s Night, on Oct. 30.

On This Winter’s Night Deluxe features the 12 tracks from their 2012 album, with four new recordings: “Wonderful Christmastime,” “Little Saint Nick,” “That Spirit Of Christmas” and “Christmas Through Your Eyes,” which the trio co-penned.

“We’ve always loved the holiday season, but it has become even more magical now that we’re parents,” says Lady A’s Hillary Scott. “So, we thought we’d add on a new, original song that was inspired by our kids and our take on a few of our favorites, which has brought us so much joy.  I think we could all use a little extra holiday cheer this year!”

Listen to Lady A’s new rendition of “Wonderful Christmastime” below. The holiday standard was written and recorded by Paul McCartney in 1979.

On This Winter’s Night Deluxe

  1. “A Holly Jolly Christmas” (Johnny Marks)
  2. “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector)
  3. “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey)
  4. “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram)
  5. “This Christmas” (Donny Hathaway, Nadine McKinnor)
  6. “The First Noel” (Traditional – Arranged by Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott)
  7. “On This Winter’s Night” (Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott
  8. “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
  9. “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)
  10. “Silent Night (Lord Of My Life)” (Traditional – Arranged by Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott)
  11. “Blue Christmas” (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson)
  12. “Silver Bells” (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
  13. “Wonderful Christmastime” ** (Paul James McCartney)
  14. “Christmas Through Your Eyes” ** (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott)
  15. “Little Saint Nick” ** (Mike E. Love, Brian Douglas Wilson)
  16. “That Spirit Of Christmas” ** (Parnell Davidson, Mable John, Joel Webste)

**New Tracks 

photo by Curtis Hilbun, AFF-USA.com

Watch Brad Paisley & Dan Tyminski Perform Buck Owens’ “Buckaroo” at the Hall of Fame

Watch Brad Paisley & Dan Tyminski Perform Buck Owens’ “Buckaroo” at the Hall of Fame

Posted on October 30, 2020

Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum hosted an online fundraiser via YouTube on Oct. 28 that featured a who’s who of country stars.

Big Night (At the Museum) paired country music stars with historic instruments for a one-of-a-kind night of music. Artists taking part included Alison Brown, Kane Brown, Brad Paisley, Dan Tyminski, Carlene Carter, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Keb Mo, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart and The War and Treaty.

Brad Paisley and Dan Tyminski opened the program by performing Buck Owens’ “Buckaroo.” Brad played Don Rich’s 1964 Fender Telecaster and Tyminski played Buck’s red, white and blue American acoustic guitar.

During the free concert, viewers were encouraged to donate to the Museum through YouTube Giving. More than $500,000 has been raised.

Watch Brad and Tyminski’s performance below.

photo courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum

Cam Releases Sophomore Album, “The Otherside” [Listen to Title Track]

Cam Releases Sophomore Album, “The Otherside” [Listen to Title Track]

Posted on October 30, 2020

Cam released her highly anticipated sophomore album, The Otherside, on Oct. 30.

Over the past three years, Cam wrote the record with frequent collaborators Tyler Johnson and Jeff Bhasker in Los Angeles, Nashville and New York. The 11-song offering also features tunes co-penned by Sam Smith (“Happier for You”), Harry Styles (“Changes”) and Tim Bergling (“The Otherside”).

“I’ve got some stories to share from a formative chapter in my life,” says Cam. “Personal changes and perspective changes, learning to accept the jumble of darkness and light in myself and in others. It’s terrifying and electric and the point of being alive.”

The new project follows Cam’s 2015 major-label debut album, Untamed, which featured “Burning House,” “Mayday” and more.

Listen to the new album’s title track below.

The Otherside Track List

  1. Redwood Tree
  2. The Otherside
  3. Classic
  4. Forgetting You
  5. Like A Movie
  6. Changes
  7. Till There’s Nothing Left
  8. What Goodbye Means
  9. Diane
  10. Happier For You
  11. Girl Like Me

photo by Curtis Hilbun, AFF-USA.com

Watch Cody Johnson Cover Reba’s No. 1 Hit, “Whoever’s in New England”

Watch Cody Johnson Cover Reba’s No. 1 Hit, “Whoever’s in New England”

Posted on October 30, 2020

Cody Johnson released an acoustic cover of Reba McEntire’s “Whoever’s in New England” on Oct. 30.

Filmed at Orb Recording Studio in Austin, Texas, the new clip features Cody performing the tune with his acoustic guitar. Reba scored a No. 1 hit with the single in 1986.

Cody and Reba recently joined forces for a new duet, “Dear Rodeo.” Penned by Cody and Dan Couch, the original version of “Dear Rodeo” is featured on Cody’s 2019 major-label debut album, Ain’t Nothing To It. The tune is a personal one for Cody, who spent many years riding rodeo bulls. The native of Sebastopol, Texas, gave up his quest to be a world champion, but he’s never gotten over his love of the sport. The song struck a chord with Reba, who grew up on her family ranch in Oklahoma competing in barrel racing.

Watch Cody’s new cover of “Whoever’s in New England” below.

photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com

Watch Sam Hunt Perform New Single, “Breaking Up Was Easy in the ’90s,” on the “Tonight Show”

Watch Sam Hunt Perform New Single, “Breaking Up Was Easy in the ’90s,” on the “Tonight Show”

Posted on October 29, 2020

Sam Hunt stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Oct. 28 to perform his new single, “Breaking Up Was Easy in the ’90s.”

Penned by Sam, Chris LaCorte, Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne and Ernest K. Smith, “Breaking Up Was Easy in the ’90s” is currently No. 37 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart after three weeks. The tune is featured on Sam’s No. 1 sophomore album, Southside, which was released in April 2020.

The new breakup song has Sam yearning for the days before smartphones and social media, as he croons the chorus: “I’m sick of sitting at the house / Dying on my phone / Wishin’ I was somewhere I could be alone / Try to let you go but somethin’ always reminds me / I bet breaking up was easy in the ’90s.”

Watch Sam perform “Breaking Up Was Easy in the ’90s” below.

photo by TCD

Jason Aldean Hoping to Keep His Kids Entertained on Halloween With a Scavenger Hunt

Jason Aldean Hoping to Keep His Kids Entertained on Halloween With a Scavenger Hunt

Posted on October 29, 2020

With four children ranging in age from 1 to 17, Jason Aldean has his hands full at home. Add a pandemic to the mix, and Jason and wife Brittany are trying—like the rest of the country—to keep things in their household as normal as possible under anything-but-normal circumstances. For Jason, that means celebrating holidays like Halloween with his family, but staying as safe as possible.

As Jason told Kix Brooks of American Country Countdown, he’s planning to give his kids—Keeley, 17, Kendyl, 13, Memphis, 2, and Navy, 1—the best Halloween possible under the circumstances.

“You know, I really just kind of hate it for all these kids,” says Jason to Kix. “Whether it’s kids that can’t go trick-or-treating for Halloween or whether, you know, my oldest daughter is a senior in high school this year, so her senior year is weird, and it’s just a weird time for everybody. This whole thing is just kind of bizarre, and I think, you know, we’re just ready for some normalcy. So for us, I mean, our goal is even when things aren’t normal, like they are now, we try to at least make it as normal as possible. If that means all of us getting dressed up for Halloween and doing a scavenger hunt for the kids to go find candy—I don’t know what it’s gonna be at this point—but we’ll do something to make it fun for them until we can get past all this stuff.”

Family scavenger hunts, watching movies, playing games, making crafts and more are safe and fun ways to celebrated Halloween in 2020.

photo by Arroyo/O\’Connor, AFF-USA.com

Watch Miranda Lambert Honor John Prine by Singing “That’s the Way the World Goes ’Round” at Country Music Hall of Fame

Watch Miranda Lambert Honor John Prine by Singing “That’s the Way the World Goes ’Round” at Country Music Hall of Fame

Posted on October 29, 2020

Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum hosted an online fundraiser via YouTube on Oct. 28 that featured a who’s who of country stars.

Big Night (At the Museum) paired country music stars with historic instruments for a one-of-a-kind night of music. Artists taking part included Alison Brown, Kane Brown, Carlene Carter, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Keb Mo, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart and The War and Treaty.

During the show, Miranda paid tribute to John Prine by singing “That’s the Way That the World Goes ’Round” and accompanied herself with Prine’s David Russell Young custom-made guitar. Prine died in April from COVID-19 complications.

During the free concert, viewers were encouraged to donate to the Museum through YouTube Giving. More than $500,000 has been raised.

Watch Miranda’s performance below.

photo courtesy of Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

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