Author: Lauren Zimmerman
BREAKOUT ARTIST/SONGWRITER RYAN HURD ANNOUNCES CACHE CLUB PERFORMANCES IN LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO, AND NASHVILLE
With career streams approaching 100 million worldwide, fans are hungry for music by RCA Records Nashville singer/songwriterRyan Hurd.
And Hurd delivers in 2019, with four, full-band performances at some of the country’s most respected music rooms. Hand-picked by Hurd, the clubs set the right feel for Hurd’s trademark powerful lyrics and melodies woven around real-world emotions.
“These are my first American shows in over a year and they are in four of my favorite markets; and in absolutely iconic venues,” said Hurd. “We’ve built a lot of momentum this season with the release of ‘Diamonds or Twine’ and ‘To A T,’ it’s exciting to get to share all of it live with our fans.”
Concert dates, which include special guest Ryan Beaver, include the Troubadour in Los Angeles (Jan. 17), the Bowery Ballroom in New York City (Jan. 25), Joe’s on Weed St. in Chicago (Feb. 23), and the Exit/In in Nashville (Feb. 28). Purchase tickets HERE.
The performances follow the success of Hurd’s latest single, “To A T,” which has caught the attention of entertainment tastemakers including men’s lifestyle playbook, Esquire. Accolades include Wide Open Country, which called the song “a gorgeous ode to intimacy and quiet moments spent with a soulmate,” Cowboys & Indians which wrote, “swoon-worthy lyrics,” and The Boot, which opined that “To A T” “oozes romance, love and the intimacy that comes from truly knowing a partner.”
Those aren’t the only media gatekeepers paying attention to the rough-cut romantic. Hurd was named an “Artist To Watch” by VEVO, Pandora, CMT, Huffington Post and Rolling Stone Country, which lauded him for “generating major buzz” and “making waves online.”
The praise is earned. The native of Kalamazoo MI is one of Nashville’s most multi-dimensional young songwriters. He has had co-pen credits on some of the format’s biggest hits including “Lonely Tonight” (Blake Shelton), “You Look Good” (Lady Antebellum), and “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” (Luke Bryan).
Now with the release of his own music, fans are discovering the fuel that drives Hurd is often love with all its avatars. Inspiration is in close proximity. In March, Hurd released “Diamonds Or Twine” as a present for his then soon-to-be wife Maren Morris after secretly recording the track with his long-time producer Aaron Essuis.
Hurd has been on the road with Thomas Rhett, Morris, and Florida Georgia Line. For more on Ryan Hurd and to catch him on tour, visit RyanHurd.com.
Multi-Platinum Artist Kane Brown Kicks Off Experiment Album Launch With National Media Hits And Sold-Out Madison Square Garden Show
Leading up to the Friday, November 9 release of his much-anticipated new album, Experiment, three-time American Music award winner Kane Brown heads to New York City for a series of national media hits starting with his debut appearance on “LIVE with Kelly & Ryan” on Tuesday, November 6. Additional stops include performances on “Pickler and Ben” (Nov. 8), “The Voice” (Nov. 13) and the “Jimmy Kimmel LIVE” Outdoor Stage (Nov. 14) following the CMA Awards.
While in New York, Brown will perform at iHeartCountry LIVE with Kane Brown Powered by M&M’S: A First Look Inside his new album Experiment at iHeartRadio Theater before a live audience. The exclusive performance and intimate Q&A hosted by Amy Brown will stream on iHeartCountry’s Official YouTube Channel at 7:00 pm Eastern Time.
Additionally, the 25-year old singer-songwriter will take the stage for his first-ever sold-out headlining performance as part of the Budweiser One Night Only Concert Series at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on November 7.
Spotlighted as the cover story in the November 3 issue of Billboard Magazine available now, Brown will be making additional soon-to-be-announced appearances during his Experiment album launch week, including a live stream of Brown’s iHeart Theater show scheduled to take place November 6. As previously announced, Brown will also perform on Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Brown’s forthcoming Experiment is the follow-up to his multi-week chart-topping Platinum-certified RCA Nashville/Zone 4 debut album. It is produced by multiple-award winner Dann Huff and features 12 tracks, 11 of which the country star co-wrote including his Top 5 airplay and streaming hit “Lose It.” Pre-order the new album HERE . In addition to his hit single, already-released album tracks “Weekend,” “Hometown,” “Short Skirt Weather” and “Good As You” are available to download and stream now; music videos of each of these advance tracks are also available to stream. Released Friday, November 2, Apple Music Presents: Kane Brown – Experiment is available worldwide HERE.
Kane Brown was recently awarded three 2018 American Music Awards for Favorite Male Artist – Country, Favorite Album – Country for his Platinum-certified multi-week #1 self-titled debut release, and Favorite Song – Country for the Double-Platinum multi-week #1 smash “Heaven.” He made history as the country star with the most award wins in one night for a first time nominee, and was the most-nominated artist in this year’s AMA Country categories.
SEAFORTH SIGNS WITH RCA RECORDS NASHVILLE
Sony Music Nashville has signed Seaforth (Tom Jordan and Mitch Thompson) to imprint RCA Records Nashville, with the duo slated to open for new label mate Kane Brown at the Budweiser One Night Only concert series Wednesday (11/7) at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
“Nashville is the international home for the sound we’re making,” said Jordan. “From the day we wrote our first song together — a song that was organic and guitar-based, but also very modern in its approach — we knew we needed to be here. It’s a dream come true.”
“We both complement each other in this band,” said Thompson. “We have the kind of partnership where we both have our own personas, and we meet in the middle. The ship wouldn’t sail without both of us.”
Years before their hook-heavy music brought them halfway across the world, Jordan and Thompson grew up in the same Sydney, AUS suburb. They were childhood friends, crossing paths for the first time as three-year-olds and sharing a number of experiences, from soccer games to high-school classes, during the years that followed.
Named for that same Sydney suburb, Seaforth spent years traveling between Australia and the U.S. honing their craft and genre-jumping songwriting chops, to cultivate a sound that emphasizes their elastic voices and layered harmonies. The result is a quickly growing catalog of original songs that mix melodic punch and modern organic production with the storytelling elements of classic country. The duo is actively recording their debut project with producer Dann Huff.
PISTOL ANNIES ARE BACK! TRIO RELEASES ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM INTERSTATE GOSPEL
Country supertrio PISTOL ANNIES have released today their anxiously-awaited third album INTERSTATE GOSPEL on RCA Records Nashville. Listen now on all streaming platforms and purchase the album here.
“We’ve grown a lot as artists and humans in the past five years,” the Annies stated. “This album is more mature than our last ones, but still fun. The best way to describe Interstate Gospel is that it sounds like three women came unleashed and told a bunch of truth. We didn’t hold back and we’re proud of it. Our hope is that when people listen, they feel some of the same magic that we felt when we were writing these songs.”
Watch the trio talk more about Interstate Gospel, along with behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the album, here.
Last night (11/1), the group celebrated the release with an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Watch their performance of “Best Years of My Life” here. Tune in this morning (11/2) to “Good Morning America” on ABC to catch their performance of “Got My Name Changed Back.”
Penned by the Pistol Annies, the 14-track album showcases the group’s stunning harmonies, such as the “classic country tearjerker” (Stereogum) “Masterpiece”; “sly take on gender roles” (Variety) “Sugar Daddy”; “saucy, high-spirited” (Rolling Stone) “Stop Drop and Roll One“; “more irreverent than earnest” (NPR) “Interstate Gospel”; and “confession of dead-end desperation” (New York Times) “Best Years of My Life.” Moving from celebratory anthems, classic country storytelling and vibey swagger, the Grammy-nominated trio are back and sounding Annie-er than ever.
The Pistol Annies’ very first single to go to Country Radio is “Got My Name Changed Back.” Fans should listen for it on their local radio stations. The fun-spirited music video for the single is out now. Watch it here.
Following last week’s sold-out show at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, the trio will perform a sold-out show tonight at NYC’s intimate venue The Town Hall and LA’s breakout downtown concert hall The Novo on Nov. 7. These shows are the Annies’ way of inviting their fans into their living room to hang, talk, laugh and commiserate about real life while singing their own kind of country music.
MITCHELL TENPENNY RELEASES INTROSPECTIVE ‘WALK LIKE HIM,” LATEST TRACK FROM “TELLING ALL MY SECRETS” ALBUM OUT 12/14
Shares Story Behind the Song Exclusively with People.com
Tenpenny’s Latest Track Available Now From Forthcoming Album, Telling All My Secrets, Due Dec. 14
Ahead of his debut Riser House/Columbia album Telling All My Secrets due everywhere on December 14, singer/songwriter Mitchell Tenpenny shares a new song, “Walk Like Him,” written by Tenpenny, Justin Ebach and Steven Dale Jones.
It took a long time for Tenpenny, who lost his father, Mitch, four years ago to a battle with cancer, to muster the words for “Walk Like Him.” It wasn’t until three years after his father passed that inspiration struck late one night driving his band’s van while everyone slept.
“It just hit me and I broke down that night. There was just something about the loneliness and everything, realizing that my dad’s not there,” the Nashville native revealed today exclusively to People.
Everyone in his family had always said Tenpenny walked like his dad. He took that idea beyond the physical to what it would mean to walk like his late father both mentally and spiritually, something the soulful singer continues to do every day.
The lyrics describe traits Tenpenny inherited from his father:
Mama says I walk like him
Feet at 10 and 2
My uncle says I talk like him
I get my point across the room
And if he were here today
He’d just laugh out loud they say
‘Cause he knew that his boy
Was just like him
So I cuss a little bit when the game’s on TV
Got Eagles in the truck in the truck on repeat
Know how to use a hammer and nail
Don’t whine about my problems
He was better at putting that bottle down
But I spend every day trying to make him proud
If I said that I did I’d be lying
But I’m trying to walk like him
Tenpenny found healing through writing the song and hopes listeners find comfort as well sharing with People, “hopefully [it will] help somebody else, to connect and say, ‘We’re all in this together.'”
Beyond his music, Tenpenny has found other avenues to help those facing the stress of a cancer journey. Earlier this year, he founded “The 10Penny Fund” to provide inspiration and support to cancer patients beyond traditional medical treatment. It was formed and designed to motivate patients, encourage healing and build a community of support like Tenpenny’s family found following his father’s diagnosis. More information on the fund can be found by visiting: www.cfmt.org/giving-and-investing/become-a-donor/give-to-a-fund/the-10penny-fund/.
Tenpenny’s own story is just beginning, with a new record deal and label catapulting his debut RIAA GOLD certified single, “Drunk Me,” which is Top 10-and-climbing at Country radio and has already amassed more than 90 million on-demand audio and video streams.
No stranger to the stage, the singer/songwriter has toured with Maren Morris, Jake Owen, Brett Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dustin Lynch and more. Tenpenny will join Old Dominion in 2019 for their Make It Sweet Tour.
Telling All My Secrets Track Listing with songwriters:
1. Truck I Drove in High School | Mitchell Tenpenny/Jordan Schmidt/Andrew Albert/Devin Dawson
2. Alcohol You Later | Mitchell Tenpenny/Sam Sumser/Michael Lotten
3. All On You | Mitchell Tenpenny/Andrew Albert/Nick Fradiani/Jordan Schmidt
4. Goner | Mitchell Tenpenny/Andrew Albert/Jordan Schmidt
5. Chance Worth Taking | Mitchell Tenpenny/Josh Hoge/Matthew McVaney
6. I Get The Picture | Mitchell Tenpenny/Alex Kline/Michael Whitworth
7. Drunk Me | Mitchell Tenpenny/Jordan Schmidt/Justin Wilson
8. Somebody’s Got Me | Mitchell Tenpenny/Hillary Lindsey/Jordan Schmidt
9. Somebody Ain’t You | Mitchell Tenpenny/Thomas Archer/Dallas Wilson
10. Telling All My Secrets | Mitchell Tenpenny/Jordan Minton/Dallas Wilson
11. Walk Like Him | Mitchell Tenpenny/Justin Ebach/Steven Dale Jones
For more information, visit mitchell10penny.com.
LUKE COMBS’ “SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME” NO. 1 ON MEDIABASE AND BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU NO. 1 ON BILLBOARD TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS CHART
LUKE COMBS’ “She Got The Best of Me” tops the Mediabase Country chart this week and returns to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Airplay chart for the second straight week. Moreover, Combs’ Platinum-certified debut album, This One’s For You, is back at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart this week. Since its release June 2, 2017—73 weeks ago—the album has spent a total of sixteen non-consecutive weeks at No. 1, including twelve weeks in 2018—the most of any album this year.
“She Got The Best of Me” is Combs’ fourth-consecutive No. 1 single—following 3x Platinum “Hurricane,” 2x Platinum “When It Rains It Pours” and Platinum “One Number Away”—which all appear on the deluxe version of This One’s For You, released on River House Artists/Columbia Nashville. Combs is the first solo artist to score four consecutive career-opening No. 1’s on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
Capping off the breakthrough years, Combs will embark on his largest North American headline tour in 2019—with 26 of the 28 venues already sold-out. The BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART TOUR features sold-out performances at Greensboro, NC’s Greensboro Coliseum, Greenville, SC’s Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Columbus, OH’s Schottenstein Center, Charlottesville, VA’s John Paul Jones Arena, New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom, Omaha, NE’s HI Health Center and Morrison, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre among many others.
Since the release of This One’s For You, Combs has been named Billboard’s Top 100 Artist and Top New Country Artist of 2017, “Best New Country Artist” at the iHeart Radio Awards, Music Row’s “Breakthrough Artist Of The Year” and 2017 Artist To Watch by Amazon Music, Billboard, Bobby Bones, CMT, HuffPost, Nashville Lifestyles, Pandora and Rolling Stone.
This One’s For You was produced by Scott Moffatt (except for “One Number Away,” which was co-produced by Sammy Mitchell and Jackie Boyz) and recorded in Nashville, TN at Gold Cassette Studios and Direct Image Recording Studio.
Combs released the deluxe edition, This One’s For You Too, earlier this summer, which landed at No. 1 on Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 4 on Billboard 200 Chart.
LUKE COMBS’ BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART TOUR:
January 31—Birmingham, AL—Legacy Arena at the BJCC*
February 1—Huntington, WV—Big Sandy Superstore Arena* (SOLD OUT)
February 2—Greensboro, NC—Greensboro Coliseum* (SOLD OUT)
February 7—Wichita, KS—INTRUST Bank Arena*
February 8—North Little Rock, AR—Verizon Arena* (SOLD OUT)
February 9—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center* (SOLD OUT)
February 14—Greenville, SC—Bon Secours Wellness Arena* (SOLD OUT)
February 15—Knoxville, TN—Thompson-Boling Arena* (SOLD OUT)
February 16—Evansville, IN—Ford Center* (SOLD OUT)
February 21—Hershey, PA—Giant Center* (SOLD OUT)
February 22—Columbus, OH—Schottenstein Center* (SOLD OUT)
February 23—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena* (SOLD OUT)
February 28—New York, NY—Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom† (SOLD OUT)
March 1—Bangor, ME—Cross Insurance Center* (SOLD OUT)
March 2—Worcester, MA—DCU Center* (SOLD OUT)
March 8—Tupelo, MS—BancorpSouth Arena* (SOLD OUT)
March 9—Orange Beach, AL—Amphitheatre at The Wharf* (SOLD OUT)
March 28—London, ON—Budweiser Garden* (SOLD OUT)
March 29—Oshawa, ON—Tribute Communities Centre* (SOLD OUT)
March 30—Kingston, Ontario—Leon’s Centre* (SOLD OUT)
April 11—Duluth, MN—AMSOIL Arena* (SOLD OUT)
April 12—Moline, IL—TaxSlayer Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 13—Saginaw, MI—Dow Event Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 25—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 26—La Crosse, WI—La Crosse Center* (SOLD OUT)
May 10—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center* (SOLD OUT)
May 11—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center Omaha* (SOLD OUT)
May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheater* (SOLD OUT)
*with LANCO and Jameson Rodgers
†with Jameson Rodgers
PISTOL ANNIES RELEASE VIDEO FOR “GOT MY NAME CHANGED BACK”
Country supertrio PISTOL ANNIES have released the official video for their single “Got My Name Changed Back” off their anxiously-awaited third album INTERSTATE GOSPEL, releasing this Friday (11/2) on RCA Records Nashville. Watch the video here.
Listen to the song on all streaming platforms and pre-order the album here.
Penned by the Pistol Annies, “Got My Name Changed Back” is the latest glimpse into the upcoming 14-track album, which showcases the group’s stunning harmonies. Moving from celebratory anthems, classic country storytelling and vibey swagger, the Grammy-nominated trio are back and sounding Annie-er than ever.
Following last week’s sold-out show at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, the trio will perform at NYC’s intimate venue The Town Hall this Friday, Nov. 2 and LA’s breakout downtown concert hall The Novo on Nov. 7. These shows are the Annies’ way of inviting their fans into their living room to hang, talk, laugh and commiserate about real life while singing their own kind of country music.
Fans who pre-order the album at any digital retailer will instantly receive “Got My Name Changed Back,” as well as previously-released songs including the “classic country tearjerker” (Stereogum) “Masterpiece”; “sly take on gender roles” (Variety) “Sugar Daddy”; “saucy, high-spirited” (Rolling Stone) “Stop Drop and Roll One“; “more irreverent than earnest” (NPR) “Interstate Gospel”; and “confession of dead-end desperation” (New York Times) “Best Years of My Life.” All five records are also available on all streaming platforms.
Fairground Saints Release New Song “Somewhere Down the Line”
Buzzing California-bred and Nashville-based trio Fairground Saints – Elijah Edwards, Meg McAllister, and Mason Van Valin– have released their new song “Somewhere Down The Line.”
Get “Somewhere Down The Line” HERE.
Watch the accompanying live music video for “Somewhere Down The Line” HERE.
Laurel Canyon wonder, Nashville song-craft, and pop expanse entwine on “Somewhere Down The Line.” Percussive hand claps, banjo twang, and sun-kissed male/female harmonies cruise towards an upbeat road-trip worthy hook: “I’ve got a full tank of gas and some money. Let’s leave this small town and small dreams behind.”
“Somewhere down the line is an accumulation of all our musical personalities,” said the band. “Writing it was a huge step forward in the development of who we are today and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with the world.”
“Somewhere Down The Line” marks the first music to be released under the group’s newly-minted global development partnership with Sony Music Nashville and Sony-owned distribution and digital marketing arm The Orchard.
“Somewhere Down The Line” heralds the arrival of more new music from the group in 2019.
Fairground Saints Live Dates
11/29 – The Center for Performing Arts, The Palladium, Carmel, IN*
11/30 – Jergels Rhythm Grille, Warrendale, PA*
12/1 – Penn’s Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA*
12/7 – Peoples Bank Theatre, Marietta, OH*
12/8 – The Birchmere Music Hall, Alexandria, VA*
12/13 – Carl Perkins Civic Center, Jackson, TN*
12/14 – Saenger Theatre, Pensacola, FL*
12/15 – Miller Theater, Augusta, GA*
* Supporting Sara Evans
PISTOL ANNIES REVEAL THEIR “MASTERPIECE”
Country supertrio PISTOL ANNIES have released “Masterpiece” off their anxiously-awaited third album INTERSTATE GOSPEL, releasing next Friday, Nov. 2, on RCA Records Nashville. Listen to the new song now on all streaming platforms and pre-order the album here.
“This song was a long time coming,” said the Annies. “It was one we wrote when we were writing together in 2015. It’s one of those songs where you let life write the song for you. It’s really special to us.” Watch a behind-the-scenes video about the new song here.
Penned by the Pistol Annies, “Masterpiece” is the latest glimpse into the upcoming 14-track album, which showcases the group’s stunning harmonies. Moving from celebratory anthems, classic country storytelling and vibey swagger, the Grammy-nominated trio are back and sounding Annie-er than ever.
Earlier this week, the trio released a live video of “Interstate Gospel,” watch here. It was featured by The Fader who raved “Such an amazing group, and a blessing they got the band back together.”
Pistol Annies kicked off their series of album release shows last night with a sold-out performance at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. “We felt so uplifted by the great energy last night at The Ryman,” the group stated. “It was amazing having our family and friends gathered together in the Mother Church to celebrate a night of truth-telling and country music.”
The trio will also perform at NYC’s intimate venue The Town Hall on Nov. 2 followed by LA’s breakout downtown concert hall The Novo on Nov. 7. These shows are the Annies’ way of inviting their fans into their living room to hang, talk, laugh and commiserate about real life while singing their own kind of country music.
Fans who pre-order the album at any digital retailer will instantly receive “Masterpiece,” as well as previously-released songs including “sly take on gender roles” (Variety) “Sugar Daddy”; “saucy, high-spirited” (Rolling Stone) “Stop Drop and Roll One“; more irreverent than earnest” (NPR) “Interstate Gospel”; “confession of dead-end desperation” (New York Times) “Best Years of My Life”; and “rollicking embrace of independent womanhood (Time) “Got My Name Changed Back.” All five records are also available on all streaming platforms.