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Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, & More Win CMA Awards
by Josh Sharpe - November 21, 2024 The 58th Annual CMA Awards” took center stage live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena last evening. Morgan Wallen wins CMA Entertainer of the Year for the first time, while Megan Moroney is crowned CMA New Artist of the Year. Check out the full list of winners here! ...
Sarah Jarosz Shares New Single; Releases 'Polaroid Lovers' Deluxe Edition
by Josh Sharpe - September 20, 2024 Nashville-based Texas native and four-time GRAMMY-winning musician Sarah Jarosz has released the deluxe edition of her critically acclaimed recent album Polaroid Lovers. The deluxe edition includes two previous unreleased singles including “Wildflowers In The Sky,” and the never before heard song, “...
Video: Kurt Elling Releases Video For 'A Wish (Valentine)' Feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant & Sullivan Fortner
by Josh Sharpe - September 16, 2024 Multi-grammy award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling has released a video for his rendition of Fred Hersch and Norma Winstone’s “A Wish (Valentine),” featuring Cécile McLorin Salvant. The song is taken from Wildflowers, Vol. 1, a brand new, spur-of-the-moment album spontaneously created with pianist Sull...
Video: Lainey Wilson Performs '4x4xU' on THE TONIGHT SHOW
by Josh Sharpe - September 11, 2024 On Tuesday night, Lainey Wilson appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to chat with Jimmy about her Whirlwind year and perform her current radio single “4x4xU. Watch the performance now!...
Jeff Slate & Jake Thistle to Celebrate Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers' with October Tour
by Josh Sharpe - September 11, 2024 This October, fellow musicians Jeff Slate and Jake Thistle will headline Tom Petty Weekend in the late rocker’s hometown, Gainesville, Florida, playing Petty’s classic album Wildflowers in full....
Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, & More Receive Nominations For 2024 CMA Awards- Full List of Nominees
by Josh Sharpe - September 09, 2024 Morgan Wallen tops the list with seven nominations, while other top nominees include Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton with five nominations, and Post Malone and Lainey Wilson with four nominations each....
Sarah Jarosz to Release 'Polaroid Lovers' Deluxe Edition; Shares New Single
by Josh Sharpe - August 16, 2024 Nashville-based Texas native and four-time GRAMMY-winning musician Sarah Jarosz released her critically acclaimed new album Polaroid Lovers earlier this year. Now, she has announced a digital deluxe edition of the record, featuring 2 previously unreleased tracks and previews the record with a new si...
English Harpist Hattie Webb Releases 'Shakespeare's Shores'
by Josh Sharpe - August 15, 2024 English Singer/Songwriter/Harpist Hattie Webb has released the second single “Shakespeare’s Shores” from her forthcoming solo album Wild Medicine. The new album will be released on September 20th....
Wynonna Judd Cover of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Song 'Refugee' Released
by Josh Sharpe - May 20, 2024 Wynonna Judd’s take on Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ classic song “Refugee” featuring Lainey Wilson is out now. The track arrives as the fifth single shared from the highly-anticipated Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, with a new video, “In The Studio,” featuring behind-the...
Video: Dolly Parton Reimagines Tom Petty's 'Southern Accents'
by Stephi Wild - April 05, 2024 Dolly Parton’s reimagined version of her friend and fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Petty’s “Southern Accents,” from the forthcoming Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, is out today....
LA LUZ Release New Single 'Poppies'
by Stephi Wild - April 02, 2024 La Luz - the band led by Shana Cleveland – has dropped a new single today titled “Poppies.” The baroque Sergeant Peppers-esque pop song has an air of dystopian surrealness that colors much of La Luz’s new material. ...
Gerry Buckley to Release Tenth Solo Album
by Michael Major - March 06, 2024 With America currently on an open-ended hiatus from touring, Beckley found time to go through some of the songs he had put away for a rainy day. Beckley had a lot to choose from -- chronologically, stylistically, topically. For instance, 'Crazy,' dates back more than 10 years, first written between ...
Seminal, Six-Time, Platinum Rockers Blues Traveler To Kick Off Spring Concert Season With Select Shows
by Michael Major - January 26, 2024 Grammy-Award Winning Rockers Blues Traveler have provided the soundtrack to some of the most memorable Spring and Summer concert seasons of their fans' lives. 2024 will be no different. The Six-Time Platinum-Selling band has unveiled the first set of dates that will take them through California, Ari...
Backline Raises $40K To Support Mental Health & Wellness In The Music Industry At World Mental Health Day 2023 In Nashville
by Michael Major - October 17, 2023 Headlined by Wynonna Judd, oining the stage over the course of the evening was Charles Kelley (Lady A), Brittney Spencer, Charles Wesley Godwin, and up-and-coming artists Drake Milligan, Josiah & the Bonnevilles, Madeline Edwards, Sierra Hull, Vince Herman, Ben Chapman, Meg McRee, and Wyatt Flores....
Enny Owl Takes You To A Fantasy Land With 'Alina;' New Album 'Homes In Humans' Out In November
by Michael Major - October 05, 2023 The British-born, Los Angeles-based musician Enny Owl is thrilled to share “Alina,” a new single from her forthcoming album, Homes in Humans. The song comes on the heels of the LP's critically-acclaimed lead single, “Nicolette” and “Femi.”...
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers to Reissue Limited-Edition Vinyl of 'Mojo' Album
by Michael Major - September 07, 2023 It was the twelfth studio album from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, showcasing the band’s melodic range—from Rock ‘n’ Roll, to Country, to electric and acoustic Blues, to classic moody ballads. Since its release the album has grown in stature and popularity, showing an enduring appeal with the ban...
Out Of Space and Winnetka Music Festival Reveal Lineups For 2023
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2023 Evanston, IL music venue Space announced the lineup for their annual summer performance series, Out of Space, and unveiled a new partnership with Valslist Music and their Winnetka Music Festival, now programmed with the talent buying team behind Out of Space, Space, Thalia Hall, and Salt Shed. ...
That Summer Releases New Single 'We've Already Said Goodbye' (feat. Steve Ferrone of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers)
by Michael Major - December 20, 2022 We've Already Said Goodbye is That Summer's first collaboration between Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers drummer, Steve Ferrone, Max Bergmanis (Peter McPoland) and Charles Rocha. The song is a ballad about a relationship that was doomed from the start....
Heather Trost Releases 'The Debutante'
by Michael Major - November 03, 2022 As Heather Trost put together her new album Desert Flowers, she imagined herself sitting out on the mesa amidst the arid climate and sand. Even with such little water to survive, wildflowers bloom. This vision is an embellishment of Trost’s Albuquerque surroundings, an intersection of rural splendor...
VIDEO: Stephen McCarthy & Carla Olson Share 'Night Comes Falling' Video
by Michael Major - September 21, 2022 STEPHEN McCARTHY (Long Ryders, Jayhawks, Dream Syndicate) and CARLA OLSON (Textones, solo artist, producer) have unveiled the video for the title cut of their first-ever duet album, NIGHT COMES FALLING. The album brings them together again in exciting ways on this 11-song album of stirring and rocki...
Marzz Releases Deluxe Edition of 'Love Letterz'
by Michael Major - April 07, 2022 Marzz gives their debut EP some extra spice, adding four brand-new tracks that are exemplary of their stratospheric growth over the past year. On the new edition are previously released singles “FYM” and KMS” in addition to two newcomers: infectious snare-heavy “Real Recognize Real” and stripped-dow...
That Summer Unveils New Single 'Dangerous Backgrounds'
by Michael Major - April 04, 2022 LA-based That Summer has released a new single 'Dangerous Backgrounds.' The genre-defining band, fronted by Brazil-born songwriter/producer Charles Rocha, mixes elements of singer/songwriter and pop/rock musings with alternative and punk rock ethos. Listen to the new single now!...
TOM PETTY: SOMEWHERE YOU FEEL FREE Documentary to be Released in Theaters; Watch a Clip
by Michael Major - September 23, 2021 Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers offers a unique look into the creative mastery and turbulent personal life of the legendary rock star, and captures the period of 1993-1995, when Tom worked with legendary producer Rick Rubin for the first time. Watch a clip from the docu...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Reimagined Album 'Angel Dream' Out Today
by TV News Desk - July 02, 2021 The original album was produced by Tom Petty and Rick Rubin with Mike Campbell during the band’s highly collaborative period with Rick Rubin in the ‘90s....
Late Aster Release New Single 'Dichotomy'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 18, 2021 'All of the on-location filming was captured during the 'magic hour’ on the coastal cliffs in San Francisco,' noted Anni Hochhalter. 'The video is a tribute to our obsession with the rocks and waves, and colors of the sky at sunset.' ... |