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Travis Tritt dropped his newest single, “Smoke in a Bar,” last week. The song comes off of his forthcoming album,
Set in Stone, which will arrive on May 7.
Brooke Eden shared a new song, “Sunroof,” on Friday. It’s the second release of a new musical chapter that began in January with “No Shade.”
In case you missed it,
Willie Jones and
Waylon Payne hit the Grand Ole Opry stage on Friday night to perform a classic hit from another Willie/Waylon duo: “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” by
March 8, 2021 3:00 AM
Big Machine
As
Thomas Rhett namechecks more than a dozen country smashes in his latest hit, What s Your Country Song, he s sharing his story as well as yours.
For TR, one of the cornerstones is his dad, singer/songwriter
Rhett Akins. It was really interesting the way that we started to progress the song, he explains. I actually threw one of my dad’s song titles, That Ain’t My Truck, in the second verse. So, we picked a lot of songs that I feel like really shaped me as an artist, he continues, and put those into the verses. And then hopefully when the listener’s listening they don’t really hear the song titles, but it sounds more like a story.
March 5, 2021 9:30 AM
Sony Music NashvilleJust one day after announcing
The Marfa Tapes, her upcoming musical collection with fellow Texans
Jack Ingram and
Miranda Lambert is offering a first look into the project.
That song, In His Arms, is a stripped-down, quiet ode to restless love, recorded outdoors around a campfire with only the trio’s vocal harmony and an acoustic guitar. That raw and rugged approach to music-making will be a hallmark of the project when it arrives in full on May 7, the three musicians explain. I’ll never forget pulling into Marfa that first night at 4AM, Miranda remembers. The stars were like nothing I’d ever seen before, just this endless blanket hanging so low you could reach up and touch them. I immediately understood why this place was so special.
March 5, 2021 3:00 AM
Warner NashvilleIf you ve been working all week and you can t wait to blow off some steam, well,
Chris Janson s latest hit was written especially with you in mind. Waitin’ On 5’ is a workin man’s anthem, the Missouri native explains. It is a nine to fiver s song. It is the guy or the girl who goes to work all week, and is literally waiting on five o’clock to roll around. Now, there’s a whole other sentiment of it, too, Chris continues. Waitin on 5 to get started on six, and we all know what that means. It could be six o’clock, it could be a six-pack, it could really be whatever you want it to be.