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Crystal Gayle Returns With First New Album In 16 Years

7/19/2019

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New album features classic country standards, plus a highly anticipated trio with sisters Loretta Lynn, and Peggy Sue Wright
Pre-sale & first single "Ribbon of Darkness" available Aug. 9
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Grammy® award winning country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member Crystal Gayle is delighted to announce the release of her first new album in nearly 16 years, You Don’t Know Me. Available everywhere September 6, with a pre-sale beginning August 9.

Co-produced, recorded and mixed by Crystal's son Christos Gatzimos, You Don’t Know Me is a collection that finds the acclaimed stylist exploring the songs of such country legends as George Jones, Patsy Cline, Buck Owens and Eddy Arnold. The album might come as a surprise to those who associate Crystal with an uptown sound that made her a star on both country and adult-contemporary pop charts. But she has known this repertoire of hardcore country standards all her life.

“This wasn’t a stretch at all,” says Crystal. “This project is a labor of love that my son, Christos, and I produced together. It is filled with country classics that I grew up singing. They are very much a part of my history and I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time. I feel very lucky to have known and worked with many of the artists who had the original hits.”

Each of the selections was chosen because it played a role in her musical development. Two of them point to the importance that her family had in bringing her to fame.

The album’s opening track is “Ribbon Of Darkness,” a song originally written by Gordon Lightfoot. Originally released in 1965 as a single by Marty Robbins, it became his eleventh #1 hit. The song holds a special place in Crystal’s heart because it was the first song she performed at her Grand Ole Opry debut.

"This was the first song I ever sang on the Grand Ole Opry. I was 16," said Gayle. "Loretta was sick. Mooney [Lynn] did something; I don’t know what. But they let me sing in her place. In my early years in Nashville, when I was on Decca, I opened for Marty Robbins. So I’ve heard him sing this many times. Connie Smith also had a hit with it. So the night I was inducted into the Opry cast in 2017, I asked Connie if it was okay with her that I sing “Ribbon of Darkness."'

Another popular classic country hit on the album is “Crying Time,” a song originally written and recorded by Bakersfield sound pioneer Buck Owens. The song was also recorded by Ray Charles, who won two Grammy Awards in 1967 for his version.

"I do a medley of Buck Owens songs in my shows," says Crystal. "When I was a kid, he worked Buck Lake Ranch in Indiana. I would go whenever he was playing there, and he’d let me sing on his show. When I was 16, he wanted me to become a regular on his TV show. He asked me, but it didn’t work out."

The album's closing track is “Put It Off Until Tomorrow” which brings Crystal together with her sisters Peggy Sue Wright and legendary country music icon Loretta Lynn for a highly anticipated first-ever recorded trio of them together. The song also just happens to be co-written by another country music legend, Dolly Parton.

"Loretta and Peggy made this album very special by singing "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" with me. It is a song that we have performed together throughout the years. This is the one and only trio performance on record. We’ve done the Boston Pops together. We performed together in Lake Tahoe and Reno and a few things like that. But we’ve never actually made a record together. Peggy Sue still comes out on the road with me, singing backup harmonies. I recorded the track, then Patsy, Loretta’s daughter, asked her to sing on my album. Loretta is such an incredible singer. She got through the song right away and then went, “What’s next?” We should have recorded the whole album together! Loretta had her stroke not long after we recorded this."   

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TCC Exclusive: "The Highwomen" Video Premiere Sees 0-678 Views Within Seconds

7/19/2019

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The Highwomen is an all-female fo(u)rtress of songstresses delivering classic-esque country sounds via their own special style (and as it so happens in their quirky character-filled just-premiered video for single "Redesigning Women" that hard-hitting unconventional style features the not-quite prima-donnas donning some mighty fine hard-hitting firefighting hats as they "design" and put out old flames). The cutting-up and carrying-on group is comprised of Amanda Shires, Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby - and if this morning's YouTube video premiere (complete with countdown clock) is any indication no one can hold a torch to the fired-up foursome. Take a look at those live numbers in the screen capture above. As of this writing in the less than one hour since its debut those numbers have traveled to over 4,000. Oh, and speaking of numbers? It features a special guest or two. --Melissa Coker 
Pre-order the album on Amazon NOW (expected 9/6). #Highwomen #Women #Design #DoItAll #NoOneElseOnEarth
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BUCKLE UP: GEORGE STRAIT ANNOUNCES SPECIAL EDITION RE-ISSUE: STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX: PART 1

7/17/2019

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MCA Records Nashville has been home to American music icon George Strait for 30 studio albums and counting. His latest takes a retrospective look at his illustrious career: a limited-edition special re-issue of his 1995 Strait Out of the Box: Part 1. The best-selling box set will be available exclusively at Walmart starting September 13 with pre-orders beginning today.
 
The 72-track collection takes a delightful ride through Strait’s early recording career, specifically 1981 to 1995, and features 31 No. 1 singles such as “You Look So Good in Love,” “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” and “Check Yes or No.” What makes the collection even more special is the fact that each track was personally selected by the Texan himself. In addition to the physical box set, a revamped Strait Out of the Box: Part 1 & 2 playlist is available to stream HERE, and fans can watch George Strait’s full collection of music videos HERE, newly remastered in HD.

Also on September 13, Strait celebrates the 5-CD release of the official soundtrack for Country Music – A Film By Ken Burns, an eight part PBS documentary spanning the history of country music. Strait will join artists such as Randy Travis and The Judds on the soundtrack via his signature hit “Amarillo By Morning.”
 
These announcements are yet another piece of a momentous year for the Country Music Hall of Fame member who released 2019’s best-selling Country album, Honky Tonk Time Machine, on MCA Nashville March 29. Produced by Strait and Chuck Ainlay, the album quickly became Strait’s record-extending 27th No. 1 Billboard Country album. Comprised of 12 original titles plus Strait’s version of the Johnny Paycheck classic “Old Violin,” Honky Tonk Time Machine marks an incredible 30th career studio album for Strait. 
 
With an unparalleled 60 singles hitting the top of the charts - more than any other artist in any genre - during the span of his 30+ year career, Strait is the undeniable “King of Country Music.” He has collected 33 Platinum or multi-Platinum-selling albums, more than any country artist and ranking third across all genres behind only The Beatles and Elvis Presley. Strait is the only act in history to have a Top 10 hit every year for over three decades and has sold nearly 70 million albums and earned more than 60 major entertainment industry awards.
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Strait Out of the Box: Part 1 track listing available HERE.
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Put Your Music Where Your Mouth Is!                                          (And Possibly Win a Prize in the Process)

7/8/2019

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Feeling hot, sticky, sweet? Lewis Brice has partnered with Waffle House® Restaurants and TouchTunes to slather, smother and cover "Summertime Vibes" across the U.S. A little bit Alan Jackson, a little bit Uncle Kracker (but still a bit in between); the song is now available to play on TouchTunes jukeboxes in more than 1,900 Waffle House locations nationwide. 

In fact, as further proof it's hip to be square - fans can post a picture of themselves playing "Summertime Vibes" on a Waffle House jukebox to Instagram with #WHvibes or #LewisWH to enter for a chance to win an exclusive Waffle House prize. Now THAT's keeping things on the sunny side (up). The contest will run through August. Lewis's previous singles "Blessed" and "Messing With My Mind" have also been added to TouchTunes jukeboxes in all Waffle House locations. 

Lewis will be hitting the road this summer with a full tour schedule including select dates with his brother, Lee Brice where he will be playing his new single as well as fan-favorite hits that have amassed the singer with more than 7 million streams across all streaming platforms. 

"This song was co-written with my buddies Nick Norman and Ben Simonetti. I got the idea from when I was a kid and was always told 'When it’s cold outside, think warm thoughts.' This song was written in the winter and we were thinking about summer," said Lewis. 

The new music video for “Summertime Vibes” will debut in mid-July. For more information and the latest news on Lewis, follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and go to LewisBrice.com.

LEWIS BRICE ON TOUR
July 12 Five Star Dive Bar - Elkhart, In. 
July 13 Blarney Island - Antioch, Ill. 
July 20 South Shore Music Circus - Cohasset, Mass. *
July 21 Bold Point Pavilion - East Providence, R.I.*
Aug. 23-24 Pigeon Forge, TN 
Nov. 15-21 Carolina Country Music Cruise - Charleston, S.C.
*Tour date with Lee Brice 

ABOUT LEWIS BRICE:
Lewis’s debut self-titled EP, produced by himself and his brother Lee Brice, was released on July 14th, 2017, landing at No. 11 on the US iTunes Country chart. Since, Lewis has been named one of Rolling Stone Country’s “New Country Artists You Need to Know” and Billboard’s “Country Artists to Watch in 2018”. Tracks from the EP were featured on SiriusXM The Highway, CMT Music, and Spotify’s New Boots & Wild Country playlists, and its lead single 'Best Ex Ever' reached the Top 40 of MusicRow’s Country Breakout radio chart. The next chapter of Lewis’s music was unveiled in November 2018 as the first single from his forthcoming second collection of songs, titled ‘Blessed’, was introduced to the world by a special Thanksgiving acoustic performance with his brother Lee. Rumor is 2019 will be his best year yet.
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ERIN ENDERLIN POURS OVER THE ADDICTION OF LOVE ON NEW EP “Chapter Two: I Can Be Your Whiskey”

7/5/2019

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What a fun morning with Erin Enderlin & Sam Bush in studio ! Erin’s at the Opry tonight, Sam’s on stage tomorrow night. #CoffeeCountryCody pic.twitter.com/moEeijvwrP

— Charlie Mattos (@CharlieWSM) July 5, 2019
TAKES TO THE OPRY STAGE FRIDAY,
​July 5th

Chapter Three and Chapter Four set for release later this year


NASHVILLE, Tenn.— Singer/songwriter/storyteller Erin Enderlin lets the love do the talking with the release of her highly anticipated EP Chapter Two: I Can Be Your Whiskey (Friday, June 28). 
 
In what can only be described as down-right addictive, the video chronicles the day in, day out routine of a man searching for a cure for his broken heart within the walls of a run down bar. But what he discovers is that the answers to some of his most heart-wrenching questions lie simply and perfectly in the eyes of the singer up on stage, watching him and singing her own love-quenching song. Watch the video 
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Indeed, love and the pursuit is a theme that flows through the entirety of Chapter Two: I Can Be Your Whiskey, which also includes the craving “A Man with 18 Wheels” and the truth-bearing “Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle to You).”
 
The EP is a worthy follow-up to the already released Chapter One: Tonight I Don’t Give a Damn, which the Arkansas native released in April. Chapter Three and Chapter Four are slated for release beyond the end of the year.

About Erin Enderlin 
The last few years have been especially busy for singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin. While she first turned heads as a godsend to those aching for an artist with some golden-era country backbone, Enderlin’s acclaimed 2017 record Whiskeytown Crier cemented her as something even more: a literary songwriter and superb vocal stylist with a knack for sharply drawn––and often sad––characters. Named a member of the 2018 CMT Next Women of Country class and recipient of the Arkansas Country Music Awards Songwriter and Album of the Year trophies, she has surged to the forefront of new artists rooted in the genre’s rich history. Enderlin is also a go-to writer for stars looking for heavyweight country with classic panache––Alan Jackson’s “Monday Morning Church,” Lee Ann Womack’s “Last Call,” and a host of other songs recorded by Randy Travis, Jeannie Seely, Rhonda Vincent, Reba McEntire, Terri Clark, Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, and more are all Enderlin-penned. 
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Brett Eldredge Helps Freedom Sing - CMT to Broadcast Brett's Entire Downtown Nashville Performance (AND Will Re-Air It)

7/4/2019

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CMT's “Red, White and Blue Week” continues with the exclusive 90-minute special, CMT Let Freedom Sing! on Thursday, July 4 at 10 pm ET/9 pm CT. Fans are treated to a front row seat to one of the biggest Independence Day celebrations in the country, and a concert by hit-maker Brett Eldredge. Eldredge, who recently celebrated his seventh #1 single, kicks off the live event with a one-hour musical set, which is followed by a half-hour, commercial free presentation of the NCVC’s Fourth of July fireworks presentation. The entire 90-minute program will encore immediately following the premiere telecast.

​“Let Freedom Sing!”is produced by the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp for the city of Nashville. This is the 15th annual celebration produced by the NCVC and the 35th in the city. For more information on this fireworks spectacular, visit https://www.visitmusiccity.com/media/press-release/2019/july4th-funfacts.

****With plenty of clips as well as the all-out full celebratory special available (subject to certain TV provider terms) to watch on CMT.com and on TV re-air dates throughout the weekend; CLICK HERE FOR SPECIFICS. 

.@bretteldredge took us home with "America the Beautiful" ❤️□□#NashvilleJuly4 pic.twitter.com/sgxjZT8w1m

— CMT (@CMT) July 5, 2019
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Even Better Off: Country Hitmaker Doug Stone Set to Join the Ever-Rosy Legendary John Conlee in Texas

7/1/2019

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Real Country fans, watch out! Doug Stone and his band The Stone Age aren't gathering any moss as they gear up to hit the road with lots of tour stops -- AND on one of the many - - in the lucky Midland, Texas -- Stone is set to join the legendary John Conlee ("Rose Colored Glasses," "Busted," "Miss Emily's Picture," "Old School," "Backside of 30," "Common Man," and of COURSE the list goes on). This is one tour stop that definitely will NOT need a warning label. Well, not unless fans feel the need to beware of a good time. True, country group Midland may have a fun number of a hit on their hands with the sill-ily inviting "Mr. Lonely" but as for the crowd for this classic country pairing in the town of Midland on the night of July 19 loneliness won't be anywhere in sight. Get your tickets here. Want to know when the singer behind songs including "Jukebox With a Country Song", "Warning Labels," "Too Busy Being in Love," "In A Different Light," "I Thought It Was You," "Why Didn't I Think Of That" "Better Off In a Pine Box,"  (including 8 #1 singles and 15 Top 5 singles) is in your area? Visit dougstone.com/tour for more details and a schedule stretching through 2020. 
​--TCC 


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