NYCS First Impression: Dylan Schneider ‘Whole Town Talk’ EP

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Whole Town Talk Dylan Schneider

19-year-old Interscope Records singer-songwriter Dylan Schneider has partnered with Round Here Records to release his fourth EP titled Whole Town Talk last Friday. The EP contains four songs all co-written by Schneider, including “How to Country”, “Hometown Heartless”, “Bad Thing About a Backroad” and the title track “Whole Town Talk”.

The first two songs, “Whole Town Talk” and “How to Country” are great party/tailgate songs. The title track written by Schneider with Corey Crowder and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line is about an epic party thrown in his home town that got everyone talking about it.  In “How to Country”, Schneider sings about the things he does and the way he lives his life, reminding everyone that “Nobody gotta teach me how to country”.

The next two songs, “Hometown Heartless” and “Bad Thing About a Backroad”, are more vulnerable, talking about lost love. In the former, he sings “I know they said home is where the heart is, but you left this hometown heartless”, proving that his smalltown is not the same without the girl he loved who moved away, while the latter twists a played out narrative about backroads and country living turning depressing after a breakup.

The Terre Haute, Indiana native’s favorite genres growing were pop and hip-hop but discovered his love for country music around the age of 13. His biggest country music influence was Brett Eldredge which began when he saw him live at a show in Paris, Illinois, Eldredge’s hometown. The following year at Eldredge’s show in Terre Haute, he invited Schneider on stage to sing with him. Since then, Schneider has released four EPs before his 20th birthday.

“We are so excited to get to join team Dylan to help encourage, support, and create opportunities for this amazingly talented artist and writer,” shares Hubbard and Kelley in a recent press release. “We’ve loved Dylan since the day we met three or four years ago and are so thankful to have him in our family and on our roster. Timing is everything— and for Dylan, the time is now.”

“I’ve looked up to BK and Tyler for a long time now, and Interscope has been an amazing label home,” added Schneider. “To have two monsters in the music industry like FGL and Interscope joining forces on my behalf is a dream come true. Truly humbling. This new EP has been a long time coming, but I promise it’s worth the wait. This is hands down the best music I have ever written and recorded – can’t wait to share it with the world.”  Schneider will join FGL on the remaining dates of the Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour. For tour dates and more information head to https://www.dylanschneidermusic.com/

Keep up with Schneider on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

“Whole Town Talk” is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Adam Hambrick Releases Feel-Good “Forever Ain’t Long Enough”

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Adam Hambrick Forever Ain't Long Enough

Nashville songwriter, Adam Hambrick continues to step into the limelight, releasing his own music as a Capitol Records Nashville recording artist. The entertainer shows off his vocals, charm, and lyrical ability in his new feel-good tune, “Forever Ain’t Long Enough.”

Hambrick is leading the pack with his fresh and enticing sound. The infectious and catchy track is the perfect love song for contemporary country music fans to jam out to. His unique artistry shines through the clever lyrical licks and rhythmic delivery. It’s clear that Hambrick was after a fun and quirky song with his most recent release.

Penned by the singer with songwriters, Joe Ginsberg and Kelly Archer, Hambrick shares the experience behind the song in a recent press release, “What’s really great about “Forever Ain’t Long Enough” is that at its core, it’s just a feel-good, fun, love song. When Kelly, Joe, and I got in the room to write we came up with something to make people dance and smile- and it has a little attitude which I love. This song is the kind of thing you want to put in your earbuds and bounce down the street.”

We couldn’t agree more. Check out the throwback music video to go along with Hambrick’s killer new song!

Hambrick will continue playing shows across the United States, as he works on his debut album with producers Andrew DeRoberts and Paul DiGiovanni. He’s definitely one to look out for! For tickets to a show to you, head to adamhambrick.com.

To keep up with Adam Hambrick, follow him on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

“Forever Ain’t Long Enough” is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Cole Swindell Gives Us More Music With “Down To Earth”

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Cole Swindell Down To Earth

Country music entertainer Cole Swindell is a true artist and songwriter. He loves giving fans as much music as he possibly can, which is exactly what he has been doing! As we gear up for the fifth installment of his Down Home Sessions EP to be released, Swindell is giving us sneak peeks at some of the songs on the upcoming record. So far, the singer-songwriter has released both “Drinkin’ Hours” and “All Nighter.” Today, Swindell premiered his newest song entitled “Down To Earth.”

Swindell experiments with a new sound and vibe in the swoon-worthy love song, comparing his love interest to the stars, and expressing feelings of being high on love. He describes the type of love as unparalleled and otherworldly singing, “You must be from another planet” and exclaiming, “I ain’t ever coming back down to earth.” The singer-songwriter’s vocals shine on this song, as he sings the lyrics that everyone feels when they meet that special someone and have that special kind of love.

We’re excited to see what else the singer has up his sleeves on the upcoming EP since each song so far has showcased a different side to his charming personality.

We last caught Swindell’s live set when he opened up for Luke Bryan on his ‘Sunset Repeat’ Tour for a double feature (Saturday and Sunday) at Long Island’s Northwell Health Jones Beach Theater. Check out some of the highlights from the shows here! If you happen to miss the show, don’t worry, you can grab your tickets to the upcoming show in Holmdel, New Jersey on September 7th.

To keep up with Cole Swindell, follow him on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

“Down To Earth” is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

Check out the full lyrics for “Down To Earth” below.

You tell me get my head out the clouds
But baby I ain’t doing it
I thought I had it all figured out
But now you got me losing it

I can’t concentrate on my work with you right there
In my shirt, it’s crazy where you’ve taken me

I ain’t never seen the stars this close
I ain’t never been up this high
Everything I used to know
I’m about to have to tell it all goodbye
You must be from another planet
Yeah I’ve been wondering where you were
Baby you took me up to heaven
And I ain’t ever coming back down to earth
Down to earth, yeah

Taking off like a rocket
Kinda wish I had a ring in my pocket right now
I take it out, get down
On one knee in the clouds

I ain’t ever seen the stars this close
I ain’t ever been up this high
Everything I used to know
I’m about to have to tell it all goodbye
You must be from another planet
Yeah I’ve been wondering where you were
Baby you took me up to heaven
And I ain’t ever coming back down to earth
Down to earth

It’s a small world
After all girl
I used to be down there praying
And now I’m up here and I’m staying, ’cause

I ain’t ever seen the stars this close
I ain’t ever been up this high
Everything I used to know
I’m about to have to tell it all goodbye
You must be from another planet
Yeah I’ve been wondering where you were
Baby you took me up to heaven
And I ain’t ever coming back down to earth
Down to earth
No I ain’t ever coming back
Down to earth

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Canaan Smith Releases An Ode to “Country Boy Things”

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Canaan Smith Country Boy Things

For singer-songwriter Canaan Smith, it’s the perfect time to celebrate being a country boy. On his new song “Country Boy Things,” released today, August 23, he’s doing just that, with an up-tempo ode to all of the things that makes country boys special.

Just last week, Smith released the rollicking summer anthem, “Beer Drinking Weather,” and announced that he had signed to Florida Georgia Line’s Round Here Records as their flagship artist. “Country Boy Things” follows in a similar vein to “Beer Drinking Weather” with its anthemic party vibe. And we’d argue that it’s only a matter of time until Smith is selling merch that praises beer drinking weather and proclaims that “Country boys do country boy things.”

Here, the “Love You Like That” singer revels in everything that makes country boys different than other boys. “We get too drunk / Blame it on Hank / Hit the mud every time it rains / ‘Cause country boys do country boy things,” He sings. “Big trucks, dog in the back / Workboots, camo hat / If that’s you / You know what I mean / Country boys do country boy things.”

Smith co-wrote the track with Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley, Jaren Johnston of The Cadillac Three and Corey Crowder, and he couldn’t be happier with the final result. “This song reminds me of moving to Nashville – when those four-on-the-floor songs were making a comeback,” He said in a recent press release. “I’m proud of the way the band came together and made this one burn. Banjo, baby!”

In case you were wondering, here are a few other things that the song highlights: take the long way home from work because some raindrops hit the dirt, start fires with gasoline, mean what they say and say what they mean, and ask her daddy before they buy that ring.

Smith is currently on the Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour with FGL, where he has been giving fans a sneak peek at this new music. The tour will hit Darien Lake, New York on August 24 before heading South for shows in Florida and Georgia.

To keep up with Canaan Smith follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

“Country Boy Things” is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Catch Midland Live from the Today Show Plaza on 8/28

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This Wednesday morning, August 28th, country trio Midland is performing on the Today Show Plaza in New York City to promote their brand new sophomore album, Let It Roll.  All Today Show performances are free and open the public and general admission is based on a first come first serve process.  The TODAY plaza is located at Rockefeller Center on 48th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, right outside Studio 1A.

For more information and FAQs click here.

You can keep up with Midland on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Let It Roll is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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NYCS First Impression: American Young ‘Soundtrack of Your Life’ EP

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American Young

For country music duo American Young, to say a great deal of excitement is anticipated over the next few months would be an understatement. On top of the premiere of their latest single “Die Another Day” by BBC Radio 2 earlier this month, becoming three-time nominees with the British Country Music Association, and announcing a ton of new tour dates and performances in the U.K., the group has officially released their newest EP Soundtrack of Your Life today, Friday August 23rd.

Soundtrack of Your Life consists of 5 songs featuring already fan-favorite “Gonna Be You,” the widely received title track, “Die Another Day”, and two others titled “Falling Star”, and “Seminole Wind.”

“We’re stoked to finally release what we’ve been working on for so long. We’re so lucky we get to live our dream!”, American Young said with elation at Tuesday’s announcement of American Young as International Tourist Artist Nominees by the British Country Music Association for the third year in a row.

The EP as a whole has a very uplifting and pragmatic feel to it. “Die Another Day” is a song about putting an end to violence, coming together, and realizing what is really important in this world, sending out an extremely positive and relevant message in a time where gun violence is a major issue facing our world.

“Gonna Be You” is a love song about not being able to imagine a life loving someone other than your significant other, while “Falling Star” is all about the moment you meet that one special person. They even put a folky twist on a cover of John Anderson’s classic “Seminole Wind”.

The title track is an inspiring anthem that will give you feelings of nostalgia of milestones in your life such as your “16th Fourth of July”, and “the song on the radio the day you learned how to drive” that truly make up the soundtrack of your life. American Young recently visited Houston Middle School in Memphis, Tenn., where they performed this song with the school’s band in attempts to inspire young students to live out their dreams. This video, that has gained notice and been shared by the CMA Foundation, has already gained more than 65K views, you can watch the clip here.

In between writing their new music, American Young has appeared on the first two seasons of E!’s “Very Cavallari” and will definitely be seen much more in the upcoming season three.

To keep up with American Young, follow them on  Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For their latest tour dates, visit americanyoung.com

Soundtrack of Your Life is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Taylor Swift Features the Dixie Chicks On “Soon You’ll Get Better”

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Soon You'll Get Better Lyrics Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is back bigger than ever. Releasing her seventh studio album Lover today, Swift gives us something we haven’t had in quite some time, a collaboration with a country artist. Teaming up with the Dixie Chicks, “Soon You’ll Get Better” is one for the books.

Written by Jack Antonoff and Swift “Soon You’ll Get Better” is super personal to the singer-songwriter. It’s is a song about Swift’s mom Andrea, who has been fighting a breast cancer battle and what the experience has been like for the artist. In her YouTube Live on Thursday, the Pennsylvania native admitted that this was the hardest song for her to write and it was ultimately a family decision to have it on the album.

The song is acoustic which not only highlights Swift’s vocals but adds to the pulling of the heartstrings. The Dixie Chicks join the artist on the chorus and the bridge. “Ooh-ah/ Soon, you’ll get better\ Ooh-ah\ Soon, you’ll get better\Ooh-ah\ You’ll get better soon\ ‘Cause you have to.”

Swift’s collaboration with the Dixie Chicks was no secret. Leading up to the album release she hinted at the collaboration with the trio. The first hint was in her cover photo for the May issue of Entertainment Weekly, which she wore a Dixie Chick pin on her jacket. The second “Easter Egg,” was planted in the video for “Me!”, her first single from the album, which featured a portrait of the trio.

This is the first we’ve heard from the Dixie Chicks in quite some time as it is rumored they will be releasing a new album in the near future.

To keep up with Taylor Swift follow her on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

“Soon You’ll Get Better” is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

Find the full lyrics to “Soon You’ll Get Better” below.

The buttons of my coat were tangled in my hair
In doctor’s office lighting, I didn’t tell you I was scared
That was the first time we were there
Holy orange bottles, each night, I pray to you
Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus too
And I say to you…

Ooh-ah
Soon, you’ll get better
Ooh-ah
Soon, you’ll get better
Ooh-ah
You’ll get better soon
‘Cause you have to

I know delusion when I see it in the mirror
You like the nicer nurses, you make the best of a bad deal
I just pretend it isn’t real
I’ll paint the kitchen neon, I’ll brighten up the sky
I know I’ll never get it, there’s not a day that I won’t try
And I say to you…

Ooh-ah
Soon, you’ll get better
Ooh-ah
Soon, you’ll get better
Ooh-ah
You’ll get better soon
‘Cause you have to

 

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NYCS First Impression: Midland ‘Let It Roll’

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Midland Let It Roll

Country group, Midland, are known for their cohesive mix of classic rock and country twang, an undeniably catchy sound that defined their debut album On The Rocks. The critically acclaimed debut garnered them a slew of accolades including winning the ACM Top New Duo or Group award and two Grammy nominations for Best Country Song and Best Country Performance, not to mention grabbing #1 single at country radio with “Drinkin’ Problem”. The eclectic band, consisting of lead singer/guitarist Mark Wystrach, lead guitarist/vocalist Jess Carson and bassist/vocalist Cameron Duddy, return with the follow-up to their debut, the immersive Let It Roll.

The 14 track album is chock full of songs that range from Eagles-influenced classic rock, just begging for an open road, to a hint of old school Garth Brooks style. The Dripping Springs, Texas band recruited the best musicians in the genre for the project, including Shane McAnally, Dan Huff and Josh Osborne (producing and writing) as well as songwriters Liz Rose, Rhett Akins, and Bob DiPiero. Needless to say, Let it Roll is crafted to entice the classic cowboy, folky songstress, and ramblin’ man in all of us.

The album starts fresh and light with the wistful title track, “Let It Roll.” This one makes you want to roll down the windows and lose yourself in the California desert, with its layered vocals and sweeping guitars. Equal parts Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, it launches the album with effortless musicality.  On “Fourteen Gears” and “Mr. Lonely,” Midland sink into a cowboy’s paradise with stacked steel guitar, pristine harmonies, and rhythms made for dancing on an old wood floor.

Another standout on the project is the beachy, do-me-wrong “Cheatin’ Songs.” It’s a Kenny Chesney meets early Zac Brown Band feel-good vibe, designed for stadium sing-alongs and couples dances. In fact, we think this line sums it up, “steel guitars are back in style / like tears falling from a smile / yeah its been a while since country music loved a fool / and running around was cool.”

Heartbreak washes over you on “Put The Hurt On Me,” a country-western shuffle with a wild, yet painful Spanish guitar. It melds easily into “I Love You, Goodbye,” with its mariachi influences and aching vocals provided by the ever emotive Wystrach.  They give country music fans what they love most in the form of “Every Song’s A Drinking Song.” This meandering shuffle moves along almost as if there was a little alcohol involved in the production itself.

Then there’s “21st Century Honky Tonk American Band.” If ever there was an album moment that took you back to outlaw country and hair metal all at once, this is it. Booming guitars, howling vocals, and a hint of twang raise the roof off this rock-forward moment. Of course, there’s a surprise twist towards the end, but only after they’ve sung “And the wheels keep rolling on and on / and I hear them singing some song / ever since hank sang to me I knew I was born to be a 21st-century American band.”

The rocking anthem is followed up by quieter, more emotional album moments “Fast Hearts And Slow Towns,” “Cheatin’ By The Rules,” and “Lost In The Night.” There’s the rambunctious, just-get-drunk number, “Playboys,” that’s sure to be on repeat at tailgates come football season. And, of course, we can’t forget the moment where Carson’s vocals shine on the slow, emotional ballad “Gettin’ The Feel.”  It all comes to an elegant, harmony-infused end with the rambling “Roll Away.” The steel guitar shines bright on this stripped track, making for a stunning melody that, even if just for a moment, takes us back to the music of the ’70s.

Midland has crafted a remarkable record, catering to fans from all walks of life and country music, on their new album, Let It Roll.

New Yorkers can catch Midland on September 17th at Terminal 5 for their Let It Roll Tour. Grab your tickets here.

You can keep up with Midland on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Let It Roll is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

 

 

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NYCS First Impression: Vince Gill ‘Okie’

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Vince Gill Okie

Time and time again, twenty-one time Grammy Award-winning Country Artist Vince Gill unveils his truth by continuing to put his heart on his sleeve for all to see. With penned hits like “When I Call Your Name,” “Whenever You Come Around” and “Go Rest High on That Mountain,” the Country Music Hall of Fame member is no stranger in making hearts bleed. Three decades since Gill’s country music debut, he’s back stronger than ever with another remedial release.

Available everywhere you buy or stream music, Gill’s new album Okie cites a number of sensitive discussions; those that require care being one of Gill’s most personal and honest albums in years. A lot of the “Go Rest High on That Mountain” singer’s core truths are told, through life lessons, love, and spiritual values and even lessons learned from his musical idols. Musically, it’s as authentically minimized as possible and it really hones in on the depth of Gill’s songwriting abilities instead of the nature of production. Gill states in a press release: “I thought this was going to be a songwriter record, not a concept album. It wound up being more information than I’d envisioned. A friend sent me an email saying, ‘You could have only written this record after living a 60-year-plus life.’ He continues, ‘There’s no struggle in these songs, just truth, and your experience.”

In “Forever Changed,” the country singer-songwriter defies the consequential affair of sexual abuse. We were there when the Country Hall of Famer debuted this track over a year ago at a music industry’s Country Radio Seminar in Nashville where he received a standing ovation. Gill employes his own maturity looking back at his own experience as a seventh-grader being touched by his basketball coach and publicly scolds sexual abuse singing: “You put your hands where they don’t belong / And now her innocence is dead and gone / She feels dirty, she feels ashamed / Because of you, she’s forever changed”

The country music singer-songwriter refuses to remain hushed about controversial matters that are needed to be spoken about. “What Choice Will You Make” is written through the perspective of a woman who is deserted because of an unplanned pregnancy and the singer urges listeners to empathize with women’s reproductive rights. “The Price of Regret” battles the topic of race.

There are lighthearted songs as well included on Okie and a lot of tributes dedicated to the ones that make Gill who he is today. Gill writes about his mother in “A Letter To My Mama” originally titled “Love I Owe” and about his wife, Amy Grant in “When My Amy Prays,” where he confesses his relationship with God through his marriage to Amy. There are also tributes to his musical icons such as Merle Haggard in “A World Without Haggard’ and “Black and White.”

Still making music that matters, Gill proves on Okie that time, life experiences and growing older doesn’t always have to be a hindrance, rather a way to impart wisdom and reflect on a life well lived.

To keep up with Vince Gill follow him on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Okie is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more recently released music on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

 

 

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New Country Music Friday – The Playlist 8/23/19

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It’s our favorite part of the week, New Music Friday!

This week we’ve got new music from Midland, Vince Gill, Old Dominion, Taylor Swift, Adam Hambrick and so much more.

Check out all the new music and more on our Spotify New Country Music Playlist below and be sure to follow for updates each and every Friday:

 

 

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