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Van singer/songwriter Kelsey Waldon wordt op 20 november de EP “They’ll Never Keep Us Down” gereleased als opvolger van “White Noise/White Lines” uit 2019.

Kelsey Waldon’s keuze om het protestlied “Mississippi Goddam” van de Civil Rights Era te coveren, onderstreept de huidige sociale onrust waar deze release op inhaakt, waardoor Nina Simone’s lied verandert in een hypnotiserend, vioolgedreven countrynummer met Adia Victoria en Yshona Armstrong die meedoen over het racistische geweld dat het land plaagt. Waldon omarmt ook haar bluegrass-roots voor de pro-vakbondsboodschap van “They’ll Never Keep Us Down”, oorspronkelijk opgenomen in 1976.

Elders op de EP brengt Kelsey Kris Kristofferson’s “The Law Is For Protection Of The People”, Neil Young’s “Ohio”, Bob Dylan’s “With God On Our Side” en Billy Taylor’s en Dick Dallas’ ‘I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” met Devon Gilfillian. Temidden hiervan brengt Kelsey Waldon een eerbetoon aan haar overleden vriend en mentor John Prine, die haar contracteerde bij zijn Oh Boy Records, met een cover van de anti-oorlogsklassieker “Sam Stone”.

Tracklist:

1. “The Law Is for Protection of the People”
2. “Ohio”
3. “Mississippi Goddam” featuring Adia Victoria & Kyshona Armstrong
4. “Sam Stone”
5. “They’ll Never Keep Us Down”
6. “With God On Our Side”
7. “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” featuring Devon Gilfillian

The Country Music Association heeft de 1^e ronde van de line-up voor de 54^ste CMA Awards vrijgegeven. Er staan optredens gepland van Eric Church, Luke Combs, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris en Rascal Flatts, along with collaborations from Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth, samen met samenwerkingen van Reba McEntire met Darius Rucker, Darius Rucker ft.. Lady A, Thomas Rhett ft. Reba McEntire en Hillary Scott met Chris Tomlin!

De 54^ste CMA Awards wordt op 11 november uitgezonden via ABC.

Woensdagavond vond online The Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum Big Night plaats.

Het bijzondere aan het evenement was dat de artiesten gebruik maakten van een aantal van de meest iconische instrumenten in de geschiedenis van het genre gebruiken voor de ‘Big Night’-inzamelingsactie. Onder de aangekondigde instrument- en artiestcombinaties zijn gitaren die ooit eigendom waren van Johnny Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter en Jimmie Rodgers.

Hieronder een overzicht van de optredende artiesten met hun instrumenten:

• Alison Brown plays Earl Scruggs’s 1930 Gibson RB Granada banjo
• Kane Brown sings a Randy Travis hit with accompaniment on Travis’s Gibson J-185KOA guitar
• Carlene Carter plays the 1928 Gibson L-5 guitar that belonged to her grandmother Maybelle Carter
• Rodney Crowell pays tribute to songwriters Guy Clark and Boudleaux and Felice Bryant
• Emmylou Harris uses Boudleaux Bryant’s 1961 Martin guitar to partner with Crowell on a Bryant classic
• Miranda Lambert plays John Prine’s David Russell Young custom-made guitar
• Ashley McBryde plays Loretta Lynn’s 1956 Gibson J-50 guitar
• Reba McEntire pays homage to Patsy Cline
• Tim McGraw plays Keith Whitley’s C.W. Parsons acoustic guitar
• Keb’ Mo’ plays the 1928 custom Weymann guitar that belonged to Jimmie Rodgers
• Brad Paisley plays Don Rich’s 1964 Fender Telecaster
• Ricky Skaggs plays Bill Monroe’s 1923 Gibson F-5 mandolin
• Marty Stuart plays Lester Flatt’s 1950 Martin D-28 guitar
• The War and Treaty pay tribute to Ray Charles
• Tyminski joins Paisley in performance, using Buck Owens’s red, white and blue American acoustic guitar
• Lucinda Williams plays Johnny Cash’s customized Martin D-35S guitar.

Hieronder een overzicht van livestream concerten van een aantal artiesten. Alle vermelde tijden zijn amerikaanse tijden. (Nederlandse tijd = + 7 uur)

Donderdag 29 oktober:

• Craig Morgan, Lifetime Live at 4pm CT here.
• Josh Turner, Maddie & Tae and Runaway June, Country State Of Mind livestream at 5pm CT here.
• Caylee Hammack X Orly Color Labs Painting Party at 7pm CT here.
• An Intimate Evening with Phil Vassar and Jeffrey Steele at 7pm CT here.
• Laine Hardy, vTour at 7:30pm CT here.
• Runaway June, The Wolf’s Women of New Country Breast Cancer Awareness Virtual Concert Series at 8:30pm CT here.

Vrijdag 30 oktober:

• Cam, The Otherside livestream at the Bluebird Cafe at 7pm CT here.

Onderstaande concerten/interviews zijn terug te kijken:

• Kane Brown sang “Worship You” and announced his participation in the Red Kettle Kickoff halftime show during an appearance on CBS‘ Late Late Show With James Corden (10/27) here.
• Wynonna Judd talked about working with mom Naomi here, the comment Naomi made to her about Garth Brooks after he opened for them here and named her least favorite Ashley Judd film during Plead the Fifth here on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live (10/27).
• Cam performed “Classic” on The Kelly Clarkson Show here.
• The latest episode of Jon Pardi Tim featured ghost hunting with Jeremiah, an epic costume party and date night with Summer here.
• Artists including Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Lindsay Ell and Randy Houser participated in Whole Lotta Celebratin’ Goin’ On: 85 Years of The Killer here.
• Cam, Lindsay Ell, Nicolle Galyon, Lori McKenna, Hailey Whitters and more raised money for The Songwriter Fund during The Girls of Nashville Virtual Songwriters Round here.
• Watch Songwriter Session: Ingrid Andress here.
• Lady A played the Camping World Concert Series here.
• Dustin Lynch posted an acoustic performance of “Momma’s House” here.
• Michael Ray shared a performance of “Whiskey And Rain” here.
• Tyler Booth wrapped up his Open Bar Acoustic Series with an acoustic version of his unreleased track “Clean Dirt” here.
• Tenille Arts joined KWBL/Denver’s Virtual Bull Pen here.
• Sam Hunt sang “Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s” on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (10/28) here
• Ashley McBryde performed “Martha Divine” on The Kelly Clarkson Show (10/28) here.
• Tenille Townes and Carly Pearce led the Countdown to Big Night (At the Museum) here.
• Watch the performances from artists including Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire and Tim McGraw in Big Night (At the Museum) here.
• Mitchell Tenpenny joined SiriusXM’s Storme Warren for Ram Jam Sessions here.
• Country couples including Jason and Brittany Aldean, Caroline and Luke Bryan, Abby and Dan Smyers, Nicole and Luke Combs, Summer and Jon Pardi and Katelyn and Kane Brown are competing to see who can raise the most for Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue during the Battle of the Boos here. Watch the Aldeans call out their competition here.
• Drake White welcomed a live audience to Wednesday Night Therapy here.
• Payton Smith posted an acoustic performance of “Like I Knew You Would” here.
• Watch Laine Hardy’s RISERS performance of “Tiny Town” here.

Bekijk het optreden van Kane Brown met de nieuwe song “Worship You” bij James Corden. De song, geschreven door Kane Brown, Alexander Izquierdo en Ryan Vojtesak, is afkomstig van Kane’s EP “Mixtape, Vol. 1”.

Van Brothers Osborne is de video van de titeltrack van het nieuwe album “Skeletons” uitgebracht.