November 5, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

Foundry RecordsBlake Shelton is the latest artist featured on a new track from Shenandoah, who’s putting out their star-studded duets album, Every Road, next week. Blake’s contribution to the project comes in the form of a sweet love song called “Then a Girl Walks In.”

The ‘90s hitmaking duo tells People that they started wondering if Blake was a fan of theirs after watching the singer in his hosting gig on NBC’s The Voice.

“We knew Blake must be a Shenandoah fan when he picked one of our songs for the past four seasons in a row on The Voice for his artists to sing,” reveals band mate Mike McGuire. “But we never dreamed we’d have the opportunity to actually do a duet with him personally.

But that opportunity arose at last year’s CMA Awards show. Shenandoah frontman Marty Raybon broached the idea during a casual meeting with Blake ahead of the awards ceremony.  “Send me the song and I’m in,” Blake replied.

It’s a fitting time for Blake’s voice to be featured on a love song, as the singer recently got engaged to his pop superstar girlfriend, Gwen Stefani. In recent months, he and Gwen have put out multiple duet projects of their own that showcase just how in love they are, including “ Nobody but You” and “Happy Anywhere.”

Blake’s just the latest in an impressive lineup of country stars who have signed on to collaborate with Shenandoah. Ahead of the Every Road’s release, fans have already heard duets with Lady A, Zac Brown Band and Ashley McBryde.

Every Road is due out in full on November 13.

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November 5, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

ABC/Image Group LAThe Tunie Awards — that is, Waffle House and TouchTunes’ awards ceremony for the most-played artists on their jukeboxes — may be one of the quirkiest music awards shows out there, but the lineup of artists scheduled to perform is certainly no joke.

Carly Pearce, Lee Brice, Old Dominion, LoCash and rock group Shinedown have just been announced as performers at the 3rd annual Tunie Awards, taking place on November 15 at 7:00 p.m. ET. They’re joining an already illustrious lineup that includes Luke Combs, Kid Rock and Chris Stapleton on the virtual stage.

In fact, Chris is a favorite at the awards show: He took home a whopping four trophies at last year’s show. He was Waffle House’s most-played country artist in 2019, and claimed all-genre mentions, too, for his 2015 breakout hit, “Tennessee Whiskey.”

Waffle House loves Chris, and the feeling seems to be mutual — last year, he even showed up in person at the 2019 Tunie Awards to accept his trophies.

This year’s Tunies event will be the third annual show of its kind, and will make its debut on virtual platform Stabal. The $3 ticket supports Sweet Relief, an organization dedicated to supporting music industry professionals impacted by financial hardship, illness and, this year, the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Additionally, some artists will be donating autographed items to support Sweet Relief during the show. Chris has autographed some vinyl in support of the cause, as have Old Dominion, Kid Rock, Lauren Alaina and more.

🙌 To say thanks for his nomination, @ChrisStapleton has given us signed copies of From A Room: Volume 1 & 2 on vinyl to give away!

🎟️ To enter, donate a min of $3 to @SweetRelief via the link below and enter the code CHRIS at checkout.

Enter here >> https://t.co/EGJIHoFI1u pic.twitter.com/5z3nEnEqpX

— Waffle House (@WaffleHouse) November 2, 2020

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By Carena Liptak
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November 5, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

Jim WrightJon Pardi’s bringing some hard-hitting breakup truth to the small screen tonight when he performs his top-10 hit single, “Ain’t Always the Cowboy,” on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The song comes off Jon’s 2019 studio album Heartache Medication, which is nominated in the Album of the Year category at next week’s 2020 CMA Awards show.

It’s shaping up to be a busy couple of weeks for the singer: the CMA announced this morning that Jon’ll also perform a tribute to the late Joe Diffie on the awards show stage during the event.

“Ain’t Always the Cowboy” is the second single to come off of Heartache Medication, the first being the chart-topping title track, which peaked at number-one this February. One year after the album’s release, Jon put out a Deluxe version of Heartache Medication in early October of 2020. It includes two new tracks: “Beer Light,” and a new Western version of “Ain’t Always the Cowboy.”

You can watch Jon’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! performance tonight on ABC at 11:35 P.M. ET.

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