September 14, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

Joseph LlanesThis weekend, Carrie Underwood returned to NBC’s Sunday Night Football for her eighth season of providing the theme song.

SNF will look considerably different this year, with the NFL’s annual show open revamped to comply with COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. No fans attended live; instead, the Sunday night opening show this weekend highlighted virtual content from viewers at home.

Of course, there’s no substitute for the excitement of live football with fans in the stands. However, Carrie did her best to provide some extra drama and glamor to the occasion with a high-octane performance of the Sunday Night Football theme, “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.”

Interspersed with clips of NFL football teams at the top of their game, Carrie delivers the swagger-filled theme song from a dazzling stage decked out in lights.

The SNF opening show took place on Sunday, September 13. After the show, the Los Angeles Rams beat the Dallas Cowboys 20-17.

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Capitol Records NashvilleOne year after the release of his critically-acclaimed third studio album, Heartache Medication, Jon Pardi is doubling down on the project. Next month, he’ll put out a deluxe version of Heartache Medication that features three bonus tracks.

The new songs are called “Bar Downtown” and “Beer Light,” and another track re-imagines his single “Ain’t Always the Cowboy” with a new “Western Version” remix. Fans can pre-order the deluxe version of Heartache Medication beginning September 18.

The project drops in full on October 2, which is the one-year anniversary of the first of two headlining, back-to-back shows Jon played at the Ryman to celebrate his album’s release. 

Jon’s got plenty of reason to celebrate Heartache Medication as he heads into awards show season, too. The album is nominated for Album of the Year at the ACM Awards this week, with Jon standing to gain a trophy both as an artist and producer. The project is also an Album of the Year nominee at the 2020 CMA Awards, which will take place in November.

Jon also recently released a new EP called the Rancho Fiesta Sessions, an eight-track collection of cover songs pulled from his favorite artists’ discographies and recorded at his home with his band.

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Dennis Leupold/Triple Tigers/RCA RecordsCam is shedding more light on The Otherside, her sophomore studio album, as she reveals the 11-song collection’s track list. Fans have already heard four songs off the project, including her current single, “Classic.”

The singer explains that making The Otherside was an emotional journey for her, one that started in disappointment and disillusionment with the world.

“These past few years, my expectations for the world were severely undercut,” Cam notes. “Honestly, my idealist heart needed some reworking in order to survive. All the same time all this inner development was happening, I was touring the world and getting better at singing & songwriting. Now in hindsight, from the Otherside, I can hear the through-line of how it’s all made me more myself.”

The singer’s new project was also an opportunity to work with some songwriters and artists that she deeply admired, who brought outside perspectives to her country songwriting. Harry Styles co-wrote one track, “Changes,” and Sam Smith co-wrote another, “Happier for You.”

The late EDM producer Tim Bergling, aka Avicii, also lent his songwriting expertise to the title track of the album.

The Otherside is due out October 30. Here’s the full track list:

“Redwood Tree”
“The Otherside”
“Classic”
“Forgetting You”
“Like a Movie”
“Changes”
“Till There’s Nothing Left”
“What Goodbye Means”
“Diane”
“Happier for You”
“Girl Like Me”