March 10, 2021 • No Comments • Country Music News

CBSMaren Morris is collaborating with John Mayer at the 2021 Grammy Awards. 

Maren shared a photo on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday showing her with the pop-rock superstar, both wearing masks backstage at the Los Angeles Convention Center. “We’ll see you at the Grammys,” she captioned the photo, adding the raised-eyes emoji.

John also posted the photo, tagging Maren alongside a firecracker emoji. Rehearsal photos released by CBS also show the two singers onstage together, John playing guitar while Maren sings, though it’s unknown what they will perform. 

The country star is nominated twice in the category of Best Country Song for her crossover hit “The Bones” and The Highwomen‘s “Crowded Table.”

Miranda Lambert and Mickey Guyton are among the other country performers taking the stage at the Grammys, airing on Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

By Cillea Houghton 
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March 10, 2021 • No Comments • Country Music News

UMG Nashville Travis Denning has officially released “ABBY” to country radio as his next single. 

The fan-favorite track is a clever breakup anthem wherein Travis tells his ex that he does indeed have a new lover, and it’s ABBY — “Any Body But You.” 

“Ever since I first heard ‘ABBY’ I felt like it would connect with fans, but I had no idea it would have this crazy anthemic life it’s grown into. It has by far become the most fun song to play live, and hearing people chant ‘A-B-B-Y’ always fires me up,” Travis says. “I’m so excited for it to finally be hitting country radio.”

“ABBY” follows Travis’ chart-topping single “After a Few,” which became his first #1 hit in 2020. It’s featured on his latest EP, Beer’s Better Cold. 

The Georgia native is also nominated for New Male Artist of the Year at the 2021 ACM Awards.

By Cillea Houghton 
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ABCEric Church is offering the studio perspective of his latest release, “Never Break Heart.”

In a new video, Eric takes us inside the studio to watch the recording process. The singer ditches his signature dark Ray-Bans for glasses and a scarf as he sings behind the mic and workshops the song with his collaborators. There’s also footage of the musicians at work and black-and-white photos from the session, where smiles abound.

The clip concludes with a sweeping landscape shot of the snow-covered mountains in North Carolina where Eric and crew recorded his upcoming triple album, Heart & Soul, during a 28-day retreat in January 2020. 

Leading up to the album’s release next month, The Chief has been sharing studio videos of the songs exclusively with his Church Choir fan club members before releasing them to the public. 

“Never Break Heart” is featured on the first album, Heart, out on April 16, followed by & on April 20, which will be available to Church Choir members. The trilogy concludes on April 23 with Soul.

By Cillea Houghton 
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Capitol Records Nashville In honor of her birthday on Wednesday, Carrie Underwood has shared “Nothing but the Blood of Jesus,” off her gospel album, My Savior. 

Carrie adds an acoustic guitar to the hymn that dates back to 1876, along with background harmonies from Bear Rinehart of Christian rock band Needtobreathe.  

“#NothingButTheBloodOfJesus is my birthday gift to YOU!” Carrie says on Instagram. 

“I feel like this one was the one we were searching for,” she expands in a behind-the-scenes video about the song, adding that they wanted to add “tempo” and “harmonies” to the performance, which inspired her to call upon Bear. “We were talking about how we could hear a certain voice in the mix, just make it sound a little more current, and I definitely feel like we did that.” 

“Nothing but the Blood of Jesus” is the third song Carrie has released from My Savior, alongside “Softly and Tenderly” and “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” the latter featuring CeCe Winans. The album will be released March 26. 

By Cillea Houghton 
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