New Corb Lund Album Due in August; Zac Brown Band to Play Home Run Derby; Stream The Last Ride Soundtrack
- Due out August 14: Cabin Fever from Corb Lund. The album will include “Bible on the Dash,” a co-write and duet with Hayes Carll. (via press release)
- Check out the video for “Life Goes On,” a song on the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer compilation, featuring Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley, Randy Kohrs, and lots more.
- There’s a new SteelDrivers album scheduled for release in early fall.
- Trombone Shorty tore it up on the World Café.
- Read an excerpt from Marc Dolan’s Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
- American Songwriter premiered a Flatlanders song, “Shadow of the Moon,” from the upcoming album The Odessa Tapes (due out 8/28), which consists of “recently discovered recordings from 1972 that were believed lost for nearly 40 years.”
- Carrie Underwood’s next single will be “Blown Away.”
- Jason Aldean got ticketed at the beach for swimming while there were warnings posted.
- Zac Brown Band will perform before the Home Run Derby next month as part of the All-Star Game festivities in Kansas City.
- The soundtrack for Hank Williams film The Last Ride can be streamed on Facebook.
- Jerry Douglas will play his cover of Lead Belly’s “On a Monday,” from upcoming album Traveler, on tonight’s Late Show with David Letterman. Del McCoury will contribute harmony vocals.
- Loretta Lynn stage banter about the recent controversy over her age: “I don’t care how old I am, if I’m 90, I still look good don’t I?” she asked to the roar of a crowd. “That’s one thing that never did bother me, you know. That things age. But last year I was feeling so guilty because I was feeling so good.”
- Today in Unholy Alliances: Colt Ford and Jake Owen have teamed up for Ford’s new single, “Back.”
- Looks like a good time was had by all at Vince Gill’s fan club party.
- If you haven’t seen the (highly recommended) Chet Atkins exhibit at the Hall of Fame, you should make plans to do so before it closes on July 15.
- To celebrate Father’s Day, get a free download of Kevin Fowler’s “Daddies and Daughters.”
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