Tim McGraw Invites Fans To Be Part of the ACM Awards

Fans have the extraordinary opportunity to be part of a special moment during Tim McGraw’s live national broadcast debut performance of his new single, “Humble and Kind,” at the 51ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.

Beginning Monday, March 14, fans can submit images of themselves holding a sign that says a word or phrase that shows what “Humble and Kind” means to them (e.g. family, love, hope, brother, etc.). Submissions only accepted via Instagram or Facebook and must include the official hashtag, #HumbleandKindACMs. Select photos will be featured on screens behind McGraw during the live telecast of his performance. Additional rules and ideas can be viewed here: www.cbs.com/timmcgraw.

The 51st Academy Of Country Music Awards, co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley, is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV on Sunday, April 3rd at 8:00PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Drew Baldridge Releases “Rebound” Music Video

On Saturday (3.12), newcomer Drew Baldridge dropped the video for “Rebound,” a track on his anticipated June album. Already earning more than 83,000 views in 48 hours, the video coincides with the song’s airplay on SiriusXM’s “The Highway.”

Baldridge co-wrote the personal lyrics, enlisting co-writers Simone Simonton and Emily Weisband, who lends her sultry vocals to the tune.

“I can still feel the sting of that breakup. I think everybody’s been there,” Baldridge says about the song. “Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.”

Check out the video here, or watch below.

Levi Hummon To Release Self-Titled EP April 1

Nashville native Levi Hummon will debut his self-titled EP on Friday, April 1. Creating a buzz among critics, the burgeoning talent has already been named one of CMT’s Listen Up Artists, featured as a Rolling Stone Artist You Need To Know and highlighted as an Artist To Watch by The Huffington Post.

With lyrics and melodies firmly rooted in his DNA, The Valory Music Co. singer/songwriter contributed to four of the five tracks on the Jimmy Robbins produced project.

Having grown up with a variety of Entertainment industry influences, Levi credits early lessons in songwriting to his GRAMMY-Award winning father Marcus Hummon (Rascal Flatts’ “Bless The Broken Road” / Dixie Chicks’ “Cowboy Take Me Away”). Learning to bring his own unique ideas and visions to a musical life, Levi has collaborated with notable songwriters Jon Nite, Andrew Dorff, Shane MacAnally, Josh Osbourne, Tom Douglas, Nicolle Galyon, Hillary Lindsey and Liz Rose. In 2014, Levi caught the attention of Hall of Fame Songwriter and publisher Desmond Child, which led to to his song “Make It Love” being featured in Two: The Story of Roman & Nero and inclusion on the short list of nominations for the Oscar’s Best Original Song. In addition to his own songs, Levi’s songwriting credits include Superstar Steven Tyler’s current Country single “Red, White and You.”

LEVI HUMMON EP TRACKLISTING
1. “Life’s For Livin’” (Levi Hummon, Matt Jenkins, Jimmy Robbins)
2. “Chain Reaction” (Levi Hummon, Jon Nite, Jimmy Robbins)
3. “Love You Hate You Miss You” (Ryan Hurd, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz)
4. “Guts And Glory” (Levi Hummon, Tom Douglas, Travis Hill)
5. “Window Down Days” (Levi Hummon, Jon Nite, Jimmy Robbins)

Levi has been on the road opening multiple shows for Kelsea Ballerini in major cities from New York, to Chicago, to Los Angeles, as well as shows with Sam Hunt, Alabama, Dwight Yoakam, David Nail, Maddie & Tae, Dan + Shay, A Thousand Horses and Cam. This Spring Billy Currington will feature Levi on select dates of the Summer Forever Tour.

For the latest updates, visit LeviHummon.com.

Carrie Underwood Scores 23rd No.1 Single with “Heartbeat”

ACM Female Vocalist of the Year nominee and seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood has just achieved the 23rd #1 single of her career with “Heartbeat,” the second #1 single from her chart-topping album, Storyteller.  Her 13th #1 as a songwriter, “Heartbeat,” reached the top spot on both the Billboard and Mediabase country airplay charts. The song is also currently #1 on Canada’s Mediabase country airplay chart for a third consecutive week.

“Heartbeat,” written by Carrie, Zach Crowell, and Ashley Gorley, and produced by Crowell, is Carrie’s 13th #1 as a songwriter. Rolling Stone touted “Heartbeat” as “head-turningly sexy” and NASH Country Weekly says “Carrie interprets the message with real conviction and a passion that hits the right emotional notes.”

The music video for “Heartbeat,” directed by Randee St Nicholas, currently sits at #1 on GAC’s fan-voted Top 20 Country Countdown, where it’s reigned for 6 straight weeks.

Carrie wrapped up the international dates of The Storyteller Tour this past weekend, playing sold out shows at Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium, London’s O2 Arena, and Dublin’s 3 Arena. The weekend before Carrie played for the first time in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway to enthusiastic crowds. All 5 dates were a part of Country to Country (C2C), Europe’s biggest country music festival.

Maren Morris To Release Debut Album HERO June 3

Singer/songwriter Maren Morris is set to release, HERO, the Texas native’s first major label full length album on June 3. Morris co-wrote the songs that make-up HERO and shared the producing duties along with songwriter/producer busbee, who co-wrote “My Church” the debut hit song by Morris which made Country radio history the first week it hit the airwaves setting the record for the most first week stations at the single impact date for the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Country Aircheck’s Mediabase Chart with 107 first week Country radio chart reporting stations spinning the song. The previous record for a debut single was 99.

In addition to “My Church,” out of the 11 tracks that comprise HERO is the widely-loved fan favorite “80’s Mercedes,” steamy “How It’s Done,” the album closer “Once” which highlights the singer/songwriter’s vocal talent and “I Wish I Was” which inspired Morris to name the album HERO.

“‘I Wish I Was’ is the most autobiographical song on this record and I admittedly was not the hero in that story, but I am the hero in mine. I’ve come such a long way from who I was in Texas, who I am as a writer, who I am as a woman today. I think the message of this record is self acceptance and awareness, and that to me is heroic.”

Morris returns to her home state of Texas this week for multiple appearances at the annual SXSW Music Conference and Festival in Austin. Morris will perform at The Spotify House on Wednesday (March 16) and YouTube Music at Coppertank on Thursday (March 17).

In addition to her own headlining dates, Morris will kick off her HERO album release week with the first stop on the Keith Urban RipCORD World Tour 2016 on June 3 in Kansas City. Throughout the summer and fall, the RipCORD World Tour 2016 will take Morris to most major markets including Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, Philadelphia, Dallas, Chicago, Minneapolis and Washington, DC.

Morris has already been described as a “one woman southern gospel choir” [Storme Warren, SiriusXM’s The Highway] and as 2016 began she appeared on multiple “Watch Lists” including USA Today (5 Musicians To Watch Out For in 2016), SiriusXM (Artists to Watch in 2016), Huffington Post (#1 on their Country Artist’s to Watch in 2016), Boston Globe (16 Artists To Look Forward to Hearing in 2016) and Billboard, where Morris was featured as one of seven artists across all genres in the January 16 “Predictions Issue.”

HERO full track listing:
1. Sugar
Maren Morris/Brett Tyler/Laura Veltz
2. Rich
Maren Morris/Jessie Jo Dillon/Laura Veltz
3. My Church
Maren Morris/busbee
4. I Could Use a Love Song
Maren Morris/Jimmy Robbins/Laura Veltz
5. 80’s Mercedes
Maren Morris/busbee
6. Drunk Girls Don’t Cry
Maren Morris/Barry Dean/Luke Laird
7. How It’s Done
Maren Morris/busbee/Natalie Hemby
8. Just Another Thing
Maren Morris/Matt Dragstrem/Shane McAnally
9. I Wish I Was
Maren Morris/Natalie Hemby/Ryan Hurd
10. Second Wind
Maren Morris/Chris DeStefano/Shane McAnally
11. Once
Maren Morris/busbee