Blanco Brown To Release Debut Album “Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs” on October 11

Blanco Brown, the mastermind behind the viral sensation “The Git Up” announces his debut full-length album, Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs, will be released October 11 and is available for pre-order digitally via BBR Music Group. Inspired by his youth growing up in Atlanta during the school year and rural Georgia during the summers, the album title is a tribute to his split-location upbringing that taught him the value of diversity and uniting people, things and sounds, which ultimately lead to the creation of TrailerTrap, a new genre that fuses hip hop beats with 808’s and traditional Country music.

Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs is a nod to the bittersweet memories because no matter where he was, in the city projects or the sticks of Butler, the smell of honeysuckle and the mystifying glow of fireflies filled the air, making him feel at home.

Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs is a full-fledged collection of music that delves deep into this fusion of sound. The music draws upon the rawness and storytelling abilities of his two biggest musical influences, Johnny Cash and Outkast, to seamlessly blend genres, providing the world with the first TrailerTrap album. Ranging from the nostalgic ballad “Ghett Ol Memories,” to the empowering and uplifting “Georgia Power,” Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs takes listeners on an odyssey filled with life lessons, emotional passages and anecdotes from Brown’s life. Having wrote/co-wrote and produced every track, in addition to playing many of the instruments, the album is uniquely Blanco Brown.

 “This album represents everything I stand for and all of the different entities of my life—for a long time, I was anxious about releasing my own music, I often wondered what the outcome would be and if people would accept my sound, culture, music and the TrailerTrap lifestyle but I’m finally ready to be my own narrator,” said Blanco Brown. “I credit my friends, fans and family for rooting me on, giving me the confidence I lacked and propelling me to this moment.”

The world got its first taste of Blanco’s work as an artist with the global smash, “The Git Up,” which is Top 20 on the Top 40 radio chart and remains the top-selling digital Country song in the United States this week (via Nielsen Music) for its 11th  week and has claimed the #1 spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart, for nine weeks. The viral track Rolling Stone said is “one exciting glimpse at a possible future path for country, soul and the considerable space where the two overlap,” was shared on April 26 via SoundCloud, along with a social video of Blanco performing the dance which has since spawned nearly 3 billion viral views and millions of user-generated videos using #TheGitUpChallenge.

“I can’t identify why I love (or don’t love) a song. I just know what it feels like and how it hits me personally. This album has all of the elements of sound that I love and relate to,” added Brown. “I went into the creation process and just allowed music to be what music is— it’s un-boxable and I hope people find something in this album that hits them.”

A true creative visionary, Blanco can draw/paint/design (he created the single art, EP cover and album cover) and has a unique gift of seeing colors when creating music and identifies the emotion of his songs through colors. The album will come with a color chart of emotions that correlates to each song. Fans who pre-order Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs now will instantly receive five tracks: “CountryTime,” “Georgia Power,” “Ghett Ol Memories,” “Tn Whiskey,” and “The Git Up.”

TRACK LISTING:

  1. “Temporary Insanity” — (Bennie Amey III)
  2. “HeadNod” — (Bennie Amey III, Sam DiCesare, Abraham Abushmais, Ken Fambro)
  3. “Funky Tonk” — (Bennie Amey III, Bennie Amey Jr., Quintin Amey, James Brabham)
  4. “CountryTime” — (Bennie Amey III, Sam DiCesare, Abraham Abushmais)
  5. “Georgia Power” — (Bennie Amey III, Isaiah Brown, John Whitfield, Dominic Crawford)
  6. “Gemini (Damn Right)” — (Bennie Amey III, Quintin Amey)
  7. “Ghett Ol Memories” — (Bennie Amey III, Corey Marquez Stephens, Liby Vongmanee)
  8. “Don’t Love Her” — (Bennie Amey III, Sam Dicesare)
  9. “Tn Whiskey” — (Bennie Amey III)
  10.  “The Git Up” — (Bennie Amey III)

For more information, please visit his website and follow along on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

Jason Aldean To Embark On 2020 We Back Tour

Reigning ACM “Artist of the Decade” Jason Aldean announced details today for his 2020 WE BACK TOUR launching Jan. 30 in Columbia, SC. Named after the new lead single from his upcoming ninth studio album, 9  (Macon Music/Broken Bow Records), which will be released Nov. 22, the 20-city trek will span across the US through March.

For the first leg of the tour, the multi-Platinum entertainer has tapped direct support Morgan Wallen, Riley Green and Dee Jay Silver. Live Nation is the national tour promoter and Citi is the official presale credit card of the 2020 WE BACK TOUR and as such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets on Tuesday (9/17 at 12:00P local time) through Citi EntertainmentSM. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

General on-sale begins this Friday (9/20 at 10:00A local time) for select cities at www.jasonaldean.com, with additional ticket on-sale information continuing to rollout over the coming weeks.

2020 WE BACK TOUR Dates: 
1/30/2020        Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
1/31/2020        Orlando, FL – Amway Center
2/01/2020        Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
2/06/2020        Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena**
2/07/2020        Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center Arena**
2/08/2020        Fargo, ND – Fargodome**
2/13/2020        Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center
2/14/2020        Springfield, MO – JQH Arena**
2/15/2020        Wichita, KS – InTrust Bank Arena
2/20/2020        Charleston, WV – Charleston Coliseum
2/21/2020        Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena*
2/27/2020        Bossier City, LA – CenturyLink Center
2/28/2020        Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Arena
2/29/2020        Jonesboro, AR – First National Bank Arena**
3/05/2020        Lafayette, LA – Cajundome
3/06/2020        Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum**
3/07/2020        Tupelo, MS – BancorpSouth Arena
3/12/2020        Madison, WI  – Veterans Memorial Coliseum**
3/13/2020        Columbia, MO – Mizzou Arena
3/14/2020        St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center**
*Lineup May Vary
**Notes General on-sale begins this Friday (9/20)

Miranda Lambert And The Women On Her Tour Release Special Track To Kick Off The Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour

Miranda Lambert and the women of the Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour are kicking off the cross-country trek in style, releasing today a special version of “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” featuring Maren Morris, Elle King, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, and Caylee Hammack – all of whom will open for Lambert on select dates. Listen here.

“The girls on the Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars Tour can sing their asses off,” said Lambert. “There’s something crazy about seeing these artists with a new fire in their eyes. It reignites your own flame. I’m so excited to watch them every night on tour.”

The Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour launches this evening with a two-night stand at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT and ushers in a new artistic chapter for Lambert, who will release her eagerly anticipated studio album Wildcard Nov. 1 via Vanner Records/RCA Nashville.

Lambert’s first collaboration with producer Jay Joyce, Wildcard features Top 20 lead single “It All Comes Out in the Wash,” as well as recently-released “foot-stompin’ barnburner” (NPR) “Locomotive,” “crunchy, frisky jam” (Stereogum) “Mess with My Head,” “irresistibly catchy” (SPIN) “Bluebird,” “fun-loving” (NASH Country Daily) “Pretty Bitchin’,” and “instant honky-tonk jukebox classic” (Billboard) “Way Too Pretty for Prison,” which features Maren Morris. Listeners can pre-order and pre-add the album to their collections now.

Tickets for the Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour are available now. Full details here.

King Calaway’s Debut Album RIVERS Set For Release On October 4

Rising Nashville band King Calaway announced its debut full-length album Rivers will be released on October 4 via BBR Music Group’s Stoney Creek Records – and is now available for pre-order here. Fans who pre-order the album now will instantly receive the five tracks on their eponymous EP released in January – “No Matter What,” “Rivers,” “I Do,” “World For Two” and “Love the One You’re With” – along with a brand-new track, “Driver’s Seat.” Check out an acoustic performance of “Driver’s Seat” HERE.

“We’re so excited to announce the release of a record we’ve worked so hard on this past year. Everyone who worked on this album shared a similar vision of creating an authentic, original sound while spreading a message of positivity through the lyrics and melodies,” singer and guitarist Chad Michael Jervis says of album. “With our love and passion for making music, the title track mirrors who we want to be as a group. I know where we belong, I know where we feel free. And it goes on and on, like rivers to the sea. We hope our debut album inspires others the way our favorite albums have inspired us.”

The band of six is also confirmed to make its debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden on October 8 where they will perform the album’s foot-stomping anthem and title track “Rivers.”

The album’s current single “World For Two” was the Most Added song at Country radio in its first week at US radio, is currently in the Top 10 for consumption per spin and streams per spin, streaming 1.5 million a week, and currently has 38 millions streams to date and continues to grow rapidly across streaming platform

Rivers TRACK LISTING:

  1. No Matter What – (Andy Albert, Paul DiGiovanni, Jordan Schmidt, Mitchell Tenpenny, Devin Dawson)
  2. More Than I Do – (Nate Cyphert, Ben West, Laura Veltz)
  3. Rivers –  (RuthAnne Cunningham, Teddy Geiger, Bruce Fielder, Tom Parker, ØJM)
  4. Obvious – (Steven Lee Olsen, Nolan Sipe, Brandon Day)
  5. Missing You – (Dave Barnes, Jordan Reynolds)
  6. Driver’s Seat – (Josh Hoge, David Ryan Harris,  David Hodges)
  7. Grow Old – (RuthAnne Cunningham, Tom Parker, ØJM)
  8. I Do – (Ross Copperman, Jon Nite, Brad Warren, Brett Warren)
  9. Picture of the Way You Are – (Barry Dean, William Rinehart, Jimmy Robbins)
  10. World For Two – (Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne, James Abrahart)
  11. Love the One You’re With – (Stephen Stills)
  12. I Did – (Logan Turner)

Brantley Gilbert Set To Get Fired Up This Winter With His 2020 Fire’t Up Tour

Just a few short weeks before the much-anticipated Oct. 4 release of his fifth studio album Fire & Brimstone via The Valory Music Co., Brantley Gilbert, billed as an artist who “never fails to deliver” by American Songwriter, is already looking for opportunities to bring the music to his faithful BG Nation with a brand new 2020 tour. Fire’t Up Tour, aptly named after track one on his upcoming 15-song album (all written/co-written by Gilbert), will kick off Jan. 23 in London, Ontario and hit 34 cities across the country and Canada, before concluding May 8 in Colorado. “Fire’t Up” from forthcoming Fire & Brimstone available HERE.

Gilbert – who identifies as a songwriter first – has invited fellow singer/songwriters to join as tour special guests: Chase Rice who The New York Times praises for his “prime power country” style, known for hits “Eyes On You” and “Lonely If You Are”; Louisiana-native, country singer/songwriter Dylan Scott, whose hits include “My Girl” and “Hooked,” and current single, “Nothing To Do Town”; and a man Rolling Stone calls “a country-rock version of Bruce Springsteen” after last year’s opening slot on Kenny Chesney’s Trip Around The Sun Tour, EMI recording artist Brandon Lay.

“I truly feel like we’re at the point that we can let the music take us where it is meant to go, so with every new album we like to change up our show and make it something that plays to those stories and characters,” shares Gilbert. “We’ll of course still do the hits our fans love, but we are looking at this as an opportunity to turn up the heat a bit and give the songs on Fire & Brimstone a chance to really rock.”

Gilbert’s fifth studio album set for release on Oct. 4 features a series of powerhouse collaborations with some of country music’s finest artists such as Lindsay Ell, Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson and Colt Ford.

Shortly after the album’s October release, Gilbert will set sail for his Second Annual Kick It in the Ship cruise. He will be joined by Rice, LANCO, Diamond Rio, Tyler Farr, Danielle Bradbery, Jon Langston, Colt Ford, Tyler Rich, SixForty1, Trea Landon, Sam Grow, Tyler Braden, Brian Davis, Tyler Booth and more as they rock the high-seas from Miami to Cozumel this November.

2020 “Fire’t Up Tour” dates are as follows:
Thu    1/23/2020                 London, ON                      Budweiser Gardens
Fri      1/24/2020                 Oshawa, ON                     Tribute Communities Centre
Sat     1/25/2020                 Mashantucket, Conn.        Foxwoods Resort
Thu    1/30/2020                 Moline, Ill.                          TaxSlayer Center
Fri      1/31/2020                 Highland Heights, Ky.         BB&T Arena
Sat     2/1/2020                   Salem, Va.                          Salem Civic Center
Thu    2/6/2020                   Green Bay, Wis.                  Resch Center
Fri      2/7/2020                   Minneapolis, Minn.              Target Center
Sat     2/8/2020                   Milwaukee, Wis.                   Fiserv Forum
Thu    2/13/2020                 Greensboro, N.C.                 Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Fri      2/14/2020                  Louisville, Ky.                       KFC Yum! Center
Sat     2/15/2020                  Chattanooga, Tenn.             McKenzie Arena at UTC
Thu    2/20/2020                  Evansville, Ind.                     The Ford Center
Fri      2/21/2020                  North Little Rock, Ark.          Verizon Arena
Sat    2/22/2020                  Tulsa, Okla.                           BOK Center
Thu   2/27/2020                  Toledo, Ohio                          Huntington Center
Fri      2/28/2020                  Youngstown, Ohio                Covelli Centre
Sat    2/29/2020                  Pikeville, Ky.                          Appalachian Wireless Arena
Thu    3/19/2020                  Nampa, Idaho                    Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
Fri      3/20/2020                  Portland, Ore.                       Moda Center
Sat     3/21/2020                  Tacoma, Wash.                     Tacoma Dome
Thu    3/26/2020                    Ontario, Calif.                       Citizens Business Bank Arena
Fri      3/27/2020                    Fresno, Calif.                        Save Mart Center
Sat     3/28/2020                    Las Vegas, Nev.                The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan
Thu    4/16/2020                    Greenville, S.C.^                    Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Fri      4/17/2020                    Tuscaloosa, Ala.^                  Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
Sat     4/18/2020                    Orange Beach, Ala.^              The Wharf Amphitheater
Thu    4/23/2020                    Florence, S.C.^                       Florence Civic Center
Fri      4/24/2020                    Charleston, W. Va.^                Charleston Civic Center
Sat     4/25/2020                    Knoxville, Tenn.^                    Knoxville Coliseum
Thu    4/30/2020                    Lincoln, Neb.  ^                       Pinnacle Bank Arena
Fri      5/1/2020                      Sioux Falls, S.D.^           Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
Sat     5/2/2020                      Grand Forks, N.D.^                 Alerus Center
Fri      5/8/2020                      Morrison, Colo.^                      Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Features opener Chase Rice (^): All other dates feature Dylan Scott          

Fire & Brimstone Track Listing:
1. “Fire’t Up” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Brandon Day, Justin Weaver)
2. “Not Like Us” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Rhett Akins, Brock Berryhill, Amy Wadge)
3. “Welcome To Hazeville” (featuring Colt Ford, Lukas Nelson and Willie Nelson) (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Rodney Clawson, Andrew DeRoberts, Colt Ford)
4. “What Happens In A Small Town” (featuring Lindsay Ell) (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Rhett Akins, Brock Berryhill, Josh Dunne)
5. “She Ain’t Home” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Brian Davis, Justin Weaver)
6. “Lost Soul’s Prayer” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Andrew DeRoberts)
7. “Tough Town” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Blake Chaffin, Andrew DeRoberts, Josh Phillips)
8. “Fire & Brimstone” (featuring Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss) (Written by Brantley Gilbert)
9. “Laid Back Ride” (Written by Brantley Gilbert)
10. “Bad Boy” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Andrew DeRoberts, Josh Phillips)
11. “New Money” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Rhett Akins, Brock Berryhill, Brandon Day)
12. “Breaks Down” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Jaida Dreyer, Josh Mirenda, Justin Weaver)
13. “Man Of Steel” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Cole Taylor)
14. “Never Gonna Be Alone” (Written by Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Erik Dylan)
15. “Man That Hung The Moon” (Written by Brantley Gilbert)