New album for Hank Jr

Old School, New Rules is the title of the new Hank Williams, Jr. album, which is set for release on July 10th.

Among the songs in the new collection is a duet with Brad Paisley ("I’m Gonna Get Drunk And Play Hank Williams") as well as a new duet with Merle Haggard ("I Think I’ll Just Sit Here and Drink.") The first single from the album (Hank's first release in several years) "That Ain’t Good," has just been sent to radio stations.

You can buy the album now on pre-sale at www.hankjr.com.

Track Listing for "Old School, New Rules":
1. Takin’ Back The Country
2. I’m Gonna Get Drunk And Play Hank Williams (w/ Brad Paisley)
3. Three Day Trip
4. Old School
5. We Don’t Apologize for America
6. You Win Again
7. Cow Turd Blues
8. Who’s Takin’ Care of Number One
9. That Ain’t Good
10.Keep The Change
11.Stock Market Blues
12.I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink (w/ Merle Haggard)

Gloriana to release new album

Gloriana, the Country music trio made up of brothers Tom and Mike Gossin, as well as Rachel Reinert, will release its second studio album, A Thousand Miles Left Behind on July 31st.

The trio had a hand in writing all 11 tracks on the album. The first single released is "(Kissed You) Good Night"

For more information about Gloriana, visit www.gloriana.com.

Marlee Scott to release "Beautiful Maybe"

Country artist Marlee Scott will be releasing her debut album, Beautiful Maybe, on June 19th. Her current single, Train Wreck, is quickly rising up the Country charts. The song features guest vocals from Vince Gill.

Beautiful Maybe album track list:

"Beautiful Maybe"
"Jane Doe"
"I Love Hating You"
"I Won't Love You Anymore"
"I'm Not Your Baby Anymore"
"Let It Rain"
"Planet Of Your Own"
"Rhinestone In The Rough"
"Crazy For You"
"Kiss Of Coming Home"
"Train Wreck"
"Life Is Not A Movie"

Brandi Carlile's new album

Brandi Carlie has a new album set for release on Tuesday, June 5th. Bear Creek, Brandi's fourth studio album was recorded at Bear Creek Studios outside of Seattle. The first single from the album, "That Wasn't Me," is available online now.

Brandi has also performed a few other songs from the album at various shows recently. You can find them on YouTube.

the track listing for Bear Creek:
1 - Hard Way Home
2 - Raise Hell
3 - Save Part Of Yourself
4 - That Wasn't Me
5 - Keep Your Heart Young
6 - 100
7 - A Promise To Keep
8 - I'll Still Be There
9 - What Did I Ever Come Here For
10 - Heart's Content
11 - Rise Again
12 - In The Morrow
13 - Just Kids

Waylon Jennings' final recordings

An album featuring some of the final recordings from country legend Waylon Jennings is scheduled to be released September 11th. Goin’ Down Rockin’: The Last Recordings of Waylon Jennings will be filled with recordings that Waylon made during his last few years before his death in 2002, helped by his longtime accompanist, Robby Turner. Waylon wrote all but one of the 12 songs on the new album.


Tracklisting for "Goin’ Down Rockin’: The Last Recordings of Waylon Jennings":
1. Goin’ Down Rockin'
2. Belle of The Ball
3. If My Harley Was Runnin'
4. I Do Believe
5. Friends In California
6. The Ways of the World
7. Shakin' The Blues
8. Never Say Die
9. Wasting Time
10.Sad Songs & Waltzes
11.She Was no Good for Me
12.Wrong Road To Nashville

Alan Jackson - Thirty Miles West

Alan Jackson has a new album, Thirty Miles West, that will be released on June 5th. AJ's long-time producer Keith Stegall is back at the helm of this new collection of songs. The first single, "So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore," is currently making its way towards the top of the charts.

The album title refers to the area where Alan grew up- "about thirty miles west of the official part of the Dixie Highway that runs through Georgia."

Aaron Lewis to release new country album

Aaron Lewis will be releasing a full length country album, The Road, on June 26th.



Lewis wrote every song on the 10 track collection, except for "Grandaddy’s Gun", which was written by Bobby Pinson, Rhett Akins, and Dallas Davidson.

Last year, the Staind frontman released his successful solo EP, Town Line, and Gold single “Country Boy," which featured country legends George Jones & Charlie Daniels.

Track listing:
75
The Road
Endless Summer
Red, White & Blue
Lessons Learned
Forever
Grandaddy’s Gun
State Lines
Anywhere But Here
Party In Hell

Lee Brice to release new album

Lee Brice will be releasing his long-awaited second Curb Records album "Hard 2 Love" on Tuesday, April 24th. The album's first single is "A Woman Like You", and is already nearing gold certification with a track record of 450,000 digital downloads already sold. Lee co-wrote eight of the 13 tracks on the album.

Tracks include:

1. Hard To Love
2. A Woman Like You
3. That’s When You Know It’s Over
4. Parking Lot Party
5. Don't Believe Everything You Think
6. I Drive Your Truck
7. See About A Girl
8. Friends We Won’t Forget
9. Life Off My Years
10. Seven Days A Thousand Times
11. Beer
12. That Way Again
13. One More Day

Hank III to release new album on April 17th

Hank III has a new project, "Long Gone Daddy", being released on April 17th. The package is a 10-song collection that has Hank III paying homage to his grandfather, Hank Williams, Sr ("I’m A Long Gone Daddy," "Neath A Cold Gray Tomb of Stone," and the title track, as well as Merle Haggard ("The Bottle Let Me Down"), Johnny Cash ("Wreck of the Old 97") and Waylon & Willie ("Good Hearted Woman").

The singer-songwriter Hank Williams influenced most – on this record, at least – is Hank III, whose remarkable vocal, including yodeling sendoff on the title track, would have been just right on a circa 1950 Grand Ole Opry or Louisiana Hayride stage.

Track Listing:
1) I'm A Long Gone Daddy
2) Sun Comes Up
3) The Bottle Let Me Down
4) Wreck Of The Old '97
5) Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone
6) The Wind Blew Cold
7) Good Hearted Woman
8) This Ain't Montgomery (with Joey Allcorn)
9) What They Want Me To Be
10) If The Shoe Fits (Shuffle Mix)

Best of Hank Jr to be released

On March 27th, Curb Records will be releasing a retrospective collection of signature hits from Hank Williams, Jr. It will feature 22 of Hank Jr.’s best songs that span decades of his career.

Tracks include:
"Family Tradition"
"Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound"
"Women I've Never Had"
"Outlaw Women"
"Kaw-Liga"
"Old Habits"
"Dinosaur"
"The Blues Man"
"Texas Women"
"Dixie On My Mind"
"All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)"
"A Country Boy Can Survive"
"If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie"
"The Conversation"
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"
"Country State Of Mind"
"Born To Boogie"
"If The South Woulda Won"
"There's A Tear In My Beer" (with Hank Williams)
"Red, White, & Pink-Slip Blues"
"Bartender Song (Sittin’ At The Bar)" (with Rehab)
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming For Monday Night Football"

Neal McCoy to release new album

It's been five years since his last album, but Neal McCoy has a new album, XII, being released on March 6th. On this new offering, Neal enlists the help of Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, and Brent Rowan to produce and record the album.



The first single from the album, "A-OK" featured harmony vocals from Blake and Miranda.

XII tracklist:
1. A-OK
2. Real Good Feel Good
3. Judge A Man By The Woman
4. Mouth
5. Shotgun Rider
6. That’s You
7. Crazy Women
8. Lucky Enough
9. Every Fire
10. That’s Just How She Gets
11. Borderline Crazy
12. Van Gogh

Janie Fricke - the other side of country

Janie Fricke has always been one of my favorite singers. On this new release, Country Side of Bluegrass, she gives her biggest hits a little bluegrass flavor. The album is available on iTunes, Amazon.com MP3, Amazon.com CD, and www.janiefricke.com

Track List:

1. You Don’t Know Love
2. Goodbye Broken Heart
3. Do Me With Love
4. Faithless Love
5. He’s A Heartache
6. Please Help Me, I’m Falling (In Love With You)
7. She’s Single Again
8. I’ll Need Someone To Hold Me (When I Cry)
9. Down To My Last Broken Heart
10. Tell Me A Lie
11. It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Easy
12. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me Baby
13. Ring of Fire (Bonus Track)

Kellie Pickler - 100 Proof

Kellie Pickler will release 100 Proof on Jan. 24. The album is her third release. It includes 11 songs, including six that Kellie co-wrote.

With 100 Proof, Kellie brings a more traditional sounding country album, with her intent to pay homage to her musical influences, such as Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, and Loretta Lynn.

100 Proof track listing:

1. Where’s Tammy Wynette
2. Unlock That Honky Tonk
3. Stop Cheatin’ On Me
4. Long As I Never See You Again
5. Tough
6. Turn On The Radio And Dance
7. Mother’s Day
8. Rockaway (The Rockin’ Chair Song)
9. Little House On The Highway
10. 100 Proof
11. The Letter (To Daddy)


Fans can pre-order 100 Proof now on iTunes at http://bit.ly/tHNwQz.

Kellie is also giving fans the opportunity to unlock and stream one new song a day from 100 Proof by "liking" her Facebook page.

Gene Watson to bring 'Best of the Best'

Gene Watson will be celebrating his 50 years of making country music with a release of "Best of the Best: 25 Greatest Hits" on February 14.

The album features re-recorded versions of his classics, such as "Love In The Hot Afternoon," "Farewell Party," "Fourteen Carat Mind," "Memories To Burn," and more.

Grimes to release "Visions"

Grimes, a project of Claire Boucher, will release the new album, Visions, to those outside of Canada on February 21st, which coincides with a tour through the US & Canada. The album will be released to the rest of the world on March 12th. The tour is scheduled to reach Europe in May.

Track list for Visions
1. Infinite ♡ Without Fulfillment
2. Genesis
3. Oblivion
4. Eight
5. Circumambient
6. Vowels = Space and Time
7. Visiting Statue
8. Be A Body
9. Colour of Moonlight (Antiochus) (feat. Doldrums)
10. Symphonia IX (My Wait Is U)
11. Nightmusic (feat. Majical Cloudz)
12. Skin
13. Know The Way (Outro)

Check out the first single, Genesis

Dierks Bentley - Home

Dierks Bentley's upcoming Capitol Nashville album, Home, is set for release on February 7th. This will be the sixth album for Dierks.

Dierks wrote four of the songs on the album, including the first single, "Am I The Only One," as well as the title track. Dierks brings in guests, including Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town on "When You Gonna Come Around," as well as bluegrass players Sam Bush and Tim O’Brien on "Heart of a Lonely Girl." There's also a hidden special guest on the final track.

Track List for "Home":

1. Am I The Only One
2. Gonna Die Young
3. Tip It On Back
4. Home
5. Diamonds Make Babies
6. In My Head
7. Breathe You In
8. The Woods
9. When You Gonna Come Around (Featuring Karen Fairchild)
10. 5-1-5-0
11. Heart Of A Lonely Girl
12. Thinking Of You

For more album details and for a full list of tour dates, visit www.dierks.com.

Tim McGraw releases "emotional traffic"

Tim McGraw & Curb Records will be getting the new year off & running with the release of Tim's new album, Emotional Traffic, on January 24th. The album was produced by Tim's longtime producer, Byron Gallimore.

Emotional Traffic includes 12 new tracks, with "Felt Good On My Lips" as the first single released, which has already been certified digital gold. His current single from the album, "Better Than I Used To Be", has just recently been released and is now climbing the charts.

Tim collaborates with R&B pop artist Ne-Yo on "Only Human". Other highlights include "I will not fall down", a song co-written by Tim, Martina McBride and The Warren Brothers.

The track listing for Emotional Traffic:

1. Halo
2. Right Back Actha Babe
3. One Part, Two Part
4. I Will Not Fall Down
5. The One
6. Better Than I Used To Be
7. Touchdown Jesus
8. The One That Got Away
9. Felt Good On My Lips
10. Hey Now
11. Only Human
12. Die By My Own Hand

Martha Berner's "Fool's Fantasy" released Dec 13th

Martha Berner will release her first album since her debut "...this side of yesterday" in 2005.


"Fool's Fantasy" will be released on Tuesday, December 13th. The album was recorded at Chicago's premiere digital recording studio, Stranded On A Planet, with producer Scott Fritz.


Martha Berner & The Significant Others (including Scott Fritz, Tyson Ellert, and Will Sprawls)

Take a listen to the first single, "Cry"

Martina McBride debuts 11th album on October 11

Martina McBride will be releasing her 11th studio album, aptly titled, ELEVEN, on October 11th.

The album will feature some of Martina's most personal songs to date, with Martina penning 6 of the 11 tracks.

Oak Ridge Boys - It's only natural

The Oak Ridge Boys will release their new album, It’s Only Natural through the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® exclusive music program on September 19, 2011. The album will celebrate the 30th year of one of their biggest hits, "Elvira" with a rerecording of the song along with six other Oak Ridge Boys hits, plus five new songs.


Tracks for It’s Only Natural:

1. What’cha Gonna Do?
2. True Heart
3. Before I Die
4. Gonna Take a Lot of River
5. No Matter How High
6. The Shade
7. Elvira
8. Louisiana Red Dirt Highway
9. Beyond Those Years
10. Wish You Could Have Been There
11. Lucky Moon
12. Sacrifice… For Me


For more information: http://oakridgeboys.com/natural