Middle Installment From Three-Part Heart & Soul Project Features Current Single “Doing Life With Me”

Having recently celebrated the first anniversary of his ambitiously groundbreaking Heart & Soultriple album release, Eric Church fans everywhere can now enjoy the middle installment of the project, with the & album previously available only to the Church Choir now offered publicly HERE via standard CD, black vinyl and digital platforms.

“Small but mighty, the six-song collection simmers on vulnerable hits,” praises Entertainment Weekly of the Jay Joyce-produced project, with The Wall Street Journal celebrating Church as “knowledgeable and respectful of Country’s history, but not shackled by it” and Forbes acknowledging his penchant for “super-serving his loyal Church Choir crowd.”

Like chart-topping bookends Heart and Soul, & is the result of the famed marathon session Church spent sequestered in rural North Carolina, writing and recording a song from start to finish each day for nearly a month. In addition to earning massive critical acclaim and a Best Country Solo Performance GRAMMY nomination, the initial trifecta release also made waves atop the Billboard charts. Church replaced himself atop the all-genre Top Album Sales chart in back-to-back weeks, with all three albums landing in the Top 10 concurrently and Church becoming the first country artist to simultaneously occupy the two top spots on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart since its inception in 2011, with Soul and & respectively.

As well as the poignant “Through My Ray Bans,” dedicated to the fans he played for at Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival, the & album also features four new-to-the-public songs – “Do Side,” “Kiss Her Goodbye,” “Mad Man” and “Lone Wolf” – plus the 2020 CMA Entertainer of the Year’s latest single, “Doing Life With Me.”

Williams’ next performance is on August 27th in Newport, KY

Eastern Kentuckian Tiffany Williams is an award-winning fiction writer and a self-described lexophile who’s taught high school English and studied Appalachian speech and sociolinguistics in graduate school—not to mention working as a dialect coach on the set of “The Evening Hour,” which debuted at Sundance in 2020. She’s also the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of eastern Kentucky coal miners. Williams’ profound way with words combined with her unique perspective of culture and heritage shines on her debut full-length album All Those Days of Drinking Dust, which was released today to the delight of fans and critics alike.

All Those Days of Drinking Dust can now be purchased or streamed by following this link. Williams’ tour continues on August 27th in Newport, Kentucky and she will make her Mountain Stage debut on August 28. A full list of tour dates can be found below or at tiffanymwilliams.com.

More About All Those Days of Drinking Dust: Williams and legendary Lexington, Kentucky-based producer Duane Lundy (Ringo Starr, Jim James, Sturgill Simpson, Vandaveer) recruited an eclectic band of pickers from the Commonwealth that add energy and nuance to each track. Virtuoso cellist Ben Sollee lends a ghostly vibe to “The Sea,” while J. Tom Hnatow adds bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and steel to other tracks throughout. There’s percussion from Tripp Bratton; contributions on keys, acoustic, and electric guitars from Justin Craig; fiddle stylings from Ellie Miller; and Taylor Shuck on banjo. Fellow Kentuckian and noted New York Times best-selling novelist Silas House adds vocals to a lively duet. Lundy not only produced and contributed keys but also engineered and mixed the recording.

Along with the standout title track that opens the album, the recording is a vocal tour de force with songs all written by Williams. They run the gamut from a timely track about a woman who has nothing in her purse except “an EBT card and two full packs of Winston Lights” (“Don’t Give a Damn”) to a stunning ballad called “Harder Heart,” showcasing a narrator who wishes she weren’t so forgiving. Another highlight is “The Sea,” an image-driven articulation of longing. This theme shows up less hopefully on “Wanted It To Be” and more laidback on “When I Come Back Around,” a lively, banjo-driven duet about two people who love each other but also need to make their own ways in life. “No Bottom” plays like a powerful short story as a monologue about someone who realizes she should have taken better care of herself instead of tending to everyone else. Williams’ truest power as a vocalist is the genuine ache she possesses, never better showcased than on the closing track, “The Waiting,” when she sings “I love you like the mountains love the warm sunrise/I love you/Is that alright?”

TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE TEXAS COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME THIS WEEKEND IN CARTHAGE, TEXAS

CMA and ACM award-winning and Grammy-nominated hitmaker, David Frizzell will have the prestigious honor of being inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame this coming weekend in Carthage, Texas. The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame celebrates outstanding contributors to the industry and will also induct Buddy Holly and The Texas Tenors.

“This weekend really is going to be something special for me,” says David Frizzell. “I love country music, I love Texas, and I love the fact that my song ‘Gonna Hire A Wino’ was the number one song in the United States forty years ago, what could get any better than celebrating all of these things at once!”

Frizzell is celebrating the 40th anniversary of “I’m Gonna Hire a Wino To Decorate Our Home,” which topped the charts this week in 1982. This being the back-to-back #1 song for Frizzell, following “You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma.”

About David Frizzell:
David Frizzell lived all over Texas starting in Greenville Texas in the early ’40s when his dad went to Europe in WW2. He had his first radio show at the age of 9 in Kermit, Texas, then on to Sulphur Springs where they lived when brother Lefty got his first number one hit (and younger brother Allen was born). He began touring with his legendary brother, Lefty Frizzell at the age of 12 throughout the 1950s and 60s. After serving in the Air Force, Frizzell signed with Columbia Records in 1970 and charted his first Billboard single with “L.A. International Airport” and then a Top 40 with “I Just Can’t Help Believing.”

During the 1970s, Frizzell appeared regularly on Buck Owens’ All American TV Show and began recording for Capitol Records. In 1981, he recorded his first number-one country hit, “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma,” a duet with Shelly West. The song won the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year and Vocal Duet of the Year awards in 1981, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and was featured in Clint Eastwood’s film ‘Any Which Way You Can.’ Frizzell and West also won the Academy of Country Music award for Vocal Duo of the Year in 1981 and 1982.

In recent years, Frizzell created his label Nashville America Records and has released several albums including Frizzell & Friends: This Is Our Time which includes a bonus track, written in honor of Lefty Frizzell, Merle Haggard, and traditional music in general. “Lefty, Merle & Me” features David with Marty Haggard.

David Frizzell is a timeless and tireless entertainer who continues to share his many gifts to the delight of fans old and new across the US and throughout the world.

The CMA Fest Co-Host is Savoring the Summer with Hit New Single and Tour with Chris Stapleton

Elle King is living her best life and having a blast along the way. As “Worth A Shot,” her new single and music video is rising the charts and continuing to garner massive streaming support, King is set to release a behind the scenes peak on set at the recent video shoot. Fans can watch here.

Collaborating with her longtime friend Dierks Bentley, “Worth A Shot,” is about a song about a relationship that is on the rocks but is ‘worth a shot’ at saving. Of the song, Wide Open Country noted, “The song is full of wordplay and lyrics regarding shots and alcohol while still telling the story about the struggling couple.”

The concept for the music video was created and written by King who collaborated with directors Stephen Kinigopoulos and Alexa Stone (Running Bear Films).  Filmed in Murfreesboro, TN, the video flashes back to the Wild West in the late 1800s where King and Bentley star as husband-and-wife outlaws. With wanted signs, a liquor-filled saloon, and a shot for shot duel, the cinematic video is an unexpected take on the “highly engaging” (MusicRow) tune.

Last week King and Bentley hosted the CMA Fest primetime special on ABC which won the nightly ratings in total viewers. Filmed from Nissan Stadium in Nashville, TN during the 49^th CMA Fest in June, the television special features 30 of music’s hottest stars as they take the stage during the four-day festival. In addition to hosting, King had several performances in the special including her smash hit Ex’s & Oh’s” where she was joined by her friend Ashley McBryde for a performance that Music Mayhem Magazine said “Stun With a One-Of-A-Kind Collaboration.”

Fans who didn’t have a chance to tune-in to the CMA Fest Special can catch King on the road with multi-Grammy winning artist Chris Stapleton and his “All American Road Show” Tour. Her set includes “Ex’s & Oh’s, “Worth A Shot,” and version of her massive hit “Drunk (And I Don’t Want To Go Home) with Miranda Lambert. The song recently topped the charts making it the first woman-woman collaboration to reach the top spot on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart since Reba McEntire and Linda Davis’ “Does He Love Me” in 1993 which was also the only one on the 1990 launched airplay chart.

“Let me tell you, if anyone is having more fun than me this summer, I want to come join your party too,” laughed King. “I honestly couldn’t be more grateful to the fans and everyone playing, streaming and enjoying my music. This is what I’ve dreamed of and worked for since I was a teenager. I can’t believe this is my job and I get paid for it!”

AVAILABLE NOW

From the heart of Mississippi, 16-year-old songstress Hillary Reese embraces her roots on her latest single, “All the Good Ones are Crazy,” available now. The toe-tapping track is relatable, liberating and modern yet steeped in tradition. Stream or download “All the Good Ones are Crazy” HERE.

Cowgirl Magazine exclusively premiered the first listen to “All the Good Ones are Crazy,” which was produced by former Little Texas Member, Jeff Huskins, and written by Hillary, Josh Courson and Jason Hamor.

“If you love true authentic country lyrics and music with a twist, and you’re not afraid to be yourself and embrace it, then you’ll love Hillary’s sound!” lauded Cowgirl Magazine’s Carly Billington.

Donna Block described the track as “old school country/rock with an edge,” while Makila Wheatley praised the “really catchy beat that’ll have people bopping their heads and tapping their toes from the opening verse.”

A triple threat, singer/songwriter/instrumentalist, Hillary has a sound all her own that connects across generations of fans and genres. Her vocals and lyrics offer a balance between the charm of a southern belle and the ferocity of a steel magnolia.

At only 8-years-old, Hillary emerged on the music scene through a series of viral Facebook videos, which fast-tracked to millions of views and a loyal following of over 300,000 fans. She quickly found herself traveling frequently to Nashville where she has collaborated with industry heavyweights including Huskins and Dolly Parton’s producer, Kent Wells.