Isbell, Rice, Denning drop new sounds
Chase Rice is back with more new music today, "The Album Part II." The four-song project follows January's surprise release of The Album Part I and will be part of an overall collection slated for later this year. Rice had a hand in writing three of the four songs. Chris DeStefano and Rice co-produced the project.
Travis Denning has enjoyed a lot of success as a songwriter for the likes of Jason Aldean, Michael Ray and Justin Moore. He also had a semi-hit with "David Alan Parker From Powder Springs." He's out with a heavily beer-themed six-song EP, which includes the hit "After a Few." "David Alan Parker..." was not included on the EP produced by Jeremy Stover.
Gretchen Peters releases "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury" (Scarlet Letter Records) honoring the singer-songwriter in a project that had been simmering for at least a decade. Peters recorded the disc at Cinderella Studio where Newbury recorded a trio of albums in the late '50s/'60s. Songs include "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," a hit for Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.
Bluegrass band Special Consensus is out with "Chicago Barn Dance," celebrating the 45th anniversary of the band and the longstanding connection of country and bluegrass from the time of radio station WLS' National Barn Dance. The songs relate to Chicago and/or were penned by artists who lived there. Robbie Fulks, Michael Cleveland, Rob Ickes and Alison Brown are among the guests.
More news
- 12/09/24: Rice will "Go Down Singin'" on the road
- 08/16/24: Rice rides "Haw River"
- 08/07/24: Isbell + The 400 Unit go live (again)
- 08/06/24: Rice plans to "Go Down Singin'"
- 06/21/24: Rice will "Go Down Singin'"
- 05/24/24: Denning takes the "Roads That Go Nowhere"; Mason debuts
- 02/07/24: Isbell, Shires split
- 01/09/24: Isbell, Godwin, 49 Winchester play Bonnaroo
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