Pearce, McCreery, Fulcher lead new releases

Ray Fulcher releases a five-song EP, "Larkin Hill Mixes" on Black River. Fulcher has enjoyed success as a songwriter. He co-wrote eight songs with Luke Combs for Combs' "What You See Is What You Get," eight more for "This One's for You." Four of those songs – "When It Rains It Pours," "Even Though I'm Leaving," "Lovin' on You" and "Does to Me," featuring Eric Church – went to number one.

Jameson Rodgers' debut album, "Bet You're From a Small Town," is out via River House Artists/Columbia Nashville. Rodgers wrote 14 of the 15 tracks, including his current hit "Cold Beer Calling My Name," which features Luke Combs. Produced by Chris Farren and Jake Mitchell, the release also includes Rodgers' Platinum-certified, number one debut single "Some Girls" along with "Good Dogs," "Missing One," "Girls That Smoke," and "Desert."

Scotty McCreery is out with "Same Truck" on Thirty Tigers. This is the singer's fifth studio album and contains 12 songs, 10 co-written by the North Carolinian. He enjoyed some radio success with the first single, "You Time," a paean to his wife. Written by Trent Tomlinson and Jim Collins, the second single "Damn Strait" honors George Strait, even as the singer bemoans the loss of his lover, associating Strait's songs with her since they were the couple's favorites.

Jelly Roll, best known as a rapper - he has released about two dozen albums already - makes his Broken Bow debut with "Ballads of the Broken." The 10-track album marks the first time he does not rap (except for a lone verse). The Nashville native wrote all of the songs, which cover country, rock and hip-hop.

Bluegrass band Sideline is out with "Ups, Downs and No Name Towns" on Mountain Home. The sextet, which won 2019's International Bluegrass Music Association Song Of the Year award for their hit song, "Thunder Dan," was founded by Steve Dilling, Skip Cherryholmes and Jason Moore and also includes Jacob Greer (guitar), Jamie Harper (fiddle), and Nick Goad (mandolin).