Swindell, Moore, Smith release music

Friday, April 28, 2023 – Cole Swindell goes the deluxe route today with "Stereotype Broken." He also put out "Sad Ass Country Song." The tongue-in-cheek heartbreak song follows his most recent digital track release "Broken" and his current rising single "Drinkaby." Written by Swindell, Josh Miller, Matt Dragstrem and his long-time friend/ guitar player/bandmate Joel Hutsell, "Sad Ass Country Song" has been popular in concert. The project charted three back-to-back, Platinum-certified, multi-week number one hits: "Single Saturday Night," "Never Say Never" (with Lainey Wilson) and, most recently, his five-week chart-topper "She Had Me At Heads Carolina."

Kip Moore's fifth studio album, "Damn Love," is out with 13 songs. Co-produced by Moore, along with Jaren Johnston (The Cadillac Three), the release includes "One Heartbeat," featuring Ashley McBryde. Moore and Johnston wrote four of the songs together. The title track is the current single.

Nate Smith not only released his debut album today. He also put out a separate deluxe version with six additional songs, including "World on Fire." Smith, a native of Paradise, Cal., which was destroyed in a fire, wrote 14 of the songs on the debut and five on the deluxe version. The release also contains his hit "Whiskey On You."

Griffen Palmer debuts with "Unlearn" on Big Loud Records. Palmer, a Canadian, helped write all 10 songs. Joey Moi produced the set. Palmer won NBC's Songland show in 2020.