Stapleton gets "Higher," ZBB "Covers" live

Friday, November 10, 2023 – On the same he was nominated for three GRAMMYS, Chris Stapleton released his new album, "Higher." The disc features the single "White Horse," nominated for Best Country Song. Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton and Chris Stapleton, "Higher" was recorded at Nashville's RCA Studio A. The disc is the follow-up to 2020's "Starting Over." Alongside Stapleton (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide electric guitar), the new album features Cobb (acoustic guitar, eclectic guitar), J.T. Cure (bass), Paul Franklin (pedal steel), Derek Mixon (drums), his wife, Morgane (background vocals, synthesizer, tambourine) and Lee Pardini (organ, piano).

Zac Brown Band is out with "From the Road, Vol. 1: Covers," their first ever live-covers album. Released via Brown's label Home Grown Music, the album features 13 performances that span the last decade plus in international venues, joined by John Mayer, Steven Tyler, Marcus King, Darrell Scott and Mark O'Connor Band. The release includes "Sweet Emotion," their version of "Baba O'Riley" and The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" to Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville,"

Austin music veteran Jon Dee Graham is releasing "Only Dead For a Little While" on on New West subsidiary Strolling Bones Records. Inspired by his real life "death" after a Chicago show in 2019, Graham is a longstyanding figure in Texas punk and Americana (The Skunks and True Believers) and as a singer-songwriter whose range extends from a whisper to a howl.