September 3, 2021
Trace Adkins just released his 25th anniversary album The Way I Wanna Go. It’s packed with 25 new songs, and he credits his wife, actress Victoria Pratt, as his muse. Trace and Victoria were married in 2019 and he says she rejuvenated and inspired him to take whatever time he has left and make the most of it, and that includes making the best music he can make.
Josh Turner is coming out with a Christmas album on October 8th called King Size Manger. He’s also kicking off his “Holiday and the Hits” tour in November. Josh is looking like a young Santa, himself, these days with his twinkling eyes and his full beard and mustache.
Brantley Gilbert has something to say to the unemployed. “You know, all of us, at the end of the day… if folks are anything like me, I want to be able to do my job. I wasn’t to feel like I’m earning what I’ve got,” Brantley says. “And I think we all need, or could use, a little encouragement and a little healing. And, as a songwriter, I try to say most of what I say through my music.”
This guy got to sing with a knight, and not the kind you see at Disney World… Jimmie Allen collaborated on Sir Elton John’s next album called The Lockdown Sessions. It comes out October 22nd, and Jimmie says one of his ultimate dreams just came true recording with one of his heroes. Their song is called “Beauty in the Bones.”