Julia Cole has released a new single, “Tequila Helps,” now available on all streaming platforms worldwide. This release comes on the heels of her recent EP, Life After You. “Tequila Helps” is penned by Julia Cole, Cole Miracle, and Austin Taylor Smith. The track is a vibrant country anthem that embraces the time-honored tradition of finding liquid courage to start moving on at the bottom of a glass. With its compelling narrative, the song details the emotional saga of someone dealing with heartbreak and emotional upheaval. Despite trying conventional methods to move on, they find that these remedies are insufficient. The song captures the liberating experience of turning to tequila to dance away the woes of love gone sour. Julia shares, “I wrote this song after a great friend forced me to get out of bed, take a shot, put makeup and a cute outfit on, and spend an entire night out dancing instead of crying about my called off engagement. I’ll be forever thankful for her…and the liquid courage.” She continues, “‘Tequila Helps’ will help you start healing after a breakup. If you’ve tried praying and every other trick in the book but still can’t stop thinking about the heartache, a sip of Reposado might deserve a shot. Following the successful release of her EP, Life After You, Julia continues to connect with her fans through music that resonates with authentic storytelling and emotional depth. The EP explores themes of heartbreak and healing, and stands as a testament to resilience, offering hope to those navigating their path back to joy and love. The Life After You EP is available now for streaming and download on all digital music platforms. Julia will perform songs from this EP at the Grand Ole Opry on May 17.
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With "an effortlessly smoky quality" (Billboard) hazing across three-and-a-half minutes of vitriolic kiss off, Lauren Watkins returns today with new song "Mama, I Made It" just in time to debut at her hometown's largest play, Nashville's Nissan Stadium, opening shows for Morgan Wallen this weekend.
Driving in the same sonic lane as Kerosene-era Miranda Lambert, the upbeat toe-tapper written by Watkins, Rocky Block, and Lauren Hungate and produced by diamond-certified studio ace Joey Moi, finds Watkins in the eye of the storm, heartbroken and breaking things over a relationship gone off the rails. Pissed off and vengeful, she turns her co-penned phrases on a dime with fire and a wink, bragging: This train's a wreck / it's such a mess / and mama, I made it. “I've been dying for y'all to hear this one,” Watkins shared on socials last night. “Hope ya love it.” Listen to “Mama, I Made It” here. Previewing her anticipated full-length debut due out this summer, Watkins' first taste of new music bolsters her developing reputation for “sure-footed lyric sense, a smoky vocal, and deft picking” (MusicRow). Last week, Watkins owned a dynamic, two-part Stagecoach debut, with The Palm Springs Desert Sun complimenting how “she owned the stage like a singer with years of experience.” Up next, she continues down the road opening for Wallen through early June, before playing more notable festivals including CMA Fest, Country Concert, Boots & Hearts, WE Fest, and more through the fall. Full list of tour dates here. Just a day after announcing the forthcoming release of her sophomore album Am I Okay?, Sony Music Nashville/Columbia Records' Megan Moroney is sharing a brand-new song called “Indifferent” — go here to listen now. The hard-hitting and triumphant track will grace the tracklist to Am I Okay?, a massively anticipated album due out on July 12. Go here to pre-order/pre-save Am I Okay? now.
Produced by Moroney’s longtime collaborator Kristian Bush and written by Moroney, Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, and Micah Carpenter, “Indifferent” offers a glimpse at the braver and bolder songwriting the Georgia-bred superstar brought to Am I Okay? (the highly awaited follow-up to her blockbuster 2023 debut Lucky). One of the most exuberant moments on Am I Okay?, the stadium-sized anthem speaks to the ecstatic relief that comes with realizing you’re no longer hung up on your ex. After opening on a bit of stripped-back storytelling — with Moroney confessing to certain obsessive behavior in her past — “Indifferent” explodes into a high-energy chorus powered by pulsating drumbeats and carefree gang vocals. With its whistled melodies and blazing guitar riffs, the larger-than-life track ultimately serves as a glorious showcase for her wildly clever yet emotionally charged wordplay (e.g., “When your mama calls I’m reminded you exist/And I wish that she didn’t/’Cause all of my give-a-damns have already been given”). Last weekend in Indio, California, Moroney made her debut appearance at Stagecoach Festival and dazzled the audience with a powerhouse version of “Indifferent,” fully doubling down on the track’s fiery spirit. Known for her exhilarating live show, Moroney will take the stage tonight at Vibrant Music Hall in Waukee, Iowa, as part of THE LUCKY 2.O TOUR — a headlining run that sold out in just five minutes. Solidifying her status as an in-demand headliner, her third consecutive headline tour is currently set to continue through July 26 in Aspen, Colorado, with special guest Logan Crosby as support. Soon after completing the first leg of THE LUCKY 2.O TOUR, Moroney will head overseas for the GEORGIA GIRL TOUR: a 15-date headlining run of the UK and Europe, beginning on September 4 in Cardiff, UK, and wrapping up on September 27 in Zurich, Switzerland. This spring and summer, Moroney is also performing at stadiums across the country as support for Kenny Chesney’s SUN DOWN 2024 TOUR, in addition to appearing at high-profile festivals like Lollapalooza (8/2). For full tour dates and ticketing information, visit www.meganmoroney.com/. Miranda Lambert has never flinched when it comes to her music. Full-tilt, strong as hell, she’s been the go-to woman for tender toughness and reckoning when it comes to no-good men. Having announced her alliance with Republic Records with strategic support from the Nashville-based Big Loud, the most-awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history and triple Grammy-winner now drops “Wranglers,” her first single under her new deal. Listen HERE.
A tour du force of empowerment in the face of a less than stand-up paramour, “Wranglers” burns like heatwaves in the desert – and announces the next wave of the maverick groundbreaker’s creative sojourn. With tart vocals and electric barbed wire guitars turned up, the slow broil churn seizes on the slow death of love, the callousness of men who won’t see and the strength of a woman who sets destiny in motion and survives in its wake. “‘Wranglers’ is a classic tale of a woman taking her power back,” Lambert says of the sizzling post-Outlaw classic. “I think we can all identify with the character in this song, because we have all had a time in our life where we needed to find our strength, and also get a little revenge on someone who did us wrong or hurt us. This offers such a cool, raging take on how something like this unravels; I think the songwriters nailed it.” Written by Audra Mae, who also sings on the track, Evan McKeever and Ryan Carpenter, “Wranglers” opens with a foreboding, brittle tangle of electric guitars that suggest Neil Young’s Crazy Horse as much as Waylon Jennings in his prime. What emerges is a forceful kind of country that’s as strong as it is hypnotic, delivering a hard-won freedom song for anyone leaving a situation that didn’t serve them. Working with fellow Grammy-winning songwriter/producer Jon Randall, they convened a band of iconic musicians at Austin’s storied Arlyne Recording Studios. Given Lambert’s passion for songs that cut straight into the gut, they created a sonic vista where consequences feel palpable; where Jedd Hughes and Ethan Ballinger’s electric guitar convergence is as fraught as the fevered clouds of B-3 from Texas legend Bukka Allen. With Rachel Loy’s bass lumbering across Conrad Choucroun’s sticks-on-the-rims drum part, pressure builds as Lambert’s siren’s cry pulls listeners in. Heavy, but not gratuitous, there’s a tension as Lambert half coos, half sings the kind of song that defined her career, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned/ When the knock down drag out’s over/ And Lord knows she took one too many... “ “I am so proud to sing this song,” Lambert says. “It feels like it could have been on the same record as ‘Gunpowder & Lead’ in a lot of ways. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned is a pretty powerful statement, and the way it’s written, you can tell, we’re not kidding.” Lambert debuted the song with a live performance at the Stagecoach Festival over the weekend, with the Tennesseanpraising the moment as kicking off “the next chapter of Miranda Lambert’s legendary career” and Rolling Stone celebrating the live debut as “a smoldering track rooted firmly in one of Lambert’s favorite topics, payback,” with Variety proclaiming of the hit-packed set as a whole, “whoever the entertainer of the year may be at any given recent point, Lambert has a strong claim on being country’s entertainer of the two-decades.” Now available on all streaming platforms, “Wranglers” displays Lambert’s signature don’t-tread-on-me ethos, but also suggests a creative force finding new levels. Having delivered the rowdy girl’s soundtrack for almost two decades, the East Texas songwriter/superstar continues making music that speaks to the heart of women who love hard, live out loud and are fearless about how they take on the world around them. “Country music at its core tells the truth about life, but it makes you feel something,” Lambert says. “Sometimes you laugh. Sometimes you throw your fist in the air. Sometimes that fist goes through the wall. All I know is I’ve got a lot more to say, and a lot more music coming soon. So for anyone who’s ever seen themselves in one of my songs, especially the rowdy ones, get ready! We wanted to come with something that really says something from the start. And there’s a whole lot of feelings and rhythms and great playing to come.” Lambert was also recently announced as a performer at the upcoming ACM Awards, airing May 16 live from Ford Center at The Star in her home state of Texas, exclusively on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch. In addition, her headlining live show returns to the road with a three-night stand at New Braunfels, Texas’ iconic Whitewater Amphitheater later this month with coast-to-coast tour dates running throughout the summer plus major festivals including Rock the Country, Calgary Stampede, Under the Big Sky and more. For more information on upcoming shows, new music and all things Miranda Lambert, please visit MirandaLambert.com. Rising country music sensation Callie Twisselman is set to captivate audiences with her latest single, "In My World." The track, penned by Twisselman herself, is a vibrant, feel-good anthem that invites listeners into a world of dreams and aspirations.
"’In My World’ is just a feel-good, fun upbeat song I wrote one day sitting on my couch," says Twisselman. "I was thinking about all the things I wanted in life and daydreaming of what my world would look like if I got to make all the decisions and all of my wishes and desires just came true." Produced by Tyler Cain (known for his work with Darius Rucker, Colbie Caillat, and Gavin DeGraw) and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, "In My World" promises to uplift spirits and inspire listeners to chase after their own goals. "I hope when people listen to the song they are put in a good mood," Twisselman adds. "And maybe even think about all of their hopes and dreams they want to strive for. I think it’s important in life to have dreams and goals cause then you have something to get excited about and chase after. And you never know, they just might come true." With an impressive resume already under her belt, including performances at the C2C festival in London and opening for legendary artists like Dolly Parton (even interviewed her for Apple on International Women’s Day in 2022), Twisselman continues to make waves in the country music scene. Her previous EP, Closure, received widespread acclaim, and her live performances have left audiences spellbound across the globe. Additionally, she experienced a major career highlight in 2021 when her song "Together" was featured in the animated film My Little Pony: A New Generation. "In My World" marks the next chapter in Callie Twisselman's musical journey, promising fans a delightful escape into a world of optimism and possibility. On April 23rd audiences in Napa Valley were treated to Callie’s set at Live In The Vineyard Goes Country alongside Hailey Witters and Scott McCreery, and fans should keep an eye out for more to come. |
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