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JB and the Moonshine Band will release their third studio album,  Mixtape , on June 30, and lead off single, “Shotgun, Rifle, and a .45” will be available for download and hit Texas radio on May 26.  Check out the teaser for the video below and pick it up in iTunes . This year, the band will play the 1000 th  live performance of their career, and will tour the U.S. in their Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine co-branded tour bus they have affectionately named “Ole Smoky.” The band continues to average 175 live tour dates per year, which they’ve done for the last two years in markets spanning across 40 states. Hailing from East Texas, JB and the Moonshine Band’s story can only be explained as ‘fate.’ Comprised of drummer Gabe Guevara, guitarist Hayden McMullen, bassist Chris Flores and lead singer and guitarist JB Patterson, JB and the Moonshine Band was formed in 2009 when JB decided to give up his advertising career and start a band. When JB coordinated an open ...

Eric Church played a full house at T.D. Banknorth Garden in Boston on Thursday night.  Early in the night, Church promised the crowd that he and the band was looking to break their previous record for concert length.  What followed was a record-setting 31 song set list packed with Church's #1 hits: "Drink in my Hand", "Talladega", and "Give Me Back My Hometown".  Church showed the crowd why he's considered the rock star of country music. Church shared with the crowd a myriad of Boston memories including the glory days of Celtics, as well as Church's early Boston shows at the Paradise, Hard Rock Cafe and House of Blues.   The packed set list included tracks from all three of Church's studio albums.   Wearing a plain black tee and jeans, along with trademark Ray Bans, Church is so perfectly in his element on stage.  He commands attention throughout, keeps the crowd involved, and puts on a show just as much rock and roll as coun...

Mercury Nashville recording artist Canaan Smith recently released the first single off his EP, Love You Like That. Smith, who has been on the road for two years since releasing “ We Got Us ” will be on the tour with  Dierks Bentley ,  Kip Moore , and Maddie and Tae on the “ Sounds of Summer ”. Smith already has a top 10 hit under his belt, having co-written “Runaway” by Love and Theft. Smith also co-wrote “Black Tears” with  Jason Aldean  and will have a song co-written with  Tyler Hubbard  and  Cole Swindell , “Party Wasn’t Over” on Swindell’s next album. “Love You Like That” recently reached spot number #18 on the Billboard charts. The song gets your attention from the tip with lyrics like, “I could never do it like a pretty city boy, I’m more a fishin’ in the dark nitty gritty boy.” The song then takes almost a surprising, romantic turn with the “nitty-gritty boy” telling his love how he wants to love her. “Love You Like That” leads into “Tw...

Here are my picks for the 2015 ACM Awards: Entertainer of the Year:  Garth Brooks Male Vocalist of the Year:  Eric Church Female Vocalist of the Year:  Kacey Musgraves Vocal Duo of the Year:  Brothers Osborne Vocal Group of the Year:  Little Big Town New Artist:  Sam Hunt Album of the Year:  Dierks Bentley Single of the Year:  “American Kids” Kenny Chesney Song of the Year: “I Hold On” Dierks Bentley Video of the Year:  “Somethin’ Bad” Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood Vocal Event of the Year:  “Meanwhile Back At Mamas” Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill

For Will Hoge’s latest album, Small Town Dreams, inspiration was found in the past.  Hoge, a Franklin, Tennessee native, paints a vivid picture of life growing up in his own small town.  For the album, Hoge was excited to work with producer Marshall Altman who was behind Frankie Ballard’s “Helluva Life” and Eric Paslay’s “Friday Night”.  The rocking first single, “Middle of America” features the sweet story of parents shaking their heads while their children make the same mistakes that they made in the past.  Hoge has been writing and performing his own brand of country and rock since the 1990’s but has found a more stable home in country music as the genre continues to widen.  In an interview with Rolling Stone , Hoge shared, "At some point, country music became more inclusive.  People bust on country all the time — 'this bro-country thing, it's so bad, blah blah blah' — but there's a part of me that can't say that, because I feel like those...

1.  Location, location, location The pristine blue ocean and sandy beach provided a fantastic location for the beach loving country singers like Jake Owen and Kenny Chensey. 25,000 people singing “Beachin’” while on the beach is tough to beat. 2. Zac Brown Band The band showed once again why they are in elite company at the top of the country music scene. The band was able to put together a set that covered all the hits and included super fun covers like Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”, and Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb”. They finished their set with “Chicken Fried” and set off the most fun, raucous dance party of the weekend. 3. Sam Hunt Playing off the main stage, Hunt had the largest crowd of the weekend aside from Chesney and Zac Brown Band. Hunt played his number 1 singles “Leave the Light On” and “Take Your Time”. He also worked in some classic 90's covers like Reba’s “Fancy” and Deanna Carter’s “Strawberry Wine”. 4.  New...