Country Music News: Tuesday Sept 17th

Jason Aldean revealed details today on his upcoming 2020 We Back Tour launching Jan. 30 in Columbia, South Carolina. Named after the new lead single from his upcoming ninth studio album,9, which will be released Nov. 22, the 20-city trek will visit Orlando, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Biloxi, Des Moines and more through March. For the first leg of the tour,Morgan Wallen, Riley Green and Dee Jay Silver will offer direct support.

source: https://musicrow.com/2019/09/jason-aldeans-we-back-tour-to-launch-in-january/

Country music has a gender problem. Women only make up16%of country artists, and even fewer are songwriters.

When women do break into the mainstream — the likes of Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, and Kacey Musgraves — they're often young. The average age of the genre's top female artists is 29 years old.

source: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/15/760562412/countrys-new-supergroup-the-highwomen-unite-to-make-way-for-unsung-female-artist?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=twitter.com

At the apex of Rodney Atkins’ career in the mid- to late-2000s, he scored five No. 1s in a span of six singles, staking out a specific turf.

With his gravelly voice holding the material together, “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows),” “Watching You” and “Cleaning This Gun (Come On in Boy)” all tested moral boundaries from an adult’s watchful view. His hits leaned toward the rock side, a point he underscored by name-checking Bruce Springsteen on “It’s America” and citing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “The Ballad of Curtis Loew” on “These Are My People.”

source: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/8529902/makin-tracks-rodney-atkins-interview?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral


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