Friday, March 27, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Waterloo Revival stops in at Loretta's on their media tour for "Hit the Road"
Waterloo Revival’s Cody Cooper and George Birge started creating music together in sixth grade, meshing guitar riffs with twangy-harmonies. Parting ways after high school to pursue education and career goals outside music, the two would return to their musical roots each time they were in Austin. With hometown support behind them, Cody and George decided to pursue music fulltime, raising funds to record an EP. Soon after, the Texas natives adopted Nashville as their new home, honing their craft and embarking on a quest to spread Austin’s iconic music scene across the country. Their Big Machine Records release “Hit the Road” – a product from one of their first Nashville writing sessions – is currently being introduced to Country radio and has received an overwhelming positive response from both programmers and critics. Waterloo Revival is flaunting an ode to their hometown, Austin, but the revival across Country music has only just begun. Check out www.instagram.com/countrymusichub for more photos and videos!
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Friday, March 13, 2015
Round Up: Eric Paslay, Love and Theft, and JAB come to town. New video from Paslay and Sam Hunt.
*It was a busy week for concerts in New England. Eric Palsay played a packed show at Lupos Providence last Thursday. Check out coverage here. And check out his new music video for "She Don't Love You" below.
*Josh Abbott Band joined fellow Texas Pat Green and Hudson Moore at the House of Blues Boston on Friday night.
*Sam Hunt also has a new video out for "Take Your Time" It's a more serious take than the I just want to pick you up at the bar vibe the song gives off with Sam rescuing a young mother from an abusive relationship.
*Gary Allen has a new single out on the radio, "Hungover Tonight". The Brothers Osborne have one of my favorite songs of the year, "Stay a Little Longer" on the radio. Check out this great acoustic version of it from Thunder 106.
*Lance Carpenter, songwriter for Kelsea Ballerini's "Love Me Like You Mean It" will be at Loretta's Last Call tonight and Toby Keith's tomorrow. Be sure to check him out. Kelsea had a big week too, she's been racking up the new followers after Taylor Swift tweeted that she was a big fan of her EP. As am I.
*Love and Theft debuted their new album, "Whiskey On My Breath" for Bostonians at Toby Keith's Foxboro Friday.
*Josh Abbott Band joined fellow Texas Pat Green and Hudson Moore at the House of Blues Boston on Friday night.
*Sam Hunt also has a new video out for "Take Your Time" It's a more serious take than the I just want to pick you up at the bar vibe the song gives off with Sam rescuing a young mother from an abusive relationship.
*Gary Allen has a new single out on the radio, "Hungover Tonight". The Brothers Osborne have one of my favorite songs of the year, "Stay a Little Longer" on the radio. Check out this great acoustic version of it from Thunder 106.
*Lance Carpenter, songwriter for Kelsea Ballerini's "Love Me Like You Mean It" will be at Loretta's Last Call tonight and Toby Keith's tomorrow. Be sure to check him out. Kelsea had a big week too, she's been racking up the new followers after Taylor Swift tweeted that she was a big fan of her EP. As am I.
Josh Abbott Band joins Hudson Moore and Pat Green at the House of Blues!
Daylight savings and Sunday night didn't deter a rowdy crowd from enjoying some country music - Texas style. Fort Worth native Hudson Moore opened the show sharing some of his new music off his EP.
Mostly fellow Texans, the Josh Abbott Band played a rocking set with their traditional country twang. It was exciting to hear some of their songs off their new EP, "Tuesday Night".
The band covered all the bases including having Pat Green join them for a "My Texas" duet. The highlight of the show for me was seeing the full band live. The band features lead singer and guitarist, and band namesake, Josh Abbott with Edward Villanueva on drums, Caleb Keeter on guitar and James Hertless on the bass. Preston Wait's fiddle and Austin Davis' banjo come across more dynamically live than on the album. The real difference between seeing the band live or listening to the album is, as Abbott told the crowd, "If you want to hear the three minute version, listen to the CD cause we want to jam". And jam they did. For me one of the most fun things about seeing JAB live is the way that they can bring back college memories of those laid back days when having $10 in your pocket was plenty for an entertaining night of beer and tacos. The band is able to go seamlessly between raucous party and love songs.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Love & Theft share new album, "Whiskey On My Breath" at Toby Keith's Boston!
Country duo Love and Theft played a sold out show at Toby Keith's Boston on Friday night. The set featured new releases from duo Stephen Barker-Liles and Eric Gunderson as well as classic covers and number 1 hit Angel Eyes as well as top 40 hit, If You Ever Get Lonely.
The focus of the night, other than having fun, was to share the new album. "Whiskey On My Breath" (Check out my review of the album here) was released independently by Barker-Liles and Gunderson and while it still features the pleasing harmonies you've come to expect from Love & Theft, there is an added edginess you haven't heard from them before.
They also definitely come to party. Whether belting out two of the new party songs from the album, Can't Wait for the Weekend or Let's Get Drunk and Make Friends, along with their last single, Night That You'll Never Forget, the pace is uptempo. The band can also slow it down with songs like the title track, Whiskey on my Breath and Everybody Drives Drunk.
You can catch the guys on the road this weekend in South Carolina with shows Friday, March 13th at the Boathouse in Myrtle Beach and Pats in 5 Points in Columbia on the 14th. The band then heads south to the Runaway Country Music Festival in Melbourne, Florida on the 21st. For the full tour, click here.
For more pictures and videos, be sure to check out www.instagram.com/countrymusichub
The focus of the night, other than having fun, was to share the new album. "Whiskey On My Breath" (Check out my review of the album here) was released independently by Barker-Liles and Gunderson and while it still features the pleasing harmonies you've come to expect from Love & Theft, there is an added edginess you haven't heard from them before.
They also definitely come to party. Whether belting out two of the new party songs from the album, Can't Wait for the Weekend or Let's Get Drunk and Make Friends, along with their last single, Night That You'll Never Forget, the pace is uptempo. The band can also slow it down with songs like the title track, Whiskey on my Breath and Everybody Drives Drunk.
You can catch the guys on the road this weekend in South Carolina with shows Friday, March 13th at the Boathouse in Myrtle Beach and Pats in 5 Points in Columbia on the 14th. The band then heads south to the Runaway Country Music Festival in Melbourne, Florida on the 21st. For the full tour, click here.
For more pictures and videos, be sure to check out www.instagram.com/countrymusichub
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Eric Paslay sells out Lupos Heartbreak Hotel!
Eric Paslay played a sold out show at Lupos Providence on Thursday night. This was my sixth time seeing Paslay perform and he somehow gets better each time. The first time I saw him perform was at the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston for his CD release party in February '14. That show was mainly Eric singing his the hits he's written for others from a centered mic with his guitar. I was lucky enough to see him open for Dierks and The Band Perry as well.
A year later, Paslay seems to have grown in confidence with his performance and much more willing to step away from behind his guitar and work the audience. Paslay's distinctive smooth voice is as close to perfect as you find at a live venue. Paslay's most moving power ballad, "She Don't Love You (She's Just Lonely) is truly remarkable live. The set list covered most of Paslay's self titled debut record as well as songs written for other artists including "Rewind" (Rascal Flatts), "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" (Jake Owen), "Keep On Dreaming" (Eli Young), and "Angel Eyes" (Love & Theft).
A year later, Paslay seems to have grown in confidence with his performance and much more willing to step away from behind his guitar and work the audience. Paslay's distinctive smooth voice is as close to perfect as you find at a live venue. Paslay's most moving power ballad, "She Don't Love You (She's Just Lonely) is truly remarkable live. The set list covered most of Paslay's self titled debut record as well as songs written for other artists including "Rewind" (Rascal Flatts), "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" (Jake Owen), "Keep On Dreaming" (Eli Young), and "Angel Eyes" (Love & Theft).
For more photos and video, visit www.instagram.com/countrymusichub.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Zac Brown Announces New Album, Tour, and Fenway shows!
Zac Brown Band's new album 'JEKYLL + HYDE' will be out on available April 28th. According to Brown, the album will have both the sound that fans have some to expect, with a few new additions. You can check out some of their new music this weekend when they appear on Saturday Night Live for the first time.
The band will be back in New England with shows in Hartford 6/6, Bangor 6/7, and Fenway Park 8/7 and 8/8.
The band will be back in New England with shows in Hartford 6/6, Bangor 6/7, and Fenway Park 8/7 and 8/8.
And because it never gets old: Colder Weather
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Joe Nichols plays all the hits at a packed House of Blues!
Joe Nichols and his band played energetic set to a packed House of Blues Boston on
Saturday night.
Nichols, one of the most
traditional voices and sounds in country music, covered all his hits, including
his six career number one hits: The
Impossible, Brokenheartsville, Gimme that Girl and Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off.
The set included the two number ones off of his newest album Yeah and Sunny and 75 off of the RIAA Gold Crickets. In one of the funnier moments of the night, Joe joked that he couldn't rap like some other country artists, before launching into a rendition of Sir Mix-A-Lots, "I Like Big Butts" with a country twang of course.
Joe kept the enthusiastic
crowd engaged throughout with his distinctly country voice and sweet melodies.
Joe’s single, Hard to
Be Cool is currently a top 25 hit.
Opener Sam Grow had the crowd rocking ahead of Nichols set
with a few of his own love songs with some fun Eric Church and Florida Georgia
Line covers.
After opening for Lady Antebellum last summer, Joe is headlining his own tour this summer. To catch Joe on the road this summer, check out his schedule
here:
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For more pictures and videos, be sure to follow countrymusichub on Instagram! www.instagram.com/countrymusichub
Monday, March 2, 2015
Country Round Up: FLAGA cruises into town, Dustin Lynch to play Toby Keith's, and Maddie & Tae's new video
Florida Georgia Line plays New England
Florida Georgia Line came to town along with Frankie Ballard and Thomas Rhett in a jam packed show. The energetic show was started off with Ballard belting out hits from his debut album, "Sunshine & Whiskey". Rhett followed with his own hits (but no "When I was Your Man"). Rhett is incredibly fun to watch. You can tell how much he absolutely eats up being on stage and performing. He concluded his set by covering "Uptown Funk" and showed off his killer dance moves.
Florida Georgia Line was apologetic about having to reschedule due to weather the previous week and despite the show being on a Monday, it seemed like the crowd was willing to party like it was still the weekend. The jam packed set list included a cover of Black Stone Cherry's "Stay" and their own hits. Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelly brought their trademark enthusiasm to the show and kept the Verizon Wireless Arena bumping well into the night. FLAGA returns to New England with stops in Providence, RI on May 7th and Mansfield, MA on September 12th.
Set List:
Every Night
Smile
Round Here
Good Good
Anything Goes
Get Your Shine On
Bumpin' the Night
Sippin' On Fire
Dayum, Baby
Dirt
Like You Ain't Even Gone
Stay (Black Stone Cherry cover)
This Is How We Roll
Sun Daze
Encore:
Party People
All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor cover)
Forgot About Dre (Dr. Dre cover)
We Dem Boyz (Wiz Khalifa cover)
Treasure (Bruno Mars cover)
Cruise
Dustin Lynch to play Toby Keith's Foxboro
Dustin Lynch will play Toby Keith's Foxboro on Sunday, March 29th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door and it's definitely going to sell out so get them soon. http://tobykfoxborough.tunestub.com/event.cfm?id=193196&cart
New Maddie & Tae
Maddie and Tae released their video for "Fly" which is a change in pace from "Girl in a Country Song".
Sounds of Summer
Dierks Bentley, Kip Moore, Maddie & Tae, and Canaan Smith will be at the Xfinity Center on June 26th. Presale begins on March 3rd for Congress Members and on March 6th for the general public.
Florida Georgia Line came to town along with Frankie Ballard and Thomas Rhett in a jam packed show. The energetic show was started off with Ballard belting out hits from his debut album, "Sunshine & Whiskey". Rhett followed with his own hits (but no "When I was Your Man"). Rhett is incredibly fun to watch. You can tell how much he absolutely eats up being on stage and performing. He concluded his set by covering "Uptown Funk" and showed off his killer dance moves.
Florida Georgia Line was apologetic about having to reschedule due to weather the previous week and despite the show being on a Monday, it seemed like the crowd was willing to party like it was still the weekend. The jam packed set list included a cover of Black Stone Cherry's "Stay" and their own hits. Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelly brought their trademark enthusiasm to the show and kept the Verizon Wireless Arena bumping well into the night. FLAGA returns to New England with stops in Providence, RI on May 7th and Mansfield, MA on September 12th.
Set List:
Every Night
Smile
Round Here
Good Good
Anything Goes
Get Your Shine On
Bumpin' the Night
Sippin' On Fire
Dayum, Baby
Dirt
Like You Ain't Even Gone
Stay (Black Stone Cherry cover)
This Is How We Roll
Sun Daze
Encore:
Party People
All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor cover)
Forgot About Dre (Dr. Dre cover)
We Dem Boyz (Wiz Khalifa cover)
Treasure (Bruno Mars cover)
Cruise
Dustin Lynch to play Toby Keith's Foxboro
Dustin Lynch will play Toby Keith's Foxboro on Sunday, March 29th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door and it's definitely going to sell out so get them soon. http://tobykfoxborough.tunestub.com/event.cfm?id=193196&cart
New Maddie & Tae
Maddie and Tae released their video for "Fly" which is a change in pace from "Girl in a Country Song".
Sounds of Summer
Dierks Bentley, Kip Moore, Maddie & Tae, and Canaan Smith will be at the Xfinity Center on June 26th. Presale begins on March 3rd for Congress Members and on March 6th for the general public.
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