Chris Huff
Chris Huff Named PD At Country KILT/Houston
CHRIS HUFF has been elevated from APD/MD to PD at ENTERCOM KILT (100.3 THE BULL)/HOUSTON. He will retain his APD duties for sister Adult Hits station KKHH (95.7 THE SPOT). HUFF has been with KILT since 2014. He succeeds former ENTERCOM/HOUSTON ...
ole Ups Gilles Godard To SVP/Publishing
OLE has promoted VP/Corporate Affairs and Development GILLES GODARD to SVP/Publishing. At the same time, VP/Creative JOHN OZIER will be leaving ole on MARCH 31st to pursue other ...
Tucker Beathard’s first single on his new label home, Warner Music Nashville, is a rocking, mid-tempo tune about hoping an ex is moving on more quickly than he is. It was co-written by Beathard with Dan Isbell and Jonathan Singleton, and the multi-talented Beathard also produced and played both lead guitar and drums on the track. There’s a bit of a bite to it when he sings in the chorus, “If you can sing along / When they're playing our song / With no tears in your eyes / No breaking down crying / On the side of the road … Then, baby, you better believe, better believe / You're doing better than me.” Beathard says, “The song is pretty much about the hard side of a breakup, and the cold, hard truth. I think the vulnerability of this song, and how the music is rocking around it, kind of turns into a fun, super-relatable song that is … just about the truth and reality of one side of a breakup.” The single is taken from the upcoming second installment of Beathard's debut double album. He inked his Warner deal after the independent release of the vulnerable first half of that project, titled “Nobody’s Everything.” With this single as its intriguing calling card, we can’t wait to hear what else he has in store for his fans on part two, due later this year.
The Cadillac Three are back with new music for the first time since 2017, and we think their single, “Crackin’ Cold Ones With the Boys” was well worth the wait. The group blends their signature Rock-Country sound with some serious party vibes to mix up the perfect summer tailgate tune listeners will be eager to blast from their trucks. "We got ice? Check / We got coolers? Check / We got cases of cold, domestic gold / Just waiting on the sun to set" OK, where's our invite? "Circle up them jacked up toys / The buzz is just right / It's Saturday night / Turn it up and let's make some noise." It's only fitting that a song this rowdy was written by a strong party of songwriters, including Neil Mason, Jaren Johnson and Kelby Ray of The Cadillac Three, as well as crew members Brandon Wootten, Benjamin Dunn, Chris Grainger, and Jefferson Brown. "Our band and crew have this ongoing joke about how it’s time to 'crack some cold ones with the boys’ so we ran with that," said Mason. "The song was finished an hour or two later, so … we drank some beers!” Cheers to that! 
Anyone who has ever hoped for closure after a failed relationship will find plenty to relate to in Michael Ray’s brutally haunting new ballad, where one half of a former couple is “drinkin' just for fun” while the still struggling other is “drinkin' to get drunk.” The well-written tune, composed by Brett Beavers, Jamie Paulin and Travis Denning, even includes a radio reference, with the line, “One of us don't even notice when the radio plays that song / One of us breaks down and has to pull over whenever it comes on.” Tough stuff, but delivered in Ray’s silky smooth baritone, it goes down easy. “Her World Or Mine” is the third single off of Ray's sophomore album, “Amos,” and follows three previous smashes from the Florida native. With Ray featuring the song all summer long on tour dates with Brantley Gilbert, followed by fall shows with Old Dominion, it shouldn’t take long for it to build the traction needed to become his fourth chart-topper.
In his last single, "The Difference," Tyler Rich was "over dodging [a] crush" and transitioning from "love ya" to "I love you." In his new single, "Leave Her Wild," the singer -- who is newly engaged in real life -- is fully head over heels, and we're wild about the musical result. Rich takes a 2019 approach to a successful relationship by singing about the joy of accepting someone fully. He sings, "Don't tame her, try to chain her / The second you do you'll break her / Don't dull that shine that caught your eye / 'Cause you're afraid somebody will take her / She ain't a dial you just turn on and off." Amen, Tyler! The Yuba, CA native has said of the track, which was inspired by his fiancée, "I wrote this song about truly loving somebody for who they are and not trying to change them. So many times, we have our own ideas about how someone should be living their life, rather than just supporting them for who and what they are." He's created a great musical recipe for this tune alongside co-writers Chris DeStefano and Jon Nite, and we can't wait to watch listeners respond and help it run wild on the charts. 
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Tenille Arts released her new single honoring mothers, titled, “Call You Names.” Rather than being overly sentimental, the lyrics describe the sometimes complicated relationships between mothers and their children, and depict a more realistic approach to appreciating moms. Arts begins the song by singing, “I remember you caught me / With that first cigarette I smoked / If you’d heard what I called you / You’da washed my mouth out with soap.” Arts, who co-wrote the song with James T. Slater, includes two different choruses, which are delivered from two distinct perspectives. The first, told through the voice of a teenager, says, “I called you controlling / I called you mean / I called you everything in between / I couldn’t wait to break your chains / So I called you names.” Arts has said the song was an apology to her mother for her own difficult teenage years. In the third verse, the song takes on more maturity, saying, “Now I’m here in this little one bedroom apartment / And I call you wondering how to / Get a wine stain out of the carpet / And we talk for an hour.” The lyrics then segue into the second chorus, which continues to shift the now-grown teen's perspective to, “I call you mama, my best friend / My everything 'til the end / I call you my angel / I call you a saint / Yeah, I call you names.” The official music video was released today (5/10), and includes Arts’ own mother, Glenda, in the clip.
Just in time for Mother’s Day comes a song about how women often rely on their moms for support during both the tiny and major moments in their lives. Maddie & Tae’s “Die From A Broken Heart” finds them first asking mom for some minor advice: “Hey momma, how do you get a red wine stain out of your favorite dress / Black mascara off a pillow case / Cure a one too many headache.” But it quickly becomes apparent there’s much more going on here. By the chorus, the duo’s harmonies swell as they plaintively ask, “How does he sleep at night / Momma the nerve of this guy / To leave me, so easy / Am I gonna be alright / I wanna kick myself for falling so hard / Momma, can you die from a broken heart?” Anticipating the maternal advice to come, the wrenching lyrics go on to say, “Momma please don’t say / I’m gonna laugh about this someday / You didn’t see the way he drove away.” Co-written by the duo’s Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye, along with Jonathan Singleton and Deric Ruttan, the balled from Maddie & Tae’s newly-released EP, “One Heart To Another,” has garnered more than 36 million streams to date. Fans across North America will get to hear it live this spring and summer as they open dates on Carrie Underwood’s “Cry Pretty Tour 360.”
Hot on the heels of his first career No. 1, BMLG's Riley Green has released his second single, "In Love By Now." The tune includes everything we've learned to love from the newcomer: Southern charm, traditional Country sound, and a song with strong female demo appeal. Written by Green, alongside Rhett Akins, Marv Green and Ben Hayslip, the upbeat tune puts an interesting, happier spin on a summer love heartbreak. Green sets the scene by singing, "I bet she's got them windows rolled down / Tom Petty's on, she's singin' along / Bet she's all tanned up from that summer sun / And she might be dancin' to a long haired cover band on the coast / But if I know her, she ain't dancin' alone." Ouch, didn't see that coming. Green continues to the chorus, "She's probably in love by now, a girl like that don't stay lonely long / And I bet she's already found somebody else, and he ain't doin' her wrong / Wouldn't do no good even if I could somehow track her down / She's probably in love by now." Wow, he's even a gentleman about heartbreak! Green built tremendous momentum with his last single, "There Was This Girl," and it will surely continue with this tune. Gear up your phone lines for requests, because your female demo ... well, they're probably already in love with this song by now.
Adam Craig takes listeners down memory lane with his latest single, “If You’re Lucky.” The song weaves in specific references to paint a nostalgic picture that's relatable, whether you come from a small town or a large city. The tune was written by Jessi Alexander and Chase McGill, but the lyrical content could have been written specifically about Craig’s own life. The Pacific Northwest native has said the song reminds him of his hometown. “I thought they were writing it about Tenino, Washington," he said. "How in the world did they do this? It has a special quality to it that connects with so many people.” In the memorable chorus, he sings, “If you're lucky, you mixed your Dr. Dre / With some Tim McGraw in a Chevrolet / Handed down from your daddy, to your brother to you / You ran red lights, stayed away from the blue / If you're lucky you got hammered in a buddy's barn / Then hillbilly slipped with a girl on your arm / That you swore you would marry but you didn't / Naw, it wasn't all pretty but you lived it / If you're lucky.” Craig will be a performer at Nashville’s CMA Fest this June, and hopefully you’ll get to see his set … if you’re lucky!
Carrie Underwood is in full-on vacation mode in her tempo-driven new single that celebrates all things summer. From the very first line, which references “a pontoon boat with a Yamaha,” the warm-weather visuals keep rolling. There’s “people dressed like they’re in Panama,” a rope swing, “tan lines and gas station cheap sunglasses,” and let’s not forget those “redneck margaritas” that “are two for one at that old marina.” Yes, please. By the time Underwood gets to the catchy chorus, you’ll wish you were bathing suit-clad, slathered up with sunscreen and “dancing on the dock … at 2 o’clock” like a character in the song. Written by Underwood, David Garcia and Josh Miller, this third single from her “Cry Pretty” album was introduced to television audiences in a peppy performance during the ACM Awards in early April, and it sets a very fun tone for Underwood’s “Cry Pretty 360 Tour,” kicking off in May.
With a clever lyrical hook, High Valley turns “Single Man” into an upbeat homage to marriage and fatherhood. It’s a topic the duo’s Brad and Curtis Rempel know well. Both of the brothers are married with two children apiece. Brad, who co-wrote the song with Derrick Southerland and Jordan Schmidt, has said of the track, “Sometimes being single looks really fun. Wild, free, less responsibility … but my wife and kids are so amazing that I honestly don't know a single man who wouldn't want to trade places with me.” Featuring the kind of tempo radio loves for the spring-into-summer season, the mandolin-infused, Bluegrass-inspired song stands out — in the best possible way — among current poppier offerings on the Country airwaves. The song is the lead track from the ACM-nominated duo’s forthcoming sophomore album, the follow up to their 2016 major label debut.
If your family is somewhat less than perfect (and whose isn’t?) you’re going to find something to relate to in Caylee Hammack’s confident debut single, which already has a buzz going at Country radio. Written by Hammack, Troy Verges and Gordie Sampson, “Family Tree” includes such witty lines as, “Grandma sold her Maytag dryer to post my uncle’s bail / He’ll be hanging her laundry ‘til there’s a snow storm in hell.” Peppered with autobiographical details from the rising star’s South Georgia upbringing, the song describes a few more bad apples among her kin before declaring in the conciliatory chorus, “The roots run deep / And ain’t nothing gonna shake our family tree.” Hammack’s distinctive voice — both as a singer and a writer - immediately sets this song apart, and looks to be the start of a bright career for the young artist.
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