Month: June 2021

Jimmie Allen and rising star Noah Schnacky blend country storytelling with a pulsing electronic beat on “Don't You Wanna Know,” which the latter singer co-wrote.

Epic and wistful, the song asks a love interest to take a shot on romance. Fittingly enough, Noah says that its story line originated in a dream he had.

“I had a dream my best friend was singing this song to a girl and I immediately woke up and looked up the lyrics and found nothing,” he explains. “As the song came to fruition, I knew adding Jimmie's style would really make it pop.”

Plus, the “Best Shot” star had been a longtime supporter to the younger artist. “He was one of the first artists to take me in and support me, so I was stoked he agreed to do it,” Noah goes on to say.

Adds Jimmie, “It was an honor for Noah to reach out to me to be a part of it. He made me feel comfortable to be myself on the track, which says a lot about him as an artist. I'm super proud of the song.”

The pair also teamed up for a music video, featuring performance footage as well as shots filmed during a summer night in the countryside.

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Miranda Lambert recently added the role of bar owner to her multi-hyphenate entertainment industry career, opening her honky-tonk Casa Rosa on downtown Nashville's Broadway strip.

Influenced by the singer's Texas roots and featuring personal touches like an Instagram-worthy rose wall and tufted pink booths, Miranda personally designed Casa Rosa’s aesthetics from top to bottom. Miranda teamed up with her long-time personal designer Phara Queen, as well as the TC Restaurant Group (TCRG), the latter of which is behind star-owned bars like FGL House, Luke's 32 Bridge and more.

For example, TCRG-associated artist Tim “Tiny” Parker worked to make custom pieces for Miranda’s venue, including a 12-foot-tall Saguaro cactus and a larger-than-life saddle embellished with Miranda's name.

Before Casa Rosa's official opening, Miranda broke in her new hotspot with a VIP-only karaoke party, with star guests like Kid Rock, Ashley McBryde, Darius Rucker and many more. The singer's husband, Brendan McLoughlin, was also in attendance, and the country superstar couple even hopped onstage for a karaoke duet during the party.

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Keith Urban and Breland have already proved just how fruitful their collaborations can be with the release of “Out the Cage,” a duet on Keith's recent album, The Speed of Now Part 1. Now, the pair have reunited for another song, “Throw It Back.”

While “Throw It Back” isn't the first team-up fans have heard from the two artists, Breland says that it's actually the first song they collaborated to make. They co-wrote “Throw It Back” in June of 2020.

“Throw It Back' is the first song Keith and I ever worked on together, and despite it being so sonically left of center, he immediately recognized it as a special song and started adding his iconic flavor to the record,” the rising artist recounts. “You'll be able to my and Keith's energy flowing not only in the song but in the video, which we helped shape together as well.”

Urban and Breland released a music video to go along with “Throw It Back” the same day the song came out.

“Breland is my brother from another mother. I LOVE creating with him,” Keith adds. “Everything is so simpatico and matter-of-fact — here it is! I'm stoked that a song written from our very first time writing together…is finally coming out.”

Keith is just one of many A-List country artists that Breland has teamed up with recently. He also has duets out with Gary LeVox, Sam Hunt, Mickey Guyton and more.

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On this date in 2002, a country superstar from Tennessee had ample reason to celebrate: His album, No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem, was certified both Gold and Platinum by the RIAA. Can you name him? ANSWER: Kenny Chesney.

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Sure, Luke Bryan‘s a country superstar, the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year, and an American Idol judge. But the Georgia Southern graduate with a business management degree is also an entrepreneur, with his own Music City honky tonk, Luke’s 32 Bridge, and a host of other endeavors. 

Now you can add his own beer, Two Lane, to the list. Introduced right before the pandemic, it’s now getting a re-launch — and Luke’s pretty excited about it.

“It’s totally the same feeling of hearing your song for the first time on the radio,” he reflects. “I’m walking through Publix, I’m looking through the aisles and there it is. Obviously, I had to buy a couple 12 packs.”

He continues, “But the funny thing…all you want to do is walk around the stores and just tell everybody, ‘This is my beer I’m buying.'”

The “Waves” hitmaker even admits to getting a little starstruck about it.

“A couple of weeks ago, I’m driving down I-65 and I see a Two Lane billboard on the highway,” he recalls. “And I freaked out, called everybody up.”

He goes on: “And then I was at my son’s basketball game and one of the mothers walked out of the basketball game wearing a Two Lane hat. It’s kind of like when I see somebody with my merchandise on out somewhere, you wanna have a little fun with them.”

Back home at Luke’s farm, all other beers have been banished.

“It’s… kind of like what Henry Ford said about the Model T,” he jokes. “‘You can have any color you want, as long as it’s black.’ Well, at my farm, you can drink any beer you want as long as it’s Two Lane.”

Two Lane also is available in four flavors of Hard Seltzer.

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