Month: March 2023

Carly Pearce delivered a stunning and cinematic music video for her single “What He Didn’t Do.” The visualizer captured her performing the song on a beach, before gradually walking toward and submerging herself underwater in a white wedding dress. 

That had some fans wondering – was that really Carly swimming underwater, or was it a stunt double?

“It was me. The whole video is me. I underestimated how difficult it would be to swim underwater with a large wedding dress on,” Carly told the press. “It was really, really crazy to feel the weight of that, but I feel like it almost helped me to get it into the character some. It scared me because, at times, you know, you think, oh, I know how to swim. But when you feel that kind of weight really pulling you down it's quite scary.”

“But that was one of the harder things I think I've done, physically, and honestly, the mental game of that was pretty hard,” she said.

In an interview with ABC Audio, Carly added of the “gross” dress, “You know, what’s funny is I actually ripped one of the shoulders while I was underwater, and we kept it just because it looked like it fit just the hardship that we were trying to show. So it was dirty. It was gross. It was, like, black. But that’s how it should be.”

Carly’s “What He Didn’t Do” is currently in the top five and climbing on the country charts. The soaring ballad is featured on her latest album, 29: Written in Stone.

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Up-and-comer Chase Matthew made his Grand Ole Opry debut Wednesday, March 14. One of Warner Music Nashville’s newest artists, Chase performed his songs “Born for This” and “County Line.”

Country music’s Little Big Town, Lady A and LeAnn Rimes join the lineup of artists honoring the Beach Boys in the upcoming CBS television special, A Grammy Salute To The Beach Boys. The two-hour tribute will also feature performances from John Legend, Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones and others. The special airs on April 9 at 8 p.m. ET.

Terri Clark will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame this May. “What can I say? Such an honor to be representing country music as one of the next inductees into the #CanadianMusicHallOfFame. I know my Mom is smiling today. Thanks to everyone who has been there supporting me along the way. And I ain't finished yet!” Terri shared on Instagram.

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What do you get when you put two singing Texans in a room backstage? An impromptu performance, of course.

Just before taking the Ryman Auditorium stage for Universal Music Group Nashville’s industry showcase, label mates and Texas natives Parker McCollum and Catie Offerman decided to sing a duet of “Don't Do It in Texas,” a song Catie released last year.

“Just don’t do it in Texas/ Don’t do me that wrong/ Don’t wanna end up an ex in/ Some old George Strait song/ Yeah, just remember/ Everything’s bigger/ And I couldn’t handle a hurt that size/ So, don’t do it in Texas/ If you’re saying goodbye,” Parker sang in lead, while Catie harmonized and played the acoustic guitar.

This moment was captured on video and uploaded on both singers’ Instagram pages. In less than 24 hours, the post has garnered over 28,000 likes, with fans raving about their joint rendition in the comments.

Parker’s current single, “Handle on You,” is number 6 and rising on the country charts, while Catie is slated to hit country radio with a single this year.

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Fast-rising newcomer Jackson Dean knew that he wanted a full-length album released before he went on tour. That’s why he made that known to his now-label home Big Machine Records prior to signing a recording contract with them.

“It was a really big part of signing a record deal. I was like, ‘I do not want to just throw out single after single after single. I wanna make records,'” Jackson tells the press. “I need things to play on the road because I don't wanna go out and play covers. I know a lot of people go out and play covers, and it was just somethin' I didn't want to do.”

“I wanted to play my songs and I'm really fortunate to have a label that understands that and is very supportive of that and gets it,” he adds. “But to go all across this country and see people singing the words back to, like, ‘Trailer Park’ and ‘Fearless’ and ‘Superstitions’ and ‘Don't Take Much’ and ‘Greenbroke’ even. I've seen people singing the words to Greenbroke.' It's just, like, they're listening to it, which is awesome to see someone that appreciates the art and the vision that I created.”

Jackson’s debut album, Greenbroke, dropped in March 2022, and includes his No. 1 single “Don’t Come Lookin'” and current single “Fearless (The Echo),” which is climbing up the country charts.

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Fresh off the heels of his 15th No. 1 single “Going Going Gone,” Luke Combs has announced that a new track, “5 Leaf Clover,” is dropping this Friday, March 17.

Taking to Instagram to share inspiration for his upcoming song, Luke wrote, “A while back my buddy Newdy and I were looking around the clover plot at my house for 4 leaf clovers. I eventually found one, but shortly thereafter, he found a 5 Leaf Clover and I thought to myself, ‘Man, how lucky do you have to be to find a 5 Leaf Clover?'”

“Didn't think too much of it at the time but wrote that down as a title in my phone,” he continues. “A few weeks later, I was writing with Jessi Alexander and Chase McGill and it came up. It still wasn't really anything that jumped off the page to me, but I shared the idea and guitar melody I had with them and they loved it. We ended up writing the song that day. I eventually started playing it at shows and posting a video of the song, and y'all quickly let me know it was one I had to record; that's why I'm super pumped for y'all to finally hear it THIS Friday, March 17!”

“5 Leaf Clover” will be included in Luke’s fourth studio album, Gettin’ Old. Due out on March 24, the 18-song record will also feature earlier-released tracks “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old,” “Love You Anyway” and “Joe.” 

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