Country Daypop Archives

Lindsay Ell released her version of John Mayer’s Continuum on May 25. Entitled The Continuum Project, Lindsay also co-produced and co-engineered the album. Ell says that recording John Mayer’s 2006 album, Continuum, helped influence her own record and her current single, “Criminal.” Ell said, “doing The Continuum Project, that gave us the right sound and the right code to crack to get ‘Criminal’ to sound the right way.  It’s just crazy sometimes how things happen in life and one thing leads you to the next.”  Ell just wrapped up her stint on Brad Paisley’s Weekend Warrior World Tour. Later this summer, she’ll join Sugarland’s Still The Same Tour and will appear at select dates on Keith Urban’s Graffiti U World Tour this fall.

Luke Bryan has revealed dates for the 2018 edition of his annual Farm Tour of North America. Now in its 10th year, the Farm Tour currently has six dates scheduled in the first weeks of fall, with one weekend visiting spots across the Midwest and a second weekend heading back down South to conclude in Bryan’s home state of Georgia. Bryan started the Farm Tour in 2009, aiming to bring awareness to farming communities in the US as well as provide scholarships for families who live in those communities. Jon Pardi, who accompanied Bryan on the 2017 Farm Tour, is along for the ride, as are Morgan Wallen and Carly Pearce. For the larger stadium dates, Sam Hunt will round out the line-up.  For further details, check out Bryan’s website.

Over Dwight Yoakam’s 30-plus-year career, he hasn’t recorded many songs he co-wrote with other artists. Now comes an exception: Chris Stapleton adds his name to the small list of artists Dwight has invited to co-write with him.  Yoakam and Stapleton have co-penned “Then Here Came Monday,” which will be available for streaming today, May 25, along with another new tune from Dwight, “Pretty Horses.” The release of the new music comes as Dwight gets ready for his LSD Tour with Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams. The 20-date tour kicks off on June 12 in Boston, making stops in New York, L.A., Nashville and more.  You can listen to “Then Here Came Monday” below.

Kenny Chesney has released the video for “Get Along.” The song is the debut single from his upcoming Songs for the Saints album, out on July 27. The video shows Chesney, along with his fans, enjoying warm-weather fun at some of his tour stops on his current Trip Around the Sun Tour.  The “Get Along” video shows Chesney highlighting the fans who help make his concerts so much fun. A list of all of Chesney’s upcoming concerts is available at KennyChesney.com.

The 2018 CMT Music Awards will be held on June 6 in Nashville, bringing together the most popular country music artists under one roof. This year, Chris Stapleton, Sam Hunt, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson will take the stage with Little Big Town serving as hosts for the evening. Fans vote on the winners of each of the eight categories at the CMT Awards. Voting is already underway online through June 4. Then, fans can tune in to CMT or CMT.com on the June 6 to see who earned the most clicks.