Country artist Hardy was personally invited by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Jimmy Iovine to cover of Snoop and Dre’s iconic track “Gin and Juice” for the launch of their new beverage line of the same name. Hardy first teased the cover with an Instagram post featuring a flick of him posing with the two hip-hop legends, where the three musicians appeared to be on the set of a forthcoming “short film” tied to Gin & Juice.
Zac Brown Band has dropped their Jimmy Buffett tribute song, “Pirates & Parrots,” featuring Coral Reefer Band member and longtime Buffett collaborator Mac McAnally on vocals. Written by Brown, Andy Sheridan, Ben Simonetti, Drew Parker, Erik Dylan, Jonathan Singleton, Wyatt McCubbin, “Pirates & Parrots” embodies Buffett’s life and music with references to his 2003 hit “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere.” Says Zac Brown of the song: “I’m so excited for you to hear this song and to pay tribute to Jimmy Buffett. It hit me hard when we found out he was exiting the stage, he was an incredible human being.”
The Academy of Country Music revealed that Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, and Lainey Wilson will take the stage at the 59th ACM Awards, which will be held at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on May 16. Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
In celebration of her birthday, Carly Pearce is moving up the release date of her fourth studio album, Hummingbird, to June 7. Pearce announced the news on Instagram, sharing: “For my birthday this year, I wanted to give you guys a gift instead. My album Hummingbird is now coming out Friday, June 7. CMA Fest, I hope you’re ready because we’re going to be celebrating!”
Tracy Lawrence has dropped the official video for the ballad ‘Gulf of Mexico” off his forthcoming six-song EP ‘Out Here In It’, dropping Friday, June 7th.
