SAM HUNT REISSUES BETWEEN THE PINES TODAY ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MONTEVALLO RELEASE

The Celebration Continues with Sam Hunt Street Party Presented by Bose® 

Set for Downtown Nashville Oct. 28

MCA Nashville breakout star Sam Hunt has experienced an extraordinary year since the release of his debut album, Montevallo, one year ago today. In recognition of the album that launched Hunt into the country music forefront, the Georgia native released today a digital reissue of his original acoustic mixtape Between The Pines, which served as a blueprint for the then forthcoming Montevallo.  Between The Pines available HERE.

Beginning his career as a songwriter, Hunt co-wrote all 15 tracks on Between The Pines. In addition to many of the well-known hits from Hunt, the acoustic mixtape includes “Raised On It,” a tune adopted early by Sirius XM, “Cop Car,” the Top 10 hit for Keith Urban, “We Are Tonight,” the No. 1 smash for Billy Currington, and Hunt’s first Nashville cut, “Come Over,” the powerful No. 1 for Kenny Chesney.

Hunt built on Between The Pines to create his first major label release with the critically-acclaimed Montevallo. Montevallo landed on multiple “Best of 2014” lists including the Associated Press, Billboard, Country Weekly, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, SPIN Magazine, Village Voice and The Washington Post, and the album has so far produced three consecutive No. 1 Platinum-selling singles with “Leave the Night On,” “House Party” and the double-Platinum “Take Your Time,” plus Hunt’s latest Top 25 and climbing Gold-selling single, “Break Up In A Small Town.” The monumental album has also spent 51 of the past 52 weeks in the Top 10 on the country album sales chart – nine of those weeks at No. 1.

In the past year, Hunt has made astronomical leaps in his career  – from attending his first ever awards show at last fall’s CMA Awards to this year performing on the live broadcast and being a nominee in three categories including New Artist of the Year, Single of the Year (“Take Your Time”) and Song of the Year (“Take Your Time”).

Since making his TV debut on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Hunt has performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, ABC’s Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Live! with Kelly & Michael, CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Hunt proved his universal appeal when named the Cycle 5 winner of Spotify’s Emerge program – a first for a country artist in the all-genre competition. Remaining a heavy-hitter on the streaming charts, Hunt’s “Take Your Time,” “House Party” and “Leave the Night On” are the No. 1, 3 and 5 most-streamed country singles year-to-date.

Hunt sold out his first-ever headlining Lipstick Graffiti Tour within minutes of going on sale. Hunt also shared the stage with Taylor Swift, joined tours with Lady Antebellum and Luke Bryan, and will be hitting stadiums with Kenny Chesney next spring.

In celebration of an unprecedented year, Hunt is hosting a free street party tomorrow night at 6 p.m. at a pop up stage on 5th Ave. S between Demonbreun St. and Korean Veterans Blvd. in downtown Nashville.

Between The Pines Track Listing:

1. Raised On It (Acoustic)

2. Cop Car (Acoustic)

3. Ex to See (Acoustic)

4. House Party (Acoustic)

5. Leave the Night On (Acoustic)

6. We Are Tonight (Acoustic)

7. Make You Miss Me (Acoustic)

8. I Met a Girl (Acoustic)

9. Bottle It Up (Acoustic)

10. Saturday Night (Acoustic)

11. Speakers (Acoustic)

12. Vacation (Acoustic)

13. Vandalizer (Acoustic)

14. Goodbye (Acoustic)

15. Come Over (Acoustic)


To purchase Between The Pines, visit http://umgn.us/Mixtape.

For more information, touring news and updates on Sam Hunt, please visit www.SamHunt.com.

SAM HUNT INVITES YOU TO HIS ON THE ROAD "HOUSE PARTY"

Check out the new video from Sam Hunt for his hit single, “House Party”. The video was shot on the road and if you were at a show, you may see yourself so look carefully! "House Party” is the third single off the chart topping album Montevallo. Montevallo remains the only album from 2014 to chart as a Top 5 country album for all of 2015!

JON PARDI SETS MAY 19 RELEASE DATE FOR THE B-SIDES, 2011-2014

Three-Part Documentary, “Intro to the Pardi,” Available Exclusively on VEVO

While country music traditionalist Jon Pardi is working on his sophomore studio album, he is responding to fans’ demand for more music with his May 19 digital EP release, The B Sides, 2011-2014.

The B Sides features six previously unreleased tracks recorded for consideration for Pardi’s debut album, Write You A Song.  Although they did not make the final track listing for Write You A Song, hence The B Sides title, Pardi continues to play many of these songs in his live show. Fans have learned the lyrics over time and sing along, yet have not been able to personally own the tracks until now.

As he did with ten of the titles on his “Best of 2014”-named Write You A Song, Pardi co-produced and co-wrote all of the songs on The B Sides.

The B Sides, 2011-2014 Track Listing:

1. Fightin’ The Fool (Jon Pardi, Bart Butler, Davy Ulbrich)
2. Over My Head (Jon Pardi, Trent Summar, Gary Nicholson)
3. Drinkin’ With Me (Jon Pardi, Britton Cameron, Doug Kahan)
4. Back on the Backroads (Jon Pardi, Davy Ulbrich, Rich McCready)
5. Rainy Night Song (Jon Pardi)
6. Borrowed Time (Jon Pardi, Keith Follese, Adrienne Follese)

Pardi recently partnered with VEVO for “Intro to the Pardi,” an exclusive three-part documentary following his journey from rural northern California to Nashville. The series also chronicles his debut album release on Capitol Records, as well as touring with some of today’s country legends. View Part I HERE.

Pardi is currently on tour with Alan Jackson on the Keepin’ It Country Tour. For tour dates, news and more, visit www.JonPardi.com

DARIUS RUCKER RELEASES SOUTHERN STYLE MARCH 31

New Album Launches with National Media Appearances Including NBC’s Today Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, ABC’s The Chew, ESPN, CNN’s Headline News & The Dan Patrick Show

Country music superstar Darius Rucker launches his fourth solo album, Southern Style, on March 31 with multiple national media appearances including NBC’s Today Show (3/31), ESPN’s Mike & Mike, First Take and SportsCenter (3/31), CNN’s Headline News (4/1), The Dan Patrick Show (4/1), The Ellen DeGeneres Show (4/6) and ABC’s The Chew (4/16). The album produced by Frank Rogers and Keith Stegall features the Top 5 and climbing hit single “Homegrown Honey,” which Rucker co-wrote with Nathan Chapman and label mate Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum. Rucker co-penned all 13 tracks on Southern Style with some of country music’s most notable songwriters including Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley, Mark Nesler and Rivers Rutherford.

Rucker’s three previous albums—Learn To Live; Charleston, SC 1966; and True Believers—all topped the Billboard Country Album chart and spawned six No. 1 singles. In 2008, he released Learn to Live; the album's first single, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It," made him the first African-American with a No. 1 country song since Charley Pride in 1983. It was followed by two more singles that topped the chart—"It Won't Be Like This For Long" and "Alright"—and earned him the New Artist award from the Country Music Association. His 2010 follow-up, Charleston, SC 1966, included two more No. 1s, while True Believers contained the Platinum certified and Grammy winning No. 1 “Wagon Wheel.” In 2012 he achieved a lifetime goal and was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.

Southern Style Track Listing:

1. Homegrown Honey (Darius Rucker, Nathan Chapman and Charles Kelley)

2. Good For A Good Time (Darius Rucker, Kendal Marvel and Jeremy Spillman)

3. Baby I’m Right (Featuring Mallary Hope)* (Darius Rucker, Mark Nesler and Phillip White)

4. Southern Style (Darius Rucker, Rivers Rutherford and Tim James)

5. High On Life (Darius Rucker, Josh Thompson and Jessi Alexander)**

6. Perfect (Darius Rucker, Ashley Gorley and Rhett Akins)

7. You, Me And My Guitar (Darius Rucker, Ashley Gorley and Rhett Akins)

8. Low Country (Darius Rucker, Troy Verges, Blair Daly and Hillary Lindsey) **

9. Need You More (Darius Rucker, Jonathan Singleton and Deric Ruttan)

10. Half Full Dixie Cup (Darius Rucker, Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell)

11. Lighter Up (Darius Rucker, Drew Davis and Blake Bollinger) **

12. You Can Have Charleston (Darius Rucker and Frank Rogers)

13. So I Sang (Darius Rucker, Rivers Rutherford and Tim James) **