"SPRAY PAINTED LINE", THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM FROM COUNTRY MUSIC HITMAKER RAY FULCHER, IS AVAILABLE NOW

On the Eve of the Album Release, Fulcher Had a Message for Listeners

Stream and Download Spray Painted Line HERE

The highly anticipated debut album, "Spray Painted Line". from CMA Triple Play Award winner Ray Fulcher is available now. With over 21 million streams, the fan-favorite "Anything Like You Dance" is at Country radio now. Hours before the album came out, Fulcher took to Instagram to speak to fans and friends directly with this heartfelt and inspiring post HERE

Taken from the opening lines of the album's "All Gas No Brakes," a spray painted line is a starting point, and for this artist's debut record, it's the perfect first chapter that sets the foundation for what Ray Fulcher wants to do moving forward.

"I think there's a lot of real-life in this album," said Fulcher. "Spray Painted Line is so uniquely me, and I'm really excited because it leaves us room for growth, to keep going, and to keep evolving. It sets the foundation for the rest of my artist career."

The new track "John Wayne" is a venture out of the comfort zone for Fulcher, and fans at CMA Music Fest seemed to be embracing the cowboy love song. "It's kind of the first time that we've done something in this lane which makes me excited to see what the fans and new listeners think about it," said Fulcher. "I remember when we were writing it, Paul DiGiovanni played this guitar line, and I fell in love with it because it opened up so many melodies for me. We actually pulled that exact guitar line from the demo into the studio session."

Tracks from Spray Painted Line, including "John Wayne," are now playing on top playlists like Apple Music's New In Country; Amazon Music's Breakthrough Country; Spotify's Breakout Country, New Music Friday Country, New Boots, Next From Nashville, Notable Releases; Tidal's Country Waves and Country Airwaves; and YouTube's Country's New Crop.

Release week came with a packed CMA Music Fest schedule for Fulcher. He supported the album's release with multiple performances, including the Maui Jim Reverb Stage at Bridgestone Plaza, the Crown Royal Lounge, meeting fans at the CMA booth in Fan Fair X, two album release shows at Barlines inside the Omni, and The Valentine. Additionally, Fulcher made his 4th performance at the Grand Ole Opry, a plaza performance in the "Opry Loves The '90s" series, and more.

"I think Spray Painted Line has a lot of stuff in there for people to grab onto as their own," said Fulcher. "Which for me is the most important thing."

Produced by Jonathan Singleton, the 17-track album is released on Larkin Hill Records under an exclusive license to Black River Entertainment.

Spray Painted Line Track Listing:

1. “All Gas No Brakes” (Ray Fulcher, Jordan Walker, Zach Abend)
2. "Sellin' Cars" (Ray Fulcher, Brad Warren, Brett Warren, Lance Miller)
3. "Anything Like You Dance" (Ray Fulcher, Jonathan Singleton, Thom McHugh)
4. "Girl In It" (Ray Fulcher, Erik Dylan, James McNair)
5. "If You Like Your Boys Like That" (Ray Fulcher, Cole Taylor)
6. "John Wayne" (Ray Fulcher, John Pierce, Paul DiGiovanni)
7. “Compliment” (Ray Fulcher, Jacob Durrett)
8. "After The Rain" (Ray Fulcher, Matt Jenkins, Aj Pruis)
9. "Life Changing Money" (Ray Fulcher, Cole Taylor, Paul DiGiovanni, Jamie Paulin)
10."So Far So Bad" (Ray Fulcher, Jonathan Singleton, Matt Roy)
11. "Bucket List Beers" (Ray Fulcher, Luke Combs, Tim Nichols, Chris Yarber)
12. "The Battle of Betty's Love" (Eric Church, Jon Stone)
13 "Damn If It Didn't Hurt" (Ray Fulcher, Jordan Walker, Drew Parker)
14. "Love Ya Son, Go Dawgs" (Jordan Walker, Ben Hayslip)
15. "Hearts To Break" (Ray Fulcher, Jonathan Singleton)
16. "Way Out" (Ray Fulcher, Ross Copperman, Jon Nite, Michael Ray, Taylor Phillips, Andrew DeRoberts)
17. "Sorry, Heart" (Ray Fulcher, Jameson Rodgers, Dan Isbell)

Fulcher continues to tour this summer in support of the new album and "Anything Like You Dance" at Country radio.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:

6/24/22 – Country Fest - Cadott, WI

6/25/22 – Shore Side Pub & Grub with Chris Janson - Manson, IA

7/10/22 – Log Still Distillery with Ashley McBryde - New Haven, KY

7/23/22 – Faster Horses - Brooklyn, MI

8/05/22 – WE Fest - Detroit Lakes, MN

8/12/22 – Tidalwave Music Festival - Atlantic City, NJ

9/03/22 – Long Island Community Hospital Amphitheater with Jake Owen - Farmingville, NY

10/19/22 – Meyer Theatre - Green Bay, WI *

10/21/22 – Crystal Grand Music Theatre - Wisconsin Dells, WI *

10/22/22 – The Des Plaines Theatre - Des Plaines, IL *

10/27/22 – Thrasher-Horne Center - Orange Park, FL *

10/29/22 – The Cameo Theater - Bristol, VA *

11/03/22 – Hoyt Sherman Place - Des Moines, IA *

11/11/22 – Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN *

* Craig Morgan's God, Family, Country, Tour dates (more here)

"LARKIN HILL MIXES", THE NEW EP FROM COUNTRY MUSIC HITMAKER RAY FULCHER IS AVAILABLE NOW

Fulcher Continues on Tour with Luke Combs and Ashley McBryde as "Girl in It" Impacts Country Radio

Ray Fulcher steps further into the limelight with the release of his new EP Larkin Hill Mixes, available now (9/17) on Black River. Celebrating the follow-up to his hugely successful independent EP, Somebody Like Me, which has since garnered more than 30 million streams, Fulcher played songs from both collections and his new single "Girl in It" during his show at the Exit/In, in Nashville (9/15).

All five songs are digitally available here, and "Compliment" debuted on top playlists, including Apple Music's New In Country and Fifth Gear, the COVER of Amazon Music's Breakthrough Country, Pandora's New Country Now, Spotify's Next From Nashville, New Music Nashville and Hot Country Instagram, and YouTube's The New Americana. "Girl in It" continues to grow in streams and is featured this week on top playlists, including Apple Music's Country in Spatial Audio, Spotify's New Boots and YouTube's Country on the Rise. Additionally, countless Nashvillians saw a larger-than-life Ray Fulcher on Broadway as they drove past The Nashville Sign, where Amazon Music featured Fulcher's new EP, Larkin Hill Mixes, on Friday (9/17). The Apple Country New Release page also features the new EP.

Fresh off an entire weekend of playing shows, packing his bags for a fall tour is a lot easier for Fulcher now as he's recently partnered with Boot Barn. Fulcher joins friend and writing partner Luke Combs and Ashley McBryde at MetraPark Arena in Billings, MT on Tuesday (9/21) and continues with them on the What You See Is What You Get tour and supports Ashley McBryde on select dates.

Filmed on (9/4) while opening for his friend and writing partner Luke Combs in Boone, NC, the music video for "Compliment" features Fulcher performing for over 30,000 people at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Highlighting audience members throughout the video, directed by Christian Hall, a thankful Fulcher reminisced the "Bucket List Beers" experience on Instagram. "When pictures or words don’t do it justice," said Fulcher. "Thank you, @lukecombs for believing in me and including me in your historic, monumental night. We’ll be talking bout this one 20 years from now."

“With this five-song EP, Fulcher proves he’s got an amiable voice and 

plenty more radio-friendly fare in his arsenal.”

 - Billboard

Listening to his Black River debut EP, Larkin Hill Mixes, the songs are instantly recognizable. Heck, they feel like old favorites from the very first listen. Maybe it's the influences he grew up on. Maybe it's the desire to lift people up, let them feel what he's writing. Or maybe, just maybe, the friendly artist who writes songs of misdirection understands that life is what you make it – and lets his songs take it from there.

Teaming with West Tennessee's Jonathan Singleton for production, the pair dug in for a Memphis-meets-'90s country sound. Guitars that sting, hooks that land and story twists that prompt smiles, they created retro-contemporary sounds that are old school, new school and no school country.

Whether it's the quick-word dropping, slow chorus in "Way Out" that pits the notion of how far out of town one lives with the idea of escape or the vocal harmony-basted swagger of the country living truths in "Compliment," Fulcher delivers songs that distill a slower way of life that's equal parts pride, joy and good clean fun. The euphoria almost rises from the tracks as the words, melodies and darning needle guitars fly by.

Certainly "Girl in It" leans into the notion of rhythm and punctuation. Whirling through the phases of love and losing, the truth is that no matter what – there's always a girl in it. "In the verse, you've definitely got that very rhythmic, aggressive tempo going on, but the way the hook lands, it changes everything up," said Fulcher. "You know, you can take a simple idea, but dress it up with how you drop the words, where you put the melody in the hook."

That same hand-clap percussive drive marks "Damn If It Didn't Hurt," the truth-telling take on life's little defeats and how a man growing up faces life, love and disappointment. The turnaround here comes from the reality that the best things in life often come with just enough pain to let you know, but not enough pain that if you could do it all over again, you'd do a single thing different.

Larkin Hill Mixes Track List

Produced by Jonathan Singleton

1.) "Compliment" – Written by Ray Fulcher and Jacob Durrett

2.) "Girl in It"– Written by Ray Fulcher, Erik Dylan, and James McNair

3.) "Way Out"– Written by Ray Fulcher, Ross Copperman, Andrew DeRoberts, Jon Nite, Taylor Phillips, and Michael Ray

4.) "Bucket List Beers"– Written by Ray Fulcher, Luke Combs, Tim Nichols, and Chris Yarber

5.) "Damn If It Didn't Hurt" – Written by Ray Fulcher, Drew Parker, and Jordan Walker

On June 25th, Fulcher stepped into the circle of the Grand Ole Opry stage for his debut performance and released new music on Black River the same day. PEOPLE.com premiered Ray Fulcher's "Girl in It" music video and gave readers a behind-the-scenes look straight from the set, watch it here. With more than a half-a-million streams, Fulcher's single "Girl in It" debuted on top playlists, including Apple Music's New In Country, Amazon Music's Breakthrough Country, Pandora's New Country and New Country Now, and Spotify's Next From Nashville, New Music Nashville, and RADAR Country.

As a writer, Ray Fulcher understands the sweet spot of life. It's the same joy that marks the songs he's co-written with an old friend named Luke Combs. Eight of those songs ended up on the 2020 CMA Album of the Year What You See Is What You Get. Eight more ended up on This One's for You. Four of those songs – "When It Rains It Pours," "Even Though I'm Leaving," "Lovin' on You" and "Does to Me," featuring their mutual idol and influence Eric Church – went to #1.

For more information on Ray Fulcher's upcoming music, tour dates, merchandise, and more, please visit rayfulchermusic.com and follow him on socials.

BLACK RIVER ENTERTAINMENT SIGNS RAY FULCHER TO ARTIST ROSTER

Back Row: Terry Wakefield (Universal Music Publishing), Gordon Kerr (Black River), Abby Miller (Black River), Zebb Luster (River House), Doug Johnson (Black River), Neil Mason (Badlands Management), Lynn Oliver (River House Publishing), Ray Fulcher, Mike Wilson (Black River), Rick Froio (Black River), Austin Mullins (WME), Dawn Delvo (Black River), and Chris King (King Business and Financial Management).

Front Row: Tali Canterbury (50 Egg), Ron Stuve (Universal Music Publishing), Rebekah Gordon (Black River), Emily Hungate (Black River), Lauren Kilgore (Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP), Bill Macky (Black River), Tanya Schrage (Black River), Jordon Petty (270 Media Co), and Jonathan Singleton (Producer).

Black River Entertainment is proud to announce the signing of hit songwriter and artist Ray Fulcher to its artist roster today.

With more than 30 million streams as an artist in his own right and 3 billion streams as a songwriter, Fulcher has amassed a loyal fanbase. Today, Fulcher honored his fans' support on his musical journey thus far by sharing this special moment with them first.

"Fans are the reason I write songs," said Fulcher. "They are the lifeblood of our industry, and without them, this wouldn't be possible, so it's only right for them to know first."

Black River joins an accomplished team alongside WME, Universal Music Publishing, River House Publishing, and Badlands Management. They all look forward to a music-filled 2021, complete with a fall tour as Fulcher is set as support for Luke Combs for the third time.

"What a great day for all of us!" said Black River's President and CEO Gordon Kerr. "What an impressive team we are now partnered alongside. Most importantly, what an artist! We are honored to step into this already impressive journey and can't wait to see what is in store for Ray!"

Upon signing with Black River, Fulcher shared, "I always knew I didn't want to sign anywhere unless they really believed in our music and vision as much as we did ourselves. They had to really get the songs and what we wanted to do with them and believe that I was the guy to carry them to the masses. With Black River, we have gotten all that and more...and the more I've gotten to know the people, the more I see what a great group of not just professionals they are, but humans. Just felt like a real easy decision."

Black River Entertainment's President and CEO Gordon Kerr and Ray Fulcher

Born and raised in the small town of Harlem, Georgia, Ray Fulcher grew up on many of country music's best songwriters & storytellers, and it shows. Some of his biggest influences were Alan Jackson, Keith Whitley, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Church, and George Strait. Seeing Eric Church play at Athens' Georgia Theatre at 21 years old, Fulcher was filled with inspiration and immediately went out and bought his first guitar. Shortly after graduating from the University of Georgia in 2014, Fulcher moved to Nashville to pursue a songwriting and an artist career. Soon after, Fulcher signed his first publishing deal with River House Publishing, began getting cuts as a songwriter, and released his second EP, Here We Go Again, which debuted in the Top 10 of the country charts. This early success led to coveted support spots, including the Luke Combs Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour (2019) and the Matt Stell Everywhere But On Tour (2020), as well as extensive headlining and festival dates.

Songwriting ignited Fulcher's career as he's the co-writer of eight songs on Luke Combs' Platinum debut album, This One's For You, including the No.1 single "When It Rains It Pours," which has been certified triple platinum. Adding fuel to the fire, Fulcher co-wrote eight songs on Luke's follow-up album, What You See Is What You Get, including the No. 1 singles "Even Though I'm Leaving," "Does To Me" ft. Eric Church, and "Lovin' On You." Ray's latest EP, Somebody Like Me (2019), features the singles "Anything Like You Dance" and "Life After Your Leavin'." Signed to Black River Entertainment in 2021, Fulcher is writing and recording new music with producer Jonathan Singleton and is set to support Luke Combs this fall on the What You See Is What You Get Tour.

For more information on Ray Fulcher's upcoming music, tour dates, merchandise, and more, please visit rayfulchermusic.com.

LUKE COMBS’ NEW EP, "THE PREQUEL", OUT JUNE 7

LEAD SINGLE “BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART” SETS FIRST WEEK STREAMING RECORD WITH 11 MILLION STREAMS

CMA and ACM-award winner Luke Combs will release his highly anticipated new EP, The Prequel, June 7 via River House Artists/Columbia Nashville. You can pre-save the EP now.

Produced by Scott Moffatt, the EP features five new songs co-written by Combs including lead single, "Beer Never Broke My Heart," which recently premiered worldwide at country radio. The song is currently No. 2 on Billboard’s Country Streaming Songs chart with 11 million streams—setting the record for the best first week of streaming ever for a country song—and No. 1 on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart. "Beer Never Broke My Heart" also recently set the record for most adds on the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart with 149 adds and debuted at No. 15 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart—the top entrance by any artist since September 2012 and Combs’ highest debut to date. In celebration of the new music, Combs recently performed the track on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

The release of The Prequel adds to an already monumental year for Combs, who is nominated for two awards at the 2019 CMT Music Awards: Video of the Year (“She Got The Best of Me”) and CMT Performance of the Year (“Beautiful Crazy” from CMT Crossroads with Leon Bridges). The awards ceremony will broadcast live on CMT from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 5 at 8:00pm ET/7:00pm CT. ​

Additionally, Combs recently made history as the first artist to simultaneously top all five Billboard country charts for multiple weeks: Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales (dated March 9, March 30 and April 6). Moreover, Combs’ previous 2x platinum single, “Beautiful Crazy,” spent seven-straight weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart—tying the second longest run atop the chart since its launch in 1990. “Beautiful Crazy” Beautiful Crazy” is also the first country single shipped to radio already platinum-certified since Taylor Swift’s “Red” in 2013, has more than 390 million on-demand streams and makes Combs the first artist ever to send his first five singles to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.

Continuing his landmark year, Combs sold out venues in 25 of the 29 cities on his newly confirmed “Beer Never Broke My Heart” fall tour in the first weekend tickets were on-sale. He broke records at Bozeman’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, Bloomington’s Grossinger Motors Arena and Bossier City’s CenturyLink Center for the fastest sell out times in venue history. Additional sold-out shows include Kansas City’s Sprint Center, Portland’s Moda Center, Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center, Phoenix’s Talking Stick Resort Arena, Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center and Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena among several others. Special guests throughout the tour include Morgan Wallen, The Cadillac Three and Jameson Rodgers. See below for complete tour details.

The Prequel is Combs’ first release following his double Platinum certified debut album, This One’s For You, which was released June 2, 2017 and has spent a total of 35 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart—the longest reign for a solo male artist in over 25 years. The album also spent 16 weeks at No. 1 in 2018—making it the highest selling country album last year with 1.1 million equivalent album units sold and the only country album to surpass 1 million album units. It’s also the most-streamed country album of 2019 so far. Additionally, Combs was awards Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist, and Top Country Album at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, New Male Artist of the Year at the 2019 ACM Awards, Country Artist of the Year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, New Artist of the Year at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards, was nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards and was the recipient of a CMA Triple Play Award for writing three No. 1 songs in a 12 month period.

THE PREQUEL TRACK LIST

1. Beer Never Broke My Heart (written by Luke Combs, Randy Montana, Jonathan Singleton)

2. Refrigerator Door (written by Luke Combs, Jordan Brooker)

3. Even Though I’m Leaving (written by Luke Combs, Wyatt B. Durrette III, Ray Fulcher)

4. Lovin’ On You (written by Luke Combs, Thomas Archer, Ray Fulcher, James McNair)

5. Moon Over Mexico (written by Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher, Dan Isbell, Jonathan Singleton)

LUKE COMBS’ “BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART TOUR”

May 30—Clarkston, MI—DTE Energy Music Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)

May 31—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)

June 15—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion# (SOLD OUT)

July 11—Charleston, SC—Volvo Cars Stadium‡ (SOLD OUT)

July 12—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)

July 13—Charlotte, NC—PNC Music Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)

September 26—Rogers, AR—Walmart AMP§ (SOLD OUT)

September 27—Bloomington, IL—Grossinger Motors Arena§ (SOLD OUT)

September 28—St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center§ (SOLD OUT)

October 3—Cape Girardeau, MO—Show Me Center** (SOLD OUT)

October 4—Kansas City, MO—Sprint Center**(SOLD OUT)

October 5—Des Moines, IA—Wells Fargo Arena** (SOLD OUT)

October 8—Winnipeg, MB—Bell MTS Place**

October 10—Saskatoon, SK—SaskTel Center** (SOLD OUT)

October 11—Edmonton, AB—Rogers Place** (SOLD OUT)

October 12—Calgary, AB—The Scotiabank Saddledome** (SOLD OUT)

October 15—Missoula, MT—Adams Center** (SOLD OUT)

October 16—Bozeman, MT—Brick Breeden Fieldhouse** (SOLD OUT)

October 18—Portland, OR—Moda Center** (SOLD OUT)

October 19—Vancouver, BC—Rogers Arena** (SOLD OUT)

October 25—Fresno, CA—Save Mart Center** (SOLD OUT)

October 26—Sacramento, CA—Golden 1 Center** (SOLD OUT)

October 31—Nampa, ID—Ford Idaho Center** (SOLD OUT)

November 1—Spokane, WA—Spokane Arena** (SOLD OUT)

November 2—Tacoma, WA—Tacoma Dome** (SOLD OUT)

November 6—San Jose, CA—SAP Center at San Jose**

November 8—Phoenix, AZ—Talking Stick Resort Arena** (SOLD OUT)

November 15—Indianapolis, IN—Bankers Life Fieldhouse** (SOLD OUT)

November 16—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse** (SOLD OUT)

November 21—Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center** (SOLD OUT)

November 22—Uncasville, CT—Mohegan Sun Arena** (SOLD OUT)

November 23—Pittsburgh, PA—PPG Paints Arena** (SOLD OUT)

December 5—Bossier City, LA—CenturyLink Center** (SOLD OUT)

December 6—Lubbock, TX—United Supermarkets Arena** (SOLD OUT)

December 13—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena** (SOLD OUT)

‡with Cody Johnson and Ray Fulcher

#with Ray Fulcher

§with The Cadillac Three and Jameson Rodgers

**with Morgan Wallen and Jameson Rodgers


LUKE COMBS’ ADDITIONAL 2019 TOUR DATES

June 1—Virginia Beach, VA—Patriotic Festival

June 8—Nashville, TN—CMA Fest

June 14—Buffalo, NY—WYRK Toyota Taste of Country

June 22—Rome, GA—Rome River Jam

July 4—Austin, TX—Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic

July 19—Valparaiso, IN—Porter County Fair

July 20—Twin Lakes, WI—Country Thunder Wisconsin

July 26—Yerington, NV—A Night In The Country

July 27—Tooele, UT—Country Fan Fest

August 31—Snowmass Village, CO—JAS Aspen Snowmass

September 22—Cincinnati, OH—Outlaw Music Festival