Here’s new music to take a listen to this week, some from artists you might know and others you might want to explore.
1Ryan Hurd with Carter Faith
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Apple Music unveils “Lights Out,” performed by songwriter Ryan Hurd and featuring Carter Faith, as the sixth release of its Lost & Found program, which spotlights unreleased tracks written by some of the best songwriters in Nashville and re-recorded by today’s biggest artists, all in Spatial Audio.
Take a listen here.
2Katie Pruitt
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Singer, songwriter and musician Katie Pruitt will release her highly anticipated new album, Mantras, April 5 via Rounder Records. Ahead of the album, new song, “White Lies, White Jesus and You,” is out now.
Of the track, Pruitt reflects, “I wrote ‘White Lies, White Jesus & You’ about shedding any remaining shame associated with the church. It’s an intentional protest song rejecting the narrative that the Bible’s purpose is to gate-keep or oppress. I hope it serves as a reminder to anyone who has ever been hurt by religion, that spirituality is yours to define for yourself and no institution can take that away from you.”
Take a listen here.
3Close Talker
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Indie rock trio, Close Talker are thrilled release their new single “From Dark to Lightness.”After now a decade of performing and writing together, Close Talker has been an integral aspect to the individual lives of Will, Matthew, and Chris. The project that started as a passion for three friends in 2012 has become formative to their identities.
Take a listen here.
4The Secret Sisters
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Grammy-nominated duo The Secret Sisters, made up of siblings Laura Rogers and Lydi
Of the track, the sisters reflect, “Fresh off the stress of a worldwide pandemic and slowly entering into a more normal world, we wrote this song together on a wet afternoon in Nashville, trying to make sense of the ways we all choose to find healing, as a society and as individuals. It felt important to acknowledge the struggle over our own choices in this area, and the need for extending empathy to people who choose differently.”
Take a listen here.
5Judah & the Lion
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Nashville crossover folk heroes Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald) will release The Process, their fifth studio album, on May 10 via Cletus the Van / Downtown Artist & Label Services. The 19-track album is a soul-baring song cycle that wrestles with the five stages of grief – Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance – and ultimately finds beauty and purpose in the pain.
Ahead of the album they released “Is What It Is,” of the song, they shared,“the song title is a direct quote from Peter Crone, a thought leader in human potential and performance,” Judah says. “The past cannot change and attempting to change it can be deconstructive for the future. The key is acceptance – what’s happening is meant to be happening because it is happening. This is a very powerful step in moving away from grief.”
Take a listen here.
6Sheryl Crow
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Nine-time GRAMMY® AWARD winner and 2023 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee Sheryl Crow releases “Evolution,” the title track from her upcoming 11th full-length studio album, Evolution, out on March 29, 2024.
Take a listen here.
7Chris Young
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Chris Young is readying his highly anticipated ninth studio album, Young Love & Saturday Nights, releasing March 22. Ahead of the album release, Young shares “Right Now.”
“Right Now” imagines a couple trying to define where they are headed. “You’re in that in-between phase of a relationship going, ‘It’s late, I can’t sleep. I’m wondering where you are and you’re wondering where I’m at. Let’s not wonder about it anymore. Let’s be in the same place,’” Young says.
Take a listen here.
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