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THE HITS LIST TURKEY TROT
...with all the trimmings (11/22a)
AN AWARD-WINNING CMA GALLERY
Cowboy hats and funny caps (11/21a)
NEAR TRUTHS: WITCHING HOUR
It's not easy being green. (11/21a)
NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
THE B-SIDE
Lauren Weintraub
(Half-Pint Dynamite/Virgin Music)
5/12/22

WHAT IT IS: Nominated for iHeart’s TikTok Songwriter of the Year, Lauren Weintraub is one of country music’s most buzzworthy artists. Her viral track, “Not Like I’m in Love With You,” exploded on the platform, generating 2.2m+ views in three days, 381k+ likes, nearly 10k shares and nearly 15k pre-saves. Before she made waves on the Internet, Weintraub was a Recording Academy/Grammy U contest winner for “Careful Now,” while her 2019 NPR Tiny Desk Contest entry, “If You Were Gonna Leave Anyway,” earned her a “Top Shelf” designation from a panel of judges that included Jason Isbell. Weintraub was recently named “One to Watch” by the Nashville Songwriter’s Association.
SINGLE: “Not Like I’m in Love With You”
RELEASE DATE: 4/29
INTERNET: 12m+ combined global streams; 125% increase in monthly Spotify listeners in four weeks, 500k+; approaching 500m TikTok followers and 9m engagements; added to Spotify’s NMF, Wild Country, New Boots, Next from Nashville, Fresh & Chill, Pop Sauce, Singled Out, more
PRESS: NPR Tiny Desk “Top Shelf,” CMT (“reminiscent of Little Big Town’s hit ‘girl crush’”), more
BOOKING: Meredith Jones/CAA
PUBLISHING: Big Machine Music/All BC Music
MANAGEMENT: Jonathan Koby