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)
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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.
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WHAT IT IS: With more than 40 cuts in the last year ( FGL’s “Simple,” Morgan Wallen f/FGL’s “Up Down,” Chris Lane’s “I Don’t Know About You”) and several big #1s, HARDY’s reputation as one of Nashville’s hottest new songwriters is just part of the story. This multifaceted artist has his own style and substance, mixing country and rock into infectious, anthemic hits. He’s already on everyone’s 2019 country Artists to Watch lists, following the arrival of his first two EPs, which were both released in the last four months. And he’s expected to play more than 80 shows to 1m fans by the end of summer 2019.
ALBUM: Where to Find Me (EP by award-winning producer Joey Moi)
RELEASE DATE: 1/18
SINGLE: “Rednecker”
LIVE: Morgan Wallen sold-out If I Know Me Tour winter 2019; headlining own shows summer 2019, along with Florida Georgia Line’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour
RADIO: First single “Rednecker” has SiriusXM The Highway early support and over 600 spins in; terrestrial radio add date 3/4
PRESS: Billboard, Rolling Stone, Taste of Country, Popculture
BOOKING: Austin Neal, WME
PUBLISHING: Dennis Matkosky, Relative Music
MANAGEMENT: Seth England & Chief Zaruk , Big Loud Mgmt.