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ALBUM NEWS: Randy Houser’s highly anticipated new album, ‘Magnolia’, is now available to stream in its entirety via NPR Music’s First Listen. Houser performed his favorite song from the album, “No Stone Unturned” on Good Morning America in January, and has been making appearances in Nashville, Los Angeles, New York City, Dallas, Houston, New York City and Baltimore in support of the new album including performances on Sirius XM Play, iHeart Radio Theater and NASH FM. This album marks a new era for Randy. Feeling impassionate, Houser opted to slow things down and set up camp in his good buddy and co-producer Gattis’ studio in East Nashville to recalibrate and rediscover his passion for creating music. He spent nearly two years fully invested in his songwriting which resulted in ‘Magnolia’ and a new sound that is un-polished yet authentically Houser.
Rascal Flatts is climbing the country charts with “Back to Life” (now available to stream or download) but they’re also having fun with some musical side projects in other genres. According to Jay DeMarcus, “We’ve also been working on something else at the same time, in tandem with this, where we’ve taken some of our favorite cover songs and reimagined them.” They recently released an EP called Jukebox, featuring covers of Hall & Oates, Foreigner, and Kenny Loggins songs, plus an exclusive cover of “Do You Believe in Love” by Huey Lewis, available on Amazon Music Unlimited. “Now we’re gonna go start to revisit some of our favorite songs from different genres that we’ve grown up loving,” said Jay. “This one happens to be the early 80’s so we’ve done a few things there. We’ve talked about doing like a metal band cover series and we’ve talked about doing like a R & B cover series. So we’re gonna go back and have some fun with some of the songs that influenced us the most.”
ARTIST NEWS: Carly Pearce became the future Mrs. Michael Ray, when he proposed to her in Riviera Maya, Mexico. When we asked her what made him ‘the one,’ she cited several things, according to her label, BMLG.
“Magnolia has been my beacon of light and restored my spirit and my truth,” said Houser. “It’s also the most daring and honest piece of work I’ve made in my life.”
“Our grandfathers both played such key roles into our lives,” says Carly. “The Pearce name is my grandfather – the red feather on my arm and my logo, all of that. Amos is his grandfather’s name that he named his record after.” She added, “I think what’s just important to us really lined up and what we prioritize and the kind of passions that we have, and we both are very driven people and our hearts are the same. I don’t know how I explain that.”
Houser’s fingerprints can be found on every inch of the project, having co-written every song on the album (and playing lead guitar on many of the songs). Music and more information on Randy at www.randyhouser.com.
It may be too early for wedding plans just yet as Carly kicks off 2019 with her new single, “Closer to You” climbing the charts, and a tour with Russell Dickerson on the way, as well as other tour plans later in the year.
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