Miranda Lambert Chris Stapleton

Have Been Breaking Records and Doing big Things in 2022

Our cover story this edition features Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton as these two artists have had notable careers in music and this year has marked some big moments for both and still have more on the horizon. Aside from being big winners this awards season, we recently got to hear them perform together at the 2021 ACM Awards and here’s to hoping for a collab in the future - especially since they recently have a song they wrote and registered to BMI called “Somebody Winds Up Pregnant.” While both are promoting other projects at the moment, one can’t be hopeful to hearing this song in the not to distant future.

The Most Riveting Country Star of Her Generation ...

The Vanner Records/ RCA Nashville superstar is set to release her eighth studio album, Palomino, April 29.

Visiting 30+ locations and countless characters along the way, the expansive 15-song project takes listeners on a freewheeling trek from the Mojave Desert to Battambang, Cambodia and everywhere in between. Lambert serves as a co-writer on 14 of the 15 songs, with the only outside cut arriving via a rousing cover of Mick Jagger’s “Wandering Spirit.”

Palomino is the latest installment in a storied career that has spanned seven consecutive No. 1 albums, ten No. 1 radio singles, over 70 prestigious awards and countless sales certifications, earning the reining ACM Entertainer of the Year praise as “the most riveting Country star of her generation.”

She is the most decorated artist in the history of the Academy of Country Music, Lambert has earned 37 ACM Awards (including the current ACM Entertainer of the Year title and a record-setting nine consecutive Female Artist of the Year Awards), 14 CMA Awards, 12 CMT Awards (including the current win for Female Video of the Year for “If I Was a Cowboy,” three GRAMMY Awards, the Nashville Symphony Harmony Award, ACM Gene Weed Milestone Award and ACM Song of the Decade Award, plus was named 2019’s RIAA Artist of the Year. She is the youngest artist ever to serve as the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s Artist in Residence, joining a legendary list of predecessors including Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark, Tom T. Hall, Jerry Douglas and more.

Following 2019’s critically acclaimed release of her seventh consecutive No. 1 album, Wildcard, the Texas native ushered in her next musical era with the recent release of current singles “If I Was a Cowboy” and “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” with Elle King while also adding her voice to Netflix’s new season of Queer Eye with inclusive anthem “Y’all Means All.”

She is currently on the road on The Bandwagon Tour with Little Big Town and has a headlining Las Vegas residency set for this fall. “Miranda Lambert: Velvet Rodeo The Las Vegas Residency” opens Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 for a run of 24 shows at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

In addition to Wildcard, the celebrated singer/songwriter’s lauded discography includes The Weight of These Wings (2016), Platinum (2014), Four The Record (2011), Revolution (2009), Crazy ExGirlfriend (2007) and Kerosene (2005). She has also released three albums with her trio, the Pistol Annies, as well as 2021’s GRAMMY-nominated The Marfa Tapes, a critically acclaimed, raw and intimate recording with collaborators Jack Ingram and Jon Randall. More information on upcoming dates and the new album at www.mirandalambert.com

Miranda also has a namesake bar on Nashville’s Broadway. Miranda Lambert’s Casa Rosa made history by becoming the first female country star to have a bar and restaurant on Broadway’s Honky Tonk Highway in Nashville. The “Pink House” is the home to some of Miranda’s most recognizable and important memorabilia, including the birdcage from her #1 song and CMA Video of the Year “Bluebird,” unique clothing and set pieces from her most popular video shoots, a dazzling rhinestone saddle modeled after a favorite of hers from Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, a customized “Yellow Rose” wall for photos, and dozens of items that highlight milestones and special moments in the country superstar’s life. More information at www.casarosanashville.com.

Her clothing and cowboy boot collection, Idyllwind, is a privatelabel brand sold at all Boot Barn stores nationwide. For more information, visit www.idyllwind.com.

Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit has raised over $6 million since its inception in 2009. The Foundation’s mission is to promote the adoption of rescue pets, support animal shelters across the country, advance spay & neuter and assist with the transport of animals during times of natural disaster. For more information, visit www.muttnation.com.

The first-ever Artist-Songwriter of the Decade

Kentucky-born Chris Stapleton is an 8x Grammy, 14x CMA, and 10x ACM Awardwinner and one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians. Following 2015’s quintuple platinum breakthrough solo debut album Traveller, Stapleton released two #1 albums in 2017. Both From A Room: Volume 1 (certified platinum) and From A Room: Volume 2 (certified gold) take their name from legendary RCA Studio A, where they were recorded with Dave Cobb.

His latest album, Starting Over, recently won three awards at the 67th Annual GRAMMYs: Best Country Album (Starting Over), Best Country Solo Performance (“You Should Probably Leave”) and Best Country Song (“Cold”). Starting Over found Stapleton back in his second home, Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A (with additional work done at Muscle Shoals Sound and Compass Sound Studio), surrounded by his trusted collaborators as well as some new faces. In addition to Cobb (acoustic guitar), the record features his beloved wife, Morgane Stapleton (vocals, tambourine), with J.T. Cure (bass) and Derek Mixon (drums). Special guests include legendary musicians Mike Campbell (electric guitar), Benmont Tench (Hammond B3 organ) and Paul Franklin (pedal steel) as well as the All Voices Choir who are featured on “Watch You Burn,” written by Stapleton and Campbell.

He was also recently announced as the first-ever “ArtistSongwriter of the Decade” recipient by the Academy of Country Music. A prolific writer, Stapleton has co-penned huge songs with Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and Justin Timberlake among his own works.

The reigning ACM Male Vocalist of the Year’s latest single, “You Should Probably Leave” recently reached #1 on both the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase/Country Aircheck charts—his third #1 as an artist following 2021’s “Starting Over” and 2018’s “Broken Halos.” Stapleton also earned Best Country Tour at the 33rd Annual Pollstar Awards and was recently the subject of an indepth profile at CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

Chris Stapleton’s “All-American Road Show” will continue throughout 2022 with newly added stops at L.A.’s The Forum, Detroit’s Comerica Park, DC’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, Long Island’s Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center and Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena among many others.

Stapleton will be joined by several special guests throughout the run including (in alphabetical order) The Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell, Sheryl Crow, Caylee Hammack, The Highwomen, Jamey Johnson, Elle King, Nikki Lane, The Marcus King Band, Kendell Marvel, Wille Nelson and Family, Margo Price, Mavis Staples, Dwight Yoakam and Yola.

Chris Stapleton’s “A Concert for Kentucky” stadium show raised over $1 million dollars for the Outlaw State of Kind Hometown Fund. Held this past month, the sold-out event was the first concert ever held at the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field and featured performances by Stapleton along with Willie Nelson and Family, Sheryl Crow and Madeline Edwards.

Of the evening, Stapleton shares, “Every night we walk on a stage, we do our best to help people forget their troubles or celebrate or remember or hope or heal. Every night we play, a portion of those profits always goes to charity. As a musician I can’t think of a greater honor than reaching a point where we can play a show for 40,000 people and give all of the profits back to a community that has been so unfailingly loyal and supportive. It is a tremendously pure and rewarding moment to get to provide the medicine that is music in that space. I’m grateful to everyone who came to the show and to all of the musicians, managers, agents and crew members that made this moment possible.”

He is also slated to perform several festivals this year including Jazz Aspen Snowmass, Bourbon & Beyond, and Pilgrimage Music Festival. For more information visit www.chrisstapleton.com.