We round up your weekly country music news from the first week of May 2020 – including a roundup of new country music releases and livestreams – and uncover the moments that you might have missed from the first week of May 2020. This country music news will also be available on the podcast tomorrow on Spotify and on iTunes.
The Country Music Livestreams You Should Be Watching This Week
Monday 11th May
6pm: Abby Anderson, Russell & Kailey Dickerson on Abby’s Silver Lining Moments series
12am: Song Suffragettes
Thursday 14th May
8.30pm: Brothers Osborne
9pm: Kalsey Kulyk & Eric Ethridge presented by Destination Country
1. Luke Combs shares more un-released material on his livestreams
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2. Keith Urban announces ‘Speed of Now Part 1’ Album to be released in September
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3. Martina McBride finds new track on ‘Songland’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWldcjYYWMY
4. Gwen Stefani makes her Opry debut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwhqv0YMrcU
Danielle Bradbery, ‘Never Have I Ever’ – Don’t let the title fool you this is raw and real songwriting at its finest, perhaps not Bradbery’s biggest track, it is a perfect follow up to her last record, beckoning in a new era of her music.
Eric Paslay, ‘Heartbeat Higher’ – stunning new track from Paslay with his co-writer Sarah Buxton, this hammers home the depth and power of his songwriting.Â
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Olivia Lane, ‘Living Instead’ – It truly feels like Lane has only just started tapping into her power and potential that could lie wider than country music itself. This is a sultry, stunning, lyrically powerful track.Â
Tim McGraw, ‘I Called Mama’ – The perfect track for mother’s day, this song feels like a warm hug and this is the time we’re all in need for one of those…
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