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Taylor Swift, Brittany Howard, Ingrid Andress, Miranda Lambert Among Top Grammy Nominees

29th Annual Tin Pan South Sets Dates For 2021 The nominees for The 63rd Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday (Nov. 24) by Chair and Interim Recording Academy President/CEO Morgan Wallen Notches Harvey Mason Jr. and an eclectic group of past Grammy winners, Fourth Consecutive No. 1 nominees and other special guests, including artists Lauren Daigle, Mickey Guyton, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Pepe Aguilar, Yemi Alade, Nicola Benedetti, and Imogen Heap, as well as CBS This Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Morning anchor Gayle King and The Talk host Sharon Osbourne. Maren Morris, Blake Shelton Earn American This year’s nominees were selected from more than 23,000 submissions Music Awards Wins across 83 categories, reflecting work that defined the year in music (Sept. 1, 2019 — Aug. 31, 2020). The final round of Grammy voting is Dec. 7, 2020 — Jan. 4, 2021. The 63rd Grammy Awards will be Country Hit Maker & Opry broadcast on CBS on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET. Star Hal Ketchum Dies

The Recording Academy also announced The Daily Show host and Artist Visit: Restless Road Grammy-nominated comedian Trevor Noah as host of The 63rd Grammy Awards. This will be the first time Noah will serve as host. Amy Grant, Vince Gill To Warner Music Nashville/Atlantic artist Ingrid Andress earned her first Return With Ryman Grammy nominations, including a nomination in the all-genre category of Christmas Residency In Best New Artist. Her debut album, Lady Like, also earned a nod for Best 2021 Country Album, while her No. 1 breakthrough hit, “More Hearts Than Mine,” earned a nod for Best Country Song. DISClaimer Singles Female artists dominate in this year’s Grammy country categories, Reviews represented in all five nominee spots for Best Country Album. And much more… Along with Andress, Brandy Clark, Miranda Lambert, group Little Big Town and Ashley McBryde are all nominated in the Best Country Album category, while female artists earn three of the five nominations for Best Country Solo Performance (Clark for "Who You Thought I Was," Mickey Guyton for "Black Like Me," and Lambert for "Bluebird").

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November 25, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly

Guyton also makes history with her nomination, as the ﬁrst Black female solo artist to earn a Grammy nomination in a country category (the Pointer Sisters previous won Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Fairytale" in 1974).

Songs recorded (and co-written) by female artists also earned four of the five slots in the Best Country Song category. Lambert, Natalie Hemby and Luke Dick are nominated for Lambert's "Bluebird," while Maren Morris, Laura Veltz and Jimmy Robbins are nominated for their work on Morris' "The Bones." Group The Highwomen's "Crowded Table," penned by Brandi Carlile, Hemby and Lori McKenna, is nominated, as is "More Hearts Than Mine" recorded by Andress and co- Ingrid Andress written by Andress with Sam Ellis and Derrick Southerland. Nashville-based producers Dan Auerbach and Dave Cobb each earned nominations for Producer of the Year (Non- Of note, Old Dominion also picked up their first Classical), with Auerbach producing Marcus King’s project El two Grammy nominations this year, with "Some Dorado (nominated for Best Americana Album) and Cobb People Do" earning Best Country Duo/Group producing Prine’s “I Remember Everything,” as well as The Performance and Best Country Song Highwomen, whose song “Crowded Table” is nominated for nominations (the song was written by Jesse Best Country Song. Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey, and Thomas Rhett). CCM artist Tauren Wells picked up his two latest Grammy nominations, for Best Contemporary Christian Performance/ Lambert and Andress both lead with three Song, for “Famous For (I Believe)” (ft. Jenn Johnson), and nominations each, with Lambert earning a nod Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, for Citizen of for Best Country Album (Wildcard), Best Heaven. He has previously been nominated for five Grammy Country Solo Performance ("Bluebird") and Best honors, and was named Contemporary Christian Artist of the Country Song ("Bluebird"), while Andress is up Year at this year’s Dove Awards. for the all-genre Best New Artist honor, Best Country Song ("More Hearts Than Mine") and Ricky Dillard is also nominated in two categories, for Best Best Country Album (Lady Like). Gospel Performance/Song for “Release (LIVE)” featuring Tiff Joy (song written by David Frazier). Dillard is also nominated Americana singer-songwriter Brittany Howard in the Best Gospel Album category, for Choirmaster. secured five nominations, including Best Rock Performance for “Stay High,” as well as Best We The Kingdom is nominated for Best Contemporary Rock Song as the sole writer on the same tune. Christian Music Song/Performance for “Holy Water,” and Best Howard is also nominated for Best Alternative Contemporary Christian Music Album for their project Holy Music Album for Jaime, as well as Best R&B Water. Performance for “Goat Head,” and she earned a Best American Roots Performance nod for Dolly Parton is nominated in the Best Contemporary Christian “Short and Sweet.” Music Song/Performance category alongside Zach Williams for their collaboration “There Was Jesus.” Parton won this John Prine earned two posthumous category last year with her collaboration “God Only Knows” nominations, with “I Remember Everything” with for King & Country. earning nods for Best American Roots Performance, and Best American Roots Song. Learn more Grammy nominees here. Sturgill Simpson is nominated for Best Rock Album for Sound & Fury.

Lucinda Williams, The Secret Sisters and Bonny Light Horseman also each earned two nominations in American Roots Music and/or Folk categories.

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CHART ACTION NO. 1 SONG New On The Chart —Debuting This Week song/artist/label—Chart Position Heartland/Hailey Whitters/Big Loud Records/S&D — 76 Ain't Gonna Be Today/Ward Davis/Ward Davis Music/Thirty Tigers — 77 Won't Forget/Rusty Gear/Chickahominy Marsh Records — 80

Greatest Spin Increase song/artist/label—Spin Increase What's Your Country Song/Thomas Rhett/Valory — 278 Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 152 Gone/Dierks Bentley/Capitol — 91 Down To One/Luke Bryan/Capitol — 83 I Still Think About You/Jake Simon/Spaceshot Records — 76 Better Together/Luke Combs/Columbia — 64 Blame It On You/Jason Aldean/Broken Bow — 61

Most Added song/artist/label—No. of Adds What's Your Country Song/Thomas Rhett/Valory — 9 “How They Remember You” by Rascal Flatts takes the No. 1 position Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 7 on the CountryBreakout Radio Chart. This is the title track to the Memory I Don't Mess With/Lee Brice/Curb — 5 band’s latest EP released in July via Big Machine Records. The single Cold Beer Calling My Name/Jameson Rodgers feat. Luke was written by Marc Beeson, Josh Osborne, and Allen Shamblin. Combs/River House Artists/Columbia Nashville — 4 Celebrating 20 years as a band this year, the group also released Twenty Years Of Rascal Flatts The Greatest Hits, a 20-song collection On Deck—Soon To Be Charting of the trio’s biggest and most sentimental smashes including 13 of the trio’s 17 No. 1 singles from “These Days” and “Fast Cars And song/artist/label—No. of Spins Freedom,” to “Bless The Broken Road,” “My Wish” and many more. River Bent/Caleb Kelley/River Bend Entertainment — 165 Radio Back/Danny Kensy/Rad Records — 163 Extra/Kylie Trout/Kylie Trout Music — 154 Each songwriter and artist earning No. 1 Just Like You/Paige King Johnson/PCG Artist credit on the MusicRow Chart receives a Development — 149 MusicRow Challenge Coin. Click here to We'll Be Alright/Shine/Manustix Music — 140 view a full list of recipients.

MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations WHMA Anniston, AL WAAG Galesburg, IL WTCM Traverse City, MI KWHW Altus, OK KFTX Corpus Christi, TX WXFL Florence, AL WMCI Mattoon, IL KYSM Mankato, MN KITX Hugo, OK KYKX Longview, TX KHBZ Harrison, AR WYOT Rochelle, IL KZPK St. Cloud, MN KWEY Weatherford, OK KMRK Odessa, TX KQUS Hot Springs, AR WRTB Rockford, IL KWWR Mexico, MO KWOX Woodward, OK KYYK Palestine, TX KDXY Jonesboro, AR WCCI Savanna, IL KFAV Warrenton, MO KRKT Albany, OR KXOX Sweetwater, TX KWCK Searcy, AR WIFE Connersville, IN WQNZ Natchez, MS WNBT Mansﬁeld, PA WAKG Danville, VA KRAZ Santa Barbara, CA KAIR Atchison, KS KZZY Devils Lake, ND WCFT Selinsgrove, PA WAXX Altoona, WI WPAP Panama City, FL WKDZ Cadiz, KY KRVN Lexington, NE WFGE State College, PA WJVL Janesville, WI WUBB Savannah, GA WBKR Owensboro, KY Jersey Shore Country WMIR Myrtle Beach, SC WGLR Platteville, WI KXIA Marshalltown, IA WDHR Pikeville, KY KQBA Santa Fe, NM KIQK Rapid City, SD WQPC Prairie du Chien, WI KIAI Mason City, IA KRRV Alexandria, LA WDNB Monticello, NY WUCZ Carthage, TN WCOW Sparta, WI KBOE Oskaloosa, IA WUUU Covington, LA WOLF Syracuse, NY WDKN Dickson, TN WTNJ Beckley, WV KTHK Idaho Falls, ID WKPE Hyannis, MA WCJW Warsaw, NY WLLX Lawrenceburg, TN WDGG Huntington ,WV WOOZ Carterville, IL WVMD Cumberland, MD WFRY Watertown, NY KAYD Beaumont, TX WTCR Huntington, WV Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Weeks Last This Spins / % Spin Song / Artist / Label Spins +/- On Chart Week Week Reports Power

23 2 1 How They Remember You / Rascal Flatts / Big Machine 1822/63 1 17 8 4 2 Better Together / Luke Combs / Columbia 1783/60 4 64 11 1 3 Long Live / Florida Georgia Line / BMLG Records 1704/62 -11 -218 13 3 4 Starting Over / Chris Stapleton / Mercury Nashville 1702/57 -1 -25 26 5 5 Almost Maybes / Jordan Davis / MCA Nashville 1671/63 1 20 17 6 6 I Should Probably Go To Bed / Dan + Shay / Warner Music Nashville 1660/51 1 14 6 7 7 Down To One / Luke Bryan / Capitol 1615/63 5 83 30 9 8 Lady / Brett Young / BMLG 1427/59 2 26 13 10 9 7 Summers / Morgan Wallen / Big Loud Records 1409/59 1 14 31 11 10 Made For You / Jake Owen / Big Loud Records 1393/58 1 19 41 12 11 Nobody / Dylan Scott / Curb 1387/54 4 58 12 14 12 Settling Down / Miranda Lambert / Vanner Records/RCA Records 1243/60 1 16 9 15 13 One Too Many / Keith Urban & P!nk / Capitol 1239/56 2 29 5 16 14 Gone / Dierks Bentley / Capitol 1158/60 9 91 25 17 15 Hard Days / Brantley Gilbert / Valory 978/46 0 -2 9 18 16 Next Girl / Carly Pearce / Big Machine 958/52 2 22 3 30 17 What’s Your Country Song / Thomas Rhett / Valory 931/53 43 278 43 19 18 Momma’s House / Dustin Lynch / Broken Bow 905/39 0 1 47 20 19 Somebody Like That / Tenille Arts / 19th & Grand 882/39 0 -4 14 22 20 Good Time / Niko Moon / RCA Nashville 857/34 5 38 4 27 21 Hell Of A View / Eric Church / EMI 850/53 22 152 24 21 22 Wine, Beer, Whiskey / Little Big Town / Capitol 841/40 2 18 7 23 23 Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s / Sam Hunt / MCA Nashville 809/42 8 57 22 26 24 The Good Ones / Gabby Barrett / Warner Music Nashville 755/38 8 53 22 24 25 Grew Up On That / High Valley / Warner Music Nashville 753/42 3 21 14 25 26 Good Time Waitin’ To Happen / James Robert Webb / Bison Creek Records 752/47 5 33 19 28 27 Land Of Y’all / Smith & Wesley / Dream Walkin/Audium Nashville 690/36 2 11 19 35 28 I Still Think About You / Jake Simon / Spaceshot Records 670/39 13 76 21 29 29 Mix ‘Em With Whiskey / Drake White / Reverend White 647/34 -1 -8 6 33 30 We Didn’t Have Much / Justin Moore / Valory 623/41 3 19 13 32 31 Waitin’ On 5 / Chris Janson / Warner Music Nashville 621/33 -3 -17 33 34 32 To Hell & Back / Maren Morris / Columbia 610/35 2 10 9 38 33 Waste Of A Whiskey Drink / Gary Allan / EMI 584/35 3 16 14 36 34 Wash My Truck / Bobby Wills / MDM Recordings 575/33 0 1 8 37 35 Tiny Town / Laine Hardy / Buena Vista Records 573/41 1 3 18 39 36 Made For Mornings / Lockeland / Lockeland Entertainment LLC 517/35 0 1 18 40 37 Ain’t Bad For A Good Ol’ Boy / Mo Pitney / Curb 504/29 1 4 7 41 38 If It Wasn’t For Trucks / Riley Green / BMLG 501/32 5 23 18 42 39 Y’allsome / Pryor & Lee / Black River Entertainment 491/32 4 17 4 44 40 Memory I Don’t Mess With / Lee Brice / Curb 485/39 9 42 Weeks Last This Spins / % Spin Song / Artist / Label Spins +/- On Chart Week Week Reports Power

5 45 41 Heaven On Dirt / Teddy Robb / Monument 468/39 6 25 8 43 42 Everybody Dies But Not Everybody Lives / Shane Owens / Amerimonte Records 459/33 3 15 10 48 43 Sometimes Late At Night / Eric Burgett / Bow To Stern Records 454/33 6 26 8 46 44 Bad Guy / Casey Donahew / Almost Country Records 449/26 4 18 7 49 45 Where I Find God / Larry Fleet / Big Loud Records 427/26 2 9 11 47 46 Dear Rodeo / Cody Johnson / CoJo Music/Warner Bros. 388/23 -10 -41 17 51 47 We Were Rich / Runaway June / Wheelhouse Records 387/25 -6 -25 15 52 48 Simple Things / Dylan Gerard / SSM Nashville 385/27 0 0 11 50 49 Never Be Sorry / Old Dominion / RCA Nashville 376/19 -10 -41 16 53 50 Wishin’ I Was Fishin’ / Lucas Hoge / Forge Entertainment 369/23 0 0 3 59 51 Blame It On You / Jason Aldean / Broken Bow 359/26 20 61 5 55 52 Just About Over You / Priscilla Block / Mercury Nashville 352/29 6 20 9 54 53 The Mountain / Calamity Jane / Mountain Records 349/28 4 13 19 31 54 Ain’t The Only Hell (My Momma Raised) / Allie Colleen / Evangeline Records 348/23 -47 -303 9 56 55 Sometimes Always Never / Brandon Ratcliff / Monument 338/27 5 15 10 57 56 Population 2 / Tom Sexton / Lots To Do Music, LLC 326/25 7 21 7 58 57 Comin’ Home / The Desert City Ramblers / Crane Kick Records 316/22 5 14 6 63 58 Just The Way / Parmalee x Blanco Brown / Stoney Creek 302/17 18 45 16 60 59 betty / Taylor Swift / MCA Nashville/Republic Records 277/18 -1 -4 15 61 60 Single Saturday Night / Cole Swindell / Warner Music Nashville 276/17 0 1 8 62 61 I Can Tell By The Way You Dance / Josh Turner / MCA Nashville 271/18 1 3 5 64 62 As Soon As You / Bri Bagwell / 10XMusic 268/19 6 14 12 65 63 What Love Can Do / Bruce Larson / Busy@Play 267/18 6 15 8 66 64 Bad Decision / Emily Jean / SSM Evolution 256/19 2 6 2 70 65 Worship You / Kane Brown / RCA Nashville 231/15 14 28 4 69 66 You Time / Scotty McCreery / Triple Tigers Records 215/15 5 10 2 76 67 Anybody Else / Mira Goto / ArtistMax/Copperline 208/17 15 27 4 71 68 Your Love Won’t Let Me Cheat / RT Johnson / CCB Nashville 204/16 3 6 4 75 69 Same Ole / Chris Kroeze / 201/16 10 19 3 68 70 Ghost Town Nation / Travis Tritt / Big Noise 201/12 -3 -7 4 77 71 Calling All The Angels / Brooke Lee / Brooke Lee Music 194/13 8 15 5 73 72 Beers To Catch Up On / LOCASH / Wheelhouse Records 190/12 1 1 2 79 73 Meghan / Brecken Miles / Rhyme Partners 188/15 12 20 9 72 74 Saltwater Gospel (Fins Up Version) / Eli Young Band & Jimmy Buffett / Valory 182/13 -5 -10 2 80 75 God Save The World / Jeff Carson / MC1 Nashville 181/13 10 16 1 81 76 Heartland / Hailey Whitters / Big Loud Records/S&D 178/15 11 17 1 85 77 Ain’t Gonna Be Today / Ward Davis / Ward Davis Music/Thirty Tigers 177/16 20 29 4 78 78 Martha Devine / Ashley McBryde / Atlantic Records/WMN/WAR 177/15 1 1 3 74 79 So Long So Long / Darlinghurst / Helium 173/10 -5 -10 1 82 80 Won’t Forget / Rusty Gear / Chickahominy Marsh Records 169/14 12 18 No. 1 Song Greatest Spin Increase Highest Debut November 25, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly

29th Annual Tin Pan South Sets Dates For 2021 Morgan Wallen Notches Fourth Consecutive No. 1 With “More Than My Hometown”

The 29th Annual Tin Pan South songwriter’s festival will return in 2021 as an in-person experience, back at favorite venues across Music City on Nov. 16-20, 2021.

This year’s Tin Pan shows were held virtually due to the pandemic, and the 2021 event has been pushed back to Fall instead of its usual Spring timeframe. Additional news on the 2021 festival will be released in the coming weeks.

“With the support and encouragement from Regions Bank, our other incredible partners, and the songwriters and organizations that participated, we were thrilled to keep the spirit of Tin Pan South alive in a virtual format,” said Jennifer Turnbow, Festival Director. “While the 2021 festival will once again take place in the fall instead of the usual March/April timeframe, we are very excited about the prospect of being back in the local venues next year! We hope that in 2022, we can regain complete normalcy and hold our 30th-anniversary festival in the Spring.” Morgan Wallen. Photo: John Shearer

Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Maren Morris, Blake Shelton Morgan Wallen has earned his fourth Earn American Music Awards Wins consecutive No. 1 with “More Than My Hometown,” which tops both the Billboard and Country Aircheck/ Mediabase Country radio airplay charts.

“More Than My Hometown,” which Wallen co-wrote with Michael Hardy, Ernest Keith Smith and Ryan Vojtesak, marks Wallen’s third No. 1 as a songwriter.

The chart-topper previews Wallen’s upcoming 30-track sophomore record, Dan + Shay. Photo: Emma McIntyre for AMA/Getty Images for dcp Dangerous: The Double Album, which releases Jan. 8, 2021. On Nov. 20, Wallen released three more songs from Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Blake Shelton and Maren Morris were the project—“Somebody’s Problem,” among the winners at Sunday’s (Nov. 22) American Music Awards. “Still Goin Down,” and “Livin’ The Dream.” “Somebody’s Problem” rose to Duo Dan + Shay earned three awards including Favorite Duo or Group— No. 1 on the Apple Music US Top Songs Country, Favorite Song—Country and Collaboration of the Year, for All Genres chart. MR “10,000 Hours” with Justin Bieber. With the latter win, the duo became the ﬁrst ever country artists to take home the all-genre Collaboration of the Year title. They also performed their current Top 10 (and climbing) track “I Should Probably Go To Bed.”

Brown took home the Favorite Country Artist—Male honor while Morris was named Favorite Country Artist—Female. Shelton earned Favorite Album—Country for Fully Loaded: God’s Country.

View the full list of winners here.

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Country Hit Maker & Opry Star Hal Ketchum Dies certiﬁed as a Gold Record.

The string of hits continued in 1993 with “Mama Knows the Highway” and his self-written “Hearts Are Gonna Roll” and “Someplace Far Away.” Ketchum sang the songs of such top Nashville songwriters as Alger, Gary Burr, Allen Reynolds and Shawn Camp. In addition, he often co-wrote his singles, as was the case with “(Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love Again” (with Al Anderson, 1994), “Stay Forever” (with Benmont Tench, 1995), and “Every Little Word” (with Marcus Hummon, 1995).

He fell in love with the Opry when he ﬁrst guested on the show in 1991 and began dropping hints that he’d love to be invited to join the cast. Those efforts paid off in January 1994. Hal Ketchum called his Hal Ketchum. Photo: Pete Lacker induction the highlight of his life.

His album output on Curb continued with Sure Love Singer-songwriter Hal Ketchum died on Monday (Nov. 23) at (1992), Every Little Word (1994) and I Saw the Light age 67, following a struggle with early-onset dementia. (1998). But Ketchum’s career was troubled by health issues. He went to rehab for substance Known for such top country hits as “Small Town Saturday abuse in 1992 and 1997 before attaining sobriety in Night” and “Past the Point of Rescue,” Ketchum has been a early 1998. Later that year, he was diagnosed with member of the Grand Ole Opry cast since 1994. acute transverse myelitis, a neurologic disorder that can cause paralysis. He had to learn to sing and He was born and raised in Greenwich, NY, in the Adirondack play guitar all over again. Mountains near the Vermont state line. Ketchum’s father was a country banjo player, but the boy got his start in music as a He battled back with the Curb collections Awaiting drummer for a local R&B band at age 15. Redemption (1999), Lucky Man (2001) and The King of Love (2003). Then speech impairment, At age 17, Hal Michael Ketchum became a master carpenter, balance issues and arm paralysis led to a diagnosis initially plying his trade in Florida, then moving to Austin, TX. of multiple sclerosis, the disease that had killed his A visit to the legendary showplace Gruene Hall changed his mother. Months of physical therapy allowed him to life in 1981. Ketchum became captivated by Lone Star State re-emerge on stage via a role in The Nashville tunesmiths Townes Van Zandt and Lyle Lovett. Determined Ballet’s 2006 production of The Nutcracker and on to follow in their footsteps, he taught himself guitar and disc with the 2008 CD Father Time. began playing open-mic nights at the venue. Ketchum temporarily retired from music and moved He recorded his debut LP Threadbare Alibis in 1986. It back to Texas in 2008. He took up painting, contained the ﬁrst 10 songs he’d ever written. He showcased resumed woodworking and wrote poetry and short at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1987 and was spotted by stories. His paintings were featured in one of the art songwriter Pat Alger, who took Ketchum’s music to Nashville. galleries in Santa Fe, NM. Music Row’s Forerunner Music signed him as a staff songwriter in 1988. His album was released in Europe the In 2014, he reemerged with the album I’m the following year, leading to career-long popularity overseas. Troubadour and resumed touring regionally. Ketchum appeared sporadically in Texas venues Ketchum moved to Music City in 1990 and was signed by throughout the next four years. Curb Records. “Small Town Saturday Night” made him a star in the summer of 1991. It was named the No. 1 country In April 2019, he announced his retirement and his single of the year by Radio & Records magazine. Its hilarious dementia diagnosis, which was accompanied by accompanying music video won Breakthrough Video of the Alzheimer’s Disease. His wife Andrea stated that he Year honors from MusicRow, and Ketchum was nominated died at home on Monday night. for the CMA’s Horizon Award. Hal Ketchum was married four times and had ﬁve He followed his breakthrough smash with his self-composed children. Funeral arrangements had not been “I Know Where Love Lives,” then rang up a trio of 1992 hits – announced at press time. MR “Past the Point of Rescue,” “Five O’Clock World” and “Sure Love.” His debut Curb album, Past the Point of Rescue, was

Page 8 of 13 November 25, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly Artist Visit: Restless Road Packs New EP With Harmonies Amy Grant, Vince Gill To Return With Ryman Christmas Residency In 2021

Vince Gill and Amy Grant. Photo: Robby Klein. Garrett Nichols, Zach Beeken, Colton Pack. Photo: Matthew Berinato

Trio Restless Road recently visited with MusicRow staffers (via Zoom) to Amy Grant and Vince Gill will return chat about their new music. The group’s Zach Beeken, Colton Pack and in 2021 with their Christmas at the Garrett Nichols effortlessly blend their vocals into strong harmonies. Ryman residency.

The trio’s journey began in 2013 when Beeken and Pack joined teams as Tickets for the 12-date concert run contestants on The X Factor. During their time, they met their future will go on sale on Friday, Nov. 27 at collaborator Kane Brown. Nichols would later join Beeken and Pack as ryman.com and will again feature part of the trio in 2015. matinee performances of the long- running show. Openers for all of the A few years ago, Brown rekindled that friendship the musicians had found dates will be announced at a later on The X Factor, and sent Pack a text message after he saw Pack’s date. cover version of Brown’s “Good As You.” The group’s four-song EP, produced by Dann Huff, released in February. The self-titled project The husband and wife duo’s includes their current single “Take Me Home,” a collaboration with Brown previous Ryman shows have that incorporates snippets from John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country brimmed with Christmas favorites Roads.” such as “Let It Snow,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” With the EP and single, the trio was set up to open several show dates on “Tennessee Christmas,” “O Holy Brown’s Worldwide Beautiful Tour early this year, before the pandemic Night” and “O Come All Ye Faithful.” shut down touring. The group didn’t want the time to be wasted so they focused on writing songs and staying connected with fans. In October, “None of us could have ever they announced they had signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV. Like predicted a year like this one and the most songwriters, they have taken to Zoom writing during the pandemic. holidays are going to look a lot different because of it. While Vince “I think we’ve honestly written some of the best songs of our lives this and I are disappointed we can’t be year, during quarantine,” Pack said. “So this song is still in the works with with you all this year, we are thrilled our producer.” to be able to return to Ryman Auditorium for the holidays in 2021,” During the visit, they performed songs including “I Took One Look At Her Grant says. “It is such a special time Mama,” and “One Step Ahead.” of year for us and our family, and these shows have become a holiday Nichols added, “My dad is my best friend of all time and we were all tradition for us!” sitting around one day and he said, ‘Son, you want to know how you ﬁnd the one? All you gotta do is take one look at her mama. That might give Ryman Auditorium strictly complies you an idea of what things might be like down the road.’ So we got in the with safety regulations that include writing room and we thought that would be a cool song title.” socially-distanced seating, mandatory masks for all guests and Less than a month ago, they ﬁlmed the music video for “One Step staff and enhanced cleaning Ahead.” practices.

“That was a big bucket list item to check off,” said Beeken. “We are really View Amy Grant and Vince Gill's excited about taking this momentum that we’ve been able to create in this Christmas at the Ryman dates here. year into next year.” MR

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DISClaimer Singles Reviews: Sam Hunt, Kane Brown, Chris Young, Brandy Clark, And More

In this wildly uneven listening session, I was alternately lifted out of my seat and glued to it by dull inertia.

The triumphs here belong to The Wild Feathers, Dillon Carmichael, the collaboration between Chris Young & Kane Brown and our Disc of the Day winner, Brandy Clark.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

Read Robert K. Oermann's reviews of Sam Hunt, Devin Dawson, Kane Brown, Chris Young, Kalie Shorr, Brandy Clark, Dillon Carmichael, and more, here.