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Friday, 11 July 2025

Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton’s Duet “A Song To Sing” Out Now

MIRANDA LAMBERT & CHRIS STAPLETON’S LANDMARK COLLABORATION “A SONG TO SING” OUT NOW 

Impacting Country Radio Monday, July 14

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country music giants Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton deliver their first true duet collaboration with “A Song To Sing,” reflecting the truth of giving one’s soul to the music and heart to the one at home. Written together with Jesse Frasure and Jenee Fleenor, the song available everywhere now is set to impact Country radio on Monday, July 14.

Listen HERE. (preferred music platform) or tap the official lyric video below

The sound is indelible, rising from an era that’s shaped the last five decades of Country music. When Lambert and Stapleton emerge from the low-key shuffle, smoky Wurlitzer clouds and silken guitars, it’s obvious that “A Song To Sing” is destined to join the list of most-beloved classic Country duets. Trading lines before soaring together on the chorus, the longtime friends deliver a poignant message about finding peace and purpose in love – and in the music made along the way: 

        You are a part of me
        Baby you’re the heart of me
        Together we can write a song to sing
        And in that melody
        Baby you’re the harmony
        That you just can’t find anywhere
 
Lambert and Stapleton boast a combined 14 GRAMMY, 33 Country Music Association and 59 Academy of Country Music awards and have each influenced generations with their singular artistries and distinctive creative points of view. Produced by GRAMMY-winning Dave Cobb, “A Song To Sing” allows Lambert – who passed her ACM Entertainer of the Year title to Stapleton in 2023 – to witness the singular reality they share as they harken back to an era of music epitomized by Ronnie Milsap, Waylon Jennings and especially the classic Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers duets.
 
Of the respected visionaries, Pollstar writes, “at a time when Country is so many things, Lambert and Stapleton seem both a true north and a hinge for the future…Musically robust, they want to make actual Country music with their roots firmly planted, but with the ability to create on their own terms. It’s not fighting Music Row as much as fighting for greatness.”
 
For more information, visit MirandaLambert.com and ChrisStapleton.com.
 
About Miranda Lambert
Critically acclaimed groundbreaker/songwriter/superstar Miranda Lambert has defined her multi-faceted career as an artist, entertainer, entrepreneur, advocate and businesswoman with an unflinching quest for excellence, honesty and conviction. Her 10th solo studio album, Postcards from Texas, available everywhere now via Republic Records, continued her unbroken streak of 10 consecutive Top 10s on the Top Country Albums chart. The most-awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history, including their top honor for Entertainer of the Year, she has also won three GRAMMYs and 14 Country Music Association Awards. 

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TIME100 honoree and perennial best-of-the-year list maker at the New York TimesTIMERolling Stone, Billboard, Stereogum, People and more, NPR has called her “the most riveting country star of her generation.”
 
A multi-dimensional superstar, she’s earned seven No. 1 solo albums, 10 No. 1 hit radio singles, more than 80 prestigious awards and countless RIAA certifications; conquered Las Vegas with her twice-extended Velvet Rodeo residency; blurred genres with Leon Bridges, the B-52s, Loretta Lynn, Enrique Iglesias, Sheryl Crow and Elle King; and delivered her LGBTQ+ inclusive anthem “Y’all Means All” for Netflix’s “Queer Eye.” She’s taken those standards to become a New York Times bestselling author and the first female restaurateur on Lower Broadway with her Tex-Mex cantina Casa Rosa, while also expanding her creative reach with her Wanda June Home collection exclusive to Walmart and her Idyllwind clothing and boot line at Boot Barn. Her passion for rescue animals inspired the creation of her MuttNation Foundation, which has raised over $10 million since inception to promote adoption, support shelters across the country, advance spay & neuter and assist with the transport of animals during times of natural disaster.
 
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About Chris Stapleton
Kentucky-born Chris Stapleton is an 11x GRAMMY, 19x CMA and 21x ACM Award-winner and one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians.  
In the midst of yet another triumphant year, Stapleton recently won the ACM Award for Male Artist of the Year as well as Best Country Solo Performance at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards for his song “It Takes A Woman.” These accomplishments celebrate Stapleton’s album, Higher, which includes break-out songs “White Horse” and “Think I’m In Love With You.” Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton and Chris Stapleton, the record landed on several “Best of” lists including BillboardEsquireLos Angeles TimesVulture and Rolling Stone, who praises, “dazzling…the best evidence yet for the way one man’s voice has become synonymous with the very idea of a musical genre.” Additionally, The New Yorker declares, “Stapleton is the rare country star with both traditional bona fides and broad commercial appeal. He has an outlaw soul and a pop star’s capacity for inescapable hooks,” while GQ proclaims, “In an age rife with division, he’s maybe the only thing Americans all agree on.” 
Known for his electric live performances, Stapleton will continue his extensive “All-American Road Show” through this summer including two upcoming shows at NYC’s Madison Square Garden. Additionally, Stapleton has recently collaborated with Post Malone (“California Sober”), Dua Lipa (“Think I’m In Love With You (Live from the 59th ACM Awards)”), Slash (“Oh Well”) and George Strait (“Honky Tonk Hall of Fame”), released a version of Tom Petty’s “I Should Have Known It” for the new Tom Petty tribute album and returned to NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” for the third time as musical guest. He also performed the National Anthem at 2023’s Super Bowl LVII and has worked in recent years with Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Santana and many more.
Stapleton and his wife, Morgane, are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their hearts. 

Thursday, 8 February 2018

Chris Stapleton first UK Top 40 Single with feature on Justin Timberlake’s 'Say Something'

On Course For First UK Top 40 Single With Feature On
Justin Timberlake’s New Song and Stunning 
one Shot Music Video For 'Say Something



















Wins Big at The Grammy Awards and performs Tribute to Tom Petty  
Appears On Saturday Night Live, joined by Sturgill Simpson  
 
Affirms the value of spiking country music 
with a strong shot of rhythm & blues - THE INDEPENDENT

Country superstar Chris Stapleton was on course to potentially land his first UK Top 40 single, with his appearance on Justin Timberlake's ‘Say Something’, which was one of three new entries heading for the top of this week's UK Official Singles Chart.

Friday Feb 2, 2018: UPDATE: Timberlake & Stapleton land a No.32 Debut
Official UK Top 100 Singles Chart (Week Ending 8 February 2018)
2 February 2018 - 8 February 2018

Justin Timberlake's first three songs taken from his fifth studio album, MAN IN THE WOODS – which dropped on Friday (2 February) – are struggling. Introductory single, Filthy, debuted and peaked three weeks ago at No.15 and now fell 38-46 (8,363 sales), while Supplies failed to make the Top 75 on debut last week, landing at No.84. It now departs the chart entirely, while third track Say Something, a collaboration with Chris Stapleton which finds Timberlake embracing country rock, made a debut at No.32 (11,394 sales).

Chris recently joined Justin Timberlake on his new song, with their collaboration following their famous performance of Chris’ version of George Jones’ ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ and Justin Timberlake’s ‘Drink You Away’ at the 2015 CMA awards, which helped launch Chris into the music stratosphere. The striking one-take music video/short film directed by Arturo Perez Jr, sees Chris join Justin towards the middle of the video, it was an instant hit with Rolling Stone describing it as “stunning”.
Watch it here: 


Chris Stapleton also scored a hat trick at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards this week, winning all three nominations including, Best Country Solo Performance for ‘Either Way’, Best Country Song for ‘Broken Halos’ and Best Country Album for his critically acclaimed, From A Room: Vol. 1. Chris paid tribute to the late Tom Petty with a performance alongside Emmylou Harris, performing a acoustic duet of Petty’s 1994 song “Wildflowers.” Their performance was followed by a video tribute to other musicians who died last year, including Chris Cornell, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Chester Bennington and more.
Check out a clip of their performance here 

Chris also return to the stage of "Saturday Night Live", with his second appearance as a musical guest on SNL, alongside comedy legend Will Ferrell, celebrating the release of his latest album, From A Room: Volume 2, which is out now on Mercury Records Nashville/Decca purchase digitally and with exclusive limited-edition bundles. ) Chris was joined by fellow country star Sturgill Simpson, performing tracks including ‘Hard Living’ watch here:


Chris’s Grammy success followed a jam packed 2017 schedule, celebrating the release of his critically acclaimed From A Room: Volume 2, that also saw him perform “Millionaire” on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, which you can watch here.

Stapleton also performed “Millionaire” and an exclusive web version of “Nobody’s Lovely Tonight” on Jimmy Kimmel Livealso joined guest host Chris Pratt for a hilarious special duet of ‘“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” as well as an interview, where they celebrated with a glass of Tennessee Whiskey and chatted about Chris success including his  three nominations for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards USA for his critically acclaimed album, From A Room: Vol. 1.



Stapleton also chatted to Joe Rogan for his podcast, discussing his road to success.

His album From A Room: Volume 2 has received widespread acclaim with praise in the USA from high profile publications NPR, Rolling Stone and Relix as well as the UK landing No 2 on the UK’s Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40, alongside positive reviews from NME who gave it 4 out 5 review in their Friday album club, comparing Chris’ unique take on modern country to respected artists including: Neil Young, Credence Clearwater Revival and Johnny Cash. The Independent stated the album “Affirms the value of spiking country music with a strong shot of rhythm & blues” and the record has also received strong support from cool music publications includingGODS IN THE TV, who stated, “Prolific is now another epithet that can be used to describe the American singer-songwriter” as well as FOLK RADIO who added, “Reckon they might as well start engraving that CMA 2018 Album of the Year award now.”


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Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 2 out December 1

CHRIS STAPLETON’S FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 OUT DECEMBER 1
NOMINATED FOR ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR 
AT THE 51ST ANNUAL CMA AWARDS

Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 2 will be released December 1 on Mercury Records Nashville/Decca and is now available to pre-order digitally and with exclusive limited-edition bundles.
The multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winning musician first shared the album news from stage during the first of two sold-out shows at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena this past Friday. Of the special hometown concerts, CMT praises, “…cemented his status as one of music’s greatest talents to emerge from the current decade.”
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The forthcoming album takes its name from Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A (the capital “A” in “From A Room”) where it was recorded over the last year with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb. Along with Stapleton on vocals and guitar and Cobb on acoustic guitar, the album features Morgane Stapleton on harmony vocals as well as longtime band-members J.T. Cure on bass and Derek Mixon on drums. In addition to seven songs co-written by Stapleton, the album features versions of Kevin Welch’s “Millionaire” and the Homer Banks/Lester Snell-penned song made famous by Pops Staples, “Friendship” See below for complete track list.
Volume 2 follows the release of From A Room: Volume 1, which debuted earlier this year at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and, with its RIAA Gold certification, remains the #1 best-selling country album of 2017. Stapleton’s 2015 double-platinum solo debut, Traveller, is currently the #2 best-selling country album of the year. The release of From A Room: Volume 1 also debuted at #2 on The Official UK Americana Albums Chart with Stapleton already making his mark in the UK after popular demand saw the country star perform at high profile events such as Country To Country Festival at the 02 arena and the release of his album Traveller caught the attention of UK publications such as The Guardian and Daily Telegraph.
The critically acclaimed album, which Rolling Stone awarded four stars declaring, “From A Room is strikingly focused, sonically and thematically,” was recently nominated for Album of the Year at the 51st annual CMA Awards. Stapleton is also nominated for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year at the awards, which will be broadcast on ABC live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, November 8 at 8/7c.


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Stapleton will soon wrap-up his extensive and widely praised “All-American Road Show” tour, which includes upcoming shows in Baton Rouge, San Antonio, Bossier City, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Charleston, WV, Columbus, Grand Rapids, Tampa, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Oklahoma City and Omaha. Special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb will join for the final leg of the tour. See below for details. Live Nation is the national tour promoter for “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show.” Many of the shows on “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show” have already sold out, with limited tickets remaining for others. Check ChrisStapleton.com/tour for tickets and more information.
In addition to the “All-American Road Show” dates, Stapleton will perform as part of the “All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert” on October 25 and will join fellow country performers for the “COUNTRY RISING” benefit concert on November 12. Stapleton will also make his debut on PBS’ legendary “Austin City Limits” program later this month. The taping will be streamed live via ACL’s YouTube channel on Monday, October 23 at 8pm CT/9pm ET with the broadcast version airing on PBS early next year as part of Season 43.
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FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 TRACK LIST:

1. Millionaire (Kevin Welch)
2. Hard Livin’ (Chris Stapleton, Kendell Marvel)
3. Scarecrow In The Garden (Chris Stapleton, Brice Long, Matt Fleener)
4. Nobody’s Lonely Tonight (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson)
5. Tryin’ To Untangle My Mind (Chris Stapleton, Jaron Boyer, Kendell Marvel)
6. A Simple Song (Chris Stapleton, Darrell Hayes)
7. Midnight Train To Memphis (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson)
8. Drunkard’s Prayer (Chris Stapleton, Jameson Clark)
9. Friendship (Homer Banks, Lester Snell)

  “CHRIS STAPLETON’S ALL-AMERICAN ROAD SHOW”

October 19—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center Arena* (SOLD OUT)
October 20—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center*
October 21—Bossier City, LA—CenturyLink Center* (SOLD OUT)
October 25—Nashville, TN—All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert
October 26—Austin, TX—Austin360 Amphitheater* (SOLD OUT)
October 27—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman* (SOLD OUT)
October 28—Dallas, TX—Starplex Pavilion* (SOLD OUT)
November 2—Charleston, WV—Charleston Civic Center (SOLD OUT)
November 3—Columbus, OH—Nationwide Arena*
November 4—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena* (SOLD OUT)
November 10—Tampa, FL—MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre*
November 11—Jacksonville, FL—Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena*
November 12—Nashville, TN—COUNTRY RISING 
November 16—Little Rock, AR—Verizon Arena*
November 17—Oklahoma City, OK—Chesapeake Energy Arena*
November 18—Omaha, NE—CenturyLink Center Omaha*

*with special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb

Friday, 16 June 2017

Noisey publishes essay on Chris Stapleton

NOISEY PUBLISHES ESSAY ON CHRIS STAPLETON 
  
“Chris Stapleton's Not Here to Save Country Music and That's Just Fine”























Noisey’s Annalise Domenighini posted an extended review and essay around Chris Stapleton’s new album ‘From A Room’ and it is well worth a read! Describing his new album, as “forceful” and “timeless”, Annalise explores the record in depth and Stapleton’s undeniable authenticity, arguing, “It's easy to believe the quiet man with a sorrow-filled voice that claps like thunder has all the answers. We yearn for that from the artists we trust with our deepest fears and most melancholy thoughts.
But Stapleton is not here to help you, he's made that clear when he warns us not to go looking for reasons or asking Jesus to explain God's decisions. Stapleton knows what any human worth their weight in gold knows, that sometimes looking too hard is what gets us in the most trouble.”

Extract: What the album lacks, and where it falters, is in its lack of songs to light a fire under your ass, and compared to Stapleton's previous releases it's a decision that feels absolutely deliberate. One look at a Top Country chart reveals a myriad of fast, energetic songs about drinking and partying, but Stapleton positions himself opposite that with From a Room: Vol. 1. It's a smart decision; it forces a listener to slow down and consider the raw talent of the artist, but has its pitfalls nonetheless. Without the fire of songs like "Parachute" or "Nobody to Blame" to heat up the album, Stapleton prevents himself from being included in this year's Summer Country playlists, instead forcing the listener to take a break and consider their mortality.

Check out the full piece here:

MORE INFORMATION ON CHRIS STAPLETON…
Chris Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, From A Room: Volume 1, is out now on Mercury Records Nashville / Decca Records. Stapleton has already made his mark on the UK after popular demand saw the country star perform at high profile events such as Country To Country Festival at the 02 arena and the release of his album Traveller caught the attention of UK publications such as The Guardian and Daily Telegraph.

Influential publication 
Line Of Best Fit  (May 5) made single ‘Either Way’ track of the day, stating, “Stapleton's new record comes two years after acclaimed record Traveller and is rife with quality tunes - Stapleton's devilish way with words and knack for melody shine bright here - but it's "Either Way" that's caught our ears. It's a sparse ballad with Stapleton's inimitable vocal line underpinned by gentle acoustic flickers. The country star is economical with the notes, adding just what's required and nothing more, letting his agonised yowl speak tomes and leaving anything extraneous by the wayside - "Either Way" unrestrained and raw, trembling with heartfelt emotion.

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Friday, 19 May 2017

Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 1 lands at No1 & No2 on the UK Country & Americana Chart

Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 1 
Lands At Number 2 On The UK Americana Chart

Stapleton channels ZZ Top for Jimmy Fallon performance 
High praise from respected UK and USA Publications from Rolling Stone to Line Of Best Fit 











Chris Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, From A Room: Volume 1, landed at No.22 (3,600 sales) on the Official UK Top 100 Albums Chart (chart week ending 18 May 2017), #1 on Official UK Country Album Top 20 and No.2 on the UK Americana Chart on Friday, following critical support from influential UK media including Line Of Best Fit and Apple.
The highly anticipated full-length record is the first new music from Stapleton since 2015’s breakthrough double Platinum solo debut TRAVELLER and will be followed by From A Room: Volume 2—coming later this year.

Stapleton showed his humorous side on Jimmy Fallon last week when he joined Kevin Bacon in a comic rendition of ZZ Top’s ‘Legs’ for First Drafts Of Rock (check out the “amazing video”… warning, includes guitar spinning!) before returning to perform a live version of album track ‘
I Was Wrong’.


Published on May 9, 2017 (212K views) Chris Stapleton performs "I Was Wrong" for The Tonight Show audience.



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Monday, 8 May 2017

Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 1 is out now

HIGH PRAISE FROM RESPECTED UK AND USA PUBLICATIONS FROM ROLLING STONE TO LINE OF BEST FIT






















Chris Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, From A Room: Volume 1, is out now on Mercury Records Nashville / Decca Records. Stapleton has already made his mark on the UK after popular demand saw the country star perform at high profile events such as Country To Country Festival at the 02 arena and the release of his album TRAVELLER caught the attention of UK publications such as The Guardian and Daily Telegraph.

Influential publication Line Of Best Fit made single ‘Either Way’ track of the day, stating, “Stapleton's new record comes two years after acclaimed record Traveller and is rife with quality tunes - Stapleton's devilish way with words and knack for melody shine bright here - but it's "Either Way" that's caught our ears. It's a sparse ballad with Stapleton's inimitable vocal line underpinned by gentle acoustic flickers. The country star is economical with the notes, adding just what's required and nothing more, letting his agonised yowl speak tomes and leaving anything extraneous by the wayside - "Either Way" unrestrained and raw, trembling with heartfelt emotion.”

UK based Apple Music presenter Matt Wilkinson chatted to Chris in an extensive video interview for Beats 1 covering everything from his influences to the process behind making of the new record. Check it out here.


With glowing reviews from the UK country community including Building Your Own Nashville – Stapleton’s sophomore release has been as warmly embraced on this side of the Atlantic, as it has in the USA.

Stateside, Stapleton spoke to Nashville Scene this week, stating the album was a team effort, “I’ve never written for a record, I just write songs, and then somehow a record happens out of the songs. My wife is always a great source of, ‘Hey that’s good, record that song.’ She knows my catalog better than I do, so a lot of the list came from her, but also from Brian Wright, who’s in A&R at Universal, who also knows my catalog better than I do. And there’s songs that Dave listened to before. And ‘Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning’ [written by Gary P. Nunn and Donna Sioux Farar, made famous by Willie Nelson] is a song I’ve always loved, and it’s a favorite of Derek [Mixon], the drummer of the band, too. So it’s a very organic way of finding songs — everybody throws some in the pot, and we see what rises to the top.”

Release Date: 5 May 2017
Label: From A Room: Volume 1 (Mercury Nashville)
9 Tracks/ Time: 32:29
UK Country iTunes Debut: #1 Country (#11 overall UK Albums chart) currently at #18 in the UK and #1 on Overall Albums US iTunes

FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 TRACKLIST
1.  Broken Halos (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)
2.  Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning (Gary P. Nunn and Donna Sioux Farar)
3.  Second One To Know (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)
4.  Up To No Good Livin’ (Chris Stapleton and Casey Beathard)
5.  Either Way (Chris Stapleton, Tim James and Kendall Marvel)
6.  I Was Wrong (Chris Stapleton and Craig Wiseman)
7.  Without Your Love (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)
8.  Them Stems (Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Stewart and Shawn Camp)
9.  Death Row (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)



 















Commenting on the album Nashville Scene wrote. “It’s almost impossible to believe that From A Room came from Nashville circa 2017 rather than, say, some sweaty bunker in ’70s Texas… From A Room: Volume 1 that practically demands that the album stay put on your turntable. Well, at least until Volume 2 hits.” Elsewhere, Rolling Stone gave the album four starts and stated, “It conjures Otis Redding as much as Waylon Jennings. Elsewhere, Stapleton is a convincing bluesman. You could imagine B.B. King singing "Death Row" or Freddie King slashing through "I Was Wrong" with his jagged Texas guitar, which Stapleton impressively echoes.” Consequence of Sound gave it a glowing review stating,  “His move to add a layer of grit and spit to his work is a much-needed counterpoint to the Nashville hit machine.”

Another must read is The New York Times interview with Chris’ wife Morgane – telling the story of her own music career, overcoming stage fright to perform alongside Chris and her intrinsic role in the song selection process creating ‘From A Room’ Volume 1.

The highly anticipated full-length record is the first new music from Stapleton since 2015’s breakthrough double Platinum solo debut Traveller and will be followed by From A Room: Volume 2—coming later this year.
The new album takes its name from Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, where it was recorded during the winter of 2016-17. Once again produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, Volume 1 features eight original songs as well as a rendition of “Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning,” written by Gary P. Nunn and Donna Sioux Farar and made famous by Willie Nelson. Additional album highlights include “Second One To Know,” which Stapleton recently premiered at the 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards as well as the album’s first single, “Either Way.”

In addition to Stapleton on vocals and guitar and Cobb on acoustic guitar, the album features Morgane Stapleton on harmony vocals as well as longtime band-members J.T. Cure on bass and Derek Mixon on drums and musicians Mickey Raphael on harmonica, Robby Turner pedal steel and Mike Webb on keys.

The May 5 release of Volume 1 comes exactly two years to the day since the release of Traveller. Released to immediate widespread critical acclaim, the album had one of the best-selling first weeks by a debut country artist in 2015. Following a historic turn on the 49th Annual CMA Awards—where Stapleton became the first artist to win Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year at the same awards – Traveller became the first album to re-enter the Billboard 200 all-genre album chart at No. 1, where it stayed for two straight weeks. The critically acclaimed album went on to win multiple Grammy and ACM Awards and was the #1 selling Country album of 2016 and the fourth-highest selling album of 2016 across all genres. Additionally, in the past two years, Stapleton has performed on multiple national TV shows including “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and was profiled on “CBS News Sunday Morning.”

Coming off a sold-out Canadian tour last month, Stapleton is currently in the midst of an extensive U.S. tour. “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show” will span throughout 2017 and includes stops at L.A.’s The Forum, Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre and New York’s Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater and will feature Brothers Osborne, Lucie Silvas, Anderson East, Brent Cobb, Margo Price and Marty Stuart as special guests. Of a recent performance, the Seattle Times declares, “…Stapleton dazzled the sold-out crowd with a barrage of songs that defy easy categorization while receiving the kind of deafening cheers reserved for superstars.” For information & tickets please visit: Live Nation

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Friday, 5 May 2017

Chris Stapleton unveils new song ‘Second One To Know’, album From A Room: Vol 1 drops

FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 OUT MAY 5
 FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR



Chris Stapleton’s new song, ‘Second One To Know,’ premiered late last week (YouTube listen/share HERE) following the release of ‘Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning’ (YouTube audio HERE) and ‘Broken Halos,’ (Vevo HERE) all from Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, From A Room: Volume 1, which will be released May 5 on Mercury Records Nashville / Decca Records.

The album is now available digitally and with physical bundles. The digital pre-order came with an instant download of “Broken Halos.” The highly anticipated full-length record is the first new music from Stapleton since 2015’s breakthrough double Platinum solo debut Traveller and will be followed by From A Room: Volume 2—coming later this year.

Stapleton has already made his mark on the UK after popular demand saw the country star perform at high profile events such as Country To Country Festival at the 02 arena and the release of his album Traveller caught the attention of UK publications such as The Guardian, Telegraph and Line Of Best Fit.


Release Date: 5 May 2017

Label: Mercury Nashville

9 Tracks/ Time: 32:29

FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 TRACKLIST
1.  Broken Halos (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)
2.  Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning (Gary P. Nunn and Donna Sioux Farar)
3.  Second One To Know (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)
4.  Up To No Good Livin’ (Chris Stapleton and Casey Beathard)
5.  Either Way (Chris Stapleton, Tim James and Kendall Marvel)


6.  I Was Wrong (Chris Stapleton and Craig Wiseman)
7.  Without Your Love (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)
8.  Them Stems (Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Stewart and Shawn Camp)
9.  Death Row (Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson)

The new album takes its name from Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, where it was recorded during the winter of 2016-17. Once again produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, Volume 1 features eight original songs as well as a rendition of “Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning,” written by Gary P. Nunn and Donna Sioux Farar and made famous by Willie Nelson. Additional album highlights include “Second One To Know,” which Stapleton recently premiered at the 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards as well as the album’s first single, “Either Way.” (due to appear on the forthcoming promotional disc CDX Volume 648)

In addition to Stapleton on vocals and guitar and Cobb on acoustic guitar, the album features Morgane Stapleton on harmony vocals as well as longtime band-members J.T. Cure on bass and Derek Mixon on drums and musicians Mickey Raphael on harmonica, Robby Turner pedal steel and Mike Webb on keys.

The May 5 release of Volume 1 comes exactly two years to the day since the release of Traveller. Released to immediate widespread critical acclaim, the album had one of the best-selling first weeks by a debut country artist in 2015. Following a historic turn on the 49th Annual CMA Awards—where Stapleton became the first artist to win Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year at the same awards – Traveller became the first album to re-enter the Billboard 200 all-genre album chart at No. 1, where it stayed for two straight weeks. The critically acclaimed album went on to win multiple Grammy and ACM Awards and was the #1 selling Country album of 2016 and the fourth-highest selling album of 2016 across all genres. Additionally, in the past two years, Stapleton has performed on multiple national TV shows including “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and was profiled on “CBS News Sunday Morning.”

Coming off a sold-out Canadian tour last month, Stapleton is currently in the midst of an extensive U.S. tour. “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show” will span throughout 2017 and includes stops at L.A.’s The Forum, Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre and New York’s Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater and will feature Brothers Osborne, Lucie Silvas, Anderson East, Brent Cobb, Margo Price and Marty Stuart as special guests. Of a recent performance, the Seattle Times declares, “…Stapleton dazzled the sold-out crowd with a barrage of songs that defy easy categorization while receiving the kind of deafening cheers reserved for superstars.” For information & tickets please visit: Live Nation.com

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