RCA Records News

By popular demand, ScoBar Entertainment and The Iridium are proud to present award-winning vocalist MARILYN MAYE and her trio in a special Valentine's show, Marilyn Maye-Always from the Heart, for a four-day engagement, Thursday, February 14 through Sunday, February 17. In celebration of Valentine's Day, there will be two performances on Thursday, February 14, at 7 pm and 9:30 pm. All other performances play at 8 pm nightly.

Today, the Recording Academy's Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion announced an unprecedented new initiative that aims to expand opportunities for female music producers and engineers. The Producer & Engineer Inclusion Initiative is the inaugural action of a larger strategy to address gender inequity in the music industry. According to a 2018 USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study, only 2 percent of music producers and 3 percent of engineers/mixers across popular music are women. This initiative is the first step in a broader effort to improve those numbers and increase diversity and inclusion for all in the music industry.

Today, Cage The Elephant announce the release of their fifth studio album, Social Cues, out April 19th via RCA Records. Produced by John Hill (Santigold, Florence + The Machine, Portugal. The Man, tUnE-yArDs), the album was recorded at Battle Tapes Recording, Blackbird Studio and Sound Emporium in Nashville and The Village Recording Studio in Los Angeles, mixed by Tom Elmhirst and mastered by Randy Merrill in New York City. Social Cues is the follow up to their GRAMMY®-winning studio album Tell Me I'm Pretty. The album is available for pre-order today. Today the band also share the first single from the forthcoming record, the deceptively upbeat “Ready To Let Go” with a video directed by lead singer Matt Shultz. Cage The Elephant have had 7 Billboard #1 singles with 11 singles landing in the Billboard Top 10 and digitally have a combined 1.5 billion streams worldwide.

Families can sing along to the fun music of Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, coming to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 3 at 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm. Tickets are $12-15.

Multi-platinum RCA Nashville recording artist Chris Young officially impacts radio today with “Raised On Country”garnering 65 country radio station adds. Written by Young, Cary Barlowe and co-producer Corey Crowder, the new track is one of this week's most-added songs at country radio. “Raised On Country” is available on all platforms HERE.

By popular demand, ScoBar Entertainment & The Iridium are proud to present award-winning vocalist MARILYN MAYE in a special Valentine's show, Marilyn Maye - always from the heart, for a four-day engagement, Thursday - Sunday, February 14-17, 2019. In celebration of Valentine's Day, there will be two performances on February 14th one at 7pm & another at 9:30pm. She will be accompanied by her trio.

Shy Girls announces that his sophomore album, Bird On The Wing, is set to come out Spring 2019 via Keep Cool Projects/RCA Records. In addition to unveiling the title today, he also released his newest single, 'This Is Your World' and announced his upcoming North American headlining tour.

Today, R&B maverick Lucky Daye shares a brand new single entitled “Karma.” The track is the first release from Lucky's II, which is the second installment of his debut album Painted due out later this year via Keep Cool/RCA Records. Click HERE to listen.

Italian duo Jude & Frank kick-start the New Year with a collaboration alongside 1 World, as they step up to deliver a long-awaited re-work of Bob Marley's 'Sun Is Shining.' Out now via Sony Music Germany/RCA Records.

Italian duo Jude & Frank kick-start the New Year with a collaboration alongside 1 World, as they step up to deliver a long-awaited re-work of Bob Marley's 'Sun Is Shining.' Out now via Sony Music Germany/RCA Records.

Recording artist Lennon Stella has been named Radio Disney's 'NBT' ( Next Big Thing), it was announced today. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, 'NBT' is a multiplatform talent program that puts the spotlight on young recording artists and their journey to success. The RECORDS/Columbia Records pop singer will be featured in a series of exclusive 'NBT' videos on Radio Disney, Disney Channel, the Radio Disney app, the DisneyNOW app and social media platforms.

Today, Vevo is proud to release two brand new exclusive live performances from New Orleans R&B crooner Lucky Daye. As the latest signee to Keep Cool/RCA Records (Bryson Tiller, Khalid, SZA), Lucky Daye brings a more diverse sound to R&B with his soulful and funky debut EP, I, that features standout tracks 'Roll Some Mo' and 'Concentrate.'

He's limited his touring schedule in recent years to raise a family, but Tracy Byrd is back on the road, celebrating 25 years since his first #1 single “Holdin' Heaven.” The Harris Center welcomes Tracy and his own special brand of classic country music to Folsom. He's known as a nice guy — “people should know he's one of the good ones” (Tulsa World) — and his long list of hits speak for themselves: “Watermelon Crawl,” “The Keeper of the Stars” (winner of the Country Music Association Song of the Year), “Big Love,” and all the rest.

Three-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist Pentatonix returns to NBC this holiday season with “Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night,” airing Monday, Dec. 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

British Country Music Awards' International Act of the Year and multi-platinum entertainer Chris Young will return to the UK in 2019 for several limited engagement dates on his “Chris Young Losing Sleep World Tour.” Headlining stops are planned for Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and London in May with tickets on sale Friday, November 23rd at ChrisYoungCountry.com.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces the return of Tex-Mex trio Los Lonely Boys, folk-rock duo Hudson Taylor, and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Thursday, November 15 at noon. All tickets will be available at citywinery.com/chicago.

Country supertrio PISTOL ANNIES' newly released third album INTERSTATE GOSPEL on RCA Records Nashville debuted this week at #1 on the Country Charts. Listen now on all streaming platforms and purchase the album HERE.

Today, R&B maverick Lucky Daye releases I, a collection of the first five songs from his forthcoming full-length debut album, Painted which is set for release later this year via Keep Cool/RCA Records. Click HERE to listen.

The Backstreet Boys will be coming to the Hersheypark Stadium on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 8:00 PM.

Celebrated American pianist George Winston recently released a cancer research benefit album, Spring Carousel, on RCA Records on March 31, 2017 that debuted at #1 on Billboard's Jazz Chart. Spring Carousel features a collection of 15 solo piano compositions written by Winston while in recovery from a bone marrow transplant for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) at City of Hope, in Duarte, California, near Los Angeles. His doctor, Stephen J. Forman, Chairman of the Hematology Department at City of Hope, is one of the world's four foremost authorities on hematology and bone marrow transplants. Proceeds from sales of Spring Carousel will directly benefit cancer research at City of Hope. George Winston is available for interviews upon request.