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Jordan Lehning is the son of legendary country music producer Kyle Lehning (Randy Travis, George Jones, Waylon Jennings), and a celebrated producer and composer in his own right.

He has made a name for himself as a celebrated producer working with Rodney Crowell, Andrew Combs, Caitlin Rose, and Joshua Hedley, in addition to writing and tracking string arrangements for Kacey Musgraves, Burt Bacharach, Brett Eldridge, Leon Bridges and countless more.

In addition to “Remember Me Beautiful,” the deluxe album, also features collaborations with Lindsey Buckingham (“The Past is the Past”) and Brandi Carlile (“Like Mine” and “Same Devil”) as well as live renditions “Pawn Shop” and “Who You Thought I Was.”

Of the video, Clark shares, “This is for everyone who has loved and lost someone. Thank you all for sharing a bit of yourselves in this.” 

In addition to “Remember Me Beautiful,” the deluxe album also includes special collaborations with Lindsey Buckingham (“The Past is the Past”) and Brandi Carlile (“Like Mine” and “Same Devil”) as well as live renditions of two album tracks: “Pawn Shop” and “Who You Thought I Was.”

In addition to “Like Mine,” the deluxe album features all eleven songs from Your Life is a Record as well as five more bonus tracks including “Remember Me Beautiful,” a song Clark wrote earlier this year as part of NPR’s Morning Edition Song Project.

The song is accompanied by her self-directed and edited official music video, guest-starring Vanessa Carlton, Stefanie Drootin, Kristy Benjamin, Alise Grysen, and Alyssa Milano.

Coming February 26, 2021, Los Angeles soul singer Chris Pierce’s new album, American Silence, has already gathered critical acclaim from NPR and Rolling Stone! 

On October 13, Low Cut Connie released his 6th studio album Private Lives via Contender Records.

Real Me, the semi-autobiographical album by emerging Americana sensation Brit Taylor, debuted on the AMA/CDX Americana Radio Chart at No. 37 yesterday, the highest ranking debut album on the chart and just 10 days after the album’s release. 

Today, Low Cut Connie releases the official video for ‘Wild Ride’ from his new critically-acclaimed double album Private Lives, released last month via Contender Records.

Grammy-nominated and CMA Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Brandy Clark’s new song, “Same Devil,” both featuring and produced by Brandi Carlile, is debuting today.

Jealous of the Birds – the musical project of Northern Ireland-based singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton – announce  Peninsula: A Short Film.

Carolina Story’s celebrated sophomore album Dandelion released earlier this month (September 4) via Black River Americana, garnering widespread acclaim from press.

To kick off 'Forever Young: Popular Music and Youth Across the Ages'-this year's special virtual version of Museum of Pop Culture's Pop Conference 2020, spanning three consecutive weeks-MoPOP today announced that the Conference keynote conversation would feature seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette.

Today, Low Cut Connie released a new song 'What Has Happened To Me' from his forthcoming double album Private Lives out October 13, 2020 via Contender Records/MidCitizen Records. 

In this time of social distancing and remaining responsibly indoors, we are all looking for ways to brighten our days and get moving any way we can! In the spirit of celebrating theater and providing motivation to get up and get shakin', we're taking a look back and paying tribute to some of the greatest dance numbers in musical theater history! Today's number, You Can't Stop the Beat from Hairspray!

Nashville's 'Americana Queen' (Noisey) Mary Bragg released today her new EP Think About It. A creative extension of her 2019 breakthrough album Violets as Camouflage, the EP features a special collection of cover songs including tracks by Jackson Browne, Roy Orbison, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and Stevie Nicks. They were recorded and produced at her home studio, with additional tracking in LA and Atlanta, and find Mary taking a step away from telling her own visceral stories through song in order to study and interpret life through the lens of other songwriters.

Grammy-nominated and CMA Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Brandy Clark's highly anticipated new album, Your Life is a Record, is now streaming in full as part of NPR Music's First Listen series along with an extended interview. Listen HERE. Of the release, NPR Music's Jewly Hight declares, “Brandy Clark's third album, Your Life is a Record, brings her unpretentious virtuosity into focus.”

Grammy-nominated and CMA Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Brandy Clark will release her highly anticipated new album, Your Life is a Record, March 6 on Warner Records (pre-order). In advance of the release, the first single, “Who You Thought I Was,” is out today—listen below!