Tanya Tucker News

Overwhelmed by her high-powered agent, a bombastic Hollywood director, and a totally tricked-out, off-base holiday spectacular, Tanya portrays a country music superstar (Josie Carson) as she bolts from her outrageous lifestyle, seeking a haven at her grandma’s Tennessee farm outside of Nashville.

MerleFest, presented by Window World, has just added another huge list of performers to its already stacked 2023 lineup—which featured headliners like The Avett Brothers and Maren Morris.

“Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend” will take place in Miramar Beach, FL May 12-14. Created as an annual Mother’s Day celebration, the festival will feature performances from Carlile, Hozier, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Danielle Ponder, The Milk Carton Kids, Katie Pruitt and Fancy Hagood.

Brandi Carlile is nominated for seven awards at the 65th GRAMMY Awards: Album of the Year (In These Silent Days), Record of the Year (“You And Me On The Rock” feat. Lucius), Best Americana Album (In These Silent Days), Best Americana Performance (“You And Me On The Rock” feat. Lucius), and more.

The Highwomen with Tanya Tucker will add to a weekend at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre, Added due to overwhelming demand after the first two Gorge dates—Carlile’s annual headline concert on June 9 (with special guests Marcus Mumford and Allison Russell) and artist Joni Mitchell’s “Joni Jam” on June 10 (with Carlile opening)—immediately sold-out. 

On Friday, June 9, Carlile will perform her annual “Echoes Through The Canyon” headline concert (special guest to be announced) and, on June 10, following her ground-breaking performance earlier this summer at the Newport Folk Festival, legendary Joni Mitchell will bring her “Joni Jam” to the extraordinary venue with Carlile opening. Learn about how to get tickets.

Ahistoric number of music fans turned out for the 15th annual festival at Stephens Lake Park in Columbia, Missouri with headline sets from Wilco, Jon Batiste, Bleachers, Chaka Khan, Tanya, Tucker, and Old Crow Medicine Show. The three-day festival, which took place on two stages presented by Veterans United Home Loans.

Produced by Carlile and the twins, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, and recorded at their home barn studio, the expanded album features new reimagined Laurel Canyon-inspired versions of each song from the original album plus a special rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” Listen to the new album and check out upcoming tour dates now!

Screenings will kick off with the Opening Night presentation of Mark Fletcher’s Patrick and the Whale, followed by the Centerpiece Selections of Ben Klein and Violet Columbus’ The Exiles and Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes, with Kathlyn Horan’s The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile screening on Closing Night.

Directed by Sam Wrench (Billie Eilish, Mary J. Blige) and broadcast live from L.A.’s storied Laurel Canyon to over 100 IMAX theatres, “Brandi Carlile: In The Canyon Haze - Live from Laurel Canyon” will feature an intimate concert experience with Carlile and her band performing the reimagined songs featured on the deluxe album for the first time.

Produced by Carlile and the twins, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, and recorded at their home barn studio, the expanded album features reimagined Laurel Canyon-inspired versions of each song from the album plus a rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” Listen to “You and Me on the Rock (In the Canyon Haze)” featuring her wife, Catherine Carlile.

Grammy Award winner Shania Twain, multi-Grammy Award nominee Martina McBride, Grammy Award winners Little Big Town and Grammy Award winner Tanya Tucker are set to guest-star throughout the first season of Monarch. The cast also includes Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins, Anna Friel, Faith Prince, Kevin Cahoon, and more.

Produced by Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker) and recorded at Los Angeles’ Dave’s Room Studio, No Regular Dog is rooted in deep self-reflection and features Waldon’s most personal songwriting to date. With these eleven songs, including “Season’s Ending,” a tribute to Waldon’s mentor John Prine.

Produced by Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker) and recorded at Los Angeles’ Dave’s Room Studio, No Regular Dog is rooted in deep self-reflection and features Waldon’s most personal songwriting to date. With these eleven songs, including “Season’s Ending,” a tribute to Waldon’s mentor John Prine. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend—a destination concert vacation produced by Cloud 9 Adventures in partnership with The Bowery Presents will feature multiple sets from Carlile, plus Maren Morris, Sara Bareilles, Wynonna, Lucius, Yola, Allison Russell, Joy Oladokun, Ruby Amanfu, Natalie Hemby, Brandy Clark and Brittney Spencer. 

Tucker will perform on Saturday along with Brothers Osborne, Margo Price, Flatland Cavalry, headliner Cody Jinks and many more. The second annual event, once again taking over the Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, the long-standing home of Rocklahoma, also features headliners Lynyrd Skynyrd on Sunday and Zach Bryan on Friday.

The official music video for Brandi Carlile’s new single, “You And Me On The Rock,” is debuting today. The track is from Carlile's Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings-produced album, In These Silent Days, which was inspired by the mining of Carlile’s own history while writing last year’s #1 New York Times Best Selling memoir, Broken Horses.

“Tall and Mighty” is the second song unveiled from Waldon’s highly anticipated new album, No Regular Dog. Produced by Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker) and recorded at Los Angeles’ Dave’s Room Studio, No Regular Dog is rooted in deep self-reflection and features Waldon’s most personal songwriting to date.

Entertainment icon Tanya Tucker tapped her longtime publicist Scott Adkins, of newly formed Adkins Entertainment, to represent her as manager in all facets of her illustrious career. Tanya also recently retained Kurt Vitolo of K V Financial Group for business management. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

Kelsey Waldon will embark on her nationwide “No Regular Dog Tour” this summer with newly confirmed shows at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory, Philadelphia’s MilkBoy, Seattle’s Tractor Tavern, Portland’s Polaris Hall, Austin’s 3TEN ACL, Fort Worth’s Tulips FTW, Lexington’s The Burl, Los Angeles’ Hotel Café and Nashville’s Basement East.