Ronnie Dunn dropped his solo album “100 Proof Neon” on Friday and it’s got plenty of new artists on it. He’s known for lifting up and supporting new talent including working on their albums, like he did with Hardy’s “Hixtape.”

For his project, Dunn enlisted Parker McCollum and Jake Worthington for duets. He also includes the Triston Marez collab “Where the Neon Lies.”

Ronnie is so into new artists that he launched a publishing company and not only signed country artists, but a rocker named Ariel Boetel. Of the new venture he says “I’ve wanted to do it for years. I just didn’t have the time to put into it to really do it justice. I signed four writers. Thomas Perkins was the first guy and we ended up co-writing ‘Broken Neon Heart.’”

As for giving new artists a chance with the publishing company and his indie label, Ronnie says “I’ll do the artist thing as long as I can get away with it.”

Check out “Honky Tonk Town” with Jake Worthington below.

Source: Music Row

Sam Hunt has pulled out of the Boots and Hearts Festival in Ontario, Canada. He posted a statement on socials saying:

“Unfortunately, due to ongoing government restrictions, Sam Hunt will not be able to perform at Boots & Hearts Music Festival on August 5th. We were hopeful these restrictions would be lifted as the date got closer, but it’s now apparent that won’t happen. Boots & Hearts Music Festival has secured a great replacement, and we all hope you can continue to have a great weekend in Burl’s Creek.”

The “Wishful Drinking” singer will be replaced at the festival by Jake Owen according to the festival’s Twitter account. Also appearing at the four day event are Shania Twain and Florida Georgia Line among others.

Source: US Weekly

Kacey Musgraves has a new plaque to add to her awards shelf. Her debut single “Merry Go Round,” has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The song was on the 2012 album “Same Trailer Different Park” and at the time she shared “I think we all kind of grow up with expectations of breaking the cycle of life as we know it, trying to appear as if all is perfect under the surface.”

A lot has changed since Kacey’s debut. Her latest project is contributing “Can’t Help Falling In Love With You” to the “Elvis” soundtrack.

Shania Twain’s Neflix documentary “Not Just A Girl” debuted yesterday, and she’s shared with fans what it was like to film it.

“Filming a documentary about myself was pretty surreal and even more so during a pandemic!,” she shares on social media. “We started this whole thing in 2020 and did a lot of interviews and prep stuff over zoom…while trying to film as much as we could during the moments when the world opened up a little more and people were able to travel.”

She adds, “All of that has resulted in Not Just A Girl… I hope you enjoy watching it.”

In addition to the doc release, Shania also digitally dropped the companion album, featuring “a collection of all the songs in the documentary,” as well as one brand new song, the title track.

Luke Combs made a dream come true this weekend for a 17-year-old battling cancer. The singer flew out the teen, Addison, who is undergoing treatment for acute myeloid leukemia, to his sold-out show in Columbus, Ohio

“You see our girl has a bucket list of all the things she wants to do and see,” Addison’s mother, Staci Conely shared on Facebook. “One of her wishes was to meet and go to a Luke Combs concert, where he would sing her favorite song.”

Well, word got to Luke’s people and he flew out Addi and several members of Addi’s family, and he met and chatted with her. “He gave so much love as we listened and cried with their stories they were exchanging,” her mom shared. “This moment made time stand still. She was genuinely happy and so blown away by his kindness, honestly we all were.”

And that’s not all, he put the family up in a suite including food and drinks, and allowed Addi to stand side stage for the encore, bringing her out to serenade her with her favorite song “Better Together.”

“This is my friend Addi that I met today, and Addi’s going through some health things at the moment, and I came across her on social media,” Luke told the audience. “Addi’s favorite song is ’Better Together.’ So, I can only ask you one favor. One, that you sing along so we can hear you, and two I want every single person in here to get their phone light out so we can see. I want her to see that tonight,” adding, “So, Addi, this one goes out to you, your favorite song, one of my favorite songs.”