“Nat Geo” is going to have a ten-party documentary series on the National Parks, narrated by none other than Garth Brooks. The series will take a look at both the landscape of the parks and the wildlife living in them.

Brooks is also executive producing the series. It is set to air in 2022.

Senior Vice President of Production and Development for “National Geographic,” Janet Han Vissering said, “National Parks is a celebration of the natural wonder and power of nature in our backyard. From iconic places to secret gems, this series will open the gateways for all to explore the breadth of the beauty and tranquility. We are proud to partner with Wildstar and their incredible breadth of talent to open a window into the very best wildlife and natural history programming, and to be narrated by none other than Garth Brooks.”

Source: Deadline

Darius Rucker is the guest on the May 22 premiere episode of Clint Black’s “Talking in Circles.” In a clip of the interview, Rucker opens up about his transition from pop to country music after he signed to “Capitol Records Nashville” in 2008.

Rucker elaborates, “For me it was, if we’re gonna do it on this level, I was going to give it all I had. I knew the best way I could do that was to let everybody that were the people playing the songs to know that I know I’m not anything in this genre. I’m just trying to get on the radio like everybody else. If you play my song, great. If not, hey man we had a beer, it was cool.”

Source: PEOPLE

Alan Jackson is holding, “Where I Come From,” a concert in his hometown of Newman, GA to benefit tornado relief efforts in the area on June 26.

Three months ago, an EF-4 tornado tore through his hometown and destroyed 70 homes and damaged many others. The concert will benefit “The Coweta Community Foundation” which is working towards the cleanup and rebuilding efforts.

Jackson stated, “After the tornadoes came through Newman, I knew that I wanted to do what I could to help my hometown. I started working on an idea to do some kind of benefit in Nashville to help those affected in Newnan, but then heard from a group of leaders in Newnan. I’m glad we came up with a way to bring this show to my hometown … and I’m happy to be helping the people who need it most.”

Source: Taste of Country

Keith Urban is showing that he’s just like the rest of us — all he wanted to do during the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown was “sit on the couch and eat chips.”

Urban was the first-ever guest on “Britain’s Absolute Radio Country” (“formerly known as Country Hits Radio”) where he went on to say, “At the beginning of the whole lockdown I was a bit frozen honestly… I was working on my album The Speed of Now and it’s like you know when the power goes off, and you’re like how long is this going to be like this? My plan was I was just going to put my comfy pants on and sit on the couch and eat chips until the whole thing blew over, that was my plan. Suddenly I went, this is a big thing and it’s going to take a while. I had to figure out how to get on track again, just pivot and rethink everything and become adaptable to this new environment.”

On “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” Jack Ingram, Jon Randall, and Miranda Lambert performed “In His Arms.” This song was released in March as a prelude to their new collaborative album, “The Marfa Tapes.”

This song, just like the rest of the album, is raw and stripped-back songs that were all recorded in Marfa, Texas. This is the same place that the trio wrote “Tequila Does” and “Tin Man.”

Lambert described The Marfa Tapes on her Instagram page by saying, “They’re raw. You can hear the wind blowing, the cows mooing… We wanted you to feel like you were right there with us, sitting around the campfire, escaping the world, disappearing into the music.”

Source: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

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