Kris Kristofferson is giving up performing. The legendary singer quietly announced his retirement in a new press release regarding the management of his estate.

In announcing that the 84-year-old’s son John would be leading the family business, the press release read, “The legendary songwriter and actor officially retired in 2020, leaving his son John Kristofferson to lead the family’s businesses.”

While Kris didn’t make any other major comments about his retirement, his longtime manager Tamara Saviano did give some insight into the decision in an interview with Variety.

“It wasn’t any big stake in the ground, like ‘I’m retiring! I’m not doing this anymore!,” Tamara explains. “It was an evolution, and it just felt very organic,” noting, “There was no big change — it was this sort of slow ‘What should we do now? What’s next?’ And here we are in the middle of a pandemic… It was like, ‘Yeah, let’s retire.’”

She added, “Kris is 84. It didn’t feel like such big news to us. That’s why there was no announcement: It was just sort of a slow changing of the guard thing.”

As for whether this really is the last we’ll see of Kris, Tamara noted, “I’m not gonna say Kris will never record again, Kris will never take the stage again, because the moment I say that Kris will prove me wrong,” adding, “Never say never. He might wake up a month from now and go ‘I’m gonna go in the studio and make an album,’ and he will.”

Source: Rolling Stone

Rory Feek is making music again. The singer announced he’ll release his first solo album, “Gentle Man,” on June 18th. It will be Rory’s first album since his wife and singing partner Joey passed away from cancer in 2016.

“I’ve been in the studio making a new album for the last few months,” he shared on his blog. “And that’s a big, big change for me. To make a record without Joey isn’t something that I was sure I’d ever do.” Noting that he’s never made an album on his own, he adds, “I guess it was finally just time.”

Joey also shared the first single from the record, a cover of Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A Changin’.”

Source: Rory Feek

A new documentary about Loretta Lynn is set to air next month on PBS. “Loretta Lynn: My Story In My Words,” airing February 27th, will look at the singer’s over 50-year career.

The film tells Loretta’s story using old and new interviews, as well classic performances.

The documentary will air a few weeks before Loretta releases her 50th studio album, “Still Woman Enough,” featuring collaborations with such artists as Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Margo Price, Tanya Tucker and more.

Source: Sounds Like Nashville

Florida Georgia Line’s track “May We All” is being turned into a movie.

Back in 2019, it was announced that a “May We All” stage musical was in the works, featuring not only the title track, but two new FGL songs, and tunes by such country stars as Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Shania Twain and more. Thanks to COVID, that was delayed, and a “developmental production” is now projected to debut later this year at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, Tennessee.

And now comes word that the production is being turned into a movie as well. Filmmaker Andy Fickman is on board to direct the project which is being produced by FGL member Brian Kelley’s CuzBro Productions.

“May We All” is described as “a story of disappearing small-town America as seen through the hopeful eyes of its youth,” focusing on a wannabe country singer who returns home after struggling in Nashville.

Source: Sounds Like Nashville