NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™  officials have announced that Cody Johnson will be the new entertainer for the  March 8   performance of  RodeoHouston® in  NRG Stadium  after  Old Dominion   had to cancel due to a death in one of the member's immediate family.

“Cody Johnson will be a great addition to our 2017 RodeoHouston lineup,” said Joel Cowley, the Show’s president and CEO. “We welcome this talented Texas singer to our stage as we honor the men and women of our military on Armed Forces Appreciation Day.”

Previously purchased tickets for March 8, regardless of the entertainer name on the tickets, are still valid. For those fans who want refunds for the March 8 performance, please visit  rodeohouston.com/updates   for instructions.
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo runs March 7-26, 2017.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) — The Blackfoot Gypsies will unleash a set of original roadhouse rockin’ tunes with To the Top, out  April 14, 2017, on Plowboy Records. The Nashville-based powerhouse quartet demonstrates raucous energy, soul, and supercharged blues wail as they burn down the sonic highways of the South, delivering their take on white-knuckled rock ’n’ roll.
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Across the 15 tracks of To the Top, the Blackfoot Gypsies fuse their influences — swamp blues cool, down-home hillbilly funk and homegrown punk panache — into a lean, mean machine invoking such classic musical malcontents as the Rolling Stones, the Faces and Mott the Hoople, while sparking and spitting 21st-century fire. It’s the type of record that could only come from a band that learned to rock the old-fashioned way — one sweaty, full-throttle live performance at a time.

Benefit for the Autism Think Tank to take place 
March 25 at the Alex Theatre 

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Press Release) — Benefit-concert producers the  Wild Honey Foundation   present  The Band’s first two albums,  Music From Big Pink   and  The Band, plus bonus songs, performed by a star-studded house band featuring  Garth Hudson, multi-instrumentalist and founding member of The Band, with guest singers. The event, which benefits the  Autism Think Tank, takes place  Saturday,  March 25, 2017 at 8 p.m.,  at the historic Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd. in downtown Glendale, Calif.
 
Led by acclaimed musical director Rob Laufer (whose credits include George Martin’s Hollywood Bowl tribute to  Sgt. Pepper), the  Wild Honey Orchestra, in collaboration with   Hudson, his partner  Sister Maud  and friends, will tackle the deeply influential and unforgettable Music From Big Pink  and The Band   in their entirety, with the same level of love, passion, and stunning musicianship brought to previous takes on the Beatles and the Beach Boys. These iconic records include timeless tunes like “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Weight,” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.”  The show will also include bonus songs such as “It Makes No Difference,” “Stage Fright,” and “The Shape I’m In.”

 Fabulous!    LISTEN: "HERE COME THE GIRLS"

​Trombone Shorty   has announced an  April 28  release date for Parking Lot Symphony, his debut album for Blue Note Records. The album pre-order launched today along with the irrepressible first single “Here Come The Girls,” which is available now to download or stream. The album is a 12-track tour de force produced by Chris Seefried (Fitz and the Tantrums, Andra Day) and featuring 10 new original songs along with covers of Allen Toussaint (“Here Come The Girls”) and The Meters (“It Ain’t No Use”). True to its title, the album contains multitudes of sound—from brass band blare and deep-groove funk to bluesy beauty and hip-hop/pop swagger—and plenty of emotion all anchored, of course, by stellar playing and the idea that, even in the toughest of times, as he says, “Music brings unity.”
 
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue  have also announced new tour dates including album release shows at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on  April 24, and their annual Treme Threauxdown at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans on April 29 that will feature special guests including Andra Day and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The band is currently out on an extensive tour opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers including sold-out shows at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on March 7, 8 and 10. Trombone Shorty will also perform at the 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, where he has inherited the festival’s prestigious closing set in the legacy of great New Orleans artists like the Neville Brothers and Professor Longhair. A summer co-headline tour with St. Paul & The Broken Bones will include a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on August. 30. For more tour details including ticket on-sale dates visit  tromboneshorty.com/tour. 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Following the exclusive premiere on  Rolling Stone Country, the sleek singer-songwriter,  Brennin, announces the release of his latest single  "Rip Off The Rearview,"  featuring country music icon  Vince Gill,  today, Friday March 3. Partnering with Y WCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, 50% of iTunes sales on the track will go towards victims of domestic violence as one in four women experience domestic abuse in their lifetime. 

Known for his guest role as Sullivan Fitzgerald on the former ABC hit series, "Nashville,"  Brennin has toured and opened for artists, such as  Tracy Lawrence, Lee Ann Womack,  and  Charlie Daniels Band,  across the US and Canada and appeared on numerous television shows, including the  Ellen Degeneres Show  and  The X-Factor, where  Simon Cowell  praised the talented singer as having a "brillant voice, with a great charisma that could be turned into a great artist." After signing to  William Morris Endeavor and  Deluge Music, the singer-songwriter earned his cut, "I Can't Do This,"  on  Vince Gill's 2016 album "Down To My Last Bad Habit" and was featured in  Rolling Stone Country's "10 New Country Artists You Need To Know." 

Fans can purchase the new track on iTunes  here  and watch for the new music video to follow.