DEMUN JONES w/ DUSTY LEIGH
DEMUN JONESW/ DUSTY LEIGHSAT MAY 21 DOORS 7 | SHOW 8
FLATLAND CAVALRY
FLATLAND CAVALRYSAT JUNE 25w/ JAKE WORTHINGTONNDOORS 6 | SHOW 7 Flatland Cavalry is breaking out into a gallop. After years of hot trotting across their native Texas, the country outfit is primed for a breakout with the release of their third full-length album, the sonically sprawling and wistfully written Welcome to Countryland. The Texas sextet–bandleader and chief lyricist Cleto Cordero, guitarist Reid Dillon, bassist Jonathan Saenz, drummer Jason Albers, fiddle player Wesley Hall, and recent newcomer utility instrumentalist Adam Gallegos–continue to embrace their trademark sound while further pushing into the wild unknown. When it was time to embark on recording a new album, resting on their laurels was simply out of the realm of possibilities. After the release of 2019’s critically-acclaimed Homeland Insecurity and their 2016 full-length debut Humble Folks, they’ve been on a healthy trajectory rising through the country ranks. After years of working with Lubbock stalwart Scott Faris in the friendly confines of Amusement Park Studios, Flatland decided a change of scenery was necessary. Despite some hesitation and a mix of emotions, they instantly knew recording at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studio A with rising producer Jake Gear was the right move. “With our last two projects, we knew that room and setup. There’s comfort in working with Scott,” says Albers. “I think it was important to try and further expand with this album. Sonically, this album is definitely something bigger.”
FRANK FOSTER
FRANK FOSTERFRI JULY 15DOORS 6 | SHOW 7
MUSCADINE BLOODLINE
MUSCADINE BLOODLINECOUNTRY BAND CONTRABAND TOURTHU AUG 4DOORS 6 | SHOW 7
TREY LEWIS
TREY LEWIS w/ SIMERSON HILLFRI MAY 13DOORS 7 | SHOW 8 Despite the fact that Lewis did not start playing music until he was nineteen, he grew up loving music. “I remember looking at him and thinking man I might want to something like that someday. That’s pretty cool- being a songwriter,” he tell us, sharing about a family friend. As a child, the singer recalls listening to the music his mom and sister were into. “I’ve always been a fan of country music […] In the 90s, back then we had a ton of female country singers. We had Jo Dee Messina, Lorrie Morgan, Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood, The Chicks, all these great female country artists.” Lewis also credits artists like Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, and Jason Aldean as some of his early influences. Over the years, his music taste began to widen. “When my sister went off to college and it was just me in the house, that’s where I started to find the music that I liked,” he shared. “I went through a rap phase and a hardcore metal phase, but like, I feel like country music was always a part of that.” Unfortunately, Lewis hit a rough patch in his adolescence. He found himself in and out of jail and addicted to drugs. However, when he was nineteen he went to rehab and has been sober for the last fourteen years and counting. “Part of me getting sober, I was working at a smoothie shop and took half my paycheck and my grandfather gave me the other half and I went and bought a guitar and I taught myself how to play it.” Lewis candidly added later, “Music totally saved my life. I don’t know where I would be without it.”
COUNTRY KICKOFF w/ RED DIRT REVIVAL & THE JARED STOUT BAND
HIGH POINT COUNTRY KICKOFF!RED DIRT REVIVALw/ THE JARED STOUT BANDSAT MAY 7DOORS 6 | SHOW 7 FOOD BY THE SOUTHERN NOODLELIMITED FREE W/ RSVP