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BRENT COBB’S “AIN’T A ROAD TOO LONG” PREMIERES AT NPR MUSIC
WILL PERFORM THE SONG ON TONIGHT’S AMERICANA HONORS & AWARDS SHOW, NOMINATED FOR EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
SONG CULMINATES “LONG LIVE THE STORYTELLERS” DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Brent Cobb’s new single “Ain’t A Road Too Long” premiered yesterday at NPR Musicand can now be heard/shared HERE and purchased HERE (Low Country Sound/Elektra Records). Of the song NPR Music’s Ann Powers praises, “…an anthem for the laborers who make music possible—a funny, sweet and funky talking blues in which Cobb counts his blessings while acknowledging the sweat equity it took to secure them…Cobb and his collaborators find transcendence in soul’s leavening and the grease of rock ‘n’ roll.”
Brent will debut the song at tonight’s Americana Honors & Awards show where he’s up forEmerging Artist of the Year. Held at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, the awards show can be streamed live via NPR Music.
Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, “Ain’t A Road Too Long” is the first new music from Brent since last year’s widely acclaimed debut album, Shine On Rainy Day. The single also culminates “Long Live the Storytellers”—a new documentary-style video series created by Ram Trucks and filmed in Nashville with director Greg “Freddy” Camalier (Muscle Shoals). Watch the previous episodes here: EPISODE ONE, EPISODE TWO and EPISODE THREE.
Brent explains, “[Being a part of Ram’s ‘Long Live the Storytellers’] campaign is important to me because I’ve been writing songs my whole life. I was born into it. Professionally, I’ve been making a living at it for over a decade and any breaks I’ve had along the way have been because of the songs I’ve written.” Adding, “It takes drive to stay on that road, figuratively as well as literally. The first truck I ever toured in was a Ram. We toured in it all over the country. A lot of artists before me had used the same truck, so by the time it got to us it had been rode hard. As hard as it had been rode, it still got us where we needed to go. Ram understands that drive.”
After recently wrapping a sold-out European tour, Brent is currently on tour as part of “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show” and will cap-off 2017 with a special New Year’s Eve concert at Macon’s Cox Capitol Theatre. See below for complete details.
BRENT COBB CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
September 15—Southaven, MS—BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove*
September 16—Birmingham, AL—Oak Mountain Amphitheatre* (SOLD OUT)
October 5—Moline, IL—iWireless Center*
October 6—Des Moines, IA—Wells Fargo Arena*
October 7—St Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center*
October 13—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena* (SOLD OUT)
October 14—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena*
October 19—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center Arena* (SOLD OUT)
October 20—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center*
October 21—Bossier City, LA—CenturyLink Center* (SOLD OUT)
October 26—Austin, TX—Austin360 Amphitheater*
October 27—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman*
October 28—Dallas, TX—Starplex Pavilion*
November 2—Charleston, WV—Charleston Civic Center* (SOLD OUT)
November 3—Columbus, OH—Nationwide Arena*
November 4—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena*
November 10—Tampa, FL—MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre*
November 11—Jacksonville, FL—Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena*
November 16—Little Rock, AR—Verizon Arena*
November 17—Oklahoma City, OK—Chesapeake Energy Arena*
November 18—Omaha, NE—CenturyLink Center Omaha*
December 31—Macon, GA—Cox Capitol Theatre
February 4-11—11th Annual Cayamo Cruise: A Journey Through Song
*as part of “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show”
