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Forbes
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Muscadine Bloodline Tells Cinematic Southern Stories On New Album
Country duo Muscadine Bloodline released new album '…And What Was Left Behind' on April 11, 2025. No group in country music captures the spirit of the small-town South quite like Muscadine Bloodline. Hailing from Mobile, Alabama, this harmonizing duo sings about lovable characters with questionable morals, blacktop parking lots where heartbreak happens regularly and the long nights that make life worth living. This month, Muscadine Bloodline released … And What Was Left Behind, a new LP that chronicles the sights and sounds of the group's Southern roots. Like tall tales told around a campfire or a night of barstool banter, the album weaves together a collection of three-minute stories inspired by the people and places the band knows best. The album serves as the second release in a two-part concept series that began with 2024's The Coastal Plain. In a new interview with Forbes, Muscadine Bloodline members Charlie Muncaster and Gary Stanton chat about the double-album project, writing hometown songs and touring with Post Malone. Read on for highlights from the conversation. The band approached The Coastal Plain and … And What Was Left Behind like an author writing a novel, Stanton said. Each song should represent a chapter, like pieces that fit to form a larger picture. Listeners hear the end result on … Left Behind with numbers like 'Ballad of the Blanton Brothers,' a foot-stompin' tale of misguided murder, and 'Chickasaw County Church,' a song capturing the final moments of a fleeting love. The group's inspired by singer-songwriters who reprise characters throughout different songs or albums, Stanton said. He name-checked Kentucky troubadour Chris Knight and Evan Felker of Turnpike Troubadours as two songwriting influences. 'This is supposed to be a 40-minute listening experience,' Stanton said. 'This takes you on a journey. [We're] just tryin' to do that." WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH - SEPTEMBER 08: (L-R) Charlie Muncaster and Gary Stanton of Muscadine ... More Bloodline open for Post Malone as he kicks of his F-1 Trillion Tour at Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre on September 08, 2024 in West Valley City, Utah. (Photo byfor Live Nation) The album kicks through traditional country influences, like on bluegrass-y romp 'Durwood' – loosely based on Muncaster's grandfather – or neotraditional drinkin' tune 'Hittin' My Stride.' While rooted in real-life experiences, some songs may include a few subtle embellishments, Stanton said. 'I think there's something about the Southern culture of making someone, like a grandparent or relative, larger than life,' Stanton said. He added, 'A lot of times I'll call my dad or an old relative and be like, 'Give me some inspiration. … who was a group of brothers you were growing up with that were always startin' trouble?' From a seed of inspiration planted by a relative or remembered from a passed-down story, the group went to work on songwriting. 'Now we're just creating stories, almost a cinematic approach,' Stanton said. 'It's kinda fun. Now I'm just tellin' a story, like folklore.' A decade into making music, Muscadine Bloodline continues to reach new audiences – on the road and beyond. Earlier this year, the independent duo shipped its first song to country radio with 2024 single '10-90.' Additionally, Muscadine Bloodline earned a nomination for Duo of the Year at the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards, set for May 8 in Frisco, Texas. Last year, the band played stadiums as main support on Post Malone's tour for his country album F-1 Trillion; this fall, Staton and Muncaster play arenas as part of Lainey Wilson's anticipated Whirlwind tour. How does the band approach a support slot for a major headliner? By pushing a foot on the gas. 'We look at it like, man, we're gonna blow the socks off these people,' Muncaster said. 'We call it our 'gas' set. When we play fests or one-hour sets, we feel like that's the perfect-timed sets. It keeps people's attention. Keeps the energy on 100. We pretend that we've got no fans out there and we pretend we're gonna get 'em all.'
The Independent
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Ella Langley leads 2025 ACM Awards nominations. Beyoncé and Miranda Lambert are shut out
Ella Langley leads the nominees for the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations. The first-time nominee's nods include female artist of the year and female new artist. Notably, there are no nods for Beyoncé's landmark 'Cowboy Carter," which won the Grammy for both album of the year and country album of the year last month. Miranda Lambert 's 'Postcards from Texas" was also not nominated. The nominations for the 60th annual ACM Awards were announced Thursday. The awards ceremony will take place May 8 at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas. Reba McEntire will once again host. Six of Langley's nominations stem from her smash hit 'You Look Like You Love Me' with Riley Green. It's up for single of the year, song of the year as both an artist and songwriter, music event of the year and visual media of the year as an artist and director. Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Morgan Wallen closely follow Langley's nominations with seven each. Chris Stapleton has six nominations; Riley Green and Post Malone are tied with five. Johnson, Wilson, Wallen and Stapleton are up for the night's top category, entertainer of the year. Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll are also nominated for the award. Wilson took home the prize last year, becoming one of the few women to earn the trophy. Lambert was named entertainer of the year in 2022. In 2020, Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett tied for the title — a first ever. Underwood's win was the first for a woman since 2012, when Taylor Swift won the category. If Combs wins the category, he will have achieved the ACMs' Triple Crown Award — which is made up of career wins in the entertainer of the year, new artist (male, female, duo or group) and artist (male, female, duo or group) categories. Last year, Wallen earned six nominations — a change from just a few years ago. In 2021, he was declared ineligible by the ACMs after he was caught on camera using a racial slur. In 2022 and 2023, he received four nominations. In the album of the year category, Megan Moroney's 'Am I Okay? (I'll Be Fine)' faces off against Wilson's 'Whirlwind,' Jelly Roll's 'Beautifully Broken,' Zach Top's 'Cold Beer & Country Music' and Post Malone's 'F-1 Trillion.' And in the single of the year category, Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' competes with Johnson's 'Dirt Cheap,' Malone and Wallen's 'I Had Some Help,' Stapleton's 'White Horse' and Langley and Green's 'You Look Like You Love Me.' In addition to Langley, other first-time nominees include Gavin Adcock, Dasha, Noah Kahan, Jessie Murph, Muscadine Bloodline, Shaboozey, Zach Top, The Red Clay Strays, Treaty Oak Revival, and Tucker Wetmore. The 2025 ACM Awards will stream on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch Live on May 8 at 8 p.m. EDT.
