Amazon Music To Celebrate Country Music Month

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Amazon Music will celebrate Country Music Month by putting together an extensive collection of content tied to it’s flagship playlist “bonfire.”

Throughout the month, Amazon Music will release new livestreams, Amazon Music Originals and videos from featured artists on the playlist, including Dylan Gossett, Jelly Roll, Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Leon Bridges, Nate Smith and more.

This Thursday (Oct. 3) at 6 p.m. PT, Amazon Music will also stream Breakthrough Artist Smith’s appearance on City Sessions in Los Angeles, part of Amazon Music’s exclusive series of intimate live streamed performances from across the world. Smith will be performing songs from his new album California Gold, as well as deep cuts and fan favorites.

On Oct. 11, Amazon Music will release video on demand of Musgraves’ recent Climate Pledge Arena concert. Broadcasted live by Amazon Music earlier this month, the concert documented the singer’s “Deeper Well World Tour” stop in Seattle and featured performances of “Cardinal,” “Jade Green,” “Rainbow,” “Architect” and more. The concert film also features performances from singer-songwriter Father John Misty and GRAMMY-winning trio Nickel Creek. The full concert will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.

Jelly Roll will kick off a star-studded third season of Amazon Music Live on Oct. 17 in support of his upcoming album, Beautifully Broken. Both Jelly Roll and Smith’s performances will stream on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.

In another way to celebrate the genre, Amazon Music will also premiere new Amazon Music Originals. This Friday (Oct. 4), Gossett will release a brand-new cover of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” and on Oct. 25, Wilson will release a new song called “Love & Learn.” Co-written with Caitlyn Smith and Lee Thomas Miller, the track will be available exclusively on Amazon Music. Each of these new Amazon Music Originals will appear on “bonfire.”

To end the month of celebration, on Oct. 25 Amazon Music will release the latest episode of Songline, the new docu-performance series that gives fans an intimate look into an artist’s songwriting process and the stories behind the music. The new episode will spotlight Bridges performing and telling the stories behind songs from his reflective new album, Leon.

“Leaning into our strength in country music, ‘bonfire’ allows us to speak to a wider, more diverse music customer with a unique, mood-based, genre-blending playlist,” says Emily Cohen Belote, Lead Music Curator at Amazon Music. “Sitting at the intersection of country, indie, and alternative, ‘bonfire’ was created because these genres have more in common than not and belong together in one home.”

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