Amanda Shires has shared her new single “Take It Like A Man,” which is the title track from her forthcoming new album out July 29 on ATO Records.

Co-written by Shires and producer Lawrence Rothman, “Take It Like A Man” features Jason Isbell on guitar. The track’s music video, filmed by Weston Heflin, was recorded at Columbia Records studio in Nashville, whose lauded history includes hosting such artists as Bob Dylan, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Buddy Holly and many more.

The upcoming album is a confessional featuring 10 tracks written and recorded during lockdown. Maren Morris and Brittney Spencer offer up guest vocals on the set of candid tunes written by Shires about her life as a woman, a wife (to her husband Jason Isbell) and a mother during a tumultuous time.

Shires will kick off an extensive fall tour on Sept. 6 in Asheville, North Carolina. Running through November, she will make stops in Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Brooklyn, Dallas and more. Public on-sale for tickets will begin Friday, June 24, with local pre-sales on June 23. All tickets can be purchased at amandashiresmusic.com.

On June 23, she’ll perform selections from Take It Like A Man at an invitation-only listening event at Desert 5 Spot in Los Angeles presented by Foxes Magazine. Additionally, on July 23 she’ll perform with The Highwomen at Wrigley Field in Chicago opening for Chris Stapleton, followed by a special sold-out solo show at Nashville’s Blue Room on July 28.

Cale Dodds has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Spirit Music Nashville/Fluid Music Revolution. The deal encompasses an administration deal for his catalog, as well as a go forward publishing deal with Spirit Music Nashville/Fluid Music Revolution.

A Georgia native, Dodds moved to Nashville in 2011 and immediately hit the road, touring with artists such as Sam Hunt, Brett Eldredge, Billy Currington, and Chase Rice. Before signing his first major label deal with Warner Music Nashville, he independently racked up more than 30 million streams.

After making a splash in the Nashville songwriting community with the single, “(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial” by A Thousand Horses, Dodds penned his first, two-week No. 1 with “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen” for Chase Rice featuring Florida Georgia Line.

Dodds, who has been writing songs since the age of 12,  has also had a hand in writing songs for film and TV, as well as writing for other artists such as Cassadee Pope, Filmore, Lit and many more.

“Spirit and Fluid are very excited to partner with Cale Dodds on this next chapter of his career. Cale is a gifted, hardworking singer-songwriter with an unlimited future ahead of him. We are looking forward to having loads of success and a heck of a lot of fun together!” shares Frank Rogers, CEO, Spirit Music Nashville.

“Cale and I have known each other since he moved to Nashville,” adds AJ Burton, Vice President, Fluid Music Revolution. “I have always been a fan of his writing, talent and drive to win!! It’s an honor that he chose to partner with Spirit and Fluid, these next several years are gonna be fun!”

“Starting a new partnership at Fluid/Spirit is a full-circle moment for me,” says Dodds. “Almost every person in that building has played some kind of role in my story and feels like family. I feel more inspired than ever to write songs and I am grateful to start this new chapter with a powerhouse team of people who understand who I am as a creative and share the same vision for the music.”

Spirit Music Nashville racked up nine No. 1 singles, ten top 10 singles, and 11 top 30 songs in 2021, as well as ACM Single of the Year for “I Hope You’re Happy Now” by Carly Pearce and Lee Brice (via Jonathan Singleton) and Album of the Year with Starting Over by Chris Stapleton. The company also published MusicRow’s 2021 Song of the Year, “Hell of a View” by Eric Church (via Monty Criswell).

Singer-songwriter Steve Moakler announced he will hit the road on the “Make A Little Room Tour” in correlation with the release of his seventh studio album of the same name.

The six-stop trek will kick off Aug. 5 in Warrendale, Pennsylvania before hitting D.C. and New York City, and will conclude in Nashville on Aug. 27. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (June 24) at noon local time.

“I’m not sure I’ve ever had so much excitement and anticipation around a run of shows… It’s been close to 4 years since I’ve performed in a music venue,” Moakler explains. “Gonna be a really special time celebrating this new music with the people we made it for.”

Along the way, Moakler will share brand new songs from the album, including the title track and the recently released “Let’s Go To The Lake.” Co-written by Moakler, Luke Laird and Barry Dean, “Let’s Go To The Lake” is equal parts hopeful and sentimental as Moakler urges listeners to find nostalgia in what was once lost.

Make A Little Room, which will be available everywhere on Aug. 12, features co-writes with some of Nashville’s most distinguished songwriters in the genre, including Marcus Hummon, Neil Medley and Lucie Silvas, among others. Moakler serves as a co-writer on all of the project’s 10 tracks.

In 2014, Moakler signed with Creative Nation and has penned songs performed by Reba McEntire, Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen and Ben Rector, among others. The the Pittsburgh native’s work as a songwriter has secured him multiple chart successes, including Dierks Bentley’s Gold-certified “Riser.”