Chase Matthew. Photo: Justin Mayotte

Recent Warner Music Nashville signee Chase Matthew is set to kick off his headlining “Love You Again Tour” on Jan. 27.

The 12-date trek will visit Charleston, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Kansas City and more through April, alongside a previously-announced co-headline run with Kidd G. For ticket information, click here.

Matthew’s headline “Born For This Tour” criss-crossed the nation earlier this year. The Tennessee native has earned a growing fanbase that includes more than 1.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify and 900,000 followers across social media platforms.

Last week, Matthew released his steamy new single, “Love You Again,”which rapidly went viral after he posted a snippet of the track on social media last month.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will feature multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter Herb Pedersen in its in-depth interview series “Nashville Cats” on Feb. 4 in the museum’s Ford Theater.

An accomplished guitarist, banjo player, singer and songwriter, Pedersen is a founding member of the Desert Rose Band and was a member of the Dillards from 1969 to 1971. He has recorded solo albums and performed and recorded with Jackson Browne, John Denver, the Doobie Brothers, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Dan Fogelberg, John Fogerty, Chris Hillman, Gordon Lightfoot, Lyle Lovett, Gram Parsons, John Prine, Tony Rice, Johnny Rivers, Linda Ronstadt, Ringo Starr, James Taylor, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Earl Scruggs, among many others.

The interview will be illustrated with archival photos, recordings and film clips. The conversation is in support of the “Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock” exhibit presented by City National Bank, and made possible in part by the Academy of Country Music.

The ongoing “Nashville Cats” series showcases musicians and session singers who have played important roles in support of artists in either the recording studio or on concert tours.

The program is included with museum admission and is free to museum members. Seating is limited, and a program ticket is required for admittance.

Kidd G. Photo: Ford Fairchild

Rising singer-songwriter Kidd G is sharing a special collection of stripped-down songs with the release of The Nashville Sessions through The Valory Music Co./Rebel Music/Geffen Records.

Recorded at Music City’s iconic Blackbird Studio, The Nashville Sessions features the young artist embracing his country side in collaboration with some of Nashville’s most talented sessions players. Through six reimagined takes on his recent singles, Kidd G sings about the joys, trials, and tribulations of young love.

In 2022, Kidd G made his way on the Billboard Country Charts while racking up over 1.5 million followers on TikTok and tens of millions of views on YouTube. Tracks such as “People Talk,” which is featured on The Nashville Sessions, has amassed over 10 million streams on Spotify.

Kidd G is expected to release a new crop of music in 2023.

The Nashville Sessions Track List:
People Talk (Nashville Session)
Dirt Road (Nashville Session)
I Don’t Wanna (Nashville Session)
If Heaven Had A Phone (Nashville Session)
Teenage Dream (Nashville Session)
Last Call (Nashville Session)

Sydney Chance. Photo: Courtesy of CAA

Sydney Chance has been promoted to Executive in Baseball at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where she will advise the agency’s MLB clients on their digital media strategies and off-the-field brand architecture.

Based in Nashville, Chance began her career at CAA in 2019, serving as a graphic design intern in Baseball, prior to being hired as the department assistant later that year. She was accepted into CAA’s Elevate program in June 2021, and was promoted to Professional shortly thereafter. Chance graduated from North Carolina State University with a degree in Graphic Design.