WEBWIRE – Friday, July 21, 2023
Chris Stapletons highly anticipated new album, Higher, will be released November 10th on Mercury Nashville (pre-order/pre-save). In advance of the release, the albums first single, White Horse, written by Stapleton and Dan Wilson, is out today listen HERE.
Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton, and Stapleton, Higher was recorded at Nashvilles RCA Studio A. Across its 14 songs, Stapleton showcases his supernatural voice and musical versatility with songs that span genres and defy easy categorization. Alongside Stapleton (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide electric guitar), the album features Cobb (acoustic guitar, eclectic guitar), J.T. Cure (bass), Paul Franklin (pedal steel), Derek Mixon (drums), Morgane (background vocals, synthesizer, tambourine), and Lee Pardini (organ, piano).
Known for his electric live performances, the 8x Grammy, 15x CMA and 15x ACM Award-winner is currently in the midst of his extensive All-American Road Show tour and joins George Strait for select stadium shows this summer including two shows next Friday and Saturday at Nashvilles Nissan Stadium.
One of the countrys most respected and beloved musicians, in the past year Stapleton was named Entertainer of the Year at the 58th ACM Awards resulting in a prestigious ACM Triple Crown Award and Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards his sixth time earning the award, setting the record for most wins ever in the category. Additionally, in February, he performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVII and has collaborated in recent years with Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Santana, and many more.
The new album follows 2020s acclaimedStarting Over, which went on to win three awards at the 67th Annual GRAMMYs: Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance (You Should Probably Leave) and Best Country Song (Cold) in addition to earning Album of the Year honors at both the CMA and ACM Awards. Called a a sure-footed masterpiece by the Associated Press, the album landed on Best of 2020 lists at NPR Music,Rolling Stone,Billboard,Esquire, Vulture,The Tennessean,andThe New York Times, whodeclared, Chris Stapletons roar isnt designed to scare you off. Its regal, an announcement of an alpha figure asserting his primacyon this, his fourth album, the thrill is back.Prior to Starting Over, Stapleton released a pair of Platinum-certified releases in 2017 From A Room: Volume 1andFrom A Room: Volume 2 as well as his 5x Platinum breakthrough solo debut album in 2015,Traveller.
In addition to their work as musicians, the Stapletons are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart.
HIGHER Track List:
- What Am I Gonna Do
- South Dakota
- Trust
- It Takes A Woman
- The Fire
- Think Im In Love With You
- Loving You On My Mind
- White Horse
- Higher
- The Bottom
- The Day I Die
- Crosswind
- Weight Of Your World
- Mountains Of My Mind
CHRIS STAPLETON TOUR DATES:
July 22Cullman, ALRock the South
July 28Nashville, TNNissan Stadium*
July 29Nashville, TNNissan Stadium*
August 5Tampa, FLRaymond James Stadium*
August 10Gilford, NHBank of New Hampshire Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
August 11Gilford, NHBank of New Hampshire Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
August 12Gilford, NHBank of New Hampshire Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
August 17Toronto, ONBudweiser Stage (SOLD OUT)
August 18Toronto, ONBudweiser Stage (SOLD OUT)
August 19Montreal, QCLasso Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau
August 24Memphis, TXFedEx Forum#
August 25Alpharetta, GAAmeris Bank Amphitheatre# (SOLD OUT)
August 26Alpharetta, GAAmeris Bank Amphitheatre# (SOLD OUT)
October 5Charlottesville, VAJohn Paul Jones Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
October 6State College, PABryce Jordan Center^ (SOLD OUT)
October 7Long Island, NYUBS Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
October 12Corpus Christi, TXAmerican Bank Center Arena
October 13Houston, TXCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
October 19San Antonio, TXAT&T Center (SOLD OUT)
October 20Austin, TXMoody Center (SOLD OUT)
October 21Austin, TXMoody Center (SOLD OUT)
October 26Tulsa, OKBOK Center (SOLD OUT)
October 27Dallas, TXDos Equis Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
October 28Dallas, TXDos Equis Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
*with George Strait and special guests Little Big Town
with special guests Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and The War And Treaty
with special guests Marcus King and The War And Treaty
#with special guests Marcus King and Allen Stone
^with special guests Margo Price and Nikki Lane
with special guests Charley Crockett and Nikki Lane
Audio / Chris Stapleton reveals he wrote the title track Higher right after he moved to Nashville to become a professional songwriter.
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Chris Stapleton (Higher song) OC: to me. :22
Higher is a song thats been around a long, long time. I wrote it in 2001 within the first few months of being a professional songwriter here in Nashville, and it was on the first demo session I ever did in Nashville. So, for it to come around 22 years later and wind up being a title track of an album is a pretty unique thing to me.