Country music showed out. Today, the new season of Nobody Wants This is out on Netflix, and the show features a 19-track record of all-new original songs, featuring artists across all genres, and three of country music’s best made the cut, including Ella Langley, Chris Stapleton and Kacey Musgraves. Ella’s song is a cinematic ballad called “This Version of Us,” which was written by Ella along with Jordan Schmidt, Jon Nite and Zach Kale, and finds her holding onto hope that this dysfunctional relationship, which only works when both parties are drinking, can somehow survive if they stay the same people, and no one tries to grow or move on to bigger and better things. The plot of the show is actually based on a true story, and it became a quick success as fans were captivated by the unconventional love story. The show earned three Emmy nominations, including for outstanding comedy series. Simon Tikhman, co-founder and CEO of music company The Core Entertainment, assembled the soundtrack with Interscope Records, and Tikhman is also the husband of Erin Foster, the creator behind Nobody Wants This. The series is loosely based on their love story, so having him involved in what music is featured in the plotline was an easy call: “The fact that we were able to put together a one-of-a-kind soundtrack with incredible artists speaks to the success of the first season. I wanted the music to reflect the same mix of honesty, sharpness, and heart that Erin brings to the story, while also creating a soundtrack that can stand on its own. I’m deeply invested in this project — and, of course, in its creator — which made getting the music right all the more meaningful.” Interscope Records president of A&R Sam Riback added: “Based on the success and acclaim of the first season, this was a really fun soundtrack to put together. So many artists were drawn to the uniquely captivating love story and the role of music in this series. We could not be more proud of the pool of artists we’ve assembled who helped create the musical backdrop for season two.” It’s cool to see country not only getting love, but showcasing some of the genres best talent, and outside of country, huge artists like Selena Gomez, Teddy Swims and Dermot Kennedy are also featured. I’ve actually never watched This Version Of Us, but considering it’s now on my radar thanks to the aforementioned artists, I might have to check it out. “This Version Of Us” is sonically a little bit different than what we’re used to hearing from Langley, but it sounds made-for-TV with a little country twang in the best way, and I’m here for it. Listen here: Check out the entire tracklist here: 1. Selena Gomez – “In The Dark” 2. Teddy Swims – “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” 3. Royel Otis – “Who’s Your Boyfriend (Acoustic)” 4. Chris Stapleton – “Heart Letting Go” 5. Kacey Musgraves – “If The World Burns Down” 6. Baylee Lynn – “That’s What I’ll Be” 7. FINNEAS – “Palomino” 8. Towa Bird – “Your Girl” 9. Alessia Cara – “My House” 10. Role Model – “Saddle Again” 11. Just Jayne – “Climate Change” 12. Ella Langley – “This Version Of Us” 13. BENEE –  “What” 14. Portugal. The Man – “Reach You” 15. GIVĒON – “Dancing In The Smoke” 16. Dermot Kennedy – “Melodies” 17. Cuco – “Homesick” 18. Cassandra Coleman – “Bite My Tongue” 19. “Nobody Wants This” Score SuiteThe post Ella Langley Releases Made-For-TV Song “This Version Of Us,” From Hit Netflix Series ‘Nobody Wants This’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Now that sounds like a country song… and it became one. This week, the lead singer of southern rock outfit Blackberry Smoke, Charlie Starr, stopped by the Drifting Cowboy Podcast to talk about his journey in music, the band’s humble beginnings, and of course, he told some wild stories about their early days playing in small bars. This happened many years ago, and Starr recalled they were playing about 250 shows a year back the, which is just astounding. During a few night run in Austell, Georgia, Blackberry Smoke was playing both covers and originals during their set to make a full night, and their late drummer Brit Turner had his then-girlfriend, later wife, Shannon there too. She was sitting there watching them play, when all of a sudden, Charlie heard the drums stop. He saw Brit run offstage and dive on some guy near the bar, and he started beating him up. Apparently, he had been flirting with Shannon and got a little too handsy, and obviously Brit did NOT like that. At one point, they took a break from the set, and Charlie and the band were standing over at the bar having a beer. All of a sudden, he heard a voice behind him and felt a glass beer bottle crack over his head: “And I hear a guy go, ‘Which one of y’all beat my a** last night?’ And before I could turn, a bottle crashed over my head, and I wound up on the floor. And I balled up, and I’m getting kicked, and I hear just wreckage going on. And that dude had come back with a group of his friends, and jumped on all of us. And everybody, like, our whole band and the dudes that were in the bar then, like there was a big bar room brawl. And I remember, the kicking stopped pretty quick. I remember thinking, I was kinda out for a second, but I remember thinking, I’m gonna get a rib broken. This is like a movie. This is how people get put in the hospital. They left me alone.” It’s the kind of thing you see in movies, but had to be absolutely insane in real life… Brit says one of the bartenders eventually walked over to him and asked if he could walk, and told him not to touch his head… because he had a huge piece of glass, from the Corona bottle, sticking out of his head: “A bartender girl came over and said, ‘Oh, sugar. Come with me. Can you get up? and I was like, ‘I think so.’ And she goes,’ Don’t touch her head. Don’t touch your head.’ I had a big old piece of glass hanging out of my head, a Corona bottle. So she takes me into the office, and lays me down on the ground, and put a jacket under my head. And she pulled it out, she pulled that piece of glass out. It was just kind of sticking in the skin, but she gave me a towel and she’s like, ‘Put pressure on it.’ I did. And then the bar owner, he’s in the doorway, they’ve cleared the bar, and he’s like, ‘I knew better than to hire y’all. I knew y’all were nothing but trouble.'” Brit ended up with 11 stitches in his head, and he says no, in retrospect, he wishes he could’ve seen the fight but obviously, he was majorly down for the count: “And I thought, when does anything like this ever happen. And so they called me an ambulance, and they put me on a gurney, you know, which was all pretty extreme. I wound up having 11 stitches in my head… So that was one of our wildest stories… that was real. I wish I could have seen the fight, but my eyes were full of blood.” I can’t even imagine… that’s one the wildest ones I’ve heard that’s actually real and true. Luckily, he wasn’t hurt worse, but 11 stitches in the head isn’t exactly ideal, either. Brit says the whole experience inspired their song  “Sleeping Dogs,” which was included on their 2012 album The Whippoorwill, and certainly captures the essence of that story and how it all went down at a “funky little joint on the edge of town…” The full podcast is available below. “Sleeping Dogs” The post Blackberry Smoke Frontman, Charlie Starr, Recalls INSANE Bar Fight That Landed Him In The Hospital With 11 Stitches: “A Big Piece Of Glass [In my] Head” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

ESPN loudmouth Stephen A. Smith just painted the arrests made by the FBI this morning of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers head coach, Chauncey Billups, and Miami Heat player Terry Rozier, among . . .

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a daily press briefing and it should begin any moment, as it was slated to begin at 1pm. Watch below:

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The oldest published version of the melody to the “Alphabet Song” was in 1761. However, because it’s the same melody as “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep,” it's hard to trace it to its original composer.The “Alphabet Song” is so deeply entrenched in American culture that it almost seems sacrilegious to change a piece of music that’s one of the first most of us ever learned. But after all these years, some educators are altering the classic melody so that there is a variation when the letters L-M-N-O-P are sung.This change shocked popular TikTokker Jessica Skube, who documents life raising 7 children with her 2.6 million followers. Nearly 10 million people have watched her video revealing the significant change, and it’s received over 56,000 comments since first being published in late 2020. @jesssfamofficial Just to add to your 2020 ?? because distance learning wasn’t enough!!! @ms_frazzled #abcsong #lmno #wtf #momsoftiktok "You guys, I have huge, huge, huge, huge, huge news,” Skube told her followers. "I have a fifth grader, a fifth grader, a fourth grader, a third grader, a third grader, a first grader, and a preschooler and I just got news that the ‘Alphabet Song’ is changing." She then sang the updated version of the song. @farmerlovesphonics ⭐️ This might be controversial, BUT this is the best way to sing the alphabet song to avoid letter names being combined…the dreaded “elemenop” or “YNZ”. Practice daily. Point to the letters as you sing it to build letter recognition. #alphabet #abcsong #alphabetsong #letternames #scienceofreading #teachers #parents #newalphabetsong The big reason for the change is that people learning English, whether young kids or those who speak it as a second language, often get confused because L-M-N-O-P can sound like one letter, “elemenopee." So, the new version breaks up that part of the alphabet, making the letters easier to understand. There has been a "surge" in the number of students learning English as a second language over the past decade, so it only makes sense to alter the song to help them learn the fundamentals of the language.Gif of boy giving a thumb's up with caption "very cool" via Giphy It’s believed that this new version of the song was first created by a website called Dream English in 2012.This article originally appeared two years ago.

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