ABOUT HIXTAPE:
The ultimate mixtape of backroads bangers and party-friendly Country anthems, HIXTAPE: Vol. 2 makes room for 33 guests and 14 songs, with each track featuring a unique pairing of two or more singers. HARDY appears on six tracks, with Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Randy Houser, Marty Stuart, Midland, Mor-gan Wallen, Lee Brice, Jake Owen, Ronnie Dunn, Scotty McCreery, The Cadillac Three, Foo Fighters guitar-ist Chris Shiflett, Rhett Akins, Travis Denning, Sean Stemaly, Larry Fleet, Lainey Wilson, Jon Pardi, Josh Thompson, Justin Moore, Jimmie Allen, Jake Worthington, Granger Smith, Ernest, David Lee Murphy, Colt Ford, Chris Lane, Ashland Craft, Brantley Gilbert, Ben Burgess, and Chase Rice rounding out the extensive guest list. Produced by Joey Moi, HIXTAPE: Vol. 2 is an album created by a community, for a community, filled with southern storytelling and Country-Rock grit. HIXTAPE: Vol. 2 follows great critical success of Vol. 1 released in 2019 with the likes of Billboard calling the project “infectious” and The New York Times claiming the track “He Went To Jared" as “rapscallion-like, and shaggy at the edges — their singing is lighthearted and unsentimental."
ABOUT HARDY:
Big Loud Records’ booming upstart HARDY broke new ground in 2020 with acclaimed debut, A ROCK, “an album that owes as much to AC/DC as George Jones” and “one of the most self-assured full-length debut albums in years” (Billboard). The LP is a part of his growing catalogue that includes countrified mix-tapes HIXTAPE: Vol. 1 (2019) and the now unfolding Vol. 2 (2021) plus career-launching EPs THIS OLE BOY and WHERE TO FIND ME. Current chart-rising, GOLD single “GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL” is a hard-charged tribute to a fallen friend, that made a statement as the most-added single of the week at Country radio upon launch. He is also featured on Dierks Bentley’s latest single, “Beers On Me,” with BRELAND. Nominated for 2021 CMA Awards New Artist of the Year and recognized as one of CRS’ 2021 New Faces of Country Music, a CMA Triple Play award recipient and a Vevo DSCVR artist, the pride of Philadelphia, MS has earned his reputation as "Nashville's most clever new redneck songwriter" (Rolling Stone). The 2020 AIMP Songwriter of the Year has co-penned NINE #1 singles since 2018: FGL’s 2X PLATINUM “Simple,” Chris Lane’s 2X PLAT-INUM “I Don’t Know About You,” Blake Shelton’s 4X PLATINUM “God’s Country," Morgan Wallen’s 3X PLAT-INUM “Up Down” and PLATINUM “More Than My Hometown,” Jameson Rodgers’ PLATINUM “Some Girls,” LOCASH's GOLD "One Big Country Song," Cole Swindell’s GOLD “Single Saturday Night” and his own first-ever #1, PLATINUM “ONE BEER.” Serving as direct support on Jason Aldean’s BACK IN THE SADDLE TOUR this summer, HARDY has also shared the stage with FGL, Chris Lane, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell and more.
ABOUT RONNIE DUNN:
With 28 Academy of Country Music Awards, 19 Country Music Association Awards, 2 GRAMMY Awards and more than 30 million records sold as half of country music’s most-awarded duo in history, Brooks & Dunn, Ronnie Dunn has created a musical legacy. With an induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Country Music Hall of Fame, Dunn’s songwriting and voice have helped define the soundtrack of country music for decades. The recent release of RE-DUNN has fulfilled personal passion project for Dunn. His previous solo albums include: Ronnie Dunn, Peace Love and Country Music, and most recently, Tattooed Heart, in 2016. Dunn is also a dedicated photographer specializing in western imagery. In 2017 Dunn founded the Lensmen Project with an elite group of world-renowned photographers. Their works have appeared on numerous magazine covers around the world. www.RonnieDunn.com
ABOUT JAKE OWEN
Jake Owen ascended to stardom with nine #1 smashes, six top-charting albums and several MULTI-PLATINUM hits, including the wildly successful “Barefoot Blue Jean Night.” Known for his laid-back style of Country, Owen’s latest album, GREETINGS FROM…JAKE (Big Loud Records) has delivered three #1 hits – “Made For You,” “Homemade” and "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)" - plus Top 5 smash “Down to the Honky-tonk.” Praised by Billboard as a “country-grounded odyssey,” GREETINGS FROM…JAKE follows popular al-bum AMERICAN LOVE, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and #4 on the Billboard 200 all-genre chart. His current single “Best Thing Since Backroads” was #1 most-added upon impact at Country radio.
ABOUT JAKE WORTHINGTON:
Hailing from La Porte, Texas, Jake Worthington is a traditionally influenced Country artist whose honky-tonk swagger first impressed fans as a finalist on Season 6 of NBC’s The Voice (2014). Following his time on the show, the singer-songwriter released a pair of EPs (2015’s Jake Worthington and 2017’s Hell of a Highway), which featured tracks like “How Do You Honky Tonk,” “Don’t Think Twice,” and “A Lot of Room to Talk,” amassing more than 8 MILLION on-demand streams and more than 230,000 social media followers while touring alongside Cody Johnson, Riley Green, Pat Green and more. Now signed to Big Loud Records, the rising star is poised to make an impact on the mainstream Country format, working with co-writers like Craig Wiseman, Ernest Keith Smith, Tony Lane and more on a fresh batch of original music. Worthington is also featured with Ronnie Dunn and Jake Owen on “Jonesin’” from the HIXTAPE: Vol. 2 Country collaborations album.
