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, Morgan Wallen, Lee Brice, Jake Owen, Ronnie Dunn, Scotty McCreery, The Cadillac Three, Foo Fighters guitarist 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 is rattling Country music as “Nashville's most clever new redneck songwriter,” according to Rolling Stone. Breaking new ground with “one of the most self-assured full-length debut albums in years,” per Billboard, his acclaimed debut, A ROCK, features PLATINUM #1 “ONE BEER” and current chart-rising GOLD single “GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL.” With over 1 BILLION on-demand streams to his credit, the LP is a part of HARDY’s fast-growing catalogue that includes first-of-its-kind countrified mixtapes HIXTAPE: Vol. 1 (2019) and the now-unfolding Vol. 2 (2021), alongside career-launching EPs THIS OLE BOY and WHERE TO FIND ME. He’s also featured on Dierks Bentley’s latest buzzed-about single, “Beers On Me,” with BRELAND. The pride of Philadelphia, MS, HARDY’s stacking accolades as a 2021 CMA Awards New Artist of the Year nominee; recognized as one of CRS’ 2021 New Faces of Country Music; a CMA Triple Play award recipient; and a Vevo DSCVR artist. In addition, the 2020 AIMP Songwriter of the Year has co-penned NINE #1 singles since 2018, including Blake Shelton’s 4X PLATINUM smash hit “God’s Country.” Direct support for Morgan Wallen beginning this February, HARDY has supported Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Chris Lane, Thomas Rhett, and more, plus appeared on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!
ABOUT MORGAN WALLEN:
Morgan Wallen has staked his claim as Country music’s next superstar with over 8 BILLION on-demand streams, MULTI-PLATINUM certifications, and four consecutive chart-toppers. The SNL guest’s widely praised 2X PLATINUM sophomore effort, Dangerous: The Double Album (Big Loud/Republic Records), reigns #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 Albums year-end chart, and has sparked an in-demand 54-date THE DANGEROUS TOUR in 2022. As "the most wanted man in country” (The New Yorker), the Tennessee native has stacked up the accolades, winning 2020’s CMA New Artist of the Year and iHeartRadio's Best New Country Artist awards, plus scoring high-profile features in The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, The Washington Post, Genius, GQ and more.
ABOUT CHRIS SHIFLETT:
Chris Shiflett, recently inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with his band the Foo Fighters, was raised alongside the California coastline in Santa Barbara, CA. Shiflett kicked off his career in seminal Pop-Punk groups like No Use For a Name and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. As the '90s gave way to the 2000s, he joined the Foo Fighters’ lineup and has since become one of the band's longest-running members, flying the flag of modern Rock & Roll for two decades. Along the way, he's also become the host of popular Americana podcast, Walking the Floor with Chris Shiflett, and has logged over 200+ interviews that range from Country superstar Chris Stapleton, to legend Merle Haggard, one and only singer/songwriters like Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson, to an outside of the box passion discussion with champion boxer Manny Pacquiao. In addition, Shiflett is the driving force behind his own acclaimed solo projects West Coast Town and Hard Lessons, records that blur the boundaries between Country and Rock & Roll, with songs that nod to the classic Bakersfield sound while also paying tribute to the greasy guitar style of Keith Richards.
