Every Friday (between 10a-1p), MJ features SIX brand new songs from artists you already know and love, and artists you will get to know and love.

If you missed today’s FPF, check out the songs featured below!

NATE SMITH – HEART OF A COUNTRY SONG

Today, we kick off FPF with a new song from an artist who, based on your response and requests, you have fallen in love with.

Nate Smith.

Born and raised in Paradise, California, Nate Smith found his love for music at a very young age and spent his adolescent years developing his craft. His influences include Elvis, Garth Brooks, Bob Seger, Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac, the latter you can clearly hear on his single “Sleeve”. Nate credits his time spent as a worship leader as his biggest musical inspiration. Today, with mother’s day on Sunday, Nate honors his biggest influences and inspirations – his Mom. In an Instagram post yesterday, he played the new song for his mom and she was incredibly moved and brought to tears.  Follow Nate here to see the video. Before you do that, however, take a listen to the song, a tribute to all moms, ”Heart of a country song”

TIM HICKS – HORSES AND HEARTS

Our next FPF song comes from Tim Hicks. It’s the follow up to ‘The Good, The Bad and The Pretty,’ the first new release from Tim since the June 2020 release of his Wreck This EP.

Today, Tim Hicks has given us another little taste of what’s to come when he releases a new EP on May 21, titled “Campfire Troubadour.”

That EP is available for pre-save now! Take a listen to “Horses and Hearts” below!

 

THE SHIRES, JIMMIE ALLEN – ON THE DAY I DIE

UK-based duo The Shires and Jimmie Allen released a heartwarming collaboration, called “On The Day I Die.” In the song, Jimmie Allen and The Shires sing about living life to the fullest as they urge their loved ones to not be sad on the day they die.

 

THE WASHBOARD UNION – NEVER RUN OUTTA ROAD

Our next FFP song comes from the winners of more than 30 awards, including three consecutive wins as CCMA Group/Duo of the Year. They were also the first-ever Country group to be named JUNO Breakthrough Group of the Year – it’s The Washboard Union. What started out as three best friends and a love of songwriting, The Washboard Union continue to be one of the most exciting, recognized and talked about bands in Canadian country music.

The Washboard Union have had great success on streaming services with over 45 Million Streams and 7 Million YouTube views, and they were also the featured Spotify Billboard Artist in 2020.

Last year, The Washboard Union released their sophomore album, Everbound, which includes “Country Thunder,” “Dock Rock,” and “If She Only Knew”

Today, they’ve officially released another single from the Everbound album. Listen to “Never Run Outta Road” below.

 

MITCHELL TENPENNY – TO US IT DID

Our next FPF song comes from Mitchell Tenpenny who debuted the song live during his appearance on the Grand Ole Opry in April.

“It feels so good to put out new songs for my fans,” Mitchell said in a release, going on to say “Continuing to write and record over the past year has kept me sane and finally being able to play some of these new tunes at shows has been a long time coming!”

Written by Tenpenny, Hardy and Jordan Schmidt, this is the second new song he has released since the beginning of the year. The tracks serve as a preview to additional new music coming from Mitchell later this year. Listen “To Us It Did” below.

CASSADEE POPE FT. KAREN FAIRCHILD, LINDSAY ELL – WHAT THE STARS SEE

Our last song for FPF comes from Cassadee Pope! Last year, Cassadee released an acoustic solo album “Rise and Shine” but now she is set to release her first new music of the year, the new single titled “What The Stars See” is available everywhere now!

This new one was written by Cassadee with Jake Rose and Lindsey Rimes!

Our last song for FPF comes from Cassadee Pope! Last year, Cassadee released an acoustic solo album “Rise and Shine” but now she is set to release her first new music of the year, the new single titled “What The Stars See” is available everywhere now!

This new one was written by Cassadee with Jake Rose and Lindsey Rimes! It’s been described as an “explosive track” which expresses the desire to peek into someone’s life who is no longer part of your own.

In Cassadee’s own words “I was inspired to write ‘What The Stars See’ after sitting outside one night looking up at the stars, curious what their perspective might be looking down on us. It made me think back to times in my life when I had just come out of a relationship but still felt so connected to the other person. I imagined having the superpower to be among the stars and observe, from their perspective, an ex moving on with their life (ornot).”

This new single features two more amazing artists, Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town and Lindsay Ell. Karen Fairchild also produced the track with Nick Wheeler (Member of rock band The All American Rejects).