Cody Johnson recently released a very special music video for "The Painter," a song from his 12-track studio album, Leather. Cody's label Warner Music Nashville created the video in collaboration with an AI artist.

Cody Johnson recently released a very special music video for "The Painter," a song from his 12-track studio album, Leather.

Cody's label Warner Music Nashville created the video in collaboration with an AI artist.

The visual for the ACM Song of the Year nominated single features a painting by Katie McCormick, a young woman with right-sided weakness and a learning delay disability due to a series of surgeries she underwent in her life.

"On Friday, August 11, 2023, I had just dropped Katie off at school and headed to work listening to our favorite radio duo Nate and Traci from US 96.3," said Katie's mother Teresa McCormick, who connected with the local radio station after hearing the song's lyrics. "I was very much in my head that morning with a thousand swirling thoughts, half listening to the conversation because Katie was turning 18 the next day."

"'The Painter' started playing while my thoughts were still somewhere else," Teresa continued. But then a particular lyric - "I don't remember my life before she came into the picture" - struck her like a bolt of lightning. "With every new verse, I had visions of Katie."

"Katie has overcome so many obstacles. Every new verse, I could picture a different phase of life, story or image of her. Through a blur of tears, I reached for my phone and sent a text message to the radio station thanking them for playing that song right at that moment. She is the color to MY life."

The visual for the song answers the question - "how can we take Katie inside one of her own paintings?"

"While this song is written about a man's love for his wife and how she colors his world, it allows everyone who hears it to drift away in thought to that person who adds beauty and color to their own life. Be that a child, a parent, spouse, or friend," Teresa said.

Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, and Ryan Larkins wrote "The Painter." Trent Willmon produced track.

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Eric Church is set to headline this year's Sugar Bowl Country Kickoff show. The second Sugar Bowl Country Kickoff is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 31st at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lineup also includes Thomas Rhett, Jon Pardi and Ashley McBryde.

Eric Church is set to headline this year's Sugar Bowl Country Kickoff show.

The second Sugar Bowl Country Kickoff is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 31st at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lineup also includes Thomas Rhett, Jon Pardi and Ashley McBryde.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, April 25th at 10:00 am at Ticketmaster.com. There will be a pre-sale on Tuesday, April 23rd starting at 10:00 am and running through Wednesday, April 24th at 10:00 am.

Proceeds from the event will contribute to supporting various community programs facilitated by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, including youth events, scholarship initiatives, and teacher recruitment, recognition, and retention.

Garth Brooks, Lainey Wilson, and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band headlined the inaugural concert last September.

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A new documentary, Call Me Country: Beyonce & Nashville's Renaissance will stream on Max in the U.S beginning on April 26. Produced by the CNN FlashDocs unit, Call Me Country: Beyonce & Nashville's Renaissance examines the impact of how high-profile artists like Lil Nas X and Beyonce are challenging the country music status quo.

A new documentary, Call Me Country: Beyonce & Nashville's Renaissance will stream on Max in the U.S beginning on April 26.

As Beyonce recently became the first Black woman to ever top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, a larger conversation about what defines country music has exploded into the zeitgeist.

Produced by the CNN FlashDocs unit, Call Me Country: Beyonce & Nashville's Renaissance examines the impact of how high-profile artists like Lil Nas X and Beyonce are challenging the country music status quo and how Black artists in Nashville have been laying the foundation for this transformation for some time.

The documentary features interviews with banjo player Rhiannon Giddens, John and T.J. Osborne of Brothers Osborne, Rissi Palmer, Aaron Vance, and Denitia.

It also includes analysis from culture and country music experts including Toure, Larisha Paul, Chris Molanphy, Kyle Coroneos, Keith Hill, and Co-Directors of the Black Opry Holly G. and Tanner D.

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