(Nashville, TN; October 21, 2019) – Rising country artist Willie Jones just released his new single“Whole Lotta Love” via 4 SOUND / EMPIRE. Currently featured as the cover artist of Spotify’s Hot Country playlist, Jones has already earned 17 million streams and was touted by Rolling Stone as the “future of country music.” With adds to key playlists at Spotify, Apple Music and TIDAL, his biggest track to date, ‘Down For It’ raced into Spotify’s US Viral 50.
Regarding his latest single, Willie says, “This song came from a place where ‘If you’re down for me, I’m down for you.’ I’m a romantic guy, and we were playing around with the guitar and some chords and I just free-styled a melody and boom… ‘A Whole Lotta Love.’”
Jones recently released his official video for “Bachelorettes on Broadway.” Premiering with CMT, the party song features a flash mob in downtown Nashville’s SoBro district. The track has been lauded byThe Tennessean, The Boot and more for its “thumping beat and banjo plucks” (Tennessean) and called a “New Song You Need to Hear” (The Boot).
On the heels of earning two standing ovations during a pair of performances at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, Jones will join Michael Ray for a string of shows in the UK this week. The six-date run kicks off in London tomorrow and wraps in Glasgow October 27, before a series of shows on his own in Germany. Click here for full list of tour dates.
Listen to “Whole Lotta Love” here: https://empire.lnk.to/WLL
Watch “Bachelorettes On Broadway” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9DZNbv_bj0
Watch “Down For It” here:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tMvc4LxQAb4
ABOUT WILLIE JONES:Rolling Stone’s “Country Artist You Need to Know” Willie Jones “seems an awful lot like the future of country music.” The 4SOUND / EMPIRE recording artist and Black River Publishing songwriter is a native of Shreveport, LA and currently splits his time between Nashville and Los Angeles. Jones, who grew up loving Country music, remembers wanting to be a Country music artist as early as age 14. “Down For It”, the first release from his new project premiered on Wide Open Country and was featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday, the cover of Wild Country, along with Apple Music’s Best of the Week among others. His earlier single, “Runs In Our Blood” premiered exclusively on The Boot and WorldStar in an industry first. “Willie Jones breaks the country music mold on many levels as a fresh new face in the industry,” stated The Boot. Jones has recently shared the stage with Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson and Eli Young Band, while also performing during the 2019 NFL Draft in Nashville, CMA Fest and Country Jam Festival, with shows this Fall with Chase Rice.
For more information including a list of all upcoming tour dates, please visit WillieJones.net, and follow Willie on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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