MATT STELL & WHISKEY JAM PRESENT FRONTLINE FEST – MONDAY, JULY 12 IN NASHVILLE (Audio & Video)
TENILLE ARTS, HANNAH DASHER, ADAM DOLEAC, WALKER HAYES, COLLIN RAYE AND SOUTHERLAND JOIN STELL IN CONCERT TO HONOR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS
MATT STELL: I’m so excited to be playing Whiskey Jam, playing an outdoor Whiskey Jam, and doing it to celebrate our frontline workers, our frontline healthcare workers. They’re heroes, plain and simple. And we’re gonna do what Country music knows how best to do, and that’s have fun for a good cause which is honoring and celebrating them. So, I can’t wait to see y’all at the show; it’s going to be an absolute party that’s gonna make Monday seem like Christmas. It’s gonna be like rock n roll Christmas for frontline workers.
MATT STELL: I remember the first Whiskey Jam that I played. I got on stage, and it was just me and a guitar in the corner, a little bit nervous, you know, cause it’s kind of a big deal. And I got up there, and I said, “Man, I’m so glad that y’all could all be here tonight for Whiskey Jam. I feel like I’ve been drinking maybe a little too much because my fingernails are brittle. Like I think I’m not getting nutrients, and vitamins and minerals that I need, and I think it’s a lot having to do with hanging out at Winners and Losers too much on some Whiskey Jams.” And me and Ward have been friends ever since.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – RECORDS Nashville/Arista Nashville chart-topping, platinum-selling artist Matt Stell will team up with Whiskey Jam to present Frontline Fest – a throwdown to honor frontline healthcare workers – on Monday, July 12 in Nashville. The free concert, open to anyone 21+, will kick-off at 6pm from the parking lot at Losers, located at 1911 Division St. in Nashville, TN. Any frontline worker who presents their work ID will get to skip the line and head straight for the stage, with performances from Tenille Arts, Hannah Dasher, Adam Doleac, Walker Hayes, Collin Raye and Southerlandin addition to Stell.
Stell, whose aunt is a frontline healthcare worker at home in Arkansas, said: “What’s better than a Whiskey Jam parking lot shindig with a fresh crop of badass country artists on the rise along with a bona fide solid gold country legend you ask? Well the answer is honoring our frontline healthcare workers while we throw all the way down. Also I get to play in Collin Raye’s band and he’s gonna sing ‘Little Rock,’ hell yeah! I can’t think of a better time honestly. See y’all at the Winners/Losers parking lot, 6:00pm CT for Frontline Fest.”
Ward Guenther, co-founder of Whiskey Jam and host of the Ward Guenther Show on Apple Music, said: “Whiskey Jam is excited to team up with Matt and celebrate a return to live music in Nashville. This show is a small token of our appreciation for the tireless work over countless hours by all of our frontline workers.”
During Monday’s Frontline Fest, Stell will surely share his latest hit, “That Ain’t Me No More,” which he recently performed on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” Written by Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Smith Ahnquist, Jake Mitchell and Nick Donley and co-produced by Matt with Ash Bowers, “That Ain’t Me No More” is quickly rising on the country radio charts, following his back-to-back No. 1 singles “ Prayed For You” and “Everywhere But On.” As one of only eight debut country artists in the last six years to have their first two singles top the charts, Matt will join Old Dominion, Miranda Lambert and Toby Keith on tour starting this summer.
ABOUT MATT STELL: With more than 415 Million cumulative streams across his catalog to date, Matt is adding to this tally with his newest single, “That Ain’t Me No More,” the follow up to his back-to-back No. 1s, Platinum-certified track “ Prayed For You” and Gold-certified “Everywhere But On.” As one of only eight debut country artists in the last six years to have their first two singles top the charts, Matt celebrated this success as one of Country Radio Seminar’s 2021 New Faces of Country Music class and will join Old Dominion, Miranda Lambert and Toby Keith on tour starting this summer.
In 2020, Stell kicked off the year with a performance on “Good Morning America,” leading into his first headlining tour. He started Penned Up – his hugely successful 8-week Instagram-live series, was the first-ever artist to receive a virtual plaque from the RIAA for “Prayed For You,” an ASCAP Pop and Country most-performed song awards winner, and performed the National anthem for NASCAR and NFL events. In October he released his new EP, Better Than That. Co-produced by Stell with Ash Bowers, the 8-song EP also includes “If I Was A Bar ” and its innovative music video filmed during quarantine, where Matt played all 13 characters.
The 6’7” Arkansas native has come a long way from playing college basketball for Drury University and making the choice to head to Nashville instead of Cambridge, MA where he was accepted into Harvard University’s Extension School Pre-Med program. Following his dream of writing and performing, the self-taught vocalist and guitar-player made the move to Music City in 2014, landing a publishing and management deal with Wide Open Music and a record deal with music industry powerhouse Barry Weiss’?RECORDS Nashville/Arista Nashville. Stell has received “Ones To Watch” shout-outs from multiple partners, including Vevo DSCVR, MusicRow ’s Next Big Thing, CMT Discovery Artist, YouTube Music Artist on the Rise and more.
Learn more at mattstell.com, Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram, YouTube and TikTok @MattStellMusic.
ABOUT WHISKEY JAM:
Whiskey Jam began in Nashville in 2011 as a weekly event in the burgeoning Midtown area. Built on the idea of “Good Music for good people,” what began as an underground, word-of-mouth writers night, quickly became a mainstay of the city’s national music scene. The first few months saw artists like OneRepublic, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Brett Eldredge, Chris Young, Dustin Lynch and The Fray. Whiskey Jam has grown exponentially since its inception and has expanded into areas including media, music publishing and a merchandise lifestyle brand with sales that have shipped to all 50 states and 8 foreign countries.
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