michael buckner
Jelly Roll currently has a Top 15 hit on country airplay with their latest single “Halfway to Hell” from their 2023 album Whitshit Chapel, but fans can't wait to hear more new music in the future. He says he can look forward to it. This includes some “crazy” collaborations. Not just within the country music genre, but beyond it.
The Grammy-nominated artist recently spoke on Audacy's KMLE 107.9. We collaborated with some crazy people both inside and outside of the genre. We've arrived, hey. Let me tell you, I'm not embarrassed. Hit your own shot. ”
Of course, collaborations with longtime friends like Struggle Jennings, Lil Wight, Cody Johnson, Craig Morgan, Jesse Murph, and The Judds' “Love Can Build.” It has been an important part of Jelly Roll's music for many years. He performed “a Bridge” with the Fisk Jubilee Singers and K. Michelle.
Jelly Roll recently won three CMT Music Awards. This is an awards ceremony that has special meaning for him and is a kind of event to introduce an artist who has earned his three country singles with three country airplay and a number one single in 2023. It served as the starting line. 2023: “Son of a Sinner”, “Need a Favor”, collaboration with Laney Wilson “Save Me”. “Son of a Sinner” appears on the album Ballads of the Broken, and the latter two songs appear on the 2023 album Whitsitt Chapel.
“I feel like CMT was the end of the Whitsitt Chapel era,” he continued on KMLE, performing the first single from the album, “Need a Favor,” in 2023, but earlier this year. noted that they played “Need a Favor” from the album. Last single “Halfway to Hell”.
In the past year, Jelly Roll has received two Grammy nominations (for Best New Artist in any Genre and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Save Me”). He also won the Country Music Association's New Artist of the Year award last year.
When nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards were announced last week, first-time nominees Jelly Roll earned four nominations, including the coveted Entertainer of the Year award. Notably, the last artist to be nominated for ACM Entertainer of the Year in the first year of nominations was Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992, who pioneered the award with his hit “Achy Breaky Heart.” But Jerry is already looking beyond that.
“New music is on the horizon,” Jelly Roll told KMLE. “It's a new chapter.”
Listen to his interview below.