Randy Travis is making new music! The 64-year-old nation star is again with a brand new single greater than a decade after struggling a life-threatening stroke in 2013.
Travis shared the information on Wednesday in a social media publish.
“It’s been a while since my last new recording, but I’m excited to share that this Friday, May 3, I will be releasing my first brand new studio recording in more than a decade, ‘Where That Came From,'” he captioned a publish on Instagram.
“You’ll hear much more about the special team of folks who came together to help make this magical moment in my career possible in the coming week,” he added. “In the meantime, just know that when it comes to me singing songs for you, there’s always more where that came from. Thank you for singing along all these years.”
The video contains behind-the-scenes clips of Travis within the studio, set to a sneak peek of the brand new observe.
The track rollout has to this point included heartfelt tributes from Clay Walker and Cole Swindell.
“Randy Travis has meant a lot to me over the years,” Swindell wrote, sharing a video of himself seated with Travis as they hearken to the brand new track collectively. “He was my very first concert and one of the reasons I decided to sign with Warner. It has been such an honor to be able to call him a friend and to be able to hear this song with him for the first time is something I’ll never forget. I have a feeling it’s gonna hit everyone just like it did me. What a voice..what a song. Get ready!”
The brand new tune comes eight years after Travis made his triumphant return to the stage in 2016, performing the hymn “Amazing Grace” through the Medallion Ceremony for his induction into the Nation Music Corridor of Fame.
He is stayed busy lately with the discharge of a memoir, Endlessly and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Religion and Braving the Storms of Life, in 2019 and a documentary, Extra Life, the next 12 months.
Nearly six months in the past, Travis was honored throughout a particular occasion — A Texas Heroes & Buddies Tribute to Randy Travis — in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Again in 2021, Kane Brown was singing the praises of his nation music mentor at the CMT Artists of the 12 months occasion.
In an interview with ET, Brown — who typically carried out well-received covers of Travis’ hits whereas arising within the nation music world — mirrored on what the nation star has meant to him over time.
“Randy was a huge help to my success, singing the songs, doing the covers — his songs, they have meaning to them. He’s a great storyteller,” recalled Brown.
“For all the new artists here in Nashville… he’s showing so much support. I wish I would’ve had that when I was coming up,” he defined. “He’s a great mentor.”
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