Kenny Foster has today (July 8) shared 'Copy, Paste, Repeat', the brand new single from his forthcoming release, Somewhere In Middle America, and the follow up to 'Poor Kids' and the album's title track. Listen to 'Copy, Paste, Repeat' listen below.

"I think it's beautiful when people find what they want early in life. Love, career, kids, home, etc. Enviable even," says Kenny. "And for the select few that happens for: congrats, that's awesome. Only, this song isn't about them.

"This song is about the underside of that coin. The folks who grow bitter, or angry, or sad about the hand they've been dealt. Some people leave before they become those folks. Some people get stuck before they realize that they are those folks. I have a great amount of empathy for this plight, and that empathy breeds a good amount of disdain for the fact that this is anyone's story. Breaks my heart. I bet it breaks yours too."

Invited to host an International Writers' Round on the Close Up Stage at CMA Fest in Nashville last month featuring artists from around the world, Foster shared the stage with Twinnie (UK), Max Jackson (Australia) and Kaylee Bell (New Zealand).

In August, he will make his highly anticipated return to the UK, with a main stage performance at Millport Festival in Scotland (Aug 19-20) alongside Drake White, Sarah Darling, Sunny Sweeney, Ruthie Collins and more, along with a performance at Birmingham Symphony Hall as part of Nashville Sounds in the Round:

Aug 17 - Nashville Sounds in the Round, Birmingham Symphony Hall

Aug 19-20 - Millport Festival, Isle of Cumbrae

(Max Jackson, Kaylee Bell, Twinnie, and Kenny Foster at CMA Fest 2022;

Photo credit: Derrick Johnson/CMA

ABOUT KENNY FOSTER:

Kenny Foster has shared the stage with artists including Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Brothers Osborne, Old Dominion, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Butch Walker, Lady A and countless others. He was named one of the "Top 10 New Artists You Need to Know" by Rolling Stone and has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and Forbes. He has appeared in two Super Bowl commercials with Sheryl Crow and Danica Patrick, respectively. Kenny is also honoured to be included in the CMA Foundation "It Starts with M.E." National Campaign for Music Education and performed as part of the CMA Songwriters Series, alongside songwriting legends Lori McKenna, Marcus Hummon, Lee Thomas Miller and Tenille Townes.

Kenny has performed at the highly-acclaimed C2C Festival in London, and was also invited to perform at the launch of C2C Berlin and at the famed Melkweg venue in Amsterdam as support for Hunter Hayes, as well as recent domestic festival appearances at the ACM Party for a Cause, Americanafest and CMA Fest, among others. Kenny headlined an Armed Forces tour to Asia, performing at bases in Guam, Singapore and Diego Garcia.

Kenny recorded his second full-length record Somewhere In Middle America with GRAMMY-award winners Mitch Dane and Vance Powell at Sputnik Sound, due for release on July 29th, 2022, the long-awaited follow up to 2017's Deep Cuts. He documented the process of creating this record and the people and places that inspired it by taking his videographer, photographer and producer on a road trip from Nashville to his hometown of Joplin, Missouri, which will result in multi-platform content to be released in conjunction with the forthcoming album.

Author: Andrew Braithwaite

Andrew is the founder and Managing Director of Music Talkers. He's also a keen music enthusiast and plays the guitar.