52 The Podcast

Sometimes the world is so crazy all you can do is laugh and this week Kristian and Cindy continue to do just that as they look into the 52 song project's Don't This Life Just Kill You and pair it with Sugarland's It Happens from the Love On The Inside album.

--Live taping alert! Join Kristian and Cindy for a live taping of an episode next Sunday June 12th at the Big Machine Distillery in Nashville, TN. 12:30pm CT--Summer themes continue on the podcast this week as Kristian and Cindy look at a the latest release from Kristian's 52 song project, Everybody Needs a Somebody, a song co-written with two of Kristian's favorites, Lindsay Ell and Ellis Paul. The song is paired with another great summertime feel good song from Sugarland's Bigger album, Lean It On Back.

Life's a beach this week as Kristian and Cindy celebrate the start of Summer with a look at a yet to be released track from the 52 Song project, When This Shirt Was New paired with House On a Beach from Kristian's Southern Gravity album.

This week, Cindy and Kristian answer listener questions about touring, songwriting, and the 52 song project. Got a question for a future episode? Write us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (803) 900-5252.

The most memorable songs have a defining moment, and sometimes it doesn’t come from the writer’s room – it happens in the recording studio.

“I’m Coming Around” and “Trailer Hitch” are elevated by the studio musicians who transformed the songs from solid album cuts to unforgettable, danceable hits.

Kristian and Cindy chat about the stories behind the songs, and what happens when studio players create something fantastic and change a song forever.

Do they have sex or not?

Songwriter Bobby Pinson, who co-wrote this week’s songs “Gasoline” and “Want To” with Kristian, is the songwriter who made Sugarland decide if their songs were going to go THERE. And “Want To” is the song that forced the decision.

Kristian and Bobby wrote the songs in the same room years apart. Kristian and Cindy discuss the stories behind the songs, and Kristian shares how “Want To” is pulled directly from his high school experience.

Sometimes there’s a heartsick truth that lives cloaked in a buoyant exterior. “Heart of Yours” and “Stuck Like Glue” are the sonic personification of wearing your happy face when your soul bleeds. Kristian and Cindy talk about the circumstances that led to these songs, and Kristian shares his therapist’s rules for pursuing love following his divorce.

Songwriter extraordinaire JT Harding is the glue that binds the podcast this week. JT has written hits for Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and more. He’s also one of Kristian’s favorite co-writers. On episode seven of 52-The Podcast, Kristian and Cindy explore two of the songs that JT and Kristian wrote together – “I’m With You” and “Dashboard Hula Girl.”

“He has this attitude of gratitude,” Kristian says of JT. “It’s contagious, and I’m like the happiest bouncing ball you know.”

Kristian and Cindy examine Kristian's new song Unbroken along side his theme song featured in the hit TV show "Say Yes to the Dress", Forever Now (Say Yes)

This week, Kristian and Cindy look at two heartfelt tracks, Mansion off of Kristian’s latest release 52 ATL X BNA and Sending You a Sunset from his 2015 debut solo release Southern Gravity.