{"id":364528,"date":"2026-07-07T22:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/364528\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T22:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:11:07","slug":"rodney-atkins-joins-houston-life-to-chat-about-his-new-album-true-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/364528\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodney Atkins joins Houston Life to chat about his new album, \u2018True South\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Country star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rodneyatkins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.rodneyatkins.com\/\">Rodney Atkins<\/a> chats with Lauren Leal on Houston Life to chat about the release of his new album, \u2018True South,\u2019 a 12-track project that reflects on his rural upbringing and the life lessons that have shaped his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">An Academy of Country Music Award winner, Atkins is celebrating three decades in the industry, known for songs that lean into family, faith and small-town living. He says the new record continues that theme, pairing a personal perspective of his life growing up in the South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Atkins\u2019 current single, \u201cThe Years Are Short,\u201d is the latest from the album. He\u2019s also getting ready to hit the road, with a summer tour that will spotlight \u201cTrue South\u201d while still making room for longtime fan favorites like \u201cWatchin\u2019 You\u201d and \u201cFarmer\u2019s Daughter,\u201d along with other top-charting hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Fans can listen to \u201cTrue South\u201d on major music platforms and look for Atkins on tour this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Country star, Rodney Atkins chats with Lauren Leal on Houston Life to chat about the release of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11735,56,58,57,278,129222],"class_list":["post-364528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-country","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-music","tag-rodney-atkins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}