Music Minute - Apple Music's Lost & Found: Time Will Tell

 

Apple Music's Lost & Found, the acclaimed program that puts the spotlight on Nashville songwriters by uncovering standout country tracks that were never released, releases the first demo of the new year today with “Time Will Tell,” written by Trannie Anderson, Lainey Wilson and Dallas Wilson in March 2022. Recorded by Anderson, the track is available exclusively on Apple Music now. The “Found” version, recorded by Lee Brice and produced by Ben Glover, Jerrod Niemann and Brice, will be released this Friday, Feb. 6.   “It came from the first retreat we ever did together in Wickenburg, Arizona,” said Anderson. “We wrote this song in such a special place that bonded us and our writing combo so much, so to get to share some of those songs with a voice like Lee Brice is incredible. After we knew the title was going to be 'Time Will Tell' and we were talking about the concept of time and how it is a tough loving friend, Dallas started playing this walkdown that ended up being the backbone of the whole song. Everything just started falling into place after that.”   “That retreat, I think we wrote three songs on Bell Bottom Country and one song on the recent record [for Lainey Wilson],” continued Dallas Wilson. “This one has always had a special place. I'm so glad it finally found a home, and Lee Brice is just incredible. It's so cool to hear him on it.    We found the angle of it being a bunch of questions you don't have the answer to, the whole chorus being the uncertainty, but then the verse giving that contrast of hope. Saying I don't have to have all the answers right now but time will tell, I'm going to get through this. The vulnerability of that moment is kind of hard, and I feel like Lee encompasses that emotion.”   Lost & Found began season 2 this past fall with “End Of The Night.” The “Lost” demo was written and recorded by Toby Keith alongside Bobby Pinson and David Lee Murphy in 2015, with ERNEST recording the “Found” version. The season continued with “Ol' Stray Dog,” with the “Lost” demo written by Erik Dylan and Jon Randall and the “Found” version recorded by Riley Green. Most recently, “God Again” was released from the batch, written and recorded by HARDY with Jake Mitchell and Jameson Rodgers as co-writers with the “Found” version recorded by Larry Fleet.   Lost & Found offers unprecedented access into the world of country songwriting, releasing the original demo tracks (“Lost”) followed by their newly recorded, star-studded counterparts (“Found”). Every month will bring a new song from the vault. With Lost & Found, Apple Music mines the vaults and pairs tracks with pitch-perfect rising or established artists to record official single releases, in incredible Spatial Audio.   Lost & Found has its own dedicated space on Apple Music where listeners can find playlists for the “Lost” demos, the newfound singles, the Lost & Found Radio show episodes and more playlists from the participating songwriters.   Check out the Lost & Found space HERE.

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