A music video for “A Million Reasons,” the title track from the late David Allan Coe’s final completed studio album, is set for official release on YouTube November 6. The documentary-style video includes footage from Coe’s 2015 return to Ohio’s Mansfield Reformatory, where he had once been incarcerated, according to the announcement. Coe died on April 29, 2026.

The song was written by Jim “Moose” Brown, Shane Grove, David Wade and Erik Westfall, and according to former Coe co-manager Wade, it began taking shape the day Coe appeared in federal court in Cincinnati in September 2015 on tax-related legal matters. The album “A Million Reasons” was released October 16 via F3 Entertainment/Symphonic.

The album was recorded in 2017 through Average Joes Entertainment, spearheaded by Colt Ford, with production by Noah Gordon and Lex Lipsitz. It remained unreleased until former Coe co-manager Ken Madson acquired the master recordings in 2022. The album has reportedly received playlist placement on Apple Music’s New in Country and the Country Music Association’s Fresh From Nashville playlist, and coverage from outlets including Parade, Whiskey Riff, Saving Country Music, MusicRow and the Akron Beacon Journal, according to the announcement.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Jason W. Ashcraft / JWA Media, jwamedia.com.

Country singer-songwriter John PayCheck has released “Daddy Are You Listening?”, a single reflecting on his relationship with his late father, country legend Johnny PayCheck. The track, out digitally November 6, is the fifth preview single from PayCheck’s forthcoming third studio album, Better Plan, due November 27 via HorseBite Entertainment.

According to the announcement, the song imagines a conversation PayCheck never got to have with his father, touching on his military service, marriage and fatherhood of three daughters. PayCheck says in the release that he wanted to convey to his father what he has accomplished since childhood, including meeting his wife and children.

The single follows other tracks from Better Plan, including “Texan One Day,” released October 9, and “Battles You Never Knew,” a September 11 release addressing the commercialization of military sacrifice in country music that PayCheck says was shaped by his own decision to enlist. The album also features “Sons Of The Spark,” a collaboration with Struggle Jennings that the label says was placed on Holler’s New Country Songs playlist. Better Plan was recorded at Gnome Studios in Nashville and produced by Bill McDermott, whose credits include George Strait, Tim McGraw and Brad Paisley.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Jason W. Ashcraft / JWA Media, jwamedia.com.

Country artist Jet Jurgensmeyer will release his new holiday single “Santa Drives A Chevrolet” on Nov. 13. The song, written by Jurgensmeyer, Vern Brown and Sam Hayes, was recorded at Mount Willis Studio and produced by John Willis and Jurgensmeyer.

According to the announcement, the track draws on the idea of a working-class father serving as a stand-in for Santa Claus, built around the image of a dad driving a Chevrolet instead of a sleigh. Jurgensmeyer said the concept grew out of conversations with his co-writers about childhood Christmases and parents who work hard to make the holidays special for their kids.

The release follows a string of recent singles from Jurgensmeyer, including “Nothing On You,” which the artist’s camp says has reached 800,000 streams and is currently being worked at radio, and “Drink Alone,” a duet with The Voice alum Kayleigh Clark that has surpassed 700,000 streams, per the announcement. Earlier this year his song “RED” topped one million streams worldwide, according to the release. Jurgensmeyer, also known for acting roles including a recurring part on Fox’s Last Man Standing, released his sophomore album THE RIDE: phase 2 in 2024.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Christy Walker-Watkins, 3on.e2ma.net.

THE ELEM, the Portugal-founded project of songwriter and producer M.L. Leichter, has released the single “Times That… [Radio Edit],” the third track from the upcoming EP ‘Perhaps, It’s Me,’ due November 16 via Absolute Label Services UK. The project brings together a rotating group of remote collaborators and blends rock, alternative and indie influences, with lyrical themes touching on mortality, paranoia and unfulfilled love, according to the announcement.

The single was mixed by Mike Fraser, whose past credits include AC/DC, Aerosmith and Metallica, at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, and mastered by Billy Joe Bowers at Casa de Amor in Tucson, Arizona. Artwork was created by James Marsh, known for his work on Talk Talk album covers.

Leichter describes a layered production process involving multiple vocal and drum takes per song, with final versions assembled from the strongest performances rather than a fixed arrangement. The ‘Perhaps, It’s Me’ EP is described in the announcement as the product of a creative journey spanning more than two decades.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Eric Alper, thatericalper.com.

Davidson, Saskatchewan singer-songwriter Tommy John Ehman has released “Without You,” a breakup ballad that serves as the lead single from his upcoming album ‘#1 on Jupiter.’ According to Ehman, the song withholds its title phrase until the final lines, a structural choice he says he made deliberately to increase its impact. He says he wrote the track roughly a decade ago but held off recording it, citing commercial caution around slower songs for independent artists.

‘#1 on Jupiter’ will otherwise compile 11 previously released singles Ehman put out individually over nearly ten years, spanning 2016’s “Drop It on You” through last year’s “The Tear,” marking the first time those songs have appeared together on an album. The collection also includes “Say You Are,” a duet with fellow Saskatchewan artist Amanda Hagel that the announcement says reached the 70s on the Canadian country singles chart. Ehman, who is from Craik, Saskatchewan, writes and records independently and plans a limited CD pressing of the album alongside its digital release.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Eric Alper, thatericalper.com.