Never one to miss an opportunity to sling positive vibes and good energy, Kenny Chesney dropped Silver Sands Marina – and threw an album release party that saw an intimate crowd pack the Pinnacle for a full-band show that showcased six of the album’s 11 songs. Broadcast live on No Shoes Radio, the night celebrated his 21st album, but also the community of people who find their inspiration, joy and clarity in his songs.
“Three years in the making,” Chesney offered, “a lot of songs listened to, even recorded, to get to this moment, these stories and emotions, and I wanted to give it all directly to the people who’ve loved and lived this music with me. There is so much good happening, we should all experience it together. Man, did we! And it’s awesome to hear the reactions people are having…”
As “Carry On” goes to the top of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country chart for his 37th No. 1, the East Tennessee songwriter-superstar lands yet another first. “Remember Me That Way,” the surging song of deciding to own the thrills and magic of a relationship instead of the raging final moments, crowned the No. 1 as the No. 1 Most Added Song this week. Beyond the airplay No. 1, Chesney’s latest marks the first time Chesney had both distinctions at the same time.
“Carry On,” Chesney’s 100th charting single, became the first indie and only the third single to close the entire radio panel in its first week. As Chesney’s 62nd Top 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, it set a second record for the most country Top 10s.
“When they tell me this stuff, it’s a lot to take in,” Chesney says. “It gets harder the more you do this to find songs that stand out from what you’ve done, that say things you want to say – and you think other people will find themselves in, too. That’s really the point: the connection. Like my tours, I want this music to bring people together, to lift them up.”
With the move to HEY NOW Records, Chesney is finding new ways to connect with people – and expand how people explore and understand his music. With his first Talk Shop Live conversation viewed over 366,000 times and his new one topping 100,000, independent records stores across the country, including Austin’s Waterloo Records, Raleigh’s Schoolkids Records, Chicago’s Reckless Records, Minneapolis’ Electric Fetus, Oakland’s 1-2-3-4 Go!, Phoenix’s Stinkweeds and Nashville’s Grimey’s are hosting listening parties this week.
With another pair of No. 1s, the Pinnacle pop-up show served as a witness to Chesney’s enduring power. As Billboard reported, the show served as “a potent reminder that he’s an unyielding seeker of impactful songs in all their forms, not just breezy anthems.”
Less than 40 hours after releasing “Remember Me That Way,” the packed floor and wrap-around balconies were screaming along to the chorus. Whether releasing the past or just loving redirecting the angst, “Remember Me” seems to be the best of both worlds. By summer’s stadium-only Original Vibe Room Tour, the song should be a full-blown catharsis.
SILVER SANDS MARINA ARRIVES With A Gone-In-Seconds Surprise Pinnacle Show Tonight Broadcast LIVE on No Shoes Radio at 8:30 PM Eastern
So much about Silver Sands Marina has been unorthodox. Starting with the time spent making it, the re-recording and recasting of “Carry On,” the landmark debut single, and three late tracks that inspired an 11-cut project in an age of more-is-more. For the East Tennessee songwriter-superstar, Silver Sands Marinabecame an album, not just of his great, often genre-defining songs, but a collection that holds together at the heart.
Today, with a sold-out-in-seconds surprise Pinnacle Show to celebrate, Silver Sands Marina arrives.
Again co-produced with legendary Buddy Cannon, the project delivers a sense of arrival, places and the smallest moments that define a life. Whether recognizing one’s reason on the opening “Burn My Boat,” the vulnerable spark knowing it’s over of “It Just Got Weird,” featuring Megan Moroney, the joyous heartbreak of “Goldfish” with Hawaiian alternative singer-songwriter Lily Meola or the swagger-forward homage to smalltown gossip “Talkin’ Dirt,” Chesney creates a core sample of what engaging with the world truly is.
“Having had the time to cut so many really great songs, but also listen to them, think about how they fit together,” Chesney offers, “the songs were also able to talk to each other. They showed me, Buddy, some of the people near me what they wanted to say in a larger way… And when ‘Silver Sands Marina’ captured that one perfect moment two share together with no distractions, everything fell into place.
“That’s the thing about music: the more you listen, the more it will tell you about life. Whether it’s how to get through it, laugh it off, make it more or recognize what’s so rare and special, it’s all there if you’ll slow down and listen. When we did, well, you can hear it in these 11 songs.”
With “CBS Mornings” anchor Gayle King raving, “[it] evokes memories, perfectly paints a special place and really celebrates life, the Associated Press writing, “He's one of the most consistent giants in country music for a reason. Kenny Chesney will release his 21st studio album – you read that correctly – today, titled ‘Silver Sands Marina.’ It's full-throated stadium country, with big hooks and bigger heart. You know, like all the great Chesney records,” and Billboard citing the album, “placing a premium on top-shelf songwriting that balances lyrical wit and emotional resonance… Linking each of the songs is Chesney’s warm, conversational vocal approach that makes each song feel even more lived-in and credible,” the early response is strong.
Even stronger is the gone-in-seconds response to tonight’s pop-up show at the Pinnacle, which will be broadcast live on No Shoes Radio (SiriusXM 59) at 8:30 p.m. ET. The immediacy and sense of community around Silver Sands Marina has really touched the 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. Drawing on a lifetime of songwriters, living, learning and laughter, Chesney’s first release for HEY NOW Records has manifested not just a history-making single that offers the philosophical compass, “if it feels good do it, if it doesn’t then don’t…,” its second single proffers a powerful perspective-shifter from jagged ending to owning all the thrills, euphoria and awesome that makes love great via “Remember Me That Way.”
“No Shoes Nation has always been a passionate, all-in kind of place. They work hard, play hard, love hard – and music moves through all of it. We’ve got songs here that are very fun, real, and honest; but they’re also things they’re not expecting, because I know I’d never heard songs like some of these before, either.
“That’s why we wanted to go play them live, and not wait for Tampa. Everyone in the band agreed, this is music that needs people to come fully alive, so I’m fired up to be playing Pinnacle tonight – and for anyone who couldn’t get tickets, you can be there with us on No Shoes Radio. We all – Buddy, me, so many of us – make this music for everyone else to enjoy – and today finally the circle of Silver Sands Marina is complete.”
Kicking off the Silver Sands Marina anticipation with his appearance on the “TODAY” Citi Concert Series and a lively turn on “The View,” Chesney has been across all media for the last week. E Street Radio, Howard Stern’s Howard 100 and ESPN, as well as yesterday’s lively sitdown with “CBS Mornings” anchor Gayle King all culminate with tonight’s NBC “Nightly News” and their “Great Americans” profile.
Kenny Chesney Urges "Remember Me That Way" -- 5th Track, 2nd Single Lands Midnight Sept. 24
After three years, several mutations and the realization that Silver Sands Marina was a collection of songs that made good on the promise of what life can be when people truly engage with each other, Kenny Chesney releases his final slice of music before the album arrives on Friday, Sept. 25. Having trusted the creative process, delving deep into songs that break the mold of what’s obvious and happening, the Country Music Hall of Fame inductee landed on melodies that pushed the envelope and songs that remind people how much we can take from our trips around the sun.
“Remember Me That Way” arrives at midnight Sept. 24 across terrestrial radio as Silver Sands Marina’s final tease. A manifest of how we can choose to see even the things that don’t work out in the best possible light, “Remember” takes a look back at what was, weighing the catastrophic against the euphoric to arrive at the decision to hold on to all that was thrilling instead of jagged.
“Long before the relationship goes down in flames or explodes from the pressure, there is so much good,” Chesney allows. “All those great memories that pulled you together, what about them? What about those things that made you more? Should you just throw them away because in the end whatever happened happened?
“That doesn’t feel like a very smart or good thing to do. And when Shane (McAnally) sent me this song, like a lot of the songs on this record, I realized it went deeper, got under the good and said something about life and how we live, or could live. It gave us a lot of power to decide how we’re going to remember something that was so important to us… I loved everything about that, because life isn’t all good or bad, but how we see it.”
Over a meandering melody, Chesney strikes a philosophical tone as he offers that perspective. A conversational lyric that line-by-line reconstructs the final days, the chorus swings up and offers the greater truth of
“Bare feet running from the lightning, bare skin kissing in the swimming pool/
Sleeping under California diamonds, driving down the One in Malibu
Girl I know it ended on a bad one, we don’t gotta be a bitter cliché
We made a lotta damn good memories, I just hope you remember me that way…”
“This album has had a lot of moments like this, those things you can only live – and gain the perspective from. When we were trying to decide on the next song to put out, this felt like something that swept you up in the music, had one of those choruses that gave you the power to really engage in your life and create something good out of something bad. Life isn’t simple, and we all face stuff that’s not easy, but maybe we can find the best life and get to somewhere better knowing how much good we found along the way.”
With the Associated Press calling the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar “one of the most consistent giants in country music for a reason,” they write Silver Sands Marina is “full-throated stadium country, with big hooks and bigger heart. You know, like all the great Chesney records.”
Pre-order, pre-save/pre-add Silver Sands Marina HERE.
Purchase the signed vinyl, CDs and limited vinyl picture discs, or watch Chesney’s in-depth conversations about Silver Sands Marina on TalkShopLive HERE.
SILVER SANDS MARINA: Pop Up Show @ Pinnacle Sept. 25
You can tell when Kenny Chesney is fired up about new music. Starting with his “TODAY” Citi Concert Series appearance at Rockefeller Plaza, the new music goes down easy – and the band is in great form. With all the positive energy and forward motion, the man who closed out his second Sphere residency wasn’t ready to shut it down for the year.
“This new music – maybe because we’ve had so much time to get it to this place – has taken me back to when albums mattered, the songs kind of spoke to each other, and we found some really special, unusual things,” says the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar who announced a 19-city stadium tour earlier this week. “Between loving this record and just getting to play a little bit at ‘TODAY,’ I figured we should keep rocking – and maybe make it a little bit bigger than a Keg in the Keys or Keg in the Closet show.
“So, we got everybody together… and we’re taking over the Pinnacle in Nashville. One night only, probably not more than a couple thousand tickets, and we’re trying to make it fun and fair to get in. If the band and I can get it together, we’re gonna play five, six, maybe even seven of these eleven songs, and I can’t wait.”
With HEY NOW Records jumping in to build an activation on the plaza around the Pinnacle, Chesney is doing what he does best: throwing a party on short notice, throwing open the doors and turning the music up loud. “I want to share this excitement with everybody, which is why we’re gonna put this on No Shoes Radio, but for the people who can get their hands on these tickets, I can’t wait to see the joy and whatever energy they bring to this new music.
“Silver Sands Marina is finally gonna be here, and seeing the reaction just to the title track, ‘Goldfish’ and ‘Carry On’ at ‘TODAY,’ I think this is going to be one of those times where new music actually takes people higher. So, here we go… and to everybody who works with me who’s pulling their hair out, just know: you’re gonna have a lot of fun, too.”
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On Thursday, Sept. 24 from 5-10 p.m. CT on and Friday, Sept. 25 from 12-10 p.m. CT, fans can immerse themselves in the world of the Silver Sands Marina album at the Pinnacle plaza activation space. In addition to life-size buildouts, photo moments, food trucks, bars and more, they’ll also be able to purchase physical copies of the album including signed vinyls and CDs plus special variants.
With the Original Vibe Room Tour name being inspired by that blast of excitement, the insanity of those first years of selling a million tickets every summer, that passion continues driving the launch of Silver Sands Marina. Having delivered songs that have both defined coming of age across the country and soundtracked the moments that define a life, Chesney is feeling the moment – and wanting to take everyone along for the ride.
“I love the idea that songs can give people their lives in three- and four-minute pieces, that it can lift them up or thrill them when they most deserve and need it. When I started listening back, I said, ‘Why wait for the tour?’ The band is so hot, and we’re having so much fun, we figured we’d learn some of these songs and go for it… Come be part of it, and know even if you’re just listening, I think that energy will carry through your speakers.”
Kenny Chesney Rocks The Plaza; Debuts Animated "Goldfish" TONIGHT
They came from Maine, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Philadelphia and beyond – and started lining up long before midnight – to be part of Kenny Chesney’s kick-off for Silver Sands Marina on the Plaza with “TODAY”’s Citi Concert Series. They brought license plates saying “SS Marina,” signs that said “Skipped School for This,” “Too Old for High Heels, But Not No Shoes,” “Virgina Is For Kenny Chesney Lovers” and “My First Kenny Chesney Concert,” as well as Pirates Flags, tennis pros, bags of Goldfish and sundry tokens of No Shoes Nation for the show that saw the live debut of the title track, “Goldfish” and “Carry On.”
“I figured if we’ve got the band in place, we might as well open it up,” said the East Tennessee songwriter-superstar. “To play these songs for the people, to feel the energy and see how they light people up is what it’s all about… And it was great they gave us five songs, so we could go deep – and have some fun. And it was.”
Photos from Chesney's "TODAY" performance will be added HERE with photo credit as they become available.
Performances will be available later today HERE.
With the new songs landing with a big smile and bigger energy, Chesney has gotten his 21st album underway like only he can. Live on several ESPN shows this afternoon, he will join his friends at the table on “The View” tomorrow. Even more, the Country Music Hall of Fame inductee is set to world premiere a special animated clip of “Goldfish” tonight as part of his second TalkShopLive appearance, where he will further unpack his new album and take questions from the people watching. Watch the premiere and conversation HERE.
“Since we’re all gonna be together, this is the place to show off this new, animated take on our ‘Goldfish’ video,” Chesney shares. “We were talking about how much fun the video we shot was and childlike this song is, and figured, ‘Why not take it all the way… and make a cartoon out of it?’ It’s amazing what you can do when you add in animation.
“All of the animals not only come to life – and have some pretty good rhythm. But through some really creative people’s magic, they even brought Poncho and Da Ruba Girl to the party! What could be better? And the people at TalkShopLive worked so hard to figure out how we can make world premiering this video a part of tonight’s stuff.”
Next week, Chesney joins Gayle King on “CBS Mornings,” as well as Joe Torre for “NBC Nightly News” segment “Great Americans.” As “Carry On” crests the top of the charts and the Original Vibe Room 2027 Tour tickets for 19 stadium shows go on sale, Silver Sands Marina arrives with a flourish and a lot of fun.
“It’s been three years since I put out a record, and we’ve got new music to play,” Chesney says. “This has been such a creative time for me and the band, and we’re loving every moment. If it’s this much fun now, I can’t imagine what next year’s tour is gonna be like – because these songs are landing now, it’s going to be crazy when we get to Tampa. Just the way we like it.”
Pre-order, pre-save/pre-add Silver Sands Marina HERE.
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Kenny's SILVER SANDS MARINA Massive Media Sweep Starts w "TODAY" Concert 9-17
As someone who loves songs, making music and creating a soundtrack for how life is lived by real people, Kenny Chesney has created an indelible body of work. With Silver Sands Marina, his 21st studio album, approaching its Sept. 25th release date, the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar is getting ready to take the music – and stories – to New York for a media gauntlet that gets inside the songs, the process and heart of what became an actual album.
Three years and myriad songs in the making, the man Wall Street Journal crowned “The King of the Road” will kick things off September 17 on the Plaza at Rockefeller Center as part of “TODAY”’s Citi Concert Series.
“When you make a record and you take your time, it takes you places you might not go otherwise,” Chesney says of the album. “We recut ‘Carry On,’ the first single because this version felt like the moment we’re living in. ‘Silver Sands Marina’ and ‘Remember Me That Way’ came in later, and changed the shape of what this album is…
“So, it’s great to be able to play a few of these songs on the plaza, to really give people this music. At home, in the streets, wherever people are, we’re going to be able to share these songs live – and exchange that energy that we all live for.”
From there, he heads downtown to visit “The View.” A favorite of the table, he’s going to talk about where some of the songs came from, some of the guests and where he’s heading in 2027. It will make for lively conversation as there’s plenty to unpack before Silver Sands Marina arrives. Then onto ESPN for several midafternoon shows, as well as taping a special talk with E Street Radio.
“These songs hit on so many levels, it’s great to be able to talk about what we’re doing at all these different shows. I love the women at ‘The View,’ who are smart and fun, who get out there and live, so they come at the music from that place. I was honored to be asked to visit E Street Radio because I respect what Bruce shares with his people, that same passion and embracing life no matter what. Then everyone at ESPN speaks to that place in me that always says, ‘Nothing brings people together like sports and music,’ which is true.”
After the response to his first appearance, Chesney returns to TalkShopLive for a conversation on the 17th. Tune in at 8pm Eastern, he will have a more in-depth conversation, as well as take questions from people watching. Watch the conversation HERE.
Next week, Chesney joins “CBS Mornings” with Gayle King for a meaningful sit-down. He will also appear as part of Tom Llamas’ “Great Americans” series for “NBC Nightly News,” which looks at individuals who’ve bettered their communities and world. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michael Phelps, retired astronaut Eileen Collins, John Grisham and more have taken part.
The Country Music Hall of Fame member will also be part of Howard Stern’s Howard 100 channel. On Sept. 23, the station will be slicing bits of an extended interview into their programming to celebrate Silver Sands Marina’s release.
“You can have a lot of conversations about the same thing, and they’re often not alike,” Chesney says. “When I looked at the schedule, I thought ‘This is a lot’; but I know when I start doing the actual conversations, I’m always amazed at what I learn about the songs and records, hearing what these people heard and experienced. I also think different people care about different things, so each of these shows lets this music land how it needs to for all the people.”
Pre-order, pre-save/pre-add Silver Sands Marina HERE.
Purchase the signed vinyl, CDs and limited vinyl picture discs, or watch Chesney’s first in-depth conversation about Silver Sands Marina on TalkShopLive HERE.
Kenny Chesney's Goldfish Starts Swimming, "Today Show," "ET," WSJ Are ALL In
Take a band built on individual award winners, add custom old time Western suits, glorious locations, high spirits, and the kind of old school country wordplay that suggests Willie Nelson, Roger Miller or Shel Silverstein, you get the video for “Goldfish,” the next grat track from Kenny Chesney’s eagerly anticipated Silver Sands Marina. When buzz about the technicolor, high whimsy clip started making the rounds, it wasn’t long until inquiries were made.
With Silver Sands Marina scheduled to drop Sept. 25, a select few outlets got to participate in today’s launch. Beyond CBS’ “Sunday Morning” re-airing Chesney’s profile from Key West, it was featured on NBC’s “TODAY,” “Entertainment Tonight,” and the Wall Street Journal’s brand new “My Two Sentences,” created to be short truth blasts to inspire heading into the weekend.
“Music’s power is that it’s positive energy and joy when you most need it,” the East Tennessee songwriter-superstar shared with the storied business publication. “Songs can change everything.”
“You listen to ‘Goldfish,’ where the guy wants to be all these animals based on their key attribute,” Chesney explains, “and it could almost be a children’s song. The melody is so happy, it bounces along and picks you up with it. But when you get to the chorus and you realize he’s cried a fishbowl of tears, ‘drunk as a skunk, trying to get over you,’ it’s so clever, smart and spinning the pain into a whole other commodity, who wouldn’t love this song?”
Written by double GRAMMY winner Tia Sillers, two-time Juno Award winner Tenille Townes and ACM/CMA Award winner Gordie Sampson, Chesney used lavish Hawaiian steel guitar to set a mood for a song that evokes a different era. Then he headed straight to Maui with Rosie & The Revival to romp through the Rodeo General Store, Mama’s Fish House and along Ku’au Bay.
“When a song has this much fun to every aspect of it, you want to capture the spirit for everyone to see,” Chesney explains. “The band and I had more fun than we can possibly share, whether it was walking on the beach like the Monkees, bringing that giant cardboard cut-out of Flat (Kenny) Greenberg, looking at the night sky, talking about life or just laughing at nothing… That’s the kind of joy I want people to take from this song, whether they’re dating, hating or just fine thank you.”
Add in hula girls, breaking waves, and a straight-to-camera delivery, this is the leader of No Shoes Nation at his freest and most exuberant. Having created some iconic videos – “American Kids,” “When The Sun Goes Down,” “Noise,” “Young” and even “Silver Sands Marina” – both the Shaun Silva-directed “Goldfish” and new track deliver on everything that has made Chesney not just stadium-sized for over two decades, but an artist who represents finding the positivity in every possible situation – even if it’s spinning the circumstances into a philosophical take that makes you smile.
Pre-order, pre-save/pre-add Silver Sands Marina HERE.
Purchase the signed vinyl, CDs and limited vinyl picture discs, or watch Chesney’s first in-depth conversation about Silver Sands Marina on TalkShopLive HERE.
Kenny Chesney, SILVER SANDS MARINA + the Reality of Albums
When Kenny Chesney decided to re-record “Carry On,” then add three tracks to the project he’d been working on, the 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee thought he was just trying to maximize the potential for what became Silver Sands Marina. His 21st studio recording, though, turned into something the songwriter/superstar didn’t realize in the moment – only after he’d finished tweaking three new songs, finishing the sequence and listening to the entire project.
“There wasn’t a master plan,” admits the high-energy performer. “I wish I could say there was a master plan, but the truth is: the songs that felt like they belonged together knew something I didn’t. After the first couple listens to what became the final sequence, I realized, ‘This is an album.’
“With all the tracks, the playlists, the drops, I think we’ve forgotten the power of an actual collection of songs designed to work as a whole. Not 10 or 12 or even 18 great songs, but songs that have a relationship to each other, that speak to how life rolls out and happens.”
Having made the decision to follow his heart instead of merely doing what he’s always done, Chesney changed the game for what kinds of songs he was seeking – and what he wanted this project to be. Committing to brand new independent HEY NOW Records, the rule book went out the window and suddenly the man who earned his bones as a young writer at Acuff Rose Music found creative gears that explored emotions, turning points and hilarity in a way that most albums don’t.
With the random encounter/perfect moment title track, the surging song of arrival “Burn My Boat” and “Carry On,” Chesney’s first independent label single that marked his 100th charting single, making him the new record holder for Most Top 10s – and the 3rd in chart history to lock the entire country radio panel in its first week – it’s obvious the music on Silver Sands Marina speaks to the emotions we often move through without pausing to feel them. For Chesney, listening back, he recognized that not only did his latest contain a wide sweep of eclecticism, it dug deep into the heart of the matter, made fun of some tough stuff, created clarity in the storm and conjured all the feels.
“Songs that make you laugh, that make you realize what a moment might actually mean, those things are so important – and we forget all about them. Musically, lyrically, even the idea of opening with ‘Burn My Boat’ and closing with Brett James and Tony Lane’s ‘Shot Glass’ takes you places I’ve never been… and when all the songs line up next to each other, you get a real taste of how life rolls out, and the things you don’t see until it’s too late.”
Due Sept. 25, Silver Sands Marina features appearances by singer/songwriters Lily Meola, Megan Moroney and Colbie Caillat and embodies all the things the East Tennessean is known for: positive vibes, good humor, long drives, specific places, moments and memories that are destined to last a lifetime, obliterate what pulls you down and deliver a sense of how sweet life truly is.
Co-produced with longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon, the pair drew on some of Nashville’s most iconic songwriters including Shane McAnally, Matraca Berg, Tia Sillers and Jessie Alexander, plus emerging powerhouses Jessi Jo Dillon, Adam Wright and Tennille Townes
Personal, reflective, empowering and euphoric in different places, pre-order/pre-save/pre-add HERE.
The man with the most Billboard Country Airplay No. 1s returned to TalkShopLive – where limited signed copies of the picture disc vinyl, as well as signed albums and CD, are available – for his first discussion of Silver Sands Marina. Beyond unpacking many of the songs on the 11-song project, he elaborated on the way albums made of songs that speak to each other offer an extra dimension to the listening experience – and uncover the nuances of what being truly present can mean.
Watch the full conversation here: https://talkshop.live/watch/fvRzP4UAS_kb
“Burn My Boat” Adds Silver Sands Marina Vibe KENNY CHESNEY DROPS 3rd SONG July 31
It’s becoming apparent that Silver Sands Marina, Kenny Chesney’s 21st studio album and first for independent HEY NOW, sees the Country Music Hall of Famer hitting not just a new gear creatively, but connecting with fans on an even realer level. With “Carry On” becoming his 100th charting single and giving him the most Top 10s in the genre, the life-affirming midtempo summer anthem also struck a chord with radio as it became only the third song in history to close out all the reporting stations its first week.
As “Silver Sands Marina” established the power of one perfect encounter being enough, not clinging but appreciating what things are for the moment, the title track set a tone that suggests a map for how to live life as it comes, for all its worth, and with all the positive energy that’s defined his career. And on July 31, the East Tennessee songwriter-superstar will offer another taste of what’s to come on a project he’s personally labeling “an album.”
“Burn My Boat” starts as a ballad-leaning-midtempo strung across an acoustic guitar figure and his unadorned vocal, but quickly builds to a stunning crescendo that is thundering drums, a muscular melodic swoop and a triumphant sense of arrival. With an opening line of “This is one of those uncharted water things, never been where the grass don’t get more green… Think I love where I am,” the first track on Silver Sands Marina suggests that finding where we belong is a kind of freedom that is as much acceptance as it is actual location.
“This was always the first song,” Chesney says. “No matter how many sequences, adding those three songs, ‘Burn My Boat’ was the exact thing I wanted to say, and it’s in the chorus, recognizing ‘where I’m supposed to be’ is that sense of true arrival, knowing where you’re supposed to be. When you’re restless, and I am, there is no greater peace or freedom.
“Even more, ‘Burn My Boat’ wasn’t a song of surrender, but arrival. It builds and builds, like Lord Huron’s 'Ends of the Earth,' but what it delivers is what I think most of us are hoping to find. That line: Take this heart and light it/Send it up in smoke? It really is burning off all the things that distract us from what matters in this faster, harder, more world we deal with.”
Written by Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Casey Beathard, Tucker Beathard and Ryan Tyndall, “Burn My Boat” can be a love song, a life song, a work or chasing one’s dream song. “Whatever’s one’s truest passion is, when you find it, everything else falls into place and makes sense,” offers the man who just wrapped his second Sphere residency and named his No. 1 New York Times best-seller Heart Life Music.
For Chesney, who came of age as a songwriter at Acuff Rose Music Publishing, he brings a deep commitment to the music he releases. Silver Sands Marina raises the bar – in terms of what it says, the progressive and classic songs – for an artist with impossibly high standards. He will discuss the process, the decisions and what he hopes people will take way from the album when he returns to TalkShopLive July 30 at 7 p.m. ET. To tune in or to purchase the TalkShopLive exclusive signed picture disc vinyl, click HERE.
With a Sept. 25th release date, Silver Sands Marina draws ever closer. Pre-Save or Pre-Order HERE.
Kenny Chesney Returns to Talk Shop Live 7/30; Ltd Signed Picture Discs Tied To Appearance
Kenny Chesney has spent the past couple years amassing songs, thinking about life and breaking ground almost everywhere he’s gone. But beyond the Country Music Hall of Fame induction, two Sphere residencies and a New York Times No. 1 Hardcover Nonfiction and Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction debut, he remains – first and foremost – a music man.
And that was more than apparent with the response to “Carry On,” his debut single on indie start up HEY NOW Records. Only the third time – and first for an independent label – a single locked the entire reporting country radio panel in its release week, the response to the life-affirming midtempo celebration of bartender wisdom suggested the 8-time Entertainer of the Year was hitting a new gear artistically and connecting with the voracious No Shoes Nation.
“People thought it was crazy when we made the moves we made,” says the high impact performer. “But I knew I wanted to color outside the lines, create an album that was about the music, how it feels and what it’s saying… and everything about it has felt right.”
That freedom led to Silver Sands Marina, an eclectic collection of songs that explore the moments where things change, reckoning with the price paid, but especially the thrill of being wholly and unabashedly alive even on the hard days. That ability to find the joy has defined Chesney’s positive energy, dig in and sow the love reality.
For one night, the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar returns to TalkShopLive for an in-depth conversation about the process that saw Chesney make a final track call that added three new songs after the album was done. Having cut his professional teeth as a songwriter at Acuff-Rose Music, as well as a kid playing for tips on a much different Lower Broadway, the man the Los Angeles Times called, “The People’s Superstar” understands the power of not just isolated songs, but how they fall together.
Viewers can watch and shop signed exclusive picture disc vinyl, standard vinyl and CD on July 30 at 7pm EDT at this link: https://talkshop.live/watch/fvRzP4UAS_kb
“In a world where it’s all about the algorithm, I want to believe there’s still room for a kid with a guitar, songs in their heart and a bunch of friends who want to chase it with them. To me, how I got here was a lot of fun, and it let me learn from so many amazing people – and to understand more than the mechanics, the heart of what songs deliver when they’re together and I want to pass that on.”
Beyond the first conversation about the project, to mark the occasion Chesney and HEY NOW are creating a special limited edition picture disc to supplement the signed vinyl and CDs available exclusively through TalkShopLive.
“TalkShopLive gave me a great place to deep dive into Heart Life Music before it was published; it created a real conversation about trying to connect with not just my audience, but people who wanted to chase a dream nobody saw coming. I was surprised the people who told me they’d watched it, or the video after…
“When they invited me back on – because of the way they heard this music – I was all in. A lot went into making Silver Sands Marina, wanting to create something that was authentic. It’s country. It rocks. It’s philosophical in places. But every single song takes you somewhere. TalkShopLive lets us dig into all of it, and I love that.”
Kenny Chesney Takes You to "Silver Sands Marina" in Video Out Today
In a world of singles and tracks, it’s easy to forget the power of a song that delivers not just the smallest details, but the emotional tidal waves that exist long after a moment has faded. For Kenny Chesney, who announced his 21st album and second teaser with the title track to Silver Sands Marina, the sweeping midtempo so completely painted the place and sensations, there was only one thing to do: make a video.
“When you hear the song, it’s so perfectly drawn, you almost can’t believe it’s real,” the man Wall Street Journal called “The King of the Road” says. “But, of course, it is a real place – located on Lake Winnipesaukee – where generations of families and friends have tied up their boats, checked in, enjoyed the water and being together. You can feel all the happiness and fun people have had there the moment you step on the property.”
Ablaze with curiosity, Chesney wanted to see what inspired the song’s ability to hold such subtly indelible feelings. Realizing it was a family owned business, the 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee decided to – almost in keeping with the song’s off-season storyline – check-in, and create a video that instills hyper-local, off-the-beaten-path places with an innocence and charm that transcends the bigger, slicker reality of today’s escapes.
Filming on a grey day shortly after recording the title track of his Sept. 25 release, Chesney is seen in single performance pieces around the pier, the motel and marina’s property. Filming outside the traditional tourist seasons, the Silver Sands Marina delivers that anticipatory tension that it isn’t abandoned, but waiting on something – and Chesney’s to-the-camera vocals and guitar-playing suggest a witness to all that has happened there.
“Like the song, there’s a sense this place can’t be real,” Chesney says. “When you pull up, it’s even more wonderful than the pictures. You can feel people’s lives have played out here; kids who’ve met, grown up together, occasionally gotten married and brought their kids there; fishing trips and reunions. And, as my song suggests, the occasionally unexpected encounter where you meet someone who sees you for all that you are – even if it’s only for a moment.”
Working with longtime collaborator Shaun Silva, Chesney fashions a clip that surrenders expectations for a full immersion in the moment. Those downstrokes on his acoustic guitar an extension of the passion; his vocals transporting himself – and the viewer – to a memory that retains all of its vibrance. Whether an empty pool waiting for summer, knotty pine wood and tired pink paint, or lake water rippling, the clip offers a real-world escape from the mundane.
So taken with the setting, Chesney and photographer Allister Ann documented the day turning to night. Whether portraits of the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar or almost portraits of the setting itself, the photographs delivered a different feel for the stadium-sized headliner. They also suggest the emotional depth beneath the album’s feel-good moments and simple wisdom.
Built around a memory that will last a lifetime, the song and video suggest escape is as much a state of mind as it is the rainy afternoon, 20-dollar blinds, pink painted walls, wet sand, bicycles propped up, a sky that’s red, orange and blue and a mug stolen as a talisman of the encounter.
Like “Carry On,” which closed out the entire country radio reporting panel in its first week, “Silver Sands Marina” provides a new way of looking at something pretty common. But in that truth that exists right where you are, there’s also the freedom of knowing magic has a way of arriving in unlikely places.
“When the song came in, it took me some place,” Chesney marvels. “But it also said a lot of things about where we can find real fulfillment. For me, the more I listened, the more I knew I had to see this place… And once I did, I knew I had to show it to all the people like me, who dream of freedom and escape, but who also know showing up is the spark that makes it happen.”
Kenny Chesney Announces SILVER SANDS MARINA, 21st Album, Sept. 25
When Kenny Chesney made the decision to follow his heart instead of doing business as it’s always been done, he knew there’d be work, opportunities he didn’t see coming and the ability to color outside the lines. Aligning with HEY NOW Records, the high-impact songwriter/superstar found himself inspired in new ways – and digging even deeper into his already legendary commitment to creativity.
With “Carry On,” HEY NOW’s debut single, being the first independent single and only the third ever to lock out the country radio reporting panel in its first week, quickly evolving into the Song of Summer, Chesney dug in, made revisions, added songs and is ready to deliver Silver Sands Marina for a September 25 release date. The new album epitomizes everything that the only country artist in the Top 10 of POLLSTAR’s Most Popular Touring Acts of the Millennium embodies: positive vibes, good humor, long drives, moments and memories that will last a lifetime, jettisoning what pulls you down and a sense of how sweet life truly is.
Having just kicked off his second residency at Sphere in Las Vegas, Chesney celebrates by announcing his 21st album: Silver Sands Marina. The Buddy Cannon/Kenny Chesney-produced project arrives September 25. Pre-order / pre-save HERE.
With a history of finding great songs as an album is finished, “Silver Sands Marina” delivered a gateway to a project that’s definitive Chesney. Mining some of Nashville’s greatest songwriters, including Tony Lane, Matraca Berg, Shane McAnally and Brett James, emerging powerhouses Jessie Jo Dillon, Tenille Townes and Adam Wright and guests Colbie Caillat, Lily Meola and Megan Moroney, the eight-time Entertainer of the Year and 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee has created something personal, reflective, empowering and euphoric in places.
“I love everything about music, but especially how it makes you feel,” Chesney explains. “It can crack open a tough moment, lift you up, blow you up and make you laugh harder than anything. When I started thinking about all the things music can be, a few songs came in – and Silver Springs Marina, as it now exists, took shape. Some great players, guests who really fit the songs, but especially some places I’ve never gone.”
Using TalkShopLive to kick-off Heart Life Music, his double No. 1 New York Times best-selling book, Chesney returns to the platform on July 15 to dig into the process, what he hopes people take from the album, and what he’s learned about music’s power to bring people together and transform even the toughest moments. Autographed copies of Silver Sands Marina are exclusively available on TalkShopLive. Tune in HERE.
“Silver Sands Marina” drops today as the second taste of Chesney’s upcoming music. Containing both a place and a vibrant connection, it’s a burning moment forever frozen in time. With even more evocative, visceral songs ahead, Silver Sands Marina delivers what Chesney does best.
