{"id":48788,"date":"2026-04-30T07:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=48788"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:52:45","slug":"keith-urban-talks-about-new-yacht-rock-album-flow-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/04\/keith-urban-talks-about-new-yacht-rock-album-flow-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Urban Talks About New Yacht Rock Album \u2018Flow State\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Keith Urban<\/strong>\u00a0described his upcoming yacht rock album as &#8220;an unexpected evolution of music&#8221; ahead of his Musicians Hall Of Fame induction this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/keith-urban-talks-unexpected-evolution-via-new-yacht-rock-album-exclusive-11961152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The country star told PEOPLE<\/a> that he purchased a Nashville studio intending to record just one or two songs for practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;We thought just for fun, we would do a couple of yacht rock songs. 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