International Country Music Conference To Offer Broad Historical Perspectives on Country Music May 21-23
Conference to Cover Variety of Country-Related Genres with Diverse Range of Panels
(Nashville, TN - May 6, 2009) The 26th annual International Country Music Conference, to be held May 21-23 in Nashville, Tenn. at Belmont University, will host a broad cross-section of panels and topics in the field of country music.
This year's ICMC will feature more than three-dozen panels on a variety of influential artists and subjects in all country-related genres, including Bluegrass, Americana, Western Swing, Country Rock, Honky-Tonk, Gospel and more. Notable artists to be profiled in selected presentations will include Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Waylon Jennings, Gram Parsons, Kitty Wells, Cowboy Troy, Charlie Louvin and Jimmie Rodgers, among others.
Renowned author and country music expert Don Cusic will co-host the panel "Defining Country Music: What It Is and Does It Matter?" His recent book, "Discovering Country Music," chronicles the evolution of the genre "from the fiddle to the Pop charts" and will be an ICMC Special Feature at this year's event.
"The history of country music is being preserved by these academics and journalists," says Cusic. "We treasure the present by honoring the past, and the International Country Music Conference demonstrates the impact country music has had, and is still having, on culture throughout the world."
Additional ICMC panels will cover subjects ranging from international topics ("Teaching Country Music in Australia: Teaching Australian Country Music" and "New Zealand Country"), regional interests ("A Cajun Music Mystery: Dr. James F. Roach, 'Song of the Crocodile,' and the First Commercial Recording of a Cajun Folksong") and political themes ("Barack Obama, Country Music Stardom, and a New Black American Narrative").
A number of panels will be packaged together and presented on specific themes, including the Bluegrass genre and artists Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers.
The Belmont University Book Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award and The Charlie Lamb Awards will also be presented at this year's conference.
Registration is $100 and checks should be sent to James Akenson, Box 5042, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, 38505.
The complete 2009 ICMC Program Schedule can be found here: www.internationalcountrymusic.org/schedule.html
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Charlie Daniels Visits troops Overseas
Charlie Daniels Visits Troops Overseas
(Nashville, TN - May 6, 2009) The Charlie Daniels Band recently concluded their third overseas visit of U.S. military troops in Kuwait and Iraq. The legendary musician toured bases in Ar Ramadi, Balad, Al Qayyarah, Tikrit and Kuwait, performing for thousands of appreciative servicemen and women. Stars for Stripes, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing celebrity entertainment to troops deployed overseas, organized the seven-show, nine-day trip.
"The reason I enjoy going to Iraq is because for a few days I am honored to walk among the finest young people America has to offer," Daniels recently wrote in his website soapbox. Daniels is currently on tour through the end of 2009. Tour dates can be found at www.CharlieDaniels.com/tour.htm.
Daniels (r) visits with Lt. Commander Pronk at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
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(Nashville, TN - May 6, 2009) The Charlie Daniels Band recently concluded their third overseas visit of U.S. military troops in Kuwait and Iraq. The legendary musician toured bases in Ar Ramadi, Balad, Al Qayyarah, Tikrit and Kuwait, performing for thousands of appreciative servicemen and women. Stars for Stripes, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing celebrity entertainment to troops deployed overseas, organized the seven-show, nine-day trip.
"The reason I enjoy going to Iraq is because for a few days I am honored to walk among the finest young people America has to offer," Daniels recently wrote in his website soapbox. Daniels is currently on tour through the end of 2009. Tour dates can be found at www.CharlieDaniels.com/tour.htm.
Daniels (r) visits with Lt. Commander Pronk at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
Aristo P.R. | The AristoMedia Group | P.O. Box 22765 | Nashville, TN 37202
Phone: 615-269-7071 | Fax: 615-269-0131 | publicity@aristomedia.com
Audie Blaylock & Redline CD hits #1
Audie Blaylock & Redline Album Hits #1
Band Signs with Chris Joslin/Class Act Entertainment
The new CD, Audie Blaylock and Redline hit #1 on the Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine (BMP) Top 10 Album Chart this month along with two singles appearing on the BMP Top 30 Song Chart: Whispering Waters at #11 and Lonesome Weary Heart at #14. Whispering Waters is already making its way up numerous other charts including hitting #4 on Sirius Radio’s Top 40 Songs this week and climbing again on the Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine (BU) Top 30 this month. The album, produced by Audie Blaylock, debuted at #12 on the BU Top 15 Album Chart and continues on Sirius Radio’s Top 40 Artists Chart.
Audie Blaylock & Redline just announced the band’s booking will now be handled by Chris Joslin in cooperation with Class Act Entertainment. “We are very happy about working with Chris and Class Act Entertainment. The entire band is excited with the positive responses we have been receiving for both the new album and at our live performances. We look forward to growing the tour schedule even more,” said Blaylock.
The CD has been receiving rave reviews including iTunes Reviewer, Eli Messenger calling it a, “Stellar album of hard-charging bluegrass,” and Roughstock.com asking, “What’s not to like? The instrumentals sparkle, the vocals are on point and the production is crisp.”
Audie Blaylock & Redline will be performing this weekend in Hollywood, Florida at the Red, White and Bluegrass Festival sponsored by the South Florida Bluegrass Association. Next week, the group heads to Branson, Missouri for numerous performance dates at Silver Dollar City.
For more information on Audie Blaylock & Redline including a complete tour schedule, plus news on their 2009 IBMA Showcase selection, please visit the band’s website.
Band Signs with Chris Joslin/Class Act Entertainment
The new CD, Audie Blaylock and Redline hit #1 on the Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine (BMP) Top 10 Album Chart this month along with two singles appearing on the BMP Top 30 Song Chart: Whispering Waters at #11 and Lonesome Weary Heart at #14. Whispering Waters is already making its way up numerous other charts including hitting #4 on Sirius Radio’s Top 40 Songs this week and climbing again on the Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine (BU) Top 30 this month. The album, produced by Audie Blaylock, debuted at #12 on the BU Top 15 Album Chart and continues on Sirius Radio’s Top 40 Artists Chart.
Audie Blaylock & Redline just announced the band’s booking will now be handled by Chris Joslin in cooperation with Class Act Entertainment. “We are very happy about working with Chris and Class Act Entertainment. The entire band is excited with the positive responses we have been receiving for both the new album and at our live performances. We look forward to growing the tour schedule even more,” said Blaylock.
The CD has been receiving rave reviews including iTunes Reviewer, Eli Messenger calling it a, “Stellar album of hard-charging bluegrass,” and Roughstock.com asking, “What’s not to like? The instrumentals sparkle, the vocals are on point and the production is crisp.”
Audie Blaylock & Redline will be performing this weekend in Hollywood, Florida at the Red, White and Bluegrass Festival sponsored by the South Florida Bluegrass Association. Next week, the group heads to Branson, Missouri for numerous performance dates at Silver Dollar City.
For more information on Audie Blaylock & Redline including a complete tour schedule, plus news on their 2009 IBMA Showcase selection, please visit the band’s website.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
'Bocephus Bailout Package'
For immediate release
HANK WILLIAMS JR. OFFERS 'BOCEPHUS BAILOUT PACKAGE' TO ALL AMERICANS
Hank Jr. new single “RED WHITE and PINK-SLIP BLUES” hits radio today!!!
Nashville, TN – In today’s economic climate, Hank Williams Jr. brings you the Bocephus Bailout Package (www.bocephusbailout.com) in an effort to help tax-paying Americans get through these hard times.
On TAX DAY, April 15th, Hank Williams Jr. appeared and performed a snippet of his new single “Red White and Pink-Slip Blues” on America’s #1 national morning cable show Fox & Friends before doing a round of non-stop interviews with radio stations all across America.
The Bocephus Bailout Package will allow one American to become a
“Honorary Crew Member for the Day.”
The Bocephus Bailout Package includes:
$1000 Spending money; plus an additional $1500 towards travel and hotel to concert location.
For you plus one guest as Honorary Crew Member of the Day
Premium seats to the concert
Meet Hank Jr. backstage
One Limited Edition Collector’s Tin featuring three classic CD’s
Family Tradition
Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound
The Pressure Is On
One Limited Edition 'Monday Night Football' Guitar
One autographed copy of the brand new single “RED WHITE & PINK-SLIP BLUES”
To enter your name for the Bocephus Bailout Package, logon to www.bocephusbailout.com
HANK WILLIAMS JR. OFFERS 'BOCEPHUS BAILOUT PACKAGE' TO ALL AMERICANS
Hank Jr. new single “RED WHITE and PINK-SLIP BLUES” hits radio today!!!
Nashville, TN – In today’s economic climate, Hank Williams Jr. brings you the Bocephus Bailout Package (www.bocephusbailout.com) in an effort to help tax-paying Americans get through these hard times.
On TAX DAY, April 15th, Hank Williams Jr. appeared and performed a snippet of his new single “Red White and Pink-Slip Blues” on America’s #1 national morning cable show Fox & Friends before doing a round of non-stop interviews with radio stations all across America.
The Bocephus Bailout Package will allow one American to become a
“Honorary Crew Member for the Day.”
The Bocephus Bailout Package includes:
$1000 Spending money; plus an additional $1500 towards travel and hotel to concert location.
For you plus one guest as Honorary Crew Member of the Day
Premium seats to the concert
Meet Hank Jr. backstage
One Limited Edition Collector’s Tin featuring three classic CD’s
Family Tradition
Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound
The Pressure Is On
One Limited Edition 'Monday Night Football' Guitar
One autographed copy of the brand new single “RED WHITE & PINK-SLIP BLUES”
To enter your name for the Bocephus Bailout Package, logon to www.bocephusbailout.com
Monday, May 04, 2009
Country Artist Adam Gregory to Star in new film "WWJD"
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Contact:
Jeff Walker - AristoMedia - 615-269-7071 - jwalker@aristomedia.com
Christy Watkins - Aristo P.R - 615-269-7071 - christy@aristomedia.com
Country Artist Adam Gregory To Star In New Film "WWJD"
Film to feature original music from Gregory
(Nashville, Tennessee - May 4, 2009) Country recording artist Adam Gregory has signed on to co-star in the upcoming film "WWJD" based on one of the best-selling Christian books of all-time.
Based on the classic Charles Sheldon book, "In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do," the novel currently sells an average of 100,000 copies per year and is available in 26 languages around the world. More than 40 million copies have been sold since it was written in 1896, second only to the Bible.
Gregory will star in the film alongside John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard tv show, Nip/Tuck, CSI, Smallville) and Maxine Bahns (The Mentalist, The Lost Tribe).
"My faith and my music are very closely related," says Gregory. "I feel truly blessed for an opportunity where I can incorporate both into a project that serves a bigger purpose and will hopefully reach millions of others."
Gregory's original song "What Would Jesus Do," from his recent Canadian release Crazy Days, will also be featured in the film. The song was co-written by Keith Follese and Billy Yates.
The film, produced by Joe and Jack Nasser and Kevin Otto of Nasser Entertainment Group, follows four individuals (a singer, a newspaper editor, a wealthy philanthropist and a minister who has lost his faith) as they vow to walk in "the steps of Jesus."
Filming on the project begins this week in Los Angeles, CA.
About Adam Gregory:
Twenty-three-year-old recording artist Adam Gregory is a native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After signing his first record deal with Sony Music Canada at age 13, he scored several Top Ten hits and Gold records in his native country before permanently relocating to Nashville in 2007. The rising star sped up the U.S. charts in the summer of 2008, breaking into the Top 30 with his first stateside single, "Crazy Days." Gregory released his follow-up single, "What It Takes," in November, followed by promotional tours with both Cricket Communications, Inc. and Soles4Souls. His album, Crazy Days, was released in Canada in March, with a U.S. debut to follow. Visit www.AdamGregory.com for more information.
Contact:
Jeff Walker - AristoMedia - 615-269-7071 - jwalker@aristomedia.com
Christy Watkins - Aristo P.R - 615-269-7071 - christy@aristomedia.com
Country Artist Adam Gregory To Star In New Film "WWJD"
Film to feature original music from Gregory
(Nashville, Tennessee - May 4, 2009) Country recording artist Adam Gregory has signed on to co-star in the upcoming film "WWJD" based on one of the best-selling Christian books of all-time.
Based on the classic Charles Sheldon book, "In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do," the novel currently sells an average of 100,000 copies per year and is available in 26 languages around the world. More than 40 million copies have been sold since it was written in 1896, second only to the Bible.
Gregory will star in the film alongside John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard tv show, Nip/Tuck, CSI, Smallville) and Maxine Bahns (The Mentalist, The Lost Tribe).
"My faith and my music are very closely related," says Gregory. "I feel truly blessed for an opportunity where I can incorporate both into a project that serves a bigger purpose and will hopefully reach millions of others."
Gregory's original song "What Would Jesus Do," from his recent Canadian release Crazy Days, will also be featured in the film. The song was co-written by Keith Follese and Billy Yates.
The film, produced by Joe and Jack Nasser and Kevin Otto of Nasser Entertainment Group, follows four individuals (a singer, a newspaper editor, a wealthy philanthropist and a minister who has lost his faith) as they vow to walk in "the steps of Jesus."
Filming on the project begins this week in Los Angeles, CA.
About Adam Gregory:
Twenty-three-year-old recording artist Adam Gregory is a native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After signing his first record deal with Sony Music Canada at age 13, he scored several Top Ten hits and Gold records in his native country before permanently relocating to Nashville in 2007. The rising star sped up the U.S. charts in the summer of 2008, breaking into the Top 30 with his first stateside single, "Crazy Days." Gregory released his follow-up single, "What It Takes," in November, followed by promotional tours with both Cricket Communications, Inc. and Soles4Souls. His album, Crazy Days, was released in Canada in March, with a U.S. debut to follow. Visit www.AdamGregory.com for more information.
Rural Rhythm Records - May News
RURAL RHYTHM RECORDS
MAY 2009 NEWS
Sirius-XM to DEBUT "Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out" May 13, 2009 - read more.
Album release: May 19, 2009
Michael Martin Murphey - Awarded the Texas Entertainer of the Year, read more.
"Buckaroo Blue Grass" appearing on Billboard's Top 10 Bluegrass Album Chart; Listen to Michael's interview with Terry Herd on INTO THE BLUE show airing on the Bluegrass Radio Network May 10th - May 16th.
Lonesome River Band hits #1 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 15 Albums - read more
Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain hit #1 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Singles - read more
Audie Blaylock & Redline - See BU Chart success. Audie appears in the current issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles.
Tommy Webb's "Heartland" CD debuts at #26 on Billboard. New single, "Teardrop Inn."
CROWE BROTHERS "Brothers-N-Harmony" featured on Sirius/XM Bluegrass Junction's Track by Track. Additional airdate, May 5th. New single release: "Why Not Confess."
CODY SHULER & PINE MOUNTAIN RAILROAD-Congratulations on 2009 DOVE Nomination
TIM HENSLEY "LONG MONDAY - new single "What A Sight To Behold" with guest vocals by VINCE GILL and SONYA ISAACS. Tim is currently on tour with KENNY CHESNEY.
MOUNTAIN HEART - "Road That Never Ends" - new single “I’m Just Here to Ride the Train"
RICKEY WASSON - "From the Heart and Soul" - New single, "Billy G. Salvation"
Melonie Cannon and Willie Nelson's "Back to Earth" VIDEO now airing on
CMT's PURE 12-PACK Countdown. Just CLICK THE BANNER and cast your vote today!
Also we certainly appreciate the radio support for her bluegrass single, "I Call It Gone" currently number #9 on Bluegrass Unlimited's Top 30 Singles and the album, "And the Wheels Turn" at #13 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 15 Albums.
ATTENTION RADIO
Rural Rhythm releases are available to deejays at AIRPLAY DIRECT
Please contact
Sammy Passamano at 800-776-8742
for more information.
Visit us at www.ruralrhythm.com to check out our huge selection of CDs
Rural Rhythm Records
800-776-8742
Email
MAY 2009 NEWS
Sirius-XM to DEBUT "Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out" May 13, 2009 - read more.
Album release: May 19, 2009
Michael Martin Murphey - Awarded the Texas Entertainer of the Year, read more.
"Buckaroo Blue Grass" appearing on Billboard's Top 10 Bluegrass Album Chart; Listen to Michael's interview with Terry Herd on INTO THE BLUE show airing on the Bluegrass Radio Network May 10th - May 16th.
Lonesome River Band hits #1 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 15 Albums - read more
Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain hit #1 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Singles - read more
Audie Blaylock & Redline - See BU Chart success. Audie appears in the current issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles.
Tommy Webb's "Heartland" CD debuts at #26 on Billboard. New single, "Teardrop Inn."
CROWE BROTHERS "Brothers-N-Harmony" featured on Sirius/XM Bluegrass Junction's Track by Track. Additional airdate, May 5th. New single release: "Why Not Confess."
CODY SHULER & PINE MOUNTAIN RAILROAD-Congratulations on 2009 DOVE Nomination
TIM HENSLEY "LONG MONDAY - new single "What A Sight To Behold" with guest vocals by VINCE GILL and SONYA ISAACS. Tim is currently on tour with KENNY CHESNEY.
MOUNTAIN HEART - "Road That Never Ends" - new single “I’m Just Here to Ride the Train"
RICKEY WASSON - "From the Heart and Soul" - New single, "Billy G. Salvation"
Melonie Cannon and Willie Nelson's "Back to Earth" VIDEO now airing on
CMT's PURE 12-PACK Countdown. Just CLICK THE BANNER and cast your vote today!
Also we certainly appreciate the radio support for her bluegrass single, "I Call It Gone" currently number #9 on Bluegrass Unlimited's Top 30 Singles and the album, "And the Wheels Turn" at #13 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 15 Albums.
ATTENTION RADIO
Rural Rhythm releases are available to deejays at AIRPLAY DIRECT
Please contact
Sammy Passamano at 800-776-8742
for more information.
Visit us at www.ruralrhythm.com to check out our huge selection of CDs
Rural Rhythm Records
800-776-8742
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Collin Raye Plays Big Apple Next week
COLLIN RAYE PLAYS BIG APPLE NEXT WEEK TO PROMOTE HIS NEXT SMASH ALBUM, 'NEVER GOING BACK,' IN STORES APRIL 28
Upcoming media appearances include TODAY SHOW, CBS EARLY SHOW, THE MORNING SHOW WITH MIKE & JULIET, NBC's BETTER TV, and FOX News Channel's HANNITY and HUCKABEE
Nashville, TN – Platinum selling country music star Collin Raye will kick off the release of his new Time Life album, NEVER GOING BACK, which hits stores April 28th, by taking New York by storm! His upcoming New York media blitz begins by a performance on April 28th on America's #1 rated morning program, the TODAY SHOW. Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb will also be interviewing the country artist.
In addition to the TODAY SHOW, Collin will also appear on the syndicated MORNING SHOW WITH MIKE & JULIET on Wednesday, April 29th, and on May 4th will be taping a performance for NBC's Better TV. In addition, Collin Raye will also appear April 29th on Fox News Channel's HANNITY, which air May 1st and gives another morning program performance on CBS' EARLY SHOW on May 2. Finally, he will appear and Fox News Channel’s HUCKABEE, which airs multiple times May 2nd & 3rd.
Raye’s smooth vocals have earned him 15 #1 Hits, 8 Top 5 Singles, 15 #1 Videos, along with numerous CMA and ACM award nominations throughout the years. He has sold over 5 million albums with his first four as consecutive Platinum sellers. Collin has appeared on several television specials including “Miss USA” (CBS), “Christmas with Kathie Lee Gifford” (ABC), “The Dallas Cowboys Salute”, and “Happy New Year America” (CBS).
Currently, Raye is featured in the May 4th issue of Country Weekly (on stands now).
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Media Contacts:
Webster & Associates Public Relations
Mary Michael - mary@websterpr.com 615-777-6995 ext 23
Kirt Webster – kirt@websterpr.com 615-777-6995 ext 30
Upcoming media appearances include TODAY SHOW, CBS EARLY SHOW, THE MORNING SHOW WITH MIKE & JULIET, NBC's BETTER TV, and FOX News Channel's HANNITY and HUCKABEE
Nashville, TN – Platinum selling country music star Collin Raye will kick off the release of his new Time Life album, NEVER GOING BACK, which hits stores April 28th, by taking New York by storm! His upcoming New York media blitz begins by a performance on April 28th on America's #1 rated morning program, the TODAY SHOW. Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb will also be interviewing the country artist.
In addition to the TODAY SHOW, Collin will also appear on the syndicated MORNING SHOW WITH MIKE & JULIET on Wednesday, April 29th, and on May 4th will be taping a performance for NBC's Better TV. In addition, Collin Raye will also appear April 29th on Fox News Channel's HANNITY, which air May 1st and gives another morning program performance on CBS' EARLY SHOW on May 2. Finally, he will appear and Fox News Channel’s HUCKABEE, which airs multiple times May 2nd & 3rd.
Raye’s smooth vocals have earned him 15 #1 Hits, 8 Top 5 Singles, 15 #1 Videos, along with numerous CMA and ACM award nominations throughout the years. He has sold over 5 million albums with his first four as consecutive Platinum sellers. Collin has appeared on several television specials including “Miss USA” (CBS), “Christmas with Kathie Lee Gifford” (ABC), “The Dallas Cowboys Salute”, and “Happy New Year America” (CBS).
Currently, Raye is featured in the May 4th issue of Country Weekly (on stands now).
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Media Contacts:
Webster & Associates Public Relations
Mary Michael - mary@websterpr.com 615-777-6995 ext 23
Kirt Webster – kirt@websterpr.com 615-777-6995 ext 30
Rural Rhytmn Records Announces Two #1s, Bluegrass Charts
Rural Rhythm Records Announces Two #1s
Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine National Survey Charts (May)
Rural Rhythm Records is pleased to announce two #1s on the May 2009 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine National Bluegrass Survey with LONESOME RIVER BAND climbing to #1 on the Top 15 Album Chart (“NO TURNING BACK”) and CARRIE HASSLER & HARD RAIN at #1 on the Top 30 Single Chart (“I Can Go Back Anytime” from the album "CHHR2"). "We are thrilled to have a #1 song and album at the same time on the chart by two different artists. The artists and Rural Rhythm are very thankful to the Bluegrass Unlimited reporting stations, plus all the bluegrass radio stations worldwide who have been incredibly supportive of the song and album," said Sammy Passamano III, Rural Rhythm.
Lonesome River Band makes a strong appearance elsewhere on the chart with two songs from "NO TURNING BACK" appearing in the Top 30 Singles: “Them Blues,” (written by Bob “Cadillac” Holmes) climbing yet again to reach #4; plus another song, “Like a Train Needs a Track” (written by Marvin E. Clark and Jerry Salley) rising to #24. The album was produced by the Lonesome River Band.
Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain remain in the Top 15 Albums with “CHHR2” appearing at #12. Songwriter, Jennifer Strickland, has proven to be a perfect match for the band, penning “I Can Go Back Anytime,” plus the 2008 hit, “Going on the Next Train,” (from the group’s previous self-titled CD) that reached #11 on the Top 30 last year. Both of the band's Rural Rhythm albums were produced by Jim VanCleve.
Another Rural Rhythm artist receiving chart success for May is Melonie Cannon who climbs again to reach #9 on the Top 30 Singles with “I Call It Gone” (written by Marla Cannon-Goodman, Jennifer Hanson, Michael Heeney). The song is from her current album, “AND THE WHEELS TURN,” at #13 on the Top 15 Albums. The CD was produced by Buddy Cannon and Ronnie Bowman.
Audie Blaylock & Redline's new self-titled CD makes a fast appearance in the Top 15 Albums debuting at #12. The single, “Whispering Waters,” (written by Stanley Keach and Bill Tidwell) moves up to #25. The CD was produced by Audie Blaylock and has been receiving rave reviews since its January release.
For more information on these artists and their music, please visit www.ruralrhythm.com
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RECORD LABEL:
Rural Rhythm Records
Radio Contact: Sammy Passamano, III
Email
MEDIA CONTACT:
Hope River Entertainment
678.377.3298
Email
ARTISTS:
Lonesome River Band
Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain
Melonie Cannon
Audie Blaylock & Redline
Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine National Survey Charts (May)
Rural Rhythm Records is pleased to announce two #1s on the May 2009 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine National Bluegrass Survey with LONESOME RIVER BAND climbing to #1 on the Top 15 Album Chart (“NO TURNING BACK”) and CARRIE HASSLER & HARD RAIN at #1 on the Top 30 Single Chart (“I Can Go Back Anytime” from the album "CHHR2"). "We are thrilled to have a #1 song and album at the same time on the chart by two different artists. The artists and Rural Rhythm are very thankful to the Bluegrass Unlimited reporting stations, plus all the bluegrass radio stations worldwide who have been incredibly supportive of the song and album," said Sammy Passamano III, Rural Rhythm.
Lonesome River Band makes a strong appearance elsewhere on the chart with two songs from "NO TURNING BACK" appearing in the Top 30 Singles: “Them Blues,” (written by Bob “Cadillac” Holmes) climbing yet again to reach #4; plus another song, “Like a Train Needs a Track” (written by Marvin E. Clark and Jerry Salley) rising to #24. The album was produced by the Lonesome River Band.
Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain remain in the Top 15 Albums with “CHHR2” appearing at #12. Songwriter, Jennifer Strickland, has proven to be a perfect match for the band, penning “I Can Go Back Anytime,” plus the 2008 hit, “Going on the Next Train,” (from the group’s previous self-titled CD) that reached #11 on the Top 30 last year. Both of the band's Rural Rhythm albums were produced by Jim VanCleve.
Another Rural Rhythm artist receiving chart success for May is Melonie Cannon who climbs again to reach #9 on the Top 30 Singles with “I Call It Gone” (written by Marla Cannon-Goodman, Jennifer Hanson, Michael Heeney). The song is from her current album, “AND THE WHEELS TURN,” at #13 on the Top 15 Albums. The CD was produced by Buddy Cannon and Ronnie Bowman.
Audie Blaylock & Redline's new self-titled CD makes a fast appearance in the Top 15 Albums debuting at #12. The single, “Whispering Waters,” (written by Stanley Keach and Bill Tidwell) moves up to #25. The CD was produced by Audie Blaylock and has been receiving rave reviews since its January release.
For more information on these artists and their music, please visit www.ruralrhythm.com
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RECORD LABEL:
Rural Rhythm Records
Radio Contact: Sammy Passamano, III
MEDIA CONTACT:
Hope River Entertainment
678.377.3298
ARTISTS:
Lonesome River Band
Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain
Melonie Cannon
Audie Blaylock & Redline
Justin Moore To Be On Thurday Night Opry Classics
Justin Moore To Appear on The Thursday Night Opry Country Classics Show!
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 27, 2009) – Valory Music Co. recording artist Justin Moore is scheduled to appear on the Opry Country Classics Show this Thursday night, April 30th. The show starts at 7 PM and will be hosted by Jeannie Seely. Justin will be performing along with Mel Tillis, Gene Watson and others. This is an all new addition to the Opry schedule and it is a spotlight on the classic country songs through live performances by the true Opry legends as well as talented new artists! The show will air on WSM- AM or Opry fans may purchase tickets by calling 1-800-SEE OPRY or visiting the website @ http://www.opry.com/TicketsAndInformation/Tickets.aspx
ABOUT JUSTIN MOORE
Born and raised in Poyen, Arkansas (Pop. 272), Southern Country Stylist Justin Moore embodies the soul and character of a kid from a small town in both life and in music with his tough-talking, straight-shooting brand of Country music.
His new single, “Small Town USA,” rises into Billboard’s Top 35 this week. The music video for “Small Town USA” was shot in Moore’s own hometown of Poyen, Arkansas, and features multiple generations of his family – from both of Moore’s grandfathers to his young cousins. His single, “Back That Thing Up,” was a Top 40 hit.
Moore has been chosen by Clear Channel as the radio giant’s NEW! Featured Artist for the month of May. As part of the program exposing new artists with the biggest potential to break through, Clear Channel will prominently feature Moore along with five tracks from his upcoming debut album across their network, including homepage placement on all country station websites during the month.
Moore has toured with Country superstar Trace Adkins as well as with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Lynyrd Skynyrd and Country music icon Hank Williams, Jr. He recently opened for superstars Brooks & Dunn and ZZ Top.
Moore has been featured in People magazine’s Country issue, was named one of Country Weekly’s “Who’s Hot in 2008,” has been featured on CMT, GAC and has been profiled in R&R, Country Aircheck and on NBC-affiliate WSMV’s Better Nashville.
For more information, please go to: http://www.myspace.com/moorejustinmusic
ABOUT THE GRAND OLE OPRY
The Grand Ole Opry presents the best in country music live every week from Nashville, TN. A uniquely American experience for more than 80 years, the Opry can heard on WSM-AM, XM Satellite Radio and opry.com. For more information, please visit opry.com or www.gaylordentertainment.com
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Media Contacts:
Webster & Associates Public Relations / 615-777-6995
Donna Schacher – donna@websterpr.com
Kirt Webster – kirt@websterpr.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 27, 2009) – Valory Music Co. recording artist Justin Moore is scheduled to appear on the Opry Country Classics Show this Thursday night, April 30th. The show starts at 7 PM and will be hosted by Jeannie Seely. Justin will be performing along with Mel Tillis, Gene Watson and others. This is an all new addition to the Opry schedule and it is a spotlight on the classic country songs through live performances by the true Opry legends as well as talented new artists! The show will air on WSM- AM or Opry fans may purchase tickets by calling 1-800-SEE OPRY or visiting the website @ http://www.opry.com/TicketsAndInformation/Tickets.aspx
ABOUT JUSTIN MOORE
Born and raised in Poyen, Arkansas (Pop. 272), Southern Country Stylist Justin Moore embodies the soul and character of a kid from a small town in both life and in music with his tough-talking, straight-shooting brand of Country music.
His new single, “Small Town USA,” rises into Billboard’s Top 35 this week. The music video for “Small Town USA” was shot in Moore’s own hometown of Poyen, Arkansas, and features multiple generations of his family – from both of Moore’s grandfathers to his young cousins. His single, “Back That Thing Up,” was a Top 40 hit.
Moore has been chosen by Clear Channel as the radio giant’s NEW! Featured Artist for the month of May. As part of the program exposing new artists with the biggest potential to break through, Clear Channel will prominently feature Moore along with five tracks from his upcoming debut album across their network, including homepage placement on all country station websites during the month.
Moore has toured with Country superstar Trace Adkins as well as with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Lynyrd Skynyrd and Country music icon Hank Williams, Jr. He recently opened for superstars Brooks & Dunn and ZZ Top.
Moore has been featured in People magazine’s Country issue, was named one of Country Weekly’s “Who’s Hot in 2008,” has been featured on CMT, GAC and has been profiled in R&R, Country Aircheck and on NBC-affiliate WSMV’s Better Nashville.
For more information, please go to: http://www.myspace.com/moorejustinmusic
ABOUT THE GRAND OLE OPRY
The Grand Ole Opry presents the best in country music live every week from Nashville, TN. A uniquely American experience for more than 80 years, the Opry can heard on WSM-AM, XM Satellite Radio and opry.com. For more information, please visit opry.com or www.gaylordentertainment.com
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Media Contacts:
Webster & Associates Public Relations / 615-777-6995
Donna Schacher – donna@websterpr.com
Kirt Webster – kirt@websterpr.com
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Kingsley's Country Top 40 introduces "Locash Cowboys"
Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 Introduces..
LoCash Cowboys
Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 announces the first performers to its “New Artist Showcase,” an exclusive event included in the CMA Music Festival trip packages offered by Nashville’s celebrity trip company, What A Trip! Entertainment. The show will be hosted by Country Radio’s icon, Bob Kingsley. Guests will have the opportunity to meet the artists, get autographs, take photos and enjoy a private event unlike any other.
The dynamic duo, the LoCash Cowboys, have been selected as one of the featured acts on the “New Artist Showcase.” The high-energy hybrid of country, rock and soul is making this duo the hottest up and coming recording artists in country music! They were recently signed to Stroudavarious Records by James Stroud, one of Nashville's most well-respected producers and record company executives.
The “New Artist Showcase” will introduce artists that Bob Kingsley personally believes are on the cutting edge of breaking into country radio. This appearance is quite an accomplishment for Preston Brust and Chris Lucas who started their musical career on the stage of the Wildhorse Saloon when they were combining forces to deliver heart-pounding performances night after night. Playing over 250 shows a year, the LoCash Cowboys have energized thousands of fans from coast to coast. Now, Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 guests will have the opportunity to experience the energy and excitement of the LoCash Cowboys at an exclusive event to be held in Nashville during CMA Music Festival.
"We're excited about our new partnership with Preston and Chris. LoCash has built a unique identity and a loyal fan base without the help of a record company, "says Stroudavarious Vice President of Marketing & Artist Development Derek Simon. "We're looking forward to helping them run with their vision, which is very clearly connecting with an audience of rabid music fans."
"CT40 fans are going to love these guys...highly energized and entertaining with great songs!", says Bob Kingsley
LoCash Cowboys came from the start-line at Wildhorse Saloon to being part of Bob Kingsley's very exclusive new artist showcase at the 2009 CMA Music Fest.
About Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40
Every time he gets in front of the microphone, Bob Kingsley adds to his status as the most listened-to radio voice in country music history. The Host and Executive Producer of Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, far and away the most successful show of its kind, has been the king of the country countdown for three decades now, and to hear him tell it, the process retains every bit of its magic. Bob's love for the genre, its people and its history has always been evident in that warm, rich voice, and the combination has given him both a vast and loyal audience and legendary status within the industry. He has twice been named the CMA's National Broadcast Personality of the Year and his show received Billboard's Network/Syndicated Program of the Year award no fewer than 16 times. Bob also received the ACM’s National Broadcast Personality of the Year Award in 2007 and, perhaps most tellingly, he was inducted in 1998 into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame.
About What A Trip! Entertainment
Since launching in 1998, What A Trip! co-founders Grace Reinbold and Darlene Williams have guided the company to unprecedented success. Today, What A Trip! Entertainment is recognized as the leading purveyor of unique trips and travel planning for record labels as well as radio and television networks. In 2009, packages offering the public an opportunity to experience the extraordinary trips that What A Trip! Entertainment is known for, have been introduced. What A Trip! Entertainment continues to offer the very best in exclusive experiences for everyone from industry leaders to celebrity artists to the fans that make it all possible, treating everyone as a VIP along the way.
Media Contacts
Darlene Williams/Grace Reinbold
What A Trip Entertainment
(615) 269-0039
Darlene@whatatripent.com
Grace@whatatripent.com
Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40
Jeff Steele
(817) 599-4099 x 2234
jsteele@CT40.com
Bonnie Brozik
Webster & Associates PR
(615) 777-6995 x33
bonnie@websterpr.com
Kirt Webster
Webster & Associates PR
(615) 777-6995 x 30
kirt@websterpr.com
Webster and Associates Public Relations · PO Box 23015 · Nashville · TN · 37202
LoCash Cowboys
Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 announces the first performers to its “New Artist Showcase,” an exclusive event included in the CMA Music Festival trip packages offered by Nashville’s celebrity trip company, What A Trip! Entertainment. The show will be hosted by Country Radio’s icon, Bob Kingsley. Guests will have the opportunity to meet the artists, get autographs, take photos and enjoy a private event unlike any other.
The dynamic duo, the LoCash Cowboys, have been selected as one of the featured acts on the “New Artist Showcase.” The high-energy hybrid of country, rock and soul is making this duo the hottest up and coming recording artists in country music! They were recently signed to Stroudavarious Records by James Stroud, one of Nashville's most well-respected producers and record company executives.
The “New Artist Showcase” will introduce artists that Bob Kingsley personally believes are on the cutting edge of breaking into country radio. This appearance is quite an accomplishment for Preston Brust and Chris Lucas who started their musical career on the stage of the Wildhorse Saloon when they were combining forces to deliver heart-pounding performances night after night. Playing over 250 shows a year, the LoCash Cowboys have energized thousands of fans from coast to coast. Now, Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 guests will have the opportunity to experience the energy and excitement of the LoCash Cowboys at an exclusive event to be held in Nashville during CMA Music Festival.
"We're excited about our new partnership with Preston and Chris. LoCash has built a unique identity and a loyal fan base without the help of a record company, "says Stroudavarious Vice President of Marketing & Artist Development Derek Simon. "We're looking forward to helping them run with their vision, which is very clearly connecting with an audience of rabid music fans."
"CT40 fans are going to love these guys...highly energized and entertaining with great songs!", says Bob Kingsley
LoCash Cowboys came from the start-line at Wildhorse Saloon to being part of Bob Kingsley's very exclusive new artist showcase at the 2009 CMA Music Fest.
About Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40
Every time he gets in front of the microphone, Bob Kingsley adds to his status as the most listened-to radio voice in country music history. The Host and Executive Producer of Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, far and away the most successful show of its kind, has been the king of the country countdown for three decades now, and to hear him tell it, the process retains every bit of its magic. Bob's love for the genre, its people and its history has always been evident in that warm, rich voice, and the combination has given him both a vast and loyal audience and legendary status within the industry. He has twice been named the CMA's National Broadcast Personality of the Year and his show received Billboard's Network/Syndicated Program of the Year award no fewer than 16 times. Bob also received the ACM’s National Broadcast Personality of the Year Award in 2007 and, perhaps most tellingly, he was inducted in 1998 into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame.
About What A Trip! Entertainment
Since launching in 1998, What A Trip! co-founders Grace Reinbold and Darlene Williams have guided the company to unprecedented success. Today, What A Trip! Entertainment is recognized as the leading purveyor of unique trips and travel planning for record labels as well as radio and television networks. In 2009, packages offering the public an opportunity to experience the extraordinary trips that What A Trip! Entertainment is known for, have been introduced. What A Trip! Entertainment continues to offer the very best in exclusive experiences for everyone from industry leaders to celebrity artists to the fans that make it all possible, treating everyone as a VIP along the way.
Media Contacts
Darlene Williams/Grace Reinbold
What A Trip Entertainment
(615) 269-0039
Darlene@whatatripent.com
Grace@whatatripent.com
Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40
Jeff Steele
(817) 599-4099 x 2234
jsteele@CT40.com
Bonnie Brozik
Webster & Associates PR
(615) 777-6995 x33
bonnie@websterpr.com
Kirt Webster
Webster & Associates PR
(615) 777-6995 x 30
kirt@websterpr.com
Webster and Associates Public Relations · PO Box 23015 · Nashville · TN · 37202
Adam Gregory Concludes Soles4Soles Campaign
Country Artist Adam Gregory Concludes Successful Soles4Souls Campaign and Tour
(Nashville, TN - April 23, 2009) Big Machine/NSA/Midas recording artist Adam Gregory recently wrapped up a successful six-week tour partnership with Nashville-based charity organization Soles4Souls.
Gregory visited select markets across the country during his "What It Takes 2009" club tour, playing shows and partnering with local radio stations to raise money and awareness for the Soles4Souls organization.
"Soles4Souls is a great charity that's really helping out a lot of people," says Gregory. "People forget about the basic comforts that most of us take for granted, like a simple pair of shoes, but think about how miserable you'd be without them. I'm proud to say that we helped make a difference in a lot of people's lives through this partnership."
The tour generated thousands of dollars in donations and gently worn shoes. Each show benefited from local radio tie-ins and included a singles mixer component. In some cities, Gregory personally visited shelters to distribute shoes to needy individuals within the community.
"Adam Gregory is a talented young artist with a big heart," said Wayne Elsey, Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls. "We expect big things from him in the future and look forward to working with this young man again."
Gregory's newest album, Crazy Days, was released in Canada on March 24. Gregory's current tour resumes May 16 in Detroit, Mich. For more information and tour dates, visit www.AdamGregory.com.
About Adam Gregory:
Twenty-three-year-old Big Machine/NSA/Midas recording artist Adam Gregory is a native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After signing his first record deal with Sony Music Canada at age 13, he scored several Top Ten hits and Gold records in his native country before permanently relocating to Nashville in 2007. The rising star sped up the U.S. charts in the summer of 2008, breaking into the Top 30 with his first stateside single, "Crazy Days." Gregory released his follow-up single, "What It Takes," in November, followed by promotional tours with both Cricket Communications, Inc. and Soles4Souls. His album, Crazy Days, was released in Canada in March, with a U.S. debut to follow. Visit www.AdamGregory.com for more information.
About Soles4Souls:
Nashville-based Soles4SoulsTM facilitates the donations of both new and used shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Soles4Souls has distributed more than 4.3 million pairs (currently donating one pair every 17 seconds) to people in over 125 countries, including Honduras, Uganda, Romania, and the United States. The charity has been featured recently in Runner's World and the Green Guide by National Geographic. It has also appeared on CNN, NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, and hundreds of regional outlets around North America. Soles4Souls is a 501(c)(3) recognized by the IRS; donating parties are eligible for tax advantages. Visit www.giveshoes.org for more information.
Aristo P.R. | The AristoMedia Group | P.O. Box 22765
(Nashville, TN - April 23, 2009) Big Machine/NSA/Midas recording artist Adam Gregory recently wrapped up a successful six-week tour partnership with Nashville-based charity organization Soles4Souls.
Gregory visited select markets across the country during his "What It Takes 2009" club tour, playing shows and partnering with local radio stations to raise money and awareness for the Soles4Souls organization.
"Soles4Souls is a great charity that's really helping out a lot of people," says Gregory. "People forget about the basic comforts that most of us take for granted, like a simple pair of shoes, but think about how miserable you'd be without them. I'm proud to say that we helped make a difference in a lot of people's lives through this partnership."
The tour generated thousands of dollars in donations and gently worn shoes. Each show benefited from local radio tie-ins and included a singles mixer component. In some cities, Gregory personally visited shelters to distribute shoes to needy individuals within the community.
"Adam Gregory is a talented young artist with a big heart," said Wayne Elsey, Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls. "We expect big things from him in the future and look forward to working with this young man again."
Gregory's newest album, Crazy Days, was released in Canada on March 24. Gregory's current tour resumes May 16 in Detroit, Mich. For more information and tour dates, visit www.AdamGregory.com.
About Adam Gregory:
Twenty-three-year-old Big Machine/NSA/Midas recording artist Adam Gregory is a native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After signing his first record deal with Sony Music Canada at age 13, he scored several Top Ten hits and Gold records in his native country before permanently relocating to Nashville in 2007. The rising star sped up the U.S. charts in the summer of 2008, breaking into the Top 30 with his first stateside single, "Crazy Days." Gregory released his follow-up single, "What It Takes," in November, followed by promotional tours with both Cricket Communications, Inc. and Soles4Souls. His album, Crazy Days, was released in Canada in March, with a U.S. debut to follow. Visit www.AdamGregory.com for more information.
About Soles4Souls:
Nashville-based Soles4SoulsTM facilitates the donations of both new and used shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Soles4Souls has distributed more than 4.3 million pairs (currently donating one pair every 17 seconds) to people in over 125 countries, including Honduras, Uganda, Romania, and the United States. The charity has been featured recently in Runner's World and the Green Guide by National Geographic. It has also appeared on CNN, NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, and hundreds of regional outlets around North America. Soles4Souls is a 501(c)(3) recognized by the IRS; donating parties are eligible for tax advantages. Visit www.giveshoes.org for more information.
Aristo P.R. | The AristoMedia Group | P.O. Box 22765
Monday, April 20, 2009
"Fascination" - The Greencards - A Review
I have loved the Greencards for quite awhile, I have reviewed "Weather and Water", a tone laden newgrass CD with lots of good songs. Then there was "Viridian", their last disc with Dualtone. I had always sort of compared the Greencards to the Duhks and the Duhks latest CD was a disappointment to me, lots of odd melodies even some stuff with strings and orchestra.
The Greencards latest CD has taken a turn from their new grass beginnings, and as one Newspaper has called it, enchanting, fascinating. The recording style is remarkably different, not having Bryan Sutton and Pat Flynn on guitar to me is a big change in sound. especially Sutton seemed to work so well with them, as a three point group, they really cannot do everything they do without some help.They have Jedd Hughes on guitars, bass and vocals. Giles Reaves on percussion and autoharp. Producer Jay Joyce on bass. Jay Joyce was the well credentialed producer they had picked for this project, that was planned to be different. Young said that this CD took 8-9 months to plan , write and record where as the other Discs had only taken a couple of weeks head start. This is a very complex recording, the use of guitar is very sparse, for single line statements, not rhythm. "Rivertown" is one song that sounds a bit familiar, just listening to a live version "All the Way From Italy" from Veridian. It sounds great live. "Movin On" Live From The Ark", sounds great , This is a great live group. One thing about this recording is that it has almost a surround sound type sound, especially when you put on headphones. Tonally,
it is great, mastered by Doug Sax, one of my Favorites. Wow, the guitarist with them at the ark is awesome, He just took a long break. (Andy Falco)
Kym Warner , multi stringed instrument player is from Austalia. So, Eeamon Mcloughlin is the renegade from England, on fiddle. "We went into the studio on Fascination from Day One that this wasn't The Greencards Two years ago - this is us moving forward" Warner insists. I just noticed, one of the greatest acoustic recording engineers of all time in Nashville , Gary Paczosa, is not involved in recording, production , or mixing, He is now into A & R Direction. So now, Gary is working with finding new artists for Sugar Hill, (Bummer), I hope that he does well, it is the obvious up move, but he had a signature style of recording music,I reviewed many a disc with Gary at the controls.
OK, what is the Deal with Fascination, It sure does not sound like your mothers Greencards. Are you a diehard fan, you will probably find a way to like it. I have listened to this CD every way possible, and do appreciate the sonic quality, a bit too much reverb and delay to make up for empty space in the sparseness of it all, Like The Duhks, you have to let a group grow. I did not review The Duhks, it was just too weird. This is weird and different, but I probably will not listen to it again, even though it is a well done record. Life is too short to listen to music that you do not like, but at the same time, I spent lots of time with this, because I love this group and it is only 1/4 of their repertoire.www.thegreencards.com
www.sugarhillrecords.com
The Greencards latest CD has taken a turn from their new grass beginnings, and as one Newspaper has called it, enchanting, fascinating. The recording style is remarkably different, not having Bryan Sutton and Pat Flynn on guitar to me is a big change in sound. especially Sutton seemed to work so well with them, as a three point group, they really cannot do everything they do without some help.They have Jedd Hughes on guitars, bass and vocals. Giles Reaves on percussion and autoharp. Producer Jay Joyce on bass. Jay Joyce was the well credentialed producer they had picked for this project, that was planned to be different. Young said that this CD took 8-9 months to plan , write and record where as the other Discs had only taken a couple of weeks head start. This is a very complex recording, the use of guitar is very sparse, for single line statements, not rhythm. "Rivertown" is one song that sounds a bit familiar, just listening to a live version "All the Way From Italy" from Veridian. It sounds great live. "Movin On" Live From The Ark", sounds great , This is a great live group. One thing about this recording is that it has almost a surround sound type sound, especially when you put on headphones. Tonally,
it is great, mastered by Doug Sax, one of my Favorites. Wow, the guitarist with them at the ark is awesome, He just took a long break. (Andy Falco)
Kym Warner , multi stringed instrument player is from Austalia. So, Eeamon Mcloughlin is the renegade from England, on fiddle. "We went into the studio on Fascination from Day One that this wasn't The Greencards Two years ago - this is us moving forward" Warner insists. I just noticed, one of the greatest acoustic recording engineers of all time in Nashville , Gary Paczosa, is not involved in recording, production , or mixing, He is now into A & R Direction. So now, Gary is working with finding new artists for Sugar Hill, (Bummer), I hope that he does well, it is the obvious up move, but he had a signature style of recording music,I reviewed many a disc with Gary at the controls.
OK, what is the Deal with Fascination, It sure does not sound like your mothers Greencards. Are you a diehard fan, you will probably find a way to like it. I have listened to this CD every way possible, and do appreciate the sonic quality, a bit too much reverb and delay to make up for empty space in the sparseness of it all, Like The Duhks, you have to let a group grow. I did not review The Duhks, it was just too weird. This is weird and different, but I probably will not listen to it again, even though it is a well done record. Life is too short to listen to music that you do not like, but at the same time, I spent lots of time with this, because I love this group and it is only 1/4 of their repertoire.www.thegreencards.com
www.sugarhillrecords.com
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Audie Blaylock and Redline Celebrating - - -
Audie Blaylock & Redline Celebrating Billboard Chart AlbumBand Chosen as 2009 IBMA Showcase Performer
The Bluegrass Journal calls the new CD, AUDIE BLAYLOCK & REDLINE a “power-house of traditional bluegrass” as evidenced by the current chart success since the January release. The album is currently appearing on the Billboard Magazine Top 50 Bluegrass Albums, #5 on the Cashbox Magazine Top 25 Albums, and holding the #2 position on Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine (BMP) Top 15 Album Chart. TWO singles make their appearance on the BMP’s Top 30 Songs Chart this month - “Whispering Waters” at #8 and “Lonesome Weary Heart” at #22. “Whispering Waters” also debuted this month on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Singles Chart and also climbed to #2 on Sirius Radio’s Bluegrass Junction Top 40 weekly song chart as well as appearing in the Sirius Radio’s Top 40 Bluegrass Artists chart.As announced by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) yesterday, Audie Blaylock & Redline have just been chosen as an official Showcase Artist for the 2009 IBMA World of Bluegrass convention to be held September 28 – October 4, 2009 in Nashville, TN. Audie has received numerous honors and awards by the Association throughout the years including the 2001 IBMA Entertainer of the Year Award (as a member of member of Rhonda Vincent & The Rage) and the 2007 IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year Award (Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock). Audie’s impressive career also includes a Grammy® nomination for Best Bluegrass Album and an IBMA nomination for Recorded Event of the Year for "A Tribute to Jimmy Martin: The King of Bluegrass.”The band is currently on tour including this weekend’s performance at the Laurel Lakes Spring Bluegrass Festival in Salemburg, NC. Next month, the band has numerous scheduled performances including the Red, White and Blue Festival in Hollywood, FL, several days at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, and the Jimmy Martin Memorial Bluegrass Festival in Sneedville, TN. For a complete tour schedule, plus more information on Audie Blaylock & Redline, please visit: www.audieblaylock.com
### Listen to a song clip of Whispering Waters
The Bluegrass Journal calls the new CD, AUDIE BLAYLOCK & REDLINE a “power-house of traditional bluegrass” as evidenced by the current chart success since the January release. The album is currently appearing on the Billboard Magazine Top 50 Bluegrass Albums, #5 on the Cashbox Magazine Top 25 Albums, and holding the #2 position on Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine (BMP) Top 15 Album Chart. TWO singles make their appearance on the BMP’s Top 30 Songs Chart this month - “Whispering Waters” at #8 and “Lonesome Weary Heart” at #22. “Whispering Waters” also debuted this month on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Singles Chart and also climbed to #2 on Sirius Radio’s Bluegrass Junction Top 40 weekly song chart as well as appearing in the Sirius Radio’s Top 40 Bluegrass Artists chart.As announced by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) yesterday, Audie Blaylock & Redline have just been chosen as an official Showcase Artist for the 2009 IBMA World of Bluegrass convention to be held September 28 – October 4, 2009 in Nashville, TN. Audie has received numerous honors and awards by the Association throughout the years including the 2001 IBMA Entertainer of the Year Award (as a member of member of Rhonda Vincent & The Rage) and the 2007 IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year Award (Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock). Audie’s impressive career also includes a Grammy® nomination for Best Bluegrass Album and an IBMA nomination for Recorded Event of the Year for "A Tribute to Jimmy Martin: The King of Bluegrass.”The band is currently on tour including this weekend’s performance at the Laurel Lakes Spring Bluegrass Festival in Salemburg, NC. Next month, the band has numerous scheduled performances including the Red, White and Blue Festival in Hollywood, FL, several days at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, and the Jimmy Martin Memorial Bluegrass Festival in Sneedville, TN. For a complete tour schedule, plus more information on Audie Blaylock & Redline, please visit: www.audieblaylock.com
### Listen to a song clip of Whispering Waters
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Music Business Radio Features Publicist/Artist Manager Jim Della Croce
Music Business Radio Features Publicist/Artist Manager Jim Della Croce
(Nashville, TN - April 15, 2009) - WRLT FM's Lightning 100 will air a special Music Business Radio program on Sunday, April 18th at 7:00 PM CST, featuring renowned music industry publicist and artist manager, Jim Della Croce. Host, author and consultant, David Hooper visits with the industry veteran, in studio in Nashville, as the two recount the storied career of the owner and founder of The Press Office and Pathfinder Management. The show will air again on Monday.
Music Business Radio is a syndicated, weekly, one-hour specialty program spotlighting the inside workings of the music business. The show is hosted by music marketing expert, consultant, and author, David Hooper, and features interviews with various industry professionals giving the listener their insight and expertise into the business. Our wide-ranging guest list include Grammy Award winning producers, artists, musicians, and songwriters...as well as, record executives, promoters and artist managers. Music Business Radio is produced by Gary Kraen and Engineered/Produced by Dan Buckley.
This week, on Music Business Radio, Della Croce visits some critical stops and signposts that dot the serpentine road to success that leads him on his journey through the ever changing landscape of life in the music business.
Della Croce discusses with Hooper, the privilege of writing, crafting, and executing public relations and management strategies for and with the cream of the rock, country, folk and bluegrass crop of recording and performing artists.
Della Croce discusses breaking into the music business, and growing his skills to professionally represent pioneering artists including: John Anderson, Bad Company, Levon Helm, Ralph Stanley, Jesse Winchester, Badfinger, Martina McBride, Leon Redbone, Karla Bonoff, Vince Gill, Eddie Money, Merle Haggard, The Clash, Waylon Jennings, Robert Hazard, Robert Palmer/The Power Station, Little Feat and The Beach Boys.
Corporate branding and PR are also discussed through his years of consulting seemingly every major record label from Arista, Atlantic, BMG, and Capitol Records on through to Warner Bros. Records. Major Concert Venue PR, major tour/Tour Press and songwriter PR tactics also make their way into the subject matter.
The show is broadcast from Nashville, TN Sunday, April 19th at 7pm (CST) on WRLT-fm 100.1 and rebroadcasts on Monday, April 20th at 11pm (CST) also on WRLT-FM 100.1. The show is also streamed worldwide via the Internet during these same times on www.wrlt.com or www.lightning100.com Music Business Radio can also be found on I-tunes and Zum and can be downloaded directly from Musicbusinessradio.com.
Music Business Radio reaches a worldwide audience and logs over 10,000 downloads per-month.
To listen to the show live on the web, simply click: Tune in to WRLT Lightning 100.1 on Sunday, April 18th at 7:00 PM CT for a guided tour through Rock & Roll history along with innovative methods for breaking new artists. For more information on Music Business Radio, visit www.musicbusinessradio.com or visit www.thepressoffice.com for additional information on Jim Della Croce.
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(Nashville, TN - April 15, 2009) - WRLT FM's Lightning 100 will air a special Music Business Radio program on Sunday, April 18th at 7:00 PM CST, featuring renowned music industry publicist and artist manager, Jim Della Croce. Host, author and consultant, David Hooper visits with the industry veteran, in studio in Nashville, as the two recount the storied career of the owner and founder of The Press Office and Pathfinder Management. The show will air again on Monday.
Music Business Radio is a syndicated, weekly, one-hour specialty program spotlighting the inside workings of the music business. The show is hosted by music marketing expert, consultant, and author, David Hooper, and features interviews with various industry professionals giving the listener their insight and expertise into the business. Our wide-ranging guest list include Grammy Award winning producers, artists, musicians, and songwriters...as well as, record executives, promoters and artist managers. Music Business Radio is produced by Gary Kraen and Engineered/Produced by Dan Buckley.
This week, on Music Business Radio, Della Croce visits some critical stops and signposts that dot the serpentine road to success that leads him on his journey through the ever changing landscape of life in the music business.
Della Croce discusses with Hooper, the privilege of writing, crafting, and executing public relations and management strategies for and with the cream of the rock, country, folk and bluegrass crop of recording and performing artists.
Della Croce discusses breaking into the music business, and growing his skills to professionally represent pioneering artists including: John Anderson, Bad Company, Levon Helm, Ralph Stanley, Jesse Winchester, Badfinger, Martina McBride, Leon Redbone, Karla Bonoff, Vince Gill, Eddie Money, Merle Haggard, The Clash, Waylon Jennings, Robert Hazard, Robert Palmer/The Power Station, Little Feat and The Beach Boys.
Corporate branding and PR are also discussed through his years of consulting seemingly every major record label from Arista, Atlantic, BMG, and Capitol Records on through to Warner Bros. Records. Major Concert Venue PR, major tour/Tour Press and songwriter PR tactics also make their way into the subject matter.
The show is broadcast from Nashville, TN Sunday, April 19th at 7pm (CST) on WRLT-fm 100.1 and rebroadcasts on Monday, April 20th at 11pm (CST) also on WRLT-FM 100.1. The show is also streamed worldwide via the Internet during these same times on www.wrlt.com or www.lightning100.com Music Business Radio can also be found on I-tunes and Zum and can be downloaded directly from Musicbusinessradio.com.
Music Business Radio reaches a worldwide audience and logs over 10,000 downloads per-month.
To listen to the show live on the web, simply click: Tune in to WRLT Lightning 100.1 on Sunday, April 18th at 7:00 PM CT for a guided tour through Rock & Roll history along with innovative methods for breaking new artists. For more information on Music Business Radio, visit www.musicbusinessradio.com or visit www.thepressoffice.com for additional information on Jim Della Croce.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Harry Kalas,Philly Legend, Dies to leave a City of grieving fans
Harry Kalas, longtime announcer and friend of the Philadelphia Phillies died of Heart Disease yesterday. Kalas had been at the job for well over 30 years ,announcing games and doing community service. He was known as "The Voice of the Philly's", He moved here from Illinois a long time ago and the fans here quickly accepted his friendly ways and his always being there to sign an autograph or have his picture taken with a Fan. Yesterday, I listened as many Philly fans called into Philly Radio Sports show WIP, to share their experience with Harry.
Harry had not a strike against him in his many years here, unusual in the Sports world. Myself, not necessarily a Philly's or Baseball fan, listened with great interest at their last 2 seasons ,the latest ending in winning the World series. I will miss that voice and his many Kalasisms like for a home run- "That ball is out a here" with his personal touch on the phrasing. He would get excited over his Phillies, the team considering him a member. Harry smoked , so before the last game, a number of them , lit a smoke in the dugout and took one puff in honor of Harry K. The airways won't be the same without Kalas, an unusual guy, who would sing High Hopes at the 7th inning stretch. Kalas is like unto a country legend.
Harry had not a strike against him in his many years here, unusual in the Sports world. Myself, not necessarily a Philly's or Baseball fan, listened with great interest at their last 2 seasons ,the latest ending in winning the World series. I will miss that voice and his many Kalasisms like for a home run- "That ball is out a here" with his personal touch on the phrasing. He would get excited over his Phillies, the team considering him a member. Harry smoked , so before the last game, a number of them , lit a smoke in the dugout and took one puff in honor of Harry K. The airways won't be the same without Kalas, an unusual guy, who would sing High Hopes at the 7th inning stretch. Kalas is like unto a country legend.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Charlie Daniels Receives Joe M Rodgers Spirit of America Award
Charlie Daniels Receives Joe M. Rodgers Spirit of America Award From MTSU
(Nashville, TN - April 13, 2009) Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) officials presented legendary musician Charlie Daniels with the Joe M. Rodgers Spirit of America Award, an honor presented to a businessperson who has demonstrated the best of the spirit of America through significant contributions in government, education, and/or civic and charitable organizations. MTSU's Executives-in-Residence program presented the award at an invitation-only luncheon held on campus Wednesday, April 8, in the Tennessee Room of the school's James Union Building. "Charlie is a successful businessman with more than 50 years in the music business and a working ranch," MTSU Dean of Business Jim Burton said. "He has dedicated considerable time and talent to entertaining and building the morale of American servicemen and women, and he never fails to honor their service and dedication. He is a most worthy recipient of the Joe M. Rodgers Spirit of America Award." For more information on Charlie Daniels, please visit www.charliedaniels.com.
(Nashville, TN - April 13, 2009) Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) officials presented legendary musician Charlie Daniels with the Joe M. Rodgers Spirit of America Award, an honor presented to a businessperson who has demonstrated the best of the spirit of America through significant contributions in government, education, and/or civic and charitable organizations. MTSU's Executives-in-Residence program presented the award at an invitation-only luncheon held on campus Wednesday, April 8, in the Tennessee Room of the school's James Union Building. "Charlie is a successful businessman with more than 50 years in the music business and a working ranch," MTSU Dean of Business Jim Burton said. "He has dedicated considerable time and talent to entertaining and building the morale of American servicemen and women, and he never fails to honor their service and dedication. He is a most worthy recipient of the Joe M. Rodgers Spirit of America Award." For more information on Charlie Daniels, please visit www.charliedaniels.com.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
One of My Favorite Songs
Willie and Melonie
http://www.cmt.com/videos/melonie-cannon/343322/back-to-earth-feat-willie-nelson.jhtml?
Doesn't get much better than this
Jim
http://www.cmt.com/videos/melonie-cannon/343322/back-to-earth-feat-willie-nelson.jhtml?
Doesn't get much better than this
Jim
"Country Club" - John Doe and Sadies - From Website
Country Club
John Doe and The Sadies
In true honky tonk style Country Club is the idea from both sides. A post show hang-out between X and the Knitters' John Doe and The Sadies produced the idea to join forces to make an album of country songs. Timeless sounds abound on Country Club driven by Does gorgeously rough-hewn vocals, the dueling thousand pound chops of the guitar-wielding Good brothers and The Sadies world class rhythm section of Mike Belitsky and Sean Dean. Classic tunes by Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings stand along side corkers by Tammy Wynette and Roger Miller, all of them getting unique treatments by Doe and The Sadies. The album also features four originals; three from The Sadies and one courtesy of the timeless pairing of John Doe and Exene Cervenka. On Country Club Doe and The Sadies find the perfect blend of the reverent and the experimental resulting in a slightly psychedelic brew that just might pass for straight if you are not looking.
John Doe and The Sadies
In true honky tonk style Country Club is the idea from both sides. A post show hang-out between X and the Knitters' John Doe and The Sadies produced the idea to join forces to make an album of country songs. Timeless sounds abound on Country Club driven by Does gorgeously rough-hewn vocals, the dueling thousand pound chops of the guitar-wielding Good brothers and The Sadies world class rhythm section of Mike Belitsky and Sean Dean. Classic tunes by Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings stand along side corkers by Tammy Wynette and Roger Miller, all of them getting unique treatments by Doe and The Sadies. The album also features four originals; three from The Sadies and one courtesy of the timeless pairing of John Doe and Exene Cervenka. On Country Club Doe and The Sadies find the perfect blend of the reverent and the experimental resulting in a slightly psychedelic brew that just might pass for straight if you are not looking.
Monday, April 06, 2009
2008 Colgate Country Showdown Winners Nash Street Blow into The Windy City
2008 COLGATE COUNTRY SHOWDOWN WINNERS NASH STREET BLOW INTO THE WINDY CITY FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE ON WGN SUPERSTATION
(Nashville, TN - April 6, 2009) - Tomorrow, April 7, the 2008 Colgate Country Showdown champions Nash Street hit the national television scene with a ‘Grassroots Country' performance live from Chicago, IL on the WGN Superstation's Midday News.
Nash Street's ‘Grassroots Country' sound is the group's self-invented genre for their style of unique music.
"Our music is dominated by Country and Bluegrass sounds but you can also hear hints from of other genres like Folk and Americana" says Nash Street fiddler Hannah Melby. "We wanted to come up with some way of defining our own sound and ‘Grassroots Country' seemed so fitting!"
Nash Street stole the show at last year's Colgate Country Showdown, ultimately winning the national contest and taking home the $100,000 grand prize.
Catch the Nash Street's live performance on the WGN Superstation's Midday News tomorrow at 12:00PM CST.For more information on Nash Street visit wwww.nashstreet.com and www.myspace.com/nashstreet.
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(Nashville, TN - April 6, 2009) - Tomorrow, April 7, the 2008 Colgate Country Showdown champions Nash Street hit the national television scene with a ‘Grassroots Country' performance live from Chicago, IL on the WGN Superstation's Midday News.
Nash Street's ‘Grassroots Country' sound is the group's self-invented genre for their style of unique music.
"Our music is dominated by Country and Bluegrass sounds but you can also hear hints from of other genres like Folk and Americana" says Nash Street fiddler Hannah Melby. "We wanted to come up with some way of defining our own sound and ‘Grassroots Country' seemed so fitting!"
Nash Street stole the show at last year's Colgate Country Showdown, ultimately winning the national contest and taking home the $100,000 grand prize.
Catch the Nash Street's live performance on the WGN Superstation's Midday News tomorrow at 12:00PM CST.For more information on Nash Street visit wwww.nashstreet.com and www.myspace.com/nashstreet.
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Publicity Contact:
ABSOLUTE PUBLICITY INC.Don Murry Grubbs, Publicisto. 615.275.8380f. 615.810.9492don@absolutepublicity.com1009 16th Ave SNashville, TN 37212www.absolutepublicity.com
Absolute Publicity Inc. is proud to represent Pam Tillis, Alabama's Jeff Cook, Nash Street, Karissa and the Finnigan Bros.
Publicity Support: The Press Office: John Anderson, Aaron Tippin, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Thompson Ward, ARCA/Re-Max and NASCAR Camping World Series driver Chase Mattioli and The Liquid Fence Company
The Press Office / Absolute Publicity Inc. • 1009 16th Ave. South • Nashville • TN • 37212
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Americans like TV better than stereo, why we have hi-def video, but not audio
Recently, I purchased an OPPO Digital universal disc player or DVD player, I wanted to upgrade my CD player, but that is a lot of bucks. This unit ,the 1080, geared towards sound is 169 dollars, makes your regular CDs sound alot better and if you have DVD audio product or SACD CD, they sound incredible. Yes, there is technology to make much better sounding music for not much more money, Company's are not making much in the way of SACD or DVD audio these days, because we did not want it, I remember Best Buys used to have a whole aisle of it. If you do want to listen to something awesome, check out Alison Krauss's "Live DVD" , It is quite remarkable sounding in dolby digital, which the OPPO does too. I guess most people are wired for visual rather than audio. Today's CDs for the most part , don't sound that great, there is not a standard sound. When we had vinyl, it seemed like all records had about the same sound quality, well, unfortunately, not true for CDs. Another enhancement, the OPPO picks up is the HDCD, which is done alot, but if your CD player can not read the HDCD, you can't hear what it does. Alot of true audiophiles have gone back to vinyl completely, a lot of today's CDs are available on vinyl. Rhino records and MusicDirect are two good websites to look for vinyl. A common myth about CDs is that mastering is some kind of digital magic that started with CDS, mastering has been around since vinyl records are mastered too, but in analog. In truth, you cannot hear a digital signal. It has to be converted to analog so you can hear it, so one of the most important things about a CD player is its Digital to Analog converter. My old CD player, which is only about 10 years old had a 1 bit DAC(converter), that is not alot, my OPPO has a 24 bit DAC, which is a big reason that it sounds so much better.
Finally, one last modern thing we have are mp3 players, mp3s are very compressed forms of music, so they do not take up much much space and the average mp3 player that people jog around with has a DAC that costs about 15 cents. Well, enough of that, I'm sure that lots of you knew at least some of this, but I sure wish that there were more SACDs around, in fact, they make a hybrid kind now, that you can play in any CD player, so maybe they will catch on.
Best now
Jim
Finally, one last modern thing we have are mp3 players, mp3s are very compressed forms of music, so they do not take up much much space and the average mp3 player that people jog around with has a DAC that costs about 15 cents. Well, enough of that, I'm sure that lots of you knew at least some of this, but I sure wish that there were more SACDs around, in fact, they make a hybrid kind now, that you can play in any CD player, so maybe they will catch on.
Best now
Jim
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Collin raye Partners with Operation Kids To Offer Free Download
COLLIN RAYE PARTNERS WITH OPERATION KIDS TO OFFER FREE DOWNLOAD OF NEW SONG “SHE’S WITH ME” TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN FACING EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL EXPENSES
Fairfax, VA (March 31, 2009) --- Country music star Collin Raye and Operation Kids have teamed up to offer a free download of Collin’s new song, “She’s With Me,” to anyone who donates $5 or more to Operation Kids to help children facing extraordinary medical expenses through their website (http://operationkids.org/collinraye/). After making the donation online, fans will be directed to click through to a special page where they will be able to download the track before it is available anywhere else. “She’s With Me” was recorded for Raye’s forthcoming album, Never Going Back (released April 28th on Time Life), and is an intensely personal, poignant song of unconditional love written by Raye for his severely neurologically ill granddaughter. This free download offer will run through May 10th.
Operation Kids is a non-profit organization that matches caring donors with qualified children’s charities and programs in the areas of health, education, safety and well-being. Operation Kids seeks to measurably improve the lives of children by identifying charities and programs most effectively addressing key issues.
Operation Kids will reward the metropolitan area that raises the most money during the campaign by contributing a portion of the proceeds to a local children’s health charity or program to help children in their own community.
“Operation Kids is an amazing charity in that they benefit SO MANY and in such different circumstances, not just limiting to one thing or another” says Raye. “And the lengths they go to to be accountable, assuring the donors of where the money goes and to whom,” he continues, “that in itself makes Operation Kids very special. Through them, so many children are helped. It’s a true honor and privilege to be associated with Operation Kids.”
“The song deeply touches everyone that hears it and from the beginning we wanted to work with Collin to bring Operation Kids some help for all their great work,” said Mike Jason, Time Life Senior Vice President Audio & Video Retail.
Collin Raye is one of country music’s most beloved stars, with four #1 Billboard country singles, 21 Top 10, four platinum albums, three AC hits, several CMA and ACM nominations and years of sold out tours. He will appear on the Today Show, the CBS Early Show and a number of other programs in early May to promote the release of Never Going Back. On his new album, Raye mixes up the laid back rock and folk of mid-seventies Southern California with country and rock n’ roll, creating a sophisticated and diverse album. Never Going Back evokes the spirit of the day when an artist could record an album and perform it just as it sounds in a smoky club or on a stadium stage. Recorded in Alabama’s historic Muscle Shoals, the album feels guided by the ghosts of the country, rock, blues and pop albums that the region cultivated throughout the 70s.
About Operation KidsOperation Kids is a trademarked d.b.a. of the OK Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to more effective giving. We manage donations that serve the needs of the Whole Child – their education, health, safety and well-being. Founded in 1999, the mission of Operation Kids is to support a community of children’s issues through qualified and measurably effective charities and programs. The “OK Charity” designation means donors can give with confidence and expect accountability and results. 100% of all donations go directly to programs. More at www.operationkids.org.
Blog: http://operationkids.wordpress.com
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/operationkids
About Time Life
Time Life and the Time Life logo are registered trademarks of Time Warner Inc. and affiliated companies, used under license by Direct Holdings Americas Inc., which is not affiliated with Time Warner Inc. or Time Inc. Headquartered in Fairfax VA, Direct Holdings Americas Inc.'s history began in 1961 as Time Life a direct marketing division of Time Incorporated specializing in music and books. The business has been operated as a separate company since the mid-1970s when it relocated to Virginia, and has since grown to become one of the world’s largest direct marketers of audio and video products throughout North America, Europe and Australia. The Company has set the standard in the direct response industry by pioneering direct marketing techniques and building one of the most trusted and recognized brands in commerce. The Company now also sells its products through major traditional and non-traditional retailers around the world as well as via the Internet. The Company was sold in 2003 to private investors.
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Fairfax, VA (March 31, 2009) --- Country music star Collin Raye and Operation Kids have teamed up to offer a free download of Collin’s new song, “She’s With Me,” to anyone who donates $5 or more to Operation Kids to help children facing extraordinary medical expenses through their website (http://operationkids.org/collinraye/). After making the donation online, fans will be directed to click through to a special page where they will be able to download the track before it is available anywhere else. “She’s With Me” was recorded for Raye’s forthcoming album, Never Going Back (released April 28th on Time Life), and is an intensely personal, poignant song of unconditional love written by Raye for his severely neurologically ill granddaughter. This free download offer will run through May 10th.
Operation Kids is a non-profit organization that matches caring donors with qualified children’s charities and programs in the areas of health, education, safety and well-being. Operation Kids seeks to measurably improve the lives of children by identifying charities and programs most effectively addressing key issues.
Operation Kids will reward the metropolitan area that raises the most money during the campaign by contributing a portion of the proceeds to a local children’s health charity or program to help children in their own community.
“Operation Kids is an amazing charity in that they benefit SO MANY and in such different circumstances, not just limiting to one thing or another” says Raye. “And the lengths they go to to be accountable, assuring the donors of where the money goes and to whom,” he continues, “that in itself makes Operation Kids very special. Through them, so many children are helped. It’s a true honor and privilege to be associated with Operation Kids.”
“The song deeply touches everyone that hears it and from the beginning we wanted to work with Collin to bring Operation Kids some help for all their great work,” said Mike Jason, Time Life Senior Vice President Audio & Video Retail.
Collin Raye is one of country music’s most beloved stars, with four #1 Billboard country singles, 21 Top 10, four platinum albums, three AC hits, several CMA and ACM nominations and years of sold out tours. He will appear on the Today Show, the CBS Early Show and a number of other programs in early May to promote the release of Never Going Back. On his new album, Raye mixes up the laid back rock and folk of mid-seventies Southern California with country and rock n’ roll, creating a sophisticated and diverse album. Never Going Back evokes the spirit of the day when an artist could record an album and perform it just as it sounds in a smoky club or on a stadium stage. Recorded in Alabama’s historic Muscle Shoals, the album feels guided by the ghosts of the country, rock, blues and pop albums that the region cultivated throughout the 70s.
About Operation KidsOperation Kids is a trademarked d.b.a. of the OK Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to more effective giving. We manage donations that serve the needs of the Whole Child – their education, health, safety and well-being. Founded in 1999, the mission of Operation Kids is to support a community of children’s issues through qualified and measurably effective charities and programs. The “OK Charity” designation means donors can give with confidence and expect accountability and results. 100% of all donations go directly to programs. More at www.operationkids.org.
Blog: http://operationkids.wordpress.com
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/operationkids
About Time Life
Time Life and the Time Life logo are registered trademarks of Time Warner Inc. and affiliated companies, used under license by Direct Holdings Americas Inc., which is not affiliated with Time Warner Inc. or Time Inc. Headquartered in Fairfax VA, Direct Holdings Americas Inc.'s history began in 1961 as Time Life a direct marketing division of Time Incorporated specializing in music and books. The business has been operated as a separate company since the mid-1970s when it relocated to Virginia, and has since grown to become one of the world’s largest direct marketers of audio and video products throughout North America, Europe and Australia. The Company has set the standard in the direct response industry by pioneering direct marketing techniques and building one of the most trusted and recognized brands in commerce. The Company now also sells its products through major traditional and non-traditional retailers around the world as well as via the Internet. The Company was sold in 2003 to private investors.
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"Ashes Won't Burn" - Jeff Cook and his Goodtimes Allstar Band
Ex- Alabama lead guitarist Jeff Cook has not stopped playing since Alabama officially broke up in 04. His Allstar Goodtime band is a group is a nine piece group including himself that he handpicked to target fairs, festivals, casinos and very diverse types of music that Cook calls Funtry' music. It is a very veteran bunch of musicians. Their album "Ashes Won't Burn" is a mix of cover songs like "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", "Mist Of Desire", "Brick House"(Commodores), Free's "All Right Now" , an excellent version of the Beatles' "I Feel Fine". Honestly, I was surprised as I listened to the CD a few times, really was not what I was expecting. It is definitely a funky ,rockin' album. This group probably puts on a great live show.
Along with Cook, Larry Hanson, also from Alabama, plays guitar, sax, keyboards and trumpet. Lead guitarist Link Detten Has been a pro entertainer for over twenty years. He has played by himself to having been in many other bands. RK Brown , began his career young at 16 hitting the road, playing bass also, played with Curtis Mayfield, Clint Black, Charlie Pride and many others.
The record is on Quest Records. It is available for download on itunes and on Cook's website. The only other project I reviewed of Cook's was a Cracker Barrel Restaurant release of "Unreleased Songs From Alabama's Farewell tour". I basically missed Alabama's careeer, not listening to music, but Church music in the Eighties when they were super hot, remember a gal that I worked with, loved Alabama, and I loved country music, but wasn't familiar with much, but their big hits. I really enjoyed The Cracker Barrel release, The band sounded great, it was a very good recording. I remember listing the musicians wrong and I got an e-mail from a Jeff Cook, He said, you are not very familiar with Alabama , are you? I confessed that I was not, and he told me that I had a couple of the musicians playing wrong instruments. I e-mailed the guy back, not knowing who it was, until I went to fix the problem and saw Jeff Cook, I had to laugh at myself. Basically, this is a bunch of super talented musicians that click well. It sounds like they enjoy what they are doing. So, you Alabama fans, go on and pick up a copy.
http://www.jeffcook-agb.com/
Along with Cook, Larry Hanson, also from Alabama, plays guitar, sax, keyboards and trumpet. Lead guitarist Link Detten Has been a pro entertainer for over twenty years. He has played by himself to having been in many other bands. RK Brown , began his career young at 16 hitting the road, playing bass also, played with Curtis Mayfield, Clint Black, Charlie Pride and many others.
The record is on Quest Records. It is available for download on itunes and on Cook's website. The only other project I reviewed of Cook's was a Cracker Barrel Restaurant release of "Unreleased Songs From Alabama's Farewell tour". I basically missed Alabama's careeer, not listening to music, but Church music in the Eighties when they were super hot, remember a gal that I worked with, loved Alabama, and I loved country music, but wasn't familiar with much, but their big hits. I really enjoyed The Cracker Barrel release, The band sounded great, it was a very good recording. I remember listing the musicians wrong and I got an e-mail from a Jeff Cook, He said, you are not very familiar with Alabama , are you? I confessed that I was not, and he told me that I had a couple of the musicians playing wrong instruments. I e-mailed the guy back, not knowing who it was, until I went to fix the problem and saw Jeff Cook, I had to laugh at myself. Basically, this is a bunch of super talented musicians that click well. It sounds like they enjoy what they are doing. So, you Alabama fans, go on and pick up a copy.
http://www.jeffcook-agb.com/
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Bryan Clark's Gossip,Inspiration and Slander Creates Cosmic Ripple
Double-Disc Set Available Today On Rainfeather Records
Nashville, TN (March 31, 2009) -- Singer/songwriter Bryan Clark's newest CD - GOSSIP, INSPIRATION & SLANDER- is creating a cosmic ripple, spurring a tour, producing a flurry of media attention, and inspiring Flatpicking Guitar magazine to offer Clark a guest column in their May issue. The double-disc set is available today on Rainfeather Records.
First Dates of the GOSSIP, INSPIRATION and SLANDER Tour include:
May 2 Backyard Jam @ The Island, Clarksville
May 15 Strawberry Music Festival, Clarksville
May 22 Norm's River Roadhouse, Nashville
June 9 Listening Room, Nashville
Early Media Comments:
“Bryan Clark’s stellar playing and singing combine influences from numerous musical aspects. As a soloist, he’s equally soulful and ambitious, able to execute complex progressions or edgy chord flurries with the same care and dexterity he brings to sweet, soothing ballads. Clark’s new double CD Gossip, Inspiration and Slander has both an electric and acoustic side, and has him displaying his fluency in bluegrass flatpicking, jazz and blues tunes, and his proficiency operating as either a leader or a rhythm contributor.” Ron Wynn / NASHVILLE CITY PAPER
"Gossip, Inspiration, and Slander is a testament to Bryan’s abilities as a picker, singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer. The boy can do it all! The CD is more Newgrass than Bill Monroe and really more Americana than bluegrass, but the songwriting and vocals are very strong and the performance turned in by all of the band members is phenomenal. Be prepared to add a new name to your list of favorite flatpickers” - Dan Miller / FLATPICKING GUITAR Magazine
The new CD led to a feature in the March/April issue of Flatpicking Guitar magazine, additional coverage (both current and upcoming) in Vintage Guitar, Country Weekly, The Alternate Root, Americana Music Times and more. His musical compositions can be heard on ESPN, America’s Next Top Model and The History Channel, and eight live performance videos are posted at www.bryanclarkmusic.com. Bryan Clark is endorsed by Collings Guitars, John Pearse Strings, Elliot Capos, Pro Pick Fingerpick and Red Bear Flatpicks.
For interviews, contact Martha E. Moore/ somuchmoore@charter.net .
MEDIA CONTACT:
Martha E. Moore / so much MOORE media - Established in 1988!
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somuchmoore@charter.net
martha@somuchmoore.com
Nashville, TN (March 31, 2009) -- Singer/songwriter Bryan Clark's newest CD - GOSSIP, INSPIRATION & SLANDER- is creating a cosmic ripple, spurring a tour, producing a flurry of media attention, and inspiring Flatpicking Guitar magazine to offer Clark a guest column in their May issue. The double-disc set is available today on Rainfeather Records.
First Dates of the GOSSIP, INSPIRATION and SLANDER Tour include:
May 2 Backyard Jam @ The Island, Clarksville
May 15 Strawberry Music Festival, Clarksville
May 22 Norm's River Roadhouse, Nashville
June 9 Listening Room, Nashville
Early Media Comments:
“Bryan Clark’s stellar playing and singing combine influences from numerous musical aspects. As a soloist, he’s equally soulful and ambitious, able to execute complex progressions or edgy chord flurries with the same care and dexterity he brings to sweet, soothing ballads. Clark’s new double CD Gossip, Inspiration and Slander has both an electric and acoustic side, and has him displaying his fluency in bluegrass flatpicking, jazz and blues tunes, and his proficiency operating as either a leader or a rhythm contributor.” Ron Wynn / NASHVILLE CITY PAPER
"Gossip, Inspiration, and Slander is a testament to Bryan’s abilities as a picker, singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer. The boy can do it all! The CD is more Newgrass than Bill Monroe and really more Americana than bluegrass, but the songwriting and vocals are very strong and the performance turned in by all of the band members is phenomenal. Be prepared to add a new name to your list of favorite flatpickers” - Dan Miller / FLATPICKING GUITAR Magazine
The new CD led to a feature in the March/April issue of Flatpicking Guitar magazine, additional coverage (both current and upcoming) in Vintage Guitar, Country Weekly, The Alternate Root, Americana Music Times and more. His musical compositions can be heard on ESPN, America’s Next Top Model and The History Channel, and eight live performance videos are posted at www.bryanclarkmusic.com. Bryan Clark is endorsed by Collings Guitars, John Pearse Strings, Elliot Capos, Pro Pick Fingerpick and Red Bear Flatpicks.
For interviews, contact Martha E. Moore/ somuchmoore@charter.net .
MEDIA CONTACT:
Martha E. Moore / so much MOORE media - Established in 1988!
(O) 615.746.3994 / (M) 615-202-1313
somuchmoore@charter.net
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
"The Session Players" First Webisode Begins Airing
"The Session Players" First Webisode Begins Airing TodayEpisode One Sand Bank Road Is Now Available For Viewing NASHVILLE, TN - Sand Bank Road, webisode number one in an ongoing series, begins airing today on "The Session Players" (www.thesessionplayers.com). Developed by Creative Video Entertainment, this innovative, multiplatform experience gives viewers a look inside the recording studio through the eyes of the session musicians. Our 'A' list of Nashville session musicians, under the direction of session leader Tom Wild, creates something special at each recording session and the creative process is the star of "The Session Players". Viewers will see inside the process as it unfolds and feel the creative energy that is essential to success in the recording world. Each webisode in the series will be available for download to the viewer's computer creating a comprehensive library of entertaining and valuable resources. The music created during the series is also available for download, and with the webisodes, showcases the history of each song. The website also includes a wide array of information from the musical instruments used by the players to resources for the recording industry. A forum has been established on the site as a place for aspiring musicians, seasoned professionals and any music fan to meet, exchange ideas and just talk about music. "The Session Players" website is also the destination for great special events. Final plans are underway to host a special live chat with members of the series' musicians. Fans of "The Session Players" can join in from anywhere around the globe to talk to the players, ask questions about their careers and get their unique perspectives of life in the studio. An announcement containing final details about the chat, the musicians confirmed and how to take part in the chat will be announced and posted on "The Session Players" website later this month. "When they come to the session they've never heard the tune before, but in half an hour they will play it like they've known it forever" and on "The Session Players" you will experience it like never before. "The Session Players" webisodes and special events change often, so visit www.thesessionplayers.com often! #### Contact:Megan Burns - media@thompsonentertainmentgroup.com/615-742-8004
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"IN OVERDRIVE" - Aaron Tippin
Aaron Tippin, Cobra, Barjan and Petro
Launch Cobra Coast to Coast With Aaron Tippin Contest
(Nashville, TN - 4/1/09) - In the world of country music, trains and trucks rule. And when it comes to trucks, the man whose music mines the seam between trucks and country is none other than the hardest working man in country music and former trucker, Aaron Tippin. And now he's announcing a contest that marries the old form of communication with the new, Cobra Coast-to-Coast With Aaron Tippin.
This country legend has recorded a blistering album, IN OVERDRIVE, of his favorite trucking songs on the NIPPIT Records/Country Crossing Records label and it is lighting up sales in truck stops across the country.
Rolling down the road with his band and crew in the Aaron Tippin tour bus reminding American truckers that they are not forgotten, Tippin comments, "wow, I had no way of knowing how much fun this was going to be when I decided to re-record some of the greatest truck drivin' songs of all time. Man, we had a great time in the studio and I thought that was pretty cool but this album just keeps getting' bigger and more fun."
Now, inspired by an unbelievable live concert where he wowed a throng of over 8,000 truckers at Freedom Hall Arena in Louisville, KY, Tippin has been motivated by real truck drivers to do something that hasn't been done in over 40 years. He's going to recreate the pony express of the trucking world by sending a message cross country just to show that it can still be done.
There have been a lot of important messages sent out by the CB radio long before there were cell phones or easy-access Internet communications. Truckers finding out their wives had given birth, stories of engagements by CB, life saving stories of CB heroes and miraculous stories of bravery and kinship among the brotherhood of truckers, almost too numerous to list. And some to fantastic to believe, yet such is the legend of the CB radio among professional truckers.
Tippin talked and visited with hundreds of fellow truckers at the MATS show in Louisville, KY, where he helped announce the winner of Arrow's Back On The RoadTM 2009 and played to the masses at Freedom Hall. After the show he created this concept of a contest designed to try to relive those great old memories when the CB was king. We want to prove the old CB can still send a message just as fast as ever. He's now organized an event to show the world that the truckin' pipeline is alive and well.
About the Contest: And now, Tippin has joined forces for this landmark contest with Cobra, Barjan, and Petro to pass the word across the country that Aaron Tippin is saluting America's 14 million plus workforce of trucking professionals whose daily sweat and energy keeps our country moving. And that's what this contest is all about. Moving some thanks, appreciation, good will and good news, brother trucker-to-brother trucker. "My partners at Cobra, Barjan and Petro have just knocked me out. This couldn't happen without their expertise and encouragement," Tippin exclaims.
Guidelines: On Friday, April 17th at 7:30 PM CST at the Petro truck stop in Kingston Springs, TN, Aaron Tippin will launch the Cobra Coast to Coast Contest with Aaron Tippin, sponsored by Cobra, Petro and Barjan. He'll send out a secret code to all truckers going east to west and west to east to see how long it takes to send the message [that free CB's and Aaron Tippin gift bags are to be won], the old fashioned way from coast to coast. That code will be announced the night of the launch by Tippin at 9:30 PM CST.
He will be manning his Cobra CB radio at the Kingston Springs Petro and will announce that two lucky truckers will win special Cobra Radios and "Aaron Tippin" prize packages at select Petro truck stops on both the east and west coast. He will announce a secret pass code on his Cobra from Tennessee and see how long it takes the lucky truckers to pass the code word on to the East and West coast Petro truck stops to claim the Grand Prizes. These winning Petro locations are (East Coast) Mebane, NC and (West Coast) Wheeler Ridge, CA. The first trucker to arrive at each truck stop and announce the "secret pass code" to management will receive the prize package which will include a Cobra CB Radio, a Cobra bluetooth wireless headset, and a special Aaron Tippin gift bag that includes, CD, concert backstage passes, tee shirts, ball caps and more.
"This is going to be a ton of fun for all of the guys and gals truckin' across the country," says Tippin. "Plus, a trucker on each end of I-40 will be an instant winner as soon as they walk into the winning Petro location in California and North Carolina. Along with those winners, any driver that relays the message will have the chance to win the same prizes in an online contest on www.aarontippin.com by going to the site and registering and logging in the secret code word. If you are hauling cross-country, don't miss your chance to win and have a great time while you're at it.
For additional information visit www.aarontippin.com.
Launch Cobra Coast to Coast With Aaron Tippin Contest
(Nashville, TN - 4/1/09) - In the world of country music, trains and trucks rule. And when it comes to trucks, the man whose music mines the seam between trucks and country is none other than the hardest working man in country music and former trucker, Aaron Tippin. And now he's announcing a contest that marries the old form of communication with the new, Cobra Coast-to-Coast With Aaron Tippin.
This country legend has recorded a blistering album, IN OVERDRIVE, of his favorite trucking songs on the NIPPIT Records/Country Crossing Records label and it is lighting up sales in truck stops across the country.
Rolling down the road with his band and crew in the Aaron Tippin tour bus reminding American truckers that they are not forgotten, Tippin comments, "wow, I had no way of knowing how much fun this was going to be when I decided to re-record some of the greatest truck drivin' songs of all time. Man, we had a great time in the studio and I thought that was pretty cool but this album just keeps getting' bigger and more fun."
Now, inspired by an unbelievable live concert where he wowed a throng of over 8,000 truckers at Freedom Hall Arena in Louisville, KY, Tippin has been motivated by real truck drivers to do something that hasn't been done in over 40 years. He's going to recreate the pony express of the trucking world by sending a message cross country just to show that it can still be done.
There have been a lot of important messages sent out by the CB radio long before there were cell phones or easy-access Internet communications. Truckers finding out their wives had given birth, stories of engagements by CB, life saving stories of CB heroes and miraculous stories of bravery and kinship among the brotherhood of truckers, almost too numerous to list. And some to fantastic to believe, yet such is the legend of the CB radio among professional truckers.
Tippin talked and visited with hundreds of fellow truckers at the MATS show in Louisville, KY, where he helped announce the winner of Arrow's Back On The RoadTM 2009 and played to the masses at Freedom Hall. After the show he created this concept of a contest designed to try to relive those great old memories when the CB was king. We want to prove the old CB can still send a message just as fast as ever. He's now organized an event to show the world that the truckin' pipeline is alive and well.
About the Contest: And now, Tippin has joined forces for this landmark contest with Cobra, Barjan, and Petro to pass the word across the country that Aaron Tippin is saluting America's 14 million plus workforce of trucking professionals whose daily sweat and energy keeps our country moving. And that's what this contest is all about. Moving some thanks, appreciation, good will and good news, brother trucker-to-brother trucker. "My partners at Cobra, Barjan and Petro have just knocked me out. This couldn't happen without their expertise and encouragement," Tippin exclaims.
Guidelines: On Friday, April 17th at 7:30 PM CST at the Petro truck stop in Kingston Springs, TN, Aaron Tippin will launch the Cobra Coast to Coast Contest with Aaron Tippin, sponsored by Cobra, Petro and Barjan. He'll send out a secret code to all truckers going east to west and west to east to see how long it takes to send the message [that free CB's and Aaron Tippin gift bags are to be won], the old fashioned way from coast to coast. That code will be announced the night of the launch by Tippin at 9:30 PM CST.
He will be manning his Cobra CB radio at the Kingston Springs Petro and will announce that two lucky truckers will win special Cobra Radios and "Aaron Tippin" prize packages at select Petro truck stops on both the east and west coast. He will announce a secret pass code on his Cobra from Tennessee and see how long it takes the lucky truckers to pass the code word on to the East and West coast Petro truck stops to claim the Grand Prizes. These winning Petro locations are (East Coast) Mebane, NC and (West Coast) Wheeler Ridge, CA. The first trucker to arrive at each truck stop and announce the "secret pass code" to management will receive the prize package which will include a Cobra CB Radio, a Cobra bluetooth wireless headset, and a special Aaron Tippin gift bag that includes, CD, concert backstage passes, tee shirts, ball caps and more.
"This is going to be a ton of fun for all of the guys and gals truckin' across the country," says Tippin. "Plus, a trucker on each end of I-40 will be an instant winner as soon as they walk into the winning Petro location in California and North Carolina. Along with those winners, any driver that relays the message will have the chance to win the same prizes in an online contest on www.aarontippin.com by going to the site and registering and logging in the secret code word. If you are hauling cross-country, don't miss your chance to win and have a great time while you're at it.
For additional information visit www.aarontippin.com.
"Way Up On a Mountain" - Spring Creek
Nashville, TN - Since forming five years ago, Spring Creek has emerged as the hottest young band among the newest generation of pickers in the Rocky Mountain bluegrass scene. In 2007, the Lyons, Colorado-based foursome rocketed onto the national stage when they became the only group to ever capture the band competitions at the Telluride and RockyGrass Festivals in the same year. Since those celebrated wins, the band has toured extensively, solidifying their status as lively and skillful performers. Spring Creek signed with Rebel Records last fall and will be unveiling their label debut, Way Up on a Mountain on May 5th.Way Up on a Mountain projects a sound that derives its inspiration from the soul of the Rocky Mountains but maintains its footing in the Appalachian hills and piedmont of the bluegrass heartland. Drawing from the same creative wellspring that produced traditional bluegrass bands such as Hot Rize and Open Road, the album bursts with a freshness that is guaranteed to earn Spring Creek a spot among Colorado's bluegrass innovators. Equally, Way Up on a Mountain demonstrates the band's keen mastery of traditional bluegrass and their deep respect for its Appalachian origins. The resulting product is a sound that is both traditional and original, daring yet indebted to the forefathers of bluegrass. Way Up on a Mountain is certain to win the hearts of listeners in the bluegrass heartland as well as those of the genre's ever-broadening fan-base worldwide.The album's content flows just like a spring creek should: a perfect blend of fast and slow currents. On "Another Lonesome Night My Dear" bassist Jessica Smith delivers resonant, heartfelt vocals over fast-paced string interplay, while banjo player Chris Elliott contributes a smooth baritone harmony on the chorus. The following track, "Tangled in the Pines," moves at a much slower pace complemented by measured, mournful vocals and blues-tinged Dobro riffs. Throughout the album mandolin player Alex Johnstone, guitarist Taylor Sims and Elliott provide deft, tasteful instrumental leads. The eight original compositions feature candid lyrics that balance customary bluegrass with contemporary themes. Additionally, the album features material by Ricky Nelson and Bill Monroe - the homage to Monroe highlighting Spring Creek's respect for the legends of bluegrass. IBMA award-winning fiddler Michael Cleveland contributes his masterful work on several tracks.Prior to Way Up on a Mountain, Spring Creek released two independent albums, Rural & Cosmic Bluegrass and Lonesome Way to Go. The track "High Up in the Mountains" off of the former won an Independent Music Association's Vox Populi Award.In support of Way Up on a Mountain, Spring Creek will spend 2009 performing at festivals and venues nationwide, including stops at the prestigious MerleFest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina and Old Settlers Festival in Austin, Texas.
Oklahoma Country Rocker, Shawna Russell, releases new Single, -"Fire In The Desert"
Oklahoma Country Rocker, Shawna Russell, releases new single - “Fire In The Desert”
For Immediate Release:
Nashville, TN (March 31, 2009) – Oklahoma Country Rocker, Shawna Russell, released her new Way Out West Records single - “Fire In The Desert” to country radio stations across the US this week!
Anticipation for the new single has been high - and music reviewers have been enthusiastic with their support. Chris Neal, Music Editor of Country Weekly says the song is a “Scorcher, soaked in the influence of 1970’s country-rock,” while Maverick Magazine exclaims that “Fire In The Desert” “is a superb country rocker that shows just how good Shawna’s voice really is.”
“Fire In The Desert” is Russell’s follow-up release to her hit single and video, “Should’ve Been Born With Wheels.”"Fire In The Desert" is a hot summertime rocker delivered with power and passion by singer/songwriter, Russell, who co-wrote the song with father/guitarist, Keith, and uncle/producer, Tim. The track features an all-star line up of musicians including famed L.A. session drummer Russ Kunkel (Lyle Lovett/James Taylor/Stevie Nicks) and bassist David Santos (John Fogerty/Elton John). Russell’s vocals were engineered by Grammy award-winning Julian King (Tim McGraw/Faith Hill), and the track was mixed by Emmy and Grammy recipient Nathaniel Kunkel (The Police/Diana Ross). "Fire In The Desert" is from Russell’s critically-acclaimed debut CD 'GODDESS.'
"Fire In The Desert" is available on CDX Vol. #471 and CD Tex Music Delivery Service Vol. #74b. Radio programmers may also download an airplay quality version of the single and other songs by Russell at AirPlay Direct: www.AirPlayDirect.com/shawnarussell.
For more information, visit Shawna Russell’s online sites at: www.ShawnaRussell.com and www.MySpace.com/shawnarussell878 *Photo credit: Cynthia Donati-Stepping Stones Photography
About Shawna
Shawna Russell was introduced onto the national music scene with the release of her debut CD, GODDESS, in early 2008. But her reputation as a world-class talent had already caught the attention of many folks in the music industry. Prior to the release of the CD, Shawna made her national television debut on the popular show "INSIDE MUSIC ROW" and the COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION named her as one of their "Who New To Watch in 2008" artists. Since then, Shawna’s music has received rave reviews from the CMA Close Up, Country Weekly, The Oklahoman, and esteemed Music Row critic, Robert K. Oermann. And she has earned International acclaim from some of Europe’s top music publications, including Maverick Magazine (UK) and DreamWest Magazine (France).
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Media Contacts:
For media or interview requests please contact:Webster & Associates Public RelationsDonna Schacher / donna@websterpr.com (615) 777-6995 x 24Kirt Webster / kirt@websterpr.com (615) 777-6995 x 30-or-
For CD, mp3 song files, hi-res photos contact:
Way Out West Records
Nashville-Oklahoma
For Immediate Release:
Nashville, TN (March 31, 2009) – Oklahoma Country Rocker, Shawna Russell, released her new Way Out West Records single - “Fire In The Desert” to country radio stations across the US this week!
Anticipation for the new single has been high - and music reviewers have been enthusiastic with their support. Chris Neal, Music Editor of Country Weekly says the song is a “Scorcher, soaked in the influence of 1970’s country-rock,” while Maverick Magazine exclaims that “Fire In The Desert” “is a superb country rocker that shows just how good Shawna’s voice really is.”
“Fire In The Desert” is Russell’s follow-up release to her hit single and video, “Should’ve Been Born With Wheels.”"Fire In The Desert" is a hot summertime rocker delivered with power and passion by singer/songwriter, Russell, who co-wrote the song with father/guitarist, Keith, and uncle/producer, Tim. The track features an all-star line up of musicians including famed L.A. session drummer Russ Kunkel (Lyle Lovett/James Taylor/Stevie Nicks) and bassist David Santos (John Fogerty/Elton John). Russell’s vocals were engineered by Grammy award-winning Julian King (Tim McGraw/Faith Hill), and the track was mixed by Emmy and Grammy recipient Nathaniel Kunkel (The Police/Diana Ross). "Fire In The Desert" is from Russell’s critically-acclaimed debut CD 'GODDESS.'
"Fire In The Desert" is available on CDX Vol. #471 and CD Tex Music Delivery Service Vol. #74b. Radio programmers may also download an airplay quality version of the single and other songs by Russell at AirPlay Direct: www.AirPlayDirect.com/shawnarussell.
For more information, visit Shawna Russell’s online sites at: www.ShawnaRussell.com and www.MySpace.com/shawnarussell878 *Photo credit: Cynthia Donati-Stepping Stones Photography
About Shawna
Shawna Russell was introduced onto the national music scene with the release of her debut CD, GODDESS, in early 2008. But her reputation as a world-class talent had already caught the attention of many folks in the music industry. Prior to the release of the CD, Shawna made her national television debut on the popular show "INSIDE MUSIC ROW" and the COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION named her as one of their "Who New To Watch in 2008" artists. Since then, Shawna’s music has received rave reviews from the CMA Close Up, Country Weekly, The Oklahoman, and esteemed Music Row critic, Robert K. Oermann. And she has earned International acclaim from some of Europe’s top music publications, including Maverick Magazine (UK) and DreamWest Magazine (France).
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Media Contacts:
For media or interview requests please contact:Webster & Associates Public RelationsDonna Schacher / donna@websterpr.com (615) 777-6995 x 24Kirt Webster / kirt@websterpr.com (615) 777-6995 x 30-or-
For CD, mp3 song files, hi-res photos contact:
Way Out West Records
Nashville-Oklahoma
Oak Ridge Boys To Perform On the "Marty Stuart Show"
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The 30-minute episode, hosted and produced by Stuart at Nashville’s NorthStar Studios, features the mega-hits “Elvira” and “Y’all Come Back Saloon” from The Oak Ridge Boys and “Have A Little Talk With Jesus” as a sing-along with Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives. Radio personality Eddie Stubbs serves as the show’s announcer and Stuart’s sidekick on every episode. “This show is about authenticity,” said Stuart, “…from the artists who visit us in the studio every week to the people watching at home in America.” RFD-TV is a rural lifestyle network with programming that focuses on agriculture, equine, rural lifestyle and music/entertainment. Broadcasting to 40 million homes across the country, the RFD-TV line-up includes Imus In the Morning, Crook & Chase, Big Joe’s Polka Show and Ralph Emery LIVE. www.rfdtv.com Please visit www.oakridgeboys.com for information on their upcoming album ‘The Boys Are Back’, scheduled to release May 19th. | ||
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Inside Music Row Brings Newcomer Megan Munroe to Viewers Nationwide March 30
Inside Music Row Brings Newcomer Megan Munroe To Viewers Nationwide March 30 - April 5Nashville, TN (March 30, 2009) -- The Inside Music Row cameras were on hand for Megan Munroe's recent performance at Nashville's 12th & Porter club, catching the talented singer/songwriter winning over the SRO crowd with songs from her current CD, ONE MORE BROKEN STRING. Host Kelly Lynn chatted with Megan about acting and living in Los Angeles, finding her place in the Nashville songwriting community and her upcoming Summer tour. Munroe's current single, "Moonshine," is "bubbling under" on the Music Row chart. The program airs in Nashville on WNAB at 9:30 p.m., Sunday, April 5, and nationally March 30 through April 5.The Seattle native and Nashville resident has been busy since the release of her CD in February. Recent performances include The Bluebird Cafe and Tootsie's Back Room, and she also participated in her first Country Radio Seminar.Inside Music Row airs in approximately 80 markets, including WBKO in Bowling Green, KY, WKAG in Hopkinsville, KY, KLAS-TV One Las Vegas, KXXV-TV Waco, TX, KCTU-TV 5 in Wichita, KS, WRDW-TV in Augusta, GA, WFFT -Fox in Fort Wayne, IN, WHNT-CBS in Huntsville, AL, WWCI TV10 in Vero Beach, FL and on the AMG-TV network. This show is also available online starting Wednesday, April 1 at www.InsideMusicRow.com, www.DigitalRodeo.com, iTunes, and AOL Television. Fans can enjoy Megan's blog, audio clips and video at www.meganmunroe.com, or visit her at Facebook, Digital Rodeo or MySpace. For interviews, email somuchmoore@charter.net or call Martha at 615-746-3994.
Photo Credit: Bev Moser
Photo Credit: Bev Moser
Thursday, March 26, 2009
"Intimate Evening series with "Always... Patsy Cline Star Mandy Barnett
650AM WSM Continues "Intimate Evening" Series with "Always... Patsy Cline" Star Mandy Barnett
(Nashville, TN - March 24, 2009) Legendary Nashville radio station 650AM WSM will continue its "Intimate Evening" series on Monday, April 6 with the star of "Always... Patsy Cline," Mandy Barnett. Hosted by night-time personality Eddie Stubbs, the show will feature one-on-one interviews with both singer Barnett and Cline's widower, special guest Charlie Dick.
"Our 'Intimate Evening' series with Eddie Stubbs is a rare opportunity for WSM listeners to get up close and personal with the legends and superstars that we play on the air," says WSM Program Director Joe Limardi. "You can't buy tickets to this series, so the only way to see the show is to win passes over the air or online through our website."The April 6 show with Mandy Barnett will broadcast live from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. CST at the Ford Theater inside the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn. It will also be available for online streaming at the WSM website, www.WSMonline.com. WSM's "Intimate Evening" series is a monthly program that first began broadcasting in November 2005. Previous artists that have appeared on the series include Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, Porter Wagoner and more.
About WSM:650 AM WSM's first official broadcast day was October 5, 1925. The Nashville-based station is the radio home for the Grand Ole Opry, which has been broadcast live over the airwaves on WSM since its inception. The 50,000-watt, low frequency station can be picked up in 38 states on 650 AM and heard worldwide at www.WSMonline.com.
(Nashville, TN - March 24, 2009) Legendary Nashville radio station 650AM WSM will continue its "Intimate Evening" series on Monday, April 6 with the star of "Always... Patsy Cline," Mandy Barnett. Hosted by night-time personality Eddie Stubbs, the show will feature one-on-one interviews with both singer Barnett and Cline's widower, special guest Charlie Dick.
"Our 'Intimate Evening' series with Eddie Stubbs is a rare opportunity for WSM listeners to get up close and personal with the legends and superstars that we play on the air," says WSM Program Director Joe Limardi. "You can't buy tickets to this series, so the only way to see the show is to win passes over the air or online through our website."The April 6 show with Mandy Barnett will broadcast live from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. CST at the Ford Theater inside the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn. It will also be available for online streaming at the WSM website, www.WSMonline.com. WSM's "Intimate Evening" series is a monthly program that first began broadcasting in November 2005. Previous artists that have appeared on the series include Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, Porter Wagoner and more.
About WSM:650 AM WSM's first official broadcast day was October 5, 1925. The Nashville-based station is the radio home for the Grand Ole Opry, which has been broadcast live over the airwaves on WSM since its inception. The 50,000-watt, low frequency station can be picked up in 38 states on 650 AM and heard worldwide at www.WSMonline.com.
Rural Rhytmn Records Signs GOLD HEART
Rural Rhythm Records Signs GOLD HEART
Arcadia, CA (3.25.09) Fans of bluegrass music have no doubt heard of the highly entertaining and award-winning family band, GOLD HEART, so it is with great pleasure Rural Rhythm Records announces they have signed the group to their label. “The buzz on Gold Heart was incredible at last years IBMA World of Bluegrass convention. This emerging new group seemed to be a main topic of many discussions regarding what new music is hot! On the last day, sandwiched in between a day of wall-to-wall meetings, Trent Gold asked if we could meet with Gold Heart for a few minutes and that’s when I discovered what the buzz was all about. We were all impressed with Analise, Jocelyn and Shelby and their high level of professionalism, confidence and the articulation of the music and career goals,” said label President, Sam Passamano, Jr.GOLD HEART, individually and as a whole, has received a multitude of awards and recognitions in a short amount of time and credit their Mother with teaching them their vocal harmony that has drawn so much attention to this young band. Members include the three Gold sisters, Analise (mandolin, vocals); Jocelyn (guitar, vocals); Shelby (fiddle and vocals); along with their Dad, Trent Gold (bass); plus Owen Piatt (banjo). The group is currently in the studio recording their soon to be released new album with Producer, Justin Carbone. "Gold Heart is blown away with the opportunity to work with Rural Rhythm Records! Just to think that less than four years ago we were still trying to figure out how to hold our instruments and now we have the support of a fantastic label! We believe the time was right and we're ready to deliver the finest music we can make. We look forward to a successful relationship with Rural Rhythm Records,” said Analise. GOLD HEART has a busy tour schedule in the U.S. plus their first overseas tour next month in the United Kingdom. Two fellow Rural Rhythm artists have had the opportunity to see the band perform, including Sammy Shelor (Lonesome River Band) saying, "Gold Heart is a great vocal unit with strong instrumentation - a great show to see,” and Bill McBee (Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad) agreeing by saying, "Their songwriting and performances are stellar!" More announcements will be made soon regarding a release date and tour announcements, so please visit www.goldheartbluegrass.com or www.ruralrhythm.com for more information.
RECORD LABEL:Rural Rhythm Records Radio Contact: Sammy Passamano, IIIEmailMEDIA CONTACT:Hope River Entertainment678.377.3298Email
Arcadia, CA (3.25.09) Fans of bluegrass music have no doubt heard of the highly entertaining and award-winning family band, GOLD HEART, so it is with great pleasure Rural Rhythm Records announces they have signed the group to their label. “The buzz on Gold Heart was incredible at last years IBMA World of Bluegrass convention. This emerging new group seemed to be a main topic of many discussions regarding what new music is hot! On the last day, sandwiched in between a day of wall-to-wall meetings, Trent Gold asked if we could meet with Gold Heart for a few minutes and that’s when I discovered what the buzz was all about. We were all impressed with Analise, Jocelyn and Shelby and their high level of professionalism, confidence and the articulation of the music and career goals,” said label President, Sam Passamano, Jr.GOLD HEART, individually and as a whole, has received a multitude of awards and recognitions in a short amount of time and credit their Mother with teaching them their vocal harmony that has drawn so much attention to this young band. Members include the three Gold sisters, Analise (mandolin, vocals); Jocelyn (guitar, vocals); Shelby (fiddle and vocals); along with their Dad, Trent Gold (bass); plus Owen Piatt (banjo). The group is currently in the studio recording their soon to be released new album with Producer, Justin Carbone. "Gold Heart is blown away with the opportunity to work with Rural Rhythm Records! Just to think that less than four years ago we were still trying to figure out how to hold our instruments and now we have the support of a fantastic label! We believe the time was right and we're ready to deliver the finest music we can make. We look forward to a successful relationship with Rural Rhythm Records,” said Analise. GOLD HEART has a busy tour schedule in the U.S. plus their first overseas tour next month in the United Kingdom. Two fellow Rural Rhythm artists have had the opportunity to see the band perform, including Sammy Shelor (Lonesome River Band) saying, "Gold Heart is a great vocal unit with strong instrumentation - a great show to see,” and Bill McBee (Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad) agreeing by saying, "Their songwriting and performances are stellar!" More announcements will be made soon regarding a release date and tour announcements, so please visit www.goldheartbluegrass.com or www.ruralrhythm.com for more information.
RECORD LABEL:Rural Rhythm Records Radio Contact: Sammy Passamano, IIIEmailMEDIA CONTACT:Hope River Entertainment678.377.3298Email
Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain Welcome New Banjo Player
CARRIE HASSLER & HARD RAIN WELCOME NEW BANJO PLAYER
CARRIE HASSLER AND HARD RAIN are pleased to announce the new addition to the band, seventeen-year-old, Zach Gilmer. The Virginia native and extremely talented musician began playing the banjo at age 10, began formal lessons at 14, and the same year placed third in the Virginia Folk Music Association’s (VFMA) Junior Entertainer category. The following year he placed second in the Adult State Banjo category and in 2007 became the Adult State Banjo Champion. "We are very excited about the energy and freshness that Zach brings to the band. It is amazing the talent and maturity he has at such a young age,” said Hassler. CARRIE HASSLER & HARD RAIN are celebrating their current album, CHHR2 that includes 3 current chart songs. The track, “Devil’s Den” appears in the Sirius-XM Top 40 Bluegrass Songs; “I Can Go Back Anytime” climbs to the #4 position on Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine’s Top 30 singles chart (April); holds the #9 spot on Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine’s Top 30 (March); and the powerful “Country Strong” is #9 in the United Kingdom (March). The album, “CHHR2” hit #1 on Cashbox Magazine’s Rockygrass Chart (February) and appears at #6 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine’s Top 15 album chart (April). Rural Rhythm recently announced the second official single release, "Faith and Hope" from CHHR2," and also the new stand alone digital release, "Amazing Grace," now available on ITUNES, Amazon and other digital outlets. The song was produced and performed by CARRIE HASSLER and will also appear on the label’s new RURAL RHYTHM CHRISTIAN imprint label.Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain’s next appearance is the Early Bird Bluegrass Festival in Hugo, Ok this weekend and then onto the popular National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, TN in April. They have a very busy tour schedule this year including their first overseas tour (July) at the Country Rendez-Vous Festival and the International Bluegrass Festival in France, plus shows in Switzerland. For a complete tour schedule and more information, please visit: www.CarrieHasslerandHardRain.comwww.RuralRhythm.comwww.HopeRiverEntertainment.com
###Rural Rhythm Records800-776-8742 BOOKING AND MEDIA REQUEST: Hope River EntertainmentPenni McDaniel Email
CARRIE HASSLER AND HARD RAIN are pleased to announce the new addition to the band, seventeen-year-old, Zach Gilmer. The Virginia native and extremely talented musician began playing the banjo at age 10, began formal lessons at 14, and the same year placed third in the Virginia Folk Music Association’s (VFMA) Junior Entertainer category. The following year he placed second in the Adult State Banjo category and in 2007 became the Adult State Banjo Champion. "We are very excited about the energy and freshness that Zach brings to the band. It is amazing the talent and maturity he has at such a young age,” said Hassler. CARRIE HASSLER & HARD RAIN are celebrating their current album, CHHR2 that includes 3 current chart songs. The track, “Devil’s Den” appears in the Sirius-XM Top 40 Bluegrass Songs; “I Can Go Back Anytime” climbs to the #4 position on Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine’s Top 30 singles chart (April); holds the #9 spot on Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine’s Top 30 (March); and the powerful “Country Strong” is #9 in the United Kingdom (March). The album, “CHHR2” hit #1 on Cashbox Magazine’s Rockygrass Chart (February) and appears at #6 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine’s Top 15 album chart (April). Rural Rhythm recently announced the second official single release, "Faith and Hope" from CHHR2," and also the new stand alone digital release, "Amazing Grace," now available on ITUNES, Amazon and other digital outlets. The song was produced and performed by CARRIE HASSLER and will also appear on the label’s new RURAL RHYTHM CHRISTIAN imprint label.Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain’s next appearance is the Early Bird Bluegrass Festival in Hugo, Ok this weekend and then onto the popular National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, TN in April. They have a very busy tour schedule this year including their first overseas tour (July) at the Country Rendez-Vous Festival and the International Bluegrass Festival in France, plus shows in Switzerland. For a complete tour schedule and more information, please visit: www.CarrieHasslerandHardRain.comwww.RuralRhythm.comwww.HopeRiverEntertainment.com
###Rural Rhythm Records800-776-8742 BOOKING AND MEDIA REQUEST: Hope River EntertainmentPenni McDaniel Email
Digital Rodeo Launches New Songwriter Series, "In The Round, On The Row"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:Jeff Walker - AristoMedia - 615.269.7071 - jwalker@aristomedia.comChristy Watkins - AristoMedia - 615.269.7071 - christy@aristomedia.comJohn Pyne - Digital Rodeo - 615.397.5758 - john.pyne@digitalrodeo.comScotty Huff - "In the Round On the Row" - scotty@scottyhuff.com
Digital Rodeo Launches New Songwriter Series, "In The Round On The Row"
Series Premiere Thursday, March 26 on DigitalRodeo.com
(Nashville, TN - March 25, 2009) Online social network and country lifestyle portal Digital Rodeo has unveiled "In The Round On The Row," a bi-weekly songwriter series available for viewing exclusively at DigitalRodeo.com. The series, hosted by Robert Reynolds, features some of Nashville's most successful songwriters performing and discussing their songs at the weekly "In The Round On The Row" events held at Music Row's Edgehill Studios Café last fall."Listening to songs performed acoustically by the artist that created them is a unique musical experience. You hear them on the radio, but songwriters have a very personal relationship with their music, and it affects their delivery in an amazing way," says Reynolds, Digital Rodeo's Director of Industry Relations. "Even though it's an intimate setting at the show, thanks to this series we're able to bring that intimacy worldwide now."
Songwriters Jason Matthews ("Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"), Michael Peterson ("Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie") and Jason White ("Red Ragtop") are the featured performers on the premiere episode."We realized that songwriter nights are nothing new here in Nashville," says the show's co-producer Scotty Huff. "But, we also realized that for most of the world, it would be a unique way to get insight into how some of the biggest hits in country music are made and the songwriters behind those hits. By posting episodes online at DigitalRodeo.com, we hope that it makes for some new and exciting content for our viewers."Glenn Sweitzer, owner of Fresh Film & Design, began filming the show in October 2008. Webisodes will be posted every other Thursday as an original installment of DRTV at www.DigitalRodeo.com. New episodes of "In The Round On The Row" will resume filming in the coming weeks.The 20-25 minute installments are sponsored by Big Horn Safe Co. and Ariat Boots and recorded on audio equipment provided by 16 Ton Studios in Nashville. About DigitalRodeo.com:DigitalRodeo.com is the premier country news, music and lifestyle site for country music fans everywhere. Community membership is free and offers fans and artists alike the opportunity to connect with each other, upload and download audio and video, watch exclusive DigitalRodeo.com content and stay updated on what's happening in the world of country music. For more information, visit www.DigitalRodeo.com
Contact:Jeff Walker - AristoMedia - 615.269.7071 - jwalker@aristomedia.comChristy Watkins - AristoMedia - 615.269.7071 - christy@aristomedia.comJohn Pyne - Digital Rodeo - 615.397.5758 - john.pyne@digitalrodeo.comScotty Huff - "In the Round On the Row" - scotty@scottyhuff.com
Digital Rodeo Launches New Songwriter Series, "In The Round On The Row"
Series Premiere Thursday, March 26 on DigitalRodeo.com
(Nashville, TN - March 25, 2009) Online social network and country lifestyle portal Digital Rodeo has unveiled "In The Round On The Row," a bi-weekly songwriter series available for viewing exclusively at DigitalRodeo.com. The series, hosted by Robert Reynolds, features some of Nashville's most successful songwriters performing and discussing their songs at the weekly "In The Round On The Row" events held at Music Row's Edgehill Studios Café last fall."Listening to songs performed acoustically by the artist that created them is a unique musical experience. You hear them on the radio, but songwriters have a very personal relationship with their music, and it affects their delivery in an amazing way," says Reynolds, Digital Rodeo's Director of Industry Relations. "Even though it's an intimate setting at the show, thanks to this series we're able to bring that intimacy worldwide now."
Songwriters Jason Matthews ("Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"), Michael Peterson ("Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie") and Jason White ("Red Ragtop") are the featured performers on the premiere episode."We realized that songwriter nights are nothing new here in Nashville," says the show's co-producer Scotty Huff. "But, we also realized that for most of the world, it would be a unique way to get insight into how some of the biggest hits in country music are made and the songwriters behind those hits. By posting episodes online at DigitalRodeo.com, we hope that it makes for some new and exciting content for our viewers."Glenn Sweitzer, owner of Fresh Film & Design, began filming the show in October 2008. Webisodes will be posted every other Thursday as an original installment of DRTV at www.DigitalRodeo.com. New episodes of "In The Round On The Row" will resume filming in the coming weeks.The 20-25 minute installments are sponsored by Big Horn Safe Co. and Ariat Boots and recorded on audio equipment provided by 16 Ton Studios in Nashville. About DigitalRodeo.com:DigitalRodeo.com is the premier country news, music and lifestyle site for country music fans everywhere. Community membership is free and offers fans and artists alike the opportunity to connect with each other, upload and download audio and video, watch exclusive DigitalRodeo.com content and stay updated on what's happening in the world of country music. For more information, visit www.DigitalRodeo.com
What A Trip Entertainment Teams with Bob Kingsley's Top Forty For Country Music Fans
What A Trip Entertainment Teams with Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 to Bring Fans of Country Music to the CMA Music Festival in 2009!
For years, What A Trip Entertainment has been recognized as the leading source of unique trips and travel planning for an elite group of recording artists as well as radio and television stations. For the first time, What A Trip Entertainment is now offering their celebrated trip packages directly to the country music fans! In conjunction with the popular radio show, Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, What A Trip Entertainment is offering several exclusive trip packages that include private events and performances hosted by the iconic Bob Kingsley himself!
With trip packages starting as low as $560 per person, this partnership brings the most exclusive experience to the fans at prices that are easy on the wallet. Offering great flexibility, the available packages give the fans the opportunity to get a flavor of CMA Music Festival for their choice of two consecutive nights or jump in with both feet and stay for all five nights! And if you need even more flexibility, fans can add nights to their trip for as little as $250 per night.
“We want to be sure CT40 listeners not only have a unique experience but one with value and flexibility. What A Trip! has created both, and no other entertainment company knows their way around country music events like these folks,” tells Bob Kingsley.
Delivering the ultimate VIP experience to the guests while offering reasonable prices and flexibility were a top priority to What A Trip Entertainment CEO, Grace Reinbold. “Being able to offer fans “insider” country music trips is great fun for everyone! We focus on the over-all experience and make these trips the most memorable events of a fan’s lifetime.”
And when we say unique, we mean it!
The packages include a private event exclusively for Bob Kingsley Country Top 40 CMA Music Festival Trip participants hosted by Bob Kingsley featuring Jeffrey Steele and Friends.
Jeffrey Steele is a hit songwriter and producer with accolades including two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year and Nashville Songwriters Association International's writer of the year for three consecutive years. His song "What Hurts The Most," recorded by Rascal Flatts, received several awards in 2007 as well as a Grammy nomination for the best country song. He also produced Montgomery Gentry's album "My Town" and "Some People Change" as well as projects by Keith Anderson, John Waite and the LoCash Cowboys. On the road, Jeffrey Steele has performed with Lynyrd Skynrd, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley. His publishing company, 3 Ring Circus, has churned out hits including "My Wish," "Brand New Girlfriend," "Help Somebody," and "Everyday You Saved My Life." And yes, you saw Jeffrey Steele along with Jewel and John Rich as a judge on "Nashville Star."
Bob Kingsley will also host the "New Artist Show," which will feature some of Nashville's most exciting new artists chosen by Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 for a very exclusive acoustic performance just for CMA Music Festival Trip guests. Guests will meet the artists, get autographs and enjoy a private event unlike any other presented during the Fan Fair Festival days in Nashville.
About What A Trip! Entertainment
Since launching in 1998, What A Trip! co-founders Grace Reinbold and Darlene Williams have guided the company to unprecedented success. Today, What A Trip! Entertainment is recognized as the leading purveyor of unique trips and travel planning for record labels as well as radio and television networks. In 2009, packages offering the public an opportunity to experience the extraordinary trips that What A Trip! Entertainment is known for have been introduced. What A Trip! Entertainment continues to offer the very best in exclusive experiences to everyone from industry leaders to celebrity artists to the fans that make it all possible, treating everyone as a VIP along the way.
About Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40
Every time he gets in front of the microphone, Bob Kingsley adds to his status as the most listened-to radio voice in country music history. The Host and Executive Producer of Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, far and away the most successful show of its kind, has been the king of the country countdown for three decades now, and to hear him tell it, the process retains every bit of its magic. Bob's love for the genre, its people and its history has always been evident in that warm, rich voice, and the combination has given him both a vast and loyal audience and legendary status within the industry. He has twice been named the CMA's National Broadcast Personality of the Year and his show received Billboard's Network/Syndicated Program of the Year award no fewer than 16 times. Bob also received the ACM’s National Broadcast Personality of the Year Award in 2007 and, perhaps most tellingly, he was inducted in 1998 into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame.
Media Contact
For Further Information Please Contact:Webster & Associates Public Relations 615-777-6995Bonnie Brozik / Bonnie@websterpr.comKirt Webster / Kirt@websterpr.com
Webster and Associates Public Relations
For years, What A Trip Entertainment has been recognized as the leading source of unique trips and travel planning for an elite group of recording artists as well as radio and television stations. For the first time, What A Trip Entertainment is now offering their celebrated trip packages directly to the country music fans! In conjunction with the popular radio show, Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, What A Trip Entertainment is offering several exclusive trip packages that include private events and performances hosted by the iconic Bob Kingsley himself!
With trip packages starting as low as $560 per person, this partnership brings the most exclusive experience to the fans at prices that are easy on the wallet. Offering great flexibility, the available packages give the fans the opportunity to get a flavor of CMA Music Festival for their choice of two consecutive nights or jump in with both feet and stay for all five nights! And if you need even more flexibility, fans can add nights to their trip for as little as $250 per night.
“We want to be sure CT40 listeners not only have a unique experience but one with value and flexibility. What A Trip! has created both, and no other entertainment company knows their way around country music events like these folks,” tells Bob Kingsley.
Delivering the ultimate VIP experience to the guests while offering reasonable prices and flexibility were a top priority to What A Trip Entertainment CEO, Grace Reinbold. “Being able to offer fans “insider” country music trips is great fun for everyone! We focus on the over-all experience and make these trips the most memorable events of a fan’s lifetime.”
And when we say unique, we mean it!
The packages include a private event exclusively for Bob Kingsley Country Top 40 CMA Music Festival Trip participants hosted by Bob Kingsley featuring Jeffrey Steele and Friends.
Jeffrey Steele is a hit songwriter and producer with accolades including two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year and Nashville Songwriters Association International's writer of the year for three consecutive years. His song "What Hurts The Most," recorded by Rascal Flatts, received several awards in 2007 as well as a Grammy nomination for the best country song. He also produced Montgomery Gentry's album "My Town" and "Some People Change" as well as projects by Keith Anderson, John Waite and the LoCash Cowboys. On the road, Jeffrey Steele has performed with Lynyrd Skynrd, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley. His publishing company, 3 Ring Circus, has churned out hits including "My Wish," "Brand New Girlfriend," "Help Somebody," and "Everyday You Saved My Life." And yes, you saw Jeffrey Steele along with Jewel and John Rich as a judge on "Nashville Star."
Bob Kingsley will also host the "New Artist Show," which will feature some of Nashville's most exciting new artists chosen by Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 for a very exclusive acoustic performance just for CMA Music Festival Trip guests. Guests will meet the artists, get autographs and enjoy a private event unlike any other presented during the Fan Fair Festival days in Nashville.
About What A Trip! Entertainment
Since launching in 1998, What A Trip! co-founders Grace Reinbold and Darlene Williams have guided the company to unprecedented success. Today, What A Trip! Entertainment is recognized as the leading purveyor of unique trips and travel planning for record labels as well as radio and television networks. In 2009, packages offering the public an opportunity to experience the extraordinary trips that What A Trip! Entertainment is known for have been introduced. What A Trip! Entertainment continues to offer the very best in exclusive experiences to everyone from industry leaders to celebrity artists to the fans that make it all possible, treating everyone as a VIP along the way.
About Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40
Every time he gets in front of the microphone, Bob Kingsley adds to his status as the most listened-to radio voice in country music history. The Host and Executive Producer of Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, far and away the most successful show of its kind, has been the king of the country countdown for three decades now, and to hear him tell it, the process retains every bit of its magic. Bob's love for the genre, its people and its history has always been evident in that warm, rich voice, and the combination has given him both a vast and loyal audience and legendary status within the industry. He has twice been named the CMA's National Broadcast Personality of the Year and his show received Billboard's Network/Syndicated Program of the Year award no fewer than 16 times. Bob also received the ACM’s National Broadcast Personality of the Year Award in 2007 and, perhaps most tellingly, he was inducted in 1998 into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame.
Media Contact
For Further Information Please Contact:Webster & Associates Public Relations 615-777-6995Bonnie Brozik / Bonnie@websterpr.comKirt Webster / Kirt@websterpr.com
Webster and Associates Public Relations
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