2014-03-22
Dakota Bradley - Won't Be Young Forever | Album: NEW Single Play MPE
Ray Price - Beauty Lies In The Eyes of The
Beholder | Album: Beauty Is NEW (out
15 April 2014) CD - MP3 - Amazon.com
Charly McClain - Who's Cheatin' Who | Album: The Best of
Charly McClain (March 26, 1956) BIRTHDAY
Erica Sunshine Lee - Georgia For This | Album: The South Will Rise Again MP3 - UK iTunes
NEW
Single Play MPE
Baillie & The Boys - Wilder Days | Album: Unplugged MP3 (Michael
Bonagura - March 26, 2014) BIRTHDAY
Johnny Cash - Out Among The Stars | Album: Out Among The
Stars NEW
CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Vince Gill - Dear Old Flag | Album: Divided
& United: the Songs of the Civil War 2-CD Box Set ) CD - MP3 Listen to the
whole project on soundcloud.com
The New Madrids - Hey Christine | Album: Through the Heart
of Town (released Jan 15, 2014) MP3 - UK iTunes
NEWS
Country Album Chart ** No. 1
(3 non consecutive weeks) " The
Outsiders” Eric Church
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (2 weeks) ** “This Is How Me Roll” Florida
Georgia Line feat Luke Bryan
Country Airplay ** No. 1 (1 week) ** "I Hold On" Dierks Bentley
Country Digital Songs **
No.1 (2 weeks) ** “This Is How Me Roll” Florida Georgia Line feat Luke Bryan
- Snapshot Country
Aircheck's Insider Artist News - March 25, 2014 -
March 28, 2014
- Petersfield, Hampshire
Country/Americana duo ” twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward-Thomas sang live for Sir Terry
Wogan on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday March 23rd. The 19-year olds performed
their new single “The Good and The Right” along with a delicate
cover of Dougie McLean’s “ Caledonia”. Listen to the Session
- Wolvestock 2014 Axed: **Announcement ** It was announced that
Wolvestock 2014 has been cancelled due to poor ticket
sales - Source wolvescivic.co.uk “be happy in the
fact we all had 19 brilliant years to meet new friends listen to great
music moan about the rain in our wellies while dancing, but most of all
just being together” wrote Debbie Duncan on Facebook (Wolvestock
Dance Master)
- Singer/songwriter Brandy Clark made her debut performance on “The Ellen
DeGeneres Show” on Monday, Mar. 24, performing “Stripes” from her
critically-acclaimed album, 12 Stories.
Buckle up and view this stellar performance HERE.
- 35.4 million YouTube hits can't be
wrong: Swedish DJ Avicii made his introduction to Billboard's
Country Airplay chart, as >> "Hey
Brother"
bowed at No.59 last week. US digital sales for “Hey Brother” have now
topped the 1-million mark.
- Merle
Haggard will be honored with
the Crystal
Milestone Award at the 49th Annual Academy Of Country Music
Awards in Las Vegas April 6
- The Academy of Country Music also announced on March 21st that Toby Keith, Ronnie Milsap, Carrie
Underwood, Kris Kristofferson, Rascal Flatts, the late Jack Clement, producer Dann Huff and songwriter Shane McAnally are among those
receiving off-camera
honors as part of this year’s ACM Awards:. Read all the ACM
winners off-camera winners at musicrow.com
- Vince
Gill’s daughter Jenny
Gill and her husband,
Josh Van Valkenburg announced that the couple is expecting their first baby, a boy, in August. That means Vince will soon
be a grandfather.
- Indiana
Boon - Rory Feek
explained the naming of Joey+Rory's little girl in his latest blog
- Kelly Willis & Bruce
Robison declare 2014 'Our Year' with new album out 5/27
- Dolly Parton has announced her performance as part of the Today Show Outdoor Concert Series, the very same day her album hits stores May
13th.
- Johnny Cash – Out Among the Stars:
exclusive album stream at The Guardian.com. Get the free download of “I'm Movin' On (260kbps MP3).
- Miranda Lambert performed her brand-new single "Automatic" live at the Grand Ole Opry with Gwen Sebastian on backing
vox.
- Martina McBride appeared on PBS-TV's Tavis Smiley to explain why she's charting new
territory with forthcoming album Watch at pbs.org
- Bobbe Seymour, a longtime steel guitar passed away last week (March 20th). Seymour
played with the likes of Ferlin Husky, Jean Shepard, Stonewall Jackson and
Billy Walker.
New on The Show:
“Dixie Daughter”
Off
to an explosive start, and it’s alright by me - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
About: Leah Seawright
Leah was surrounded by music
from birth; her parents are both musicians and singers. When she was in
elementary school she developed a speech impediment and had to take classes,
and was able to overcome it. In ninth grade she
auditioned as a backup singer for a band and stayed with them for 2 years.
Leah wrote and recorded two
gospel albums prior to her 2005 debut country album.
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Leah and her
drummer
Mark Herndon
at the 2012 CMA Awards
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On the long path Leah has
been treading, much to her credit it has resulted in her writing and co-writing
13 of the 14 songs on this country debut. Her talents have been recognized
getting the call to open for some notable stalwarts including Mark Chesnutt,
John Michael Montgomery, Restless Heart and John Anderson.
In describing
Leah’s voice it’s as if Tanya Tucker, Pat Benatar and Janis Joplin had all
taken a sip from the same cup of coffee. COUNTRY GIRL 101 (>>
Watch the title cut
YouTube ) showed much promise but the tracks were a bit too
one dimensional.
Taste Of Country described her single ‘On the Backroads’ as a “strong dose of
anthemic ’80s pop-rock blends with country throughout”
In 2012, Leah went into the studio again to complete her second country
project (six song EP) a collaboration with producer Jeremy Stover (the wizard
behind Justin Moore’s string of top Country hits). The first charting single
released was Leah’s raucous 'Til Your Boots Are Dirty'. Leah wrote two of the
six cuts in the new collection including 'Mama Prayed' which celebrated the
redemption that comes from a mothers faith and unconditional love and 'Dixie
Daughter' full of sassy southern pride. As part of the release promotion for
the first single, Seawright teamed up with Montana Silversmiths, the world’s
leading western buckle and jewelry maker as celebrity endorsee for the
organization and brand.
Currently, Seawright has released a third single from the EP, “Dixie Daughter” described on her
website as “full of Alabama soul that's tender and tough. The tune hooks you
from the beginning, written from the viewpoint of the American "girl next
door".
On March 17, 2014 “Dixie Daughter” was sent to radio and she is slated to follow up the release with nationwide radio promotion and ongoing performance tour. Look out for Leah, she is high octane!
New on The Show:
“Won't Be Young Forever” Something new now to get up and dance to,
written with The Warren Bros nice vibe to it - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
About: Dakota Bradley
A country/pop, singer/songwriter hails from St. Louis,
Mo.
He grew up in St. Louis playing basketball, soccer,
hockey and football.
He was listened to bands line Guns & Roses,
Aerosmith and Motley Crue. But, his bio continues “ when he discovered the
heart-tugging lyrics of country music a few years later, he had found a home.”
When Dakota was in eighth grade, he formed a band with some friends, and began playing in local clubs around town. He and his family moved to Nashville when he was in his early teens, but when he turned 16, he went through some trying times that gave him plenty of fuel to power his dreams of a bigger and better life. His home burned down to the ground, then his stepdad, who suffered from addiction problems, left the family. But his fortune quickly turned around when he met a manager who wanted to represent him. His manager hooked him up with another aspiring artist, and the two made a video of a song they performed together, “The Girl Is Mine,” that eventually became an internet sensation. From there he made his debut television performance on the high profile Ellen DeGeneres Show!
His first single, “Somethin’ Like Somethin’”, was produced by Tim McGraw and Byron
Gallimore (who signed him to his new label, Soundstream Records). It debuted on
the Billboard Country Airplay chart at No.60.
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| Dakota at the 2013 ACM's |
“I am truly blessed to have had Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw
co-produce the single and my album,” said Bradley. “I pinch myself everyday to make sure this isn’t a dream. I am really
thankful for them both and for Streamsound Records for taking a chance on me.”
He visited radio stations
for three months on a national radio tour making impromptu appearances. He also
appeared at the ACM Awards in 2013. Watch his ACM red carpet interview http://bcove.me/bfn2e1vc
where with his T-shirt he displayed the
country music version of Mount Rushmore!
Dakota describes his music this way — “I sing like a rock singer like Steven Tyler, but I sound country. I think people are gonna like me, because my music is honest and it’s real. I really sell it live…I take performing and my career really seriously, ‘cause I gave up a lot to do this.”
Now a 20-year
old, Dakota’s latest single “Won’t Be
Young Forever” was sent to radio on March 18, 2014. This, his follow-up to his
Top 50 Hit, "Somethin’ Like Somethin’!" is again produced by Byron
Gallimore and Tim McGraw.
New on The Show:
“Georgia For
This” Another new single, I really like the vibe to this one, it sounds good
to me, it’s a really good song - Marie
Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
About: Erica Sunshine Lee
This
Nashville Recording Artist has earned the reputation of "Hardest Working
Woman in Country Music” due to her uncompromising work ethic, established
during her up-bringing in rural Georgia.
Erica
has also performed with Billy Gibbons and ZZ Top, Bridget Tatum, Tommy Tutone,
Eric Lee Beddingfield and Wayne Mills.
In late
2013 she promoted her single "Drinking and Driving Me Crazy" (from
the album I’M STILL ME) (>> Official
Video) on the European Hotdisc which was the 2nd single off
Erica’s 4th studio album. It has enjoyed a 9-week chart run and peaked at #7 on
the Hotdisc Top 40 chart.
Her
latest single “Georgia For This” from January 2014 released album THE SOUTH
WILL RISE AGAIN, impacted country radio on March 10, 2014
Musically,
Erica aims to take each album to new heights. "The South will Rise
Again" is no exception. DJ’s all across Europe are reacting positively
about Sunshine’s music. . She also puts her heart and soul in each
ballad."
Whether
she’s driving across the US, touring internationally with her band, or writing
songs in her living room, you can rest assured there’s a bright future for her.
"Sunshine is a prolific hit songwriter with
infectious and catchy lyrics and melodies, beautiful southern voice keeping the
country in country music." Lee Williams, CEO CMA Nashville
New on The Show:
“Hey Christine” One of the finest UK releases I’ve heard for some time, on the Alt spectrum, rich in
pedal steel and country instruments” - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
About: The New Madrids
Genre: Transatlantic country
soul
This Independent band hail
from Perth in Scotland and comprise Ian Hutchison, Owen Nicholson, Donny
McElligott, Mo McPherson and Andrew Bonnar.
They cite their influences
as Stones, Gram Parsons, Crowes, Lynyrd Skynrd, Hank Wiliams and Uncle Tupelo
amongst many.
They have been writing &
performing their blend of Americana, Blues, Country Rock & Soul since 2010.
Born from the founding members of $outhpaw & The Revivals, they bring their audiences soaring pedal steel, electrifying lap slide guitar, Telecaster guts & gristle, an engine room of bass & drums, all of this behind two equally distinctive voices and songwriting styles.
They have been played on BBC
Radio Scotland (Iain Anderson) and describe themselves as “Writing our own
chapter in The Great Americana Songbook”
