Thursday 20 March 2014

Playlist & News week of 15th March 2014


2014-03-15

15th March 2014 - BBC Playlist
Classics from Tanya Tucker and Charley Pride, and brand new music from Carlene Carter, Rosanne Cash & Sara Evans and many more.


Chalee Tennison - I Let Him Get Away With It | Album: Chalee Tennison CD
Carl Smith - Loose Talk | Album: Big Country Classics Volume 8: 20 Number 1 Hits Of The '60s (March 15, 1927; died January 16, 2010 (aged 82)) BIRTHDAY
Carlene Carter - Little Black Train | Album: Carter Girl  NEW Single  
David Nail - Brand New Day | Album: The Fire NEW CD - Amazon.com 
Lee Ann Womack - The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier | Album: Divided & United: the Songs of the Civil War 2-CD Box Set (Comprehensive Booklet) CD - MP3 Listen to the whole project on soundcloud.com 
Shenandoah - Next To You, Next To Me | Album: 15 Favorites MP3 (Stan Thorne March 16, 1959  & Jim Seales March 20, 1954) BIRTHDAY
Mary Black - Going Gone | Album: Without the Fanfare CD 
Louise Morrissey & Billy Yates -  'Buiochas Do Dhia Ar Do Shon' ('Thank God For You') | Single MP3
Jimmy Buckley - Say Me Marie | Album: Ramblin Man MP3
Tanya Tucker - Tennessee You In My Dreams | Album: Love Me Like You Used To CD (Writer; Paul Overstreet March 17, 1955) BIRTHDAY
Paul Overstreet - Toughest Battles | Album: A Songwriters Project, Vol. 1 MP3 - UK iTunes
Sara Evans - Good Love Is Hard To Find | Album: Slow Me Down NEW CD - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Ray Benson - Marie | Album: Little Piece CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com (March 16, 1951) BIRTHDAY 
Nu-Blu - Trains I Didn’t Take  | Album: Ten CD  
Eric Church - A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young | Album: The Outsiders CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Sara Storer - Lovegrass | Album: Lovegrass UK iTunes
American Young - Love Is War Single MP3UK iTunes
Charley Pride - Oklahoma Morning  | Album: Country Pride (Live)
Holly Norman - Blackberry Cobbler | Album: Appalachian Angel CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - CD BABY
Johnny Cash - I’m Movin’ On | Album: Out Among The Stars CD (Out March 31st)
Rosanne Cash - 50,000 Watts | Album: The River & The Thread CD [Deluxe Edition]  MP3 - Amazon.com
Eric Paslay - Country Side Of Heaven | Album: Eric Paslay CD - UK iTunes - Amazon.com NEW
Suzy Bogguss - Someday When Things Are Good | Album: Lucky NEW CD - UK iTunes
James House - This Is Me Missing You | Album: Days Gone By (1995) CD Import  (March 21, 1955) BIRTHDAY
David Grey & Lisa Lee Albritton - We’re Out Of Here | Album: Living For The Weekend NEW Single  
Ashley Robertson - Wild & Free NEW Single  MP3 - UK iTunes (released Feb 14, 2014)
Krista Detor – Marietta | Album:  Flat Earth Diary NEW CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com

NEWS Updates
Country Album Chart ** No. 1 (1 week) "Spring Break 6 … Like We Ain't Ever" Luke Bryan
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (1 week) **  “This Is How Me Roll” Florida Georgia Line feat Luke Bryan
Country Airplay ** No. 1 (1 week) *** “Helluva Life” Frankie Ballard 

Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (1 week) ** “This Is How Me Roll” Florida Georgia Line feat Luke Bryan

  • Snapshot Country Aircheck's Insider News: - March 14, 2014 - March 18, 2014
  • Exclusive First Listen: Jo Dee Messina’s New Album, “Me” Country Weekly
  • Sony Nashville UK Sampler 11 Free track Sampler - Amazon UK
  • For those who missed the exclusive Johnny Cash play of the video on Saturday 15th March at the C2C Festival in London's O2 Arena it has arrived. >> She Used To Love Me A Lot  OUT AMONG THE STARS is released on 31st March and is available for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk and UK iTunes now. Can’t wait? Stream the WHOLE album on Amazon.com
  • Dolly Parton’s new album Blue Smoke is set to release on May 13, 2014 on Sony Music Masterworks and Dolly Records.  Rollingstone.com debut the brand new lyric video for the title track, “Blue Smoke.” View it here.
  • Our Special Gift From Above (written by Rory Feek episode 412 of The Joey+Rory Show) Joey and Rory were blessed with a beautiful baby daughter named Indiana (81bs 2oz, 20 inches). It has been confirmed that Indiana has Down Syndrome. Read the full article at thislifeilive.com and watch the touching video
  • Music Week.com - Smart phones top device for UK country fans….UK country fans are mainly using smart phones to access music from the genre because of a lack of homegrown radio stations playing it. Research undertaken by the Country Music Association found 77% of followers listened to the music in that way, while 62% did so via a laptop and 57% via radio....There was also evidence of UK fans accessing country music stations in the US to hear the music. This appears to reflect little support for country music on the main UK stations, outside BBC Radio 2.
  • The Daily Beast The Inside Story of Johnny Cash’s Legendary Lost LP, ‘Out Among the Stars’
  • The Guardian Detwanging country music: how Nashville took the UK Thanks to Taylor Swift, TV show Nashville and Radio 2, country music has never been more popular in Britain....
  • Reba McEntire - The plane crash March 16, 1991 took the lives of my friends. They will never be forgotten - Image

New on The Show:
"Love is War" - I really like the sound of their music, they really are very good, great little track - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire




















Hot new duo American Young performed at the 2013 ACM Songwriter Show. Lee Brice’s Hard 2 Love album included several songs co-written and co-produced by label mate, Jon Stone of new duo American Young, which also includes Kristy Osmunson. On the 2013 ACM red carpet Jon spoke about his Song of the Year nomination for Brice’s “A Woman Like You”. Their album will be co-produced by Lee Brice and Justin Neibank.

About American Young:
Blurb: The name conjures up something big, something that stands for something. No doubt, it’s creators - songsmiths, producers and entertainers, Jon Stone and Kristy Osmunson declare it this way. It’s more than a name. It’s a movement. Jon and Kristy both exude an unparalleled passion for music and more importantly it’s meaning. They are seasoned veterans on how music can inherently affect emotion and even culture. The collaborative fresh new duo already claim song-writing credits for hit makers Kenny Chesney, Lee Brice, Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton and more.
Jon Stone and Kristy Osmunson have both been in Nashville and have explored their options in country music before. Jon as a solo act, then a successful producer and songwriter (“Me and My Gang,” “A Woman Like You”) and Kristy as a founding member and sizzling fiddle player of the duo Bomshel.
According to their Press Release it states: But what isn’t familiar is their music. That’s because no one—NO ONE—is making music like this. Yes, it is absolutely country with its often picturesque, usually compelling, sometimes downright gripping lyrics. Absolutely country with arrangements and instrumentation that brings those lyrics and effortless vocals so far forward they reach past your auditory and right into your heart, right into your soul, right into your gut. From the easy, almost hushed jangly plea of “Love Is War,” to the driving, fiddle-laden anger of “Wasn’t Gonna Drink Tonight,” American Young isn’t content with their audience being passive listeners to their music. They want them to feel it in their soul. That’s the sign of two artists so impassioned, so eaten up with making music that they can’t help but do it.

Tapping the vocal ability of both Jon and Kristy—a talent she wasn’t aware she even had—has revealed an earthy, organic and authentic sound that has developed naturally and effortlessly. The relationship between the two is very yin and yang. Jon—the consummate, meticulous producer, focused on perfect tones and notes – Source Press Release

Their single "Love is War" (Curb Records) was released to country radio on August 6, 2013 (>> Watch the Official Lyric Video)
It made a debut at No.60 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and peaked at #44.
For this first outing they chose an outside song written by Billy Montana, Kylie Sackley, and Jonathan Singleton. It was co-produced by Stone with award-winning engineer Justin Niebank. The slightly Orwellian title, ‘Love is War,’ may lead you to believe there is no positive message to be expected here, but the song is a plea to not give up on the most important thing we have – love. It may not always be sunshine and roses but it is always worth fighting for:

Sometimes love is a white flag
Sometimes love is standing tall
Sometimes love is a feather
Sometimes a cannonball
But it’s worth, worth fighting for
Baby, sometimes love is war

Related Article: Country Weekly Ones To Watch In 2014 - Magazine Image
CONNECT with American Young: WEBSITE - FACEBOOK - TWITTER

New on The Show:
“We’re Out Of Here” – “recruited a fine voice, brand new duet really like that”  - 
Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire


David Grey and Lisa Lee Albritton 
Their duet single “We’re Out Of Here” (CAT 5 Records), written by Marianne Allison and David Grey, was released to country radio on March 13, 2014 taken from an album to be released titled LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
"We're Out of Here" is as good as it gets, I can't stop listening to it...David and Lisa has a monster hit here! " - Stance A. Bingham
WKNN K99 Country

About David Grey (Song Writer, Producer & President of Cat 5 Records)
Born and raised in Gulfport , Ms., David Grey, began his musical career ‘later’ in life. Auto racing was in his blood, his uncle, Joe Caspelich, was a Charter Member of the "Pure Darlington Record Club" in 1960 in NASCAR, and was rated the "Dark Horse"
At the age of 15 David started a family business, Steel Brothers Race Cars and built and worked on over a 300 race cars. Music was also in David's family, he received a guitar as a graduation gift and before long, he was playing and writing songs. In 1989, he worked with, Wanda Mallette, who had written such hits as “Looking for Love” (Johnny Lee) and “Just Another Woman in Love” (Anne Murray) recognized his raw talent and signed him to a development deal, as an artist/writer with Wanda Mallette Music.
The following year, while recording in Nashville , at County Q Productions, owner Paul Scholten, liked what he heard in the final mixes and suggested pitching them to various record labels. Within 6 weeks, MCA called a meeting to discuss his future, which included forming a band. . In 1992, David put his career in the hands of a brand new label, BFE/BMG Records. His first album titled ‘Signature’ was released in March, 1993 along with his national television debut video from the single, ‘1-900-2-LONELY’ which aired on TNN and CMT.
In 2005 his "Cowboy's And Engines " tour was cancelled after the Gulf storm "Katrina" ravaged his home town and left him yearning to get back to his family. After many years of working in the racing & music Industry, David is living in his home town writing and working with up and coming artist Lisalee Albriton. Grey co wrote and produced several tracks for Lisa Lee Albriton's current album which includes a pure country smash "Zero To Sexy". The song is receiving some amazing reviews with country radio.
CONNECT with David: FACEBOOK - TWITTER

About Lisa Lee Albritton
Hometown - Poplarville, Mississipi
CMA member and Nashville Recording Artist, she is a south MS girl making an impact on the Nashville music scene!
While just in her teens, Lisa made her first trip to Nashville perfoming at Opryland and she knew right then, this is where she wanted to make music!
Producer David Grey has written or co-written all the songs Lisa has recorded to date. Among these is "Rush", a song that Lisa is especially proud of because it was written by David, Bryan Austin, and Chris Cuevas, all three from South Mississippi.
With many accomplishments under her belt, Lisa Lee Albritton is showing that a small town girl can get things done. She has opened up for acts such as Jeff Bates, Chris Young, Neal McCoy, Sammy Kershaw, David Allan Coe, T. Graham Brown and others. Along with the band Autumn Rise-N, she has had the opportunity to play at the World Famous Tootsie's Lounge in Nashville, The Hard Rock Roadhouse and The Covey Awards.
>> Watch the performance of new single "We're Out Of Here" Live at the Hard Rock Casino Biloxi, Ms.
“We’re Out Of Here” is available to purchase (PayPal) on her WEBSITE

CONNECT with Lisa: FACEBOOK - TWITTER

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