2016-02-27
Playlist
week of February 27, 2016 - BBC
Playlist
Brand
new music from High Valley, Joey & Rory and lots of new names.
Classics
from Waylon Jennings, Doc Watson and Hank Williams.
Neon Summer - I Ain’t Leavin’ Till I’m
Famous New Single
Hank & Audrey Williams - I Want To Live & Love
(Audrey Williams Feb 28, 1923; died Nov 4, 1975 (aged 52)) BIRTHDAY
Jason Aldean - Tryin’ To Love Me (Feb 28,
1977) BIRTHDAY
Ashton Lane - One Kiss Later New (Special Single release along with 2 never heard before, BRAND
NEW songs. "One
Kiss Later" 5 track EP UK iTunes “Definitely
a fan favourite”
Waylon Jennings - The Dream
Bennett, Bowtell &
Urquhart -
Hello Blue Sky | Album: Bennett Bowtell Urquhart New Amazon UK - UK iTunes
Gene Stuart - I’m Just Lucky I Guess R.I.P
Locust Honey String Band – Righten The Wrong
Clinton Gregory - If That Ain’t Jones (March
1, 1966) BIRTHDAY
The McCarters - Where Would That Leave Me
(Jennifer McCarter March 1, 1964) BIRTHDAY
High Valley - Make You Mine New Single It’s really great, very current
Dori Freeman - You Are Still A Child |
Album: Dori Freeman (5 Feb 2016) Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com - Artist Store
Davis Daniel - Somebody’s Gonna Lose (March
1, 1961) BIRTHDAY
Briana Tyson – Throwback New Single UK iTunes (9 Jan 2016)
Johnny Tolley – Countrified New Single Are you tired of other genres of music
creeping into the country format? Then "Countryfied" will take you
back to your traditional country roots with a fresh sound.
Sweethearts Of The Rodeo - I Don’t want You To Know
(Janis Gill (Oliver) (Sweethearts Of The Rodeo) (1954) BIRTHDAY
Doc Watson - Blue Railroad Train (March
3, 1923; died May 29, 2012 aged 89)) BIRTHDAY
Jeannine Barry – Carousel | Album: Off The Hook (EP) UK iTunes - CD BABY - Google Play
Larry Stewart - Boy Down The Road (March 2,
1959) BIRTHDAY
Malcolm Holcolme - Someone Missing
Joey & Rory - I Surrender All | Album: HYMNS: That Are Important
To Us New Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Sonny James - Empty Arms R.I.P BLOG Tribute
Stella Parton - Mountain Songbird |
Album: Mountain Songbird (Jan 2016) Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
John Riggins - Lonesome Old Guitar New Single | Album: Outlaw
Rising Amazon UK | UK iTunes | Amazon.com
Catherine Britt – Dusty Smiles &
Heartbreak Cures
Shane Owens - Where I’m Coming From
Lorrie Morgan - Lonely Whiskey | Album: Letting Go... Slow (12 Feb
2016) New Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
CC Cooper - A Little Light
New on The Show
Neon Summer
“I Ain’t Leaving’ Til I’m Famous” - “Rather an exciting
sound, really like that” - Marie Crichton BBC
Radio Shropshire
Band
Members: Marty and Angela Short, Anna Ash
Home
Town: Stanley, Virginia
Already making a name for themselves with a harmony blend that will send chills through you with a unique sound and stage presence that will captivate any audience. Neon Summer has appeared on the Grand Ole’ Opry during the CMA Fest week in Nashville Tennessee, with country music icon, Marty Stuart. Neon Summer partnered with Nashville Producer-Songwriter Billy Austin, who wrote many top charting songs, one being “Leave The Pieces” song by The Wreckers, sky rocketing to #1 in Pop and Country. He has produced Neon Summer’s brand new project.
One
of the things that make Neon Summer special is their down-to-earth attitude
towards people. With their drive, quick wittedness, and determination there is
no slowing them down.
“The
I Ain’t Leaving’ Til I’m Famous” single (Marco Music Group / Jerry Duncan
Promotions) was sent to country radio with an
impact
date March 10, 2016
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Gene Stuart
Irish
country music legend was a favourite on the showband scene – died at his Co Tyrone home following a short illness.
armaghi.com reported: Gene Stuart had
one of the finest voices on the Irish showband and country scenes.
The
inimitable Gene Stuart had originally planned to join the priesthood but he was
to take an entirely different path.
He
travelled to England in the 1960s and, like many, spent time working on
buildings sites around Birmingham, before returning home and teaming up with
the Monaghan-based Ken Kennedy and his band.
He
also played with the McGeough Brothers
before he teamed up with Larry Cunningham and something special and hard to
compare on the music scene was born.
The Mighty Avons (with Cunningham at the
helm) were at the top of their game. Four years of huge success as one of the
leading showbands toured all over Ireland and the UK, racking up hits and
setting dance halls alight with their musical magic.
Gene’s
first track – ‘Before the Next Teardrop Falls’ – climbed to number three in the
Irish top 10.
And
it was followed by many more, including ‘Kiss An Angel Good Morning’, ‘Don’t
Go’ and ‘Christmas in Connemara’.
Four
years after it began and Gene fell ill with tuberculosis and, after time in
hospital battling back to recovery, he returned to a different scene.
Mr.
Stuart travelled all the way to the home of country music, Nashville in
Tennessee, to record an album, one of 20 he would release during a remarkable
career.
He
was an inspiration to many fresh faces on the new and emerging country music
scene.
Co
Donegal singer Margo O'Donnell
described him as "one of life's
gentlemen".
Country
star Nathan Carter said Mr Stuart
was a "legend of Irish country music".
Website:
High Valley
“Make
You Mine” (RADIO EDIT) – “It’s really
great, very current” - Marie Crichton BBC
Radio Shropshire
Canadian
brothers Brad and Curtis Rempel are High Valley. These two young men are making what the music
industry in Nashville has called “singular,” “seminal,” and “a perfect mix of
radio, revision, and respect.” But they like to call it “popgrass”! Growing up on a 1,400-acre farm in the
far-northern reaches of Alberta, with music, farming and family as the basis of
their entertainment, their musical language was formed at a very young age.
Their
single “Make You Mine” (Warner
Music Nashville / Atlantic Records / WEA )was sent to country radio on Feb 8th
with an impact date of Feb 29, 2016
Watch
Make You Mine (Official Music Video) published Jan 29, 2016 641K views.
Dori Freeman
Briana Tyson
In the midst of Music Row, its live music venues, or in a
quiet room with some of Nashville’s biggest writers, you will find Briana Tyson. Growing up in Orange
County, Tyson knew that her love of country music wasn’t supposed to stay in
California.
Briana attended the industry Country Radio Seminar (CRS) in Nashville in February to promote her new single and talked to the media including top representatives from the UK.
John Riggins
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Dori Freeman
“You
Are Still A Child” - “A very exciting new
talent, I think she got a really, really nice sound, definitely what country
music needs right now I could of played any track….I think that’s just lovely..
I think she is great”
This
is Country/ Bluegrass/ Alt-Country & Americana Dori Freeman's (Photo's)
self-titled debut who hails from Galax, Virginia, a tiny Appalachian town that
hosts an annual old-time fiddlers' convention that she's been attending all of
her life, and until recently, she confined her ambitions largely to the local
scene.
"Between high school and now," she wrote, "I've just done a lot of stumbling around
trying to figure out what I should be doing and how to turn my love of music
into something sustainable. It's taken me several years to muster the courage
to pursue writing and performing professionally. My confidence is starting to
catch up."
Press Blurb:
Listening to Dori Freeman for the first
time is a Loretta Lynn moment. How could a voice this pure come out of the
tiny Appalachian town of Galax, Virginia? How could a songwriter so powerfully
attuned to a woman’s heart come out with an album this beautiful without having
been discovered already? Dori Freeman’s debut album heralds the arrival of a
major new name in Americana music.
Released
on Free Dirt Records on February 5th, 2016, every song on this album is an
original, and each one a window to a young woman in modern Appalachia, caught
between the past, present, and future of one of America’s most fertile musical
regions. That’s why Freeman can slip as easily into Nashville songwriting (“Go
On Lovin’”), doo-**** swing (“Tell Me”), anthemic soul (“Fine Fine Fine”), or
neo-classic pop (“Any Wonder”) as old-timey country (“You Say”) or gospel blues
(“Ain’t Nobody”). A songwriting polymath, this kind of genre-bending would be
impressive in any other young artist, but Freeman’s anchoring each of these
excursions on two simple precepts: her stunningly beautiful voice and her
deeply honest sense of songwriting.
Dori
comes from a family rooted in art and tradition. Her grandfather is an artist
and guitar player, and her father, a multi-instrumentalist and music
instructor.
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Briana Tyson
“Throwback”
(written with Bruce Wallace) – “Vince
Gill particularly likes her…. Throwback is the name of her brand new single”
Born
in 1992
Genre:
Country/Blues/Soul
Home
Town: Nashville, TN
Affiliation:
William Morris Endeavor Agency
At the young age of 16,
her and her family made the move to Nashville, chasing a dream that had been
with Briana for years. As soon as she got to town, Tyson immediately took to
the Nashville lifestyle, writing music daily, telling stories that 16 year olds
normally do not tell. As she grew as a songwriter and performer, her hard work
began to pay off as opportunities arose, giving her national exposure. As one
of the youngest top 100 finalists on
season 10 of American Idol, she gained a fan base and a new appreciation of
the hard work it takes to make it in the music business.
At 22 years old, Briana’s career has just begun. She is currently writing and recording for her second studio album which she will be co-producing, and is set to release in 2016. Although new on the scene, Tyson brings with her traits that some of the most polished musicians in town still seek to acquire. “It’s hard to become successful without people trying to change who you are,” says Tyson. “But this is who I am, and I’m just going to sing until I find people who love me for it.” With her heart, humor, and determination, Briana Tyson is surely someone you will be hearing a lot about in the years to come.
At 22 years old, Briana’s career has just begun. She is currently writing and recording for her second studio album which she will be co-producing, and is set to release in 2016. Although new on the scene, Tyson brings with her traits that some of the most polished musicians in town still seek to acquire. “It’s hard to become successful without people trying to change who you are,” says Tyson. “But this is who I am, and I’m just going to sing until I find people who love me for it.” With her heart, humor, and determination, Briana Tyson is surely someone you will be hearing a lot about in the years to come.
On 10 Dec 2014 she
released a single “Moonshine” (Amazon UK | iTunes) and released an official video (14K
+ views):
Briana attended the industry Country Radio Seminar (CRS) in Nashville in February to promote her new single and talked to the media including top representatives from the UK.
“Throwback”
(Riverfront Promotions; written with Bruce Wallace) was released to country
radio on Feb 2, 2016 with an immediate impact date. It was made available on
ITunes (9 Jan
2016)
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John Riggins
“Lonesome
Old Guitar” - “Very nice sound, I really
like that one”
John Riggins grew up competitive in his hometown of
Westfield Indiana. From sports and volunteering his time to those in need to
performing the traditional Outlaw Country Music he loves, John has always been
one to excel at everything he does.
He started out solo with his guitar,
picking for tips at any venue that would have him in Indianapolis and
surrounding counties. From there he formed a band and competed against over 30
bands at Indy's biggest country music venue, the 8-Second Saloon which led to
opening for national acts such as Daryl
Worley, Jason Michael Carroll,
and Mark Wills. So looking for a new
challenge, in 2013, John decided to take on Music City!
He
began performing regularly on the World Famous Broadway in Nashville, which led
to a recording contract with Canadian label, Red Boot Entertainment which led
to a new CD, which led to a merger with Red Boot Canada and Bell Records
Nashville with single “90 Proof Prison”
released in the US and Canada on January 1, 2016
In
a short time John has also become a prolific songwriter having penned over half
of his 12 track CD OUTLAW RISING (
Amazon UK
| UK iTunes | Amazon.com)
released on March 17, 2015. John is co-writing with songwriters Gary Gentry
(David Allen Coe, Tim McGraw, George Jones, John Anderson),and SESAC Award
Winner, Shawn Byrnes and others.
Like
a Phoenix ascending out of the ashes "Outlaw Rising" by John Riggins
is bringing country music full circle.
With
songs like "90 Proof Prison", "He Shot The Radio" and
"Doin’ Time With These Friends of Mine", taken from Outlaw Rising, you
can almost feel the presence of Waylon Jennings in the words and music.
Check
out "Scars" and "Big Red Truck" written by John for a
glimpse at who this troubadour really is.
The
new single "Lonesome Old Guitar"
(Red Boot Entertainment / Bell Records Nashville) is a reflective mid-tempo
ballad about the only thing a man has left when his woman is gone. It was sent
to country radio on Feb 4, 2016
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