2014-08-23
23rd August 2014 – BBC Playlist
Brand new music from Donna
Hughes, Brad Paisley & Jake Owen and classics from Jimmy C Newman, The Stanley
Brothers and LeAnn Rimes
The Dixie Chicks – Thunderheads | Album: Thank Heaven For Dale Evans (Dec 1990) Track By Track Details
Emilio - Forever
Seventeen | Album: It's On The House (1998) MP3 (Aug 23, 1962)
BIRTHDAY
SheDaisy - A
Night To Remember | Album: The Whole Shebang (2000) CD CD (Kristyn Osborn; Aug 24, 1970) BIRTHDAY
Tony Stampley - It Ain’t All Good, but it Ain’t Half Bad | Album: When I Get On A Roll (Aug 6, 2013) MP3 – UK iTunes NEW Hotdisc #188 August Single
Tony Stampley - It Ain’t All Good, but it Ain’t Half Bad | Album: When I Get On A Roll (Aug 6, 2013) MP3 – UK iTunes NEW Hotdisc #188 August Single
Brad Paisley - Perfect Storm | Album: Moonshine In A
Trunk CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Smart Choice Music - Amazon.com NEW Single
The Haley Sisters - You Can Sleep While I Drive |
Album: The Angels Break Free
Ray Parkes - Western Swing (Single)
Jo Dee Messina - I Didn’t Have To Leave You | Album:
Jo Dee Messina (1996) CD (Aug 25, 1970)
BIRTHDAY
The Church Sisters - It’s Just An Old Body | Album:
There's You (July 2012) MP3
Blake Shelton - Neon Light | Album: NEW Single
Billy Ray Cyrus - Busy Man | Album: - Definitive
Collection CD – UK iTunes (April 2014, Humphead
(Aug 25, 1961) BIRTHDAY
Jimmy C Newman - Louisiana Saturday Night | Album: Louisiana
Saturday Night MP3 (Aug 25, 1970;
died June 21, 2014 (aged 86)) BIRTHDAY
The Stanley Brothers - I’m Lost, I’ll Never Find The Way (Single) MP3 (Carter
Stanley Aug 27, 1925; died Dec 1, 1966 (aged 41))
BIRTHDAY
Shania Twain - If You’re Not In It For Love I’m Outta Here! |
Album: The Woman In Me (1995) CD (Aug 28, 1965)
BIRTHDAY
Jake Owen - What We Ain’t Got | Album: Days of Gold CD – UK iTunes (Aug 28, 1981) BIRTHDAY
Jake Owen - What We Ain’t Got | Album: Days of Gold CD – UK iTunes (Aug 28, 1981) BIRTHDAY
Kenny Butterill - Pajaro Dunes | Album: Troubadour Tales (July
2014) NEW MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell - Running with You | Album:
Running With You (1994) CD
LeAnn Rimes - I’ll Get Even With You | Album: Blue MP3
Mary Sarah & Merle Haggard - Fightin’ Side Of Me | Album:
Bridges: Great American Country Duets CD - MP3 - Smart Choice Music - Amazon.com
Shawn Camp - Clear As A Bell | Album: 1994 MP3 (Aug 29, 1966)
BIRTHDAY
Grits and Glamour (Lorrie Morgan & Pam Tillis) -
Next Time It Rains | Album: Dos Divas MP3
New on The Show
Tony Stampley
”It Ain’t All Good, but it
Ain’t Half Bad” - “Really do like this new one, very nice indeed, really solid country
album ...I think that’s great, really lovely country sound” - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Tony Stampley - Has written more songs for Hank
Williams Jr than any other writer ,such as “I like My Whiskey On Ice” & “Women
On Fire”, “I’ve Been Down”, “American Offline”, “Woman On The Run”.
50+songs
recorded by Major label Artists IE: John Anderson, George Jones, Randy Travis,
Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley, Confederate Railroad,&Guitar Legend Lonnie
Mack.
Tony is
considered one of the great voices of our time &is in high demand in
Nashville.
Joe Stampley is his father and Tony co-wrote and recorded his single
"It Ain't All Good But It Ain't
Half Bad" (Tony Stampley/ John Swat/ Philip Douglas) being promoted in
Europe via the August promotional Hotdisc #188. It made its debut at No.7 on
the Hotdisc Chart and has climbed to No.3
Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley (Mo & Joe) in the 1980's had a great cover/ satirical cut of Karma Chameleon called >> "Where's The Dress" (written by Tony Stampley with Bucky Lindsey and George Cummings) that reached No.8 on the Hot Country Songs
chart.
The good-natured send-up actually won a Best Country
Video award. However
it got them into a bit of trouble, Boy George was not impressed with the
way his song was covered and brought about a court injunction (copyright
infringement for using the opening melody) meaning they had to change it
completely to satisfy the judges but won a lot of fans. Youngsters who normally
bought Culture Club records brought in Boy George pictures to autograph which
Stampley signed "Boy Joe"!
CONNECT with Tony Stampley:
Jasmine Rae
Born: In Melbourne
Austalia in October 1987
Genre: Country / Singer-Songwriter
Record label: ABC
Music / Universal Music
Awards: 2014 CMC
Female Oz Artist of the Year / 2013 CMA Global Artist of the Year
2012 CMC Oz
Artist of the Year/ 3x ARIA Nominee for 'Best Country Album'/ 5x Golden Guitar
Nominee
Jasmine Rae has come a long way from the quirky,
fresh-faced girl, barely out of her teens who released her debut single
'Country Singer' in 2008, into one of Australia’s most acclaimed and respected
artists and songwriters.
In April 2013 The Band Perry
surprised her with the Global Country Artist Award whilst they
were down under at the CMR Rocks the Hunter. Rae has one of the fastest-rising
careers of any local artist in Australia. Her debut album LOOK IT UP yielded three No. 1 singles.
With the release
(August 2013) of her third studio album, IF I WANT TO, Jasmine took another step forward in
her artistic evolution, with her most personal and mature work to date
triumphantly capturing the attention of music fans and industry peers.
The
album was recorded at Station West Studios in Nashville with Grammy winning US
producer, Luke Wooten (Dierks Bentley’s Home).
“I feel the songs on my new album are a
reflection of the journey I've been on in the last two years,” siad
Jasmine.
“This album is
an honest conversation between the listener and myself.”
In many ways, If I Want To, signified a new starting
point for the young Victorian, who up to this point has been better known for
her amazing vocal talents and not necessarily her songwriting ability.
On this third album things were
destined to change. Jasmine has her stamp on 12 of the 13 new original songs,
and it's a fact she's keen to boast - ''I've always seen myself
as a singer-songwriter and that's kind of what I've always aimed to do, but
I've always been happy to record songs that other people wrote because they
were fantastic songs and they're so much fun to do live,'' she said. ''And you want to sing songs that connect
with people, but its just an honour to be able to have your own songs on there
and it is a different feeling having other people see you as a
singer-songwriter rather than just see yourself that way. I'm very excited by
that actually.''
Sadly, Jasmine's dedication to
the pen was sparked from the tragic passing of her father.
She said that being by his side
during his 11-month battle with cancer, showed her the fragility of life itself
and led her to ask serious questions of herself, like was she doing what made
her happy. According to Jasmine, she quickly realised that song creation was at
the forefront of the answers. Obviously, much of the material on IF I WANT TO
is quite personal to Jasmine, album closer First
Song in particular.It was penned with fellow Victorian Briana Lee, who had
sadly also been through similar circumstances, also having lost her father.
For Jasmine, the experience of
the cowrite was something she welcomed with open arms.
''The single [If I Want To] was written with Bob
DiPiero, who has penned tracks for so many people like Faith Hill and Tim
McGraw. The first two singles
both went all the way to #1 on both the National Country Radio & Music
Video Charts.
On the Country Tracks Top 30 chart (Australia's leading
chart compiled by radio airplay of tracks released in Australia) dated
Saturday, 26 October 13 saw Jasmine Rae move 3-1 to top the chart with “If I Want To”
'In 2014 “Bad Boys Get Me Good” which featured
special guest Kellie Pickler went all
the way to #1 on the CMC National Top 50 Countdown as well as the iTunes
Country Music Video Sales Chart. The track also topped major Country Radio
Network countdowns across Australia (peaking at #3 at Australian radio
overall).
In August 2014 following
the success of “'Bad Boys Get Me Good” Jasmine has now released the stunning
follow-up single, '”These Hands”
(>>Lyric
Video) co-written
with Kathie Baillie and Michael Bonagura, who are celebrated members of the
famous country band, Baillie & The Boys. The band had nine #20 singles on
the Billboard Country charts in the late '80s and continue to perform regularly
in the USA.
Country Music
People Magazine in the UK awarded her
album 4 STARS
>> “Bad
Boys Get Me Good” f/ Kellie Pickler
(Official Music Video) >> “These
Hands”
Things you didn't know
about ... Jasmine Rae
Favourite food: Chocolate + carrots. Not at the same time Favourite movie:
Brigadoon
Favourite book: The Velveteen Rabbit
Favourite TV show: F.R.I.E.N.Ds
Favourite way
to spend a rainy day: Drink tea + make
music
Guilty pleasure: Tirimasu cake and cowboy shots.
All time
favourite artist/band: Dolly Parton and
The Waifs
Three albums
she’d take to a desert island: Don
McLean - American Pie; Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill; Johnny Cash at
San Quentin
CONNECT with Jasmine Rae:
The Church Sisters
“It’s Just An Old Body” – “Absolutely
beautiful voices” - Marie
Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Genre: Bluegrass/ Country / Country Americana Record
label:Independent
Members: Savannah Church (Lead Vocals and fiddle), Sarah Church (Mandolin
and harmony vocals), Jay Duncan (Bass), Josh Pickett (Lead acoustic and
electric guitar), Spencer Strickland (mandolin), Ricky Grubbs (percussion)
Hometown: Galax, VA
Influences: The Isaac's, The Peasall Sisters, Alison Krauss,
Gaither Gospel Music, Russ Taff, Rhonda Vincent, Carl Jackson, Joey and Rory,
Vince Gill, The Dixie Chicks.....
The 18-year old Church Sisters, Sarah and Savannah Church, were born on December 11, 1995 in the
coal mining area of Dickenson County, Virginia. They Call Galax VA home. They
began their musical career in March of 2007 after winning a local talent
competition, WAKG Rising Stars.
The phone began ringing with requests for them
to appear at various places including churches, theaters and festivals. The
Church Sisters' brother, Seth Church, also performs alongside them playing lead
guitar . Seth Church is an award-winning guitarist, most recently placing at
Merle-Fest. The Church Sisters' and family have been busy traveling the United
States and also meeting up with some famous people along the way. The pair have
met and performed with prestigious names such as Rhonda Vincent, The Isaacs,
Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, Jerry Salley, and Tony Rice. The girl's garnered a
presidential performance alongside their band in Roanoke VA. Sarah and Savannah
we're also very privileged to have met Nashville country music stars "Joey
and Rory," whom they have worked with on various projects. Joey and Rory
added them to their RFD channelTV Show named
"The Joey and Rory Show."
The pair were included on a stellar album produced by Grammy
award-winning singer, songwriter and producer, Carl Jackson. The album, named
"Mark Twain Words and Music" (Jimmy Buffett's label, Mailboat Records)
which included renowned Nashville recording artists such as Brad Paisley,
Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs and Jimmy Buffett.
The track “I Wandered By A Brookside” was previously played on Marie Crchton’s Country show descibed as a “Wonderful
rendition”.
Read this new
Artist
Spotlight Feature
by acclaimed editor and Wesley Rose Award winner Alan Cackett
CONNECT with The Church Sisters:
Kenny Butterill
Location: Scotts
Valley, CA 95066, CA, UNITED STATES
Genre: Americana: / Roots
Rock / Blues Rock
Record Label: NoBullSongs.com
Records
Sometimes compared to: JJ
Cale, Gordon Lightfoot and John Prine, Butterill’s delicate, minimalist music
is richly textured but never over-produced.
Canadian singer-songwriter Kenny
Butterill’s music has garnered airplay on hundreds of radio stations and has
endeared him to markets all over the world. A decade ago, songwriter/
producer
Butterill was a virtual unknown. The release of Butterill’s debut album, NO ONE
YOU KNOW, changed all that and put him on the cutting edge of the progressive
music scene. His single, “How Far Can We Go?” became the first ever
Americana-format song to crossover and become a #1 Country hit in Europe after
spending several months in the Canadian Country Charts.
Kenny Butterill new album TROUBADOUR TALES
was released 31 July 2014. Early indications are the long anticipated CD has a
sound and feel that is true to Butterill’s legacy of delivering “rootsy,
folksy, bluesy, Americana, alt.country, feel good music”. His influences
include J.J. Cale, John Prine and Gordon Lightfoot. Butterill’s music has
garnered airplay on hundreds of radio stations and has endeared him to markets
all over the world.
TROUBADOUR TALES, a project
ten years in the making, is the third CD from Butterill and it has over 20
world class artists performing on it including Donovan, Audrey Auld, Zoe Muth, Cindy
Cashdollar, the late Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, John Lee Sanders, Ray
Bonneville, Redd Volkaert, Rob Ikes, David Grier, John Reishman, Washboard Hank
and Linda McRae amongst others. The songs selected for the new CD emerged from
the songwriting immersion Butterill has been in for the past ten years.
Recently dubbed “the romantic poet of Americana music ” by Dallas Dobro the
dean of Americana DJs, Butterill writes close to the heart and this is
reflected in the new offering.
TROUBADOUR TALES also offers
a retrospective of Butterill’s past, present and future observations on world
events and the human state. Filled with inviting melodies, masterful
songwriting and engaging, earthy vocals, the self-produced TROUBADOUR TALES
album is Kenny Butterill personified: compassionate, sensitive and diverse, yet
singularly individualistic. (Via Press Release)
CONNECT with Kenny Butterill:
Mary Sarah
”Fightin’ Side Of Me” - “Shows real
potential, promising new talent, great little track, lovely sweet voice, really
do like it” - Marie Crichton BBC
Radio Shropshire
Genre: Country Hometown: Richmond, Texas Record label: 144 Entertainment
Influences: Carrie
Underwood, Taylor Swift, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Connie
Frances, Lynn Anderson, Bruno Mars
- Like many top country artists, Mary Sarah’s
first performances were in church at age 8.
- At 12, Mary Sarah toured the U.S. for 6 months
as a featured lead vocalist and dancer in KidzBop, a Razor & Tie
Records and Vee Corporation production, produced by Michael Anderson in
Los Angeles. The experience from performing in front of 4-6,000 kids per
show defined her stage presence and earned her national and global
popularity.
- Not many just-turned 15-year olds are invited on
stage by a legendary group like the Oak Ridge Boys to sing acapella. The
captivated audience in Galveston’s prestigious Opry sat enraptured… then
came thunderous applause and a standing ovation for Mary Sarah’s rendition
of the 1961 Connie Frances hit, “Where the Boys Are,” a song that most
artists of her tender age would not even attempt, much less, know.
- 2011 witnessed her first CD titled, CRAZY GOOD
(released UK iTunes July 2013), recorded at age
14. The title cut single came out Jan 1, 2011.
- One advantage of living in Texas is the presence
of hundreds of country radio stations and numerous regional Opry Theaters
and Mary Sarah has performed in almost all of them multiple times, paying
tribute to her heroes – the legends of country music.
- At just 18 years old, Mary Sarah has already
sung a lifetime of country music. The proof is in BRIDGES, the Texas native’s “remarkable
new collection” of 12 duets with the architects of country. The list of
names is dizzying: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Vince Gill,
Tanya Tucker and the late Ray Price are among those who, duly impressed
and charmed by Mary Sarah’s voice, lent their own to the album.
Hear Ray Price’s Final Duet: When the Opry Country Classics show paid tribute to the late singer on April 17
at the Ryman Auditorium, with special guest Mary Sarah, a rising country singer
blessed with a soaring voice, Mary Sarah recorded the last-ever duet with Ray,
covering his classic “Heartaches by the Number” on her album,
BRIDGES
“Mary Sarah is a beautiful young lady with a beautiful voice,” said Willie Nelson, who sang with the future
star on his timeless ballad “Crazy.”
Read More marysarah.com/bio
Mary Sarah & Friends: Country Music People CD Review BRIDGES (Great American Country Duets) (5
Stars, Duncan Warwick)
Houston Chronicle Country legends cross 'Bridges' ....Mary Sarah said "Bridges,"
(out July 8, 2014) of duets with classic country superstars, was assembled
"miracle by miracle." ....
Houston Press Blog The Mystery of Mary Sarah: Country Music's Next Star? (by Chris Gray) .
CONNECT with Mary Sarah:
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