2014-12-13
13th December 2014 – BBC Playlist
Lots of seasonal
songs. Tribute to Dawn Sears who died on Thursday Dec 11, 2014 after a battle with lung
cancer; one of Marie's all time favourite singers
Taylor Swift - This Love | Album: 1989 (Dec 13, 1989)
CD Standard
- CD Deluxe Edition - MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
The Whites -
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem | Album: It's a Grand Ole Christmas MP3 (Buck White Dec 13 & Sharon White Dec 17, 1953) BIRTHDAYS
Jacqui Sharkey – My Perfect Storm | Album: Love and Other Things (Sept 1, 2014) NEW MP3 - UK iTunes - CD BABY
Tracy Byrd & Dawn Sears - Out Of Control Raging Fire | Album: Tracy
Byrd (1994) MP3 (Tracy Byrd; Dec 18, 1966) BIRTHDAY
Smoky Mountain Christmas - Jeannie Kendall | Album: O Christmas
Tree: A Bluegrass Collection For The Holidays (2002) MP3
Michelle Lewis - Running Back Home | Album:
The Trinity River Band -
On A Morning Like This | Album: On a
Morning Like This (Oct 2014) NEW MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Charlie Rich - Rollin' With The Flow | Album: Rollin'
With The Flow: RCA And Epic Country Hits 1968-1979 CD (Dec 14, 1934; died July 25, 1995 (aged 62)) BIRTHDAY
Joni Harms - The Gift | Album: Christmas in the
Country
Darius Rucker - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | Album: Home
For The Holidays (Nov 3, 2014) NEW CD - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Erin Enderlin - Cowboy Christmas (Exclusive radio play!)
Johnny Cash – This Thing Called Love (Single)
New on The Show
Lewis & Leigh
“Paradise” – ”I think
they have got a really nice sound... they make great music together” - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Genre:
Alt-country/Americana
Home Town:
London via Wales & Mississippi
Lewis & Leigh are an Alt-country/ Americana duo from
London. Though they hail from Wales and Mississippi respectively, it was
through their Nashville connections that Al Lewis and Alva Leigh met.
In early 2014,
Al & Alva began writing songs together, and they quickly bonded over their
love of Whiskeytown, Gram & Emmylou and Jackson Browne. In a matter of
weeks, these country-tinged folk songs tumbled out to form a life of their own,
and suddenly Lewis & Leigh was born.
They recorded
their debut EP, Night Drives, at Urchin Studios in May 2014. It features a
guest appearance from the legendary BJ Cole (Elton John, Elvis Costello) on
pedal steel. During the session, Lewis & Leigh decided to record and film a
live cover version of one of their favourite songs, “Say You Miss Me” by Wilco
for YouTube. Night Drives comes out in October 2014.
On Sept 30, 2014
they joined Janice Long on BBC
Radio 2 sharing
some of their favourite tunes and chatting about all things L&L.
On Oct 6, 2014
they released their 4 track EP titled “Night Drives” (Sight Manner) available
digitally on Amazon UK & UK iTunes - Read Review
On Oct 21, 2014 they
launched their EP with a live gig at The Betsey Trotwood public house (56
Farringdon Road
EC1R 3BL London)
Recently they
recorded an "Under the Apple Tree" session for Bob Harris.
CONNECT with Lewis & Leigh:
Mo Pitney
“Country- “Really lovely sound to his voice.... he’s
got a great voice co-written with Bill Anderson” - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Home Town:
Nashville, TN
Record label: Curb Records
Current Location:
Nashville, Tn
Biography
Born and raised
in Cherry Valley Illinois, Mo Pitney, is truly a small town country boy. He
began his career in music at the age of 12 when he picked up his dad’s guitar
and asked him to teach him a few chords, his dad obliged, never dreaming just
how far he would take it from there.
After mastering the guitar, he went on to
teach himself to play the banjo, bass and drums. His music has been highly
influenced by bluegrass artists such as Tony Rice and J.D. Crowe. Mo spent
countless hours listening to old vinyl records and cassette tapes over and over
until he got every lick exactly right.
To hear him
sing, you would never imagine you were listening to someone just 20 years of
age. Vocally inspired by artists such as Keith Whitley, Johnny Cash, Randy
Travis, Buck Owens and Daryle Singletary, Mo has a deep baritone sound all to
himself, matured well beyond his years.
Currently, Mo is
working on a new album with Curb Records, working on making it a perfect blend
of traditional and mainstream country sound. Mo enjoys writing songs that
reflect what he’s all about: Young love, faith, family, friends and his love
for the outdoors. Deeply rooted in the classic true country style that he cut
his musical teeth on, Mo has the ability to deliver each song with a fresh,
young, modern twist…in his own way, making the old new again.
When he is
performing or writing music, Mo spends his free time training his bird dogs,
fishing, or hunting anything that’s in season. He skins his own bucks and runs
his trotlines. Mo Pitney is the real deal…a country boy that could quite
possibly change country music in a very big way.
Written by Mo
along with Bill Anderson and Bobby Tomberlin, the debut single,
"Country" was sent to radio on Dec 11, 2014 and made available digitally
on Tuesday, December 16th.
Taste
of Country said
about his debut single, "Country": “Perhaps not since Easton Corbin’s
debut has a traditional artist’s introduction felt so…right. His words come out pouring like unexpected
sunshine. An easy strum of an acoustic
and cry of the steel couples up next to him.
He’s got us long before he gets to the final verse.”
Huffington Post :15
Country Artists to Watch in 2015: #5. Mo
Pitney: Mo Pitney, originally from
Cherry Valley, Illinois, is truly an old soul. He's a meticulous songwriter
with a gift for telling stories. When he debuted his new single,
"Country," at The Grand Ole Opry earlier this year, he was received
with a standing ovation. That reception will surely be the first of many for
this talented newcomer.
CONNECT with Mo Pitney:
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