Marie
Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire Show playlist September 5, 2015
Brand
new music from Joe Nichols, Craig Morgan, Patty Griffin & Lynn Anderson.
Plus classics from David Allan Coe and Michael Martin Murphey.
Kelly Lang - Down In Destin | Album: It’s About Time (2004)
The Cains - Journey’s End | Album: The Cains (EP; July 2015) New Single Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Mitchell Tenpenny - Cains Creek Hotdisc #200 August Single
Chris Raggatt - Crazy Over You
Daughters of Bluegrass - I Don’t Think I’m Going
Back To Harlan | Album: Bluegrass
Bouquet (2008) CD
Hermann Lammers Myers &
Sandra Carroll - Nashville Blues |
Album: Nashville Is Rough On the Living (2010) MP3
Rachael Turner - I Don’t Love You New Single
Craig Morgan - When I’m Gone New Single
Trisha Yearwood - Melancholy Blue | Album: Inside Out (2001) MP3 (writer Harlan Howard Sept 8, 1927; died March
3, 2002 (aged 74)) BIRTHDATE
Ricky Gunn - Livin’ Like Me | Album: Livin' like Me MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com Hotdisc #200 August Single
Andrea Zonn - Crazy If You Let It | Album: Rise New (out 25 Sept; Compass Records) CD - MP3 - Amazon.com
Joey & Rory - I’ll Sing For You | Album: CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com (Joey
Martin Feek; Sept 9, 1975) BIRTHDAY
Billy Yates - Famous For Being Your
Fool | Album: Bill's Barber
Shop (2009) MP3 Hotdisc #200 Classic track
New on The Show
Mitchell Tenpenny
“Cains
Creek” - This one really did strike me…nice sound to that, really
rootsy feel, lovely ending, really nice sound” - Marie
Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Mitchell
Tenpenny is a rare combination. Not only is he a lifelong Nashville native, he
is also one of Nashville’s top emerging songwriters known for his extensive
musical talent. He has played the guitar since the age of 13, and his talent
and dedication to his craft has expanded his repertoire to include many other
stringed instruments, the organ, and the drums.
He also sings both lead and
back-up vocals, and his unique voice lends credence and believability to a
diverse array of genres ranging from rock to country and blues to pop.
As
a twenty-five year old musician and graduate of Middle Tennessee State
University, Mitchell has grown up in and around the music business. His
grandmother was the late Donna Hilley, who for years ran Sony/Tree Music Publishing
and exposed him to singers like Brooks & Dunn and Blake Shelton as well as
some of the best artists, songwriters, producers, and engineers in the
business. The advice gleaned from these industry experts as well as his own
broad musical interests have laid the groundwork he needed to develop the
distinct style for which he is known today.
A
few of the artists who can claim the greatest influence on his career are
Brooks & Dunn, Vince Gill, John Mayer, Justin Timberlake and Michael
Jackson. A life spent learning from the best country music has to offer
combined with his own R&B and pop interests has produced the artist that
Mitchell Tenpenny is today. His songs are eclectic, powerful, and memorable,
and both on the stage and in the recording studio, he always gives the audience
more and more of himself through his music.
The fabulous “Cains Creek” (>> Official
video; co-written with Brad Clawson)
was promoted in Europe on the promotional Hotdisc (#200 August 2015). It made a
debut at No.18 and has so far reached #9. I love the
outdoors and hunting and fishing, and sometimes you just have to realize where
you’re at,” Mitchell explained. “I was at
a really pretty place that I found one time and I honestly thought, ‘Man, this
is great. I want to thank God for another day to wake up and find a place like
this.’ I went home and picked up a guitar. I don’t play much bluegrass, but I
wanted it to kinda be like that and it just worked out. Me and my buddy Brad
fish at the Caney Fork River a lot and I pulled ‘Cane’s Creek’ out of that.”
The
toe-tapping tune is riddled with simple, down-home country imagery, but the
arrangements are deliciously embellished by The SteelDrivers.
His
new video "Love
& Rock N' Roll" was published on Aug 27, 2015 and the single is also
included on the special 3CD commemorative Hotdisc#200 and so far reached No.35
on Hotdisc Top 40
He previously visited
the Hotdisc chart with “Black Crow” (HD193; Jan 2015; #39 debut) which gained
an eight week #28 highest rank.
CONNECT with Mitchell
Tenpenny:
Chloe Chadwick
“Settle Your Heart” - I’ve never had as
many requests for this song, such a buzz about her music..very professional
sound - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Chloe
has been writing for as long as she can remember. When aged 9 she had her first
acoustic guitar and started writing from the age of 10.
Growing
up she wrote songs listening to The Beatles and Hansen.
Originally
from Cheshire Chloe Chadwick was born in Staffordshire, England, before moving
to the French Alps as an 18 year old solo performer, and then on to the Spanish
Balearic Islands.
Chadwick
moved back to England to continue her musical journey in 2007 and settled in
Sunderland, Northern England, UK.
The
result is an intriguing mix of influences that encompass the likes of country,
folk, alt. pop and soft rock, a sound that has been captivating audiences
across the UK at major festivals including the Country to Country (C2C) 2015
Festival performing on Sunday March 8th on the Big Entrance pop-up stage within
the O2 Arena complex. As one of the most
well-travelled acts on the bill, her musical prowess clearly showed in the
enthusiastically-gathered crowd, despite her slot being situated right towards
the end of the C2C festival.
Additionally
Chloe has supported the likes of Diana Vickers (X Factor semi-finalist in
2008), The Beautiful South and The Christians on tour, bringing her music to
the masses.
She
recorded a new self-titled EP, released on 23rd May 2015 which was led by debut
solo single "Settle Your Heart"
which dropped on 28th February 2015.
It’s a catchy little tune,
one that begins quite stripped-back before kicking in with a bouncy beat and an
intriguing, winding melody that defies convention. Chloe moves from a delicate,
feminine delivery to a more passionate, fiery and soulful style when the track
requires it, showing some of the range of her capabilities as a songstress. A
simple, emotional track about begging for balance in a rollercoaster
relationship, it’s one that is sure to garner her plenty of attention in the
months going forward " - For The Country Record Single Review.
Following
the release of second single "Feels Like Home", on May 15, 2015 Chloe
launched her long-awaited self-titled EP a week later at The Central Bar in
Gateshead, with "Never Change" and "Don’t Be Shy" adding to
the first two singles to make up a quartet of distinctive tracks.
Watch her official
YouTube videos for >> "Settle
Your Heart" and the sophomore EP single >> "Feels
Like Home" (published on
2 July 2015) available on iTunes
CONNECT with Chloe
Chadwick:
Rachael Turner
“I
Don’t Love You” - Really like what I’ve heard so far
- Marie Crichton BBC Radio
Shropshire
Genre:
Country
Home
Town: Sugar Land, TX
Record
Label: Rustic Records
Current
Location: Nashville, TN
Influences:
Martina McBride, Reba, Shania Twain, and Carrie Underwood.
Rachael
Turner is a breath of fresh air to country music. The Texas native burst on the
scene in 2012, upon signing a deal with the long-standing Rustic Records. She
sets to utilize her dynamic vocals and unique traditional take on modern
country music to both establish herself as a legitimate artist, and break the
gap in today’s male driven format.
Though new to the country music scene, Rachael is no stranger to the stage. The dynamic female vocalist has had over 10 years of singing experience, has placed in numerous local talent competitions, and was a contestant on season 10 of American Idol.
Rachael
is currently hard at work in the studio putting together her debut EP, set for
release this fall.
In
Feb, 2014 she released single “Meet Me in the Middle” (Rustic Records) on iTunes and on Jan 6, 2015 dropped track "Matches and
Moonshine" available on CD Baby and iTunes
Her
new single "I Don’t Love You"
was sent to radio Aug 31, 2015 with a Sept 1st impact date. Description: With dynamic vocals and gut wrenching
emotion, Rachael Turner releases her newest single, The sultry country ballad
tells a story of heartbreak, touching the listener with a dose of true
feelings. It’s a must hear for anyone who has ever lost in the game of love.
CONNECT with Rachael
Turner:
Hungrytown
Genre:
Folk/Pop
Home
Town: West Townshend, VT
After
more than a decade of world-wide touring and three album releases, Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson--otherwise known as the folk duo Hungrytown--have
earned a reputation for the quality and authenticity of their songwriting:
“It’s great to hear an act eschew sentimentality in favor of honesty and to
prove that you don’t have to go raiding the memory of others to find the stuff
that really good songs are made of,” writes Jedd Beaudoin of Popmatters.
Lyricist
Rebecca Hall is credited with compositions “that sound as timeless as any
traditional songs” (Northern Sky, UK) while
producer/multi-instrumentalist/husband Ken Anderson is lauded for his
“remarkable affinity for instrumental embellishment” (No Depression) and for
crafting Hungrytown’s “gorgeous vocal harmonies” (Folk and Roots, UK).
Hall
and Anderson met in New York City, where they had already been performing
regularly--Hall as a jazz singer, and Anderson as a drummer for a variety of
garage bands. Their introduction to folk music came later, when a close
friend--who died young due to a tragic misdiagnosis--entrusted to them her
collection of 1960s folk albums and her guitar (which has since been featured
on all of their albums).
They
released their first CD, Hungrytown, in 2008; Any Forgotten Thing in 2011; and
Further West in 2015. The couple continue to spend more than half of each year
on the road, especially roads in North America, Europe and New Zealand. Hungrytown's music has received extensive
radio airplay worldwide and has appeared on several television shows, including
the Independent Film Channel's hit series, Portlandia.
They
are currently on a September/ October UK Tour and played live on BBC Radio
Wiltshire (Sue Davies show) see their dates
CONNECT with Hungrytown:
Ricky Gunn
“Livin’ Like Me” – “I really do like the style of this” - Marie
Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Born
Oct 11, 1975 and raised outside of Columbus, Georgia, Ricky Gunn grew up like
many southern boys, spending his time fishing, hunting, chasing girls and
speeding down dirt roads. During visits to his grandfather’s house, though, he
also discovered a love of country music, especially the old-school songwriting of
Hank Williams, Conway Twitty and Waylon Jennings. Those artists told stories.
They cast moods. They packed a punch.
Later, when his grandfather gave him an
acoustic guitar and taught him three basic chords, the teenaged Gunn
transformed himself into a songwriter virtually overnight, finishing his first
tune by the end of the week.
KING
OF THIS TOWN, his full-length debut album, mixed those old-school country
influences with modern-day firepower, creating a sound that twangs and rocks in
equal measure. Filled with pedal steel guitar riffs and the sound of Gunn’s
award-winning voice (which won back-to-back trophies from the Georgia Music
Awards in 2011 and 2012), it’s a biographical record about Gunn’s life.
Before
he began opening shows for country stars like Travis Tritt, Tyler Farr and Gary
Allan, Gunn earned a reputation as one of the hardest-working showmen in
Georgia, performing nightly bar gigs that lasted as long as five hours.
Recorded
at the world-famous Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, King of this Town
is modern country music with old roots, anchored by a love for the classics and
a blue-collar mentality.
13
track album LIVIN’ LIKE ME was
released July 17, 2015 which was described as: a record of several shades, but
it feels 100% authentic to Ricky’s own experiences and influences, is a lot of
fun, and has plenty of heart and soul too. It’s also well-produced, easy to
digest, and will do well on radio in the right promotional hands. I don’t
suspect it’ll be too long before we start hearing the name Ricky Gunn a lot
more. (For The Country Record )
CONNECT with Ricky Gunn:
Blue Wheel Drive
“Blueridge
Mountain Haze” - “mostly originals with tight harmonies” - Marie
Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Genre:
Bluegrass
Band
Members: Rob Sine, Andrew Blythe, Rob Parks, Rudi Ekstein
Blue
Wheel Drive is a high energy, hard driving bluegrass band that is based out of
the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, North Carolina. The band is keeping the
future of bluegrass music alive with hot instrumental playing and tight harmony
singing inspired by the traditional music stylings of Bill Monroe, Flatt &
Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, Charlie Moore,and the Stanley Brothers.
Formed
around the vibrant Asheville music scene, Blue Wheel Drive's lineup consists of
the heartfelt singer Rob Sine playing guitar,
CMH Records recording artist Rudi Ekstein playing mandolin and singing
baritone, and Mills River, NC native, Andrew Blythe with his powerful vocals
playing the 5-string Banjo, and phenomenal upright bass player and Singer,
Robert Parks.
Their
new CD recording, features all original songs with hot instrumentals, and tight
harmony singing, all faithfully inspired by the traditional music stylings of
Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, and the Stanley Brothers.
After
a 2 year stint working for bluegrass fiddle legend, Bobby Hicks, Blue Wheel
Drive moved on to their own style of bluegrass, showcasing memorable melodies,
dynamics and punch. Blue Wheel Drive is emerging as one of the best new CD
releases with all original songs written by band members from real life
experiences.
CONNECT with Blue
Wheel Drive:
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