2015-07-04
Marie Crichton
BBC Radio Shropshire Show playlist July 4, 2015
Brand new music
from Kacey Musgraves, Ashley Monroe & Easton Corbin.
Classics from
Jeannie Seeley and The Louvin Brothers. Tributes to Val Doonican and Red Lane
who sadly died this week.
New on the Show features Bill Feehely , Don Gallardo, Stephanie Urbina Jones, Kelsea Ballerini, Roo Arcus, The Mike + Ruthy Band
Martina McBride - Independence Day | Album: The Way
That I Am (1993) MP3
Jeannie Seely - Catfish John / Delta Dawn | Album: Live
At The Grand Ole Opry (Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely) (July 6, 1940) BIRTHDAY
Marcum Stewart - Every Sad Song Known To Man (Single;
16 June 2015) NEW
MP3
Don Gallardo - Angel On The Dance Floor | Album: Hickory NEW CD - MP3 - UK iTunes
Hannah Aldridge - Lie Like You Love Me | Album: Razor Wire (May 2014) MP3 – UK iTunes
Susan McCann - Old Msn On The Porch Hotdisc #198
June Single | Album: Through The Years 3-CD (H&H Music)
Val Doonican - The Special Years | Album: The
Special Years CD (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015; Irish
singer and TV entertainer Val Doonican has died aged 88) BBC News – BBC Obituary: Val Doonican
Ashley Monroe – Bombshell | Album: The Blade (out
July 24) NEW
CD - Amazon.com
The Louvin Brothers - I’m Glad That I’m Not Him (Charlie Louvin July 7, 1927 died Jan 26, 2011 (aged 83)) BIRTHDAY
Stephanie Urbina Jones - He Reminds Me Of Texas | Album: Stephanie
Urbina Jones CD (2002)
Roo Arcus - If That’s What Love Was | Album:
Cowboys and Sunsets NEW (Jan 2015) UK iTunes
Easton Corbin - Wild Women & Whiskey | Album: About
to Get Real NEW CD - MP3 - Amazon.com
Tammy Wynette - Til I Get it Right | Album: (Tribute
to Red Lane; 9 Feb 1939 – 1 July 2015; award-winning songwriter BLOG
Feature)
Toby Keith - 35 MPH Town NEW Single (July 8, 1961) BIRTHDAY
Brad Paisley - Who Needs Pictures | Album: Who Needs
Pictures (1999) CD
The Mike + Ruthy Band - Simple & Sober | Album: Bright As You Can (2 June
2015) NEW CD - Amazon.com - Bandcamp
Ruby Lovett & Ken Mellons - One of Them’s Yours | Album: Ruby
Lovett (1998) CD (Ken Mellons; July 10, 1965) BIRTHDAY
New on The Show
Bill Feehely
“Thousand
Stories” - Interesting album something of a Kris Kristofferson to his voice - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
About:
Bill
received MFA in Theatre from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers
University where he studied under Bill Esper. He enjoyed a career as an actor
and musician before moving from New York City to Nashville in 1994. In
Nashville, he founded the Actors Bridge Actor Training Program which later
developed into a professional theatre company.
In
addition, Bill is an accomplished playwright and songwriter. He co-wrote,
“American Duet” with Grammy Award winning songwriter Marcus Hummon, with the
musical's original staginh starring Darius Rucker. Bill's play “Outside
Paradise” about the life of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald was named “Best
Original Play” after it’s premier in Nashville in 2012. He has also written
several other plays and musicals including “Working With Glass.” the “Payout”
and an adaptation of “The Trojan Women.” Presently, Bill has worked on a new
musical with Nashville songwriters Kirsti Manna and Julie Forrester. Bill
recently retired from Belmont University where he was head of the Acting/
Directing BFA emphasis.
in
Feb 2014 he released a new album, Lucky Struck and touredng in support of that
release. He continues to live in Nashville with his talented wife Celeste
Krenz.
Singer-songwriter,
actor and playwright, Bill Feehely after success in the latter categories he
has now returned to the record studio to have another stab as a recording
musician. His music combines rock, pop and country. With shades of John Hiatt
in “Thousand Stories” and “Tell Me Something”; both dead-ringers for Hiatt, the
former especially as he ticks all the boxes. On a few tracks he goes blue
collar and rocks too, and with fine support from Steve Mackey (bass), Wayne
Killius (drums), Pat McGrath (acoustic, electric guitar), Greg Bieck (piano,
organ, accordion) and Dan Dugmore (acoustic, electric, steel guitar, mandolin)
Feehely is set to gain attention from a wide audience...Read More Flyinshoes Album Review
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Don Gallardo
“Angel On The Dance Floor” – “I think it's really catchy” - Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Genre:
Americana/Folk
Band
Members: Don Gallardo (Acoustic Guitar, Vocals); Travis Stock (Bass, Vocals);
Clint Maine (Electric Guitar, Vocals)
Stuart
Bond (Mando)
Home
Town - East Nashville, TN
Record
Label - First Floor Story Recordings (Self-Indie) USA/ Clubhouse Records in UK
An
American Songwriter playing Americana / Folk Music and swashbuckling his way
across the US and the UK.
Don
Gallardo is a supremely talented singer-songwriter with an unimaginable musical
range, recognizable and universally appealing originals, and a far-reaching
repertoire of covers, packing a folky flair that your average downtown passerby
would instantly love, but not be able to find in such a genuine and fulfilling
capacity at any other nearby performance space. -
No Country For New Nashville
"Absolutely lovely. Beautiful words."
- BBC Radio Lancashire - Sally Naden
Nashville-based
Americana/Folk singer-songwriter, Don Gallardo, hails from a small town in
Northern California and spent years cultivating his career on the west coast
before relocating to Nashville, Tennessee in 2007.
He
has called Nashville home for 8 years and does not see himself leaving any time
soon. Walking the line between classic 70's singer-songwriters and more
contemporary flavors of folk and Americana, Gallardo is a diverse and
multi-faceted performer with a lyrical depth and a warm, unique vocal style,
which helps him weave between genres and become immediately relatable. With
three full-lengths, a live acoustic session album, and an EP under his belt, as
well as a fourth full-length released on UK label Clubhouse Records, Gallardo
has already achieved critical praise and had his work prominently featured in
films "Jolene" and Jackass Presents "Bad Grandpa" as well
as highly popular television series, "The Vampire Diaries" and ABC's
"Nashville."
Gallardo
has received high praise from Americana review sites in Europe and the U.S.
such as No Depression, AltCountryForum.nl, Common Folk Music, and The Nashville
Scene, who call him "country-rock with brains, charm and experimental
impulses that are perfectly integrated into a familiar context.”
In
October 2014, Gallardo signed to UK Indie Label Clubhouse Records. He released
his 13 track new full-length album, HICKORY,
in June 2015. “Hickory” was produced by David Pinkston. David has worked on
many albums over the years and with legendary producer Johnny Sandlin on over
25 albums. He has also worked with a number of well known musicians such as
Marshall Tucker Band, Kansas, Linda Ronstadt, Sea Level, and Gretchen Peters.
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Stephanie Urbina Jones
“He Reminds Me
Of Texas” - “My pick of the evening, the album cover is beautiful, stunning looking
lady, the tracks are just so good I could of played any of them, it’s a special
one ..WHAT a song WHAT a voice I’m a huge fan” – Marie Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Genre:
Latin Americana Country Rock
Home
Town: San Antonio/Fredericksburg TX
Record
Label: Indie Affiliation: SESAC
"As
an artist that freely combines the singer/songwriter vibe with the hot blooded
traditional sounds of Mexico, Jones naturally embraces a wider swath of the
Lone star state than her contemporaries." - Performing Songwriter Magazine
Peter Cronin
Stephanie Urbina Jones was born in a bi-cultural
home in San Antonio, Texas where she grew up hearing sounds from both sides of
the border. Her Texicana tapestry of music combines her life experiences and
the sounds that influenced her soul.As a child many evenings were spent
two-stepping at the famous honky-tonk Luckenbach where the sheriff and
bartender of the one horse town "Margie" was her babysitter.
From
country rock to latin blues-pop, she has created a style all her own.
Stephanie
is a fiery Latina poised to be the first female Hispanic American artist to
break through Country Americana music with her county rock south of the border
sound and style all her own.
Jones
is not only a soulful singer and inspiring entertainer but a hit songwriter as
well.
In
late 2014 Craig Wayne Boyd, who
rocketed to stardom as the winner of "The Voice" USA, sang a song
written by Mark Marchetti and Stephanie entitled "My Baby's Got A Smile On Her Face". The song debuted at #1 on
the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart the day it was released. Coached and mentored by
superstar Blake Shelton, Boyd first performed the song as his vocal showcase,
then sang it again as his competition finale.
Shelton said he recommended the song to Boyd because he’s loved the
dreamy, romantic ballad since he first heard it. Taking time out from his
triumph, Boyd told Urbina Jones via Facebook, “Thanks for a great song.” Boyd also released a charming music video
version of >> “My Baby’s Got A Smile On Her Face.” All this activity rocketed the song to No.2
on iTunes.
Drawing
from her passion, she became the first independent female to reach #1 on the
Texas Music Chart as well as the first to sign to the latin division of Gibson
Guitars. She has been the face and voice in English and Spanish for Fernandez
Honda and is sponsored by the national product Arriba! Salsa.
She
is a celebrated Kerrville New Folk Finalist and an international artist taking
her style of Latin Country-Americana music across the US, Mexico, Europe, and
Japan playing the prestigious Montreaux Jazz Festival, CMA Music Festival,
Magic Town Music Fest in Mexico, Country Rendez-vous in France, and Country
Gold in Kumamoto, Japan.
2015
continues to be a breakthrough year for Stephanie with new music, movies and more on the
horizon. At this point this singer, songwriter, artist, advocate, actor,
entrepreneur,wife, mother and passionate woman is on the move
and "Shakin Things Up" crossing every border one border at a time.
Career
Highlights:
- (2002/CASA DEL RIO) her 12 track self
titled debut by the Texas Lady was described as having "dreamy
ballads and some uptempo tracks including nice Latino accents" - Amazon UK
- First independent female to go #1
on the Texas Music Chart ( 5 weeks on a row)
- Hit Songwriter : SUJ writes Craig
Wayne Boyds #1 Billboard Country Chart Song entitled "My Babys Got A
Smile On Her Face"
- Filmed and recorded bilingual
commercials for Honda (TV and radio)
- Sang a duet with Texas legend
Willie Nelson at his Fourth of July Picnic ( broadcast worldwide on XM
Satellite radio)
- Featured in Billboard, Performing
Songwriter Magazine, Texas Music Magazine, San Antonio Express News,
Houston Chronicle, Austin American Statesman, La Prensa and others.
In
June 2015 she was in Scotland for the Americana
Cavalcade Festival (at the Perth Raceway) and performed at BBC Scotland and
met and sang with international artist Donovan.
Press Release NEWS: SUJ
played Interlaken
Switzerland Country & Trucker
Festival (June 27, 2015) with The Bellamy Brothers, John Michael Montgomery
& The Mavericks
Just
in time for the 4th of July she is preparing to release her first single off
the FIERY ANGEL project (slated for release in Autumn 2015) called "Bring
It Back To The Heartland". She shared – “I have never written and sung
a song that moved people like this one does and I have never been more excited
to take a song to the people ! We will be playing across the US starting in Tennessee & Texas in August.
From Honky Tonks to House Concerts to Festivals and more we will be singing and
bringing our hearts anyhwere and
everywhere this fall! "
She
is back on the road in Espana where she is rehearsing a band in Barcelona,
Spain then playing a venue in Costa Brava and a festival in Northern Spain
followed by a dream come true balcony seat to see the Running Of The Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
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Kelsea Ballerini
“Dibs”
- This is the brand new song, making her
debut - Marie
Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Genre:
Country/Pop
Home
Town: Knoxville, TN
Kelsea Ballerini (born September 12, 1993 (age 21)
started writing songs as a pre-teen living on a farm in East Tennessee, but she
had no idea where those songs might fit. The lyrics and melody didn't sound
like the pop music she listened to with her friends.
The Tennessee
native actually found her songwriting voice while mourning the end of her
parents' marriage. She started writing lyrics at 12-years-old, as a means of
escape.
Kelsea
told ABC Radio, "What I was writing came out country just 'cause that's
who I am, but I did not listen to country music."
That
all changed when Kelsea heard Keith Urban's hit single "Stupid Boy."
"I
was like, 'What is this?'" Kelsea said. "So, I went and got his
record, Dixie Chicks and Sugarland and Taylor Swift. Those four records were my
introduction to country music."
Songwriting
propelled Kelsea forward. At 15, she moved
to Nashville with her mother to pursue music. Her fresh sound builds on her
East Tennessee upbringing and musical influences ranging from Britney Spears to
Kelly Clarkson to Frank Sinatra.
Black River Publishing VP Celia Froehlig signed
the burgeoning artist to a publishing deal in 2013. That December, at the
company Christmas party, Black River Entertainment CEO Gordon Kerr offered
Kelsea a record deal in the form of a wrapped present.
Kelsea made her Grand Ole Opry debut on Valentine's
Day 2015. Following the performance of her top 30 single "Love Me Like You
Mean It," the Knoxville native choked up before performing her solo write,
The First Time, announcing it is also
the title track of her debut album due May 19, 2015. "I wrote this song a
long time ago about learning the lesson that sometimes the past should stay in
the past,” said Kelsea.
On
the Bilboard Country chart dated March
28, 2015 Kelsea’s Self titled EP sold 1,100 copies to debut
at #40 Country.
Kelsea
Ballerini's breakout hit, "Love Me
Like You Mean It," is just a taste of the country-pop sound in her
imaginative catalog. The Knoxville, Tennessee native has dedicated the better
part of the last decade to creating inspiring music, based on her life, to
motivate others to live without fear of their emotions.
Her
full-length debut, THE FIRST TIME, has Kelsea's credit behind
every song. The album radiates positivity while exploring all facets of the
human experience. She is a true poet, and The First Time reflects that.
On
the Billboard charts dated June 6, 2015 THE FIRST TIME sold 13,465 copies to
debut at #31 on the Billboard 200, #22 Top
Albums Sales and #4 Billboard Country albums. As of July 1st it has
sold 33,100 copies
Kelsea
Ballerini landed a #1 on both the Billboard
Country Airplay and Mediabase Charts.
"Love Me Like You Mean It" (writers
Kelsea Ballerini, Josh Kerr, Forest Glen Whitehead, Lance Carpenter) was her debut
single on the label (>> Video 5 million Views). She thus became the first Country female solo debut #1
since Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take The Wheel" in January 2006!.
Ballerini’s #1 marked the first time a solo female has landed at #1 on the
Billboard Country Airplay chart in nearly three years since Carrie Underwood’s
"Blown Away" on Nov. 3, 2012!
“It's a very exciting time for all of us at
Black River,” said Vice President of Promotion Mike Wilson. “It’s an honor to
lead this promotion team in taking Kelsea to country radio. Her music is great
and radio has really embraced her. I’m so proud of our team and all of their
efforts. This is a huge accomplishment!”
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Ballerini:
Roo Arcus
“If That’s What
Love Was” – “What a great Australian name, this is the new single, more of a
hint of Alan Jackson and George Strait, you can toe tap along it’s real
traditional country, which is what we love” -
Marie
Crichton BBC Radio Shropshire
Genre:
Country (Neo Traditional)
Home
Town: Southern Tablelands, N.S.W. Australia
Record
Label: WJO
Beyond
the authenticity and the clear rudimentary study of country music that Roo
displays in his music, Cowboys and Sunsets is remarkable in how it sounds just
like some lost album from the sweet spot of the career of Alan Jackson or
George Strait, or even a little bit of James Hand when they were still young
and hungry and trying to prove themselves.
Where
so much country music labeled “traditional” these days tries too hard to prove
how country it is with over-inflected, super-twangy brow-beating posturing, or
can’t resist the seduction to add screaming guitars or laundry list elements in
a bid to stay relevant, Cowboys and Sunsets pins its line to the traditional
country post and doesn’t waver. ('Cowboys & Sunsets' is listed amongst 'The
Best Country Albums of 2015 So Far' ! - Saving Country Music.com)
After
emerging onto the scene back in the late 90s from Australia's country music
college and touring with (even writing a song "Ringers, Rigs and
Drivers") the late Slim Dusty, Roo Arcus has sought to find his place in
the pantheon of Aussie country singer songwriters.
His
2000 debut album "Station Boy" although setting him off on the right
track and garnering him three top ten singles, two golden guitar nominations
and winning the independent male rising star award, unfortunately turned into a
false start when things started to go awry back home on the family farm. Roo a
working cattleman, suffered the loss of his mother to leukemia, a tragedy only
compounded by the severe drought affecting the family's southern tablelands
cattle property. Having recently married with a young family and the farm to
rescue he walked away from his singing career. That was 2004 and in the
intervening eight years after getting his priorities in order, Roo started to
yearn to return to his first love......writing and singing great country songs.
His
'comeback' album THIS HERE COWBOY scored radio singles, 'This Here Cowboy' and
the self penned 'Out On The Farm' were back to back #1's on Australian country
music radio.
The
title track of the album 'This Here Cowboy' was awarded the song of the year in
2012, the very same year it was released considering it's launch in the latter
part of the year it was an astounding result.
Roo's
second radio single off that album "Out on the Farm" being named Song
of the Year for 2014.
The
launch of the new album "COWBOYS
& SUNSETS" in January 2015 has already proved extremely
successful.
The
album officially released at Tamworth Country Music Festival on Tuesday 20th
January 2015. The album has a diverse range of tracks, from heartfelt ballads
to the toe tapping uptempo tracks and includes "Half Hearted Love
Affair" recorded with Rhonda Vincent.
The
first single taken from the album, a preview track that aired for the first
time in December 2014 "Let's Get
out of Here" (WJO - (CRS #177 - T9) peaked at #3 for 2 weeks on Country
Tracks
(Australia's leading Country chart) and is still on the chart after 34 weeks at
#33. The new single 'If That's What Love
Was' has made a debut at #13 (WJO - (CRS #182 - T9) on the chart published
4th July 2015 -
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The Mike + Ruthy Band
“Simple
& Sober” - One of those albums on the fringe, all sorts of styles I think your
going to enjoy this one, very catchy little song like her voice a lot!” - Marie Crichton
BBC Radio Shropshire
Genres:
Folk Roots, Americana
Home
Town: Woodstock, NY
Record
Label: Humble Abode Music
Duo:
Real deal, stripped down folk roots with energy, joy, simplicity + depth.
Band. Jubilation, as exciting and powerful as any
quintet currently mixing up fiddle + banjo with drums, bass and pedal
steel. An exquisite new Mike + Ruthy
Band record, "Bright As You Can," bursts with Americana ho-downs,
sassy blues, Motown soul, old-timey harmonies, rock-n-roll energy and infectious,
inspired songwriting.
“Bright
as You Can crackles with a live energy and warmth that draw you close. It’s a
joyful document of a band rounding a corner and into a wide-open field of
possibilities. And it’s one of the year’s standout Americana albums." -
Boston Globe
The
band is Konrad Meissner (drums), Jacob Silver (bass), and Charlie Rose (pedal
steel), plus some amazing guests like Marco Benevento (pianos), Daniel
Littleton (guitar), Joel Ricci, Chris Miller & Dean Jones (horns), and Amy
Helm, Kristin Andreassen & Aoife O’Donovan (harmony vocals.) And Adam
Armstrong recorded the whole thing.
Their
album BRIGHT AS YOU CAN released on June 2, 2015 was successfully crowd funded
via Pledgemusic
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