Country Bites News snippets January 1 – January 6, 2014
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Having a Ball At Kennys: There’s a guy at a
Consibrough chip shop swears he’s Elvis – If you have listened to Internet Station UKCountryRadio.com
in recent weeks you will have heard the advert for Kennys “superb” Fish and chips more times than I’ve had hot
dinners!
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| Glen Blow, of Kenny's Fish and Chips, pictured with Simon Large, UK Country Radio.com presenter. Photo: Marie Caley S1015MC |
The owner of the 150-seater of Kenny’s on Doncaster Road (18 Doncaster Rd, Conisbrough DN12 3AG; Phone:01709 863030) has launched a series of live country music nights on Sunday which started with trio the Voodoo Katz (formerly known as Red Rock County) who took to the stage. They performed a blend of country and ’50s and ’60s rock ’n’ roll and as well as the music, the audience will be treated to a portion of Kenny’s fish and chips.
Nashville it
ain’t, so what inspired him to create his own version of the Grand Ole Opry in,
of all places, a Conisbrough fish and chip shop?
Said Ken:”I think the
mixture of country music and fish and chips will be something unique and
different for music and food lovers to enjoy together. “We have a regular
cabaret shows at Kenny’s – it has 150 seats – and I was chatting to a keyboard
player who helps run runs a country music radio station UKCountryRadio.com.
“He had plans to bring quality country
music artists to new audiences in different settings and we fitted the bill
perfectly.”
Ken hopes the
nights will revive the live music tradition which is slowly being abandoned
by working mens’ clubs, who can no longer afford to put on acts.
Will this mean a return to the clubland tradition of
Stetson-wearing country fans toting toy revolvers, firing blanks and whooping
and hollering?
“Well a few months
ago we had a country and western act Carolann
B from Mexborough. A group of followers came to see them – and one of them
was about 90 years old. He never stopped dancing and he had a cowboy hat on..”
Alan Watkiss, who runs UKCountryRadio.com, said: “We are organising
the night for Kenny trying to establish a series of country music nights. We
have artists from the UK and America who ask if we can get them concerts in the
UK and we have usually had to say no. I perform with a duo in Rotherham and we
played at Kenny’s and were really impressed with the audience who were very
attentive. You don’t expect that in a chip shop. It was a really good crowd. I
know Country and Western is very popular in South Yorkshire and we are
really keen to get a regular night.” (Source www.doncasterfreepress )
Kenny’s have confirmed
on their Facebook Page the first of their acts for
the cabaret nights in the New year:
Sunday 12th Jan
Country night with the brilliant Masters
of Mellow
Sunday 2nd Feb
Comedy + singing with an hilarious tribute to Mrs Brown!
Sunday 2nd March A
tribute to the fantastic Robbie Williams
Sunday 13th April
Country night with the terrific Lynne
Butler Band
Tickets from £9.00
to inc one course meal and all events 7.00pm - 10.00pm usual number for
enquiries 01709 863030.
More details at kennysfishandchips.co.uk
No news yet
whether singer-songwriter Chip Taylor has booked his Plaice for a future gig –
Watch this space!
Country music in
America in 2013 witnessed a greater landscape of blending various genres in
the mix and Eric Church declaring in a
CMT quote: “I think genres are dead” …... “There’s good music. There’s bad music.”
Taylor Swift was a big hit on pop radio on both sides of the pond,
Hunter Hayes’ new song, “Everybody’s
Got Somebody But Me,” was a collaboration with pop musician Jason Mraz, Florida Georgia Line’s remix with
rapper Nelly helped to bag them 6.1 million downloads of the record breaking
Hot Country Songs single “Cruise” were just three very high-profile examples.
We want to listen to everything we love ,
not just select lists”. Something I've been very grateful of is still to be
welcomed into my home which is Nashville and still to be welcomed on country
radio and also get to go out and experiment and that's one of my favourite
things that's happened this year.” (2013)
With that in mind
will the Country Radio presenters/ broadcasters in the UK embrace such change
and try and expand their listener base or will they play it safe so as not to
upset their loyal, traditionalist but every ageing and diminishing audience?
One Scottish
country presenter has regarding duos Florida Georgia Line and Love And Theft
given their radio singles a spin around the impact date only then to say - “That is the first and only time you will
hear them on my show”
So a New Year has
arrived and here are 2 new UK discoveries which as far as we are concerned are
well worth seeking out:
1) Philippa
Hanna – Sheffield based Acoustic/Indie/Gospel singer-songwriter did release
OUT OF THE BLUE a 7 track EP
Country/ Pop live studio acoustic album back in 2011. 2012 saw her busiest year of touring, leading to an invitation
to opening for soul legend turned Country crossover artist Lionel Richie on his 11 UK
arena date TUSKEGEE Tour in which she delivered a eclectic collection of mainly
folk and pop pieces.
On her latest album THROUGH THE WOODS, released in July 2013, a
Kickstarter Funded album (314 backers; £14,331 pledged of £10,000 goal), it
explores country music, celtic music and blues as well, spiced up by classy
arrangements with her lovely voice shining through. The Sheffield artist worked
with Grammy Award winning producer Eliot Kennedy (Bryan Adams, Spice Girls) and
his team.
The lead single "Lighthouse" has already been played live on BBC 2 in 2013.
Full of folk, pop, CCM, tinges of
country and moments of Irish music, the differing styles all packed into the
set makes for us an album which excites full of inspiration and motivation.
This folk-inspired adventure album is a
soundtrack to the next chapter of her career. Some of the tracks on the album
have heavy banjo presence. In a Cross Rhythms album review it describes: Opening track Lighthouse is what I would call classic Philippa.
This solid single has some great country and folk inspired moments but
most of all, the song is the complete package. There is a great melody that
sets the stall for the whole album....Apples
is another strong track that holds the album together, it's the core of the
album. This gentle folk track has a nice flow to it, swaying across your ears
like a fresh summer's morning.
In December 2013 Philippa bagged 10
dates supporting
Wet Wet Wet on their Greatest Hits Tour.
Listen to her songs: “Lighthouse” - “Hollywood” - “Cherry Coloured Coat” on Youtube
Visit her WEBSITE
find her on - FACEBOOK
- TWITTER and check out her Church tour for
2014
2) Adrian Duffy & The Mayo Brothers - Hometown - London & Mayo (Ireland),
Genre: Singer-Songwriter/ Indie/Alt/Folk/Rock.
The brothers worked on Folk/ Rock new 5 Track EP SOMEONE LIKE YOU,
released Dec 1, 2013 on Inde Symphony Ray Records. They comprise Adrian
(acoustic guitar, vocals, bass & mandolin), Chris (drums & percussion)
and Melvin Duffy (pedal steel, slide & electric guitars, bass &
vocals). Matt Kemp (Ry Cooder, The Chieftains), brought his production and mix
skills to bear upon "Someone Like You" and "Push Those
Keys".
A while back on a live studio session for Janice
Long on BBC Radio 2 she kindly gave them a "hotly tipped" tag.
Maverick Magazine (Jan/Feb issue) recently reviewed
the EP added the vid to their website rubbing shoulders with the lovely Taylor
Swift!
Listen to “Someone Like You” on
Youtube, Spotify or Soundcloud
In view of the recent weather lashing the UK “Storm
Breaking” released Nov 28, 2011 is well worth seeking out on UK iTunes
BBC Radio 2 Playlist
- Since the Week commencing
14 December 2013 Beth Nielsen Chapman
with “Simple Things” has been on the C and “B” playlist. Kacey Musgraves with her now 4th Radio 2 track “Step Off” was added
to the “B” list since the week commencing 26 December 2013.
Her first album was embraced by BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris with a live session and interview on his show during Americana week last September. She's now out on the road again for tour dates across the USA.
In A Spin – The
much hyped Scottish duo Raintown winners of the
2013 BCMAwards Duo of the Year who comprise Claire McArthur and Paul Bain have a 13th March 2014 London gig “Country Collective At Canary Wharf” (East Wintergarden, 43 Bank Street) with Hannah Jane Lewis and Gary Quinn.
The duo are being
championed by UKCountryRadio.com’s Simon Large & Will Downie, Steve
Cherelle (BBC Radio Essex, BCMAward compere), Stewart Fenwick (Celtic Music
Radio) and Emily Saxton (Maverick Magazine).
In their Blurb Raintown write: Country Collective introduces its main act, Raintown, with its strong country vocals and its hearty country band. Paul and Claire, both from Glasgow, are the hottest new duo to the Country/Americana scene in the UK and performed at the inaugural Country2Country Festival in London with headliners Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood.
In their Blurb Raintown write: Country Collective introduces its main act, Raintown, with its strong country vocals and its hearty country band. Paul and Claire, both from Glasgow, are the hottest new duo to the Country/Americana scene in the UK and performed at the inaugural Country2Country Festival in London with headliners Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood.
Raintown formerly under the name
of pop act "OMNI" Myspace won two awards at the criticized and now
defunct Scottish New Music Awards, including Record of the Year (Traditional Folk) are now it seems
embracing a “Country/Americana”
stance.
They did not share the same stage as superstars Tim & Carrie at the Country2Country Festival but played the
sidelined busking/ Pop Up Stages in the town square / O2 Complex in March 2013.
Raintown will also
be performing as a full band on Friday 7th March 2014 as part of the Belfast Nashville
Songwriters Festival (Tickets)
with special guests Gary Quinn &
Sara Crockett at The Black Box - Read
the Multi award winners and history making blurb and
event info here
BBC ALBA celebrated one of Scotland's most
successful traditional bands Capercaille
with a Christmas Eve screening of the documentary Capercaillie@30. The
programme accompanied the band to international gigs on their 30th anniversary
year, offering a unique glimpse of life on tour, and set out to tell two
remarkable, parallel stories.
The Northern Nashville
Caithness Country Music Festival (NNCCMF), will take place from 18th to 20th April 2014 at the Halkirk
Riding Centre. Headlining are US acts Suzy
Bogguss, Radney Foster and Rusty
Rierson. See full line up for details
The ABC of British
Country Music Live listings for Artists, Bands & Clubs - What's On Contact allbritishcountry@gmail.com
with event
details.
Scottish Country gigs - scotcountryconcerts.blogspot
UK CHART NEWS
Official UK Albums Top 100 (Week Ending January 11, 2014)
Taylor Swift’s RED rebounded from 85-65 on her 63rd
chart week.
Daniel O’Donnell
with A PICTURE
OF YOU (DMGTV) fell off the Top 100 from his previous week (Jan 4) at #86.
However for fans it’s now at the bargain price of £5.99 including delivery - CD - MP3
Official UK
Country Album Chart (Week Ending January 11, 2014)
Kacey Musgraves’ SAME TRAILER DIFFERENT PARK (Decca) returned to No.1 in her 38th week as Billie Joe (Armstrong) + Norah (Jones) with their 12 track FOREVERLY (Warner Bros) fell back to
No.2 after a five week run at No.1..
Lady Antebellum moved 2-3 with GOLDEN and Derek Ryan dropped 5-7 with COUNTRY SOUL (Sharp Music) in his 10th
chart week. Nathan Carter’s WHERE I WANNA BE also fell back 6-12
but his 62 week set WAGON WHEEL
still posts a Top 20 slot one place above at No.11
Which Country/
Americana Albums charted
on the Official UK Albums Top 100 during 2013?
(Recap)
on the Official UK Albums Top 100 during 2013?
(Recap)
16 Country/
Americana Albums made the Top 100. With the highest debut logged by The Civil Wars at No.2 (9,825 sales)
followed by Lady Antebellum at No.7
(11,784 sales) making it the trio’s 3rd UK Top 10 album, following NEED YOU NOW
(No.8, 2010) and OWN THE NIGHT (No.4, 2011 with debut week sales of 26,434).
Lady A’s 8 week
chart run was easily the best with other major names only able to log 1 or 2
weeks on the Top 100.
Taylor Swift’s RED is not classed as a country release by the
Official Chart Company spent the whole of 2013 on the UK Top 100 Albums chart
and has enjoyed a 63 week run on the placing since it sold 61,779 copies in its
first week in 2012 to give her first UK No.1 going on to sell over 252,000
copies in 12 weeks.
John Fogerty with WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE (Columbia) made a bow at
No.75. His album was classified as a "Rock" set though 5 of the
tracks were country collaborations.
Tim McGraw with “Nashville Without You” was B/C play listed (9
Feb-23 March).
Carrie Underwood with “Before He Cheats” ( 16 Feb-23 March), and Little Big Town “Leavin In Your Eyes” (23 Feb-23 March) found themselves playlisted ahead of the festival. Tim also appeared on BBC Breakfast to promote his album.
Carrie Underwood with “Before He Cheats” ( 16 Feb-23 March), and Little Big Town “Leavin In Your Eyes” (23 Feb-23 March) found themselves playlisted ahead of the festival. Tim also appeared on BBC Breakfast to promote his album.
Those set to
appear at C2C 2014 have already found airplay on Radio 2. The Band Perry with “Done” was B playlisted (which they performed
on BBC Breakfast) and ”Don't Let Me Be Lonely” was playlisted for 5 weeks in
November. Their June 10th UK release of PIONEER (Decca) made their debut at
No.94 which fared a lot worse than their self titled titled debut peaked at No.46
on the UK Official 100 chart on March 31, 2012.
Rascal Flatts made an appearance on BBC Breakfast to coincide with
the release of CHANGED (Big Machine).
Zac Brown Band’s were “A” playlisted with “Jump Right In” (29 June-17
Aug) and were made Album of the Week with UNCAGED. Additionally they were “B”
playlisted with “Island Song” (28 Sept-26 Oct 2013).
The Mavericks were playlisted 3 times starting with “Back In Your
Arms Again” (5 Jan-2 Feb), “C” listed “Born To Be Blue” and “ Come Unto Me” (13
July-10 Aug, 2013).
Kacey Musgraves also found favour with the playlist committee who
championed Merry Go ‘Round “C” (6 April-11
May), “Silver Lining” B/C (20 July-17 Aug) and “Follow Your Arrow” (26 Oct-9
Nov 2013). Kacey too stopped by on a Saturday morning BBC Breakfast slot whilst
on her UK Tour.
Others that the
Radio 2 audience heard during 2013 included: Lady Antebellum “Downtown” B (27 April - May 25), Court Yard Hounds “Sunshine” (15
June-13 July) Glen Campbell “Postcard
from Paris” C-List (20 July-17 Aug), Florida
Georgia Line with “Cruise” (feat. Nelly) A/B-List (24 Aug-14 Sept) which
also made a Radio 2 Record of the Week.
Before Christmas Kelly Clarkson’s “Wrapped In Red” was
flagged up for an Album of the Week.
Charting Albums
in 2013:
The Mavericks "IN TIME" debut at No.37 (3,521 sales; Chart Week
February 16, 2013 ), then #67, then #98
Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell "Old Yellow Moon" debut at No.42
(4,077 sales; Chart week March 16, 2013) then #42- #96
Tim McGraw with TWO LANES OF FREEDOM debut No.43 (2,500+ copies sold; chart
week March 23, 2013 = based on Mumford & Sons' at #47 with sales of 2,481)
then #42-#61, then #61-#96
Brad Paisley WHEELHOUSE - debut at No.69 (1,582 sales; chart week
April 20, 2013) then off the Top 100 (#6 UK Country Album Chart)
Steve Earle & backing band The Dukes (&
Duchesses) THE LOW HIGHWAY
- debut at No.30
(3,229 sales; chart week April 20, 2013) then #73
Kacey Musgraves SAME TRAILER, DIFFERENT PARK - debut at No.39
(2,634 sales; chart week April 20, 2013), then #63, 86 RE Oct 19th chart
Lady Antebellum GOLDEN - debut at No.7 (11,784 sales; chart week
May 18, 2013), then #19, then #36, then #54, then #66, then #65, then #79, then
87, then off the chart in week 9.
Patty Griffin AMERICAN KID - debut at No.83
Darius Rucker "TRUE BELIEVERS" debut at No.89 (chart
week June 1, 2013), then off the Top 100 chart
The Band Perry PIONEER - No.94
(chart week June 22, 2013)
Rascal Flatts CHANGED - No.87 (chart week July 20, 2013)
Zac Brown Band UNCAGED - No.92 moved up 32 places from No.124 (chart
week July 27, 2013). Sales? Well possibly around 1,000 copies based on Style
Council who at #67 sold 1,442.
The Civil Wars - eponymous album debut at No.2 (9,825 sales; chart week Aug
17, 2013)
Glen Campbell SEE YOU THERE - debut at No.35 (2,682 sales chart week Aug
24, 2013 ), then #66, then off the chart
Willie Nelson TO ALL THE GIRLS - debut at No.72 (1,452 sales; chart week
ending Oct 26, 2013 ) , then off the chart
Daniel O’Donnell A PICTURE OF YOU - debut at No.16 (10,363 sales; chart week
ending Nov 23, 2013)
On the Hotdisc Chart
(January 5, 2014 Chart)
In the first chart
of 2014 Ray
Scott with his new self penned single "My
Kind Of Music" secured a fifth week at No.1 on Hotdisc Top 40. The top
5 remained the same with David Shelby with “Stealing Honey” at #2, Toby Keith’s “Shut Up And Hold On” (#3), The Phoenix Stone Band “When The Whiskey Doesn’t Work” (#4) and US act M Callaghan with “Baptized By Your Love” rounded out the
top 5.
American artist Laurie Shaw
reached a new peak at #8 with a 1 place hop for “Breathless”. Fellow US country act Jeff Griffith with “She’s Killing Me” also set a new 5-week
high entering the upper Top 40 tier with a 12-9 climb.
The Hayley Oliver Band with “The
Hand That Rocked The Cradle” moved back up to No.10 to successfully hold
the No.1 on the Hotdisc British & Irish Chart for a now record breaking 9-week straight run thus matching the
record of Rob
Allen's "Pale Rider" single from the chart issued 8th July
2012. The band logged 23 weeks at the British & Irish summit during 2013
with 4 Hotdisc singles with “Cradle” now surpassing the popular “Right Person At The Right Time” which enjoyed 8-weeks in the top spot from April 21,
2013 and the beautiful “Could I Be More
Blue” which started a 5-week #1 run from June 16, 2013.
British band The Diablos
reached new heights as “Bad Chrome Job”
made a 5 slot jump (18-13) and went to No.2 on the British & Irish placings.
By default the
sprinkling of Hotdisc Christmas records
departed the chart which meant the re-entry of an influx of climbers back onto
the Top 40.
Next week will see
the impact of new tracks from the January 2014 #181 Promo Disc which landed on
the doormats of the Euro DJ’s which has already seen airplay and many new fresh
artist intros for their hungry listeners.
Good luck to
Hotdisc and all the artists who will participate during this new calender year!
UK COUNTRY ALBUM RELEASES
Daniel O'Donnell - A Picture of You £5.99 sale incl postage CD
(1 Jan 2014) Erica Sunshine Lee - The South Will
Rise Again (Orsley Entertainment)
(6 Jan 2014) Mike Denver - There's Only One Mike
Denver (Sharpe Music) CD
(13 Jan 2014) Rosanne Cash - The River & The
Thread ( Blue Note Records) (Decca UMO)
14 Tracks/ Time:
47:14 CD [Deluxe Edition] (10 Feb) - MP3 - US iTunes - Amazon.com
* Good News!:
Amazon UK's Super Saver Delivery service has changed. From 7th January 2014,
all UK orders fulfilled by Amazon, with a total value of at least £10, will
qualify for FREE Super Saver Delivery
AUSSIE NEWS
The Country Music
Association of Australia (CMAA)
compilation returns for another year, showcasing finalists from the 42nd annual
Country Music Awards; the very best of Australian country music. Set for
release on January 10, 2014, - the ‘CMAA: The Winners 2014’ compilation will comprise
both CD and DVD, featuring established local artists Sara Storer, Lee
Kernaghan, The McClymonts, and Jasmine Rae alongside breaking acts like The
Adam Eckersley Band, Ashleigh Dallas, Kaylens Rain and many more. The 42nd CMAA
Awards will be awarded on Saturday, 25th January 2014 in Tamworth. The DVD
component is the video clips to the songs
listed - See Tracklisting
New 92.9 FM
Tamworth breakfast duo Rebs and LJ are getting their country on for the 2014 Toyota
Country Music Festival, being held in Tamworth from Friday January
17. Both first timers to the festival, Rebs and LJ have been practising their
boot scooting and line dancing. No stranger to the country music scene, LJ has
been educating Rebs in the world of Australian Country Music. CRA CEO Joan
Warner is set to be the keynote speaker at this year's Country Music Festival
radio seminar. Warner will lead a panel of industry hard hitters including
superstar Lee Kernaghan.At a time when country music is growing in profile,
particularly amongst a younger demographic, radio programmers, the country
music industry and country artists are coming together to explore how rising
country artists can secure radio airplay which is critical to a successful
music career. The festival will include 800 performers and 4,000 shows across
120 different venues. There are over 600 buskers Tamworth's main
street, Peel
Street, providing a diverse range of entertainment each day. Over 55,000
visitors are expected to attend this year.
Country rockers McAlister Kemp, have released an official
>> preview
video of their new record HARDER TO TAME, featuring snippets
of all 10 tracks on the album. McAlister Kemp are set release the new record
with a launch party at the Blazes Showroom at West Tamworth Leagues as part of
the Tamworth Country Music Festival on January 25.
Dianna Corcoran's latest hit "Therapy" is number one for the fifth week in
succession on the national Country Tracks Top 30 singles chart.
CANADIAN NEWS
Gord Bamford’s #1 single
"When Your
Lips Are So Close" on Canadian country radio charts has been
CERTIFIED GOLD in sales in Canada.
Bobby Wills, a Canadian
Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards Rising Star Award-Winner has signed
a two year production and distribution deal (inclusive of back catalogue) with
leading Canadian country music label MDM Recordings Inc. (MDM/Universal Music
Canada). As part of the deal Wills has
secured management with powerhouse partners and industry veterans Mike Denney
and CCMA award-winner Mitch Merrett.
Toby Keith, Hunter Hayes and Lee Brice
have been added to the lineup for the Boots and Hearts Music Festival in Bowmanville,
Ontario, Canada July 31 through August 3.
Codie Provost listed some of his 2013 highlights:
Nominated for 2013
CCMA “Interactive Artist Of The Year”
SCMA “Entertainer
Of The Year” & “Male Vocalist Of The Year”
Showcased in
Nashville in September as part of the Americana Music Conference
Married Ashley
Schurko in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in June.
He has now launched
the brand new website www.codieprevost.com
with the pre-order of his new album “All Kinds
Of Crazy” which is
set to be released March 1, 2014. A brand new single will be released to
country radio in January followed by a cross-country radio tour in February
NEWS
- Snapshot News: Country Aircheck's Insider News January 7, 2014 - January 10, 2014
- Eve Selis
will release 2 new projects that are not Eve
Selis Band albums. She has recorded a CD (Project)
with her longtime friend, musician, co-songwriter and producer Kim McLean . They are calling
themselves Cactus Honey and the CD is titled "Groovy Life" with
a slated March 2014 release
date. Another of Eve's long-time band members and collaborator's Marc Twang and their pals Berkley Hart
(Jeff Berkley & Calman Hart) have been writing songs for a year and
they have a full length album recorded to be released by June/July of this
year. They are calling their group Berkley Hart Selis Twang. You can
download their 5 song EP recorded earlier and
released May 18, 2013 for a taste of what's to come. This collaboration
between four of San Diego's finest singer/songwriters, a duo of duos is
described on the website as "a joyous celebration of love, life and
music".
- Lee Brice surprised
the town on Milligan, Nebraska on Thursday Jan 2nd 2014, who were baffled
when free Pepsi products started showing up there then Saturday morning
they found out was going to be shooting a commercial for Pepsi. The town
of 200 swelled to 5,000 that day and after he shot the spot, Lee performed
ten more songs for the crowd. The commercial will debut on the Superbowl
Feb. 2 on FOX.
- Terrible news out of Nashville, as
longtime radio host, event emcee, session drummer and tireless advocate
for struggling country musicians Billy
Block announced that he has been diagnosed
with Stage 4 metastatic melanoma. Block, 58, went public with
the diagnosis yesterday in a letter to friends and family written by his wife, Jill Block.
- Taylor Swift
and Kenny Chesney join an
all-star list of artists who had the highest-grossing worldwide tours for 2013,
according to Pollstar. Swift comes in at No. 8 on
the list, making an astonishing $131
million from touring thanks to her global Red Tour, which toured all
over North America, as well as several shows in Australia. The songstress
sold 1,481,900 tickets, playing 73 shows in 52 cities. Chesney secures the
No.15 spot, with his No Shoes Nation Tour grossing $90.9 million. The singer sold 1,186,925 tickets in the
previous year, with 44 shows in 41 cities.
- Taylor Swift
and Hunter Hayes are among the
stars who've made this year's Forbes "30 Under 30" List,
highlighting the brightest stars in music who are under the age of
30.Other who made the publication's list include Lady Gaga, One Direction,
Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, and "Royals" singer Lorde. They were all
included thanks to their critical and commercial success from albums,
touring and endorsements, as well as their visibility from prestigious,
high-profile gigs like the Grammy Awards and the upcoming ACM Awards.
TOURS
Opry At The Ryman
Fri Jan 3, 2014: Charles
Esten, Del McCoury Band, Chuck Wicks, Joanna Smith, Wade Hayes, John Conlee,
Elizabeth Cook, Connie Smith, and more.
Sat Jan 4, 2014:
Del McCoury Band, Greg Bates, Elizabeth Cook, Francesca Battistelli, Billy
Dean, Connie Smith, John Conlee, Jean Shepard, and more.
Fri Jan 10, 2014:
Ashley Monroe, Sundy Best, The Grascals, and more to be added
Sat Jan 11, 2014:
Eric Church, Parmalee, Will Hoge, Morgan Frazier, and more to be added.
Sat Jan 18, 2014:
Clare Bowen, Sarah Darling and more to be added.
Fri Jan 24, 2014:
Charley Pride, Hal Ketchum, Leah Turner, and more to be added.
Fri Jan 31,
2014:Craig Morgan, Oak Ridge Boys, The Black Lillies, and more to be added.
>> Best Of
2013 at the Grand Ole Opry Videos
Dee Jay Silver, noted DJ/remixer/producer and RCA Nashville
recording artist and the first country DJ to be signed to a major Nashville
label will hit the road with superstar Brad
Paisley when Paisley launches his Beat This Winter Tour presented by Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store beginning January 10.
Jake Owen chart-topping vocalist, saw 2013 filled with golden times; earning his
fourth consecutive #1 with “Anywhere With You,”. This spring Jake will celebrate with his fans on his second
major nationwide headline run
– JAKE OWEN’S DAYS OF GOLD TOUR 2014 (March 20 - Oct 25).
The Band Perry after a short holiday break, one of the hardest
working bands in music today, will pick up where they left off at the end of
2013. Days into the New Year, the
award-winning sibling trio kicked off the North American leg of their first
headlining tour – WE ARE PIONEERS WORLD TOUR on Thursday, January 9th in Penticton,
BC at the South Okanagan Events Centre and will continue well into the spring -
See more
TV
Keith Urban will perform with John Mayer as part of The Night That
Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles Feb. 9 on CBS. It
celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Beatle’s U.S. debut on The Ed Sullivan
Show.
BABY NEWS
Lucy Angel And the "cutest almost 1 year old" award
goes to ....McCartney Blaze! - Image
MUSIC NEWS
Facilitated by its
low price point and the ongoing presence of latest hit How Long Will I Love You in the Top 10, Ellie Goulding's second
album, Halcyon, reached the top of the UK Official Album chart for the first
time.
It jumping 6-1
(37,507 sales) having previously peaked at #2 in October 2012, and has remained
on the chart continuously ever since, without falling below number 61. It fist
debuted on Oct 20, 2012 and has sold 627,400 copies in 65 weeks.
The highest selling UK single in 2013 and
ranked at #1 with 1,472,681 copies sold is Robin
Thicke ft Pharrell with “Blurred Lines”. Further down the rakings was Taylor Swift with “I Knew You Were Trouble” at #17 (557,200
copies sold, highest chart postion #2) and “22” at #76 (262,800 copies sold,
highest chart postion #9)
The highest selling UK album in 2013 with 684,754
copies sold was One Direction’s “Midnight Memories” and they have shifted
715,000 copies in its six weeks on the market.
Taylor’s album RED
sold 244,700 copies in 2013 with a #27 rank and a sales total since Nov 3, 2012
of 475,800.
Her single “You Belong With
Me” released back on 9th March 2009 has
now received a BPI Silver Certification
for sales of 200,000;
Congrats to Abba! 'Gold - Greatest Hits' reached a
milestone as it spent its 1,000th week this week inside the Top 200 of the
Album charts as the album climbs back up to number 49 thanks to their special
documentary on BBC 4.
UK albums and singles sales dip as Streaming value
shots up in 2013: UK
retailers have blamed a decline in both albums and singles
sales in 2013 on a “weak” music release schedule. Across physical and digital,
UK album unit sales declined 6.4% to 94 million last year, while single sales
dropped for the first time in recent history by 3.4% to 182.2m.
Annual revenue
generated by singles sales was down 1.6% to £167.8m, while the albums market
dropped 3.6% to £772.1m.
Sales of CD albums
were down sharply yet again, by 12.8%.
However, according
to BPI/Official Charts Company data, cash generated by premium music
streaming subscriptions rocketed by more than 33% to £103m in 2013, around
10% of the UK’s total recorded music haul in the year.
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The UK recorded
music market’s value was roughly flat year-on-year, down just 0.5% - largely
thanks to streaming’s significant contribution making up for some of the
albums/singles sales shortfall.
Although that may
lead some to conclude that streaming services such as Spotify and Deezer had
‘cannibalised’ sales by tempting consumers away from downloading or buying
music in stores. UK retail body ERA represents music retailers such as HMV,
Rough Trade, Amazon and Tesco as well as streaming platforms Spotify, Deezer,
O2 Tracks and Bloom.fm.
SINGLE / ALBUM NEWS
As one-half of the
successful country duo Steel Magnolia,
Joshua Scott Jones is no stranger to hit songs. The singer celebrates the worldwide launch of his new solo single “Honk (If You’re
Tonky).” The single, available on US iTunes makes its radio debut on SIRIUS
XM’s The Highway on Saturday, January 11th, is already generating buzz among
music’s top insiders as ‘one to watch in 2014.
Joe Nichols is hitting Country radio with a brand new single
release, "Yeah,"
which goes for adds January 27. "Yeah"
is the second single from Joe Nichols recently released eighth studio album
CRICKETS, which is his first new album since signing with Red Bow Records in
2012. "Yeah" is an up-tempo track written by Ashley Gorley and Bryan
Simpson. The new single comes on the heels of Nichols' recent Billboard Country
Airplay chart-topper "Sunny and 75," which is his first number-one
single since 2009's "Gimmie That Girl."
Eli Young Band will release their new album, 10,000 Towns,
on March 4 featuring their latest hit, "Drunk Last Night", which sold
more than 600,000 downloads so far. The guys in the band wrote about half of
the project's 11 songs, but "Drunk Last Night" was one of the many
songs they found from other writers. The band had a large pile of songs to
choose from for this album, which made the finished product that much
stronger.
On Friday, January
3, Hunter Hayes shared the following
message with his nearly 1.4 million Facebook fans: "I can't tell you how good it feels to
have two months of solid studio time on my schedule right in front of me. Thank
Heavens! NEW MUSIC!!!"
Bekka Bramlett, the former lead singer of Fleetwood Mac and formerly
one halve of duo Bekka and Billy (Burnette), is going to perform her new
soon-to-be released CD, B-B 13-13, live at 3rd & Lindsley in
Nashville TN, on Januray 2, 2014. Being
one of the most credited singer/songwriters in Nashville with performances on
numerous top-ten singles, the release of B-B 13-13 has been highly anticipated
due to Ms. Bramlett’s down-to-earth
keep-it-real attitude that fosters the respect of several Nashville icons such
as Faith Hill, Alison Krauss, and Vince Gill.
Frankie Ballard (Warner Bros. Records) guitarist-vocalist is kicking
off the New Year with Country Weekly magazine, by exclusively revealing the cover art and track listing
of his upcoming album, SUNSHINE & WHISKEY. The project will be
available on Feb 11th, and the title couldn’t be more fitting for the rising newcomer,
who has launched into the Top 15 at Country radio with the smash >> “Helluva Life”. Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift
and Bob Seger have previously selected him for coveted opening slots
nationwide.
Francesca Battistelli, a GRAMMY nominated artist and 42nd Annual Dove
Awards’ “Artist of the Year” and “Female Vocalist of the Year,”, is slated to release her third studio album, IF WE’RE HONEST,
on April 22. Produced by GRAMMY-nominated and Dove Award-winning producer and
her longtime collaborator Ian Eskelin, the album features 11 tracks all
co-written by Battistelli.
Each of singer /
songwriter Dierks Bentley’s six
previous albums has a unique sound reflecting his creative state of mind at
that particular moment in time. The story continues on Feb. 25, 2014 when
Bentley will release RISER, a country project grounded in lyrical
substance with a new sonic power that spotlights Bentley’s distinctive gravelly
voice, one of the most original and recognizable in the genre. “I named the
album RISER because the lyrics in that song perfectly articulate who I want to
be, who I try to be,” Bentley explains.
David Nail (MCA Nashville) recording artist will release his third album, I’M A FIRE,
on March 4. Nail collaborated with Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay and Glenn Worf
on the 11-track project. I’m A Fire features Nail’s former tourmates Little Big
Town lending harmonies to the song “When They’re Gone (Lyle County),” while Lee
Ann Womack joins him for a duet of Glen Campbell’s “Galveston.”
PRESS RELEASES
- Missy Robertson,
Reality TV Celebrity, debuts Women’s clothing line in collaboration
with Southern Fashion House – Missy Robertson by Southern Fashion House. Missy
Robertson has always been busy long before the fame of A&E’s Duck Dynasty came
knocking on her door. As the wife of Jase Robertson, her growing schedule
demanded numerous public appearances and beckoned her to fill a void in
the fashion industry – a stylish yet comfortable and age-appropriate
clothing line
- Lucy Hale releases debut single and video January
7th. “You Sound Good To Me” video is to world-premiere during the winter
premiere of ABC Family’s hit original series “Pretty Little Liars”
- Natalie Stovall And The Drive, dynamic new talent are starting the new year
with a bang by releasing their debut single, “Baby Come On
With It,” to country radio. The lead single from the recently
released self-titled HitShop Records EP, available now at iTunes, is an up-tempo toe-tapper and
urges everyone to let the stresses of life go and have a good time. “Baby
Come On With It,” written by Chris Destefano, Jerry Flowers, and Bobby
Hamrick and produced by GRAMMY winner Paul Worley (The Band Perry, Dixie
Chicks, Lady Antebellum), has an infectious hook that is sure to get you
singing along by the first chorus and throbbing banjo and electric guitar
as Natalie shows her musical prowess on the fiddle.
- Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, the most awarded band in bluegrass, could be
adding more awards to their prestigious list of honors as they have been nominated for
6 SPBGMA awards. These
nominations come as Vincent readies the release of her forthcoming album ONLY ME,
which is set for release on January 28th.
- Tim Hicks (Open
Roards Recording Artist) has a new single with "Got A Feeling"
featuring Blackjack Billy
- Charley Pride
maintains International focus with Upcoming Tour of Canada (May - June,
2014)
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store will release Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition,
an exclusive and expanded version of the critically-acclaimed Vince Gill and Paul Franklin
album, on Jan 27. The album pays tribute to the “Bakersfield” sound by
performing songs from two of Bakersfield’s favorite musical sons, Buck
Owens and Merle Haggard. Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition will contain four
additional songs (for a total of 14): “Your Tender Loving Care” (Written
by Buck Owens), “Buckin’ Merle”
Instrumental (Written by Vince Gill), “I Threw Away the Rose”
(Written by Merle Haggard) and “High on a Hilltop” (Written by Tommy Collins)
ARTICLES
CMA Close Up by Bob Doerschuk: New Artist Spotlight: Kayla Calabrese
Pop Matters Picks: The Best Music of 2013 -The Best Country Music of 2013…My Darling Clementine, Brandy Clark
, Kellie Pickler...see their Top 10.
CMA Close Up by Bob Doerschuk - New Artist Spotlight: Brandy Clark
INTERVIEWS
The Hollywood Reporter - Brandy Clark: From Songwriter-For-Hire to Critics' Darling, A Nashville
Fairytale (Q&A)
The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with Clark in Nashville to
find out where she thinks she does or doesn’t fit into the shifting country
landscape. Extract: People say this album
sounds like classic country, but sometimes there’s disagreement about when the
classic eras of country were. It’s usually assumed to mean Hank, George, and
Merle. But there’s also a nostalgia among some for the country music of the
‘90s, which was a time when female artists were more viable, too. I’ve heard
people dis that era and say the ‘90s is when country music became whatever
white people listen to. But I loved that era. I think, was that music great, or
was it just a formative time in my life right then? I personally think it was
really great, and I feel lucky that I was influenced by it. My grandparents
lived next door to us, so I know a lot of older country that a lot of people my
age don’t know. But when I was in junior high and high school is when Trisha
Yearwood came out, [along with] Kathy Mattea, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Suzy
Bogguss, Pam Tillis, Wynonna, and my favorite, Patty Loveless. I’m just as
influenced by them as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. To me, we’re
just not far enough away from the music they made to hold it in that high a
regard, but to me it stands up there with that. When I made a record, I
thought, I want to make a record as good as Patty Loveless’ When Fallen Angels
Fly. I think the guys were making really good music then, too. We had Alan
Jackson and Vince Gill and Garth [Brooks]. I think people miss that as much as
they miss Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. If
this were a time like 20 years ago when Trisha Yearwood were still a superstar,
do you feel like some of the songs from this album would have been easily cut
and been top 10 hits? I don’t want to date this album by saying that. But I
think that was a time when great songs ruled, and I think a lot of these are
great songs. So, I think…yes!
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| Sara at the famed WSM |
She performs music that blends honest story telling and playful melodies in a mix of Country & Pop. After supporting Nanci Griffith in the Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival in February 2013, Sara was invited to play as part of the Festival's Showcase in Nashville alongside hit songwriters in venues such as The Bluebird Cafe (>> Video), and sang live on WSM 650 AM radio.
Her debut EP Better Be Gone is now available on iTunes. Its 5 tracks tackles bitchy girl drama, young love and telling that cheating boy to stuff it!
Sara is currently
attending Belfast University to qualify as a dentist by the end of 2014.
>> Listen to her Interview:
Backstage at Glasgow Grand Ole Opry Sara also had a quick chat with Graham Dryburgh of East Coast FM, broadcast on the airwaves at 106.7fm listen back on Soundcloud.com
>> Listen to her Interview:
Backstage at Glasgow Grand Ole Opry Sara also had a quick chat with Graham Dryburgh of East Coast FM, broadcast on the airwaves at 106.7fm listen back on Soundcloud.com
The Belfast
Nashville Songwriters Festival and Conference returns in 2014 to celebrate it's
tenth birthday, with more than 50 events taking place in the Holiday Inn
Belfast and Empire Music Hall from February 28 to March 9. With support from
the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the 2014 festival has a focus on Northern
Irish artists, with Sara Crockett slated to perform once again on Friday 7th
March with headliners Raintown and special guest Gary Quinn at The Black Box (See Flyer).
Check Sara’s
website www.saracrockett.com and visit her on Facebook
MAGAZINES
US Weekly Duck Dynasty disgace, Miley
Cyrus (Jan 6, 2014 Issue 986)
Sparkly Magazine Especial Diciembre Nº30 (Great creative photos and pics of Taylor Swift)
RED magazine December 2013: Gwyneth
Paltrow (Christmas with Gwyneth) -
Vegas Magazine December 2013 (Tim
McGraw & Faith Hill)
Vanity Fair Feature (Dec 2013): Nicole
Kidman
Redbook Magazine
page 46 onwards: Carrie Underwood
Keep Calm And Carry On
International Bluegrass January 2014 : The newsletter that brings you the
freshest, ripest bluegrass industry news on the planet has now gone digital,
with a beautiful full-color interactive magazine that looks and behaves like a
print magazine!
Irish Show Cruise 2014: Cruise118.com and Michael Magill Entertainments
present... The Irish Show Cruise 2014
8 NIGHT ROUND-TRIP FROM DUBLIN Christmas Market Cruise aboard Boudicca Departing
10th December 2014 Featuring: Derek Ryan ,Mike Denver, Robert Mizzell, Hugo
Duncan, Philomena Begley, Conal Gallen & many more
Billboard Magazine Grammy Voter
Guide Jan 2014
Proper Records NEW RELEASES 20 - 27 JANUARY 2014.pdf (Beth Nielsen
Chapman, Tex Ritter, Show Of Hands...)
Classic Rock Country Magazine No2 Jan 2014 (12 Page sampler): From ‘Backwoods Barbie’
to iconic one-woman industry, a candid and hilarious Dolly Parton tells Country Music Magazine about her struggles,
triumphs and why she’s not about to quit any time soon: “I’ll sell records out
of the trunk of my car if I have to!”
Country Music Magazine are offering an exclusive 25% discount on copies
ordered via http://bit.ly/1ac9z5e just enter the code 25COUNTRY .
Looking for
inspiration/ tips on an album cover shoot? 500 poses for photographing women a visual
sourcebook for portrait photographers.
Good Housekeeping UK February 2014
LISTEN
AGR Television
Records artists Wallek Bros "One Out of Three". This track (available
on UK iTunes) was showcased on CMR NASHVILLE
"Europe's #1 Country Music Radio Station".
The song "One Out of Three" is about friendship and a vacation three guys spend together at the Black Sea in Bulgaria. Oh, a chaotic vacation that was. At one time the ways of the three guys split, but each guys knows that he can call any other of the gang and the friendship would still be there. The song was written by the twin brothers David (vocals and piano) and Jan Wallek (guitar and vocals). When they written the song they weren’t sure if the ever will return to Bulgaria.
The song "One Out of Three" is about friendship and a vacation three guys spend together at the Black Sea in Bulgaria. Oh, a chaotic vacation that was. At one time the ways of the three guys split, but each guys knows that he can call any other of the gang and the friendship would still be there. The song was written by the twin brothers David (vocals and piano) and Jan Wallek (guitar and vocals). When they written the song they weren’t sure if the ever will return to Bulgaria.
Jan and David
Wallek stand together on stage since now more than ten years. Quickly Wallek
Bros. established in the regional Cologne music scene. But soon the brothers
strove not only regionally, but to play in Germany - www.wallek-bros.com
Keith Urban is starting off the new year with a new single
>> “Cop Car” is the latest release from his
Fuse album and is the follow-up to his previous two No.1 singles, “Little Bit
of Everything” and “We Were Us.” Urban co-wrote the song with Zach Crowell,
Matt Jenkins and Sam Hunt, and always knew the song would make one of his
records. “It’s
a beautiful song about a guy and girl, falling in love in the back of a cop car
while they’re getting arrested,” says Urban. “I’d never heard a song written from this
perspective before. But it was so visual, it was such a cinematic, visual song,
and God, I love this song so much. I love the melody, the lyric of course, and
I know this girl, and I know this crazy girl in the song too. Sad to say, I
know that crazy, psychotic girl. I just absolutely had to cut this song.”
After the holidays, Urban's schedule will be quite hectic as he returns to the
road January 9 in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the next leg of his Light the Fuse
Tour, as well returning to American Idol starting January 15.
On Songs from the Movie, Mary
Chapin Carpenter collaborated with six-time Grammy winner Vince Mendoza,
who scored the songs and conducted. The result is a breathtaking transformation
of her intimate songs into a sweeping soundtrack of her life. On the eve of her
first international tour with live orchestral backing, she talks with ASCAP about the album, its
surprises and challenges, and how it exceeded her wildest expectations. Songs
from the Movie is due out on January 14th.
Listen to the whole album and Pre-order for just $10 at Amazon.com
SPOTIFY COUNTRY
Hit rewind with Spotify's
Year in Review, and take a look at the biggest tracks and
artists of 2013. Oh, you can also see your own personal year in music!
NEWS: Soundcloud's
VP of business development Dave Haynes is leaving the digital music company for
"new challenges".
Haynes first
joined the platform in 2008, broke the news on his own
blog .
In mid December
Spotify announced that it was bringing a
free service to mobile devices has inevitably raised a few concerns amongst
managers and artists - primarily that by giving away more for nothing,
consumers will now have even less incentive to pay money for music. The company
has reached out directly to artists to address the subject, claiming that the
free mobile service will substantially increase its premium subscriber base,
and therefore royalties being paid to labels and artists.
Although it does
not offer the unlimited, on-demand and offline functionality of Spotify's
Premium plan, free Spotify users can now
listen to their playlists and specific artists in a randomised 'Shuffle Mode'.
Writing on the
SpotifyArtists.com blog, the company said that the "world had
changed", and not offering a free tier on mobile would drive away
customers to services that pay significantly less to artists - once again
pointing the finger at YouTube in particular.
"The vast majority
of mobile music consumption is taking place through services that pay little or
nothing back to the music industry in royalties," said the
statement. "Just
ask any teenager how they listen to music on their phone, and they’re likely to
show you an app for ripping music videos from YouTube. "Spotify’s mobile
free tier enables us to compete with mobile piracy and other services that are
free on mobile. From there, we will continue to convert free listeners to
paying customers and continue to pay higher rates to artists than other
services."
The company
admitted that its overall per stream rate was just $0.007, but argued that this figure was far more generous than some
other services - and that it could grow dramatically in future. Some may argue
that music artist album sales have been eroded by streaming services such as
Spotify and Deezer. Premium UK music streaming subscriptions generated £103m in
2013, growing 33% year-on-year.
FREE DOWNLOADS
International
Bluegrass Music Association: BLUEGRASS RAMBLE (24 tracks) Download from Noisetrade for an email share
Every September,
the International Bluegrass Music Association produces the Bluegrass Ramble
during its week long World of Bluegrass festival & convention in Raleigh,
NC showcasing new bands and/or projects.
There is something
so sweet about a good story and Maggie
Chapman is one gifted storyteller. That’s exactly what you’ll hear in her Novella
release, aptly titled after the literary term for a written piece longer than a
short story but shorter than a novel. Maggie Chapman – Novella Edition offers a
glimpse into the singer / songwriter’s EP release later next month with four
never before released songs including an exclusive bonus track only available
on NoiseTrade.
WATCH
Watch Brandy Clark’s performance of “Stripes” on the Late Show with David Letterman (her
CBS network TV debut) on January 6th 2014
She also performed
"Hold My Hand" in New York on Imus in the
Morning on the Fox Business Channel
Related post: CMT Five Reasons Why Brandy Clark Could
Kill You
COUNTRY FASHION
Newcomer Jon Pardi's Sharp, Sparkly Suit Was His
Backstage Pass at the CMA Awards:
Newcomer Jon Pardi's music is heavily influenced
by country music's Bakersfield sound popularized by the late Buck Owens in the
'60s and later revived by '90s hitmaker Dwight Yoakam.
Since he's got the sound
down pat, Jon wanted to capture a little bit of Buck and Dwight's flashy
fashion sense for his appearance at the CMA Awards last November. So, he
enlisted their designer, Manuel, to make him a custom, rhinestone-encrusted
suit.
Jon's latest single, "Up All Night," was well on its way up the country chart back then, but he insists it was the fancy suit that made him feel he really belonged backstage at the big show. "Nobody asked me for my pass," Jon told ABC News Radio. ""I just went back there and just owned it, and everybody loved it. It's an all-access pass. I mean, [it's like] 'This guy has to be here. His jacket is sparkling. Come on. Come on in here!'"
Jon's latest single, "Up All Night," was well on its way up the country chart back then, but he insists it was the fancy suit that made him feel he really belonged backstage at the big show. "Nobody asked me for my pass," Jon told ABC News Radio. ""I just went back there and just owned it, and everybody loved it. It's an all-access pass. I mean, [it's like] 'This guy has to be here. His jacket is sparkling. Come on. Come on in here!'"
Manuel has been
known to go over-the-top with the rhinestones, but Jon was able to rein him in
on the sparkles.
>> Watch him speaking to Froggy TV
Taylor Swift was spotted Out & About in LA wearing Charlotte Olympia
‘Sagittarius’ birthday loafers available from Bergdorf Goodman, Matches Fashion
Global, Farfetch US, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom.com – Fashion Pic
Where:
Lucy Hale made a colourful splash on the red carpet of the 40th annual People’s Choice Awards, hosted
Wednesday evening (January 8) at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles,
California.
The ‘Pretty Little
Liars’ starlet, who is also up for the Favourite Cable TV Actress prize, wore
an asymmetrical, one-shoulder design from Gabriela Cadena’s Spring 2014 collection in a
painterly, abstract print of exploded flowers.
Taking the dress’s
black sequin shoulder embellishment into consideration, she paired the dress
with a crystallized black clutch and similarly sparkling, black Jerome C. Rousseau
‘Aizza’ pumps, also accessorizing with a range of jewels from Dana Rebecca
Designs, EF
Collection and Graziela Gems. She completed the pretty picture with
a loosely tied, low updo with face-framing tendrils, along with a smokey bronze
eye and rosy mauve lip - Fashion Pic
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| Laura Bell Bundy - REMARK Photoshoot CLICK to view FULL SIZE |
>> Watch the Behind The Scenes footage for the Jan/Feb 2014 issue.
The Stylish Life Magazine try to enrich their readers by connecting them to the most unique statements made in any category from food, health, fitness to travel, makeup and even night life activities.
Details of LBB
shoot:
Front Cover: Photographer: Malachi Banales / Stylist: Suzi
Grgurich
Hair: Paul Norton
Makeup: Desirae Cherman Dress:
Cameo Shoes: Alejandra G
Page 42/P43 Dress: Parker Shoes: Charles Jordan Bracelet: Vahan
Jewelry Ring: Vahan Jewelry
Page 44 - Sweater: Zara Bra: Kahlo Skirt: Cameo Ring: Misahara Jewelry
Page 45 - Dress: Karen Zambros Shoes:
Aldo Ring: L'Dezen
Page 46 - Dress: Ekaterina Kukhareva
Shoes: Alejandra G Necklace: JNB
Ring: L'Dezen Jewelry Bracelet: Vahan Jewelry
The 2013 Miss Arizona United States
titleholders took time out of their schedules for a fab photoshoot with valley
photographer, Barbara Trainor modelling Red cocktail dress from local boutique,
Glam Squad in the Japanese Friendship Garden in Phoenix. See pages 74 onwards in GIR (Get Image Ready)
COUNTRY GOSSIP
(Taste Of Country)
Reba McEntire Getting Juicy in 2014:
With every new year comes resolutions, and one of the biggest is continually
healthy eating. If you’re one of the millions who are saying ‘no’ to junk in
2014, take a few tips from legend Reba McEntire. She’s focusing on drinking …
but not the kind you’d expect!
The redhead is a huge fan of
juicing and tells Country Weekly that it’s a part of her daily
routine. “I do
it every morning,” McEntire says. “I try to stay more vegetable than fruit
because there’s more sugar in fruit.” The country star explains why she’s chosen to become more
juicy, replacing one of her meals with liquid, saying, “Also, the reason that it’s so important is
because your digestive system needs a break and it doesn’t have to digest the
juice. You need one meal a day that is a liquid.”
Jessica Simpson, the "Come on Over" country/pop singer and
"Daisy Duke" actress hasn't set a date for her wedding. The
33-year-old fashion mogul got engaged to Eric Johnson in November 2010 and the
couple, who have a 20-month-old daughter, Maxwell, and six-month-old son, Ace,
together are hoping to finally tie the knot later this year after postponing
their nuptials twice
in the past. The
blonde beauty told 'Good Morning America' on Tuesday (Jan 7, 2014): "We don't have an
actual [wedding] date, but we do know that we want it to be this year. We need
to get married!"
No Listening Booth
- Taylor Swift has been given the cold
shoulder by 21-year old Douglas
Booth, despite her strong advances at a party last November.
The singer
approached the British actor in at a party in Hollywood last November, but he
initially rebuffed her advances. A source told the New York Daily News newspaper: "Taylor kept on
making an effort to flirt with Douglas, but he gave her the cold shoulder and
was extremely dismissive towards her. "She would get a drink and then
approach him; she would chat with [actress] Hailee Steinfeld and then
re-approach him; she was even trying to chat him up near the flowers on
display. It was all very funny for those of us watching."
The source
explained that while Booth finally caved and hung out with her a few times,
Swift just scared him off.
“Doug is a young
guy and is enjoying the single life,” Booth’s friend dished. “He was quite
taken aback about how keen Taylor was. She has been in touch with him, but he
just wants to be friends.” According to The Sun in November 2013,
T-Swizzle and Booth who was said to have split from girlfriend and Great
Expectations co-star Vanessa Kirby in October went on a secret date at the
weekend.
PHOTO
Dierks Bentley’s annual icy New Year’s Day plunge into the lake looked
a little different this year. Dierks found himself in Orlando instead of
Nashville, and the Florida pond he has used in years past had an “Alligator
Warning” sign posted. So Dierks improvised with a plastic kiddie pool and
several bags of ice - Image
BIRTHDAYS
January 6: Earl
Scruggs (1924 - Died March 28, 2012 (aged 88)), Jett Williams (1953)
January 7: Jack
Greene (1930 - Died March 14, 2013 (aged 83)), Leona Wiliams (1943), David
Lee Murphy (1959), John Rich (ex Lonestar - Big &
Rich) (1974), Rachele Lynae (1988)
January 8: Tift
Merritt (1975), Elvis Presley
(1935 - Died August 16, 1977 (aged 42))
January 9: Crystal
Gayle (1951), Joan Baez (1941)
January 10: Kelly
Lang (1967)
January 11: Naomi
Judd (1946), Robert Earl Keen
(1956)
January 12: Ray Price
(1926 – Died December 16, 2013 (aged 87)), Tex
Ritter (1905 – Died January 2, 1974 (aged 68)),
Ricky Van
Shelton (1952), Claudia
Church
R.I.P
Ronald C. "Ronnie" Gant, the music publishing visionary who pitched
the song "Elvira" to The Oak Ridge Boys, died Saturday (Jan. 4) at Centennial
Medical Center in Nashville. He was 69. The Nashville native and younger
brother of singer and producer Don Gant worked for the Acuff-Rose music
publishing company for 22 years, then moved on with the company for another
three years after it became a part of the Opryland Music Group. While with
Acuff-Rose and Opryland, he signed such writer-performers
as Patty Loveless
and Skip Ewing and the songwriting team of Mike Geiger and Woody Mullis.
- The duo was a major force during the pioneering
years of rock — The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel were both
influenced by the Everly sound—but the brothers also provided a boost to
the cash flow and reputation of country music’s capital, Nashville, during
their heyday.
- Everly was born Jan. 19, 1939, in
Chicago, where his parents, Ike and Margaret, had gone to continue their
career in radio as a family singing group. Phil and his brother, Don, who
was two years older, joined the group while they were still kids.
- The Everly family moved to Nashville in 1955.
That same year, Don and Phil signed to Columbia Records but were unable
to make a breakthrough on that label.
- In 1957, the brothers resurfaced on Cadence
Records in a deal brokered by Wesley Rose of the Acuff-Rose
music publishing company, for which Don had achieved a few cuts as a
songwriter.
- First single for Cadence, "Bye Bye Love," written by
Acuff-Rose's Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, entered the country charts in May 1957 and
quickly rose to the top, where it stayed for seven weeks. It also went to
No. 2 on the pop chart, clearly establishing the brothers as a crossover
act.
- Over the next three years, the Everlys
saturated both charts with teen-angst hits, most of them written by the
Bryants. "Wake Up Little Susie,"
their second Cadence single, stayed at No.1 on the country charts for
eight weeks and became their first No. 1 pop hit. There followed the
country No. 1's "All I Have to
Do Is Dream" and "Bird
Dog" and the Top 10 "This
Little Girl of Mine," "Should
We Tell Him," "Devoted
to You" and "('Til) I
Kissed You."
- The Everlys were inducted into the
Grand Ole Opry in 1957, and many years later, their recordings of
"Bye Bye Love" and "All I Have to Do Is Dream" were
added to the Grammy Hall of Fame.
- Gradually, the brothers began to have more success
as pop than country artists. Their last single on the country
charts (until they reunited in 1984) came in 1961 with "Ebony
Eyes," which peaked at No.25.
- After their volatile tempers and
different career goals drove them apart, the two brothers did not return
to the country and pop charts as a duo until 1984, when they made a mild
comeback with "On the Wings of a Nightingale," (written by Paul
McCartney).
- Even during that absence, the Everlys influenced
country’s direction: Linda Ronstadt’s version of the
Phil-penned “When Will I Be Loved” went to No.1 in 1975, and Everly covers
subsequently included Connie Smith’s "(Til) I Kissed You” (No.10,
1976), Anne Murray’s “Walk Right Back” (No.4, 1978), Tammy Wynette’s
“Crying in the Rain” (No,18, 1981), Willie Nelson’s “Let It Be Me"
(No.2, 1982), Reba McEntire’s “Cathy’s Clown” (No.1, 1989) and and Robert
Plant & Alison Krauss’ much-played video “Gone Gone Gone" (Done
Moved On)" (2007).
- In 2001, the brothers were made
members both of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame. (Written by Edward Morris - CMT)
- Two generations later, artists are
still finding inspiration in the music. Most recently, Green Day’s Billie
Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones lovingly recorded a tribute to the Everlys
and their unique album “Songs Our Daddy Taught Us.”
- “There’s so
much darkness in those old songs,” Armstrong said recently. “I
think mainly that’s just how people communicated when it came to mourning
and loss. Then with the Everly Brothers it sounds like these two little
angels that sing.”
- Phil Everly last performed in public
in 2011, but his son Jason told The Associated Press he had been
actively writing songs, living part of the year in Burbank and the rest in
Nashville. He said his father had been in the hospital for about two weeks
when he passed away.
- Though the COPD caused by smoking
affected his health, Jason Everly said it never affected that voice. “He sang like
an angel,” his son said. “It was pretty surprising how he could still get
those notes. We would still talk about it and sing together.” AP
- www.legacy.com/obituaries/
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