Country Bites News snippets
October 27 – November 2, 2014
SOURCES / LINKS shown in RED
UK & IRISH
News
For a full listing of 2014
and beyond UK
Tour dates PLEASE check out our Tour Dates Page
The Cadillac Three have 3 UK dates:
Sunday Dec 7, 2014 - Manchester
The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK (135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HE)
Monday Dec 8, 2014 - The Ooblec,
Birmingham (The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham,
B9 4AA, GB)
Tuesday Dec 9, 2014 - The
Garage, London (20-22 Highbury Corner,
London, N5 1RD)
The former country now POP princess Taylor Swift announced THE 1989 WORLD
TOUR! Kicking off in Louisiana on May 20, 2015, the tour will hit North
America and Europe before heading to
Australia in December 2015.
European Dates announced so far:
June 20, 2015 – Cologne, North
Rhine-Westphalia Germany – Lanxess Arena
June 21, 2015 – Amsterdam, North Holland
Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
June 23, 2015 – Glasgow, Scotland (The SSE Hydro, SECC Exhibition Way, Glasgow, UK
G3 8WY)
Ticket Prices: £33.60* (£30.00 Ticket +
£3.60 Fees) - £84.00* (£75.00 Ticket + £9.00 Fees) - Ticketmaster UK
June 24, 2015 – Manchester, UK (Phones4u Arena, Victoria Station Manchester, United
Kingdom M3 1AR)
Level 1 seating (£67.50 + £8.10 Fees =
£75.60) Level 2 Seating (£55 + £6.60 Fees = £61.60)
June 27, 2015 – Time: 15:30 London, England, UK (British Summertime
Hyde Park, Bayswater, London W2 2UH Event Detail)
Ticketmaster Platinum offers fans the best
available tickets (nearest to stage) for an event direct from the artist.
Platinum Tickets enable market-based
pricing. Manchester = £250.00 - £350.00
Standard Price Tickets for Glasgow and TS
Platinum Tickets (Manchester) are available on Ticketmaster UK
Lee Williams the CEO of CMR
Nashville, CM&T and Django Promotions announced on Facebook
“Brilliant news” - A Country Chart on UK TV
CM&T International
Chart Show Rules:
Each entire complete view will count (NOT just
clicks). The TOP 12 VIEWS at the end of their FREE run and the following 5
weeks will make TV. The CM&T Chart is not like any other chart show as “everyone
is welcome”, as the fans will decide the success of the artists . The TOP 12
Show first show will air on SKY 192 on the 21st January 2015 - Be a part of
making the first CM&T #1!
The videos can be viewed at
cmandt.tv * NOTE
* on 2MB
Broadband the page seems very SLOW to load and the videos seem to buffer when
played. The videos at the top of the page have Django Promotions and
British Country Music Award (BCMAward) associations.
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Glasgow Country/Pop outfit Ashton Lane are about to sign a deal
with Ellen Xylander to release their music in Norway and beyond. She is
currently #12 on the charts in Norway with her new single >> "Somebody" (official music video) -
Danni
Nichols has been back out to Nashville on an intensive collaborative writing
mission which was highly successful. She shares: "I never thought it could
be possible to write and demo so many new songs in a week let alone before 12am
each day"! she shares. A PledgeMusic campaign for her second album
is now officially LAUNCHED!
Danni is all booked into
Yackland Studios in East Nashville, (where album #1 A Little Redemption was
born) due to start recording January 5th with the same team. So far 34% of the
goal has been reached with 110 Days left.
Pledges start at £8 for a Digital
album , £12 New Album on CD + AccessPass to £500!! Solo Acoustic House Concert (UK) + AccessPass where she’ll “pop
over to your place” (or anywhere else you choose) with her set up (guitar and
small portable PA) and perform 2 × 45 minute sets. Plus you’d have to put on a nice party spread
and if if required arrange overnight accommodation. It don’t come cheap!
Scottish songwriter Dougie Maclean has teamed up with
conductor John Logan and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to bring a new
and beautiful symphonic
dimension to his best-loved songs on his debut recording with Linn
Records.
"Of course Caledonia
is here, in what may well be its definitive version - and alongside the title
track, it is one of the highlights of an excellent disc." (The Herald) - dougiemaclean.com
UK CHART NEWS
Official UK Top
100 Singles Chart (Week
Ending November 8, 2014)
Taylor Swift's pop single “Shake It Off” rallied 5-3 (48,743 sales, 11-week tally
518,215) in her 11th straight week in the Top 10
a new record for Swift. The
lead off single has become the fourth Swift song to sell upwards of 500,000
copies (518,215 total), and her total singles/track sales also reach a new
landmark last week, passing the 5 million mark to end the week at 5,030,401.
With the new album 1989
released preview track "Welcome To
The Woods" dipped 39-84 (2,893 sales, 2-week total 7,230 sales). No
other song from the album manages to penetrate the Top 75 although four of them
make the Top 200, namely "Blank
Space" (No.99, 3,840 sales), "Out Of The Woods" (No.136, 2,893 sales), "Style" (No.147, 2,561 sales) and
"Wonderland" (No.171,
2,285 sales). That brings to 31 the number of songs Swift has landed on the Top
200, though only 14 have made the Top 40 and just six have reached the Top 10.
Official UK Top
100 Album Chart (Week
Ending November 8, 2014)
Taylor Swift has gone POP and gone stratospheric with fifth
studio album 1989 set to sell
upwards of a million copies on its first week on release in America. It opened atop
the UK chart
with sales of 90,336
copies, her second Official Albums Chart No.1.
It became the fastest-selling album of the year by a female artist thus far overtaking previous record holder The X Factor winner Sam Bailey, whose debut THE POWER OF LOVE (named after Jennifer Rush's power ballad) sold 72,644 copies in its first week of release, back in March 2014 which had ten covers among the album's 11 tracks.
It became the fastest-selling album of the year by a female artist thus far overtaking previous record holder The X Factor winner Sam Bailey, whose debut THE POWER OF LOVE (named after Jennifer Rush's power ballad) sold 72,644 copies in its first week of release, back in March 2014 which had ten covers among the album's 11 tracks.
“1989” is the sixth
highest weekly sale for an artist album thus far in the UK in 2014, and the
highest for 17 weeks when pal Ed Sheeran's X sold 93,270 copies on its second
week at #1.
Additionally “1989” debuted at #1 on the Ireland
Album chart, #1 in Australia on the ARIA
chart and #1 in New Zealand
1989 is also 46.22% higher than Swift's previous fastest start, as
posted by her last album RED, which
debuted two years ago last week at No.1 one on sales of 61,779 copies (chart week Oct 28, 2012). Tay’s first UK #1 album
were driven by the fact that five of its tracks had made the Top 40 before its
release although "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Again" was
the only bona fide single at the stage. At the time RED was the first album by
a female country singer to top the chart since 1999, when Shania Twain's COME
ON OVER reached #1, and was the first number one album by an act that is “perceived as
country” since The Eagles' reunion album LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN
topped the chart five years previous.
“1989” could become Tay’s biggest selling album. Last album RED only
recently eclipsed 2009 predecessor FEARLESS (her best seller in America by far)
to become Swift's biggest UK seller.
All of her previous albums,
with to-date UK sales:
RED (510,107; #1 peak)
FEARLESS (499,698; #5 chart peak; debut sales 33,829; helped by
her first hit single, “Love Story”)
SPEAK NOW (169,281; #6 chart peak, debut sales 28,223 in 2010)
TAYLOR SWIFT (127,154; #81 peak).
The latter self titled
album TAYLOR SWIFT sold only 38 copies the week of its release date, and
peaked 94 weeks later at #81(12/09/2009) . The album released on October 24,
2006 first appeared in the UK Chart at number 88 (05/09/2009). It was last seen
on Chart at #99 (03/10/2009) and has spent 3 chart frames on the UK Chart –
What a difference 8 years on 38 to 90,336 first week sales!
It will be interesting to
see how her full on POP album 1989 will chart and sell compared to her last
one
RED’s first 8 week UK album
chart frames positions and sales were as follows:
#01 - 61,779 / #05 - 20,696
/#12 - 13,914 /#17 - 13,500 / #20 - 15,100 / #31 - 18,450 / #31 - 19,300 /#27 -
25,500
With renewed interest in Taylor Swift and discounting
in HMV on her back catalog saw her October 2012 release RED return to the Top 100 with a 112-86 move to
grab an 86th chart week.
Dolly Parton with BLUE
SMOKE/THE BEST OF (Masterworks) fell 43-44 in her 21st
chart frame (2,300 estimated sales, 21-week total 227,600).
Lady Antebellum with 747
(Decca) fell 50-71 (sales less than 1,500
copies, 4-week total 13,200)
Official UK
Country Album Chart (Week
Ending November 8, 2014)
Lady Antebellum with 747 held at No.1 for a fourth week.
Bela Fleck &
Abigail Washburn made a debut at No.2 with their new self titled set
The UK’s
Ward Thomas with FROM WHERE
WE STAND (WTW Music) held at No.3 in their 15th week.
Tim McGraw with SUNDOWN
HEAVEN TOWN (Big Machine) was a non-mover at No.4 in his sixth week.
Sheryl Crowe’s FEELS Like HOME with BBC Radio 2
playlist support gets a lift 16-5 after 40 chart weeks.
Little Big Town with PAIN KILLER (HUMP HEAD) fell 2-9 in
their second week.
Scottish born and Irish based Lisa McHugh makes her debut at No.11 with A LIFE THAT’S GOOD.
Brandy Clark is back on the
top 20 at No.18 with 12 STORIES for
a third chart frame in over a year
Fellow C2C Country To Country Festival 2015 act Lee Ann Womack
with THE WAY I'M LIVIN' (Sugar Hill) fell 10-14 in her 6th chart frame.
On the Hotdisc Chart (November 2, 2014 Chart)
Ray Scott’s 7-week reign came to an end atop the Hotdisc Top 40 as "Drinkin' Beer" slipped 1-2.
Ray Price feat. Martina McBride with “An Affair To Remember” top the chart in
its 4th chart frame making a 2-1 hop.
US duo Native Run equal their highest rank after 8
weeks with a 6-4 climb.
David Frizzell's "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino" fell 3-5 and Michael Scott with
"Radio Song" retreated
5-6.
US based singer-singwriter Kenny Butterill with “Gaia Blues” held at No.7 jump with
Brian Collins with “Enjoy The Ride” reached the upper business end with a 11-8 jump.
The UK’s Dave
Sheriff 8-week charting “Highway Number Nine” slipped 8-9 (#2 British & Irish).
Katie Armiger with “One Night Between Friends” also entered
the upper tier with a 3 place jump 13-10.
Outside the Top 10
Currently receiving promotion on UK Internet station UKCountryRadio.com,
US duo Beau +
Luci with “Fire” fell
10-11 in their 8th chart week after an initial #25 bow.
US acts Stevie Lee Woods
with “California Girls Have Gone Country”
made a 16-13 advance as Tim Cadiere with “Hop In My Truck” headed further north with a 19-16 shift and a new
highest rank.
USA singer songwriter James Robert Webb
with “Party in The Barn” reached a
new high moving 22-17.
Keyth Youngster from the USA
with “This I Promise You” (writers:
M P Barry, R Keating, J Patrick, MP Taylor) made a 21-18 lift, his highest rank
after a debut at No.29 4 weeks back
Outside the Top 20
Brittany Spriggs who had one of the prime cuts on Hotdisc
190 with “Full Moon Friday”, written
by noted writers Gordie Sampson, Sarah Buxton and Jedd Hughes, moved up 3 rungs
25-22 after a start at No.30
UK COUNTRY
ALBUM RELEASES
For a full listing of 2014 Country/Alt/ Americana albums
and future releases PLEASE check out our Country Music Store Page
(7 Sept 2014) Various
Artists - Frizell & Friends present Buddy Holly Country Tribute:
Remember Me (Nashville America Records) 21 tracks/ Time: 59:51 MP3 - Amazon.com
(23 Sept 2014) Jp
Harris & The Tough Choices - Home Is Where the Hurt Is (Cow Island
Music)
10 Tracks / Time: 30:49 Outlaw & Progressive Country CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
After two years, dozens of accolades, hundreds of
shows, thousands of miles, and heartaches beyond number, JP Harris and The
Tough Choices and Cow Island Music are proud to announce the follow-up to their
acclaimed debut album, I ll Keep Calling.
"Home Is Where The Hurt Is," the 10-song,
second album of all originals, penned by JP, is the culmination of a lot of
road-living, a lot of memorable moments, a lot of mistakes, and a little bit of
growing older. A #1 on Roots Music Report Charts
Country Music
People 5 STARS CD of the Month ..”Don't let the fact that he looks a little scary put you off, this
is perfect and absolutely essential. it's also available on vinyl by the way” –
Duncan Warwick editor
(28 Oct 2014) Gretchen
Wilson - Still Here For The Party (live) (Redneck Records)
12 Tracks/ Time: 49:29 CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com -
(3 Nov 2014) The Doobie Brothers - Southbound (Artists Nashville/Sony Music)
Four-time Grammy-winning band The Doobie Brothers
(with Michael McDonald) have teamed up with some of country music’s biggest
stars for ‘Southbound’, an album of all-new recordings of the band’s classic
hits.
(3 Nov 2014) Darius
Rucker - HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (Wrasse Records)
(3 Nov 2014) Garth
Brooks - Double Live CD+DVD, Live, Box set (2014/Sony; 30
tracks)
Long awaited reissue of this two CD + DVD live
collection from the Country Music superstar. Garth Brooks' eponymous first
album was released in 1989 and peaked at #2 in the US Country Album chart.
(4 Nov 2014) Rachel
Lipsky - Rachel Lipsky EP (Artemusic Records)
4 Tracks/ Time: 12:41 MP3 - US iTunes - Amazon.com
(4 Nov 2014) Maddie & Tae - Self Titled EP (Republic Records)
4 Tracks/ Time: 13:03
MP3 - US iTunes - Amazon.com
The Green Note EP is out now! Featuring 5 tracks
recorded LIVE in London. CD available on their November UK HomeGrown Tour!
4 Nov 2014) David
Shelby - Oh Yeah (Highway South) EP
6 Tracks/ Time: 19:02 MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
(4 Nov 2014) Ronnie
Milsap – The RCA Albums Collection (21-CD Box Set)
Total Length: 12:57:20
MP3 - Amazon.com
(4 Nov 2014) John Denver - All Of My Memories: The John Denver Collection (4-CD Box-set)
CD
- UK iTunes - Amazon.com
This Deluxe 90-song, 4-CD box set is the first
comprehensive multi-label overview to span 1964 to 1997, including six
previously unreleased tracks, demos, promo rarities, live performances, limited
edition and private pressings, and more!
AUSSIE NEWS
- Aussie
CMAA Academy Of Country Music Graduate Cam Scott debut single and video clip for >> "Somethin Bout A Girl"
- Alan
Jackson Sound-a-like? Watch Southern Tablelands native a Neo
Traditionalist Roo Arcus
>> "Let's Get Out Of Here" the first single and
music video from the forthcoming album due out January 2015.
- The
official video from Hunter Valley, NSW native and Country rocker Travis Collins’ with a new sexy
single "Curves" taken from his upcoming album 'Wired'
out February 2015. It’s a MUST SEE fellas!
- Don't
miss out on Australia's Largest Music Festival!! The Toyota Country Music Festival
Tamworth 2015:
- 800
performers, 4,000 shows,120 different venues! Head to www.tcmf.com.au and start planning!
#TCMF2015 - Twitter
Page
Country Tracks Top 40
Kirsty Cox held onto No.1 for a second succesive
week. Former #1 from Doug Bruce holds at No.2 with Luke O'Shea climbing
8-3
#1 “This” - Kristy Cox
Album: - Living For The Moment
#2 “Broke Down Heart” - Doug Bruce Album: - Somewhere Better To Be
#3 “Sing You Up” - Luke O'Shea Album: - Sing You Up
#4 “Wish You Were A Cowboy” - Christie Lamb Album: - All She Wrote
#5 “9 To 5” - Melinda Schneider & Beccy Cole
Album: - Great Women Of Country & The Songs That Made Them
NEWS
Country Aircheck's
Insider Artist News
October 28, 2014: Mac Wiseman,
Ronnie Milsap and the late Hank
Cochran (Country's Sweetest Night), Jason
Aldean (She Thinks My Big Green Tractor's Sexy), George Strait (Strait To The CMAs), Clark Vincent McEntire (Life
Note), Taylor Swift (Set To Pop),
Miranda Lambert (Puppy Love)
October 31, 2014: Garth Brooks
(Ghost In The Machine), Dierks Bentley,
Luke Bryan and Brad Paisley
(Star Farm), Brantley Gilbert
(Country Wide Revival), Montgomery
Gentry (Hall Me), Tyler Farr (In
The Club), Jerrod Niemann (No Bull)
November 4, 2014: Brad &
Carrie (Country Bump Kin), 48th
Annual CMA Awards (And the List Goes On), Garth Brooks (Ain't Goin' Down: Album preview), Luke Bryan (Right On Target), Brad Paisley (Country Nation World Tour
:Say Cheese)
"MAN AGAINST MACHINE" Preview – LISTEN Below
(Starts 10 seconds in)
Garth Brooks gave a sneak peek of his new album for one
day only on Oct 31st. This hauntingly Halloween treat was definitely no trick.
Garth shares intimate details and inspirations about his creative process and
the story behind each song.
MAN AGAINST MACHINE is the upcoming ninth studio album
due to drop on Nov 11, 2014, by RCA Records Nashville.
24/7.. every parents anthem what a beautiful song)
The new music ranges from the
"Garth-channels-George-Strait" traditional country "Fish"
to his favorite song on the album, the R&B-flavored last song, "Tacoma."Brooks
says he didn't trust his pen for the new record – and that more than 7,000
songs were pitched to him. Only two Brooks-written songs appear.
It’s only available as a FULL Album digital album
download from ghosttunes
About GhostTunes.com – It is a new digital music platform
changing the way artists connect with their fans.
The GhostTunes platform gives fans the freedom to
listen to purchased music on the device of their choice while providing artists
with a new way to sell their music any way they dream. Experience more at https://www.ghosttunes.com/
Something else GhostTunes touts is the ability to
purchase music, and listen to it immediately (meaning, without having to go
through the time {or the data allowances} to download it), and it will
immediately show up on your respective music devices in a derivative or hybrid
of cloud technology. This makes GhostTunes sort of a cross between a download
store like iTunes, and a streaming service like Spotify.
GhostTunes.com enables fans to listen to their music
from their personal "locker" immediately upon purchase, without
having to download the content to their device.
Regarding device compatibility, music purchases on
GhostTunes can be downloaded immediately to a computer or to a mobile device
like an Tablet, iPhone or iPad. Similar to purchases on other services,
GhostTunes offer cloud-based storage in order to listen to music or download it
from any location. Brooks has not provided details on the type of digital
format that GhostTunes would use to encode the music or any possible DRM
(Digital Rights Management) used to protect music purchases from illegal
distribution. - Terms
Of Use
Man Against Machine is available now for pre-order on
GhostTunes and included in Garth Brooks' new digital download, "The
Bundle," which includes all eight iconic studio albums digitally updated,
the new double live 25th Anniversary Edition, Man Against Machine and Garth's
upcoming album arriving next year. Fans can buy the bundle for $29.99 for a
limited time, or choose to buy Man Against Machine for $14.99.
"When I decided it was time to 'go digital' I
didn't find an existing way that really fit how I wanted to do it," said
Garth Brooks, award-winning artist and GhostTunes.com founder. "I shared
my dream with some amazing minds and together have created something really
special – GhostTunes.com. This is a site that treats music with the utmost
respect, where our job everyday is to offer music the way the artists want to
share it to the listeners who live for and love it. That's a job I hope I can
do everyday."
ICYMI: Florida
Georgia Line has more in common with country icon Willie Nelson than you
might think. In a Billboard cover story, Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard
admits they smoke marijuana after a reporter noticed a small metal pipe that
smelled
like weed on a counter in Tyler's tour bus. The news
shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, though. The guys' new song, "Sun
Daze," contains a reference to getting stoned, and Tyler even told
Billboard,"We're professional partiers." "Sun Daze" is
included on FGL's new album, ANYTHING GOES.
The celebration for Lady Antebellum’s latest chart-topper, “Bartender,” couldn’t have come at a
more perfect time for the trio, as they threw a Halloween-themed party
Wednesday (Oct. 29). After mingling throughout the crowd, Hillary, Charles,
Dave and their co-writer on “Bartender,” Rodney Clawson (sporting a gorilla
mask), took the stage, where they were given various plaques and trophies for
the song’s success.
Brandy Clark has signed a recording contract with Warner Bros.
Records in Los Angeles. Clark, who is currently a CMA nominee for
New Artist of the Year and Song of the Year (for co-writing Kacey Musgraves‘
“Follow Your Arrow”), was previously signed with Slate Creek Records, recording
home to Angaleena Presley. “I am thrilled to be working with Dan McCarroll and
the Warner Bros. LA staff,” Clark said. “I’m so lucky to have a musical home
that embraces and encourages originality and creativity. I’m so excited to be
making music with them and look forward to this next step in my career.”
TOURS
New York Gets Its First Country Music Festival: The
inaugural FarmBorough
fest will be held June 26-28 on Randall's
Island. Already booked acts include Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, Brandy
Clark and Randy Houser.
For the first time in over 23 year The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha
Yearwood is coming back to Little Rock, Arkansas! The concerts
will be Friday, December 12th 7:00 PM and Saturday, December 13th 7:00 PM at
Verizon Arena.
AWARDS
Rhonda Vincent, Danny Gokey, Ray Stevens, John Conlee,
The Roys, T. Bubba Bechtol, John Berry and Victoria Jackson among celebrities set to perform and appear at Twentieth
Annual ICM
Faith, Family & Country Awards
Garth Brooks is to perform on 'The 2014 American Music Awards' (Sun
Nov 23, 2014) to
pipe in some Country, as he will be featured on the show performing live from
his Greensboro, NC tour stop. Brooks is the only Country artist currently
slated to perform on the show, Taylor Swift notwithstanding. Brooks has not announced what song he will
perform during the live broadcast, but his single "People Loving
People" from his "Man Against Machine" album seems a likely
candidate.
Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Florida
Georgia Line have picked up some big nominations for the 2014 Billboard
Touring Awards. Luke is up against One Direction and Justin
Timberlake in the Top Draw category, which is based on BoxScore attendance
figures. Luke's That's My Kind of Night
tour with Lee Brice and Cole Swindell is also up for Top Package along with
Jason Aldean's 2014 trek with Florida Georgia Line and Tyler Farr. Florida
Georgia Line is also nominated for Breakthrough touring act against OneRepublic
and Arcade Fire.
TV
CMA Country
Christmas adds
Performances by Alan Jackson, And Brad Paisley With Rock Legend Steven Tyler
Artists previously announced include Dan + Shay, Brett
Eldredge, Sara Evans, Lucy Hale, Hunter Hayes, Little Big Town, Idina Menzel,
Nettles, LeAnn Rimes, Michael W. Smith, and Carrie Underwood - CMA World Press
Sara Evans, one of the most compelling and authentic vocalists in
Country music, was due to appear on the hit ABC drama
Nashville on October 29th. In the episode Evans, who plays herself,
will also perform her single recently released to radio
“Put My Heart Down,” with one of the series’ leading
men Luke Wheeler played by actor Will Chase.
But Sara told ETonline that she and Connie Britton's
character are actually cut from the same cloth. "I think Rayna is a
combination of me and Faith Hill and probably a little bit of Martina
[McBride]," Evans says. "She's the established female artist with
children, and she's sort of at this crossroads in many ways in her
career."...Sara is following in the footsteps of Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan
and the guys of Florida Georgia Line as the latest real-life country star to
make a guest appearance on the show.
- ‘Nashville’,
Season 3, Episode 6 – RECAP
- For The Country Record "Nashville" Recap:
"Nobody Said It Was Going to Be Easy"
MUSIC NEWS
Pandora will provide artists with data and visualization tools to provide insight into
their audiences. Called Pandora AMP, the suite of tools is intended to
provide artists with the data for such tasks as picking singles, crafting
set lists and routing tours.
The release of AMP coincides with the start of a fight
over the future of Internet radio royalties. Earlier this month, companies
filed initial comments in statutory royalty rate proceedings with the Copyright
Royalty Board that will set rates for statutory Internet radio services like
Pandora from 2016 to 2020. In effect, Internet radio services will spend the
next year or so arguing for rates lower than those proposed by the recording
industry.
The music industry continues to evolve, but some bad
news is reported by The Wall Street Journal, which writes, "the growing
availability of cheap music -- from free
videos and streams to $10-a-month unlimited subscription plans -- is sapping demand for
digital downloads at the world’s biggest seller of music, APPLE INC.
Music sales at APPLE’s iTUNES STORE have fallen 13% to 14% worldwide since the
start of the year.
As of the chart week Nov 1, 2014 the sales of country music digital tracks was down 17.1% (111,678,000 unit sales)
compared to 134,708,000 at the same point in 2013.
SINGLE / ALBUM
NEWS
Jo Dee Messina released her brand new single, “He’s Messed Up,”
from her critically acclaimed studio album ME. The single, has been one of the
Top 20 most downloaded and most streamed singles on Play MPE for the last three
weeks and was just featured on the new radio show On The Horizon on SiriusXM
The Highway (Channel 56) last week. The rock-infused track, written by Messina
and Alyssa Bonagura, features back-up vocals by the fans who helped make
Messina’s new music happen as Kickstarter backers, including a 14 year old who
took the day off from school to be a part of the record.
Shania Twain says she’s in the middle of recording an
album for new
music in 2015 and a tour as well.
Billy Currington’s been working on his next album out in
early 2015. His new single off that record, ‘Don’t It,’ is it at radio.
The cast of
ABC-TV's "NASHVILLE" will release a holiday album, CHRISTMAS With
NASHVILLE.
It will be released both digitally and physically on
Tuesday November 4, 2014. The CD version be available in the U.S. exclusively
at Target.
This title will be released in the UK by Decca Records
on November 24, 2014. Pre-order the CD on Amazon UK
PRESS RELEASES
- Larry's Country Diner Promises a Warm and Nostalgic
November, featuring performances from Johnny
Rodriguez, Jamie O'Neal, Tim
Menzies, Hot Club of Cowtown and George Hamilton IV.
- The Cains Trio the up-and-coming sibling group to release debut album, STAY ON BOARD,
listen to the single “Be Yourself
With Me” on soundcloud
- The new
single “Wastin’
Gas” from Dallas Smith
has officially been released. Off his newest album
Lifted (out Nov 24), featuring the hit platinum single “Tippin’ Point”
comes the newest track. The single has already hit #1 Country Single on
iTunes Canada and is #8 overall!
- The Crowe Brothers celebrate 40 Years with New Album.
This 12 song offering features new songs and old favorites
from some top songwriters including Tom T. and Dixie Hall, Rory Bourke,
Hank Locklin and more.
- Watch
'Only Midnight' now + a message from The Shires & Ward Thomas!
- Legendary
performer Tommy Roe was at the
Nashville office of BMI on October 28 to celebrate
two of his all-time biggest hits from the 1960s “Sheila” and “Dizzy”
being played on the airwaves two million times.
- Kentucky Music Hall of Fame announces
2015 Induction Class honorees include Montgomery Gentry, Backstreet Boys'
Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell, Larry Cordle, Clarence Spalding, Pete
Stamper, Doc Hopkins & The Moonglows.
- "Freestyle" video released + Vote for Lady Antebellum!
- Compass
Records is pleased to announce the upcoming release from Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN. The album pairs
Rob Ickes, the International Bluegrass Music Association's 15-time Dobro
Player of Year, with rising singer/guitarist Trey Hensley whom Ickes
recently discovered while recording in the Tri-Cities area of East
Tennessee.
- Sonia Leigh, rising country star and established
songwriter, continues to make headlines as she announces
a partnership
with Tennessee based Prichard’s Distillery.
ARTICLES
- The American Songwriter Lyric Of The Week: Garth Brooks, “Much Too Young (To
Feel This Damn Old)” The song that started it all for Brooks was “Much Too
Young (To Feel This Damn Old),” co-written with his friend Randy Taylor …
- Billboard The Ryman is undergoing a $14 million
renovation to expand the lobby and retail areas, among other additions.
The renovation -- scheduled to be completed by June 2015 -- began Oct. 1
with the temporary removal of its statue of steamboat magnate Thomas G.
Ryman, who built the venue in 1892. “We’re excited to be able to offer a
vastly improved experience,” says Ryman general manager Sally Williams
- “We’re not closing at all during
this process.” Forthcoming show at the venue include First Aid Kit on Oct.
29, Drive-By Truckers on Oct. 30 and Martina McBride on Nov. 1.
- CMA Close UP (Deborah Evans Price) Country headliners join
The Doobie Brothers’ Southbound Ride
- Saving Country Music: Translating Florida Georgia Line’s Sexual Innuendo Language (sexual) ...Florida Georgia
Line have more euphemistic language on their new album Anything Goes than
a salty-mouthed locker room....As Saving Country Music explained while
declaring ANYTHING GOES the worst album ever, “
REVIEWS
For The Country Record FEATURED: Rachel Lipsky EP
INTERVIEWS
For The Country Record Ward
Thomas on touring with The Shires,
Songwriting and Country Music in the UK. Watch their cover of Taylor Swift’s
>> “Shake
it Off”
CMA New Artist nominee Brandy Clark shares her musical
milestones with People Magazine
SPOTIFY COUNTRY
For users of this
online music streaming service here are some of the more recent additions and
recommendations.
When it's free and
easy on Spotify who needs music piracy?
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have the application open
Florida Georgia Line - Anything Goes - 12 Tracks,
released Oct 14, 2014
COUNTRY FASHION
Luke Bryan has teamed with Cabela's Inc. for the new 32 Bridge
clothing line, which debuted Nov. 1 and is available exclusively at Cabela's.
The men's and women's lines will target hunters,
fishers and country music
fans. "This brand is so dear to me and such a big part of who I am that
seeing it come to life is so exciting," says Bryan. Why the name '32
Bridge'? The Georgia native took it from the Route 32 Bridge, which crosses
over the Flint River and marks the border between Worth and Lee counties, where
he was raised. See the line "There is a place where woods
and water meet for the perfect outdoor experience. Where whitetails slip
through tall pines, quail whistle in the wind and bass hide behind flint rocks.
Where kids learn life lessons and laughs with friends are nonstop. It's where I
grew up fishing and hunting, that place - 32 BRIDGE." - Luke Bryan
Shelley Minson Aussie Pin Up and singer / songwriter
wears a Peppermint swirl dress .A bright and fun
dress!! Dress features fully lined bodice, full circle skirt and invisible zip.
A really bright and fun print and it will be great for
Christmas parties and pure perfection for the upcoming festive season!
Photography by Andrew Pearson Photography Tammworth – Facebook Image
Cassadee Pope tweeted Another thank you going out to
@adriannapapell for my @ascap awards dress! And to @pistolandstamen for helping me find
it :) Pistol & Stamen Public Relations & Marketing Consultants - Instagram Image
COUNTRY GOSSIP
John Carter Cash was arrested on Monday afternoon (Oct. 27)
after allegedly
stripping to his underwear in a Canadian airport. The 44-year-old
son of the late Johnny Cash was reportedly returning to Nashville after a
hunting trip in western Newfoundland. The National Post of Toronto reports
Mounties were called to the scene in Deer Lake at 2:10PM. Early reports
indicated Cash was either drunk or had medical issues. He was eventually confirmed
to be under the influence. No charges were filed and Cash was held until sober.
Jason Aldean planned to elope? Is he and Brittany Kerr are already married? She
posted a photo of the mugs they were each holding, with the caption, “mornin
coffee at home with my hubby.” Image Then Aldean’s fiancée let her
Instagram followers know last weekend they didn’t elope and they aren’t married
yet!
PHOTO
- Miranda Lambert poses as WWII cultural icon Rosie The
Riveter for Halloween, posting on her Instagram page, "We
CAN do it! Happy Halloween!" - Instagram.com
- Old Crow Medicine Show at the Roundhouse in Camden, London
Oct 24, 2014 (13 photos; Frography (by Flex) Facebook Gallery
- Ward Thomas : Happy Halloween!! Image
BIRTHDAYS
November 3: J D Souther (1945)
November 4: Delbert McClinton (1940), Kim Forester (Forester Sisters)
(1960)
November 5: Roy Rogers (1911; died July 6, 1998 (aged 86)), the late Gram Parsons (1946; died Sept 19, 1973 (aged 26)), Joni Harms (1959), Heather & Jennifer Kinley (Kinleys) , Ryan Adams (1974)
November 6: Guy Clark (1941), Glen Frey (Eagles) (1946), Stonewall
Jackson (1932)
November 8: Patti Page (1927; died Jan 1, 2013
(aged 85)), Bonnie Raitt (1949), Susie McEntire Luchsinger (1957), Bucky Covington (1977) , Lauren Alaina (1994)
November 9: Tommy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band) (1949)
November 9: Tommy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band) (1949)
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