Shantell Ogden: Video World Premiere Exclusive "Truth About Trains"

31st July 2016 (Expanded Press Release) Spotlight Artist Feature

Award-winning artist/songwriter and Shantell Ogden is releasing “Truth About Trains," the lead single from her upcoming album, to be released on Sept 13, 2016 called THE ROAD THAT DRIVES ME (Cover Art) .

WELL CHUFFED!!
We’ve got the video world premiere for you right here! 

Truth About Trains (Hip Farm Chic) 

is now available in Europe  for download:
released 20 July 2016
Amazon UK 
UK iTunes 

Shantell co-wrote it this fab song with Bill DiLuigi and Sarah Allison Turner.

Ogden recently completed a highly successful UK/ Ireland tour where she played at notable festivals such as Buckle and Boots in Manchester (Sat 25th June: The Acoustic Stage). The new video features a live in-studio performance with her band in Nashville, as well as some train footage with a bit of a backstory.

“While I was on tour between England and Ireland in June and July, I stopped over at the Isle of Man for a couple of days,” said Shantell. “They have a fantastic old-time steam train there, and I couldn’t resist capturing the ride on film. When I got together with Neal Ebanks back in Nashville who directed the video, we decided we should play off the song’s theme and use some of the footage I took. It was a really fun project!” (Find Isle of Man Steam Railway Supporters' Association Website | Facebook)

“Truth About Trains" is being promoted by Lee Williams of CMR Nashville/Django Promotions and will be hitting the airways on HotDisc stations beginning August 1. 

“I love the song and we’re really excited about continuing to promote Shantell’s new music worldwide,” said Lee Williams.

Hotdisc #212 August 2016
Cover Art Click to Enlarge

Fans of Shantell should request to hear her new single (Track 12 on August’s Hotdisc #212) to their local BBC country shows, community radio station and favourite Internet country stations and shows.

Hotdisc goes out to just under 1000 DJs, Magazine, Media contacts across the UK, Europe & beyond (both as Physical CD with Sleeve + Digital download option). DJs rate the tracks from 1 -10 with the option to play them. From that data a Top 40 Hotdisc chart is compiled (see latest).

The Hotdisc Top 30 Radio Show is syndicated around the world every week on a number of radio stations.

** NOTE ** When “Truth About Trains" reaches the Top 20 it would qualify to be shown on the Hotdisc TV Show broadcast across the UK! It airs across the UK three times a week on Sky TV Channel 389, FreeSat 516 and regionally on FreeView Channel 87: Mondays at 6pm, Thursdays at 4pm, Friday nights into Saturday mornings at 1am.

The show is also available to watch in glorious HD online on Vimeo . Go to this page to find the very latest show.

Click here to see the Flyer for Shantell’s 2016 England & Ireland Tour. One of the highlights was playing with Pete Kennedy and Marcum Stewart in Tullamore, Ireland as part of a Nashville Songwriters Triple Bill (by KEMC Global) at Hugh Lynch's Pub.

Shantell kindly shares her highlights from a fantastic tour saying: Thank you to all the people who made this possible!

ICYMI: FLYING VISIT

Lee Williams President of the British Country Music Awards and CEO of Django Promotions and owner of CMR Nashville (“Europe’s #1 country music station”) had a chat with Shantell at Heathrow Airport prior to her Buckle & Boots Festival appearance. It was first broadcast on Fri June 17, 2016. Listen here, Click PLAY twice:

Shantell said: "I'm thrilled to be playing the festival along with so many great artists at the Buckle and Boots Country Festival in Manchester! I appreciate the festival staff and the fans for making such a great event possible."

Last year she promoted her single “God Counts Every Tear” (Joe Doyle/ Brian Kolb/ Shantell Ogden) across the UK & Europe courtesy of the June 2015 HOTDISC #198 promo disc. She made a debut at #34 on the Hotdisdc Top 40 debut spending 9 weeks on the chart climbing to No.21. The song, promoted by Lee Williams, was hard-hitting singer-songwriter fare with a nice spacious production. For The Country Record featured the track and in review said that it was: “grounded in a more modern and commercial country pop sound than perhaps her other material is. Still, even though there are multiple guitars involved in the arrangement, each one is given its own timbre and “voice”, allowing a balanced mix with room for variety instead of chaos. As a result, Shantell’s distinctive vocals are able to cut through with crystal clarity, even when things build up for the passionate chorus. The lyrics are heavy but have an uplifting effect, assuring the listener that God is listening to all our pain and hurt, and that no prayers go ignored.

Her previous Hotdisc Top 40 outings were “Love Shouldn't Hurt” (HD185; May 2014; #19 debut) which reached #18 and “Looking For My Last” (HD183; Feb 2014; #28 debut) peaked at No.21. “The best thing about making music is sharing it with others, and I’m so excited to be releasing a single with the help of CMR Nashville,” said Shantell. “Looking for My Last is about being a ‘last love’ for someone instead of a first.

On 28th April 2015 she released her 8 track GHOSTS IN THE FIELD (Hip Farm Chic Records) which contained the standout title cut and “Be My Rain”. 
Available for purchase:  Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com

ABOUT Shantell Ogden

She is a singer-songwriter from Nashville, TN. 

Shantell's songs have received airplay on more than 800 country and Americana radio stations internationally, reaching Top 2 chart positions both in the U.S. and Europe.

Her songs have also appeared on the TV series Hart of Dixie and in several feature films. 

As a performing and touring Americana artist, Shantell has been praised by Maverick Magazine, For the Country Record and other notable media.

She's won honors for Songwriter of the Year and Americana Song of the Year ('Ghosts in the Field') in the 2015 IMEA Awards, and Americana Album of the Year for Better at Goodbye in the 2014 IMEA Awards.

Get to know the award-winning artist and songwriter in this lovely new EPK! 

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