Saturday 27 January 2018

Time's Up: Nashville's All-Female Song Suffragettes speak up against Gender Inequality and Sexual Misconduct with new Project

TIME’S UP: NASHVILLE’S ALL-FEMALE SONG SUFFRAGETTES SPEAK UP AGAINST GENDER INEQUALITY AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH NEW PROJECT

Music Video and Song Penned by CMT Next Women of Country Member Kalie Shorr
and Lacy Green Features 23 Up-and-Coming Singer-Songwriters 



















NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 19, 2018) -- Nashville’s all-female singer-songwriter collective, Song Suffragettes, pointedly address gender inequality and sexual misconduct against women with a new song aptly-titled “Time’s Up” and an accompanying music video. The project and the women involved give a direct and unapologetic voice to the injustice and mistreatment of women everywhere, both inside and outside the entertainment business.

The song and music video have already been embraced by iTunes and Apple Music, who added the song into their top playlist: A-List Country. Radio Disney Country will premiere the song today and feature it on the Radio Disney Country Spotlight show airing on Radio Disney. The music video (23.7K views) arrived (Jan 18) on VEVO and you can watch it here: 




Release Date: 19 Jan. 2018

Label: Song Suffragettes

Total Length: 3:03

Song: Time's Up (feat. Kalie Shorr, Candi Carpenter, Tiera, Emma White, Tenille Arts, Chloe Gilligan, Tasji Bachman & Savannah Keyes)


"Me and the girls were watching the Golden Globes, drinking wine and wearing all black. During one of the many inspiring speeches that night, I just felt the weight of what was happening -- how I was going to tell my daughters and granddaughters about this one day,” said Kalie Shorr, a co-writer on the song and CMT Next Women of Country member whose song “Fight Like A Girl” made waves in 2016 for its female empowering message, “It came together so easily and  flawlessly because the amazing girls of Song Suffragettes were so passionate about the cause and willing to move around their schedules to make it happen. The team behind Song Suffragettes hustled so hard to make this project come to life making our idea a reality. I have been so inspired by this whole reckoning that’s been happening and it just felt so obvious to connect that to what we do at Song Suffragettes.”
The women of Song Suffragettes are using their unique platform to add their voices to the current conversation on gender inequality and sexual harassment prevalent throughout America and on a local level within the country music industry. Earlier this week, Rolling Stone Country released an article discussing the history of sexual misconduct and harassment in country music radio: “They reveal an environment where artists and other music professionals – especially women – are expected to be overly accessible and use sexuality as currency when visiting stations and meeting with certain program directors, or attending industry events, in the hope of having their song added into rotation.” - Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone Country

The proceeds from the sale of the song will benefit Time’s Up, an organization that created a unified call from women in entertainment to end discrimination, harassment and abuse of women everywhere.

Single Cover Art credit: 2018 Song Suffragettes
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The 23 voices featured in “Time’s Up” come from all over the U.S. and Canada and all have unique stories and musical directions. You can learn more on each participating artist here (women listed in order of appearance in the song): Kalie ShorrTasji Bachman, Chloe GilliganSavannah KeyesMignon,Gracie SchramTiera,Jenna PauletteEmma WhiteJordyn Mallory,Emma Lynn WhiteRegan Stewart,Kim PaigeJenna McDaniel - Madison KozakJenny RayTenille ArtsTristan McIntosh,Tia ScolaAlexis GomezCandi CarpenterTrannie StevensLena Stone (does not appear in music video).

TIME'S UP
written by Kalie Shorr & Lacy Green
(the Song Suffragettes artist singing each part is denoted in parenthesis)

(Kalie Shorr) Time’s up for the ruthless, the wicked and the vain
(Tasji Bachman) Time’s up for the cheaters, cause now the game has changed
(Chloe Gilligan) It’s been a long time coming
                          There’s a new day dawning
                          Gonna stop your running today
(Savannah Keyes) The wait’s over for the patient, the humble and the brave
(Mignon) Now the way it is becomes the way it was
(Gracie Schram) Yeah you’ll always lose if you’re fighting love
(Tiera) They say good things come to those who wait but we’ve waited long enough

















(Jenna Paulette) Our time is here
(Emma White) Our time is now
(Jordyn Mallory) Our time has come
(Emma Lynn White) Time’s up for the shadows, about to meet the light
(Regan Stewart) Time’s up for the castles, built on sand and spite
(Kim Paige) Rome is burning
                   And one thing’s for certain
                   The guilty are nervous tonight
(Kalie Shorr) We aren’t waiting anymore for the moon to turn the tides
(Jenna McDaniel) Now the way it is becomes the way it was
(Chloe Gilligan) Yeah you’ll always lose if you’re fighting love
(Madison Kozak) They say good things come to those who wait but we’ve waited long enough
(Jenny Ray) Our time is here
(Tasji Bachman) Our time is now















(Tenille Arts) Our time has come
(Tristan McIntosh) And your time is up
(Tia Scola) The scales are tipping
(Tia/Kalie Shorr) And the veil is ripping
(Tia/Kalie/Jenna P) And the clock is ticking
(Tia/Kalie/Jenna P) Cause the
(Jordan Mallory) time’s up
(Ensemble) The scales are tipping
(Ensemble) And the veil is ripping
(Ensemble) And the clock is ticking
(Ensemble) Cause the
(Madison Kozack) time’s up
(Ensemble) The scales are tipping
(Ensemble) And the veil is ripping
(Ensemble) And the clock is ticking
(Ensemble) Cause the
(Tenille Arts) time's up
(Ensemble) The scales are tipping
(Ensemble) And the veil is ripping
(Ensemble) And the clock is ticking
(Savannah Keyes) Now the way it is becomes the way it was
(Alexis Gomez) Yeah you’ll always lose if you’re fighting love
(Tenille Arts) They say good things come to those who wait but we’ve waited long enough
(Mignon) Our time is here
(Chloe Gilligan) Our time is now
(Kim Paige) Our time has come
(Kalie Shorr) And your time is up
(Candi Carpenter on all refrain vocals above)
(Tiera) We aren’t waiting anymore for the moon to turn the tides
(Trannie Stevens & Lena Stone on harmonies throughout)

About Song Suffragettes

Credit: Catherine Powell | NKD Mag Presents
Song Suffragettes – Nashville, TN 13 June 2016






















Song Suffragettes is a collective of female singer-songwriters who perform every Monday night at Nashville’s Listening Room Café. With a mantra of #LetTheGirlsPlay, Song Suffragettes has featured close to 200 women in the past 3+ years resulting in multiple publishing and record deals for some of Nashville’s brightest talent. For more information please visit www.songsuffragettes.com.
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About Kalie Shorr
Kalie Shorr burst onto the Nashville music scene in 2016 with her self-penned hit “Fight Like A Girl”. The Portland, Maine singer-songwriter became a Sirius XM Highway Find and was praised by Spotify, CMT, Radio Disney Country, Taste of Country, and even Billboard magazine. In 2017, Kalie released her Slingshot EP to rave reviews and was named “New Artist You Need to Know” by Rolling Stone, “The New Nashville” by Teen Vogue, and one of “2017’s Hottest Artists Under 25” by Taste of Country. Her newly released single “Two Hands” has already been added to Sirius XM, Radio Disney Country and TuneIn with prominent placement on Apple Music’s Breaking Country and Cool Country playlists. With a new EP coming January 26, 2018, Kalie was recently inducted into CMT’s Next Women of Country Class of 2018 and has just been announced as support for the Sara Evans All The Love CMT Next Women of Country Tour.  Playing over 100 shows a year, Kalie’s message of female- empowerment has led to her being called the “next ‘Women of Country’ generation” [CMChat] and a “modern country woman [who will] continue to inspire in 2018” [TasteofCountry.com].


2018 Country Artist To Watch Kalie Shorr to release highly anticipated EP, Awake, January 26

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