CMA Songwriters Series at
London’s Indigo at The O2 March 7 to kick off the C2C: Country to Country
festival.
Performers Include Jimmie Allen,
Cam, Ross Copperman, Travis Denning and Laura Veltz
The Country Music
Association’s critically acclaimed CMA
Songwriters Series will return to C2C on 7 March 2019, at indigo at The O2.
Hosted by Cam and featuring Jimmie
Allen and Ross Copperman, it
will also introduce Travis Denning
and Laura Veltz to U.K. audiences
for the first time. The performance follows October’s successful second annual
CMA Songwriters Series tours in Europe and the U.K., while also marking the
sixth London appearance for CMA Songwriters Series during C2C.
CMA Songwriters Series introduces
new artists and songwriters through its intimate storytelling format. Audiences
get to know the performers, their journey and the stories behind their songs
throughout the two-hour seated show, as artists take turns performing their
songs acoustically. Each CMA Songwriters Series is unique—the one-off
performances are unrehearsed, uplifting and heart-warming, leaving audiences
feeling closer to the artists and the music.
“The CMA Songwriters Series
has developed a reputation for delivering some wonderful magic moments on the
eve of C2C each year,” said Milly Olykan, CMA Vice President, International
Relations and Development. “We anticipate our next performance will be no
different and we’re thrilled to reveal the 2019 line-up. Presenting hit
songwriters and introducing new acts to U.K. audiences is so gratifying, with
fans in the U.K. being so attentive and open to discovering new country
artists.”
Currently in its 14th season,
CMA Songwriters Series has presented more than 100 shows including multiple
cities across the U.S. and the U.K. as well as Dublin, Belfast, Amsterdam,
Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo and Hamburg. Artists and songwriters who have
participated in the series internationally include Jessi Alexander, Kristian
Bush, Brandy Clark, Chris DeStefano, Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally, Lori
McKenna, Maren Morris, Liz Rose, Drake White, Charlie Worsham, The Striking
Matches, Chris Young and more.
Exclusive
Presale for CMA Songwriters Series at C2C
WHEN: Thurs
7 March 2019
WHERE: Indigo2,
The O2, 205 Peninsula Square, London, SE10 0DX
APPEARING: C2C
Presents CMA Songwriters Series: Cam,
Jimmie Allen, Ross Copperman, Travis
Denning and Laura Veltz
TRANSPORT
information for Indigo2, At the O2:
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ABOUT
LAURA VELTZ
Laura Veltz Co-Writes #1
Country Hit “I Could Use A Love Song” For Maren Morris, And Co-Writes Hits For
Chris Young and Eli Young Band
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| Laura Veltz Photo credit: Darling Juliet |
During
the past five years, Laura Veltz has emerged as a top tier songwriter in
Nashville.
She
has co-written three, Top 6 country hit
singles, including #1 hits “Speechless” by Dan + Shay (#1 Hot
Country Singles & Billboard Digital Country Songs Chart) “I
Could Use a Love Song” by Maren Morris. Her other hit songs are “Lonely
Eyes” by Chris Young and “Drunk Last Night” by Eli Young Band.
Impressively,
Veltz wrote four songs with Morris that were released on her acclaimed
album, Hero. This includes “I Could Use a Love Song” and the song “Rich,”
(#2 Country Mediabase Chart; #4 Billboard Country Airplay).
It
was in 2008 that Veltz moved to Nashville from New York. Interestingly, she was
in a pop-rock band called Cecilia (with her sister, brother and parents) that
was signed to Atlantic Records. When the band eventually broke up, she settled
in Nashville and decided to write songs for other artists. Veltz is signed to a
publishing deal with Big Machine Music.
Besides writing songs for the artists listed above, Veltz has also had cuts with Dan + Shay (“Keeping Score”), Kane Brown (“Live Forever”), Brothers Osborne (“Weed, Whiskey and Willie”), Dierks Bentley (“One Way”), Reba McEntire (“Livin' Ain't Killed Me Yet”), Cassadee Pope (“Piano”), RaeLynn (“For a Boy”), Jana Kramer (“What I Love About Your Love”), Carly Pearce (“Color”), Little Big Town (“We Went to the Beach”), The Cadillac Three (“Legacy”), Eli Young Band (“Drunk Last Night”, “Never Again”), Maddie & Tae, and Devin Dawson (“Second to Last”).
Veltz
also enjoys performing her songs live in Songwriter Round events.
Hear the behind-the-scenes
story with Lauren Alaina in Firestone’s #RoadLessTraveled.
Road Less Traveled | Lauren Alaina with Laura Veltz
Songwriter Laura Veltz delivered big time when Maren Morris asked for a love song… Hear the behind-the-scenes story with Lauren Alaina in Firestone’s #RoadLessTraveled.
Posted by Firestone Tires on Friday, 10 November 2017
Laura Veltz at #2 is on his heels of SESAC’s Kevin Welch who enjoys his fourth week atop the MusicRow chart (dated December 2, 2018 | Full Chart PDF). * The weekly MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart, published every week, uses algorithms based upon song activity according to airplay, digital downloaded track sales and streams.
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ABOUT Jimmie Allen
The epitome of the phrase “persistence pays off,” Jimmie Allen laid it all on the line to make his dreams a reality. Now signed to BBR Music Group’s Stoney Creek Records, Allen’s debut single “Best Shot” is a certified hit, claiming the spot as the No. 1 most Shazamed song in the format for eight consecutive weeks, and also claimed the No. 1 spot on Country radio, marking the first time a black artist has launched a career with a No. 1 hit with their debut single on Country radio. In October, Allen released his hotly-anticipated debut album, Mercury Lane, named in tribute to the street he grew up on and the origin of his incredible journey.
Featuring a cutting-edge mix of Country, rock, R&B, and pop, Mercury Lane draws upon the influence his family and small-town upbringing of the critically-acclaimed rising star. The Southern Delaware native’s talent for songwriting is undeniable, having written a song that was featured in a Super Bowl commercial and appearing in a Diet Coke ad with megastar Taylor Swift. “Blue Jean Baby,” off his debut self-titled EP, immediately caught the attention of Country Music fans and critics alike with its soulful groove—rocketing it to the top of digital playlists, across all genres. After introducing his music at festivals across the country this summer, this fall Allen will hit the road once again to share the stage with Kane Brown, Scotty McCreery, and Chase Rice. The hot newcomer has already been heralded as one of the top “Artists to Watch in 2018” by Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pandora, Sounds Like Nashville, NY Country Swag, Country Music Rocks and New England Country Music, in addition to earning spots in CMT’s “18 for 2018” Listen Up program and Bobby Bones’ Class of 2018.
The epitome of the phrase “persistence pays off,” Jimmie Allen laid it all on the line to make his dreams a reality. Now signed to BBR Music Group’s Stoney Creek Records, Allen’s debut single “Best Shot” is a certified hit, claiming the spot as the No. 1 most Shazamed song in the format for eight consecutive weeks, and also claimed the No. 1 spot on Country radio, marking the first time a black artist has launched a career with a No. 1 hit with their debut single on Country radio. In October, Allen released his hotly-anticipated debut album, Mercury Lane, named in tribute to the street he grew up on and the origin of his incredible journey.
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| Jimmie Allen | Photo credit: Lee Steffen |
Featuring a cutting-edge mix of Country, rock, R&B, and pop, Mercury Lane draws upon the influence his family and small-town upbringing of the critically-acclaimed rising star. The Southern Delaware native’s talent for songwriting is undeniable, having written a song that was featured in a Super Bowl commercial and appearing in a Diet Coke ad with megastar Taylor Swift. “Blue Jean Baby,” off his debut self-titled EP, immediately caught the attention of Country Music fans and critics alike with its soulful groove—rocketing it to the top of digital playlists, across all genres. After introducing his music at festivals across the country this summer, this fall Allen will hit the road once again to share the stage with Kane Brown, Scotty McCreery, and Chase Rice. The hot newcomer has already been heralded as one of the top “Artists to Watch in 2018” by Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pandora, Sounds Like Nashville, NY Country Swag, Country Music Rocks and New England Country Music, in addition to earning spots in CMT’s “18 for 2018” Listen Up program and Bobby Bones’ Class of 2018.
Read more at JimmieAllenMusic.com.
ABOUT Cam
Cam writes music to tell the truth, especially truths that help women understand themselves. The proof of Cam’s eccentric candor is supported in the brazen, bold song, “Diane,” the first release off her forthcoming sophomore release. Never one to shy away from hard conversations and topics, the CMA Awards-nominated artist brings to focus the realities of cheating in the driving, tempo-rich song, offering a redemptive opportunity that unites women rather than pit them against each other. And “Diane” made quite an impact, holding a multi-week residency on Spotify’s Viral 50 USA chart, breaking into the Top 15 on the iTunes U.S. Country chart and peaking at No.1 on the iTunes U.K. Country chart.
Cam writes music to tell the truth, especially truths that help women understand themselves. The proof of Cam’s eccentric candor is supported in the brazen, bold song, “Diane,” the first release off her forthcoming sophomore release. Never one to shy away from hard conversations and topics, the CMA Awards-nominated artist brings to focus the realities of cheating in the driving, tempo-rich song, offering a redemptive opportunity that unites women rather than pit them against each other. And “Diane” made quite an impact, holding a multi-week residency on Spotify’s Viral 50 USA chart, breaking into the Top 15 on the iTunes U.S. Country chart and peaking at No.1 on the iTunes U.K. Country chart.
In addition to performing the song on multiple
American television shows, “Diane” was expedited on BBC Radio 2’s A-List in the U.K. and has topped multiple best-of
lists including Best Songs (all-genre) of 2017 by NPR, No. 3 on the 25 Best
Country Songs of 2017 by Rolling Stone Country and No. 2 on
the Top 10 Country Songs of 2018 by Taste Of Country.
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| Cam | Photo credit: Dennis Leupold |
The momentum continues to build since the
release of Cam’s 2015 breakout debut album Untamed, which landed
at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with the year’s
best first-week album sales by a debut Country artist. UNTAMED features Cam’s first No. 1
Country single, “Burning House,” which garnered multiple CMA, Grammy, ACM, CMT
and American Music Awards nominations and remains the highest-selling single by
a female Country artist since 2015. Along with working on new music, Cam
co-wrote the song, “Palace” off Sam Smith’s
latest album, The Thrill of It All. The song has Cam contributing
background vocals and electric guitar to the track and was featured in the 2017
Holiday commercial for Apple.
This spring, Cam joined Smith on stage for
“Palace” during all four nights of his sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena and went on to open for the international
superstar on the North American summer leg of his The Thrill of It All Tour.
Smith is among the impressive list of artists that Cam has shared the stage
with in the last couple years.
Others include a personal invite from Harry Styles at Nashville’s famed Ryman
Auditorium, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on their blockbuster
Soul2Soul Tour, George Strait during
his 2017 residency at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Eric Church, Alicia Keys,
Smokey Robinson and others. Read
more at CamCountry.com.
ABOUT Ross Copperman
Ross Copperman was born in Roanoke, Virginia with a passion to create songs. Following his dream, Copperman signed a record deal with Sony Records in the U.K. Despite the success of his debut single, he moved to Nashville to focus on songwriting and production. Copperman has written upwards of 16 No. 1 singles—from Dierks Bentley’s “I Hold On,” “Drunk On A Plane,” and “Black” to Brett Eldredge’s “Beat of the Music” and “Wanna Be That Song”—revolutionizing the sound of Nashville’s Country Music. He has produced and written songs for a wide range of Country artists including Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington, Eli Young Band, Florida Georgia Line, Little Big Town, Justin Moore, Kip Moore, Jake Owen, Chase Rice, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Thompson Square, and Keith Urban.
Copperman is a six-time CMA Awards nominee, having received two nominations this year in the Album of the Year category for his work on both Bentley’s The Mountain and Urban’s Graffiti U.
He’s a two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year (2016 and 2017) and winner of five CMA Triple Play Awards, CMA’s honor for songwriters who have penned three No.1 songs in a 12-month period.
Copperman continues to ascend Billboard Country charts by the week, co-writing Bentley’s “Woman, Amen,” Kenny Chesney’s “Get Along,” Justin Moore’s “Kinda Don’t Care” and Chase Rice’s “Three Chords & the Truth.” He currently writes for Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
Ross Copperman was born in Roanoke, Virginia with a passion to create songs. Following his dream, Copperman signed a record deal with Sony Records in the U.K. Despite the success of his debut single, he moved to Nashville to focus on songwriting and production. Copperman has written upwards of 16 No. 1 singles—from Dierks Bentley’s “I Hold On,” “Drunk On A Plane,” and “Black” to Brett Eldredge’s “Beat of the Music” and “Wanna Be That Song”—revolutionizing the sound of Nashville’s Country Music. He has produced and written songs for a wide range of Country artists including Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington, Eli Young Band, Florida Georgia Line, Little Big Town, Justin Moore, Kip Moore, Jake Owen, Chase Rice, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Thompson Square, and Keith Urban.
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| Ross Copperman | Photo credit: Taylor Kelly |
Copperman is a six-time CMA Awards nominee, having received two nominations this year in the Album of the Year category for his work on both Bentley’s The Mountain and Urban’s Graffiti U.
He’s a two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year (2016 and 2017) and winner of five CMA Triple Play Awards, CMA’s honor for songwriters who have penned three No.1 songs in a 12-month period.
Copperman continues to ascend Billboard Country charts by the week, co-writing Bentley’s “Woman, Amen,” Kenny Chesney’s “Get Along,” Justin Moore’s “Kinda Don’t Care” and Chase Rice’s “Three Chords & the Truth.” He currently writes for Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
ABOUT Travis Denning
A native of Warner Robins, Georgia, Mercury Nashville’s Travis Denning vividly remembers the moment he realized he wanted to pursue music for a living. He was seven years old sitting in his Dad’s truck and heard AC/DC for the first time. From then on, he was hooked and devoured all types of music from Country, pop, rock and heavy metal. Denning started playing local bars at the age of 16 and built a solid following from his distinctive songs and raucous guitar licks.
A native of Warner Robins, Georgia, Mercury Nashville’s Travis Denning vividly remembers the moment he realized he wanted to pursue music for a living. He was seven years old sitting in his Dad’s truck and heard AC/DC for the first time. From then on, he was hooked and devoured all types of music from Country, pop, rock and heavy metal. Denning started playing local bars at the age of 16 and built a solid following from his distinctive songs and raucous guitar licks.
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| Travis Denning | Photo credit: Eric Brown |
He moved to Nashville in 2014 and within a year
signed a publishing deal with Jeremy Stover’s RED Creative Group. After
securing outside cuts by Jason Aldean,
Justin Moore, Michael Ray and Chase Rice
he caught the attention of Universal Music Group where he eventually signed a
record deal in 2017. Denning just released his debut single “David Ashley
Parker From Powder Springs,” an upbeat coming-of-age song that paints a picture
of a young man reminiscing on his carefree college memories.
The singer/songwriter has previously opened
shows for Alan Jackson, Moore, Rice and Cole Swindell and is currently on the
road with LANCO on the Hallelujah Nights Tour. When he is not touring, he is in
the studio working on his debut album. Denning was recently named one of three
recipients of the first-ever CMA KixStart Artist Scholarship, which provides
educational and professional support to rising artists throughout the course of
a year. Read more at TravisDenning.com.
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