BREAKING NEWS
Country News – March 20, 2019
with Shannon McCombs
This week, hear
Brad Paisley tell the story behind his latest hit, “My Miracle.” George Strait
and Blake Shelton are teaming up for a show. Plus, hear Rascal Flatts try to
choose their favorite songs!
UK NEWS
On the BBC Radio 2 Playlist
for the week commencing Saturday 16 March 2019
A Playlist
Keith Urban - Never Comin Down
C Playlist
Maren Morris - GIRL
(12 March 2019) Rising UK stars The Adelaides are the cover feature on the first Wolverhampton issue
(March/Apr) of Select! They're the
new glossy lifestyle replacing Wolverhampton Magazine to bring you the very
best of the city and beyond. #celebrity #fashion #beauty #culture #food #travel
Cover Photo by Tim Thursfield Group Chief Photographer
at Midland News Association, which produces Express & Star and Shropshire
Star. Select (Website)
replaces Wolverhampton Magazine as the new bi-monthly glossy for Wolverhampton
and Dudley.
(18 March 2019) Holloway Road Announce May UK Tour Dates
& 'Broke - Unplugged Part I' Acoustic Ep
The independent duo has shared new music as latest
single 'Get The Girl' passes 85k+ streams in the first few weeks of
release
Following the release of latest single 'Get The Girl'
last month (listen here),
international country/pop duo Holloway Road - Jack Cooper & Rob Gulston -
have announced a set of UK tour dates this May, including shows in Glasgow,
Manchester, Birmingham, and their hometown of Southend-on-Sea:
Sat
11 May 2019 - The Stables, Milton Keynes (full
band) Event
Tues 14 May 2019 - 13th Note, Glasgow (50-60
King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QT) (headline / acoustic) Event
Thurs 16 May 2019 - Gullivers, Manchester (109
Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LW) £11.75 (headline / acoustic) Event
Fri 17 May 2019 - Santiago Bar, Leeds (1-3
Grand Arcade, City Centre LS1 6PG) £5.83 (writer's round) w/ Jade
Helliwell Event
Sat 18 May 2019 - Peggy Sue's, Southend-on-Sea (1063A
London Rd, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 3JP) (headline / acoustic) Event
Weds 22 May 2019 - Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham (17
York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA) (writer's round) Event
Sat 8 June 2019 - Chaplins & The Cellar Bar, Bournemouth (Facebook |
529 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth BH1 4AG) FREE ENTRY doors 8pm
Tickets available for all shows from www.hollowayroadmusic.com
UK TOUR & GIG UPDATES:
Ashton Lane (Sept-Oct), Amy
Wadge (March), Bailey Tomkinson
(Apr-Aug), Charlie Dore (Mar-Aug), Charles Esten (Oct), Clara Bond (April), Holloway Road (May), Kira Mac (March), LiveOnTheRoad Leeds (May), Lucy
Kitt (Mar-June), Megan McKenna
(May-June), Long Road Festival
(Sept), Samantha Lloyd (Marc-May), Wolverhampton Country Songwriters Night
(March)
UK CHART NEWS
Official UK Top
100 Singles Chart (Week Ending
21 March 2019)
15 March 2019 - 21 March 2019
In an unchanged top four, Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You
Loved spends a third straight week at the summit.
After 10 consecutive weeks of growth, its consumption
was down 4.4% week-on-week to 62,336 (including 52,919 from sales-equivalent
streams + 9,417 paid-for sales)
15 March 2019 - 21 March 2019
Blowing in at #1 Psychodrama is Dave’s third album
chart entry. Psychodrama’s total consumption of 26,390 units includes a
contribution of 20,786 (78.76% of its total) from sales-equivalent streams and
5,604 in pure sales. While its streams are more than double any other title –
and the second highest in chart history in percentage terms, trailing only the
81.60% contribution streaming made to Post Malone’s week atop the chart with
Beerbongs And Bentleys last May - its paid-for sales of 5,604 were only the 11th
highest of the week.
New to the Top 75: Maren Morris with GIRL made a debut
at No.72 (1,503 sales). It's the
second chart album for Texan country singer. It follows HERO which made a debut at No.65 (1,556 sales; chart week March 23,
2017). It then fell 65-89 (1,000 copies) before falling off the top 100
Official UK
Country Album Top 20 (Week Ending
21 March 2019)
15 March 2019 - 21 March 2019
Maren Morris with GIRL made a debut at #1 (#131 UK iTunes)
Keith Urban with GRAFFITI U advanced 8-2 (12 weeks; #2 peak) (#372 UK
iTunes)
Ward Thomas with RESTLESS MINDS fell 2-3 (5 weeks; #1 peak) (below #700 UK
iTunes)
Wandering Hearts with WILD SILENCE fell 3-4 (50 weeks; #1 peak)
Yola with WALK THROUGH FIRE fell 1-5 (3 weeks; #1 peak) #695 iTunes
Ashley McBryde with GIRL GOING NOWHERE rose 7-6 (30 weeks; #3 peak) #112 UK iTunes
Townes Van Zandt with SKY BLUE made a debut at No.7
Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY fell 6-8 (26 weeks; #1 peak)
Long Ryders with PSYCHEDELIC COUNTRY SOUL fell 4-9 (3 weeks; #2 peak)
Florida Georgia Line with CAN'T SAY I AIN'T COUNTRY fell 5-10 (4 weeks; #2 peak)
Outside the Top 10
Chase Rice with LAMBS & LIONS made a debut at #11
Carly Pearce with EVERY LITTLE THING made a re-entry at
#12 (6 weeks; #9 peak)
Luke Combs with THIS ONE'S FOR YOU fell 9-13 (41 weeks; #5 peak)
Catherine McGrath with TALK OF THIS TOWN fell 14-19 (33 weeks; #1 peak)
Official
Americana Albums Chart Top 40 (Week Ending
21 March 2019)
15 March 2019 - 21 March 2019
Yola with WALK THROUGH FIRE rose 5-1, Patty Griffin with her self-titled album made a debut at No.5. Elles Bailey with ROAD I CALL HOME made a debut at No.24.
COUNTRY ALBUM RELEASES
(14 March 2019) Amanda Fama - Diner Talk (EP; Amanda Fama)
6 Tracks/ Time: 23:20 Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
'Diner Talk' is country-pop album with a cosmic,
singer-songwriter twist that tells stories about love, moving on and accepting
change. 23-year-old singer/songwriter from South Jersey. She's been playing
guitar, singing, and writing songs for about 11 years now, and hopes to pursue
a career in performing her original music
https://www.facebook.com/amandafamamusic/ (3,993 Likes)
(14 March 2019) Pamela
McNeill - Solitary (SweetHeart Records)
14 Tracks/ Time: 52:25 Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #174 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(15 March 2019) Hunter
Thomas Mounce - Folks Like Me and You (Hunter Thomas Mounce)
11 Tracks/ Time: 39:10 Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #17 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#404 UK
iTunes all-genres) | Debut #9 US
Country iTunes Album Chart (#84 US iTunes all-genres)
(15 March 2019) Tom
Russell - October in the Railroad Earth (Proper Records)
11 Tracks/ Time: 45:36 Americana Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #15 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#330 UK
iTunes all-genres) | Sun March 17: off the top 200
(15 March 2019) Lauren
Jenkins - No Saint (Big Machine Label Group, LLC)
10 Tracks/ Time: 36:04 Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #3 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#111 UK
iTunes all-genres) Sun March 17: off the top 200 | Debut #3 US
Country iTunes Album Chart (#27 US iTunes all-genres)
(15 March 2019) Over
The Rhine – Love & Revelation (Great Speckled Dog)
11 Tracks/ Time: 41:44 Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #47 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#1083
UK iTunes all-genres) | Debut #6 US
Country iTunes Album Chart (#50 US iTunes all-genres)
(15 March 2019) Francis
Rossi & Hannah Rickard - We Talk Too Much (earMUSIC) UK
Debut #1 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#28 UK
iTunes all-genres) | Sun March 17: #1 (#81 UK iTunes all-genres) | Mon Mar 18
#2 (#162 UK iTunes all-genres)
(15 March 2019) Dallas
Smith - The Fall (EP; 604 Records Inc.)
6 Tracks/ Time: 19:31 Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #14 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#329 UK
iTunes all-genres)
(15 March 2019) AJ
Sanders - AJ Sanders (EP; AJ Sanders)
5 Tracks/ Time: 17:15 Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #15 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#149 US
iTunes all-genres)
(15 March 2019) Kyle
Daniel - What's There to Say? (EP; )
5 Tracks/ Time: 15:26 Americana Amazon
UK -
UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #24 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#264 US
iTunes all-genres)
(15 March 2019) Jami
Grooms - Just a Drunken Vessel (Cash River Records)
10 Tracks/ Time: 34:02 Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #58 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#556 US
iTunes all-genres)
(15 March 2019) Cross
Atlantic - Beginnings (EP; Cross Atlantic Music)
5 Tracks/ Time: 15:29 Amazon
UK -
UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #192 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(15 March 2019) Kira
Isabella - Sides (Creator Brand Label Co.) CAN
(15 March 2019) Rachel
Wammack - Enough (EP; RCA Records Label Nashville)
Four carry forward re-released tracks + one new track
"Enough is for the people who encourage us in the
moments when we need it the most" - Rachel Wammack
(15 March 2019) Morgan
Colleen - Too Few & Far Between (EP; Victory Music Buzz)
AUSSIE NEWS
Country Songs Top 40 Australian Airplay chart (dated March
16, 2019)
1. MY FAMILY AND ME - Destiny Band Oz Album: Changes
2 BETTER DAYS - Casey
Barnes Album: The Good Life
3. COUNTRY
HEART - The Wolfe Brothers Album: Country
Heart
4. KEITH - Kaylee
Bell – Single
5. HONKY TONK BAR IN THE CITY - The Tony Q Band – Single
6. HOT HOT KISS - Christie
Lamb – Single
7. OUTRAGEOUS - Amber
Lawrence – Single
8. MERLE - Shelly
Jones Band Album: - Highways
9 I WONDER WHAT YOU KISS LIKE - Natalie Pearson & Brook Chivell – Single
10 IT'S A COWBOY THING - Andersonlane Album: This Girl
NEWS
NEWS
(13 March 2019) CMT Changes: An undisclosed number of CMT
staffers have been laid off, including Nashville-based SVP/Business Strategy
& Operations Suzanne Norman and New York-based SVP/Consumer Marketing &
Creative Anthony Barton. Viacom MTV Group President Chris McCarthy said the
changes "finalize the integration of CMT with a new, simplified
structure" in a memo to remaining staff. He also said the network's focus
on music and connection with Nashville will remain.
TV
TV
(12 March 2019) In Case You Missed It: Columbia's Maren Morris performed "Girl" on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(March 11). Watch here:
MUSIC NEWS
(11 March 2019) Streaming Growth Continues
Streaming reached a new peak this year, potentially
driven by smart speakers and a surge in podcasting, new data from Edison
Research and Triton Digital shows.
According to The Infinite Dial 2019 study, Americans
are spending more time listening to online audio (defined as listening to AM/FM
radio stations online or streamed audio on the internet) than ever, with weekly
listeners reporting an average of nearly 17 hours in the last week. Overall,
the percentage of Americans who listen to online audio has doubled since 2012,
surging from one-third of the population to two-thirds.
Where are they getting their
audio fix? Pandora emerges
as the leader — 30 percent of the population using audio brands chooses the
streamer most often, the study finds, compared with 25 percent who pick Spotify
and just 11 percent who go for Apple Music. Pandora also claimed the strongest
brand awareness among streamers: 89 percent of the population is familiar with
it, compared with 73 percent for Apple
Music and 71 percent for Spotify.
The study also reflects YouTube’s growing footprint in the music streaming realm, as more
than half of Americans report having used YouTube specifically for music in the
last week. That number is now 70 percent among 12- to 34-year-olds.
Amid the streaming surge, podcasting has a grip on the
majority of Americans, for the portion of the U.S. population aged 12 and up
who have ever listened to a podcast exceeded 50 percent for the first time.
Roughly one-third of the population (or 90 million
listeners) reported having listened to a
podcast in the last month, up from around a quarter in the 2018 survey.
PRESS RELEASES
(12 March 2019) Jimmie Allen Set To Make Debut On Abc's
"Good Morning America," Thursday, March 14
Singer/songwriter and Stoney Creek Records/BBR Music
Group artist Jimmie
Allen was slated to perform “21”
off his debut album, Mercury Lane, on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Thursday,
March 14. Allen’s first-time GMA performance follows a number of firsts for the
year and 2019 has just begun! Those milestones include the release of his
second single “Make Me Want To,” his first Academy of Country Music Award
nomination for New Male Artist of the Year, a first-time performance at C2C
Country to Country in London, a recently-announced performance spot on CMA
Fest's Chevy Riverfront Stage this summer and the debut of a sizzling cover of
the GRAMMY, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning smash hit “Shallow” (fellow
country newcomer, Abby Anderson) | See BLOG ).
(13 March 2019) Ole Red Gatlinburg Celebrates Grand Opening
With Blake Shelton
Raises Over $50,000 for Local High School’s Music Programs.
Week-Long "Spring Blake" Festivities Continue Through March 17 with
Contests, Giveaways and Performances from Former Contestants on NBC's "The
Voice" (March 14: Lauren Duski; March 15: Pryor Baird; March 16: Red
Marlow; March 17: Emily Ann Roberts)
Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) and Blake Shelton’s long-awaited restaurant and bar Ole Red Gatlinburg officially opened in downtown Gatlinburg. The
third of RHP’s Shelton-inspired entertainment venues celebrated with a press conference
and ribbon cutting moderated by 650 AM WSM’s Bill Cody featuring Shelton and
RHP CEO Colin Reed.
During the
press conference a special guest from Gatlinburg-Pittman High School was
invited on stage. Shelton and Reed presented the school with a check for $54,214 in support of the local
community and music education. The funds were raised by Ole Red Gatlinburg
auctioning tickets to Wednesday night (Mar 15) private Blake Shelton concert
with guests the Swon Brothers.
 |
| Pictured L to R: 650 AM WSM's Bill Cody, Gatlinburg-Pittman High School Assistant Principal AJ Bennett, Blake Shelton, Ryman Hospitality Properties CEO Colin Reed | Photo Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images |
(18 March 2019) George Strait In-The-Round At NRG Stadium Sets New Venue Attendance Record: 80,108
As Strait
Prepares for Release of 30th Studio Album, Honky Tonk Time Machine, the “King
of Country” Performs to Record Crowd in Houston, Texas, Surpassing His Previous
Attendance Record of 80,020 Set in
2013.
George Strait kicked off the night with one of his crossover No.1’s
“Write This Down” before covering a setlist spanning his 30 studio albums. When
Strait introduced the lead single “Every Little Honky Tonk Bar” from Honky Tonk
Time Machine, his new album due out March 29 on longtime label home MCA
Nashville, the crowd erupted, singing along from the first verse.
ARTICLES
(14 March 2019) Maren Morris Is the Future of Country Music
On her new album, Girl, out now, Morris Morris answers that question by defying genre once again,
her twang rising over layers of glossy pop, R&B and soul. In that
versatility, Morris represents a new generation of women in country who are
working to transcend the boundaries of their Nashville roots.... Read more at Time.com
INTERVIEWS
(11 March 2019) In Imogen
Marshall’s Off The Record first
episode of her C2C 2019 special, there are exclusive interviews with Ross Copperman ('Female' - Keith Urban, 'Get Along' - Kenny
Chesney), Laura
Veltz ('The Bones' - Maren Morris),
along with press conferences with Brett Eldredge, Runaway June and Chase Rice.
Your Life In A Song published the C2C PRESS CONFERENCE with Cam facing the media, shortly before her stunning main stage set at C2C Country to Country! Check out more with Lady Antebellum, Dustin Lynch, Hunter Hayes, Brett Eldrege and Runaway June here.
(11 March 2019) INTERVIEW Bailey Tomkinson:
British Country is exploding everywhere right now. Not only was Country2Country
bigger than ever this year, but there are now announcements of new Country
specific radio stations and even more Country festivals popping up around the country.
One of the most exciting talents to have appeared within the last 12 months is
St Ives' Bailey Tomkinson. With her new single, 7 Minutes In Heaven, showcasing
her folk-pop-country sensibilities, we decided to catch up with to find out
more about this upcoming talent....Read More Music News.com
(18 March 2019) Kree Harrison Interview by Christian Lamitschka for Country Music News International Magazine
& Radio Show recorded at CRS2019 in Nashville. Go Here
WATCH
(18 March 2019) After the release of her latest single,
"Looking Back On You" on February 22nd, Avalon Kali has
released the music video to accompany her new release. Female Music Nation
exclusively premiered the video Thursday (March 14). You can watch the official
music video for "Looking Back On You" here.
"It is not a typical break-up song”, Avalon says.
“Even though there were hurt and heartbreak, there were no feelings of regret.
I think at some point, we all have a relationship in our life that was full of
growth, support, and love. But, in the end, something’s not quite right. Even
though there is love there, it doesn’t necessarily mean that person is yours
forever. It’s a good feeling to look
back on someone and the memories you shared together and only be filled with
good thoughts.”
BIRTHDAYS
Birthdays in the week ahead
March 18: Charley
Pride, Phillip Sweet (Little Big
Town) (1974)
March 19: Crissie Rhodes (The Shires) (1988)
March 20: the late Jerry Reed - (March 20, 1937; died Sept 1, 2008 (aged 71)), Laura
Aston (UK 20 March 1993)
March 23: George
Fox (1960), Brett Eldredge
(1986), Brett Young (1981), Sabrina
Maria (UK)
March 24: Paul Bain (Raintown), Natalie Hemby (1977), Meghan O'Neil (1990), Mo Pitney (1993)
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