Scott Southworth's new single "Wish I Was Here" impacting radio

The buzz around Scott Southworth's hardcore, honky tonk music continues with his brand-new release to radio. "Wish I Was Here" is available to radio today. It is track number six on the award-winning album titled, "Hey, Hillbilly Singer!" (iTunes)

The timing is perfect as the countdown to summer is on. The music and lyrics set up an island paradise. But this is not your typical summer celebration on the beach. Instead, Southworth's yearning twang reveals a heart left behind with the love of his life. It is a case of being there, but not being there at the same time that will play out in an upcoming video shot on the Gulf Coast. Southworth is the sole songwriter on "Wish I Was Here," which stays true to his pure country, traditional stylings.

Scott Southworth's songwriting and recordings have generated a number of accolades over the past year. 

His album, "Hey Hillbilly Singer" was named the Academy of Western Artists Pure Country Album of the Year, as well as the North American Country Music Association International (NACMAI) Adult Country Album Horizon Award winner. The album also topped the Airplay Direct Top 50 Country/Alt. Albums Chart.

A Country Thang Daily review points out, "This could be one of the best examples of how people ought to be making country albums all year.”

Editor Duncan Warwick with Country Music People says, “... it’s as if Southworth were tasked with making not just a perfect country album but one that encompasses everything that’s good about country in the first place.”

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"Hey Hillbilly Singer!" Track Listing:

1. Hey Hillbilly Singer! (co-write w/Marc Alan Barnette) * first single released to radio

2. The Honky Tonk In Me

3. Nothing Left To Fight For Anymore

4. Nobody Leaves This World Alive (co-write with Heino Moeller - The Music Row Show co-host)

5. Put Another Quarter In The Ride

6. Wish I Was Here

7. Last Stop In Luckenbach

8. Why Can't Every Day Be Friday Night?

9. Cigar Store Indian

10. I Ain't Leaving Town (Duet w/Bobby Marquez) (co-write with Heino Moeller - The Music Row Show co-host)

11. I'll Always Remember This

2019 Tour Dates:

US Dates May 11 – Nashville TN – 3rd and Lindsley to October 5 – Pensacola FL – Pensacola Songwriters Fest

Oct 11, 12, 14 – Switzerland – TBA

Oct 24 – Barcelona Spain – Festival Intl. de Country Music de Santa Susana

Oct 26 – Barcelona Spain - TBA

To keep up with Scott Southworth's latest news, visit www.scottsouthworth.com or follow Scott at www.facebook.com/scottsouthworthmusic

About Scott Southworth:  Originally hailing from the great Pacific Northwest, Scott is an award-winning, Nashville-based performing singer/songwriter, a Top 40 charting recording artist in Europe and the creator/co-host of Radio/TV's "The Music Row Show."

His 2018 release, Hey Hillbilly Singer! received rave reviews from Music Row Magazine, Country Music People Magazine (Image) and Saving Country Music. The album ranked in the top ten downloads on Airplay Direct in only a week's time going on to win the AWA Pure Country Album of the Year and the NACMAI Adult Country Album Horizon Award.

Re: "Hey Hillbilly Singer!": "If you don't like Scott Southworth, you don't like Country Music...excellent Country songwriting that you just don't hear anymore… This, and the song “I Wish I Were Here” are examples of excellent country songwriting that you just don’t hear anymore, leaving a true country music listener yearning, and salivating over an artist like Scott Southworth when they pass under their nose.."" 8/10” – Trigger Saving Country Music Review

Southworth performs regularly in Nashville at the Bluebird Cafe, Douglas Corner and the Commodore Grille as well as house concerts and many songwriting festivals around the country and overseas. Scott has been a featured performer on RFD TV's nationally televised "Market Day Report", the nationally syndicated "Chico & B-Man" Television Show and has been a featured artist on WSM Radio's "Nashville Today w/Devon O Day" and "The Allnighter" with Marcia Campbell, Knoxville's "The Writers Block", several performances on WDVX's "Blue Plate Special" and "Tennessee Shines" as well as many other local TV and Radio programs across the US.

 Most recently, Scott Southworth has headlined country music festivals in France, Norway, and Germany.



Scott has written and co-written more than 60 Indy cuts. Country Music People Magazine named him their September 2016 "Honky Tonker Of The Month" and his songs "Whiskey Bottle" and "Whiskey In Heaven" were tied for the #1 spot on the UK's "Kicking Cuts Chart."

Scott is proud to be a Larrivee Guitar and Schertler Pickups endorsed artist