Tenille Arts' Mother's Day Radio Special (Sunday, 12 May 2019 in United States)

Reviver Records artiste Tenille Arts celebrates moms hosting a one-hour Mother’s Day Special radio program

Woodrow Wilson (28th President of the United States: March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) designated the second Sunday in May as a national holiday in America honoring mothers.

This year Mother's Day is celebrated in America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and many other countries on Sunday, 12 May 2019

Tenille Arts hosts a one-hour music special dedicated to moms, featuring songs from today’s hottest country stars, including Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Ashley McBryde, Thomas Rhett, Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves and more. The program is packed with artist sound bites and liners for Mother’s Day.

It also features Tenille’s brand new song "Call You Names" which is the perfect song for Mother’s Day weekend. She explains the story behind her touching new single and her relationship with her own mother.

The Radio special is in 4 segments.

Watch the official music video for "Call You Names" by Tenille Arts. Directed by Robby Starbuck as a way of appreciating the moms who do everything and give all their love to their kids.

Rather than being overly sentimental, the lyrics describe the sometimes-complicated relationships between mothers and their children, and depict a more realistic approach to appreciating moms.

Arts begins the song by singing, “I remember you caught me / With that first cigarette I smoked / If you’d heard what I called you / You’da washed my mouth out with soap.”

Arts, who co-wrote the song with James T. Slater, includes two different choruses, which are delivered from two distinct perspectives.

The first, told through the voice of a teenager, says, “I called you controlling / I called you mean / I called you everything in between / I couldn’t wait to break your chains / So I called you names.” Arts has said the song was an apology to her mother for her own difficult teenage years. In the third verse, the song takes on more maturity, saying, “Now I’m here in this little one bedroom apartment / And I call you wondering how to / Get a wine stain out of the carpet / And we talk for an hour.”

The lyrics then segue into the second chorus, which continues to shift the now-grown teen's perspective to, “I call you mama, my best friend / My everything 'til the end / I call you my angel / I call you a saint / Yeah, I call you names.”

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Tenille Arts has had a suitcase full of dreams come true since she made the move to Nashville three years ago.

The powerhouse singer/songwriter made her national television debut performing her original song "Moment of Weakness" (co-writers Adam Wheeler and Rick Huckaby) on ABC’s top-rated The Bachelor on Monday, January 29th, 2018.

The episode featured Tenille performing the song for Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. during a special date. The song which was sent to radio describes that vulnerable moment perfectly.

About Tenille Arts

The 24-year-old Tenille Arts (her real name) was raised in the small Canadian prairie town of Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She picked up the guitar and penned her first song at the age of 13 and has been performing across the US and Canada ever since.

Tenille made her first trip to Nashville when she was 15 to pursue a music opportunity she had been offered. While gaining some valuable experience she returned to Canada to continue writing, performing, and finish high school.

She made the move to Nashville 3 years ago, and a songwriting session brought her to the attention of award-winning producer Matt Rovey (Craig Campbell, Dean Brody), songwriter/producer Adam Wheeler and Noble Vision Music Group head Hal Oven.

Tenille co-wrote 10 of the 11 songs on her REBEL CHILD album (iTunes), which was released on Oct 20, 2017 and debuted at #2 on the iTunes Canada Top Country Albums Chart, #12 on the All-Genres Chart and #34 in the United States.

On the Billboard Top Country Albums (Chart dated Feb 2, 2019) her 15-track deluxe album, made a debut at No.45. The interest was sparked by her appearance performing on ABC’s The Bachelor on Jan. 21.

Additionally, “I Hate This” made a Hot Shot Debut on Hot County Songs at No.41 and a bow at No.5 on Billboard Country Digital Singles Chart (Chart date Feb 2, 2019; (#36 New Entry on all-genre Digital Songs) with 6,000 sold.

The music video (director Todd Cassetty) achieved a huge milestone surpassing one million views on YouTube. Published on Oct 23, 2018 it has reached 1.5 million views.

Her ""Cold Feet" single (released July 2017 iTunes) so moved noted music critic Tom Roland that he penned a rare full-page feature about the recording in a recent issue of the Billboard Country Update.

See BLOG POST (July 2017) Tenille Arts - Cold Feet (Single Review) & Artist Spotlight

Music Row Magazine critic Robert K. Oermann called Tenille "Promising in the extreme," Pandora said, "with songwriting inspired by Don Henley and reminiscent of early Taylor Swift, and vocals the size of her native Canada, Arts’ future is bright," and popular country website whiskeyriff.com labeled Tenille a "new country artist name you need to know immediately."

The singer/songwriter inked a deal with REVIVER RECORDS in March 2018.

"We are thrilled to have Tenille join our family," shared REVIVER EVP/GM Gator Michaels. "She is a fantastic singer, writer, and player. The REVIVER team is honored to introduce Country music's next triple threat artist!" Arts added: "I’m so excited to be signing with REVIVER RECORDS. I've been building my team in Nashville for a couple of years now, and when I combine those incredible people -- Hal Oven, Adam Wheeler, Matt Rovey, Craig Campbell, Michael Emery, Powell Hedley, Jim Mazza, Debbye Scroggins, and cece dawson -- with everyone at REVIVER RECORDS, it's my dream team. It's the best feeling in the world as an artist to feel like every single person involved is passionate, genuinely excited about the music, and always thinking about the long term career. Everyone is already hard at work, and it feels great to be a part of something so special."

She released singles “I Hate This” (iTunes; release date July 27, 2018), “Mad Crazy Love” (iTunes; release date Sept 7, 2018) and “Calling You Names” (iTunes; release date April 26, 2019) with the label which was backed up by radio tours.

On Monday May 6, 2016, with 13 new radio commitments Call You Names was the 6^th most added single on the Country Aircheck Mediabase chart monitored stations.

Tied for most nominations Tenille took home two Saskatchewan Country Music Awards (SCMAs) for Female Vocalist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year (“Mad Crazy Love”) at the 2019 ceremony (>> YouTube).

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