BREAKING NEWS
Country News – June 12, 2019
with Shannon McCombs
UK NEWS
(6 June 2019)
Emerging Essex-based duo Holloway Road surprised fans by confirming they will be one of the
only international artists performing at Nashville’s huge CMA Fest playing
an acoustic set followed by a meet & greet on the Spotlight Stage at 2pm on
Saturday June 8th as part of Xfinity Fan Fair X, along with other live &
media appearances across the weekend.
(6 June 2019) It
was announced
this week that Belles and Gals have gone into partnership with Black Barn Music
in a new joint management venture.
Named BGBB Music Management (Facebook), the new venture got
off to a flying start when Hannah Paris signed a contract extension with
us – for the last year Hannah has been
managed jointly by the two parties who have now officially formed BGBB.
Hannah Paris:
“Really happy to extend my contract with BGBB Music Management! They have shown
amazing support over the last 12 months, here’s to another fantastic year!
Absolutely
delighted to announce that BGBB Music Management have signed the wonderful
Louise Parker! Louise is an absolute breath of fresh air to the UK country
music scene - an incredible, vibrant artist, who has the ability to light up
any stage she plays.
(8 June 2018) The
Wandering Hearts play The Grand Ole Opry for a second time!
The
Wandering Hearts
were back in Nashville at CMA
Fest. On Saturday 8 June they played on
the Acoustic Corner Stage (3.40pm) before playing the Opry (7pm) where they
joined Jeannie Seely, Crystal Gayle, Charles Esten, Bill Anderson, Mark Wills,
Aaron Watson and Charley Pride.
They tweeted: It's been a whole year to the day since we made our Opry Debut and we still can't quite believe we had the honour to perform on that stage. It's an experience we will never forget AND we are back on the Opry stage TONIGHT at 7pmOnly just recovering from last night!! Thank you SO much @opry for having us back to celebrate our one year debut in style and amongst so many incredibly talented and warm people. Thanks to ByLauraCitron @AnyOldIronUSA for making us look cool! 😎 pic.twitter.com/5GQPcg5AzK— The Wandering Hearts (@thewanderhearts) June 9, 2019
On Tuesday 11 June
they play the Bluebird Cafe at 6pm! They tweeted: "Massive thanks to
Bluebird Cafe for having us down last night! Such a special night at such a
special venue" https://twitter.com/thewanderhearts/status/1138809763582676992
UK TOUR & GIG
UPDATES:
UK CHART NEWS
Official UK Top 100 Singles Chart (Week Ending
13 June 2019)
7 June 2019 - 13 June 2019
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber led for the fourth week in
a row with their collaboration "I Don’t Care" at No.1.
(paid-for sales (10,067), audio streaming (7,189,126) and video streaming
(1,778,417)), it racked up consumption of a further 78,206 units.
Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road was in second place for
the sixth week in a row, and seventh time in total on consumption of 73,073
units.
Official UK Top 100 Albums Chart (Week Ending
13 June 2019)
7 June 2019 - 13 June 2019
Lewis Capaldi extended his reign atop the album chart to three
weeks, despite consumption of Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent falling a
further 26% week-on-week to 29,429 units (including 16,325 from
sales-equivalent streams).
Official UK Country Album Top 20 Chart (Week Ending
13 June 2019)
7 June 2019 - 13 June 2019
Thomas Rhett with CENTER POINT ROAD made a debut at No.1
JJ Cale with STAY AROUND rose 3-2 (6 weeks; #2 peak)
Keifer Sutherland with RECKLESS & ME fell 1-3 (6 weeks; #1 peak)
Jessie Buckley with WILD ROSE - OST fell 2-4 (8 weeks; #1 peak)
Kacey Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR rose 6-5 (57 weeks; #1 peak)
Maren Morris with GIRL fell 4-6 (13 weeks; #1 peak)
Yola
with WALK THROUGH FIRE rose 8-7 (14 weeks; #1 peak)
Steve Earle & The Dukes with GUY fell 5-8 (10 weeks; #1 peak)
Francis Rossi & Hannah Rickard with WE TALK TOO MUCH fell 8-9 (12 weeks;
#1 peak)
Ward Thomas with RESTLESS MINDS fell 9-10 (17 weeks; #1 peak)
Outside the Top 10
Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY fell 10-11 (38 weeks; #1 peak)
Brooks & Dunn with REBOOT fell 11-18 (9 weeks; #5 peak)
Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40 (Week Ending
13 June 2019)
7 June 2019 - 13 June 2019
Jade Bird with her Self-Titled (GLASSNOTE MUSIC) album moved 2-1.
COUNTRY ALBUM
& SINGLES RELEASES
(4 June 2019) Hank Williams - The Complete
Health & Happiness Recordings (The Estate of Hank Williams/ BMG Rights Management
(US) LLC) 49 Tracks/ iTunes
(4 June 2019) Music City Hit-Makers Songs &
Symphony (—)
The debut EP features Nashville songwriters Brett
James (“I Hold On”), Jessi Alexander (“Mine Would Be You”), Chris DeStefano
(“From The Ground Up”), Hillary Lindsey (“Girl Crush”), Marcus Hummon (“Born To
Fly”) and Rivers Rutherford (“When I Get Where I’m Going”) performing their
hits as arranged for a symphony by musician/arranger Charlie Judge.
(7 June 2019) Luke Combs - The Prequel (River
House/Columbia)
Tracks/ Time: 16:54 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #1 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#45; #13 UK iTunes all-genres) |
Tues June 11: #1 (#39 UK iTunes all-genres)
Produced by Scott Moffatt, Combs’ first release
following the deluxe edition of his debut album boasts five new songs he
co-penned, including lead single “Beer Never Broke My Heart,”
which recently set the record for most adds on the Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart.
(7 June 2019) Sarah Darling - Wonderland (Be
Darling Records)
13 Tracks/ Time: 46:36 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #2 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#58; #50 UK iTunes
all-genres), Tues June 11: #29 (#1087 UK all-genres), Weds June 12: off the top
200 | Debut #111 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#795 US iTunes all-genres),
then #57 (#386 US iTunes all-genres)
(7 June 2019) Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion
- Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion (MDM Recordings Inc) 8 Tracks/ Time: 31:16 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
(7 June 2019) Melodime - Kings of a Self-Made
Dream (Lockstar Records)
12 Tracks/ Time: 44:44 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #41 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (# UK iTunes all-genres)
(7 June 2019) Jennifer Nettles - I Can Do Hard
Things (EP; Big Machine Label)
Debut #42 UK Country iTunes Album Chart, then #8 (#375 UK iTunes
all-genres), Tues June 11: #32 | Debut #27 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#213
US iTunes all-genres), then #3 (#13 US iTunes all-genres)
(7 June 2019) Chase Cummings - It's About Time
(Chase Cummings)
13 Tracks/ Time: Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #14 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#98 US iTunes all-genres)
(7 June 2019) Grady Spencer & the Work -
Celebrate (Grady Spencer & the Work)
11 Tracks/ Time: 42:15 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #16 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#115 US iTunes all-genres)
(7 June 2019) Sam Riggs - Love & Panic
(Deep Creek Records)
7 Tracks/ Time: 21:59 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #23 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#198 US iTunes all-genres)
(7 June 2019) Korey Rose - Thousand Miles Gone
(Korey Rose)
9 Tracks/ Time: 31:56 TRAD Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #56 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#408 US
iTunes all-genres)
(7 June 2019) Ginger Cowgirl - Ginger Cowgirl
(EP; Ginger Cowgirl)
5 Tracks/ Time: 16:53 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com -
Bandcamp
Debut #128 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#939 US iTunes all-genres)
https://www.facebook.com/gingercowgirl
(1,539 Likes)
(7 June 2019) Joel Gibson Jr. - Joel Gibson Jr.
(Joel Gibson Jr.)
Debut #166 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(7 June 2019) Alana Springsteen - Alana
Springsteen (EP; Warehouse West Entertainment Records) 5 Tracks/ Time: 17:51 Amazon UK - iTunes
(6 June 2019) Jessica Lynne - Warning Label
(Jessica Lynne) DEN
"Miranda Lambert-like spunk" - Janet
Goodman, Music News Nashville
https://www.facebook.com/jessicalynnemusic/ (20,578 Likes)
(7 June 2019) Ali Shumate - Every Bit of Me
(Hadley Music Group)
13 Tracks/ Time: 44:07 Bluegrass Amazon UK
(9 June 2019) Erica Sunshine Lee - Ready (EP;
Orsley Entertainment)
(7 June 2019) Nathan Carter - Gone Girls
(Single; Sharpe Music) UK
Time: 3:22 iTunes
Debut #2 UK Country iTunes Singles Chart (#88 UK iTunes all-genres)
(7 June 2019) Abby Inez - Bridges (Single; Abby
Inez) UK
(7 June 2019) Temecula Road - Fades (Single;
Buena Vista Records) Time: 3:07 iTunes
Country trio Temecula Road performed a high-energy set
including their brand new single, “Fades,” on the Radio Disney Country stage on
June 6, 2019 at CMA Music Festival in Nashville. The emotional new track, written by Temecula
Road’s Dawson Anderson, along with Kevin Bard and Mike Daly and produced by
Andrew DeRoberts (Devin Dawson, Kip Moore, Eli Young Band, Jillian Jacqueline),
the trio’s first new release in over a year
CANADIAN NEWS
(7 June 2019) Tenille Arts Makes Canada Proud at
NBA Finals Game 3
Reviver Records artist and Saskatchewan native Tenille Arts made
her home country proud delivering a beautiful rendition of "O Canada"
leading up to Game 3 of the 2019 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV last night
at Oracle Arena in Oakland. Tenille's performance was followed by Metallica's
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett's instrumental version of the U.S. national
anthem, and both aired live on ABC in the U.S. and on Sportsnet in Canada. The
Toronto Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors and now lead the series 2-1.
"It was
such an incredible moment to be able to sing the Canadian anthem then have
Metallica follow it with their amazing version of the U.S. anthem," said
Tenille. "Meeting them, and this entire night, is something I will never
forget!" Watch clip here
NEWS
(3 June 2019) New at Radio: STONEY LaRUE - “Hill Country Boogaloo”
Stoney LaRue has traveled the world performing music for over 20
years, but has never been this excited about a new album of songs as he is with
ONWARD slated for release in 2019. LaRue wrote several new songs and chose some
great artists songs to interpret for the 12 songs that make up ONWARD. Being
from Texas originally, LaRue always wanted to write a fun homage to his home
state.
On the album, he and fellow Texan Gary Nicholson wrote
“Hill Country Boogaloo” to honor their heritage and that great area of
the country they love. Stoney is enjoying touring more than ever and can’t wait
to play his new music for everybody, as well as long time fan favorites like
“Feet Don’t Touch The Ground”, “Oklahoma Breakdown” and “One Chord Song."
(3 June 2019) New at Radio: Hillary Reese -
"Wildfires"
Hillary Reese is a 12-year-old triple threat singer/songwriter/musician from the
Mississippi. Hillary has carved out a sound and style of her own. Reese tried
out for Choir and unfortunately did not make it.
Reese had a very different tone to her voice that did not blend with the other kids. Although this devastated her, her mother explained to her that her voice was just very different. Reese started putting a few videos of her singing covers on face book and they started hitting millions of views. This is when Dolly Parton's producer, Kent Wells started producing music for Reese. She is now 12 years old coming out with her first single "Wildfires". It was released to digital platforms on June 3, 2019 on Amazon & iTunes
Reese had a very different tone to her voice that did not blend with the other kids. Although this devastated her, her mother explained to her that her voice was just very different. Reese started putting a few videos of her singing covers on face book and they started hitting millions of views. This is when Dolly Parton's producer, Kent Wells started producing music for Reese. She is now 12 years old coming out with her first single "Wildfires". It was released to digital platforms on June 3, 2019 on Amazon & iTunes
(3 June 2019) Big Machine Records Signs Noah
Schnacky
BIG MACHINE RECORDS has signed Country newcomer Noah Schnacky to
a record deal. Schnacky, who played the label group's luncheon during Country
Radio Seminar in February, joins a roster that also includes Reba Mcentire,
Rascal Flatts, Carly Pearce, Midland, The Cadillac Three, and fellow newcomer Lauren
Jenkins.
“NOAH brings a wealth of great songs, huge streaming
numbers, incredible social engagement and a great work ethic to BIG MACHINE,”
shared BMLG Pres./CEO Scott Borchetta. “So proud to have him on board. It begins
now!” Added SCHNACKY, "Being a part of a team that believes in my music
and vision like Scott and the Big Machine Records family does is an artist’s
dream. This is the beginning of an incredible story and I’m extremely excited
to see it unfold.”
(5 June 2019) BMLG Records Celebrates 10th
Anniversary
NASHVILLE-based BMLGL RECORDS celebrated 10 years of success this week with a brunch hosted at the BIG MACHINE Store & Distillery in downtown Nashville on TUESDAY (6/5). Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta and BMLG RECORDS Pres./EVP Jimmy Harnen were joined by staff, artists, and VIP partners to celebrate their record-breaking sales, 31 #1 singles, 39 Top 10 hits and more than 50 accolades from the GRAMMYs, CMA, ACM, CMT, BILLBOARD, AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS and more. Artists in attendance included Lady Antebellum, Brett Young, Riley Green and Danielle Bradbery. The label's roster also includes Florida Georgia Line.
(6 June 2019) Granger
Smith's 3-year-old son, River, has
died. On Thursday (June 6), the singer shared that
there was a tragic accident and that despite doctor's best efforts, he and his
wife Amber said goodbye this week.
Smith — best know for songs like “If the Boot Fits”
and “Backroad Song” and for his alter ego Earl Dibbles Jr. — didn’t share the
nature of the accident or offer details about when it happened. “I have to
deliver unthinkable news,” he writes. “We’ve lost our youngest son, River Kelly
Smith.
(6 June 2019) Garth Brooks Sells A Million (142,000
units x 7 the seven albums in the Boxset)
Back on May 3 it was reported in LOS ANGELES that Garth Brooks just
passed the 1 million vinyl mark (* 1 million LPs total (7 LPs to a box set))
with his vinyl release, Legacy- The Vinyl Collection. This was the fourth and
final pre-sale window for the limited + numbered editions of Legacy. Fans could
purchase it at garthbrooks.com/vinyl.
The first window opened February 28th 60,000 full sets
of numbered Legacy Collection boxes SOLD OUT in 18 hours!
There is a lot of controversy surrounding Brooks‘
sales. Owner of a MBA and also owner of the masters of his recordings, the
singer knows how to perfectly handle his catalog. For 20 years now he has been
using multiple tricks to make his numbers look bigger. He did so by playing
with RIAA rules in order to get additional platinum awards out of the same
sales. That all started in 1998 with the release of both the double set
Double Live plus the 6CD box The Limited Series. These gimmicks sent him to the
#2 spot of all-time on RIAA list of most certified artists in the US. Add the
insane laziness of some journalists and you get “worldwide best selling solo
artist ever” tags claimed here and
there. -
(6 June 2019) Midland to release new album Let It
Roll on August 23rd.
Produced by Dann Huff, Shane McAnally and Josh
Osborne, the new album returns to the neo-traditional country sounds that made Midland’s Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy and Jess
Carson gain a buzz at country radio.
“We want to keep things fresh and real,” says Duddy.
“The beauty of being in Dripping Springs and spending so much time on the road,
we don’t get caught up in what’s trending. We’re able to follow our hearts (and
our livers) to where we think country is the best.”
“Everything we’ve learned out on the road touring On
The Rocks is all right here on this album,” says Wystrach. “These songs are
deeply personal and from the heart.”
“A lot of what was is still so cool, and with the help
of Dann, Shane and Josh, as well as the support of Scott and Big Machine, we’re
able to be true to the music and keep our kind of country alive,” said Carson.
(9 June 2019) Miranda Lambert debuted a
new song during her Saturday night set at Nissan Stadium, ripping through the
pummeling “Locomotive” for the CMA Fest crowd. It is Lambert’s first new music
since releasing the double album The Weight of These Wings in late 2017.
Lambert introduced the song, which she told the Tennessean was
“total country-punk rock,” by saying it was the first time she and her band had
played it for anyone.
During her CMA Fest set, Lambert also brought out Pistol
Annies bandmates Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley to sing a pair of
songs, including “Sugar Daddy” from their 2018 album Interstate Gospel.
TV
(5 June 2019) Big Loud's Jake
Owen performed "Made For
You" on ABC's The Bachelorette (3 June). Watch here.
(6 June 2019) In Case You Missed It: Broken Bow's Chase Rice was
surprised by Pearl's Garth Brooks on Entertainment Tonight. Watch here.
(6 June 2019) Sheryl Crow Appears on 'The Ellen
DeGeneres' show
THE VALORY MUSIC CO.'s Sheryl
Crow, joined by Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples, appeared
on “THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW” Thursday (June 6). The three singers
performed Crow’s new album track, “Live Wire,” from her upcoming
collaboration project, “Threads,” due out Friday, August 30th.
"MAVIS means so much more to me than any words I
could write about her,” Crow shared. “I feel like, in many ways, she is the
godmother to Bonnie. To say that having both of these soulful women on ‘Live
Wire’ is a treat would be a huge understatement.” See their performance here:
BABY NEWS
(6 June 2019) Margo Price gave birth
to Ramona Lynn Ivey, 7 lbs 12 oz, born June 4th, 2019 at 10:25 pm.
"We are all so in love with her, especially her big brother Judah Quinn".
(7 June 2019) Waterloo
Revival's George Birge, wife Kara
and son George James welcomed the latest addition to their family, Luke Birge,
May 28. "Being a new dad is the biggest blessing I could ever
imagine," says Birge. "Luke has absolutely rocked our world and we're
so in love with him. We are so excited to watch these two boys grow up together
as we build the roots of our family."
MUSIC NEWS
(4 June 2019) Eighteen years after it was
released, Apple is ready to retire iTunes.
Apple is launching a new Apple Music app for Mac, the
company announced at its Worldwide
Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. (June 3). Apple will continue to
operate iTunes Music Store in the sidebar in the Music app, and the company
tells Billboard the iTunes app will continue to exist on Windows.
What's Really Going On With Apple's iTunes Shutdown? Billboard
Why Is Apple Getting Rid Of iTunes? YouTube
(6 June 2019) Billboard.com Instagram
users can now add lyrics to the music in their Stories.
The photo and video sharing platform announced
Thursday (June 6) the new function's rollout. To add lyrics to a Story, users
first select a song from the app's music library, then while pinpointing the
section of the song they want to use lyrics will now automatically pop up.
Users can then customize the animation and text style they want before adding.
To promote the feature, Instagram enlisted singer
Billie Eilish to record a demo video in which she shares the lyrics to her song
“My Strange Addiction."...Read More at Billboard.com
PRESS RELEASES
(3 June 2019) Dierks Bentley Ignites an
“Unforgettable Fire” on BURNING MAN TOUR
Multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley relished in the energy of summer
tour with more than 48,000 fans during the launch of his 2019 BURNING MAN TOUR.
Capacity crowds were a common occurrence during the three-night run that
featured special guests Jon Pardi, Tenille Townes and the Hot
Country Knights as fans were on their feet for more than four hours. During
the first night in Cincinnati, OH, (May 30) "Bentley and his band
delivered a hit-packed performance" (Cincinnati Enquirer) that didn’t let
up the following night for Indianapolis, IN (May 31) as he also "focused
on stirring, communal moments” with his “unforgettable fire” (Indy Star). In
St. Louis, MO on Saturday (June 1), Bentley relayed to fans over a megaphone
that severe storms caused a power outage and promised to pick the show back up
the following night. Ironically this was the third year in a row Bentley's
headlining run battled weather in the city.
(4 June 2019) Chris Young Presents the 3rd
Annual Th3 Legends Cast For A Cure Big Bass Tournament” Draws Over 100 Anglers
to Raise Money for Cancer Research. Over $80,000 raised to benefit the T.J.
Martell Foundation
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| Photo credit: Richard Suter Photography |
Multi-Platinum entertainer Chris Young was joined by celebrities Drew Baldridge, Craig Wayne Boyd, T. Graham Brown, Jeff Cook, Wilson Frazier, Cody Hodgson, Jesse Labelle, James Neal, Eddie Reasoner, Tyler Reeve and The Swon Brothers along with legendary anglers and NBC Sports Outdoors’ Th3 Legends, Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and Roland Martin over the weekend as he presented “The 3rd Annual Th3 Legends Cast For a Cure Big Bass Tournament” outside Nashville, TN on June 1st. The family-friendly event netted over $80,000 benefiting the T.J. Martell Foundation, the music industry’s leading foundation to fund innovative cancer research.
“I couldn’t have asked for a better day on the lake,”
shared Chris. “The weather was perfect, I got to spend the day fishing with
friends and we raised a lot money for the T.J. Martell Foundation in
their fight against cancer, a battle my own Dad has fought and won.”
(5 June 2019) Garth Brooks Announces Blake
Shelton Duet - “Dive Bar”
Garth Brooks surprised fans with upcoming new music, revealing that he will duet
with Blake Shelton on the track “Dive Bar.” Announcing the
news during an interview with Entertainment Tonight at Shelton’s Ole Red Bar in
Nashville, TN, Brooks also shared that fans will get to hear the song for the
first time live when he and Shelton perform the track at Brooks’ Boise, ID’s
Albertsons Stadium show on July 19. Co-written by Mitch Rossell/Bryan
Kennedy/Garth Brooks, “Dive Bar” is taken from his forthcoming studio album FUN
and will be available at country radio on June 18 at 6am ET. On Saturday (June
8), Brooks will play a sold-out show at Denver, CO’s Mile High Stadium.
(7 June 2019) Fresh off his two-week No. 1 “Eyes On
You” that has accumulated more than 130 million streams, multi-Platinum
entertainer Chase Rice is back at it with the first taste of new music.
With excitement already percolating on acoustic versions posted to Rice’s
social media among fans eager for more, he used his headlining slot at Ascend
Amphitheater during his June 6 CMA Fest performance to announce what his
followers have been waiting for: “Lonely If You Are”
(10 June 2019) Deborah Allen Awarded Proclamation
From Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
Country music veteran Deborah
Allen was surprised with a special
presentation by T.G. Sheppard, Kelly Lang and WSM's Devon O'Day at Nashville’s
3rd & Lindsley Wednesday night (June 5) during the 6th annual Country
For A Cause, benefiting Monroe Carell Jr’s Children’s Hospital at
Vanderbilt. A proclamation from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, celebrating
Deborah's 40 years in country music, was tearfully and happily received. The
honor acknowledges not only her contributions as a singer, but also as a
celebrated, successful songwriter having been awarded seven BMI One Million
Air-Play Awards for her hit songwriting repertoire and one BMI Two Million
Air-Play Award for her smash hit “Baby I Lied.”
"I was completely stunned and deeply honored to
receive such a phenomenal Proclamation from our Tennessee Governor, Bill
Lee," says Deborah.
REVIEWS
(6 June 2019) Caroline Spence - Mint Condition
Rounder Records Rating: 5 STARS www.alancackett.com
With striking arrangements that are the perfect
vessels for her songcraft, not to mention a voice that is full of rustic
mystique, Caroline Spence is a writer and storyteller with timeless appeal.
There’s no doubt that she’s poured her heart into this album. As you listen,
you feel like you’re right beside her as she sings about the ups and downs of
her life and relationships. This album bears witness to the determination of
putting one foot in front of the other and to the power of music to get you
there. Emmylou Harris adds her distinctive harmonies to the closing title
track, as a way of endorsing Caroline Spence as a relatively new kid on the
block destined for great things.
Five Letter Word - Siren - Rating: 4 STARS www.alancackett.com
Five Letter Word are a trio from Portland Ohio
comprising Audra Nemir, Clara Baker and Leigh Jones, all talented singers,
songwriters and musicians who came together to pool their resources some 18
months ago.....Five Letter Word has managed to create a record which is both
eclectic and cohesive, uniting distinctive musical worlds in a new and exciting
sound. Of all their unique musical elements, the trio pride themselves most on
featuring close, three-part harmony in each of their songs. All three members
sing, play, and write their own music. Through impressive arrangements and
harmonies, they've developed a live act that is appealing to a wide audience,
and critics across generations have taken notice. Highly recommended.
WATCH
(4 June 2019) Ahead of a stacked week of headlining
performances and appearances, multi-PLATINUM chart-topper Brett Young dropped the “heartwarming” (CMT.com)
music video for his irresistible new single “Catch,” a song that
“soars” (Taste of Country) with "emotional balladry” (UpRoxx). Directed by
Seth Kupersmith and filmed at Young's alma-mater the University of Mississippi,
the video is infused with a semi-autobiographical storyline, transporting back
to his pivotal chapter as a collegiate baseball player and chronicling snippets
of an early love story, ultimately revealing the moment that changed everything
for Young. Watch the music video HERE.
(6 June 2019) Liv Austen -
Whole Heart (Official Music Video)
(7 June 2019) Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis - Astrodome (>> Official Music Video) off their new record 'Beautiful Lie', out June 21, 2019
(8 June 2019) Carrie
Underwood - Southbound
(Official Music Video)
COUNTRY FASHION
2019 CMT Music Awards carpet fashion (Review) – Click Here
PHOTO
(4 June 2019)
BIRTHDAYS
June 11: the late Wilma Burgess (June 11, 1939; died Aug 26, 2003 (aged 64)), Cindy Church
June 12: Junior Brown (1952), Chris
Young (1985), Roisin O'Hagan (UK; 21 on June 12, 2019)
June 13: the late Slim Dusty (June 13, 1927; died 19 Sept 2003 (aged 76), Dennis Locorriere (1943), Jason Michael Carroll (1978)
June 14: Gareth Thomas (formerly Dexeter), Anna Edman (Miss Winter, SWE), Lucy Hale
(1989)
June 15: Terri Gibbs (1954), Michael
Britt (Lonestar) (1966), the late Waylon
Jennings (June 15, 1937; died Feb 13, 2002 (aged 64))
June 16: Billy 'Crash' Craddock (1939)
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