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BREAKING NEWS
Country News – June 26, 2019
with Shannon McCombs
This week, Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood
talks about sharing his birthday with America! And get the latest news on
Alabama, Craig Morgan, Blake Shelton, and Garth Brooks. Plus… News of
previously unreleased Conway Twitty music!
UK NEWS
On the BBC Radio 2 Playlist
for the week commencing Saturday 22 June 2019
C List
Sheryl Crow feat. Joe Walsh - Still The Good Old Days added to
the “C” Playlist
OUT
Yola
- Shady Grove removed from the “C” Playlist
(19 June 2019) Less
than a Month to go before Nashville takes over Essex for the first Dixie Fields
Festival.
It’s only 4 weeks
until Dixie Fields – Essex’s first
country music festival, scheduled for the weekend 12th-14th July 2019. What started as a small family dream has now
become the real deal. This boutique
country music festival, listed by the Telegraph last month in the top 50 UK
festivals this summer, has attracted some serious Nashville and UK talent. Read more
(20 June 2019) Holly Rose Webber's "Let
It Out" was played as the UK tip of the week on Bob Harris
Country Show on BBC (June 20; Paul Sexton sitting in BBC Sounds)
"A song I've
really been enjoying...good lively British Americana" - Paul Sexton
(23 June 2019) The
Adelaides: Bob Harris, Michael Ball & Celine Dion!
The up-and-coming
female country trio The Adelaides made their debut in The Musician's Circle. The young
British group performed their new single, telling Michael Ball all about their
time in Nashville as well as how they've achieved so much since forming back in
2017.
After their first
BBC Radio 2 spin which opened the Bob Harris Country Show ("Very cheerful
stuff" June 13; Paul Sexton sitting in BBC Sounds)
a couple of weeks back, The Adelaides performed LIVE on BBC Radio 2 for
Michael Ball (Sun 23 June 2019)!
They also dropped
the exclusive announcement live on air that they would be supporting Celine
Dion at this year’s British Summer Time in Hyde Park in a couple of weeks!
BBC Sounds : At 52mins performed "Good
Love" (Radio 2 Session, 23 June 2019) and at 1hr 11 in
conversation and performing a cover of Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now”
We had an absolute ball with @mrmichaelball 😜— The Adelaides (@theadelaidesuk) June 23, 2019
Thanks for having us @BBCRadio2 !! 🥳
Who tuned in?! pic.twitter.com/5AiUvdmgij
UK TOUR & GIG
UPDATES:
UK CHART NEWS
Official UK Top 100 Singles Chart (Week Ending
27 June 2019)
21 June 2019 - 27 June 2019
No.1 for the sixth week in a row, Ed Sheeran
& Justin Bieber’s "I Don’t Care was helped by the
release of a Loud Luxury remix, slowing its decline in consumption to 3.70%
week-on-week at 65,420 units, including 57,689 from sales-equivalent
streams. With total consumption of 517,156 units in 42 days, it is the 29th
track by Sheeran to top the 500,000 mark, and the 12th by Bieber.
Seven weeks after Me! (feat. Brendon Urie) debuted and
peaked at No.3 for Taylor Swift,
follow-up "You Need To Calm Down" debuted at No.5 (37,124
units). They are the first two tracks from Swift’s upcoming seventh studio
album, Lover. "You Need To Calm Down" marked her 33rd Top 75 entry
and 13th Top 10 hit.
Lil Nas X’s "Old Town Road" (which was No.2 for seven
straight weeks) had the value of its streams halved as it fell into Accelerated
Chart Ratio (ACR). After 3 consecutive weeks of decline a stream to sale ratio
of 300:1 can be applied. It dipped 2-7 as a result on consumption of
34,114 units, it would still be No.2 with 61,692 sales if ACR didn’t exist.
Official UK Top 100 Albums Chart (Week Ending
27 June 2019)
21 June 2019 - 27 June 2019
Only nine acts in chart history have had 10 or more
albums in UK chart history, and two of them, both in their 60s, went
head-to-head to increase their tallies this week, namely Madonna and Bruce
Springsteen.
Madonna had far more publicity ahead of the event,
releasing five tracks from her new set as singles/preview tracks, performing at
Eurovision and chatting on The Graham Norton Show. However, it was The Boss –
Springsteen - who won the battle at a canter with WESTERN STARS (tagged
Rock).
His first regular studio album since High Hopes, it
surpassed that set’s initial tally of 48,620 sales, with an opening tally of 52,290
– the third highest of the year for an artist album – including 2,101 from
sales-equivalent streams + 45,413 in paid-for sales.
Official UK Country Album Top 20 Chart (Week Ending
27 June 2019)
21 June 2019 - 27 June 2019
Sarah Darling with WONDERLAND rose 2-1 (2 weeks; #1 peak)
Cassidy Janson with CASSIDY (BMG) made a debut at #2
Jessie Buckley with WILD ROSE - OST climbed 6-3 (10 weeks; #1 peak)
Keifer Sutherland with RECKLESS & ME held at No.2 (8 weeks; #1
peak)
Kacey Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR fell 3-5 (59 weeks; #1 peak)
Chris Stapleton with TRAVELLER climbed 7-6 (67 weeks; #1 peak)
JJ Cale with STAY AROUND fell 5-7 (8 weeks; #2 peak)
Thomas Rhett with CENTER POINT ROAD slumped 1-8 (3 weeks; #1 peak)
Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY held at No.9 (40 weeks; #1 peak)
Yola
with WALK THROUGH FIRE fell 8-10 (17 weeks; #1 peak)
Outside the Top 10
Maren Morris with GIRL fell 10-12 (15 weeks; #1 peak)
Ward Thomas with RESTLESS MINDS felll 13-15 (19 weeks; #1 peak)
Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40 (Week Ending
27 June 2019)
21 June 2019 - 27 June 2019
Bruce Springsteen's WESTERN STARS debuted at #1 while Calexico & Iron &
Wine's YEARS TO BURN and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real's TURN
OFF THE NEWS (Build a Garden) made their first entries at #2 and #4,
respectively.
COUNTRY ALBUM
& SINGLES RELEASES
(21 June 2019) Willie Nelson - Ride Me Back
Home (Sony Music Entertainment)
11 Tracks/ Time: (CMP June 2019 4.1/2 STARS) Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #3 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#145 UK iTunes all-genres), Sun June
23: #1 (#138 UK iTunes all-genres) | Debut #2 US Country iTunes Album
Chart (#3 US iTunes all-genres)
Alongside new compositions and the title track, the
collection features covers of songs including Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You
Are,” Mac Davis’ “It’s Hard to Be Humble” with Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson,
and Guy Clark’s “Immigrant Eyes” and “My Favorite Picture of You.”
(21 June 2019) Aaron Watson - Red Bandana (Big
Label)
20 Tracks/Time: 1:09:49 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #2 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#87 UK iTunes all-genres) | Debut
#1 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#1 US iTunes all-genres)
2019 will mark Watson’s 20th year as a music artist
and according to Watson, he celebrates with a new (non-holiday) album, Red
Bandana. The album includes 20 tracks, all penned by Watson.
The 20-track album, penned by WATSON, is believed to
be the first mainstream Country album since Alan Jackson’s "Good
Time" to be entirely written by one person. Watson revealed that it was a
conversation with his father about WILLIE NELSON last summer that inspired the
album and kept him motivated through the writing process.
(21 June 2019) The Raconteurs - Help Us
Stranger (Third Man Records)
(21 June 2019) Jim Lauderdale - From Another
World (Yep Roc Records)
Debut #83 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#589 US iTunes all-genres)
(21 June 2019) Buddy and Julie Miller - Breakdown
on 20th Ave (South/New West Records) 14 Tracks/Time: 50:23 Amazon UK - iTunes
Debut #4 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#156 UK iTunes all-genres) | Debut
#61 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#459 US iTunes all-genres)
(21 June 2019) Carly Connor - The Goldie Hawn
Stole My Guitar (EP; Carly Connor) UK
Debut #24 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#1107 UK iTunes all-genres)
Blurb: Carly Connor has a voice you will never forget; it
rasps and yells like Janis Joplin, yearns the pain of heartache like Lucinda
Williams and rages the wild fire of Tina Turner and Maria McKee.
All of these souls she carries into her intimate but powerful live performance, an explosive cocktail tinged with a God given natural humour. It’s fair to say Carly wears her heart on her sleeve and is honest to the core, staying forever true to her roots.
All of these souls she carries into her intimate but powerful live performance, an explosive cocktail tinged with a God given natural humour. It’s fair to say Carly wears her heart on her sleeve and is honest to the core, staying forever true to her roots.
Raised in Glasgow’s tough housing scheme of Easterhouse,
the now 25-year-old Singer-songwriter Carly earned her stripes as a young teen
playing tiny working men's pubs and clubs, not unlike some of the great
Glaswegians before her such as Maggie Bell, Frankie Miller, Lulu and her
long-time friend Paulo Nutini.
Having been described as ‘a Scottish Amy Winehouse in
Rhinestones’, it’s true that once you’ve heard and seen Carly, you’ll never
forget her.
https://www.facebook.com/carlyconnoruk (4,340 Likes)
(21 June 2019) Reckless Kelly - Bulletproof
Live (No Big Deal Records)
Debut #7 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#44 US iTunes all-genres)
(21 June 2019) Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis -
Beautiful Lie (Next Waltz)
10 Tracks/Time: 34:53 (CMP June 2019 5 STARS Album of
the Month)
Debut #26 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (below #1100 UK iTunes all-genres) |
Debut #16 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#143 US iTunes all-genres)
(21 June 2019) Josh Ward - Live at Billy Bob's
Texas (Smith Music Group)
21 Tracks/Time: 1:36:16 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #25 UK Country iTunes Album Chart | Debut #1 US Country iTunes Album
Chart (#61 US iTunes all-genres)
(21 June 2019) Koe Wetzel - Harold Saul High
(YellaBush Records)
15 Tracks/Time: 50:57 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #3 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#13 US iTunes all-genres)
(21 June 2019) Sunny Leigh Shipley - Out of the
Sky (Mailboat Records)
12 Tracks/Time: 42:39 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #11 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#86 US iTunes all-genres)
Genre: Country/ bluegrass/ folk | Home Town: Rotan, Tx
Sunny has written and co-written numerous songs,
including “Oh, Tonight” for the Josh Abbott Band, which hit #1 on the Texas
Country Charts and made it to the Top 50 of Billboard’s Country Chart. Sunny
continues to write music in both Austin, TX and Nashville, TN. https://www.facebook.com/sunnyleighshipley/ (2,179 Likes)
(21 June 2019) Bart Crow - I'm Not Finished
(EP; Beryn Art Records)
5 Tracks/Time: 19:35 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
| Debut #37 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#313 US
iTunes all-genres)
(21 June 2019) Sam Baker - Horses and Stars
(Sam Baker; Bluelimestone)
(21 June 2019) Lauren Ashley Wilson - Lauren
Ashley Wilson (EP)
https://www.facebook.com/thelaurenash (110 Likes)
(21 June 2019) Breaking Grass - Cold
(Cody Farrar Music BMI)
Breaking Grass is known for their original
material and exciting performances. They are a progressive and energetic group
with a large following from both bluegrass and Americana fans.
(21 June 2019) Merle Monroe - Back to the Country (Pinecastle Records)
12 Tracks/ Time: 32:37 Amazon UK
Merle Monroe is a project started recently
by bluegrass veterans Tim Raybon and Daniel Grindstaff, who had worked together
for some time as members of Tim’s brother’s group, Marty Raybon & Full
Circle. Both are successful businessmen during the week, who love to play
bluegrass on the weekends. Tim has a real estate agency in Nashville, and Daniel
owns his own insurance agency in Elizabethton, TN.
They chose the band name for their two
musical heroes, Merle Haggard and Bill Monroe, and their sound reflects both
the smooth country sound of the Hag, and the raw bluegrass energy of Big Mon.
(23 June 2019) Christa Joy - Get On, Heart!
(Christa Joy)
11 Tracks/ Time: 39:12 Amazon UK
(21 June 2019) Mairead - Searching for Ghosts
(Single; Máiréad) UK
Mairead is a modern country singer-songwriter who was
born and raised in Country Tyrone, Northern Ireland where Irish folk and
Country music was always a huge part of her culture and family life. Mairead
has a love for Irish / American Folk and Country music. She takes inspiration
from artists such as Christy Moore, Cara Dillion, Mary Black, Leanne Rimes,
Miranda Lambert and Randy Travis. Her Irish folk twist on modern country music
is what sets her apart from other artists in the current market. Mairead moved
to London a few years ago and has been working hard creating her debut album.
Belles and Gals - Just last month we named Máiréad as one
of the three new Belles and Gals ambassadors and today we’re delighted to
feature her new single ‘Searching For Ghosts’. The track is simply fantastic,
showcasing both the incredible vocals of the Irish singer songwriter and the
songwriting ability.
I’ve grown up on Irish/Celtic music. I love artists
like Mary Black, Enya, Cara Dillon and Cristy Moore. I absolutely love Carrie
Underwood and LeAnn Rimes. I’ve actually been described as an Irish LeAnn Rimes
quite a few times before which I am super happy about! It’s the story telling
and raw emotion in country music that just pulls me in.
(21 June 2019) Natasha Magee - PositiviTEA
(Single; Natasha Magee) UK
Debut #28 UK Country iTunes Singles Chart, then #25, then #17
Hometown: London and Ireland Based | https://www.facebook.com/natashamageeartist/ (695 Likes)
AUSSIE NEWS
(17 June 2019) New Release: Blake Benecke - Low
On Money (High On Life)
Growing up in a small country town in Central
Queensland, Blake Benecke found his passion for music at a young age when he
began songwriting and playing the guitar. Blake initially performed at local
pubs and restaurants and his career took to new heights when he opened at the
2017 VDM Music Fest. To his credit his first released single, ‘Gettin’ There’,
soared to an amazing number #2 on the Country Music iTunes chart October 2018
staying there for 3 days! Blake has
since been working tirelessly to achieve his music career goals and his passion
for storytelling is strongly evident in his songwriting.
After releasing his second single ‘Hopeless’ in
February this year Blake now releases his very earnest 3rd single ‘Low on
Money (High on Life)’. Blake intimates ...“I wrote this song while
reminiscing about a time in my life when I was very happy. I had just left
school and moved into a share house on a farm with 2 of my best mates, I had
nothing. Well nothing in my bank account, but I really had everything. Proving
money doesn't buy happiness, all we needed was good times, good mates and a bit
of booze”. The song is available on iTunes.
CANADIAN NEWS
(21 June 2019) HOT AND NEW MEGHAN PATRICK Wild
As Me
Back-to-back Canadian Country Music Association Female
Artist of the Year winner, Meghan Patrick,
has returned with her new single, "Wild as Me." The single, co-written by Meghan in her new
home of Nashville, is the follow up to her #1 hit single, "Walls Come
Down." Produced by Jeremy Stover,
"Wild as Me" features backup vocals by Mitchell Tenpenny.
In addition to the new music, Meghan is celebrating
her latest wins at the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards last
Sunday. She took home five awards,
including Fans' Choice, Female Artist of the Year, Songwriter(s) of the Year,
Album of the Year and Video of the Year.
This marks the second consecutive year that Meghan has received the
Fan's Choice Award, and her third consecutive Female Artist of the Year win.
(21 June 2019) Canadian Country Singer MacKenzie Porter and Nashville Actor Jake Etheridge Are
Engaged
The Canadian country singer, 29, and former Nashville
actor, 31, got engaged on May 30 after more than five years of dating, PEOPLE
confirms exclusively.
"Jake took me out for an eight-course dinner at a
new Indian restaurant in Nashville," MacKenzie
Porter told PEOPLE. "We walked
home, and when I opened up our front door, his favorite song [James Carr's 'The
Dark End of the Street'] was playing. The floor was covered in candles and
roses, there was champagne on ice and he instantly got down on one knee. He
said all of the sweet things and asked me to do forever with him!"
Read the story in People HERE
(21 June 2019) Canadian
Sykamore is the first artist to sign
with Music Knox Records, a joint venture between award-winning Country
music producer Michael Knox and BBR Music Group/BMG. Sykamore is a
singer-songwriter celebrated for her articulate songwriting and genre-defying
voice.
The talented vocalist, musician, composer and storyteller moved to Nashville in 2017
after being discovered on Twitter by prolific hit
songwriter, Rhett Akins. Soon after, she
signed a publishing deal with Home Team (founded by Rhett Akins and Thomas
Rhett as a joint-venture with Roc Nation). In 2018, Sykamore self-released an
EP titled Self Medicine that has garnered more than 1.4 million on-demand
streams to date.
"I'm
honoured to be the first artist signed to Music Knox," said Sykamore. "The passion Michael has brought to this
project as A&R and producer is truly amazing, and it makes me so excited
for what's next. The BBR/BMG family has
been incredible, and I can't wait to work with them and put out some great
songs!"
The Carseland, Alberta, Canada native was raised on a
fourth-generation cattle ranch
in a house built by her great grandfather. Growing up
listening to superstars like the Dixie Chicks, fellow Canadian Shania Twain and
Zac Brown Band, Country music has always been Sykamore's passion, but it wasn't
until 2012 that she began creating music of her own. In the time since, she has
been recognized at numerous songwriting-focused events including the ATB
All-Albertan Song Contest, Project Wild, and the Canadian Country Music
Association's annual Discovery Program. She has traveled across North America
performing for thousands, including several hometown shows at the world famous
Calgary Stampede.
NEWS
(18 June 2019) Chris Lane and The Bachelor alum
Lauren Bushnell are engaged!
Engage Meant: Big Loud's Chris
Lane proposed to The Bachelor's Lauren
Bushnell Sunday (June 16) in the backyard of her family’s Oregon home.
"I can’t stop smiling," Bushnell posted on Instagram. "I feel so
incredibly blessed that every misstep, mistake and heartache has led me to you.
I couldn’t be happier to call you mine, forever."
(20 June 2019) Tanya Tucker to "star"
on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Tanya Tucker has a feisty reputation, but she’ll be happy to have people stepping on
her in the coming years. On June 20, Tucker was announced as a 2020 recipient
of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She’s the only country entry among 11 music figures
destined for the pavement next year, including Billy Idol, 50 Cent, Elvis
Costello and late Atlantic executive Mo Ostin. The news comes as Tucker
prepares to release her first album in 17 years — While I’m Livin’, produced by
Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings — on Aug.23. Among the other country
artists who’ve been added to the Walk of Fame this decade are Alan Jackson,
Vince Gill, Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood.
(21 June 2019) Kane Brown & Marshmello
RCA Nashville's Kane Brown and Dance/Electronic DJ Marshmello
released their new collaboration, titled "One Thing Right”
(Joytime Collective | June 21, Amazon | iTunes).
Brown and Marshmello cowrote the song with hit songwriters Jesse Frasure, Josh
Hoge and Matthew McGinn. It is Marshmello's first collaboration with a Country
artist. The two performers debut the song live on "Good Morning America's
Summer Concert Series" on ABC-TV (June 30).
Brown described
how the collaboration began, saying, "Marshmello had reached out to say
congratulations [to me] while I was at the AMAs." He added, “I sent him
the song, and he ended up being really passionate about it, and said he wanted
to even make it a single, so we ended up working on it together. I am a huge
Marshmello fan and think he is an incredible artist in his space, so I am
thrilled to be able to get to collaborate with him on this. It’s amazing seeing
a song you wrote come to life like that."
AMERICANA NEWS
(22 June 2019) "There are a lot of things [going
on] in America [that make me] feel passionate about being able to give young
women the strength and make them feel empowered." - 2019 Americana
Emerging Act of the Year Nominee Jade Bird talked about empowering her female fans, the
challenging aspects of a music career and why she likes to sport jumpsuits so
often. Read more
TV
(21 June 2019) In Case You Missed It: Mercury's Shania Twain appeared
on ABC's Strahan and Sara (6/20). Watch here (announced
she is making another album) and here.
(23 June 2019) Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus performed "Old Town Road" at
the BET Awards. Watch here.
(23 June 2019) In Case You Missed It: Valory's Aaron Lewis performed
"If I Were The Devil" on TBN's Huckabee (June 22). Watch
here
MUSIC NEWS
(20 June 2019) New Study Finds Millennials Are
'The Biggest Audio Generation'
The audio landscape is exploding and over the last two
years there has been huge growth across various audio categories including a 2500%
growth in smart speaker ownership and more than 48% increase in podcast
listening, according to the EDISON INFINITE DIAL 2019 study. And today IPSOS
released a new research study commissioned by iHEARTMEDIA - “Day in the life
Audio Journey” - demonstrating that consumer interest in audio is now at an
all-time high, with listeners enjoying more audio content across a vast array
of platforms including broadcast radio, digital streaming, podcasts and smart
speakers.
The study explores daily audio usage and habits of
Americans ranging from 13 to 64 years old and captures when, where and how
these various generations are consuming their favorite audio.
The study highlights that radio continues to reach
more people than any other media both daily and weekly. On a weekly basis, broadcast
radio reaches 85% of consumers, surpassing all other audio channels
including social media (68%) and live television (56 percent). The research
also showed that radio has two times the daily listening of streaming services,
reaching 69% of consumers compared to streaming music’s 34 percent.
The study also explores where and when people listen
and shows that audio listening is most often done on-the-go, with 65% done
outside the home and most often in the car, with radio accounting for 65% of
in-vehicle audio listening. Radio also serves as a companion throughout the
day; it leads media use 70% of waking hours and is the most used audio platform
all day, and at all hours. The research additionally shows that the rise of
smart speakers has made radio more prominent than ever in the home, uncovering
that homes with smart speakers have spent 47 percent more time listening to
radio during prime hours (8-10pm) than those listeners without.
PRESS RELEASES
(18 June 2019) Jeannie C. Riley - "Me and
Bobby McGee"
Jeannie C. Riley, best known for her worldwide mega hit,
"Harper Valley P.T.A." has a new single heading to
radio! The song is her soulful and very personal version of "Me and Bobby
McGee," written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster that became a
posthumous No. 1 hit in 1971 for the late Janis Joplin.
"Me and Bobby McGee" is the first single
from Jeannie C. Riley "The Music City Sessions” released by Country Rewind
Records. All the tracks on the album were intended solely for broadcast over
Country radio and were then forgotten. The original master tapes of those radio
shows, long thought to have been destroyed were discovered by Country Rewind
Records CEO, Tom Gramuglia, among those masters were recordings by Waylon
Jennings, Connie Smith, Johnny Russell, Mickey Gilley, Ferlin Husky, Faron
Young, Conway Twitty and others, dating from the same era.
(19 June 2019) Country music singer/songwriter
Scotty McCreery’s new music video for his current single “In Between” premiered
exclusively on USAToday.com.
The video was directed by Jeff Ray, the Austin,
TX-based filmmaker who also directed Scotty McCreery’s previous two videos for his back-to-back No. 1 hits:
“Five More Minutes” (Platinum-certified single nearing 100 million video views
on YouTube) and “This is It” (Gold-certified single nearing 50 million videos
views on YouTube). Both videos also topped the “CMT Hot Country Countdown.”
“In Between” was written by McCreery, Frank Rogers, Jessi Alexander, and Jonathan Singleton and produced by Rogers. It is the North Carolina native’s third single from his Seasons Change album on Triple Tigers Records, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. Rolling Stone named Seasons Change as one of the “40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2018” and Whiskey Riff named it as one of the “30 Top Albums of 2018.” Taste of Country said Seasons Change “showcased [McCreery’s] growth as a songwriter and storyteller and his understanding of how and when to share parts of his own story.
(21 June 2019) "Jeannie Seely, "Miss
Country Soul," Bestowed Honor Of The Standing Ovation Award By The
Donelson-Hermitage Chamber Of Commerce Women In Business
 |
| Photo Credit: Moments By Moser Photography |
Jeannie Seely has created influence and significance
in the entertainment industry and has shown the advocacy of other women in her
field by mentoring and supporting them in their professional success. She
generously shares her time, advocating for her community and various
organizations. This year's recipient embodies the spirit of the award, which
will now be named after her.
“I am blessed to live, work and play in the community
I love, and to be recognized for your efforts is humbling and such an honor,”
said Jeannie Seely. "Thank you to my wonderful friends, neighbors and
peers."
INTERVIEWS
(18 June 2019) Playboy's
20Q: Maren Morris
The country singer has
something to say about how her genre handles women, skin and outspokeness
Written by Andrea Domanick
Photography by Harper Smith Published on June 18, 2019 - www.playboy.com
✨I didn’t come to play, BOY...// did one of my favorite interviews in @playboy this month. Photographed, styled, and interviewed by WOMEN for their Gender + Sexuality issue✨https://t.co/vmLt5hEIZu— MAREN MORRIS (@MarenMorris) June 18, 2019
(24 June 2019) Off
the Record Podcast - Episode #74: Haley & Michaels
Imogen chats to
husband-wife duo Haley & Michaels about their latest single 'Hail Mary,'
meeting and coming together as a duo and the hilarious story behind 'High
Note.'
Subscribe to podcast Apple:
https://apple.co/2IukEo8
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QUQaPS
WATCH
(14 June 2019) Kelsey Lamb Releases Music Video
for “Girl At The Bar”
Following the
release of “Girl At The Bar,” the focal track from her
forthcoming EP, Kelsey Lamb released the official music video for the heartbreak
song (view here). Directed by Logen Christopher and produced by Stormlight
Productions, the music video illustrates the aftermath of a breakup as a
heartbroken Kelsey Lamb fixates on the on-screen couple Charlie Evischi and
Erika Raen. The production, filmed over the course of one day, was filmed at
Mickey’s Tavern in East Nashville. “The filming process was so much fun, I had
a few of my friends in this video and it was cool to see the vision of this
song come to life with the people who know me so well,” commented Lamb.
This single is Lamb’s most vulnerable song to date. “Girl
at the Bar” illustrates how Lamb has dealt with her previous heartbreaks. “I
get so frustrated with the way I handle heartbreak. I don’t wear pain on my
sleeve, I am the person that puts on a happy face and powers through like
nothing ever happened,” explains Lamb. “The vision behind this video was to
really capture the idea of what could have happened if I had chosen to be ‘the
girl at the bar,’ said Lamb of the new music video.
(21 June 2019) Black Deer Festival's founders
chat to CountryLine all about how and why they started the festival and what
lies in store for 2019! Watch here.
(21 June 2019) Emily Faye - Little Bit Of You (feat. Jake Morrell) (>> Official Video) Produced by Sue
Mc Millan Video by Declan Creffield .
COUNTRY GOSSIP
(22 June 2019) Danielle
Bradbery cancelled her scheduled
appearance at the Country LakeShake Festival in Chicago after getting into a
car accident on Saturday morning (June 22).
The "Goodbye Summer" singer turned to
Instagram to share the
news on Saturday morning, writing, "Devastated to not be able to get to
Lakeshake Fest today. See you all soon."
"I'm so bummed I'm going to miss out on all the
fun in Chicago today," she added. "I was in a car accident on my
way to the airport, however I'm o.k. Getting checked out now and going to get
some rest."
BIRTHDAYS
June 24: Steuart Smith (1952)
June 25: Michael Francis (Asleep at the Wheel)
June 26: Gretchen Wilson (1973)
June 27: Lorrie Morgan (1959)
June 28: the late George Morgan (June 28, 1925; died July 7, 1975
(aged 51)), Lloyd Maines (Maines Bros Band) (1951), Kellie Pickler
(1986)
June 30: Dwayne O'Brian (Little Texas) (1963), Cole Swindell
(1983)
R.I.P
(21 June 2019) BILL CARRUTHERS, 1952-2019
Tributes, memorials and memories continue to flow upon
the news of the passing yesterday of Bill
Carruthers at the age of 67. Less
than three weeks ago, he had celebrated his birthday and a few times in the
past few weeks, he would post photos of an early evening backyard fire and
close the post with three words: "life is good."
An award-winning drummer - he was named the Canadian
Country Music Association's Drummer of the Year for four consecutive years
(1990-1993) - he was also part of South Mountain, the super-group of musicians
who were named winners of the CCMA Rising Star award. And he played those drums
backing most of the biggest stars in Canadian country music at one time or
another, and for some legendary American country artists. Bill was even nominated
Country Person of the Year and Record Company Person of the Year, an indication
of how well-thought of he was in the industry. And soon after he helped get
Casino Rama off the ground (he booked Faith Hill as their opening act), he was
even nominated for Talent Buyer/Promoter of the Year.
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