Country
Bites News snippets July 29 – August 4, 2019
UK News, UK Chart
News, Album & Single Releases, US & Canadian News, Music News, Press
Releases, TV, Interviews, Articles & Videos, Birthdays
BREAKING NEWS
Country News – August 7, 2019
with Shannon McCombs
UK NEWS
On the BBC Radio 2 Playlist Saturday 3 August
B Playlist
Twinnie – Social Babies
C List
Wildwood Kin - Beauty In Your Brokenness added to the
“C” Playlist
OUT
Lady Antebellum - What If I Never Get Over You removed
from the “C” playlist
(27 July) Crissie Rhodes and
Ben Earle from
The Shires have both been awarded an Honorary Doctorate for
their services to the arts. Read Crissie's proud Instagram post here
(5 Aug 2019) As
well as working super hard in the studio on her next album Catherine McGrath has
been having a crazy year so far at various festivals (C2C2019 Arena artist
& Glastonbury was a REAL highlight!).
This week she celebrates the 1 year
anniversary of the release of Talk Of This Town. To thank fans for all of the ongoing
support she is having a sale on her merch for a limited time only. Head over to her new website and get 25% off everything using the discount
code TOTT2019 when you check out!
UK TOUR & GIG
UPDATES:
UK CHART NEWS
Official UK Top 100 Singles Chart (Week Ending 8 August 2019)
2 August 2019 - 8 August 2019
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello’s Senorita is No.1 for the
second week in a row, and third time in all, albeit on reduced consumption of
61,712 copies, including 53,050 from sales-equivalent streams and 8,662
paid-for sales.
Official UK Top 100 Albums Chart (Week Ending 8 August 2019)
2 August 2019 - 8 August 2019
Topping the artist album chart for the third straight
week, Ed Sheeran’s fourth studio set, No.6 Collaborations Project remained well
ahead of the chasing pack, despite consumption dipping 32% week-on-week to
41,372 units (including 22,357 from sales-equivalent streams + 19,015 pure
sales). Three songs from No.6 Collaborations Project continue in the Top 10 of
the singles chart, while the album becomes only the fourth 2019 release to sell
more than 200,000 copies
Official UK Country Album Top 20 Chart (Week Ending 8 August 2019)
2 August 2019 - 8 August 2019
Keifer Sutherland with RECKLESS & ME held at No.1 (14 weeks; #1
peak)
Willie Nelson with RIDE ME HOME held at No.2 (6 weeks; #1
peak)
Jessie Buckley with WILD ROSE - OST rose 4-3 (16 weeks; #1
peak)
Chris Stapleton with TRAVELLER fell 3-4 (73 weeks; #1 peak)
KD Lang with INGENUE rose 7-5 (149 weeks; #1 peak)
Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY fell 5-6 (46 weeks; #1 peak)
Kacey Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR made a re-entry at No.7 (61
weeks; #1 peak)
Lucas Nelson/ Promise Of The Real with Lucas Nelson & Promise Of The
Real rose 9-8 (16 weeks; #8 peak)
Runaway June with BLUE ROSES fell 8-10 (4 weeks; #5 peak)
Outside the Top 10
Ward Thomas with RESTLESS MINDS fell 6-11 (25 weeks; #1
peak)
COUNTRY ALBUM
& SINGLES RELEASES
(2 Aug 2019) Tyler Childers -
Country Squire (Hickman Holler Records)
9 Tracks/ Time: 35:05 Amazon
UK - iTunes - Amazon.com (CMP July 2019 5 STARS)
Debut #1 UK Country iTunes Chart (#43 UK iTunes all-genres) | Thurs Aug 8:
#16 | Debut #1 US Country iTunes Chart (#2 US iTunes all-genres)
(2 Aug 2019) Morganway - Morganway (UE-RECORDS)
UK
Debut #20 UK Rock iTunes Chart (#101 UK iTunes all-genres)
(2 Aug 2019) Various - History The Bakersfield
Sound 1940 - 1974 (10-CD)
Bear Family.com 10-CD boxed set (LP-format) with 220-page
hardcover book, 307 tracks. Total playing time approx. 755 minutes.
(2 Aug 2019) The Ghost of Paul Revere - Field
Notes, Vol. 2 (None)
7 Tracks/ Time: 21:09 Americana Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #23 US Country iTunes Chart (#194 US iTunes all-genres), then #18
(#152)
(2 Aug 2019) Eric Burgett - Pass It On (EP; Bow
To Stern Records)
4 Tracks/ Time: 13:44 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #26 US Country iTunes Chart (#223 US iTunes all-genres), then #47
(#384)
(2 Aug 2019) Mike and the Moonpies - Cheap
Silver and Solid Country Gold (Prairie Rose Records) 8 Tracks/ Time: 31:37 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #47 US Country iTunes Chart (#606 US iTunes all-genres), then #5 (#31
US iTunes all-genres)
(2 Aug 2019) Blue Highway - Somewhere Far Away:
Silver Anniversary (Rounder Records)
12 Tracks/ Time: 42:04 Bluegrass Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #57 US Country iTunes Chart (#479 US iTunes all-genres)
(2 Aug 2019) Angela Perley - 4:30 (Angela
Perley)
12 Tracks/ Time: 46:05 Rock/Americana Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
The set’s 12 songs run the gamut from psychedelic
garage rock to melodic pop and heartfelt country and Americana, while the
lyrics reflect what Perley calls ‘more of an existential kind of thing, an
internal, searching theme.’ Indeed, ‘Let Go’ fits that mold. — Billboard
Perley’s vocals provide huge clarity and energy, yet
remain soulful and rootsy, with a hazy quality that will become instantly
recognizable. — Maverick Magazine (Source Angela Perley/press)
Genre: Rock & Roll // Americana // Alt-Country
Band Members: Angela Perley- vocals & guitar;
Chris Connor- lead guitar
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Angela Perley’s been writing tragic love songs rooted
in folk, cosmic country and indie rock for over a decade now, and it all
started with The Howlin’ Moons, an American rock band from Columbus, Ohio.
2019 marked a new chapter for Angela in many ways as
an independent artist. she launched a Kickstarter crowd fund project. (232 backers pledged
$15,541 to help bring this project to life). The beginning of the record took
shape in the winter of 2018 when she brought 17 songs I had written over to
Chris Connor who played lead guitar in her band since the beginning and has
been hugely instrumental in the arrangements of her music the last couple of
albums.
Lead off single “4:30” was Angela’s first solo
offering retaining the services of her long-term bandmate and collaborator
whose stylish interjections on guitar lend added impact to a delightfully
eclectic package alongside some multi-textured keyboard contributions in the Al
Kooper mould from the excellent Robbie Crowell.
https://www.facebook.com/angelaperley/ (6,901 Likes)
Billboard Exclusive
"I've taken a slow and steady, grassroots path
which has really helped me develop as an artist," she told Billboard.
"I feel like I've found myself, or my voice at least. I never considered
myself a singer, or a guitar player; I basically play guitar to write songs.
But having all this experience, 10 years grinding it out, has taught me a lot.
I'm stronger as an artist, I'm sure, and I'm really ready to take this step....Read More
(2 Aug 2019) Diana DeGarmo - GEMINI (Dixie Rose
Entertainment)
16 Tracks/ Time: 1:00:06 Alternative Country iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #128 US Country iTunes Chart (#-- US iTunes all-genres), then #61
(#481)
(2 Aug 2019) Edan Archer - Journey Proud (Rowan
Records)
10 Tracks/ Time: 36:54 Country/ Americana Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
8 Tracks Amazon UK (CD 23 Aug) - iTunes - Amazon.com
Hometown: Wichita Falls, TX
In the last few years, I’ve grown so much,” Elaina Kay
says. She’s home in Texas, reflecting on the relentless writing, playing, and
touring that has culminated in her anticipated new album. “I’m not that small
town ranch girl anymore,” she says, then with a smirk, she adds, “I run with
the boys.”
Elaina talks like she writes: defiant but vulnerable,
hopeful but wry. Her new album wraps all those occasionally opposing forces in
Elaina’s signature ranch rock-and-roll to create a modern portrait of steely
femininity that’s sad, funny, and ultimately, inspiring. “I don’t want to be a
victim,” she says. https://www.facebook.com/elainakaymusic/ (6,224 Likes)
(2 Aug 2019) Bre Kennedy - Jealous of Birds
(EP; Bre Kennedy)
(2 Aug 2019) Lizzie No - Vanity
9 Tracks/ Time: 34:17 iTunes
(2 Aug 2019) Rachel Reese - West (Lafave Artist
Alliance)
8 Tracks/ Time: 32:40 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
(2 Aug 2019) Lucy Blu - Ready to Be Lonely (Single; Lucy Blu/
Spinnup) UK
Debut #7 UK Country iTunes
Chart (below #250 UK iTunes all-genres), then #8, then #9, then #11 | Sat Aug
3: #49
(2 Aug 2019) Vic Allen - Enough (Single; Vic Allen) UK
Debut #15 UK Country
iTunes Chart, then #18, then #28, then #36 | Sat Aug 3: #54
BLUEGRASS NEWS
(5 Aug 2019) Steven Curtis Chapman Celebrates
Deeper Roots: Where The Bluegrass Grows At No. 1 Party
Five-time GRAMMY-winner, Steven
Curtis Chapman, celebrated his chart-topping album, DEEPER ROOTS:
WHERE THE BLUEGRASS GROWS, at his No. 1 party in Nashville.
The project earned the multi-platinum selling
singer-songwriter his first No. 1 on the iTunes Country Albums chart, second
No. 1 Billboard Bluegrass Album and 49th No. 1 single with “Dive” featuring
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame member Ricky Skaggs.
Deeper Roots, released via Chapman’s SCSEE Music
Label, serves as the sequel to Chapman's 2013 Billboard No. 1 Bluegrass Album
Deep Roots, released exclusively with Cracker Barrel. Along with Skaggs,
Chapman was also joined by Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts for a collaboration on
"'Til The Blue," written by Chapman, Lori McKenna and Barry
Dean.
CANADIAN NEWS
(31 July 2019) SPOTLIGHT TRACK Chelsey Danfield
"BathTub"
Hot off the release of her second full length album
"At the Time" (released April 5, 2019 iTunes), it's safe
to say that this is the time for 26 year old singer/songwriter, Chelsey Danfield. Originating from her family's
cash crop and hobby farm in Maidstone, Ontario, Chelsey draws inspiration from
her rural roots to create honest to goodness alternative country music, "I
realized quickly growing up that country music told my family's story. It was
who we were and what we did." Compared to the likes of Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks and Alannah Myles, Chelsey has cultivated
a sound that incorporates elements of current and classic country, rock, blues,
and a pinch of pop. All while working on a PhD in Neuroscience.
Audio:
(5 Aug 2019) Billy Ray Cyrus And Dallas Smith To
Co-Host The 2019 Canadian Country Music Awards Presented By Td Live From
Calgary On September 8
The Canadian
Country Music Association (CCMA) and Global are proud to announce that reigning CCMA Male
Artist of the Year Dallas
Smith and singer/songwriter
and worldwide entertainment icon hailing from Flatwoods, Kentucky, Billy Ray Cyrus, are co-hosting the 2019 CCMA Awards presented by TD. The 2019
CCMA Awards will air live on Global from Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome
on September 8 at 9 p.m. EST/PST. Global has also extended its broadcast to
stream on Twitter and broadcast live on Corus radio stations Country 105 (Calgary), CISN Country 103.9 (Edmonton), and Country104 (London/Woodstock).
Ahead of the 2019 CCMA Awards, Dallas Smith and Billy Ray Cyrus each sat down with ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey to talk new music, hosting an award show, and more. Watch ET Canada tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. EST/PST to catch the exclusive one on one interviews. Click here to watch a promo.
Ahead of the 2019 CCMA Awards, Dallas Smith and Billy Ray Cyrus each sat down with ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey to talk new music, hosting an award show, and more. Watch ET Canada tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. EST/PST to catch the exclusive one on one interviews. Click here to watch a promo.
NEWS
(2 Aug 2019) Zac
Brown Band Announce New Album, The Owl, To Be Released On September 20
Zac
Brown Band, the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning
band, today announced their highly anticipated sixth studio album, THE OWL,
to be released via BMG on Sept. 20, 2019. The Owl will be available on vinyl,
CD and download across digital streaming platforms and available for pre-order
now. Additionally, Zac Brown Band announced the new digital single off the
forthcoming album, entitled "Leaving Love Behind," is
out now. The new digital single marks Zac Brown Band's first new release since
"Someone I Used To Know" debuted on Billboard's Hot Country Song
Chart in November 2018, eventually going on to win the band a 2019 CMT Award
for Group Video of the Year.
(3 Aug 2019) Wedding Belle: RCA's Rachel
Wammack wed Noah Purcell Saturday (3 Aug) in a ceremony officiated by Purcell’s father,
Cliff, in Wammack’s hometown of Muscle Shoals, AL.
AMERICANA NEWS
(2 Aug 2019) Sheryl
Crow teams up with Chris Stapleton for "Tell Me
When It's Over," a bluesy, gritty track documenting a
relationship's end from Threads (out Aug. 30). Listen here
(2 Aug 2019) Eilen
Jewell is feeling a bit down on
"These Blues," a classic slice of honky tonk-friendly
country from Gypsy (out Aug. 16). Listen here
(2 Aug 2019) Lillie Mae shares a message of spiritual enlightenment on
"A Golden Year," a psychedelic-influenced piece of
Other Girls (out Aug. 16). Listen here
(5 Aug 2019) The Lumineers Share Captivating New
Video
The Lumineers share the next installment from their upcoming
full-length visual album ‘III’, out 13th September on Decca/Dualtone. Their new
track ‘Leader Of The Landslide’ is the second song taken from the
album’s second chapter, Junior Sparks.
Speaking of the track, lead singer Wesley says,
“’Leader Of The Landslide” is about trying to outrun the ghosts that haunt you.
We jokingly refer to this song as our folk ‘Stairway To Heaven’ because it’s an
epic song with 3 distinct parts.”
TV
(31 July 2019) Music guest The
Highwomen perform
"Redesigning Women" for the Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show
audience. Wtch it back here
MUSIC NEWS
(July 2019) What the Major Labels Made In 2018: Billboard Estimates
Their Individual Revenues
(21 July 2019) Piracy Is Not The Problem, Free
YouTube and Spotify Are, says Music Industry Trade Group
With efforts to fight music piracy seen as largely
successful, at least one music trade group executive is saying out loud what others in
the industry have only dared whisper - the real problem keeping artists and
labels from earning more from music isn't stream-ripping, it is the free music
offered by Spotify and YouTube.
(29 July 2019) Streaming Numbers Through The
Roof For UMG; Now Generating $10 Million+ Daily
Think streaming is a fad? Think again, as UNIVERSAL
MUSIC GROUP posts record profits according to new H1 financial results from
parent VIVENDI issued last week (7/25), according to MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE.
In that report, UMG generated $1.77bn
from streaming in the six-month period to end of JUNE this year. UMG overall
recorded music revenues hit a record $2.93bn, up 22.4% (or 16.9% at constant
currency).
UNIVERSAL’s biggest money-generating artist projects
in the six months (on its recorded music side) were, in order: Billie Eilish,
Ariana Grande, A Star Is Born Ost, King & Prince, a six-member Japanese
idol group.
(31 July 2019) Billboard: Spotify Ups Paid User
Base to 108 Million, Narrows Losses in Second Quarter
Music streaming giant Spotify on Wednesday reported a
smaller second-quarter operating loss and said it grew its user base to 108
million premium, or paid, subscribers and 232 million total active monthly
users as of the end of June.
That compared with 100 million premium subscribers and
217 million total active monthly users as of the end of March and 96 million
and 75 million, respectively, as of the end of 2018.
In comparison, Apple Music had 60 million subscribers
as of June, including people on a three-month free trial. (Spotify's figures
include people on a 30-day free trial.)....Read More
(3 Aug 2019) Ed Sheeran’s ‘Divide Tour’ the most
attended and highest grossing tour of all time
Ed Sheeran’s ‘Divide Tour’ has broken the record for the most attended and highest
grossing tour of all time.
The ‘Castle on the Hill’ hitmaker made it into the
history books on Friday (02.08.19), as his scheduled show at Messegelände in
Hannover, Germany, officially marked the moment he overtook U2’s record for the
most attended and highest grossing tour ever.
In 2011, U2’s ‘360 Tour’ brought in a staggering
$735.4 million after the band concluded an intense 110 show run between
June 2009 and July 2011.
The ‘Divide Tour’ beat U2’s record on Ed’s 246th show
of the lengthy trek, making $736.7 million with still several weeks left to go.
The tour has been running since March 2017 and is set to conclude on August 26
this year, when Ed will play his 255th show in Ipswitch, England.
According to Poll Star, the volume of Ed’s shows meant
he surpassed U2’s attendance record earlier than the gross sales record,
despite having a lower average attendance of 34,541 per show, versus U2’s
66,091 average.
But the sales tally comes as the 28-year-old musician
actually had the lowest average ticket price out of the Top 10 highest grossing
tours of 2018, charging an average of $86.75, and offering no VIP packages.
PRESS RELEASES
(2 Aug 2019) Brantley Gilbert To Fans: New Album Fire
& Brimstone Is Coming October 4.
It’s been three years
since Brantley Gilbert released an album, and in those three
years, the life of the Georgia native has changed dramatically. The man Entertainment
Weekly hails for “his swaggering guitars, catchy hooks, and a DGAF
attitude,” is approaching life and music a bit differently these days – feeling
confident in his relationship with music and with his fans, the BG Nation. The
Maysville, Georgia native established who he is on albums 1-4 and with
that came the freedom to go deeper with his fifth studio album, Fire & Brimstone, available
everywhere October 4 (The Valory Music Co.).
Upon pre-order, fans will
receive “Bad Boy,” released Friday Aug 2 with a new music video:
Fire & Brimstone reflects
life as it stands for Gilbert today: as a husband, father and one of country
music’s most honest and talented singer/songwriter/rockers. With 15 songs – all
written or co-written by Gilbert – the album includes already-released cuts
like the personal ode to his children “Man That Hung the Moon,” the growl-heavy
“Not Like Us” and the top 15-and-climbing collaboration with Lindsay Ell “What
Happens In A Small Town.”. The album also features a series of powerhouse
collaborations with some of country music’s finest artists such as Willie
Nelson, Alison Krauss, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson and Colt Ford.
(2 Aug 2019) Tanya Tucker Debuts "The House
That Built Me"
“The
House That Built Me,” the
newest song from Tanya
Tucker’s upcoming album While I’m Livin’, debuted (listen/share here). Made famous by Miranda Lambert, the
song is one of the well-chosen covers on the release. In Tucker’s version, the
lyrics have been adapted to reflect the journey of a mother revisiting the home
where she raised her family in order to find herself again.
(2 Aug 2019) Dylan
Brady Sings Of Love And Loss In Yearning New Song “I Hate California”
Twenty-year-old
multi-instrumentalist Dylan Brady speaks his
truth about heartache in tender new song “I Hate California,” via
RECORDS/Columbia Records/Riser House Records. Written
by Brady alongside Jared Scott, “I Hate California” tells the story of yearning
for that one person who has found another home for their heart. The
heartbreaker of a song can now be found HERE, with the lyric video found HERE.
“I put my whole heart into every song I write, but honestly it feels like I wrote every one of them to find this one,” Brady explains. “I put my whole heartbreak into every word and feel the break every time I sing it. This song brought me the closure I needed like nothing else could and I hope it brings that closure to someone else who needs it. For me, California represents my heart break but California can be anything the listener connects it to."
“I put my whole heart into every song I write, but honestly it feels like I wrote every one of them to find this one,” Brady explains. “I put my whole heartbreak into every word and feel the break every time I sing it. This song brought me the closure I needed like nothing else could and I hope it brings that closure to someone else who needs it. For me, California represents my heart break but California can be anything the listener connects it to."
(2 Aug 2019) Southern
Rock neotraditional group, Scooter Brown Band, made their Grand Ole Opry debut on
Tuesday night (July 30). After a rousing welcome and endorsement from Opry
star Charlie Daniels, the band played their signature title-track
from their album American Son along with “Georgia” and “Ain’t Country At
All.” They joined a star-filled line-up including Little Big Town, Dailey &
Vincent, Cam, Bill Anderson, Zach Williams and the Charlie Daniels Band. Not
only was one Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member (Daniels) on
hand to support, but long-time friend of the band Randy Travis also showed up and was greeted with a standing ovation
by the sold-out crowd.
(2 Aug 2019) “One of country's most promising newcomers” (Variety), Capitol
Records Nashville’s Caylee Hammack was tapped
as the only country artist set to perform at Rolling Stone’s ninth
annual Rolling Stone
Live: Chicago Party for Lollapolooza weekend.
INTERVIEWS
(5 Aug 2019) Dan
Wharton from Your Life In a Song sat down with Wade
Bowen in Manchester
last week to talk about his 'Solid Ground' album (& vinyl release!), 'Inconsistent
Chaos' documentary, his difficult period in 2018 and more....
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INTERVIEW: WADE BOWEN
INTERVIEW: Dan sat down with Wade Bowen in Manchester last week to talk about his 'Solid Ground' album (& vinyl release!), 'Inconsistent Chaos' documentary, his difficult period in 2018 and more....
Posted by Your Life In A Song on Tuesday, 6 August 2019
LISTEN
(2 Aug 2019) Country Music Hall Of Fame And
Museum Launches Second Season Of Its Podcast
The NASHVILLE-based COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND
MUSUEM (CMHOF) has announced details about season two of its "Voices In
The Hall" podcast. CMHOF's Sr. Dir. and producer-writer Peter Cooper will
continue as host of the series, which showcases some of Country music’s most
influential figures. RCA NASHVILLE's Kane Brown will kick off the new season
with Cooper on FRIDAY, AUGUST 16th. Additional guests in the second season will
include Jimmie Allen, Sam Bush, Linda Ronstadt and more. Find more about the
podcast here.
(4 Aug 2019) The Pod Couple: Singer/songwriter Emily Ann Roberts (l) with Westwood One's Elaina Smith. Listen to Roberts' episode of Breaking
Thru here.
WATCH
(29 July 2019) Paul Cauthen unleashes fire in
new music video - "Holy Ghost Fire"
Directed and produced by Gus Black (Gary Clark Jr., Sheryl Crow,
Goo Goo Dolls), Paul Cauthen's "Holy Ghost Fire" video was shot
at Whitehorse Ranch Movie Set (Gold Nugget, Tumbleweed, Traded, Wolf
Town) in Landers, CA. Actor Eric Edelstein from Drunk History is the
bartender and one of the main characters, with the other parts played by
LA-based actors and actresses including Bailee Mykell Cowperthwaite, Sloan
Schmitz, Katherine Rodriguez, Shay Turner and others. Watch it on YouTube
"Holy Ghost Fire" follows album track “Cocaine Country Dancing”, a song NPR Music’s Slingshot calls “a modern day honky-tonk delight,” and one Rolling Stone says “unleashes larger-than-life bark of a baritone.” The album 'Room 41' - written and co-written entirely in room 41 at The Belmont Hotel in Dallas, TX during a dark stint in Cauthen's life -- is due Sept 6th via Nashville's Lightning Rod Records.
"Holy Ghost Fire" follows album track “Cocaine Country Dancing”, a song NPR Music’s Slingshot calls “a modern day honky-tonk delight,” and one Rolling Stone says “unleashes larger-than-life bark of a baritone.” The album 'Room 41' - written and co-written entirely in room 41 at The Belmont Hotel in Dallas, TX during a dark stint in Cauthen's life -- is due Sept 6th via Nashville's Lightning Rod Records.
(2 Aug 2019) Brinn Black Releases New Video -
72's A Glorious Cinematic "Fix"
The piece was directed by Cory Brandon Clay (Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, CMA Fest, CMT) and edited by Jake Bonham for The Jukebox Romeos. The video's official broadcast premiered to the 22 MILLION - plus households serviced by the Heartland TV Network with online partner for the launch of 72's was Roughstock.
(5 Aug 2019) Behind The Music Video Supporting
Allie Colleen’s Debut Single, “Work In Progress” Exceeds 100k Organic Views
Belmont University graduate, Allie Colleen, released her debut single, “Work
in Progress,” July 10 to radio along with a soft release of a behind
the music video sharing photographs of the recording studio. The video has been
viewed over 100K times. Watch the video on YouTube here:
The behind the scenes video was produced by Patryk
Larney and her debut single was co-written with hit songwriter Marcus Hummon
and well-known studio engineer Greg Beick. The new music is available for
streaming and download on all online digital platforms here.
“I am absolutely blown away by the support and love
that “Work in Progress” has received,” exclaimed Allie Colleen. “I can’t thank
everyone enough and cannot wait to see what the future holds for all of us
“works in progress.”
COUNTRY GOSSIP
(3 Aug 2019) Reba McEntire encouraged Trisha
Yearwood to take control of career
Country music superstar Reba
McEntire advised Trisha Yearwood to
take control of her career when she first started out.
The 54-year-old singer is one of the biggest names in
the business, and she credits McEntire with setting a great example for her,
and making her feel welcome in the industry after she appeared at her first
awards show.
"She sent me flowers, she made me feel welcome...
not your competition, but more, 'Welcome to the family,' that was the first
lesson," she told website Extra. "She was very much a great
businesswoman. She was the one who said, 'You need to own your photo shoots.'
"She gave me lots of business advice on taking
control early on in my career and making those decisions myself because at the
end of the day, whoever makes those decisions, my name is on the bottom
line."
Meanwhile, the country superstar, who is married to
fellow artist Garth Brooks, is also giving back by mentoring young female
singers with Cracker Barrel's Five Decades, One Voice project.
She explained to Extra reporter Alecia Davis that the
campaign, which also features Loretta Lynn, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen
Fairchild, Brandi Carlile and Hillary Scott, is about "celebrating the
history of women in country music and mentoring the new up and coming."
(4 Aug 2019) Kacey Musgraves Speaks Out on Mass
Shootings
Kacey Musgraves performed at Lollapalooza on Sunday (Aug. 4), and she took the
chance to respond to the two mass shootings that shook America over the
weekend.
During her performance, Musgraves spoke to the crowd
candidly about the current state of the country before going into an emotional
performance of her hit "Rainbow."
"I just wanted to take a second to say thank you,
not only for just supporting me and my music but to everybody out here tonight
that still has the bravery to show up and come to a large music festival,"
she told the crowd, referencing the two mass shootings over the weekend in
Texas and Ohio.
According to CNN, at least 20 people died after a mass
shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday that left 26 more wounded.
Another mass shooter opened fire at a nightclub in Dayton, Ohio, at around 1AM
on Sunday morning, killing nine people and wounding another 26.
"I can't even believe that we're having to
process the s--t that's happening in the last twenty-four hours, much less
everything that's happened in the last two-hundred and f--king fifteen days in
America. I don't know what the answer is but obviously something has to be
f--king done," Musgraves stated.
The country star then encouraged the crowd to scream
along with her. "Maybe somebody will hear us if we all yell together to
say, 'Somebody f--king do something.'" The crowd chanted the words back
with her, loudly.
Later on during the performance, Musgraves tried her
internet-famous "yee-haw" chant with the crowd, which gained
attention after the crowd at Coachella did not reply to the chant correctly.
Musgraves also had the crowd call out birthday wishes
to her mother Karen during her set, telling them that her mom was watching the
livestream from her home in Texas. This fall she will headline the remaining
Oh, What a World Part II tour dates, ending with a sold-out show at Nashville's
Bridgestone Arena.
Kacey Musgraves' refrain during her set at
Lollapalooza on Sunday (Aug. 4) left hosts at Fox &
Friends outraged. “What happened to wholesome country singers?” Ainsley
Earhart says in reference to the "Follow Your Arrow" singer's F-bomb
laden chant — a response to the two mass shootings (in El Paso, Texas and
Dayton, Ohio) over the weekend. Earhardt is mostly upset by Musgraves' choice
of adverbs, asking, "But what about the kids? I mean, she's asking them to
chant the F-word. I thought about that. I don't want my daughter — I mean,
these young girls, they look up to these musicians."
Culture Jihad author Todd Starnes wasn’t quite
as shocked as Earhardt at the language, remarking that he suspects Musgraves
was "put on a good many church prayer lists after that diatribe at
Lollapalooza!"
Starnes has written in the past about the
liberalization of country music, something he compared to kudzu. "Once
that starts to grow on something, you can't get rid of it, and it kills
everything it touches," he said.
Kacey tweeted (Aug 5) I love keeping things about the
music and usually stay out of politics publicly UNTIL it barrels past political
party preference points and dangerously encroaches on fundamental human rights.
It’s then not political issue anymore. It’s a matter of heart. Of humanity. Of
survival. Let me be clear - I’m from Texas. I grew up around hunting and guns.
There’s a time and place for that and even self protection in ways..but this is
different. The system is majorly flawed and NOBODY NEEDS ANYTHING REMOTELY
AUTOMATIC. PERIOD. They’re mass killing machines.
Obama to gun owners — I’m not looking to disarm you (June 2016 NewsHour hosted President Obama for a wide-ranging interview with Gwen
Ifill. After the broadcast, Obama answered a few bonus questions for the
audience, including one query regarding the contentious issue of gun control
and Second Amendment rights.) = “There have more guns sold since I’ve
been president than just about any time in US history. There are enough guns
for every man, woman & child in this country and at no point have I EVER propose
confiscating guns from responsible gun owners” - Obama
Since the Sandy Hook shooting (Dec 14, 2012 A 20-year
old killed his mother before shooting and killing twenty children and six
adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School) there have been over 2,100 mass
shootings
The 249th mass shooting - of 2019
According to GunDeaths, as of August 3, the US
has been home to 249 mass shootings in 2019. In total 259 people have been
killed in these mass shooting events
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States
8,666 Americans killed by guns in 2019 YTD
1987 England Mass Shooting (Hungerford massacre) prompts
new gun laws = 0 new Mass Shootings
1996 Scotland Mass Shooting (Dunblane) prompts new gun
laws = 0 new Mass Shootings
1999 USA Mass Shooting (Columbine High School) prompts
nothing = 5000+ Mass Shootings since
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States
On October 1, 2017 Las Vegas shooting: A man in a high
floor of a hotel opened fire on the at the Route 91 Harvest music festival
killing 58 people and injuring 851 others, with 422 of them suffering from
gunshot wounds.
TOKEN GESTURE: The Bobby Bones Show’ Helps Recent Mass Shooting
Victims With Merchandise Line
iHEARTMEDIA’s “The Bobby Bones Show” is selling
a line of merchandise to help the victims and families affected by the recent
mass shootings in EL PASO, TX; DAYTON, OH; and GILROY, CA. The show has teamed
with The Shop Forward to offer the line, which includes “TEXAS Strong” “TEXAS
Forever,” “OHIO Strong,” “CALIFORNIA Strong” and “CALIFORNIA Love” t-shirts,
hoodies and bags.
Also still available is the show’s “Love > Hate”
merchandise, which was originally started following the ROUTE 91 HARVEST
FESTIVAL tragedy in LAS VEGAS in 2017. Merch from that line will also now
benefit victims in TEXAS and OHIO. Check out the merchandise, and shop here.
TWEETS
T. Graham Brown IT'S NATIONAL WATERMELON DAY!!!!
Hey dudes,— T. Graham Brown (@TGrahamBrown) August 3, 2019
IT'S NATIONAL WATERMELON DAY!!!! Let's cut one!
Yeah, baby!
T.G.B. 🍉 🍉 #watermelon #watermelonday pic.twitter.com/KRInP6NwLC
BIRTHDAYS
Birthdays in the week ahead
August 5: Mark O'Connor (1961), the late Vern Gosdin (Aug 5, 1934; died April
28, 2009 (aged 74)), Sammi Smith
(1943), Terri Clark (1968), Bobby Braddock (1940), Carolynne Poole (UK; 1980)
August 6: Patsy & Peggy Lynn (Lynns)
(1964)
August 7: Rodney Crowell
(1950), B J Thomas (1942), Alison Brown (1962), Michael Peterson (1959), Raul Malo (Mavericks) (1965), SaraBeth, Devon Mayson (1992)
August 8: the late Webb Pierce
(Aug 8, 1926; died Feb 24, 1991 (aged 69)), Mark Wills (1973), Michael
Johnson (1944), the late Mel Tillis
(Aug 8, 1932; died Nov 19, 2017 (aged 85)), Jamie O'Hara (1950)
August 9: the late Merle Kilgore
(Aug 9, 1934; died Feb 6, 2005 (aged 70)), Cathy
Fink (1953)
August 10: the late Jimmy Dean (Aug
10, 1928; died June 13, 2010 (aged 81)), Jennifer
Hanson (1973)
August 11: John Conlee
(1946), Rachel Proctor (1974)
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