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BREAKING NEWS
Country News – September 11,
2019 with Shannon McCombs
Several artists performed in Nashville this
week in honor of the late and legendary Earl Thomas Conley. Shannon McCombs was
there to talk with Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, John Anderson, Luke Bryan and
more, all on this week’s CDX Country News.
UK NEWS
On the BBC Radio 2 Playlist
Saturday 7 September 2019
A List
Sheryl Crow feat. Stevie Nicks & Maren Morris
- Prove You Wrong
B List
Zac Brown Band - Someone I Used To Know
C List
Marshmello
& Kane Brown - One
Thing Right
UK TOUR & GIG
UPDATES:
UK CHART NEWS
Official UK Top
100 Singles Chart (Week Ending 12 September 2019)
6 September - 12 September
2019
No.2 on paid-for sales but
No.1 overall, Take Me Back To London (66,610 sales, including 60,965 from
sales-equivalent streams + 5,645 paid-for sales)
continues at the summit for a second week for Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy.
Official UK Top
100 Albums Chart
(Week Ending 12 September 2019)
6 September - 12 September
2019
Lana Del Rey with Norman f***ing Rockwell! (she co-wrote all but
one of the 14 songs) opened atop the chart. Opening at No.2 on vinyl (4,965
sales) and No.1 on cassettes (2,890 sales), Norman f***ing Rockwell! achieved
total consumption of 31,539 units on debut (including 7,272 from
sales-equivalent streams + 24,267 paid-for sales)
Taylor Swift's seventh studio album LOVER dipped 1-3 (16,957 units;
down 68%) to accommodate Del Rey.
THREADS, an album of
collaborations that she suggests might be her last full-length studio set, earned
57-year-old singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow her 11th Top 75 entry
and sixth Top 10 entry with a No.10 debut (5,254 units). It is
her highest charting studio album since 2002.
Last album BE MYSELF (Tagged
Rock) made a debut at No.47 (1,865 sales; chart dated 4 May 2017). Released in
the UK Jan 27, 2014 FEELS LIKE HOME debuted at No.16 (5,498 sales; chart week Feb 8, 2014) and charted for 4-weeks: #21
(4,500 copies), #51 (2,300 copies), then #79.
Midland with ON THE ROCKS fell off the top 100
following previous weks’ debut at No.75
Official UK
Country Album Top 20 Chart (Week Ending 12 September 2019)
6 September - 12 September
2019
Sheryl Crow with THREADS made a debut at No.1
Midland with LET IT ROLL fell 1-2 (2 weeks;
#1 peak)
Vince Gill with OKIE climbed 6-3 (2 weeks; #3 peak)
Tanya Tucker with WHILE I'M LIVIN' fell 2-4 (2
weeks; #2 peak)
Jessie Buckley with WILD ROSE - OST fell 3-5 (21
weeks; #1 peak)
Tyler Childers with COUNTRY SQUIRE rose 8-6 (5
weeks; #1 peak)
Chris Stapleton with TRAVELLER held at No.7 (77
weeks; #1 peak)
Eilen Jewel with GYPSY fell 4-8 (3 weeks; #4
peak)
Ward Thomas with RESTLESS MINDS fell 5-9 (30
weeks; #1 peak)
Willie Nelson with RIDE ME HOME held at No.10 (11
weeks; #1 peak)
Outside the Top 10
Keifer Sutherland with RECKLESS & ME held at No.11
(19 weeks; #1 peak)
COUNTRY ALBUM
& SINGLES RELEASES
(2 Sept 2019) John Schneider - Redneck Rebel
(Maven Entertainment)
12 Tracks/ Time: 44:41
Amazon UK - iTunes -
https://music.apple.com/album/redneck-rebel/1476901455
(6 Sept 2019) The Highwomen - The Highwomen
(Elektra Records)
12 Tracks Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #1 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#14 UK iTunes all-genres)
(6 Sept 2019) Paul Cauthen - Room 41 (Lightning
Rod Records)
Debut #5 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#209 UK
iTunes all-genres) | Debut #25 US iTunes all-genres
(6 Sept 2019) Home Free - Dive Bar Saints -
(Home Free Records)
Debut #2 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#35 UK iTunes all-genres) | Debut
#2 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(6 Sept 2019) Sister Hazel - Earth (Croakin'
Poet Records)
7 Tracks/ Time: 27:23 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #3 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#84 UK iTunes all-genres) | Debut
#5 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#31 US iTunes all-genres)
(6 Sep 2019) Ilse DeLange - Gravel & Dust
(Firefly Music BV) |
10 Tracks/ Time: 36:13 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #6 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#264 UK iTunes all-genres; then #882) | Debut #81 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(6 Sept 2019) Crystal Gayle - You Don't Know Me (BFD)
(6 Sept 2019) Crystal Gayle - You Don't Know Me (BFD)
15 Tracks/ Time: 44:07 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
(6 Sept 2019) Various Artists - Country Music
(A Film by Ken Burns) Soundtrack 2-CD
41 Tracks/ Time: 2:10:40 Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #13 UK Country iTunes Album Chart
(6 Sept 2019) Chantelle Padden - Love You Like
That (Legacy) IRE
Debut #29 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#909 UK
iTunes all-genres)
(6 Sept 2019) Amy Speace - Me and the Ghost of
Charlemagne (Proper Records)
11 Tracks/ Time: 48:00 Country/Americana Amazon UK - iTunes
11 Tracks/ Time: 48:00 Country/Americana Amazon UK - iTunes
Debut: #918 UK iTunes all-genres
(6 Sept 2019) Ashley Sofia - Shades Of Blue
(Ashley Sofia)
Hometown: Ticonderoga, NY
Sofia released her debut record, Love and Fury, in
2014, with critical acclaim heralding her as the “21st-century reincarnation of
the Laurel Canyon folk-rock sound.” After the success of Love and Fury, Sofia
ventured outside the Blue Line of the Adirondack Park and began a new chapter
in Nashville, where she still lives and makes music.
I’ve spent the last decade of my life living like a
gypsy, traveling America, falling in and out of love, getting sick, getting
well, and getting sick again, protesting, making friends, and losing some along
the way, playing for thousands, playing for 2 or 3. One day I looked up from my
feet and realized how much that one moment, nineteen years ago shaped
everything else. Sometimes that whole wild ride feels like it was written down
somewhere before I came along. Sometimes I’ve felt like there must be something
wrong with me to care so singularly, about one thing, for so long.
https://www.facebook.com/ashleysofiamusic/ (5,658 Likes)
(6 Sept 2019) Rachel Harrington - Hush the Wild
Horses (Skinny Dennis Records)
(6 Sep 2019) Meghan Patrick - Wild As Me (EP;
Iron Songbird Enterprises Inc/ WM Canada) CAN
Track 6 Chaser 2:55 pregrat Aug 16
(6 Sept 2019) The Belles - Nobody Knows Me
Better (EP; See Blue Music)
(6 Sept 2019) Katie Thompson - Bittersweet
(Katie Thompson)
11 Tracks/ Time: 48:00 Country/Americana Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com
(6 Sept 2019) Eleri Angharad - Acoustic
Earthbound (EP; Eleri Angharad Wood-Bevan / Train Track Records) UK
Eleri Angharad is an exciting new Country artist from
Swansea with gorgeous crystalline vocals and a fresh sound. Inspired by a North
American road trip, Eleri blends traditional Country Music storytelling with Celtic
folk and catchy Pop.
(5 Sept 2019) Natalie Metcalf - One More Round
(EP; Natalie Metcalf)
Country music with real life stories sewed into the
lyrics.
Genre: Country/Pop | Hometown: Collyer, Kansas
Biography
Natalie Metcalf was born and raised in the small town
of Collyer, Kansas and although her country roots continue to be her greatest
inspiration, she was always bound for the bright lights of a big city. She
attended Musician's Institute where she graduated with a Degree in Vocal
Performance. While at school, Natalie asserted herself as a force to be
reckoned with, garnering support from her teachers and peers alike. She sings
in many bands and is also working on her own solo project, due out later this
year. Her personal style is a unique mix of country, pop and southern rock,
drawing inspiration from artists such as Alan Jackson, Jewel and Sheryl Crow.
She writes songs with such a sweet and personal nature, the audience can't help
but be captivated, and immediately enamored.
https://www.facebook.com/NatalieMetcalfMusic/ (452 Likes)
(6 Sept 2019) Marli Humphrey - Glitter in the
Rain (Marli Humphrey)
A little girl with a big voice singing bluesy country.
Songs with the sound of today and yesterday.
(6 Sept 2019) Jessi Pugh - Five (EP; Jessi
Pugh/ 1326062 Records DK2)
Genre: Pop Americana
Hometown: Bridgewater, VA
Influences: Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, Ed Sheeran,
Jack Johnson
Jessi Pugh is a pop country singer/songwriter born and
raised in Bridgewater, Virginia. She started singing and performing at a very
young age in church with her granddad. After graduating high school, she packed
up and moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her musical dream. Jessi plays
several writers rounds, showcases and venues around downtown Nashville, such as
Whiskey Jam, Douglas Corner, The Music Row Freakshow and The Local.
Jessi just recently finished her first EP at Prime Cut
Studio with producers Daniel Dennis and Mark Mulch. She has a new single out called “Gone” that
spent two weeks at #1 on a Nashville radio station called She Wolf Radio.
(6 Sept 2019) Kerrie Fuller - Cliché (Kerrie Fuller) UK
Hailing from the UK, Kerrie Fuller has a longstanding love of singing, songwriting and country music. Classically trained as a teenager at school, her sound has a unique British feel whilst drawing on the neverending influences found in the Americana and Country scenes of Nashville and beyond.
Despite singing and writing from her early years, it was only in her late 20s that Kerrie came across the opportunity to record her songs. In 2013 she began to work on honing what was a rather broad sound. Being British, Kerrie never really thought that she could be a ‘country’ singer as it were, however, after 5 years of musical experimentation and a couple of important distractions along the way (marriage and a baby!), she has finally found her niche in Americana. She is also learning to play the guitar so that she can finally accompany herself when performing.
Kerrie has set up her own recording studio at her home in rural Kent, UK, and is constantly in the processing of writing and recording new material. Her lyrics draw mainly on her past experiences with the aim of giving any listener an open line to her thoughts and feelings, both happy and sad.
https://www.facebook.com/kerriefullermusic/ (223 Likes)
https://www.facebook.com/kerriefullermusic/ (223 Likes)
(6 Sept 2019) Stephanie Manns - 670 Miles (Single; Stephanie
Manns) UK
(6 Sept 2019) Vic Allen - Ghost Town (Single) UK
Debut #26 UK Country iTunes Singles Chart, then #72
BLUEGRASS NEWS
(29 Aug 2019) Mountain Fever Records was happy
to announce a new addition to their incredible line up of artists. NewTown has signed with the label which
represents some of the best talent in bluegrass music. Fans can look forward to
new music coming from the band in 2020.
Fronted by the talented and tenacious, award-winning
fiddler, Kati Penn, NewTown has made quite a name for themselves in the
bluegrass music industry since it was formed 10 years ago. They maintain a
traditional five piece line up, but enjoy pushing the limits and creating music
that's traditional, yet progressive. NewTown's music features the outstanding
lead vocals of Kati Penn (fiddle) and her husband Jr Williams (banjo). They are
joined by the talents of Travis Anderson (bass), Mitchell Cannon (mandolin),
and Jared Hensley (guitar).
NEWS
(3 Sept 2019) Wedding Belle: Rachel Reinert wed
fiancé Caleb Crosby Friday (Aug 30) in Bloomington Springs, TN. "Yesterday
I married my soul mate in front of our parents and siblings," Reinert
posted on Instagram. "It was the best
day of my whole life, and I’m excited about our next chapter together as
husband and wife."
(3 Sept 2019) Taylor Dye Of Maddie & Tae Is
Engaged
Engage Meant: Maddie & Tae's Tae Dye said
"yes" when singer/songwriter Josh Kerr popped the question Monday
(Sept 2), posting on Instagram, "Can’t wait to love you forever Joshua
Peter Kerr. We're engaged!" The couple have been dating for more than a
year.
(4 Sept 2019) Trisha Yearwood To Host 'CMA
Country Christmas'
Yearwood will also perform during the program, which
will include CHRISTMAS classics and special collaborations. Other Country
artists joining the lineup include Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Runaway June,
Brett Young, Chris Young, and Chris Janson. Also performing are actress-singer Kristin
Chenoweth, Cece Winans, Tori Kelly, and For King & Country.
“Music, memories and enjoying the season with loved
ones are what make CHRISTMAS time so special,” Yearwood said. “Hosting ‘CMA
COUNTRY CHRISTMAS’ is an opportunity to share joy and celebrate the holidays
with friends and family everywhere.”
(6 Sept 2019) The 5th Most Funded Music
Kickstarter of all time...
On the final day of Delta
Rae's Kickstarter campaign —they
woke up to discover that with 5,160 Backers and $451,457 pledged they are the
5th most funded music Kickstarter of all time....They shared "We can't
believe it. The past two months have been SO MUCH FUN and beyond anything we
could have expected, and we have all of you to thank for all of it".
(8 Sept 2019) Wedding Belle: Singer/songwriter and
American Idol alum Trent Harmon wed longtime
girlfriend Kathleen Couch last week. "Eight(y) year post in the
making," shares Harmon via Instagram.
AWARDS
(4 Sept 2019) RCA's Miranda
Lambert and songwriters Tom
Douglas and Allen Shamblin received the Academy of Country Music's
inaugural Song of the Decade award for "The House That Built Me"
during a surprise backstage.
The honor is the first of seven ACM Decade Award
categories established this year, joining the longstanding Artist of the Decade
award. "This is simply our recognition of self-evident truth," says
Country Aircheck's Chuck Aly, who is ACM Board VP and Special Award Committee
Co-Chair. "‘The House That Built Me’ is the Song of the Decade in country
music. It is a monument unto itself." Recipients of the remaining
categories – ACM Album of the Decade, ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Decade, ACM
Breakout Artist of the Decade, ACM Single of the Decade, ACM Songwriter of the
Decade and ACM Music Event of the Decade – will be announced in the coming
weeks.
Built To Last: RCA's Miranda Lambert and songwriters
Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin receive the inaugural ACM Song of the Decade
award during a surprise ceremony backstage at the recent ACM Honors in
Nashville. Pictured (l-r): Country Aircheck's Chuck Aly, ACM's RAC Clark,
Shamblin, Lambert, Douglas, City National Bank's Lori Badgett and Joe's Live's
Ed Warm.
TV
(4 Sept 2019) In Case You Missed It: MCA's Vince Gill appeared
on CBS This Morning (9/4). Watch here, here (US Regions)
(4 Sept 2019) In Case You Missed It: Columbia's Maren Morris was
interviewed and performed "The Bones" on NBC's Late Night With Seth
Meyers (9/4). Watch here, here and here.
(5 Sept 2019) Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlile were featured and performed "Bring My
Flowers Now" on NBC's Today (9/5). Watch here and here.
(8 Sept 2019) In Case You Missed It: RCA's Kane Brown performed
"Homesick" on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy
Fallon (Sept 8). Watch here.
MUSIC NEWS
(5 Sept 2019) Streaming Growth (to a Point),
Vinyl's Victory & More: Four Takeaways From the RIAA's 2019 Mid-Year Report
The U.S. recorded music industry is still seeing
strong double-digit growth, up 18% over the first six months of 2019, according
to the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) mid-year report
published Thursday (Sept. 5).
That continues an upward trend sparked in 2016 led
increasingly by streaming's dominance, now accounting for 80% of total $5.4
billion revenues at retail.
The report showed growth across all streaming revenues
-- paid subscriptions up 31% year-over-year, advertising-supported on-demand up
25% and digital and customized radio up 5% -- while digital sales continued to
decline and physical sales remarkably improved (on a net basis). ..... Billboard
PRESS RELEASES
(4 Sept 2019) The Music Of Randy Travis Tour
Featuring James Dupré And The Original Randy Travis Band Coming This Fall
Randy Travis, in partnership with Outback Presents proudly
announced The Music of Randy Travis Tour featuring country singer and
his co-star in The Price, James Dupré. The Country Music Hall of Fame
member’s long-time touring band, consisting of Steve Hinson, David Johnson,
Lance Dary, Bill Cook, Joe Van Dyke and Herb Shucher along with longtime tour
manager Jeff Davis will rejoin “Hoss,” as they affectionately call Travis, on
the road for the first time since right before his stroke in 2013. The show
will consist of Dupré and the band performing all 16 of his iconic number ones
including “On The Other Hand,” “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “Three Wooden Crosses.”
Randy Travis will make a special appearance.
(3 Sept 2019) Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Ranked Among Top 10 Best Concert Albums Ever Recorded At The Ryman By Rolling
Stone
Rolling Stone recently ranked Rhonda Vincent & The Rage's album Bluegrass Legends among their top 10
best concert albums ever to be recorded at the 'Mother Church of Country Music'
, Ryman Auditorium in historic downtown Nashville. The 2018 recording features
collaborations with Bluegrass icons Jesse McReynolds, Mac Wiseman, Bobby
Osborne, and Sonny Osborne. Other listed recordings include Emmylou Harris,
Marty Stuart, Neil Young, Levon Helm and Jason Isbell.
(4 Sept 2019) One of Billboard’s "Greatest of All
Time Top Country Artists," TG Sheppard will release MIDNIGHT IN MEMPHIS on Friday,
September 20. The new project is his first solo country album in more
than 20 years.
"Two years seems like a long time to spend on an
album, but when you've had as much fun as I've had making this one, it goes
quickly," says Sheppard. "Hard for me to believe it's been this long
since my last solo country album. You might say, it was actually 22 -years in
the making."
Produced by Sheppard and co-produced by Buddy Hyatt,
the 13-track compilation features tunes written by his wife, singer-songwriter
Kelly Lang as well as by other well-known talents. The title track, "Midnight
in Memphis," was written by his dear friend, the iconic Sir Barry
Gibb.
(6 Sept 2019) Country music royalty and a fifty-two
year member of the Grand Ole Opry, Jeannie Seely is slated to host the star studded third annual
Dottie West Birthday Bash on October 9th at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville.
The event supports Nashville Musicians Association with 100% of all money going
to the Musician's Emergency Relief Fund. Tickets $25 here
The stellar line-up includes Tim Atwood, John Berry,
Buddy Cannon, Melanie Cannon, Peter Cooper, Erin Enderlin, Tess Frizzell, Jamey
Johnson, Thomm Jutz, Jon Randell, John Schneider, Bobby Tomberlin, Dallas Wayne
and Kenna West along with special guests and surprises.
(6 Sept 2019) Nashville singer/songwriter Sam Williams followed
his debut London show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Wednesday with a
cover of his iconic father Hank Williams Jr.’s 1981 hit ‘Weatherman’. Fans got
an exclusive first listen when the song premiered yesterday with
Forbes, who called it “a superb, soulful cover…”
Carrying “his
family’s legacy forward with startling creativity”, (MusicRow), the tune
presents a fresh take on an old favourite, and offers a glimpse into the
evolution of the Williams family’s legacy in music.
(6 Sept 2019) Brantley Gilbert Turns Up The Heat
In 2020 With New Fire’t Up Tour
Just a few
short weeks before the much-anticipated Oct. 4 release of his fifth studio
album Fire & Brimstone via The Valory Music Co., Brantley Gilbert, billed as an artist who “never fails to
deliver” by American Songwriter, is already looking for opportunities to bring
the music to his faithful BG Nation with a brand new 2020 tour. Fire’t Up Tour,
aptly named after track one on his upcoming 15-song album (all
written/co-written by Gilbert), will kick off Jan. 23 in London, Ontario and
hit 34 cities across the country and Canada, before concluding May 8 in
Colorado. Gilbert – who identifies as a songwriter first – has invited fellow
singer/songwriters to join as tour special guests: Chase Rice who The New York
Times praises for his “prime power country” style, known for hits “Eyes On You”
and “Lonely If You Are”; Louisiana-native, country singer/songwriter Dylan
Scott, whose hits include “My Girl” and “Hooked,” and current single, “Nothing
To Do Town”; and a man Rolling Stone calls “a country-rock version of Bruce
Springsteen” after last year’s opening slot on Kenny Chesney’s Trip Around The
Sun Tour, EMI recording artist Brandon Lay.
(8 Sept 2019) Twenty-eight years after performing
their first Nashville show at the revered rock club Exit/In, Hootie & The Blowfish brought their Group
Therapy Tour to the city’s Bridgestone Arena for a sold-out show Saturday
night (7 Sept 2019).
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| Hootie & the Blowfish perform to a sold-out Bridgestone Arena on Sept. 7, 2019 | Photo Credit: Jason Kempin, Getty Images |
The trek coincides with the 25th anniversary of the
band’s breakthrough album, Cracked Rear View, now certified 21-times Platinum,
and the crowd was on their feet throughout the night singing along to the
album’s classic songs “Hold My Hand” and “Time” before raising their lit-up
cell phones for the GRAMMY Award-winning ballad, “Let Her Cry.”
The show also included Hootie & The Blowfish’s new
track, “Rollin’,” from their upcoming studio album, Imperfect Circle, due out
November 1. Lead singer Darius Rucker’s solo country hits “Alright” and “Wagon
Wheel” dotted the setlist along with Hootie fan favorites “Running From an
Angel” and “I Go Blind.” Rucker called R.E.M. “the band that made us want to
play music” before paying tribute to them with a cover of “Losing My Religion.”
Towards the end of the night, Hootie welcomed show
openers Barenaked Ladies onstage for a cover of The Beatles’ “I Get By with a
Little Help from my Friends.” For the
encore, the band treated fans to an intimate performance of “Goodbye” before
bringing the energy back up with a little bit of Kool & the Gang’s “Get
Down on It” mixed into their final song, “Only Wanna Be With You.”
ARTICLES
(9 Sept 2019) The New Forces of Female in Country
Music (by GINA TEICHERT) COWGIRL MAGAZINE's list of up-and-coming country women.
INTERVIEWS
(9 Sept 2019) Off the
Record Episode #84: Josh Turner
Imogen Marshall chats to
singer-songwriter Josh Turner ahead of his first UK show at Union Chapel, talking
about his latest album (and first gospel album) 'I Serve A Saviour,' what his
faith means to him and more...
(9 Sept 2019) Lyricinterviews: Cam From The Long Road Festival On Intimacy, Politics And New, New Music!!! By: James Daykin
WATCH
(Sept 2019) A Day In The Life - FESTIVAL SEASON!! Katy Hurt A day
in the life of an unsigned #touringmusician during festival season in England!!
Watch on YouTube
(Sept 2019) ASHLEY McBryde RELEASES “ONE NIGHT
STANDARDS”
Ashley McBryde was sitting in a dimly lit writer’s room of her management office in
East Nashville earlier this year with Girl Going Nowhere’s “Livin’ Next to
Leroy” and “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega” co-writer Nicolette Hayford, and
the seasoned songwriter kept coming back to, “It ain’t somethin’, I wanna spend
a lot of time in… I ain’t gonna stay for the weekend…” before noting, “there’s
something in that notion that not everything has to last forever.” After a
whirlwind two years, the ACM Award winner and CMA, GRAMMY and Emmy-nominated
Arkansas native knew they’d landed on something special.
“We had to walk
away from it to give it a second to breathe,” she now reflects. “When we got
back in a room, this time Shane [McAnally] was with us and I joked, ‘You know,
hotel rooms...they only have one night stand for a reason. They’re one night
stand-ers.’ Shane and Nic’s eyes lit up, ‘Did you just say one night
standards?’”
“One Night Standards,” the first taste
of what’s to come from her highly-anticipated sophomore album for Warner Music
Nashville is available now and sees McBryde again collaborating with producer
Jay Joyce.
(6 Sept 2019) Fast rising global country star Morgan Evans played at a sold out O2 Academy Islington before heading to Long Road festival. His eagerly awaited return to the UK included shows this week in Glasgow and Liverpool and comes as part of his extensive World Tour, celebrating his critically acclaimed debut US album Things That We Drink To, which he released last year via Warner Music / Warner Nashville. He shares acoustic video for ‘Young Again’ on YouTube
(6 Sept 2019) Billboard Premiered Farewell
Angelina’s “More Problems” Music Video
Just in time to close out summer, Farewell Angelina released
their new feel good summertime music video for “More Problems.”
Premiered by Billboard, the video showcases a carefree, beachy
summer vibe. The song was released on their recent Women & Wine EP. Watch
the “More Problems” music video, directed by Quinton Cook, here and stream the
song, which Billboard calls “infectious” along with the rest of the EP here.
(7 Sept 2019) Kalie Shorr showcased the genre-bending direction of her
upcoming album with the premiere of her new music video, “Lullaby,”
on Refinery29’s The Drop. This new video and song displays
Shorr’s unique style and personal tenacity adding a whimsical take on a serious
subject. She will release her debut full-length album Open Book on September
27. The song, “Lullaby” was written by Shorr with Robyn Collins
and Will Stone, co-produced with Skip Black and is available here along with the video.
COUNTRY FASHION
COUNTRY GOSSIP
(9 Sept 2019) Kelly Clarkson wasn't trying to
'offend or defend' anyone with Taylor Swift suggestion
Kelly Clarkson has insisted she wasn't taking sides during the Taylor Swift/Scooter
Braun feud when she suggested the singer should re-record her first five
records.
The Shake It Off singer made it clear she wasn't happy
when it emerged that Scooter, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande's manager, had
snapped up her former record label, Big Machine, and with it her master
recordings, as she called Braun a "bully" and his deal her
"worst-case scenario".
But appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy
Fallon on Sunday night, Kelly explained she was just making a business
suggestion - she didn't intend to get involved in the feud.
"I wasn't really trying to defend or offend
anyone," she said. "It was more like, Reba (McEntire) told me she did
that. That was it. That was all... She wanted to own her masters. And I was
like, 'Well if it's that important to you, like find a way.' And she recut all
of her music and did it with the same musicians, the same everything. That's
where I got the idea.
"Taylor is (an) artist, like she's been writing
since she was a little girl. So it's kind of like her diary, so I get why she'd
wanna (own her music)."
While Kelly added she doesn't personally care about
who owns her masters, host Jimmy Fallon praised her for backing up the Lover
star.
"I stick up for everybody!" Kelly replied with
a laugh. "Hopefully they'll be there for me when I need it."
BIRTHDAYS
Birthdays in the week ahead
Sept 9: Charles Esten Puskar (1965), Hunter Hayes (1991), Joey Feek (Sept 9, 1975; died March 4, 2016 (aged
40))
Sept 10: Rosie Flores (1950),
Ashley Monroe (1986)
Sept 11: Charles Kelley (Lady
Antebellum, 1981)
Sept 12 the late George Jones
(Aug 12, 1931; died April 26, 2013 (aged 81)), Kelsea Nicole Ballerini
(1993), Jennifer Odessa Nettles (1974)
Sept 13 Bobbie Cryner (1961),
the late Bill Monroe (Sept 13, 1911;
died: September 9, 1996 (aged 85)), Pat
Algar (1947), Joe Don Rooney
(Rascal Flatts) (1975)
Sept 14: Beth Nielsen Chapman
(1958), John Berry (1959), Danielle Peck (1978)
Sept 15: Raylene Rankin
(Rankins) (1960), the late Roy Acuff
(Sept 15, 1902; died Nov 23, 1992 (aged 89), Ben Earle (The Shires) (1987?)
R.I.P
(3 Sept 2019) Chronicle: Longtime booking agent/artist
manager Keith Case passed away Tuesday (Sept 3) at age 79. His Keith
Case & Associates booking firm represented Suzy Bogguss, Robert Earl
Keen, Guy Clark, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billy Joe Shaver, Ralph Stanley, The
SteelDrivers Dan Tyminski and Townes Van Zandt, among others. Many
of Case's clients were showcased on the Grammy award-winning O Brother Where
Art Thou album, and he was key in the career development of Alison Krauss &
Union Station. Case moved to Nashville in 1982 and was a founding member of the
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA).
(4 Sept 2019) Country singer Kylie Rae Harris killed in a car crash in northern New Mexico.
Texas-based singer and songwriter Kylie Rae Harris died
following a three-car crash in New Mexico on Wednesday night (Sept. 4). The
30-year-old was killed
near Taos, N.M., an area she knew well and an area where many of her loved ones
died.
Harris' final Instagram stories posts reveal that she
had been traveling for 12 hours and had done some reflecting about her time in
Taos. The videos were filmed in a parked car, and she had appeared to reach her
destination. She was scheduled to play the Big Barn Music Festival in Taos on
Thursday, a festival she said she loved.
Harris had also been scheduled to play as part of the
the “BMI Songwriters Spotlight Series” during the NAB/RAB Radio Show in Dallas
on September 25th, as well as at Josh Abbott Band’s “Jab Fest” In Lubbock, TX
on SEPTEMBER 20-21. She previously starred in the reality documentary series
“Troubadour, TX.”
HARRIS leaves behind a 6-year-old daughter.
“We are
heartbroken to confirm that Kylie Rae Harris passed away in a car accident last
night,” Harris’ publicist said in a statement. “We have no further details to
share,and ask for privacy for her family at this time. Everyone that knew Kylie
knew how much she loved her family and, beyond that, how much she loved music.
The best tribute to her unmatched enthusiasm for both is to spread as much love
as you can today, and listen to music that fully inspires you.”
Harris hailed from Texas and was an emerging country
act. In March of this year she put out a self-titled EP, which featured songs
about lessons Harris learned throughout her life. One particular highlight of
the EP is a tune called “Twenty Years From Now,” a song she wrote
as a prayer for her six-year-old daughter. Having lost her own father to
cancer, Harris told Billboard that the song is the most important thing she’d
ever written, saying “it scared me thinking that it was totally possible I
could be gone before my daughter reaches that point. I want to meet my kid’s
kids.”
Harris’ last tweet came Wednesday afternoon and read
“Fuel range is 46 miles and I’m 36 from the nearest gas station. Dear baby
Jesus please don’t let me get stranded in NM.”
The three-vehicle crash took the lives of Harris and 16-year-old
driver on State Road 522.
Police say speed and alcohol were factors in the
crash that killed country singer Kylie Rae and 16-year-old Maria Cruz
of San Cristobal, N.M. Additionally, they tell a story that finds Harris as
the instigator in Wednesday's (Sept. 4) three-car accident.
Taos News revealed investigators' findings on Thursday
afternoon (Sept. 5). The Taos County Sheriff's Office says Harris was in a 2017
black Chevrolet Equinox driving south on State Road 522 when she clipped the
back of a Chevrolet Avalanche. That sent her vehicle into oncoming traffic, and
she hit a white 2008 Jeep driven by Cruz. Both drivers died at the scene. The
driver of the Avalanche was uninjured. Read More: Police: Kylie Rae Harris Caused
Crash That Killed Her, Teenager
The mother of Kylie Rae Harris spoke out in the wake
of her daughter's death in a car crash. Betsy Cowan told People that Harris "struggled
with" alcohol in the years prior to her death in a crash in which
investigators suspect alcohol was a factor.
Harris, black Chevrolet Equinox she was driving
clipped a black Chevrolet Avalanche from behind, sending her into the oncoming
lane of traffic. Harris collided head-on with a white 2008 Jeep driven
by 16-year-old Maria Elena Cruz. Both drivers died at the scene. The driver of
the Avalanche was uninjured.
Investigators believe speed and alcohol were both
factors in the crash, according to Taos News. Though the toxicology report was
pending, Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe placed the blame for the accident on Harris.
"At this time I will say with most certainty that
Miss Cruz was an innocent victim of this senseless crash caused by Ms.
Harris," he tells Taos News. Taste of Country reached out to both the
sheriff and the Taos Police Department for clarification on the sheriff's comments.
Neither has responded.
According to public records, Harris had a DWI in 2017
with a blood alcohol level exceeding .15, which resulted in having an ignition
interlock installed in her car. She had a previous citation for speeding in
2014 for going 81 in a 60 MPH zone.
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