Rachele Lynae's "Guy in the
Sky" helped California Wildfire Victims Celebrate Holidays
Exclusively Premiered on AXS.com
Nashville,
Tenn. (Dec. 13, 2017) -- Alaska native Rachele Lynae released
her moving new song “Guy in the Sky” to iTunes and Spotify.
The
philanthropic single is also available for free download on Lynae’s CrowdRise page (Update:
$1,472 of $2,500 goal 58% Complete Raised by 15 people in 1 month) in exchange
for donations to benefit victims of the California wildfires.
With
family in northern California, the onset of wildfires hit close to home and
inspired Lynae to use her influence to make a difference. One of her favorite
things during the holiday season is to spend time with family and enjoy a
holiday meal together. All proceeds from “Guy in the Sky” and donations to her
fundraiser will go towards helping families affected by natural disaster and
providing holiday meals.
Co-written
by Lynae, Patricia Conroy and Danick Dupelle, “Guy in the
Sky” was written to inspire and share hope.
“The brazen country artist cops to
her astonishment and reverence for spiritual forces on the mesmerizing track,”
- AXS.com exclusively
premiered the single Wednesday, Dec. 6. Watch the video published
on Dec 14, 2017 (16K views):
Having already accumulated a
plethora of career highlights, Lynae has opened for superstars including Keith
Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Randy Houser, the late Leon Russell and more. “Guy in
the Sky” follows Lynae’s previous release of the acoustic Spotify
singles, “Barbie Dolls,” “Cut Me Off,” “Breaking Chains” and “Running
Out of Reasons” to lead off her EP slated for a spring release.
LONDON, UK (15th
Dec 2017) - Confirmed to return to the UK in 2018 for the Country to Country
festival in London & Glasgow, rising country artist Morgan Evans has released
the video for his hugely successful Warner Music Nashville debut single 'Kiss
Somebody' - which has been streamed over 12m times and already received major
airplay across the USA, Australia and the UK including BBC Radio 2 & Chris
Country. Check out the video here:
The one-of-a-kind and visually
fascinating music video for 'Kiss Somebody' premiered (Tues Dec
14, 2018) exclusively with CMT.
Filmed in nearly a single-shot
and in extreme slow-motion, this innovative and avant-garde video breaks new
ground within the genre for Evans’ “upbeat, addictively optimistic track” (The
Boot). The song also made an impressive appearance the day it was
released on Spotify’s Global Viral 50 Chart and skyrocketed to #15 on its
US Viral 50 chart, earning him early admiration from Rolling
Stone, Billboard, MusicRow and more.
In addition to their support of the Jeff Venable-directed video, CMT has named
Evans as one of their #18for2018
artists, with Pandora and Sounds Like Nashville also
touting the singer/songwriter as a country artist to watch. Fans will have
plenty of chances to do just that as the Australian-native gets ready to join
label-mate Cole Swindell for his “Down Home Tour” in January followed
by an appearance at the UK's Country to Country (C2C) festival and a string of
dates on Chris Young’s “Losing Sleep Tour.” With an engaging live
show built around a loop pedal setup, “Evans can command a stage solo,
with plenty of charm and a showman's flair that would make Urban proud”
(Rolling Stone).
Co-written by Evans with Chris DeStefano (Carrie Underwood, Brett
Eldredge, Rascal Flatts) and Josh Osborne (Sam Hunt, Blake Shelton,
Keith Urban),'Kiss Somebody' is already making waves in Australia as the No. 1
song on their iTunes Top Country Songs chart and Apple A:List
Country chart. After moving to Nashville in 2016, he immediately set to
work and is currently in the studio making new music for his forthcoming Warner
Bros. Records/Warner Music Nashville debut. 'Kiss Somebody' is available
to all digital music platforms now:https://morganevans.lnk.to/KissSomebody
Danielle Bradbery performing on The Voice on Dec. 5 | Photo Credit: Trae Patton/NBC
LOS ANGELES — After winning Season 4 of NBC’s The
Voice in 2013, Danielle Bradbery found success, yet she still felt
like she needed to find her own identity. Wanting to take hold of the creative
process on her next project, she took four years to hone her writing skills and
come into her own. The Texas-native showed that transformative sound when
she returned to its stage for a live performance of her album
cut, “Worth It,” in
celebration of her BMLG Records sophomore album, I DON’T BELIEVE WE’VE MET, that
NPR calls “a significant, and successful, reinvention captured in a taut 10
tracks,” available now.
“I am so thankful to everyone at The Voice and
to all the incredible fans that have supported me along the way. They have
stuck with me all this time and it’s incredible,” explained Bradbery. “I had
some growing up to do since I won, so it was amazing to return where it all
started for me, to show everyone how much I’ve grown, and what I’ve been up
to.”
A stark difference from the denim and country boots she wore on
the show in 2013, Bradbery re-introduced herself last night singing the track
that Rolling Stone calls “gutsy” and “self-assured.” A long
way from the bubbly songs she recorded at age 17, “Worth It,” People says
focuses with “emotion is the focal point,” and speaks to the confidence
the singer found in the last four years. The tune, that shot to Top 5 on the
iTunes Country Songs chart after The Voice performance, demonstrates
the re-introductory nature of I DON’T BELIEVE WE’VE MET, that
led to the Washington Post to tout Bradbery’s “powerful
ballads” in a profile.
“‘Worth It’ is such a perfect song to re-introduce myself to
fans,” Bradbery continues. “I was so shy when I won this show. I needed this
song to remind me to stand up for myself, and I hope it will help fans gain
confidence as they conquer their dreams.”
For the first time co-writing seven out of 10 songs on the new
album, NPR recognizes Bradbery has a
“newfound diaristic punch.” Her hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle declared
the album is “a rebirth, a portrait of personal and musical evolution,” that is
“one of the year's nicest surprises, a cohesive collection of musings on
relationships with nary a wasted moment.”
If you missed it, you can find her performance on The
Voice here:
Nashville, Tenn. -
Nashville based country singer-songwriter Chase
Rice, whose new album LAMBS &
LIONS was released in November to much acclaim from both fans and critics,
last week completed his first ever headline tour (support from Twinnie). of the UK & Ireland,
playing to sellout crowds across Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and
Dublin. The shows formed part of a tour spanning two continents, three
countries, four months, and over 30 tour dates. UK/Ireland dates were as
follows:
Dec. 1st - Glasgow, U.K. | King Tuts Dec. 2nd - Manchester, U.K. | Deaf Institute - SOLD OUT Dec. 4th - Birmingham, U.K. | O2 Institute2 Dec. 5th - London, U.K. | Borderline - SOLD OUT Dec. 6th - Dublin, Ireland | Whelans
Audiences were treated to a rare solo acoustic performance from
the star, with songs from the new album, along with picks from further back in
his catalogue, including fan favourite "Carolina Can" and a version
of the Florida Georgia Line hit "Cruise," which Rice co-wrote.
In his own words: “The fans that came out to the shows sang every
word to every song, including album cuts from Lambs & Lions which is only a
couple weeks old. Europe and the UK have true-to-the-core country music fans,
and they genuinely blew our minds. Thank you for showing up and singing with
us. The band and I are already planning our next tour as that was unreal!"
Among the positive reviews already stacking up for the tour,
popular country website Nashville Over
Here said “if you wanted an artist to get the party started, you’d be hard
pressed to find one better than Chase”; while Entertainment Focus noted “it won’t be long before he’s selling out
much bigger venues here”.
Interview: Chase
Rice joined Your Life In A Song’s
Dan Wharton in Birmingham
INTERVIEW: CHASE RICE
INTERVIEW:
Chase Rice joined us in Birmingham to discuss his very first UK tour, his personal new album 'Lambs and Lions', lead single 'Three Chords and the Truth' and more!
Posted by Your Life In A Song on Friday, 8 December 2017
LAMBS &
LIONS (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow/BMG | BBMG) made a debut at No.42 on the Billboard 200 and No.6on Billboard Top Country Albums (chart
week dated Dec 9, 2017) opening with sales of 12,066 copies.
Debut Fri 17 November #3 UK Country iTunes (#81 overall UK Albums chart) | #3 US iTunes
Your Life In A Song: …A December UK tour of smaller venues tells me he is not afraid to get
his hands dirty and that his team know that building a fan base over here in
England can work wonders for the buzz back in the States, just ask Kacey
Musgraves and Maren Morris about that! 2018 is going to be a big year for Chase
Rice – he needs some traction, some buzz and a damn good tour placement but if
Broken Bow can secure all or at least some of those things there is no reason
why ‘Lambs and Lions’ cannot find a little niche for itself amongst all the
other things happening in Country music right now. Amen.
Roughstock(Rating:
Positive):….Three years after releasing
Ignite The Night, Chase has given those patient fans an album they’ve been
waiting for but here’s the best part, he’s made a record which expands on that
sound and suggests a path for where his career will go in the future. Lambs
& Lions is a lean, tight collection of songs
Entertainment-focus(Rating: Positive):….Lambs & Lions is a bold statement and
it should see Rice moving on from his past and his troubles. It’s a confident
collection of personal songs that shows the man behind the hits. It’s a step in
the right direction and it should see him taken more seriously as an artist
with a lot more to give than he’s been able to up to this point.
Sounds Like Nashville(Rating: Positive):….The 11-track Lambs & Lions is a sign
of musical and personal growth for Rice. Compared to his first album, Ignite
the Night, his sophomore record focuses less on party songs and more toward
faith, relationships and getting through the tough times….
Country Music Magazine (Rating: 3 STARS)..There
are a couple of misses, including the stodgy gospel of Amen, but the standout
track is Three Chords And The Truth, which has ‘constant radio play’ written
all over it. LAMBS & LIONS might not be subtle, but it clearly packs a
punch’
ABOUT CHASE
RICE + ‘LAMBS & LIONS’:
“The only formula is to put out great music,” says Rice. “It’s as simple as
that. I won’t let anyone or anything get in the way of that anymore.”
Rice has released three albums—including, most recently, 2014’s Ignite the
Night, which hit No. 1 on the country charts and reached the top five of the
Top 200—but with Lambs & Lions, he is making a fresh start. With a new
label and a renewed sense of creative purpose, he is making music that draws
from multiple sources and influences, but is unified by his vision, integrity,
and honesty.
“This is an album that stands for what I stand for,” says Rice. “I don’t think
of myself as a country artist specifically—I’m here to be an artist, period.
I’m very proud of the country genre, and I think we have some big country radio
songs on here, but outside of that, there’s a story I wanted to tell,
regardless of genre. I had to completely put out of my mind what anyone else
would think. I knew I wouldn’t be satisfied until I took it as far as I
possibly could.”
The ten songs on Lambs & Lions derive from Rice’s life and experience,
triumphs and disappointments, and ultimately his determination to stand up for
his convictions. Produced by Chris DeStefano, Mac MacAnally and, most
surprisingly, Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Cold War Kids), Lambs & Lions
offers up sounds from the unsettling strings and horns on the title track to
the spare piano and swelling choir of “Amen.” And if it took him walking out on
his record company and finding a new home to get there, it also reflects the
unconventional path that led him to make music in the first place.
Credit: Broken Bow Records
Born in Florida and raised on a farm in Asheville, North Carolina, Rice was a
promising linebacker at the University of North Carolina. “Football wired me
for the rest of my life,” he says, “including in some wrong ways. So, I’ve had
to learn to be more sensitive and when to be more aggressive. It’s a focus you
carry on to everything you do in life.”
Encouraged by his father, he began playing guitar and writing songs in college.
After his father died and an injury ended his football career, music became his
solace during a period of depression. (The slogan he took to writing inside the
brim of his baseball caps, "HDEU," served as a reminder to keep his
head down, working, but his eyes up, looking forward to the future—and now
inspires his clothing company, Head Down Eyes Up.)
After college, Rice was selected as a NASCAR pit crew member, winning two
championships with the Lowes teams, and then took time away to escape. But his
heart never left music, and he knew he had to take his shot at Nashville. Soon
after arriving, he was part of the team that wrote Florida Georgia Line’s smash
“Cruise,” which went on to be certified Platinum with over 10 million in sales.
After a couple of independent album releases of his own, Rice signed a major
label deal.
It was the peak moment for country songs about girls, trucks, and parties, and
the Ignite the Night album spun off several hit singles, including the platinum
“Ready Set Roll” and gold “Gonna Wanna Tonight.” Rice still feels connected to
this work. “I can still completely relate to those songs,” he says. “I’m still
proud of that record. It got people to come to the shows, put me on a farm I
otherwise would never have, and made me into the artist I am today.”
He points to the song “Carolina Can” as a breakthrough for him personally with
his writing. “It’s rare to have a song that’s so truthful,” he says. “The title
is one state, one place—it tells my story—but anybody can relate to feeling and
sentiment. It’s just a huge honor to have a song like that in our arsenal when
we take the stage.” It would be a turning point not just in his songwriting,
but in his goals and ambitions.
After one frustrating conversation with an executive, Rice went home, called
his team, and informed them that he wanted out of his deal. “The more shows I
kept playing, the more I learned that what I really needed was to get a record
out!,” he says. “So I put my foot down and when I found that label didn’t have
the same plan as I did, I just said, ‘let’s go our separate ways’—and I have
zero problem with that. I was confident about that decision, and I believed in
the album I was making. Looking back at that period I realize now that it was
really about me needing to bet on myself before expecting others to do that as
well.”
One song he believed in was “Three Chords & the Truth,” a tribute to the
power of discovering the songs—“Amazing Grace,” “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Mama
Tried,”—that changed his life. “I had actually wanted that to be the next
single after ‘Gonna Wanna Tonight,’” he says. “It’s personal as it details
going back to high school and what it meant to me to hear those songs for the
first time.”
He kept writing for an album that he hoped would be out more than a year ago.
“It was a long, long process,” he says. “But some of my favorite songs wouldn’t
have been on here if I hadn’t kept going. It didn’t change completely, but it
gave me time to analyze and make the songs better.”
Enter Broken Bow Records, home of Jason Aldean and Dustin Lynch, which decided
to give Rice and Lambs & Lions a chance. “I had all these songs, and I knew
I wanted to tell a story, but I wasn’t sure what that was,” says Rice. “I
wanted each song to have its own identity, and it would fill the album with
what it needed.”
But he felt sure that a song called “Lions” would be the title track. “I wanted
to write something you would listen to in the locker room before you go out and
crush it on the football field,” he says. “It means even more to me now because
I had to weather a lot of storms, fight for my career—and see how much it
motivates me.”
Elsewhere, Lambs & Lions draws on pop (the irresistible hooks of “Eyes on
You”), rock, even old-school country sounds, ending with Rice’s version of
iconic singer and rodeo champion Chris LeDoux's "This Cowboy's Hat,"
performed with LeDoux's son Ned. “The lines between genres are getting thinner
and thinner—that’s the world we live in,” he says. “So I decided even more not
to pander to what anybody wants me to do. The only way to make it successful is
to make it true to me.”
Chase Rice points to a number of other artists as inspirations—Chesney, Garth
Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, Blink 182 to the Foo Fighters. But he says that he
holds no single musician as a role model. “Every artist needs to figure out
their own way,” he says. “There are so many right ways to do it. The best way
is just to be yourself and be good to people. I think you do that and you’ll be
alright.”
SECURES 9TH CONSECUTIVE
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY UK PLAYLIST WITH NEW SINGLE ‘THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE ME’ LISTEN ON - YOUTUBE / SPOTIFY
UPCOMING DEBUT ALBUM OUT SPRING 2018 VIA WARNERS BROS. RECORDS
ON UK TOUR WITH DAN + SHAY Playing London, KOKO Nov 28th
“A
promising young artist poised to join the best of the UK’s growing country music scene.” - The Independent
“One to watch” – The Times
“One of the brightest emerging talents in country music” – Music
Week
Catherine McGrath released her brand
new single ‘Thought It Was Gonna Be Me’, which has become her ninth
consecutive New Music Friday UK
playlisted track on Spotify. It is the second single taken from her debut
album, which is being released in spring next year via Warner Bros. Records.
Catherine
McGrath
- Thought It Was Gonna Be Me (Single; 2017 Warner Bros Records UK)
Chart success: Debut Fri 24 Nov: #18 UK Country
iTunes Chart (#923 overall UK Singles chart), then peak #5 UK Country iTunes Chart (#500 overall UK Singles chart) | Sat Nov
25: #13 | Tues Nov 28: #130
The release came ahead of her UK tour supporting US megastars Dan + Shay, which started on Tuesday
(28th November) at London’s KOKO and ending on Thurs Dec 7th at Mandela
Hall in Belfast.
LIVE DATES (supporting Dan + Shay)
Tue 28th Nov – KOKO, London
Wed 29th Nov – Trinity, Bristol
Fri 1st Dec – Academy 2, Birmingham
Sun 3rd Dec – Academy 2, Manchester
Mon 4th Dec – St Lukes, Glasgow
Wed 6th Dec – Vicar St, Dublin
Thu 7th Dec – Mandela Hall, Belfast
Been so amazing going on tour with @DanAndShay and being blown away every night watching them perform. Thanks for having me guys ❤️ pic.twitter.com/leGnYTiouU
Catherine has just completed a UK run with Irish duo Picture This, which included a show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush,
just one of many tours Catherine has embarked on this year. She has also
supported the likes of Kelsea Ballerini,
The Shires, Canaan Smith, CAM and Una Healy as well as played a number of
festivals from British Summer Time, Hyde park, to C2C Country To Country 2017 and Boardmasters.
‘Thought
It Was Gonna Be Me’ follows Catherine’s previous single ‘Talk Of This Town’, which premiered with The
Independent and secured her first airplay on Radio 1.
Catherine regularly visits the genre’s epicentre Nashville and just returned
after attending country music’s biggest night of celebration, the Country Music Awards with the likes of
Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Kelsea Ballerini and more.
Still so surreal that I got to go to the CMAs, been dreaming of doing that since I was 12. Such an amazing night. pic.twitter.com/tDG5vQKKmm
Her song-writing abilities have seen her work with top names in Nashville and
in the UK including Steve Robson
(One Direction, Take That), Liz Rose (Taylor
Swift) and Jimmy Robbins (Kelly
Clarkson, Miranda Lambert), with some of the tracks featuring on her previous
two EP’s One and Starting From Now and
on the upcoming album. Buy Physical CDs at eurostore.warnermusic.com
Country and pop fans across the UK and Ireland are falling in love with the
young singer as she continues her rise as the next big thing in the genre. She
recently performed a Stageside Showcase
in conjunction with the leading Instagram account @London, which has over two
million followers.
Her performance was live streamed on Instagram and saw over 150,000 people tune
in to watch, resulting in it being the most-viewed live video on Instagram in
the UK that day.
LANCO MAKES
HISTORY ON BILLBOARD’S COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART
AND
EMERGING ARTISTS CHART WITH FIRST NO. ONE HIT “GREATEST LOVE STORY”
Lead Singer
Brandon Lancaster Becomes Only Country Artist In Over a Decade
to Perform
and Pen First Chart-Topping Hit Alone
Band’s
Authentic Style Resonates Nationwide Landing On Pandora and Hits
Magazine “Watch List"
NASHVILLE,
TN - Nov. 20, 2017 - Sony Music Nashville’s breakthrough band LANCO earned their first-ever No.1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart this week with the GOLD single “Greatest
Love Story” off their self-titled EP. “Shaking up the Country charts”
with "his confessional style lyrics" (Entertainment
Weekly), lead singer Brandon Lancaster takes credit as the sole writer
behind the hit, marking the first time in over ten years an artist's first No.
One on the chart has been solely written by the artist. Simultaneously,
this week’s top-selling new group reaches No1 on Billboard's Emerging Artist
Chart ending Dua Lipa’s six-week reign at the top spot on the all-genre chart.
“It’s absolutely incredible to write a song
that our entire band has believed in since day one...and for our years of hard
work to finally pay off,” said lead singer Brandon Lancaster. "We built our foundation as a band on
‘Greatest Love Story’ because we believed in the power of Country music story telling.
To see how much it has resonated with so many people makes us feel little less
crazy for believing in it so much. We also acknowledge the hard work effort
that is put into achieving this from our team, record label and Country radio
and if it wasn’t for them we would probably still playing this song to empty
bars for anyone who would listen.”
"Few
bands have have generated as much buzz as LANCO" (Pop Culture) as
they were just named one of Pandora's "2018 Country
Artists To Watch” and were also hand selected as this month’s Hits
Magazine “Vibe-Raters." As their groundswell movement
reaches new heights, Lancaster reigns at No. One for a seventh consecutive week
on the Top Country Songwriters chart, based on streams,
sales and airplay and he serves as the only artist to reach this accolade in
2017. Critics nationwide have raved about LANCO’s “Greatest Love Story,"
leaving high exceptions for their forthcoming full-length debut set for release
in early 2018.
“A tender
first exposure for many listeners, but it just scratches the surface for LANCO.
The five-piece offers an energetic live show and songs with an upbeat
worldview, a welcome elixir for the pessimism of modern times." - Billboard
“A
sentimental misfit’s anthem, powered by sweeping romanticism and emotive
lyricism."— Hits Magazine
“Served as
the backdrop for countless proposals this summer, with numerous fans popping
the question during LANCO's live performances." - Entertainment
Tonight
"The
nostalgic single…is the kind of love story from days gone by, the one you
learned about from your grandparents and their generation, when times where
simpler and so was love. It’s the love story we all still want to believe
in." – CMT
Years of believing in a dream. Celebrating our number one was surreal. Thank you to our fans, and country radio for giving our songs a home. pic.twitter.com/6n074WzjCl
LANCO's
self-titled debut EP can now count more than 100 million streams. Already named
as "the band to watch" by Bobby Bones, CMT, Entertainment
Weekly, Rolling Stone, Spotify and more, LANCO gained their
momentum from touring the country’s top festivals including Bonnaroo,
Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Watershed, Faster Horses and more.
Opening for artists such as Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne and Jake Owen,
LANCO continues to make “notable first impressions” (The Desert Sun) as
direct support for Dustin Lynch's THE RIDE OR DIE TOUR and will head out in January
for Chris Young's LOSING SLEEP WORLD TOUR. Additionally, LANCO was just
announced as performers for the inaugural Rare Country Awards (12/14)
where they are nominated for “Best New Artist”.
For more
information on LANCO and upcoming tour dates
(Nashville, Tenn. – November
17, 2017) – Curb Records’ recording
duo, American Young, has
released the music video for their own take on the popular holiday hit, “Baby, It’s
Cold Outside.” American Young’s
unique harmonies add a distinctive sound to this holiday classic. Watch the
video here.
The song is
featured on Winter Wonderland, a 12-song
compilation, which is now available through digital retailers. This special
holiday project features tracks from other artists, including Tim McGraw,
Hank Williams Jr., Kenny Rogers, Rodney Atkins and several other notable artists.
(12 Oct 2017) Various artists
- Winter Wonderland (Curb)
"We are so honored that
we were asked to be part of this project. Christmas is a special time of year
for so many people and we can't wait to share this song with our fans to spread
some Christmas cheer throughout the holiday season," said the duo.
Most
recently, American Young has been touring internationally and performing songs
from their debut album, AY. Listen to the album here.
About American Young: American Young is comprised of songwriter/musician, Kristy
Osmunson, and songwriter/producer, Jon Stone, who are complete opposites when it comes to personality, but
come together to create hauntingly beautiful music stemmed solely from their
own personal experiences. Both are established songwriters in their own right
and wrote 11 out of the 12 tracks on their debut album, AY.
Kristy Osmunson, born in Creston, British Columbia, grew up playing the violin.
She went from playing at honky-tonks to co-founding the electrifying
fiddle-duo Bomshel and
writing the Joey + Rory hit “Cheater, Cheater.” She was well on her way as a
songwriter and solo artist before crossing paths with Stone.
Jon Stone, originally from Oregon, is country born and bred. For a while he
worked as a bull rider, before he was a solo act turned successful
producer/songwriter including producing for Lee Brice and writing “Woman Like
You,” Kenny Chesney’s “Seven Days,” Blake Shelton’s “Kiss My Country Ass,” and
Rascal Flatts’ “Me and My Gang.”
