“…the British equivalent of Old Crow Medicine
Show” - Your Life In a Song
Deep
South (Coast) Country/Bluegrass four-piece Hometown Show return with
their brand new single Texas
is the Reasonon July 22nd 2018.
It’s
described as a mid-tempo Cash/Carter style number with a contemporary twist,
the song takes you on the journey of a man, hitchhiking his way from Tennessee
to Texas to find his true love.
Texas is
the Reason is a modern take on the ‘storytelling’ Country style of old, with
toe-tapping acoustic guitar, Tennessee Three style electric rhythm and
blistering harmonica solos that create a sound influenced most notably by the
likes of The Avett Brothers, Charlie Daniels and Hank Williams.
This sweet,
amusing and entertaining acoustic driven ditty points its compass on a route
from sandy coastlines to beaming city lights heading out to be with a kissed-her-lips-a-1000-times-girl-of-my-dreams
beauty - I’m on my way!
I’ll swim the oceans and walk the Appalachian Trail
I’d wade the Bayous Brave the rowdy barroom brawls
To have in you in my arms once more
Self-penned
by Matthew Harrison and recorded at The Foundry Studios in Portsmouth, this light-hearted
number has a locked in time feel to it and is a real joy
Texas is
the Reason will beavailable
for digital-download and limited physical purchase from 22nd July 2018 from their website at www.hometownshow.co.uk
HOMETOWN PLAY: The single received
an exclusive world first spin on Russell Hill's
Country Music Show on 93.7 Express FM(Sundays between 12pm and 3pm). Listen back from
20 mins - “Goodness me they’ve done a grand
job with their new single, that’s a Brucie bargain because that is a beautiful
single” - Russell Hill
Genre:
Bluegrass, Country, Folk
Band
Members: Matthew Harrison (Guitar/Vocals), Amy Louise Sladden (Vocals), Joshua
Hibberd (Bass) & Trevor Thwaites (Harmonica)
Chart Success: "Cold
Feet" has made it to #9 on Canada Country iTunes Singles Chart and
in the top 100 (#99) all genres
A story song about choosing
between your head and your heart. What would you do?
A gentle light acoustic, delicate
piano and soft percussion underscores this deliciously dreamy number from the get-go.
Tenille compares her new single Cold
Feet as “like a Nicholas Sparks
book in a song”. Several of his romantic novels (Amazon)
have become number one New York Times bestsellers. If there was any justice
then the CANCON songstress’ new single should also become a hit!
This beautiful, graceful, and
stylish ballad gentle stirs the emotional pot on this cinematic track where a church
wedding day dawns. Bridesmaid dresses are hanging, flowers have been ordered and
a starry-eyed honeymoon awaits with Mister Perfect, or does it?
Out of a blue the bride to be
receives a letter from a former love-torn lover persuading her to meet at a
favourite beauty spot.
But you should be happily wrapped up with me
It's took me to write down what I finally see
So why don't you meet me one night
In our old spot down by the creek
If you've got cold.. feet
The music, interspersed with
laced faint steel, creates a slow motion of pure dreamy smoothness perfectly
complimenting Tenille's gorgeous spell-weaving vocal tone. The song leaves the
necessary pauses and wide-open spaces between both the notes and the words as
the bride to be ponders what direction is best to take.
Instead of being swathed in the
comfort of her home dreaming of her special day it finds her out on a rainy late-night
sidewalk with doubt cast in a troubled mind.
Here she is walking back home after midnight
Trying to breath
With cold..feet
What should she do? We think she should go with what her heart is saying
rather than her mind when that hard-to-pin-down life decision is involved. Let
Tennille know on her Facebook video what you think.
Whatever the outcome we love the
beautiful texture of this track. Pure Bliss!
About Tenille Arts:
Genre: Country/Pop
Home Town: Weyburn, Saskatchewan,
Canada
About: Rooted in country pop,
striking young artist Tenille Arts successfully packages a laid-back prairie
personality with a passionate dedication to her craft.
Influences: Carrie Underwood,
Taylor Swift, Dixie Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Kellie
Pickler, Brad Paisley, Kelly Clarkson, Kacey Musgraves, Katy Perry, Pink
Biography
Tenille Arts is a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
At the age of 8, a neighbour
overheard her singing in the backyard and encouraged her to pursue music. This
encounter helped lead Tenille to vocal lessons, piano lessons, and dance
training. She wrote her first song at 13, and has performed shows all over
Canada since then.
Tenille made her first trip to Nashville when she was 15 to pursue a
music opportunity she had been offered. While gaining some valuable experience she
returned to Canada to continue writing, performing, and finish high school.
On one of her return trips to
Nashville in 2014, she was introduced to industry veterans Adam Wheeler and Matt Rovey
Wheeler's publisher, Hal Oven,
was also very impressed with Tenille. In 2015, he signed her to a publishing
deal at Noble Vision Music Group,
allowing her to make the move to Nashville and pursue her career full time.
The Gateway Music Festival Live |
Credit: Chris Graham Facebook Photo 2016
In 2015, Tenille supported one of
her favourite causes with a benefit single. It was a special song because it
was written by Matt Scales, a victim of Cystic
Fibrosis. Tenille became interested in being an ambassador for CF when she
was a dance teacher and one of her 6-year old students had the disease. Tenille
recorded the song "Breathe" (UK iTunes) as a fundraiser for CF
Canada, who received 100% of the proceeds. The song released April 14, 2015 peaked
at #6 on the iTunes Canada Country
chart.
The 2016SCMA Emerging Artist
Awardwinner has performed on
some of Canada's biggest stages including the Craven Country Jamboree, the
Boots and Hearts Festival, and at the Bluebird Café and the Tin Pan South
Songwriters Festival in Nashville, Tennessee.
She has over 680,000 views on her
YouTube channel and over 5,100 subscribers.
Her first single “Breathe”
for Cystic Fibrosis Canada, went to #6
on the Country iTunes chart.
Tenille signed a publishing deal and moved to Nashville in 2015.
Tenille made her mark in the
country music industry by representing Saskatchewan
in the 2015 CCMA Spotlight Performance
Contest, performing in the Boots and Hearts Emerging Artist Showcase.
Currently living in Nashville,
TN, Tenille has big plans ahead!
In late March 2016, she was chosen
as a top 6 finalist in the CCMA
Discovery Program * and performed at the CCMA Discovery Program Showcase in
September last year in London, Ontario. In 2013, the Canadian Country Music
Association (CCMA) introduced the CCMA Discovery Program (PDF), a national initiative,
developed to educate and support artists in their pursuit of a career in the
country music industry.
It entered the iTunes Canada Top
Country Albums chart at #1, Top
10 overall and was featured on the front page of the coveted “New &
Noteworthy” section on iTunes Canada. (The six-song collection also cracked the
top 100 on the US Country Albums chart). All of this even before the release of
an official first single!
She received a SCMA Award for
Album of the Year! - Facebook Photo
Her EP is described as “a perfect
mixture of sweetness and angst. Her songs are written with the youthful honesty
of a confident, mature 22-year old”. The songs are co-written with Nashville
writers Adam Wheeler, Mark Narmore, Jason Massey, and Janelle Arthur.
In Jan 2017 single What
He’s Into (Amazon
UK | UK iTunes) was sent to Canadian
country radio and made available for digital download.
The lead track, "Wildfire
and Whiskey" is a driving up-tempo about young love with a
beautiful, catchy melody. A lyric video was published
on July 6, 2017:
Streaming giant Pandora lists her as one of their
"2017 Country Artists to Watch," and popular country website whiskeyriff.com
labelled Tenille a "new country artist name you need to know
immediately."
Videos on her
channel have led to her being featured on the Bob Kingsley Country Top 40
countdown, and on the Woody and Jim morning show on 107.5 The River in
Nashville.
The official music video for
single Cold Feet was published on July 21, 2017.
Jess and
the Bandits tease their upcoming Country2Country
performance
with new single Kiss You Now
+
Jess and
the Bandits reveal HERE WE GO AGAIN deluxe edition + Headline Tour in April/ May
‘she owns the most powerful voice this side
of Adele.' (Daily Mail)
'with the greatest
respect to Glen Campbell, that was the most fabulous version I have ever heard.' (Terry Wogan on 'Wichita Lineman')
'Like
Shania at her trashiest or a whiskey-drunk Kelly Clarkson, these songs have the
swagger of bad women and even worse men.' (Gay
Times)
Jess and the Bandits(1/5 Texan and 4/5 British) tease their upcoming
Country2Country performance with new single “Kiss You Now” (Release Date: 8 April 2016)
A
Deluxe edition of their debut album HERE WE GO AGAIN is coming soon. Official
Release date April 1, 2016!
Label:
After Midnight Girl Entertainment LLC 17
tracks | Total Time: 55:36
We are so excited for
the release of the deluxe edition of our current album, ‘Here We Go Again'. We
decided rather than releasing an EP of new songs, to add 4 new tracks * onto our current album to create a deluxe edition.
People are still discovering Jess And The Bandits and not only will they get a
taste of where we started but they will get an idea of where we are going.
Current fans will be treated to some great songs that we know they’ll love and
we can’t wait to hear everyone singing along on our ‘We Are Tonight’ Tour in
April and May!
Tracklisting
1.
Ready Set 2. Love Like That 3. You Can't
Stop Me 4. Wanted Man 5. Nitty Gritty
6.
If You Can't Be Mine 7. What If 8. My Name Is Trouble 9. Drunk On Me10. Getting
Into Something
11.
Here We Go Again 12. Single Tonight 13. Wichita Lineman
14.
Kiss You Now * 15. We Are Tonight * 16. I Don't Dance * 17. Here's To Us *
Kiss You Now - It’s a bit of a different feel from the rest of the album but we hope
that our current fans will love it as much as we do. It’s a song about a girl
taking the “bull by the horns’, as they say in Texas, and making the first move
with the guy she wants. Full of fun and sass, it’s the type of song we love to
perform! You even get a chance to hear Louis showing off his fantastic voice on
this one!
Scroll down for the lyrics
and kindly take a listen to the song
We Are Tonight - Many country fans
will recognize this song from either one of the writers, Sam Hunt or from Billy
Currington. This has always been a
favorite song of Jess' but many of my team had never heard it before. We all
agreed that releasing it in the UK would be a great idea so we decided to cover
it and give it a slightly different feel, especially since now it’s being
fronted by a woman! A vibrant party song, this has Jess and the Bandits
written all over it! It is the song that makes you want to dance and chant
along.
I Don’t Dance - This song came to us by complete accident. While in Nashville we
decided to record a cover of Lee Brice’s ‘I Don’t Dance’. Not expecting to
actually fall in love with it! We turned it into a duet and our keys player,
Steve, lends his flawless vocals which perfectly compliment Jess’ venerable
vocal performance. A part of her voice that many fans have never heard before.
We think this song will be an absolute treat for the listeners!
Here’s To Us - From the ladies that
brought you ‘Nitty Gritty’, this one is a co-write between Jess, Emily Shackelton, Victoria
Banks and Lindsey Lee. When writing this song every other story on
the news that morning was about turmoil around the world. We wanted to write a
song that addressed the stress of everything happening around us, the pressures
of our own lives but finding a way through it. Finding a way to smile and have
fun through the pain. To gain strength in everything you do no matter what life
throws at you!
The 13 track 42-minute
standard album dropped April 6, 2015 (After Midnight Girl Entertainment LLC)
Their
single “You Can't Stop Me” was added to the BBC Radio 2 “C” Playlist for the
week commencing Sat 11 April 2015.
After
a hugely successful 2015 on both sides of the Atlantic, Jess And The Bandits
are ready to get the party started in 2016.
Having
completed a number of tours and festivals, wowing the crowds from LA to London,
and with their debut album Here We Go Again having reached No. 6 on the Official UK Country Charts (chart dated April 18, 2015), Jess and the Bandits returned to the
recording studio in January to work on new material for their upcoming
sophomore album.
However,
with their second headline tour kicking off in April 2016, the band are set to
treat their fans to new material without the wait. With a deluxe edition of HERE WE GO AGAIN to be released on March 11, to coincide with their Country2Country performance, the band
will be heading up the release with the irrepressible Kiss You Now.
Kiss
You Now was debuted by the band at their first show on 2016 at The Soup Kitchen in Manchester.
The
addictive, upbeat number proved an instant hit, with the crowd going crazy and
the chorus provoking an instant sing along.
Of
the release Jess Clemmons, the band’s vocalist and the face of high street
fashion brand Evans, said:
‘We are thrilled to include 'Kiss You Now' on
the deluxe edition of our album ‘Here We Go Again’. There are times when some
of the writers we work with submit songs to us that they think will be great
for Jess and the Bandits. This happened to be one of those times. Jeff Cohen, who co-wrote and produced
many songs on our album, sent us ‘Kiss You Now” written by himself and Liz Longley. We immediately fell in
love with it and knew we had to record it. It’s a bit of a different feel from
the rest of the album but we hope that our current fans will love it as much as
we do and it will be a great introduction to us for new fans as well. It’s a
song about a girl taking the “bull by the horns’, as we say in Texas, and
making the first move with the guy she wants. Full of fun and sass, it’s the
type of song we love to perform! You even get a chance to hear Louis [Riccardi] showing off his
fantastic voice on this one!’
About the Kiss You Now
Songwriters:
BMI
songwriter Jeff Cohen has worked with everybody from Big & Rich (“Holy Water”), Sugarland
(“Take Me as I Am” with Jennifer Nettles) and The Band Perry (“Postcard from Paris”) to Ilse DeLange (“Beautiful Distraction”) Macy Gray and Mandy Moore (“Top Of The World”). He has seven
co-writes on Kristian Bush’s
Southern Gravity album and co-wrote 4 cuts (“God Did Good”, “When These Wheels
Hit Tennessee”, “Hold on Lover” and “Sugar”) on Dianna Corcoran’s new album In
America.
Liz Longley won three songwriting
competitions: the BMI John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship Competition, the
International Acoustic Music Awards, and the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest.
She also recorded her sophomore effort, Hot Loose Wire, that featured two of
her award-winning songs, as well as a cover of Van Morrison's
"Moondance," which was picked up by Sirius XM programming executives
for regular rotation. Longley's reputation spread fast and she moved between
Boston and New York. She began opening shows for a wide range of artists
including Shawn Colvin, Paula Cole, Nanci Griffith, and Amos Lee, and began
accepting writing assignments for television and cinema. On March 17, 2015 she
released a self-titled album (Welk; Amazon - Spotify)
The
single, is fun and instantly super catchy with its infectious ear-candy hooks. This
bouncy light-hearted number sounds like a perfect contender for another Radio 2
playlisting.
Jess’
faultless vocal draws you in on this funky work out and with the addition of Louis
Riccardi’s fab vocal it brings to mind Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley. To my
ears it’s sheer musical joy enhanced by the slick production – LOVE IT! (9/10)
Get
yer lips round Jess and the Bandits new single "Kiss You Now" [Official Audio]
Listen
here:
The brand new single from Jess and the Bandits, out April 8, 2016.
Kiss You Now Lyrics (writers Jeff Cohen and
Liz Longley)
Oh
you’re reaching for a reason
To
hold back what your feeling
I
know you want to make a move but you think too much (giggles)
So
there's no misunderstanding
Where
your lips should be landing
Watch
me make it easy for the both of us
Chorus
I’m
gonna kiss you now
Like
you’ve never been kissed
Wrap
your arms around my hips
I
wanna make your heart race while the world slows down
And
you’re gonna kiss me back
Let
down your guard
As
the lights applaud on the boulevard
Go
on, steal my heart while world spins round
I’m
gonna kiss you now
Now
Now
I’m
Gonna kiss you, now
Oh
it's always been unspoken
All
these paralyzed emotions
I
think you thought we oughta not complicate it
But
I welcome complications
So
I'll stop the conversation
Yeah
I bet you never thought you'd hear me say this
Chorus
I'm
gonna kiss you now,
Now,
now...
I'm
gonna kiss you, now, now, now..
Bridge
Oh
ain't it time we crossed the line
We
can't regret, we can't rewind
Male
vocal (Louis Riccardi)
I'm
gonna kiss you, now
Like
you've never been kissed
Wrap
your arms around my hips
So
make your heart race, while the world slows down
Together:
I'm
gonna kiss you now, like you've never been kissed
Wrap
your arms around my hips
I'm
gonna make your heart race, while the world slows down
Your
gonna kiss me now
Let
down your guard
As
the lights applaud on the boulevard
Go
on, steal my heart while world spins round
I'm
gonna kiss you now
Now,
no
I'm
gonna kiss you, I'm gonna kiss, I'm gonna kiss you now
Oh,
Oh, Oh...Oh, Oh, Oh
Watch
Jess and the Bandits perform 'Getting
Into Something' - Live at RAK Studios.
The
lovely Jess attended the UK Plus Fashion Week during 2015.
She
certainly rocks some amazing curves!
Here Jessica Clemmons models this lovely
lace Scarlett & Jo Lace Panelled
inset bodice 40’s inspired midi dress (Product
Detail)
With
Feb 20/21 performance at Little Rabbit
Barn having become the venue’s fastest ever selling event, Jess and the
Bandits are currently on countdown to their tour in April.
Country2Country announce Jess and the
Bandits will open this year's pop-up stages with a performance at Brooklyn Bowl. Day One Friday 11 March 2016 |
Time: 16:00-16:45
They
have also been invited by Bob Harris to perform on the inaugural Under The Apple Tree Stage on Saturday
12 March at 12.40pm (Building Six).
Access
to Brooklyn Bowl and Building Six will be subject to capacity. Main
Arena tickets should be shown on entry.
Non
ticket holders are also able to access these stages (again subject to capacity)
with a Festival Wristband which can be purchased for £10 from The O2 box office
which is open from midday on Friday 11th March.
Friday
11th March at the Brooklyn Bowl London - 4pm
Sat
March 12, 2016 12:40 pm – 1:10 pm WHERE: Building
Six at The O2 Peninsula Square: London SE10 MAP
Previous 2016 dates:
12th February 2016 - Soup Kitchen, Manchester (31-33 Spear St, Manchester
M1 1DF)
Sat 27th Feb 2016 - Little Rabbit
Barn, Ardleigh (with
Honey Ryder & Lisa Wright)
Before I Die: A soft ballad which is a wish to make most
of every moment before it’s too late. Looking up at grey skies is a spur and
prompt for Lisa to spread her wings with 24,000 miles to explore. The anxious
and dreamy songwriter is keen to take in the wonders of the breath-taking
Northern Lights, explore the rocks in California, visit Bali to chill and
meditate and soak up sad country songs to help heal broken hearts and more
forward. This was the last song she wrote before heading to Music City to turn
the words into magical musical art.
Here We Go Again: A weeping steel, acoustic guitar and
banjo underpin this outstanding beautiful and delicate heartbreaker which tells
of the pain of letting go of a relationship, moving onto new love with hard
lessons learned. She questions how things work out from a potentially good
situation as love crumbles and the empty void she finds herself in emphasised
by witnessing a former lover with a new partner. With words: It ain’t easy, seeing you tonight dancing
slow and holding her tight/ Where were
the words, right from the start/ To fight the old love right from my heart/ I'm
letting go to another one/ Oh, I'm letting go and say goodbye to another
potential love.
Published on
May 14, 2015 YourAudiouk took a walk around the lovely Battersea Park one sunny
spring evening with the talented singer
Girl Like Me: Is a well-crafted acoustic number with
shuffling percussion. It sees the comforting narrator wearing a heart on her
sleeve, trusting the good in others whilst catching the ones that fall apart,
as smiles turn to hurtful eyes. This girl has to dig deep and struggle to find
true love, letting go before being at ease with herself. There's no mountain
she wouldn't climb to find that beautiful silver lining.
You Grow But You Don't Change: Anchoring the 4 song set, this
observational song with soft piano, bright banjo and guitar pickin' harks back to
school days, getting hitched to approaching retirement. Dreams are crushed,
hearts are hardened and tough lessons learned but things remain the same on the
journey of life as clocks tick, the sun shines and hearts beat on.
Sum Up:
Although
the 4 tracks are similar slow to mid paced affairs, the quality certainly wets
the appetite on what may be on her country horizon. Whether she the ability to
do fast up-tempo and belting numbers remains to be seen. With an engaging vocal
the focus is on the songs sensitivity, the song craft is commendable and she
has an ear for melody. Lisa is a very welcome addition to the talented Brit
Country scene.
If gentle tuneful acoustic flavoured styled country is your bag
then this EP is well worth checking out.
Essential
Download: Here We Go Again
Take the Lisa
Wright Test drive!:
About Lisa Wright:
Genre:
Country/Pop
Home Town:
Essex
Short
Description: Country singer-songwriter.
Long
Description: Tempting the UK to country/pop music
Influences:
Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Alison Krauss.
Lisa Wright,
23, is your not-so-typical Essex girl (from Harold Wood, a suburb in NE
London)
A country
enthusiast at heart, she began singing and song writing at an early age and
dons Alison Krauss as her idol.
In 2012 she was
given the thumbs up at the auditions of the Open Mic UK competitionand performed at Towngate Theatre in Basildon in the
live regional stages of the UK competition. She performed in front of hundreds
of audience members and a professional judging panel for a place in the
national final at the O2 arena in London.
The former
Redden Court School pupil, was then in her second year studying drama at the Liverpool
Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), and hoped the competition would
be a launch pad for a career in singing – her preferred style is Country!
A musical vocationwasn't always a goal for Lisa – she never thought
she could sing when she was younger. She shared "I had a singing teacher who was really good for me, she said I could do
it. At university I've joined a band and perform in clubs and pubs in
Liverpool. It's a great town to be a musician in."
Lisa has since graduated
from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, studying an Acting degree
although it was there that music really started to develop.
If she's not
performing then you can probably find Lisa watching and swooning over Patrick
Swayze in Dirty Dancing.
After
supporting Nashville artist, SaraBeth, on her UK tour, Lisa released her first single, Faith, which she was
awarded 'Song of the Year 2014' by W21 Music
and then follow up single "Home" She spent 6
weeks in Nashville
and although she wished for longer, Lisa met some fantastic and funny people;
saw incredibly inspiring musicians at work and recorded her EP that she is very
proud of. MUST
SEE >>Facebook Video
CONNECT with Lisa Wright:
The heavily anticipated debut EP from UK
Country Singer, Lisa Wright - Taking what is great about country and mixing it
with British charisma and character –
W21 Music
Lisa
has hooked up with the lovely Jeannine
Barry this year to write songs.
You
can see Lisa and Acoustic Journey support her:
When:
Thursday 22nd October 2015
Where:
Upstairs at The Garage (The Garage 20-22 Highbury Cres, London N5 1RD) 7:00 pm
- 11:00 pm curfew Upstairs at The Garage FULL BAND + support from Acoustic Journey + Lisa Wright
UK
Country singer Jeannine Barry is returning to The Garage with her brand new EP
‘Off The Hook’ which she recorded in Nashville earlier this year.
