Tia McGraff
will premiere her new lyric video for "One Tin Soldier" on Thursday,
November 8th. She will perform on Daytime Live Ottawa on November 9th.
'One Tin Soldier' is one of those songs we learn as a child, yet
the message carries us through life...the lesson for peace is needed today more
than ever.” — Tia McGraff, award-winning singer-songwriter
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, November 3, 2018 -- "I have
always loved singing this song. 'One Tin Soldier' is one of those
songs we learn as a child, yet the message carries us through life. I've waited
for the right time to record it and feel the lesson for peace is needed today
more than ever." - Tia McGraff
Tia McGraff - Stubborn in My Blood
(Bandana Records)
On Thursday, November 8th, 2018, award-winning americana/folk
singer-songwriter Tia McGraff will premiere her new lyric video for "One
Tin Soldier." In honor of Remembrance
Day and Veterans Day, celebrated on November 11th, the video pays tribute
to World War 1 veterans. The single reached the Top 20 on the iTunes Canadian Country Singles Chart.
"We were on the road and watching the video on our
phones," said Tia. "I just had the chance to sit down last night,
with my mom and dad here at our house and watch it on the big screen. Chill
bumps! My dad wanted to watch it 3 times in a row! He is a huge WW1 and 2 buff
and said, 'there are some really heavy and deep images happening here. A big
story!"
"One Tin Soldier" has premiered on popular Canadian
music site, CanadianBeats.ca.
Then, on Friday, November 9th, Tia will be the guest on "Daytime Live" Ottawa. "Daytime
Live" airs live on Rogers Cable 22 at 1pm Eastern, then repeats at 6pm and
11pm. Tia will be promoting the "One Tin Soldier" video and her
appearance at the Ottawa Pet Expo, held Saturday and Sunday, November 10th and
11th at the EY Centre in Ottawa. Tia and Jake, the canine inspiration behind
her children's book, "Jake The Road Dawg," will be at the Expo. Tia
will also perform live at the Expo.
ABOUT TIA
MCGRAFF: Hailing from just south of Toronto, Ontario Canada, Tia McGraff
is an internationally-renowned, award-winning americana/singer-songwriter and
children's author. Accompanying Tia on her musical journey is her life/musical
partner, Tommy Parham. Described as a "Modern Day Johnny and June,"
the two have enjoyed an extensive career performing, songwriting and recording
together for more than 12 years.
Seven international CD releases, various film/tv placements, and
numerous nominations and awards (including Americana CD of the year first round
nomination for 2016 and 2018 Grammy Awards), have earned Tia and Tommy a
respect in the music industry, and a global fan base. The duo have a gift for
'getting to the heart of the matter' and writing relatable songs about life,
love and this crazy world we live in. A gifted author, Tia's children's book,
"Jake The Road Dawg" has helped raise funds and awareness for her
local chapter of The Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
Canadian
singer-songwriter Tia McGraff has
announced a full UK tour in May, along with the release of her latest radio
single 'Nineteen' taken from her acclaimed album 'Crazy Beautiful'.
'Nineteen',
written by Tia McGraff and Tommy Parham, is being promoted in Europe on the
April 2017 #220 Hotdisc. It has debuted at #32 on the Hotdisc Top 40 chart.
Release Date: 8 April 2015
Tia McGraff - Crazy Beautiful (Bandana Records)
13 Tracks Americana Alternative
Folk. Available on CD BabyandiTunes
Tour Dates
Monday 1 May 2017 - Celtic Radio House Concert, Glasgow (54 Admiral Street, Kinning Park GLG G411HU)
Tuesday, 2nd May 2017 - Backstage at
The Green Hotel, Kinross (2 Muirs
Kinross, KY13 8AS)
“A storyteller who
gets right to the heart of what really matters” - Helen Mitchell (guest review - Country Routes)
"Tia's voice
has a special beauty" - Bob
Harris, BBC Radio 2
“With ‘Crazy
Beautiful’, Tia McGraff has released the album of career.” - Maverick Magazine (5*)
Tia McGraff is an internationally renowned and award-winning
Americana/Country singer-songwriter from Port Dover, ON, Canada. With Scottish
and Transylvanian roots running through her songwriting and voice, Tia’s talent
has been described as “haunting and soul-gripping.”
With six album releases, four
videos on CMT Canada, various film/television placements, and numerous
nominations and awards - including Americana album of the year first ballot
nomination for 2016 Grammy Awards - have earned Tia a respect in the music
industry and a global fanbase that continues to stretch beyond demographics.
Tia’s latest release, ‘Crazy Beautiful’ - produced by
Colorado native, husband and longtime collaborator, Tommy Parham -
was released in 2015, and immediately impressed Americana and Country radio
programmers in the USA, Canada and Europe, resulting in significant activity on
various airplay charts. Tommy, who moved to Nashville, TN in 1998 with a staff
songwriter deal in hand, and soon became one of Music Row’s sought after hit
writers, is credited with cuts by major label artists, including Lee Greenwood,
and film placements in movies starring Ashley Judd, among others.
Last year was a standout year
for Tia & Tommy, with a sold out show at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville,
wide acclaim for ‘Crazy Beautiful’ and international radio play for her music
including Bob Harris Country on BBC Radio 2. The pair return to the
UK in May 2017 for a fifteen-date national tour.
The
Old Low Light Clifford’s Fort North Shields Fish Quay Tyne and Wear, NE30 1JA | Website:
http://www.oldlowlight.co.uk/
What
a venue for live music. The Old Low
Light is a Grade 2 listed building, the oldest surviving, occupied building
on North Shields Fish Quay. It began life as a lighthouse and was enclosed by
Clifford’s Fort in 1672. Viewed from the sea, vertical alignment of these two
lights ensured safe navigation of the treacherous mouth of the River Tyne. The
building is thought to have been rebuilt around 1727 and ceased to function as
a lighthouse in 1810. It has recently gained a whole new lease of life as a local
heritage centre and as chance would have it the acoustics are perfect for live
music!
Just
being in a building with such history, much less with such stunning views over
the River Tyne, with all of its history, is enough to give you chills. Then add
in the music we were treated to tonight and you have a recipe for sheer magic.
Support
came from local Wendy Young and her
band, the intriguingly named Wagjammer
(Facebook
Page). Fitting a five-piece band in that small space was
no mean feat, but they performed a varied set of self penned songs, some rooted
in the local area, which warmed the audience up in readiness for the main
event.
After
a short break, Tia and Tommy took centre stage and I think it is safe to say
they had the audience at hello, or at the very least, at the opening song, Reckonin'.
All present were spellbound as we were taken on a journey through Tia's music;
her current, first round Grammy nominated CD, CRAZY BEAUTIFUL, went down a storm, with beautifully written,
memorable, thought provoking songs, such as The Fire, the Patty
Griffin - sequel, The One I've Waited For, the anti adversity Movin'
The Smoke Away and the title song, originally inspired by
the true story of a skier, but in essence a reminder for us all.
Tia
McGraff performs "Conductor For A
Day" live at Old Low Light Heritage, North Shields, on 12 May 2016. With Thanks & video creditsCatherine Hardwick
Dipping
into her earlier releases, we were treated to stunning renditions of Love
Lies Bleeding, Tumbleweed and the song penned with
recent UK visitor, James House, It Can't Rain Everyday. Conductor
For A Day, is the beautiful story of an experience her dad had and
perfectly captures the moments, people and memories that leave a mark upon us,
however fleeting they may be. Two Wolves is derived from a Native Indian legend
and was a definite hit, whilst Radical Road perfectly showed off Tia' s fun
side.
Tia
McGraff performs "Love-Lies-Bleeding"
live at Old Low Light Heritage, North Shields, on 12 May 2016. With Thanks & video creditsCatherine Hardwick CatwitchCreative
A
sing along was incited for Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire, Tommy requesting that
we all be the horn section. Everyone was so involved it sounded like there was
three times the number of people in the room. Pure joy filled the room, as
everyone came together to share the experience. Magic.
Tia
hails from a small fishing town in Canada and the similarities with the little
town she was in certainly weren't lost on her. She was aware she was standing
yards from the Black Middens where numerous ships were wrecked. Talking about
fishing and what it means to a small town, there was an instant sense that
despite being from three thousand miles away, her life had connected with ours
over shared stories. As such, she treated us to the beautiful Fisherman's
Song, which despite being written about fishermen on Lake Erie, made
total sense to us raised on the banks of the River Tyne. Abigail made another
remarkable connection, between their heroine, Abigail Becker and ours, Grace Darling,
both of whom bravely rescued shipwrecked sailors. The fun drinking song,
Whiskey Ship, prompted another joyful sing along, as did the evening's finale,
the Cajun tinged Catfish Deacon.
What
is obvious is that Tia's sound covers everything. She isn't just a singer
songwriter, she is so much more; a storyteller who gets right to the heart of
what really matters and of human experience. She effortlessly blurs the
boundaries between country, spiritual, folk, rock and blues; all delivered with
a beautiful soulful voice, that somehow just makes the world feel right.
The
whole set was peppered with jokes and banter, between Tia and Tommy and between
them and the audience. Their warm personalities shone throughout their set.
Never was this more obvious than in the number of people keen to come to chat
to her afterwards.
Sometimes
at a gig, everything just comes together perfectly, almost as if the stars are
aligned. Tonight was one of the best examples of this I have ever had the
pleasure to experience. Such nights bring home what live music is about and why
I love it so much. An escape, stories, a shared experience, everyone in a room
connected by music and the memories being made. I only hope those memories are
as special for Tia and Tommy as they are for all of us lucky enough to be
there. Memories which can transcend 3000 miles from one little fishing town to
another, and perhaps, a lifelong connection between two places.
There are already plans underway for Tia to return in 2017 and I suspect
a whole audience will be eagerly awaiting news of this. I look forward to that Radical Road bringing her back here very
soon.
Helen Mitchell
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Tia
Mcgraff “It Can’t Rain Every Day” recorded live in session at TD1 Radio for
Hotdisc TV (10 May 2016)
13 Tracks Americana Alternative Folk Sample/Buy
on UK iTunes & CD Baby
Canadian singer-songwriter Tia McGraff made a very welcome debut at No.14 on the Hotdisc Top
40 with lead-off single "Baby's Got
A Banjo" (Tia McGraff/Tommy Parham) from her album CRAZY BEAUTIFUL released
in Canada on April 2, 2015 (Bandana Records) one week prior to her commencing
her 2015 Spring UK Tour. The single reached a peak at #3 during 8 chart weeks. Tia’s
follow up Hotdisc single “The One I
Waited For” debut at No.24 and climbed No.11
in 4 weeks.
A
brand new acoustic exclusive Hotdisc Single “It Can’t Rain Every Day” (Tia McGraff/Tommy Parham/James House) is included on the June 2015 #21 Hotdisc.
The
album CRAZY BEAUTIFULwas reviewed in Maverick Magazine
awarded it 5 STARS (Helen Mitchell)…Produced
by Tommy Parham, and recorded in Austin, TX, Nashville, TN, and Southern
Ontario Canada ,the CD features renowned Grammy Award musicians Cindy
Cashdollar, Dave Sanger, (Asleep At The Wheel) ,Tommy Harden (Reba McEntire),
Dave Labruyere ( John Mayer) with Juno and Grammy award winning engineers Nick
Blagona (Sting, among others and Rick DeLellis. Together, they have produced a
CD, which sounds unlike anything Tia has ever done before, whilst maintaining
her trademark depth and emotion. The musicians and production add depth and
perfectly complement her searching vocals; vocals which, for this collection,
have reached places they never have before…..All in all, a simply stunning
collection of songs, which deserves a home in the collections of every lover of
outstanding music. I think that with Crazy Beautiful, Tia McGraff has released
the album of her career. I wonder what's next?
About Tia McGraff
Members:
Tia McGraff and Tommy Parham
Genre:
Americana
Home
Town: Port Dover
Bandana
Records, is proud to announce the release of Crazy Beautiful, the soul-bearing
and gut-wrenching CD, by internationally acclaimed Americana artist, Tia
McGraff.
Crazy
Beautiful was the follow up album to Tia McGraff’s 2013 release, BREAK THESE
CHAINS. With a long list of international successes, including TV spots and
main stage festival concerts, Tia is an artist that constantly seeks to
fine-tune her craft as a song-writer and vocalist.
Recorded
in Austin, TX, Nashville, TN, and Southern Ontario, Canada, this 13 track album
features Grammy Award winning musicians Cindy Cashdollar, Dave Sanger (Asleep
At The Wheel,) Tommy Harden (Reba,) and Dave Labruyere (John Mayer) with Juno
and Grammy Award winning engineers Nick Blagona and Rick DeLellis. Mixed and
master by Nick Blagona.
Produced
by Tommy Parham, and written by Tia McGraff and Tommy Parham, this brilliant
collection of songs and vocal performances, will capture your Americana radio
listening audience and hold them "like a wing walker, on the edge without
a net."
"Best new song I've heard this year - I mean,
at all. Like, period. [“Baby’s Got A Banjo” ] just "fits" with what's
happening in country right now. Perfect timing for this sound." —
Craig Fox at Country 107.3
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