Angaleena Presley will follow her acclaimed 2014  American Middle Class  with  Wrangled, her second full-length solo album, on April 21 via Mining Light Music/Thirty Tigers.

The album is co-produced by Angaleena and Oran Thornton and features 12 tracks, all of which were co-written by Presley.  One of the album’s many highlights is “Cheer Up Little Darling” written by Angaleena and her dear friend, Guy Clark.  The song — the last song completed by Guy before his death — features  Shawn Camp playing Guy's No. 10 guitar, which was used to write the song with Guy, and Guy’s mandola, which Guy had been learning to play during the last year of his life.  We'll bring you more information on the release as we get it.

(Press Release) Introducing Cale Tyson  will be the first release of 2017 on the  Knife Tapes   label. The full-length LP will contain 2013's  High On Lonesome   EP on Side A and 2014's  Cheater's Wine  EP on Side B, both remastered for vinyl. The record will be pressed on 150-gram black vinyl and feature unique screen-printed sleeves. Only 300 copies of this limited edition record will be available starting  March 3rd.
 
Today, Rolling Stone Country announced the vinyl release and said the record will "introduce his breed of unpretentious trad-country to listeners eager for more interpreters of the genre – like Margo Price and Sturgill Simpson – who traffic in storytelling, not tailgating." Pre-order the LP  HERE.
 
Cale Tyson  is a singer and songwriter from Nashville, TN. Born in a small town in Texas, he was raised in Fort Worth, the home of Townes Van Zandt. In the past, Tyson has been listed as one of the "10 New Country Artists You Need To Know" by  Rolling Stone   as well as one of  "The New Outlaws" by  Garden And Gun. ​

Nashville-based, Texas-born Americana artist K Phillips is set to release his latest album, Dirty Wonder, via Rock Ridge Music on  March 10, 2017.  Produced by award-winning songwriter Gordy Quist of The Band of Heathens and featuring a vocal cameo from Adam Duritz from Counting Crows,  Dirty Wonder   is a breakup record that’s part autobiographical, part imagined, and part observational, chronicling a third-party breakup K witnessed firsthand. It’s a redemptive album, brimming with clever allusions, pent-up sexual tension, and loveable roguish characters.  The impactfully concise songs on  Dirty Wonder   are complimented by teardrop pedal steel guitar, rollicking blues piano, fuzzed out guitars, and gospel girl group vocals.  

Writing and living through  Dirty Wonder  has been a profound process for K, and he hopes that his songs have an impact upon those who hear them. “While I am here, I want to connect through writing stories that help people get through whatever they’re going through,” he says.  

The album’s leadoff single, “Hadrian,” featuring vocals from Adam Duritz, uses the story of the Roman Emperor Hadrian as an allegory. Here, the character is mired in an unraveling relationship and loses track of his better self.  The swaggering “18 Year Old Girls” snapshots the more comical elements of finding your footing after a breakup. “In that song, the guy is talking to a girl much younger than he is, and he realizes they have nothing to talk about,” says Phillips. “It’s embarrassing.”  The crunchy backwater shuffle, title track “Dirty Wonder,” replete with barrelhouse piano, oozes temptation.  It’s the struggle of being in something that you want to have last forever but experiencing a little jolt of “what’s behind door number two” impulsivity. The stately “Rom Com” channels that beloved cinematic convention (romantic comedy) into a song, complete with the “meet cute.” The song functions on many layers—it’s a wry commentary on pop love.

K Phillips’ life has been like a country song.  Born in West Texas and raised by his grandparents in the Concho Valley, K’s grandfather was both a cattle rancher and a criminal court judge.  His mother was a radio disc jockey who named her only son after her favorite Texan, Kris Kristofferson. K began playing guitar at age 5 and began writing songs at 6.  At age 18, he lost both his best friend and his girlfriend in two separate drowning instances. In the wake of these tragedies, creating music understandably took on a deeper resonance.  It became how he processed life and heartache.   

K’s first release, American Girls, garnered accolades from the likes of No Depression, Buffalo News, and  Daytrotter  for its blend of the literate and the lowdown. Many of these publications spotlighted a mythical essence about K, remarking about his mainstay Stetson hat, his chiseled Hank Williams-esque good looks, and a character quality that’s both vulnerable and reckless.  AXS.com  wrote: “Phillips has a soulful and evocative voice that brings his songs to vivid life, and a musical style that encompasses country, rock, R&B and a lot more, all delivered in a manner that lends believability to his storytelling.” The  Allentown Morning Call  praised Phillips’ “very Dylanesque blast of bluesy country.” 

Phillips plans to tour in support of  Dirty Wonder.  Confirmed tour dates are below and more will be added soon.

K Phillips Tour Schedule:
March 11 - Fort Worth, TX - MML
March 12 - San Antonio, TX - Sam’s
March 15-16 - Austin, TX - SXSW
March 17 - San Angelo, TX - Blaine’s
April 23 - Uncasville, CT - Wolf Den @ Mohegan Sun
May 5 - Greenwood, SC - Music on Maxwell Series
May 27 - Denver, CO - Denver Day of Rock

(LOS ANGELES, Press Release) -- Southern California singer/songwriter Travis Marsh has just released the infectious new single, “Lay Me Down.” The track features the talented and emerging Chicago rapper G Herbo, and premiered on AXS Music this past Friday. Marsh had this to say about the collaboration and the political message of the song: “I had a great time writing music and coming together on this track with Herb to help bring awareness to some of the social injustices we face today from LA to the Windy City.” Herbo was happy to lend a verse to a track that he said “challenged [him] to talk about serious issues.”
 

 “Lay Me Down” is the next single in a slew of exciting new music Marsh plans on releasing in the coming months. To celebrate the release of the track, Marsh performed in front of a packed house at the prestigious Hotel Cafe in Hollywood this past Friday.
 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) - In anticipation of one of the world's largest live entertainment and livestock exhibitions, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ took to Facebook Live at midnight on Monday, January 9 to announce their 2017 entertainer lineup. Surprise guest and opening night entertainer Aaron Watson  made the official announcement in front of a select group of media and 60 lucky fans.
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The lineup features some of the biggest names in today's music including The Chainsmokers, Willie Nelson, Sam Hunt, Fifth Harmony, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton,   and more. For a full list of performers, see the lineup calendar below.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release)-- A.J. Croce  has always traveled on his own musical road.  For more than twenty years, the creative pop iconoclast has tapped a variety of Americana sounds in crafting his music. Croce’s nine albums have appeared on  Top 40, AAA, Americana, College, and Jazz charts and when his breakout sophomore CD  That’s Me in the Bar  was reissued recently, it wound up charting in two separate decades.  

Always interested in exploring new musical territory, the Nashville-based singer/songwriter has created a very special concert experience that celebrates both his own music and that of his father, the late troubadour  Jim Croce.  Entitled  “Croce: Two Generations of American Music,”  the evening finds A.J. Croce performing his songs, his father’s tunes and music that influenced both of them.  

A.J. was only two years old when Jim Croce died in a tragic airplane crash in 1973, so he didn’t know his father’s music firsthand. Instead, “I came to love it in the same way everyone else did,” he explained, “by listening to the albums.” While he describes his father’s music as “part of me, part of my life,” A.J. never really performed those songs live. As a piano player, his interests tended to favor the blues and jazz-rooted music of musicians like  Ray Charles  and  Allen Toussaint.  ​