Hot on the heels of the success of his previous single "So Hard to Be Happy", which received BBC Radio 6 airplay, Carl Finlay has announced the release of his next single, "Message to the Dreamer" and his debut album, Follow the Moon.

 An eclectic mix of folk – drawn from his Irish roots, combined with rock and reggae influences, Carl conveys raw emotion, positivity and enlightenment through his music. He studies mankind’s ideologies through his intricate style of musical storytelling, and with tracks such as "Message to the Dreamer," divulges an upbeat, positive word to the wise. 

His current "Mercury" however, has a much more sombre tone, a beautiful song about a lost love that truly touches the heart. Featuring mellow beats accompanied by Finlay’s unique vocals, "Mercury" is the perfect track to help you through the chilly transition from winter to spring. It’s available now for a free download: https://carlfinlay.bandcamp.com/releases

You can also watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUo8hHeTfXE

Working with the prestigious Rupert Cobb (The Killers, Muse, Massive Attack, Paul Simon) who played a key role in mastering the album, Carl’s new album is an insightful delight for the ears that is not to be missed!

"Message to the Dreamer" the single is due for release March 16th, followed by the Follow the Moon album on March 30th.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 27, 2015) – Fresh on the country music scene, the Pete Scobell Band just scored their first No.1 digital single with the poignant release, “Hearts I Leave Behind,” topping the iTunes Top 200 Country Songs chart this week. The song honors Chief Petty Officer Christopher Kyle, the U.S. Navy SEAL commemorated in the award-winning film American Sniper. Taya Kyle asked band frontman Pete Scobell, also a former Navy SEAL, to record the song in memory of her late husband, and 100 percent of the proceeds from the recording will be donated to the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation. 

Click here to download “Hearts I Leave Behind” on iTunes.

“Hearts I Leave Behind” was written by Travis Meadows and features the legendary Wynonna Judd. The band is currently opening for Judd on the Wynonna Judd and Friends Stories & Song Tour and has previously performed on Marcus Luttrell’sPatriot Tour. Scobell is sponsored by Woody Creek Distillers and Team Never Quit. 

For more information and the latest updates, visit www.petescobell.com or follow on Twitter @PeteScobell, Instagram@petescobellband and Facebook at www.Facebook.com/petescobellband.

NEW YORK–February 27, 2015–SiriusXM announced today in an exclusive story with USAToday.com that CMA and ACM award winner Eric Church will host Outsiders Radio, a monthly radio show on SiriusXM’s The Highway.

Outsiders Radio will explore the country music singer/songwriter’s personal music influences and play his current favorites. Church will also play exclusive, never before heard music from his own archives. The premiere episode of Outsiders Radio will celebrate the one year anniversary of the release of his groundbreaking album, The Outsiders, and play two exclusive tracks that were not released on the album.

Outsiders Radio will air on the last Friday of every month starting today, Friday, February 27 at 10:00 pm ET via satellite on The Highway channel 56 and through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com. The show will also be rebroadcast on Mondays at 12:00 am ET and Wednesdays at 11:00 pm ET. 

After the broadcast, Outsiders Radio will be available on SiriusXM On Demand for subscribers listening via the SiriusXM App for smartphones and other mobile devices or online at siriusxm.com. 

Church’s current album, The Outsiders, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart and the Billboard Country Albums Chart in February 2014 and has since garnered GRAMMY, ACM and CMA top album nominations. The Outsiders features his No. 1 hits "Give Me Back My Hometown” and “Talladega” and is the follow-up to Church’s Platinum-certified Chief, (named the 2012 Album of the Year by both CMA and ACM, and GRAMMY-nominated for Best Country Album) which featured five Top 20 singles: “Homeboy” (certified Platinum for sales in excess of one million singles); the Top 10 “Like Jesus Does” and the Top 5 “Creepin’” (both certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 singles each); and two No. 1 hits “Drink in My Hand” (certified Platinum) and “Springsteen” (certified Double Platinum for sales in excess of two million singles). Church’s 2006 debut album, Sinners Like Me (2006) and his sophomore album Carolina (2009) are both RIAA Gold-certified. Carolina had three hit singles: the Top 10 “Hell on the Heart” as well as Top 20 hit “Smoke A Little Smoke” and Top 10 smash “Love Your Love The Most,” which were both certified Gold. Sinners Like Me spawned three Top 20 singles: “How ‘Bout You,” “Two Pink Lines,” and “Guys Like Me.”

 For more information on SiriusXM, please visit www.siriusxm.com.  

While attending Texas Tech, William Clark Green played for a live audience whenever he could and steadily gained notoriety on the Texas music scene. He credits the Blue Light in Lubbock as his unofficial home, where he spent many nights honing on his craft and gaining loyal followers. 

His 2013 release, Rose Queen, marked a number of milestones for the young storyteller. The debut single, "It's About Time", earned him his first Top Ten song on Texas Radio and the momentum did not stop there as his follow up single, "She Likes The Beatles," scored the #1 position on both the Texas Music Chart (TMC) and the Texas Regional Radio Report (TRRR). His new record, Ringling Road, is due on April 21st and is sure to cement his place in the Texas music scene. The first single from the project, "Sympathy," already is a #1 hit. 

Watch/listen to the lyric video below and come out to Hill Country Live and see him on March 21st.

In addition to the NYC date, WCG will can also be seen at Mohegan Sun's Wolf Den and Hill Country BBQ D.C.

For tour dates, more information, and to pre-order Ringling Road, visit his official website

Where: Hill Country Live NYC
When: Sat, March 21, 2015
Time: 10:00 pm
No Cover

Their new album, Girls Guns and Glory Presents: A Tribute to Hank Williams - Live! hit the streets yesterday, February 24th, as Dry Lightning Records debut release. The 12-track album was recorded on New Year's Eve 2013 and New Year's Day 2014 at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA during their annual tribute show run in New England.  This season marks the band's fifth year of performing the Hank Williams Tribute show. Now, they're bringing their must see live show back to NYC at Rockwood Music Hall. It's a must see this Thursday night.

Where: Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
196 Allen Street, NYC
When: February 26th 7pm
Tickets: $10

Lebanon, Tenn. --(Feb. 25, 2015) – Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® and multi-GRAMMY Award nominated duo Dailey & Vincent announce the upcoming CD release of Dailey & Vincent - ALIVE! In Concert, which will be available April 27, exclusively at all 634 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations and online at crackerbarrel.com. This is the first live album for the “Rockstars of Bluegrass,” who have released two previous albums through the Cracker Barrel exclusive music program. It will retail for $11.99.
 
Featuring 15 songs, Dailey & Vincent - ALIVE! In Concert was recorded live during a performance at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, located on the Prince William campus of George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia. The show celebrates the best of America, including its music, its men and women in uniform, and its soaring spirit.
 
In addition, the Dailey & Vincent - ALIVE! In Concert DVD will be available exclusively at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations and on Cracker Barrel’s website for a limited time beginning April 27, before being made available at other retail outlets. Along with the live performance, the DVD also features four documentaries about the duo offering almost two hours of bonus content. Viewers will also be treated to a rousing finale accompanied by a 50-person orchestra and 100-person chorale
 
“We are so happy to be partnering with Cracker Barrel once again,” said Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent. "Our fans have been asking us for a live album and DVD for a long time. We are so excited to finally bring them this amazing album and DVD! This one is for our loyal fans, both old and new."
 
The live concert performance, which made its broadcast debut on presenting station Nashville Public Television (NPT) Dec. 17, 2014 and generated many contributions to the station, will be broadcast to over 62 percent of the country on public television stations nationwide over the next two years, thanks to the underwriting of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and other sponsors.
 
“It is always exciting to have a new album from Dailey & Vincent to offer our guests,” said Cracker Barrel Marketing Manager Julie Craig.  “Cracker Barrel believes in good quality family entertainment, and we are proud to help underwrite Dailey & Vincent’s television special for public broadcasting stations around the country.”

Dailey and Vincent will hold their 2016 WaterFest Cruise on Feb. 14-20, 2016.  The cruise to the Western Caribbean will feature performances from Dailey & Vincent, Ricky Skaggs, Jimmy Fortune, and more. The first 200 passengers to register for the cruise will get a free one-day general admission pass to the Third Annual Dailey & Vincent LandFest (Sept. 17-19, 2015 in Denton, NC).  For cruise tickets reservations, call (844) 233-3393.  For more information on LandFest, including performers, ticket information, and more, visit www.daileyandvincent.com.

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Winter weather pouring in from the north shut down much of the country last week, including Nashville ... but it's clearing just in time for another Canadian force of nature to take its place. The CMA's Global Artist of the Year, Gord Bamford, will be in Music City this week for CRS 2015, meeting with top programmers and readying a U.S. launch for the 19-time Canadian Country Music Association winner.

With his first-ever U.S. single release planned for spring, Bamford's presence at Country Radio Seminar will continue to fulfill a stateside rollout teased throughout 2014. And while he earned rave reviews for a limited number of engagements last year, gatekeepers and audiences are about to find out just how special he is.

Reaching out to people in need is not something Bamford does for recognition, however. It's just part of who he is. With recent donations of $50,000 to children's charities in Canada (Make-A-Wish, Ronald McDonald House and music education among them) and $80,000 in contributions to children's hospitals planned with the launch of his 2015 tour. Bamford and his seven-year-old charitable foundation are making a substantial positive impact.

His marriage of music and children's causes has benefited music, education, health, sports and other organizations that focus on kids. Bamford's annual charity golf tournament has raised more than $2 million and is only one of the many philanthropic endeavors. "Music has that special power to take a child away from whatever they might be experiencing at that moment in time," Gord says. "I've seen it first-hand on my visits to children's hospitals over the years. I'm so grateful to be in the position to continue to help support such worthwhile organizations and hospitals all across Canada."

Learn more about the 2014 CCMA Male Artist of the Year at www.gordbamford.com.

NASHVILLE – Feb. 24, 2015 -  Warner Bros. Records (WBR) singer/songwriter Brandy Clark, who (paired with Dwight Yoakam) delivered one of the most talked about performances of the night on the recent 2015 GRAMMY Awards, will perform on "The Talk" on Wednesday, Feb. 25. "The Talk" airs on CBS at 2:00 PM
/ET (1:00 PM/CT).    

Clark is nominated for two Academy of Country Music Awards (Female Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year for "Follow Your Arrow," which she wrote with Kacey Musgraves and Shane McAnally) this year.  The ACM Awards will be given out on "The 50th Annual ACM Awards" airing on CBS on April 19. 
 
Clark won the 2014 CMA Song of the Year Award for co-writing Musgraves' hit “Follow Your Arrow,” and was also voted the 2014 Music Row Breakthrough Artist of the Year. She was nominated for two GRAMMY Awards in 2015: the all-genre Best New Artist and Best Country Album (for 12 Stories). She is currently touring with Alan Jackson on his “25th Anniversary Tour.”  Her album, 12 Stories, was released in 2013 on independent label Slate Creek Records. The album was named the best album of 2013 in any genre by New York Magazine’s Jody Rosen, New York Post’s Michaelangelo Matos, NPR’s Ann Powers, and Boston Globe’s Sara Rodman; was the No. 2 record for Fresh Air’s Ken Tucker; a top 10 choice forLos Angeles Times’ Randall Roberts and The New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones; and among the top five country albums of the year by Rolling Stone, among many other honors. She signed with WBR in Nov. 2014. In addition to writing her own songs, Clark has co-written Miranda Lambert’s No. 1 hit “Mama’s Broken Heart” (which resulted in her first GRAMMY nomination last year for Country Song of the Year), The Band Perry’s No. 1 hit “Better Dig Two,” and songs recorded by Sheryl Crow, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Craig Morgan, Kacey Musgraves, LeAnn Rimes, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, and additional artists.  

For more information, visit www.brandyclarkmusic.com.

(February 24, 2015 -- Nashville, TN) ”Make You Mine,” the fastest selling song in duo High Valley’s history, has released to country radio based on fan demand. With over 63,000 total tracks sold from their recently released County Line album, including a 69% increase in digital downloads for “Make You Mine,” the song is making huge waves with country fans! It has been chosen to feature in the iTunes Country Store and on Beats Music. The video, directed by Roger Pistole (Dierks Bentley, Lee Ann Womack), can be seen HERE.
 
“We’ve had an amazing response to the song – we grew up on country and bluegrass music and this feels like the song we were born to sing,” said High Valley lead singer Brad Rempel. “Our fans have been big supporters, seeking out the song on YouTube and iTunes.”
 
Shipping nationwide to radio last week, “Make You Mine” is being shepherded by The Talent Associates, the radio team led by John Ettinger and Ryan Barnstead. 
 
“Make You Mine” features a guest appearance by bluegrass icon Ricky Skaggs. It’s written by High Valley’s Brad Rempel with Ben Stennis and Seth Mosley. With lyrics that evoke the Canadian-born siblings’ homegrown values of family, faith and farming, “Make You Mine” depicts the butterflies and beauty of true love:
 
“You’re hallelujah Sunday morning
All I’ve ever needed, wanted
Underneath this pale blue sky
I’m going to make you mine
Yeah I’m going to make you mine”
 
High Valley is an unsigned, independent artist in the US. The single appears on High Valley’s recently released album, County Line, available now on iTunes. Lead singer Brad Rempel co-wrote nine of the ten tracks on the duo’s debut disc. The talented songwriter also co-wrote the moving “I Remember You” on Trisha Yearwood’s recent CD, Prize Fighter.
 
Brothers Brad (lead vocals, acoustic guitar) and Curtis Rempel (harmony vocals, mandolin) make up High Valley. The sibling duo initially found inspiration in the music of country music icons Alabama, Rascal Flatts, Diamond Rio and Shenandoah while growing up listening to their older sisters’ records. After seventeen years of touring and opening for the likes of superstars Shania Twain, Little Big Town and Alan Jackson in their northern homeland, Canadian CMA Awards Interactive Artist of the Year winners High Valley have made their U.S. debut with the release of their full-length album,County Line! 

Get to know more about High Valley on Facebook, Twitter and their official website.

SEA ISLAND, GA -- Sea Island Resort in Georgia is bringing together the best music and food south of the Mason-Dixon for the inaugural Southern Grown Festival, taking place June 19-21, 2015. The three-day festival, filled with brunches, barbeque and bourbon, pays homage to the distinctive culture of America’s South at one of the finest grand dame resorts of the region. Southern Grown will feature a weekend full of events and classes led by more than a dozen award-winning chefs and artisans from Louisiana to Kentucky, and will culminate with an oceanfront performance by North Carolina folk-rock band The Avett Brothers.

The Southern Grown festivities kick off on Friday evening with a “Big Fish” Fry, featuring an appearance by Big Fish author Daniel Wallace, live music from South Carolina jam band Sol Driven Train and a late night speakeasy experience with hand-crafted cocktails created by Tom Bulleit of Bulleit Bourbon. On Saturday, festivalgoers can participate in an array of classes and lectures, including a “Pole to Plate” class taught by two patriarchs of the Southern food movement, Mike Lata (Charleston’s FIG) and John Currence (Oxford’s City Grocery); a “Curds and Whey” session with cheesemongers Jessica and Jeremy Little of Georgia’s Sweet Grass Dairy; and an “Up in Smoke” tutorial celebrating barbeque, one of the South’s most honored traditions, with pit masters Harrison Sapp and Griffin Bufkin of Georgia’s Southern Soul Barbeque.

The highlight of the Southern Grown weekend occurs on Saturday evening, when the Grammy-nominated bandThe Avett Brothers takes the stage for an oceanfront performance on the lawn of The Lodge at Sea Island. As the sun sets over the Atlantic Ocean, guests will be serenaded by the band’s folk rock sounds while sampling selections from the carnival-style “culinary village,” emulating some of the world’s biggest music fairs. Additional music will be announced as the event draws nearer.

“Southern Grown truly reflects Sea Island’s rich history of gracious hospitality and memorable experiences,” said Scott Steilen, President of Sea Island. “Sea Island embraces its many long-standing traditions and we are thrilled to continue building thoughtful new traditions rooted in our rich culture.”

Southern Grown welcomes locals and travelers alike to experience the region’s wildly impressive food and music culture.  Festival tickets are now available for sale and prices range from $65 (general admission concert tickets) to $1,450 (“All Access” passes for two). For additional information on the Southern Grown weekend or to make reservations, please visit www.southerngrown.com or call 1-800-SEA-ISLAND.