 Courtesy: Kore PR (Press Release) Music City Native’s rejoice! Former Hee Haw star, Irlene Mandrell finished recording her latest single, “The Cloth,” this week, with a release date to be determined. Produced by her husband and music city mastermind Pat Holt, whose credits include James Taylor, Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, and more, “The Cloth” is sure to revitaliz Nashville’s love for that classic country sound. Following up her recent release “We Will Stand,” Irlene assures us that the new tune will be released soon, and is “very excited” for us to hear what she’s been up to. Be on the lookout for Irlene Mandrell’s “The Cloth," coming soon!
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sees a North American release. Produced by Grammy-winner, multiple past nominee, and author Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Peter Case) The Malawi Mouse Boys were the first artists ever to release an album internationally in the Chichewa language (which the BBC once rated as the most musical tongue after Italian). “What a joyous, ragged sound they make. Think South African gospel meets the Ramones and you’ll be halfway there.” —The Independent “Nelson Muligo’s lead guitar lines bridge the 1930s and the 1970s.” —Financial Times LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Press Release) — Landlocked in southeastern Africa, Malawi is among the world’s least-developed nations and now ranks as the world’s #1 poorest. It is not a place that is often thought of by outsiders as very “joyful.” However, there is one universal joy — the joy of music. Thanks to Ian Brennan, 2011 Grammy winner for his production work on Tinariwen’s Tassili, a group of regional gospel singers have emerged onto the world stage. Forever Is 4 You is the newest release from Malawi Mouse Boys, who take their name from the job the Boys had — selling mice on sticks, as snacks or meals to passing travelers, which is what they were doing when Brennan discovered them in 2011. Their previous recordings have garnered rave reviews around the world, and their third album finally marks the first official release in North America.  Courtesy: Dreamspider Publicity Raw, soulful, and with plenty of swagger, Town Mountain releases 5th album, Southern Crescent, on April 1, 2016 on LoHi Records
Produced by Dirk Powell at his Cypress House studio in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana ASHEVILLE -- In much the same way that iconic southern dishes such as Louisiana gumbo or Brunswick stew can include any number of flavorful ingredients, so too does bluegrass music rely on a recipe that can vary wildly, depending on who's doing the cooking. For Asheville, North Carolina-based bluegrass band Town Mountain, the key ingredient of the musical stew that is their career-defining fifth album, Southern Crescent, is the same confident – yet entirely embraceable – swagger that has distinguished the group since they first formed in 2005. The new album is due out on April 1, 2016 on LoHi Records. With an insatiable musical hunger, the members of Town Mountain (Robert Greer on vocals and guitar, Jesse Langlais on banjo and vocals, Bobby Britt on fiddle, Phil Barker on mandolin and vocals, and Nick DiSebastian* on bass) made their way to the little south-central Louisiana town of Breaux Bridge, where they recorded their most cohesive, most satisfying album to date. Produced by legendary GRAMMY-winning musician (and Louisiana transplant) Dirk Powell at his Cypress House studio, with low-swooping live oak trees and the picturesque Bayou Teche nearby, Southern Crescent is nothing less than a musical tour-de-force. Adam Chaffins* plays bass in the touring outfit.  Courtesy: Far Digital PR
(Los Angeles) -- Southern songwriter and troubadour Nate Currin has unveiled the lead single from his upcoming full-length album The Madman and the Poet (available April 15th). The song, entitled “Midnight Train,” can be heard below. Nate had this to say about the track: “Midnight Train hearkens back to the days where southern rock, gritty country, and rock n roll all came together in a seamless blend of beauty and organic decay. The story is of a memory the writer has of a girl from the past, a true southern beauty who breaks his heart as he leaves the South behind, trading love for the road but nonetheless haunted by the memory of the 'one who got away'."
The Madman and The Poet is the refreshing follow-up to 2014’s You and I are Ghosts, and features some of Nate’s most compelling and emotionally charged tracks to date. The album walks the line between tender folk artistry, southern rock, and American roots music. Nate recently talked about his vision for the record: "The Madman and the Poet" is a concept album, a 2-sided feature that shows the dichotomy between the beautiful things in life and the dark and introspective times that leave us shrouded in questions. The first half of the album, the Madman, is a darker and more gritty collection of songs, both stylistically and thematically, with more of a bluesy rock-n-roll feel, while the second half, the Poet, is a lighter and often times happier song collection that is more acoustic musically.”  Photo: Marina Chavez NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (Wednesday, Feb. 10, Press Release)
Toby Keith, Hank Williams Jr., Martina McBride, Jennifer Nettles, Lee Ann Womack and Jack Ingram have been added to the all-star lineup at The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson on Wednesday, March 16, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The all-star concert event taping pays tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter and actor. The new additions to the lineup join previously announced performing artists Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Ryan Bingham, Rosanne Cash, Eric Church, Emmylou Harris, Jamey Johnson, Willie Nelson, Darius Rucker, Trisha Yearwood and Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson will perform with select music stars throughout the night creating extraordinary musical moments. Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks. A new block of tickets in all price ranges, starting at $75, are on sale at Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-745-3000, at all Ticketmaster locations and at the Bridgestone Arena box office. Kristofferson, a Country Music Hall of Fame member, is considered a true poet who helped modernize the genre with songs such as “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Lovin' Her Was Easier.” These are the songs of heartbreak and despair, of love and loss, of yearning and hope. These are the songs so honest that we adopted them as our own. They are the songs of a life led unlike any other: An All-American athlete, Golden Gloves boxer, Army Ranger, helicopter pilot, singer-songwriter, social activist, humanitarian and movie star. songsofkristofferson.com  Courtesy: Missing Piece Group February 9, 2016 (Press Release) Acclaimed Nashville performer Ashley Monroe recently visited the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis, where she created live-in-studio recordings of select songs from her recent album The Blade. Today, Monroe premiered the performance for her song "If The Devil Don't Want Me" from those sessions exclusively on her Facebook page.
Watch Ashley Monroe's "If The Devil Don't Want Me" live at Sun Studios - here. The song is a fan favorite from Monroe's universally praised album The Blade, produced by Vince Gill and Justin Niebank. Monroe earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album for the album, as well as another for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for her No. 1 duet with Blake Shelton, “Lonely Tonight.” The Blade, which shot to No. 1 on the iTunes Country Chart upon release, has been named to several Best of year end lists, including NPR, Rolling Stone, TIME,PopMatters and Paste. TIME gushed, “Ashley Monroe commands the spotlight: She’s got a sweet, yet steadfast voice that brings to mind the coo of Dolly Parton, and her whip-smart lyrics quickly reveal she’s nobody’s fool… The Blade [is] a razor-sharp collection of newly minted, yet classic, country,” while NPR declared, “The Blade is virtuosic on so many levels, from the wide and deep emotional intelligence of the songwriting to the way it traverses styles, showing her well-cultivated grasp of Glen Campbellesque pop and bluegrass, vanilla pop and serious torch and twang.” For more information about Monroe, please visit www.AshleyMonroe.com orwww.facebook.com/ashleymonroemusic. Be sure to follow @ashleymonroe on Twitter and @ashleymonroemusic on Instagram.  ACID-FOLK ARTIST TOM WILSON TURNS BEAUTIFUL SCARS
— AND LIFE-ALTERING, STRANGER-THAN-FICTION REVELATIONS — INTO LATEST LEE HARVEY OSMOND RELEASE SET FOR MARCH 25 VIA LATENT RECORDINGS Produced by Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins, Scars songs also provide soundtrack for Wilson’s short-film trilogy with Jeth Weinrich NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) — When Tom Wilson released 2015’s Beautiful Scars, his third album under his alternate moniker, Lee Harvey Osmond, he was just beginning to grasp the full irony of using an assumed identity. Turns out Wilson had been living his entire life under one — a fact he didn’t learn until his 55th birthday, when his cousin confessed she was really his mother and his heritage was Mohawk, not Irish. That’s why the cover depicts Wilson as a powerful and raw figure, warrior-like — someone who looks as if he’s still wild. “That’s actually how I feel as an artist,” Wilson explains. “At 56, I’m just emerging from the woods, with all of this new knowledge of who I am.” That Latent Recordings album, which originally was released in Canada, is set to come out in the U.S. on March 25, 2016. Produced by the Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins, Beautiful Scarsshares its title with Wilson’s upcoming memoir for Random House/Penguin, and inspired his latest collaboration with filmmaker Jeth Weinrich, a short-film trilogy titled Where the Dirt Ends the Love Begins … “The album is where I am now,” Wilson says. “It was made during this discovery.” The “beautiful scars” concept also infuses Wilson’s large-format paintings: his work suggests influences from Picasso to his Mohawk background. He’s still trying to wrap his head around that latter element.  Courtesy: NPG PR NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) – Wheelhouse Records flagship artist Granger Smith will release his hugely anticipated new album Remington on March 4. Pre-order forRemington begins today on iTunes, with orders accompanied by instant grat downloads. Visit http://geni.us/remington to pre-order. Fans that pre-order today will automatically receive the hit single, “Backroad Song,” which is currently sitting inside the Top 5 at both Billboard and Mediabase and continues its ascent up the charts.
The full list of instant grat tracks are available as follows: 2/5 - "Backroad Song" 2/12 - "If the Boot Fits" 2/19 - "Tonight" 2/26 - “Merica" (feat. Earl Dibbles Jr.) Additionally, exclusive presale bundles are now available through the online store on Granger’s website https://store.grangersmith.com, which also include a membership to his new fan club, Yee Yee Nation. These bundles include:
Remington was written over the course of two years and is a deeply personal “diary” of Granger’s life during that period of time, yet each track is superbly relatable. From the poignant track “Tractor,” written about the sudden loss of his father; to the light-hearted and charismatic “If the Boot Fits;” to the stylistic and cleverly penned title track “Remington;” fans can expect to be taken on an emotional ride. Granger continues to tour the U.S., breaking attendance records on his headlining national Yee Yee Nation tour. To see all tour dates click here.  In support of his new album Meridian Rising, coming February 26th on Plowboy Records, Paul Burch will be in NYC playing Sid Gold's Request Room on March 3rd. Meridian Rising, an imagined autobiography of Jimmie Rodgers, is already receiving accolades from various media outlets including NPR.
Read the story behind the album here. Show information below. PAUL BURCH with very special guest LAURA CANTRELL Thurs., March 3 Sid Gold’s Request Room 126 W. 26th St. NYC Showtime: 8 p.m. Tickets: TBA  Courtesy: Rounder Records Group (Nashville, TN Press Release) — With The Way I’m Livin’ receiving a second wave of GRAMMY nominations – 2015’s Best Country Album nod is followed by 2016’s Best Solo Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song for Hayes Carll’s “Chances Are” – Lee Ann Womack embarks on a West Coast tour, starting February 17th at the Roxy on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip.
“We have had such a good year, and such an amazing time with this album,” says the woman “who sounds as if she’s making up for lost time,” according to The Wall Street Journal. “We’ve gone places I’ve never been – MerleFest, the Emmylou Harris Tribute Show in D.C. singing ‘Pancho & Lefty’ with Steve Earle, PBS specials with the Fairfield Four and McCrary Sisters. It proves this kind of music does have a place. And before I start working on another record, I wanted one more chance to play these songs for people. As long as I’m going to the GRAMMYs, I figured what better time to play some dates to real music lovers.” |
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