Stream "Still Summer" HERE

(Press Release) On  August 11, matt pond PA will release Still Summer, their twelfth full-length album and the second Pond is releasing under his in dependent label, 131 Records.  Still Summer    is available to pre-order now on LP and CD at the   band's online store. 

Today matt pond PA has shared the track "Still Summer." About the song, Matt Pond told NPR, "My first job was at a snack bar in northern New Hampshire. My first girlfriend was an ice-cream-slinging associate. After work, we'd split for the river on rusty bikes, resisting curfews and looking for something dangerous to do. Gasoline and matches never failed. I remember yellow-line tightrope-walking in traffic for no good reason. Even though our crimes were humble, every second felt like a serious thrill. Each glance and grazing fingertip meant something."

​(Press Release) Just over a year ago, Ryan Beaver independently released his breakthrough album Rx to great acclaim. Today, CMT premiered a video for his most recent release, "You Were The Rain," which premiered on the  Amazon Music Original Playlist   Love Me, which was one of two playlists (Love Me/Love Me Not) released for Valentine's. The playlists are now available for streaming exclusively on Amazon Music—both  Amazon Music Unlimited    and  Prime Music. 
 
Watch the video for "You Were The Rain" via CMT: 
http://www.cmt.com/videos/ryan-beaver/1677893/you-were-the-rain-amazon-music-original.jhtml
 
"For this video we wanted to come up with a cool concept that helped express the song in a great and simple way," explains Beaver. "It’s been a blast bringing this song to life with Amazon Music."
 
So far in 2017, Beaver has stayed busy on the road with  Dan Layus  and announced a show at Chicago's Windy City Smokeout’s main stage on  July 15. He was also nominated for AIMP's Rising Independent Artist-Writer of the Year award.

(Nashville, Tennessee...) - May 30, 2017 -- Singer/songwriter Wade Hayes has never been shy about letting his traditional music roots show, and he is going full-on old school with his new Old Country Song album, due out June 9, 2017. The 11 cut collection of old and new songs was produced by Dave McAfee and Hayes and will be released on conabar records.
 
"I grew up listening to Haggard, Waylon and Willie - classic country artists - and they've all had a huge influence on my writing and my music," said Hayes. "I wanted to make a record that honored them, and I'm really proud of what we came up with."
 
Wade wrote or co-wrote four of the 11 tracks. He partnered with Clint Ingersoll and Mark Collie on two of the cuts. Roger Springer wrote the title cut, Jon Randall and Jessi Alexander contributed "What You Need From Me," and Chris Stapleton penned "We Needed The Rain." Springer also wrote "All I Know" with Tim Menzies for the album, and Wade's first producer, Don Cook, wrote the Conway Twitty hit "Julia" with John Jarvis. The Merle Haggard/Dean Holloway tune, "Going Where the Lonely Go," rounds out the album.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 30, 2017 Press Release) – Max T. Barnes and Marty Haggard, both accomplished singer/songwriters in their own right, have released a music video tribute (LINK) to their legendary fathers, Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard  and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer  Max D. Barnes. The sons have continued the friendship their fathers started and recorded the co-penned Merle/Max D. tune “Way Back In The Mountains”. The song can be found on Max T. Barnes’ latest album I Can Sleep When I’m Dead  on  iTunes    or  MaxTBarnes.com.

The father duo wrote the song in the ‘90s among others such as the Haggard hit “In My Next Life” and various album cuts. The fathers and sons have been close friends for years, sharing many songwriting credits together. Max D. and Merle spoke most nights on the phone and the two were known to hang around the Haggard ranch writing songs, laughing and enjoying each other’s company. The pair even formed a publishing company together; Jack Hurst chronicled their story in The Chicago Tribune.