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May 15, 2018 (Press Release) -- New York-based Americana/folk singer-songwriter Kate Vargas has announced the release of her forthcoming LP For The Wolfish & Wandering and has shared the lead single at No Depression, who praised the Corrales, N.M. native's latest work in saying "Vargas' sensitivity to the rhythms around her gives her music a pulsing, hypnotic energy. The music sounds familiar, but it will take you down unfamiliar roads." For The Wolfish & Wandering is out July 27th. A reformed wild child, in recent years Kate Vargas has traded the party for meditation, yoga, clean eating and a renewed focus on what she values most—her music. The New Mexico-raised, NYC-based artist is building ever more mindfully on her sound, and the music press is taking notice, Vargas receiving praise from a variety of respected outlets including Impose, The Boot and the Huffington Post, the latter assessing, “There is an unlimited amount of potential in this superstar on the rise.” Vargas has packed houses from Ireland’s Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival to The Troubadour in London, The Mansion on O Street in Washington D.C. to New York’s Bowery Electric. Her upcoming album, For The Wolfish & Wandering (out July 27), features her singular folk-style storytelling. The songs are grounded in a darkly melodic, reverb-washed sonic palette of dreampop, dusty folk and junkyard blues, all carried by Vargas’ rough-hewn vocals and guitar playing. In equal measure, she channels a surprising array of artists, from Tom Waits and 16 Horsepower to Lana Del Rey and K. Flay.
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New York, NY (May 16, 2018 Press Release) – Jeffrey Foucault will release Blood Brothers on June 22, an album that is adeparture from the darkness of his last outing, setting blues aside to pull together strands of country, R&B, gospel, rock’n’roll and folk in a series of delicate small-canvas portraits. Today, Jeffrey debuts the video for "War on the Radio" with Folk Alley. It's a jangling rocker built on a Stars’n’Bars-style fiddle line carried by pedal steel and electric guitars, using bright major chording as it remarks the complicity at the heart of modern American living. “Foucault’s charming twang wraps around lyrics that dissect how omnipresent the news is in our world these days,” notes Folk Alley's Kim Ruehl. “With the media narrative telling us about darkness and division, the song insists that people in the real world continue to be kind and persistent, even as Foucault does his artist duty of trying to make sense of it all.”  Back Row, L-R: Jed Hilly, Executive Director Americana Music Association; Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale, The Milk Carton Kids; Abi Tapia, Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. Front Row, L-R: Nominees, Brittany Haas, Jerry Pentecost, Daniel Donato and Molly Tuttle Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Americana Music Association® NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 15, 2018) - The Americana Music Association® announced the nominees for its 17th annual Honors & Awards show this afternoon at an intimate members-only ceremony held at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. The live-streamed event featured performances by its hosts The Milk Carton Kids - Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan - as well as by Instrumentalist of the Year nominees Daniel Donato, Brittany Haas, Jerry Pentecost, Molly Tuttle and more special guests.
A full list of categories and nominees for the Americana Music Association’s® 17th annual Honors & Awards is below: Album of the Year: “All American Made,” Margo Price, Produced by Jeremy Ivey, Alex Munoz, Margo Price and Matt Ross-Spang “By The Way I Forgive You,” Brandi Carlile, Produced by Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings “The Nashville Sound,” Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Produced by Dave Cobb “Rifles & Rosary Beads,” Mary Gauthier, Produced by Neilson Hubbard  Watch the video HERE
May 7, 2018 - Nashville based country music artist WILL THOMAS REED has released his new single, "Home Is Where the Bar Is," the first single off of his upcoming To Whom It May Concern… EP, due out June 1, 2018. “Home is Where the Bar is” is a song all about that special place we all have, your local watering hole where everyone knows you and the bartender has your choice beverage in a cold glass waiting for you when you walk through the door.” - Will Thomas Reed  Nashville, TN (May, 2018 Press Release) - Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist Of the Year, Grammy nominee and multi-million selling '80s icon Sylvia is set to release her newest CD, SECOND BLOOM - The Hits Re-Imagined, on Red Pony Records June 8. The album is available for pre-order now from iTunes and CD Baby. Fans who order digitally will receive"Like Nothing Ever Happened" as an instant gratification track. Those who prefer a disc, will have their album autographed by Sylvia and receive an email containing instructions on how to obtain their "grat track" download. The project's first single, a reprise of Sylvia's signature Country/Pop smash, "Nobody," has just been released to radio.
World-Renowned Comic Strip Illustrator & Author Guy Gilchrist Announces Exhibit at Mary Hong Gallery5/14/2018  (Nashville, Tenn.) May 14, 2018 – Renowned illustrator and author Guy Gilchrist, known worldwide for his work on comic strips such as "Nancy,"and Jim Henson's "Muppets," is pleased to announce his upcoming exhibit at the prestigious Mary Hong Gallery (414 Union Street--on the ground floor of the Bank of America building in downtown Nashville).
"Nancy Loves Nashville & The Muppets Take Music City" opens June 2 in concert with the Downtown Nashville First Saturday Art Crawl from 6 - 9 p.m., with a private reception from 5 - 6 p.m. The exhibit will feature nearly 40 original works by Guy Gilchrist on a variety of mediums including, but not limited to, hand-inked comic strip panels, 18 hand-painted stringed instruments, pen and ink drawings, and rare cartoon memorabilia. The highly-anticipated exhibit is Gilchrist's first public showing since his massive multi-year display at the Nashville International Airport (Feb. 2013 - Dec. 2015).  NASHVILLE, TN - May 14, 2018 (Press Release) - On the eve of the release of his ninth studio album, award-winning entertainer Dierks Bentley will perform a late night album release show on Thursday, June 7th at Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium with all money raised from ticket sales benefitting the Opry Trust Fund. In a rare one-night-only event, Bentley will perform all thirteen tracks from The Mountain, which EW called “both earthen and majestic.” Bentley’s 2018 tour opener LANCO will also join the lineup. Pre-sale tickets are available tomorrow with a public on sale set for this Friday (5/18) beginning at 10:00A CT.
“This album started as the smallest seed of an idea,” said Bentley. “It was inspired by where I am in my life right now, but also by the people I meet out on the road who triumph over hardship every day. We all share this underlying sense of gratitude and hope, which really became the base of THE MOUNTAIN, so I wanted to introduce it as a whole story for the first time with all the fans in town for CMA Music Fest. Doing it at the Ryman and to help out the Opry Trust Fund makes the night even more special.”  Credit: Michael Wilson Built around Curt Kiser's sincere and dreamy songwriting, Carriers are a new indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio who recently released their dreamy new singles, "Daily Battle" and "Peace of Mine", which you can listen to via Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/old-flame-records/daily-battle https://soundcloud.com/old-flame-records/peace-of-mine Their forthcoming debut album is carefully layered, leaning on strong core songwriting, hypnotic synths, lush guitar tones from Curt Kiser (ex-Pomegranates, Enlou), mesmerizing percussion delivered by Bryan Devendorf (The National), and nuanced, dynamic bass lines from John Curley (Afghan Whigs) who also produced and engineered this single. While Bryan and John don’t often accompany the band live, a solid group consisting of Cory Pavlinac (guitar), Trent Becknell (Bass), Alex McGrath (Drums) and Ashley McGrath (Keys) have been gigging regularly and are truly spectacular. Even through they are only getting started they have already been making some noise regionally having shared the stage with Damien Jurado, Big Thief, Sam Evian, The Dove & The Wolf, Harpooner and more. They just wrapped up an April tour alongside Kyle Craft & Anna Burch and will play MOTR this Saturday May 12th to celebrate their debut release.  Four week special promotion offering unique opportunities and benefits to entrants All entrants will automatically be entered into the overall 2018 competition ENTER HERE UNSIGNED ONLY 2018 is reopening entries for a special promotion, so if you missed the deadline and still want to enter, or if you want to enter more songs, you still have a chance to participate in this year's competition. WHAT IS GRAND SLAM? The GRAND SLAM promotion runs from May 8th to June 6, 2018. Each week will offer a different promotion and bring unique opportunities and benefits to entrants. You can enter online or through the mail. You are welcome to enter any of these promotions or all of them. Winners for these four promotions will be announced along with all of the other category winners in September, 2018. All entrants will receive 100 free spins to Radio Airplay (whether you are an existing Radio Airplay member or a new member) - just for entering! Additionally, every entrant will also be entered into the overall 2018 Unsigned Only competition and have the chance for their music to be heard by a high-profile panel of judges, as well as be eligible to share in over $150,000 in cash and prizes.  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Press Release) — The 39th annual Blues Music Awards turned into something of a one-year anniversary party for Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’. Their acclaimed collaboration TajMo, which was released on May 4, 2017, picked up both Album of the Year and Contemporary Blues Album honors at this all-star ceremony that The Blues Foundation hosted on May 10. An American roots music legend who was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2009, Taj Mahal also was named the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and best Acoustic Artist, while his equally heralded musical partner Keb’ Mo’ was chosen best Contemporary Blues Male Artist.
Rick Estrin was the night’s other big multi-award winner. Estrin, who had garnered the most BMA nominations with eight, was selected best Traditional Blues Male Artist, his song “The Blues Ain’t Going Nowhere” won Song of the Year, and Rick Estrin & the Nightcats earned the Band of the Year honors. Little Steven Van Zandt was a masterful host for the festivities presented at Memphis’ Cook Convention Center. He also served as one of the evening’s award presenters along with such revered musicians as Tony Joe White, Joe Louis Walker, Candi Staton, Janiva Magness, David Porter, and Ruthie Foster. Van Zandt capped off the night by joining guitarist Mike Zito on stage to close down the dynamic show on a high note. |
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