 Courtesy: HBPR Nashville, TN --- June 3, 2016 (PR) --- Eli Young Band gave their fans some much-anticipated news this morning, announcing their latest single “Saltwater Gospel” across social media. Marking the band’s first single for The Valory Music Co., the song will ship to radio next week and will be available on iTunes nextFriday, June 10. “Saltwater Gospel” marks the band's first single for The Valory Music Co. and is a follow up to EYB’s three chart-topping hits “Crazy Girl,” “Even If It Breaks Your Heart,” and “Drunk Last Night.”
The anthemic hook in “Saltwater Gospel” immediately transports the listener to their favorite beach, where the mystical power of the ocean melts away the troubles of everyday life – while connecting them to their own spirituality. In less than four minutes, the track has the transformative ability to mirror the uplifting effect of the ocean, the sand and the breeze. Like the rhythm of the waves, verse-by-verse, the song lifts the listener higher and higher, with its steady pulse and soulful cadence.
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 Courtesy: Shore Fire Media East Nashville breakout Margo Price has confirmed a Fall headline tour in support of her debut LP ‘Midwest Farmer’s Daughter,’ out now on Third Man Records. A limited amount of pre-sale tickets will be available to members of Third Man Records Vault beginning Thursday, June 2 at 10am local time. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, June 3 at 10am local time. Full list of dates below.
'Midwest Farmer's Daughter' has been met with historic praise, landing Price performances on Saturday Night Live, Colbert, Conan, CBS This Morning, as well as major profiles in NY Times Magazine, New Yorker, Rolling Stone, NPR, Fader + more.  Courtesy: Conqueroo Twenty-three-song compilation, released by the Great Smoky Mountains Association, features compelling performances of timeless Appalachian regional classics by leading roots musicians, including Dolly Parton, Norman Blake, Bryan Sutton, Alice Gerrard, Tony Trischka, Stephen Wade, Sheila Kay Adams, Martin Simpson, Dom Flemons, Jody Stecher, Kate Brislin, Courtney Hartman, and David Holt.
Album pays tribute to the more than 4,000 people who had to give up their ancestral homes to create Great Smoky Mountains National Park GATLINBURG, Tenn. (Press Release) — In the image of the fiery phoenix’s rebirth, Great Smoky Mountains Association will release its third album of traditional American music, this time featuring artists of today recreating songs performed by Smoky Mountain residents at the time of the development of a national park. On Top of Old Smoky: New Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music, one of several National Park Service Centennial-recognition projects produced by GSMA this year, features new recordings of traditional songs, ballads, and tunes by leading American roots music luminaries, including Dolly Parton, Norman Blake, Bryan Sutton, Alice Gerrard, Tony Trischka, Stephen Wade, Sheila Kay Adams, Martin Simpson, Dom Flemons, Jody Stecher, Kate Brislin, Courtney Hartman, and David Holt. Street date is August 21, 2016.  (Press Release) RIGHT SIDE UP RECORDS is proud to announce the release of guitarist/singer/songwriter IVAS JOHN's "GOOD DAYS A COMIN" on JUNE 3, 2016. The album, co-produced by Ivas John & Gary Gordon, was recorded at Inside Out Studio in Southern Illinois and features 12 songs .... 8 originals (four of which were co-written with his father Edward John) and 4 distinctive interpretations of classics including Merle Travis' "Dark As A Dungeon," Tom Paxton's "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound," "Greenville Trestle High" ( James Jett ) and Allen Reynolds' "Wrong Road Again."
In the studio Ivas worked with an A-team of acoustic musicians. Highlights include hall of famer David Davis - mandolin, former Bill Monroe fiddle man Robert Bowlin, Tim Crouch - fiddle/mandolin and folk duo The Gordons ( Gary Gordon, dobro and Roberta Gordon, harmonies ). Echos of Appalachia merge with Mississippi blues and folk with country. His mastery of both fingerpicking and flat-picked guitar might remind listeners of Mississippi John Hurt or Doc Watson while remaining uniquely Ivas John. The son of Lithuanian immigrants, Ivas John was born and raised in Chicago. As a child his first musical experiences revolved around Lithuanian folk music. He remembers hammering out melodies on the family piano, playing trumpet in the school band and trying his hand at drums but nothing stuck until he held a guitar. His father was a truck driver by day and by night a fixture of Chicago's vibrant '60s folk and blues scene. The music coming from the living room record player shaped his future. The sounds of Ray Charles, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, John Lee Hooker, Leon Redbone, Mississippi John Hurt, The Chieftains, Little Walter and Bob Dylan were the music dreams.  Little out of my wheelhouse, but notable.....
CONCORD, N.C..(Press Release) — In a massively influential career that spanned several decades, South Carolina-bred singer-guitarist Josh White (1914-1969) established himself as a pioneering musical force, a uniquely charismatic performer and a popular entertainer whose appeal transcended the racial and social barriers of the time. At a time when African-American blues artists were routinely marginalized, White performed successfully on Broadway and in nightclubs, film and radio. He also emerged as a respected civil rights crusader and a trusted confidant of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who in 1941 invited White to be the first African-American artist to give a White House Command Performance.  Courtesy: Shore Fire Media This week, Josh Abbott Band made their national television debut performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The band performed their current single "Wasn't That Drunk," featuring Carly Pearce, which is from their latest release Front Row Seat.
"Wasn't That Drunk" is climbing up the country radio charts and Rolling Stone Country raves about the song saying the, "collaboration with Carly Pearce comes alive in latest step toward the mainstream for ambitious Texans." The country favorites album debuted at #1 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart and the music has garnered high praise from NPR's "Songs We Love," Vice, Noisey, and many more. The band continues their 2016 tour throughout the summer hitting a number of festivals along the way. Watch their performance here. Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road Team Up With Marty Raybon for "Darned if I Don't, Danged if I Do"6/2/2016  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May, 2016 PR) - Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, along with bluegrass star Marty Raybon, just released the latest video for "Darned if I Don't, Danged if I Do." The song was made famous by Raybon's band Shenandoah, upon its initial release. The track is featured on Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road's latest album, Country Grass, which also includes collaborations with Crystal Gayle, Lee Greenwood, The Kentucky Headhunters, John Conlee, Eddy Raven and T.G. Sheppard, in addition to the late Jim Ed Brown and Lynn Anderson.
"I've always been a fan of Marty Raybon, so working with him has been a dream come true," said Lorraine Jordan. "I hope fans enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it." Recently celebrating its 20th Anniversary, "Darned if I Don't, Danged if I Do" was originally released in 1995. The Grammy-nominated song, written by Ronnie Dunn and Dean Dillion was re-recorded, this time with a new toe-tapping bluegrass flavor. The song originally peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Country Songs chart.  Courtesy: Rounder Records June 2, 2016 - Nashville, TN - (Press Release) GRAMMY award-winning multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush returns with his seventh Sugar Hill release, Storyman, on June 24th.
Sam Bush’s new album Storyman is a freewheeling collection that gleefully picks and chooses from jazz, folk, blues, reggae, country swing, and bluegrass to create a jubilant noise only classifiable as the “Sam Bush sound." Many of the songs are stories––several of them true––and the legendary mandolin player co-wrote every one of them with friends, including the late Guy Clark, Emmylou Harris, Jon Randall Stewart, Jeff Black, bandmate Stephen Mougin, and others. Storyman continues Bush’s tradition of creating something completely new and fresh for each recording, this time focusing on stories from some of the most popular songsmiths of our time. For Bush, a lifetime of channeling his energy into his art has led to stylistic innovations that have changed the course of bluegrass and roots music alike. Bush has taken home three GRAMMY awards, received a Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist Award from the Americana Music Association, hosted the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, and has been honored as Mandolin Player of the Year four times. In March 2010, Legislation passed in Kentucky, Bush’s home state, that officially named Bowling Green the "Birthplace of Newgrass," and Sam Bush the "Father of Newgrass."  Courtesy: Shore Fire Media NPR Music just premiered Eli Paperboy Reed's "explosive" new album 'My Way Home', out June 10. They write, "My Way Home defies clichés by offering a fresh, inspired statement of purpose that matters" and that Eli has a "roar that feels like it's tearing itself from his vocal cords, as though he couldn't muffle it if he tried."
Listen to the full album here: http://www.npr.org/2016/05/26/479600728/first-listen-eli-paperboy-reed-my-way-home Read the New York Times' feature on Eli's gospel music class: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/nyregion/eli-paperboy-reed-lifts-young-voices-in-the-gospel-spirit.html Here's what else people have said about 'My Way Home': "Super-charged garage-gospel, raw and thrilling" - Uncut "Lean, mean, and indebted to a quintessentially American art form: gospel music" - Consequence of Sound "Raw and gritty" - The Atlantic "A new career peak for the singer" - Memphis Commercial Appeal "Righteous soul music that goes straight to the heart" - Clash Music  Greenville, NC (June 2, 2016 PR) -- Basis Entertainment has announced multi-platinum award-winning American Rock 'n roll icon, Kid Rock, to join Eric Church for the inaugural Carolina Kickoff Concert at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on August 20.
Kid Rock, a native of Detroit, whose musical style ranges from hip hop and rock to heavy metal and country, has sold over 26 million albums worldwide since breaking onto the scene in the 1990's. The multi-instrumentalist has made hits across genres, from rap and rock with singles “Bawitdaba” and “Cowboy,” to country with “Picture,” collaboration with Sheryl Crow that charted No. 4 on the Hot 100. Rock’s 2007 album featuring the song “All Summer Long,” charted at No. 1 in eight countries across Europe and Australia, and the music video received more than 48 million views on YouTube. Rock has consistently released albums since 1990, many of them going platinum and multi-platinum with spots in the Top 10. |
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