 Courtesy EB Media NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Wednesday, Oct. 15 – Eight years ago, Eric Church stepped foot onto the stage of the legendary Madison Square Garden and changed the trajectory of his career forever. At the time, his debut album Sinners Like Me was receiving critical acclaim and his debut single “How Bout You” was climbing the charts and as opener for a country trio on an October 14, 2006 evening, Church was ready to play long and loud and late into the night…or at least that’s how the story goes.
Fast forward eight years, and the EMI Nashville recording artist is ready to recreate that long and loud and fateful night. Except this time, the Chief is in charge. Now holding the deserving title of headliner, Church is preparing to take the MSG stage once again on October 17, 2014 in celebration of his top selling album The Outsiders, his rising single “Talledega” and the unveiling of the second leg of Eric Church: The Outsiders World Tour. The much anticipated and long overdue show in New York City is just one of the many highlights of a year that has found Church tirelessly touring the country, consistently at the top of the charts and serving as the toast of a bevy of award shows. To commemorate his return performance in The Big Apple, Church will also perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, Oct. 15 on NBC at 11:35 pm ET/10:35 CT. At the upcoming 48th Annual CMA Awards, airing live on November 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC, The Outsiders is nominated for CMA Album of the Year and has also earned Church three additional CMA nominations for Male Vocalist of the Year, as well as both Single of the Year and Song of the Year for his No. 1 hit song “Give Me Back My Hometown.” Church told The New York Times earlier this year, “I always say that we don’t make these songs for Music Row, we make them for the front row," and both fans and critics agree. A Rolling Stone cover artist, the publication raves The Outsiders World Tour packs "a serious punch," and SPIN Magazine notes "he's the most exciting, sonically fearless singer in Nashville." And based on the staggering success of The Outsiders World Tour, Church will take on the New Year with the launch of the second leg of the tour in New Orleans on January 8, 2015. The second leg of the 2015 tour will proceed as follows: Jan. 8| New Orleans, LA| Smoothie King Center Jan. 9| Tupelo, MS| BankcorpSouth Arena Jan. 10| Nashville, TN| Bridgestone Arena Jan. 14| Oklahoma City, OK| Chesapeake Energy Arena Jan. 16| Las Vegas, NV | The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Jan. 17| Las Vegas, NV| The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Jan. 18| San Diego, CA| Valley View Casino Arena Jan. 22| Fresno, CA| Save Mart Center Jan. 23| Los Angeles, CA| Staples Center Jan. 24| Phoenix, AZ| US Airways Arena Jan. 27| Denver, CO| Pepsi Center Jan. 29| Spokane, WA| Spokane Arena Jan. 30| Boise, ID| Taco Bell Arena Jan. 31| Salt Lake City, UT| EnergySolutions Arena Feb. 4| Sacramento, CA| Sleep Train Arena Feb. 5| San Jose, CA| SAP Center Visit www.ericchurch.com for more information
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On June 25, CMA and live concert television series “Front and Center” filmed two episodes celebrating the 10th anniversary of the CMA Songwriters Series, featuring CMA Award winners Dierks Bentley and Lady Antebellum onstage in intimate acoustic settings. The Bentley performance will be made available to public television stations on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Songwriters Jim Beavers, Ross Copperman, Brett James and Jon Randall join him onstage in this one-hour broadcast. Lady Antebellum showcases its hits, previews tracks from its fifth album 747, shares personal stories and anecdotes and invites songwriters Rodney Clawson, Tom Douglas, Josh Kear, Luke Laird and Abe Stoklasa to share the stage. This one-hour installment will be made available to public television stations on Tuesday, Oct. 28. “Country Music is a genre based on the foundation of great songs,” said CMA CEO Sarah Trahern in New York City during a Sept. 3 press conference to reveal the final nominees for the 2014 CMA Awards. “Announcing the ‘Front and Center’ shows the same time we are recognizing our CMA Awards-nominated songwriters for the CMA Song of the Year was a natural fit and a great way to build excitement leading up to the Awards broadcast on Nov. 5.” “We were privileged to be able to work with as prestigious an organization as CMA, to bring these compelling shows with Dierks and Lady Antebellum to public television,” said Don Maggi, Executive Producer, “Front and Center.” “They were truly special shows that we hope have laid the groundwork for future programming with CMA.” For air dates in your market, check your local public television station schedules.  Nashville, TN (October 14, 2014) - THE ROYS will debut on Young Country's upcoming season premiere for BLUE HIGHWAYS TV NETWORK beginningThursday, October 16 at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. ET, with repeats October 18 and 19at 3:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET, respectively. The network broadcasts in select areas via AT+T U-verse, Charter Communications, DIRECT TV and Dish Network. Fans can click here for full channel listings.
This is the duo's second television appearance this month; last week they were featured guests on ZUUS Country's "On The Rise" series, "Live From The Couch." Their current CD, THE VIEW, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 10 Bluegrass Albums Chart and sits at #12 on the Roots Music Report. Deep Roots recently featured THE VIEW as their Album of the Week, and Folk Acoustic Music Exchange observes, "In just a few short years ... they've made an indelible mark in the Bluegrass/Country/Folk world and with THE VIEW,(they) are demonstrating exactly why that's so." Their latest single, "No More Lonely," is further evidence of THE ROYS' talents and of their fans' loyalty. The track is # 4 on the SiriusXM BLUEGRASS JUNCTION MOST-PLAYED TRACKS, #13 on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart and #45 on the Airplay Direct chart. The busy siblings are happily touring and recent performances include the IBMA World of Bluegrass event, the 44th Annual IEBA Conference and the Ernest TubbMidnite Jamboree on October 11. www.theroysonline.com https://www.facebook.com/theroysmusic https://twitter.com/theroysonline  Photo Credit: Kris Kristofferson Nashville, TN (October 13, 2014) - Superstar songwriters Dean Dillon and Jamey Johnson will salute Hank Cochran at a tribute concert on November 16. The pair will host the event, gathering friends of the late songwriter for what promises to be an unforgettable night of music and memories. Top-tier tunesmith Scotty Emerick ("Beer For My Horses," "I Love This Bar"), joins the lineup, which also includes hit songwriter/producer Buddy Cannon ("Set 'Em Up Joe," "Give It Away;" Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson) and singer/songwriter Jesse Whitley, son of the late Keith Whitley. The tribute kicks off the final evening of the 10-day long 30th Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival, held "live on the line" from the world-famousFloraBama Lounge. The club is located at 17401 Perdido Key Drive, Perdido Key,Florida; the music starts at 6 p.m., and more information can be found HERE.
Dillon, Johnson and Cannon all knew the late Cochran well: Dean and Buddy were longtime friends and co-writers of Hank's, while Jamey became close with the NSAI Hall of Famer in his later years. In 2012, Johnson released the Grammy-nominated LIVING FOR A SONG: A TRIBUTE TO HANK COCHRAN. "If I had to dream up the best influence for songwriters, I couldn't have done any better than Hank," Johnson says. "That's what he was - not just for me, but for Willie and for a lot of people - just a helpful friend. If he knew you needed help with something, he could help you. He was there." Johnson hopes this Tribute will help carry Hank's philosophy forward. "I want to be that kind of man for the people in my life; same as Hank. He influenced me, not only as an artist and songwriter, but also as a person." Dean and Hank shared a love of boats, and many of their songs were written on the waterways of Tennessee and Florida. As a writing team, they are perhaps best known for George Strait's "Ocean Front Property"and "The Chair," and Keith Whitley's classic "Miami, My Amy." "Hank was definitely one-of-a-kind," Dillon reflects. "We had some remarkable times together and I'm happy to be a part of this tribute. His legacy deserves a tip of the hat." The Cannon and Cochran association was a long and fruitful one. The two shared co-writer credits on the smash hit "Set 'Em Up Joe" and, as a producer, Cannon's door was always open to Hank. "He was absolutely one of the best writers of our time," notes Cannon. "He was the world's best songplugger and a great friend who is very much missed." A devoted fan of the FBISF, Cochran performed on the event's many stages over the years. Club owner and Fest founder Joe Gilchrest recalls, "Hank was a great supporter of this festival. He was a wonderful friend to me, to songwriters and to musicians of all stripes. He is sorely missed, but I know these guys will do him proud." Cochran's discography reads like a "Who's Who" of contemporary music. His songs have been recorded by Chet Atkins, Junior Brown, Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Cash, Elvis Costello, Bing Crosby, Vern Gosdin, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Tom Jones, Loretta Lynn, Dean Martin, Wayne Newton, Elvis Presley, Reba, Linda Ronstadt, George Strait, and Lee Ann Womack. He penned numerous classic tunes, including "I Fall To Pieces," "She's Got You," "Set 'Em Up Joe," "Is It Raining At Your House," and "Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me." As a recording artist, Hank first found fame in the 1950s when he and Eddie Cochran (no relation) formed the rockabilly duo, The Cochran Brothers. Hank topped the Americana Music Chart in 1997 withDESPERATE MEN: THE LEGEND AND THE OUTLAW. In 2002, he released his last CD, LIVIN' FOR A SONG: A SONGWRITER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, to much critical acclaim. The disc's title track was featured on Johnson's 2012 CD, with additional vocals by Willie, Merle and Kris Kristofferson. Hank will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame later this month. The award follows his 1967 inclusion in the Country Music Foundation's Walkway of Stars, the unanimous vote that earned him his place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1974) and a place in theMississippi Musicians' Hall of Fame (2003). His catalog has generated more than 36 million performances, which, if played back-to-back, would amount to more than 200 years of continuous airplay. Fans can click through to learn more about HANK, JAMEY or DEAN. For more information on the Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival, click HERE.  Photo Courtesy chrisknight.net For almost two decades, seven albums and a career that’s been hailed as “where Cormac McCarthy meets Copperhead Road”, Knight has always let his music do the talking. On record, as well as from roadhouse taverns to major-city concert halls, his songs have had plenty to say. But with his latest (eighth) album Little Victories (2012), Chris Knight has taken the discussion to a whole new level.
Little Victories is a record of honest poetry from an artist who’s come into his own. For a performer who’s been compared over the years to Cash, Prine, Earle and Springsteen, Knight now stands as a singer/songwriter who has carved out his own sound and sensibility. Knight has said “I’m really proud of this record, and it’ll be fun to play these songs live. For people who like my music and maybe even for someone hearing me for the first time, I think they’ll find songs on here that mean something to them and they can hang on to. I don’t want to talk about it too much, but I think people are gonna be surprised.” Where: Hill Country Brooklyn When: Saturday October 18th Time: 930/10pm $20/25 For more information on Chris Knight visit his official website Watch "Framed" here
In the wake of Lonesome Day Records' most prolific year in its 12-year history, the Booneville, Kentucky-based indie label - home to bluegrass greats Richard Bennett and Jeff Parker as well as roots rockers Girls Guns and Glory and Sarah Borges - has announced the launch of its spin off label, Dry Lightning Records. The new imprint, which will focus on Americana genre artists, has signed a North American distribution deal with RED Distribution, and has also partnered with The Holland Group to strategize and oversee both label's releases. Lonesome Day Records will continue to remain home to their great roster of bluegrass talent. "I am very excited about the launch of Dry Lightning Records and the future of Lonesome Day Records. The new label is going to afford us targeted marketing opportunities that we have never had before. I am also looking forward to working with Billy Holland and his company as they help Dry Lightning and Lonesome Day increase the level of services that each label can offer their respective artists," says Dry Lightning Records and Lonesome Day Records owner Randall Deaton. "Everyone at The Holland Group is thrilled to be a part of this exciting new endeavor with Lonesome Day and Dry Lightning Records. We look forward to working alongside Randall and his very talented roster as we work towards maximizing their potential in the marketplace," says The Holland Group's Billy Holland. Lonesome Day Records kicked off 2014 with a bang with the first quarter release of Boston Music Awards winners Girls Guns and Glory's new album, Good Luck, which has received both critical and industry acclaim. The album spent weeks in the Top 25 of the Americana Airplay Chart and reached No. 14 on the American Airplay Chart and No. 7 on the Roots Music Report. Good Luck also received the big thumbs up from such music industry tastemakers as No Depression magazine, which declared, "If there is any justice, 'Good Luck' will transform the winners of six Boston Music Awards into a national act which might mean you get to see them live in a city near you!" Girls Guns and Glory will move over to Dry Lightning Records, kicking off the label in 2015 with a Hank Williams live tribute album recorded during a performance of their very popular New Year's Eve Hank Williams tribute show in Cambridge, MA. Also moving over to the imprint will be fellow Lonesome Day Records alum rocker Sarah Borges, who released her album Radio Sweetheart this year. It is her first solo record since parting ways with her former band, Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles. Borges, a frequent touring mate of Girls Guns and Glory, scored major national television exposure when her song, "I'll Show You How," was prominently featured in the series premiere of the new NBC show, "The Night Shift," in May. This year also saw the release of bluegrass veteran Richard Bennett's album, In the Wind Somewhere, featuring a standout line-up of musicians, including Mark Schatz (Nickel Creek, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt), IMBA Mandolin Player of the Year Adam Steffey, celebrated fiddler Ron Stewart, and Sean Lane of the Grammy-nominated band Blue Highway on tenor vocals. The record was recorded at the Lonesome Day Studio Booneville, Kentucky, and mixed by Grammy Award winning engineer Brandon Bell. In addition to Bennett remaining on Lonesome Day Records, label fixture Jeff Parker along with fresh signings Jeff Clair and the new bad boys of bluegrass Shotgun Holler will be included on the bluegrass-focused artist roster. Deaton will be busy setting up this label for an equally hectic 2015. "Jeff is on a mission to make bluegrass music with lyrical content that is more relevant to society today than what is found in a lot of bluegrass music," says Deaton of Clair's upcoming new release. And, Shotgun Holler is a band willing to tackle subject matter that is often shied away from in bluegrass music. Jeff Clair is working on his new record with producer Gary Nichols (The Steeldrivers) while Shotgun Holler is set to go back in the studio to complete their new record in October with Grammy nominated musician Jim Van Cleve as producer. Also slated for the first quarter of 2015 for Dry Lightning Records are two other tribute records, including the much-anticipated bluegrass homage record to classic rocker Bob Seger entitled Silver Bullet Bluegrass featuring Josh Shilling (Mountain Heart), Tim Shelton, Gary Nichols, Jeff Parker, Keith Garrett (The Boxcars), Ward Hayden (Girls Guns and Glory), Bo Bice (American Idol/Blood Sweat & Tears), and others. "We're also prepping Tim Shelton's honoring of Jackson Browne simply entitled Jackson. It's going to be another busy year," says Deaton. About RED Distribution: RED Distribution, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, is the largest and most successful independent distribution, sales and marketing company in the music industry. The company is best known for its pro-active label support through a fully integrated program of artist development, product management, sales, promotion, and new media marketing services designed to enhance its clients' efforts. It is the implementation of RED's forward thinking initiatives which have continually led to rising sales, consistent growth, gold and platinum status of the many releases and catalog titles they distribute. About Lonesome Day Records: Randall Deaton founded Lonesome Day Records in 2002 with a simple plan: Make real honest bluegrass music that speaks to his soul. Well, mission accomplished. Over the past decade, the Booneville, Kentucky-based label has released some of the best bluegrass, alt-country, and roots records from artists including Blue Moon Rising, Jeff Parker, and Ralph Stanley II, Richard Bennett, Girls Guns and Glory, Sarah Borges, Tim Shelton, Fred Eaglesmith, Mountain Heart's Steve Gulley, Darrell Webb, Larry Cordle, and others. Lonesome Day Records currently has two locations: a main office and recording studio in Booneville, KY and a satellite office in Lexington, KY. In 2013, Lexington businessman Jeff Carter, a co-founder of television advertising company Via Media, bought an equity position in the label. About Dry Lightning Records Dry Lightning Records was established with the goal of giving the non-bluegrass artists of Lonesome Day Records their own home while allowing the Lonesome Day brand to continue to emerge in the bluegrass market where it has already made a mark over the last 12 years. Randall Deaton is looking forward to putting as much passion and energy into Dry Lightning Records as he has Lonesome Day Records since its origin in 2002. Like Lonesome Day Records the inspiration for the name Dry Lightning Records comes from the title of a Bruce Springsteen song. Nashville, TN (October 10, 2014) -- Some of Music Row's biggest hit-writers of the past 30 years came out to 3rd & Lindsley Bar & Grill to celebrate the release of Nashville Songwriter: The Inside Stories Behind Country Music's Greatest Hits, featuring those writers' life stories and how they inspired the tens-of-dozens of hits between them that followed. Hosting a who's-who of country music's biggest hitmakers, including Craig Wiseman, Bob DiPiero, Kelley Lovelace, Scotty Emerick, Sonny Curtis, Jeff Silbar, Neil Thrasher, and Freddy Powers following a private meet-and-greet among the songwriters and media, fans were treated to a live event featuring performances of songs from each writer's catalog of hits. The legendary Sonny Curtis kicked things off with a 4-song set that included arguably his most famous hit, "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)." Jeff Silbar then performed "Wind Beneath My Wings" among other crowd-pleasing hits. The third act of the night's live show was a moving tribute to longtime Merle Haggard co-writer Freddy Powers, who made it out to be part of the night in spite of his battling the advance stages of Parkinson's Disease. Introduced by his longtime manager/wife Catherine Powers, Freddy's catalog was saluted by a 3-song tribute from hit songwriter Scotty Emerick, best known for Toby Keith # 1s including "I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight," "Beer For My Horses," "I Love This Bar," and "As Good As I Once Was," kicking off with the Powers-and-Haggard-penned George Jones # 1 hit "I Always Get Lucky With You," before diving into a deeper Haggard-Powers co-write "Jimmy the Broom," and closing with another Haggard # 1, "Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star." Powers' protégé, rising country star Mary Sarah-who Rolling Stone Country called "a prodigy" and currently has a duets album out featuring Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Merle Haggard, etc -shined with her stirring rendition of "I Just Want to Sing My Song," before hit writer Neil Thrasher closed out the live event with his performances of the Rascal Flatts' monster # 1 hit, "Fast Cars and Freedom" and Kenny Chesney's "There Goes My Life." Nashville Songwriter: The Inside Stories Behind Country Music's Greatest Hits, the 36th book from music biographer Jake Brown, is available on store shelves nationwide and at all online retailers from BenBella Books. 
L-R seated: Jeff Silbar, Craig Wiseman, author Jake Brown with arm around Freddy Powers and Catherine Powers. L-R standing: Neil Thrasher, Sonny Curtis, Bob DiPiero and Kelley Lovelace Photographer credit: Kindell Moore
 Courtesy Shock Inc. Jenna Jentry recently released the lyric video for her song "Wise Advice" which is from her forthcoming EP set for release October 14th.
"Wise Advice is such a special song to me and serves as an anthem to my life. I picked up the guitar and 20 minutes laters I had this song. It came that naturally. Fans tell me they really relate to it as you can receive all the 'wise' advice in the world from other people, but you really have to make your own choices and be true to who you are." - Jenna Jentry Watch the lyric video here  Courtesy Quite Great PR A singer-songwriter who was born in Nashville, Tennessee, but now residing in Suffolk, Cody Pennington is an acoustic guitar based musician with a taste for a classy turn of lyrical phrase and some effective instrumental melodies.
Nominated at the NMG awards for ‘Best Male Solo Artist 2014’ this year, he’s clearly an artist on the rise, a journey that will no doubt be aided by the release of his new, stylish five song EP. With an extremely personal song writing style and autobiographical lyrics that speak of love and loss alongside a range of upbeat and pared back tempos, his is a range that fits perfectly in a market which is currently on the hunt for a new male voice. And what a voice it is – clear, almost rasping, and very distinct – you can hear it married to some lovely fingerpicking in the title track of the new EP. https://soundcloud.com/codypennington/to-be-me-1?in=codypennington/sets/to-be-me-ep It’s a vocal that has placed him on the radar of some top-level music industry people; connections which saw him play in support of the international American Idol tour when they visited Turkey (another country the travelling troubadour has resided in). To play amongst such well-regarded vocal company without sounding out of place stands the songwriter in good stead, and Pennington is hoping that’s the first of many shows on that scale. Not bad for a vocalist who only started singing by accidentally signing up for a choir in school. An artist laid bare by his sparse arrangements and personal writing style, perhaps Cody sums it up best himself: “This is me. This is who I am. Judge the hell out of me.” www.codypennington.com www.facebook.com/codypenningtonmusic www.twitter.com/codypmusic www.youtube.com/theyflykites www.soundcloud.com/codypennington
Two can't miss (no cover) shows are happening at Hill Country Live on October 9th! Hill Country Live NYC presents Austin's incredibly talented Shelley King, who is supporting her latest release Building A Fire, while over the bridge at Hill Country Brooklyn, singer songwriter Brett Harris will be delighting ears with his hook laden melodies. It's a tough decision who to see, but be sure you make it out to one show!
Who: Brett Harris Where: Hill Country Live Brooklyn When: Thursday, October 9, 2014 8:30pm No Cover Who: Shelley King Where: Hill Country Live NYC When: Thursday, October 9, 2014 9pm No Cover |
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