(Nashville, Tenn. – Nov. 11, 2015 Press Release) – Country artist Amber Hayes has released her own version of the classic holiday track, “Merry Christmas, Darling.”

Originally recorded by The Carpenters in 1970, “Merry Christmas, Darling”was written by Richard Carpenter and Frank Pooler. The classic song tells a story about going through the holidays without your special someone and dreaming of spending the festive season with them, wherever they are. 

Hayes recruited Nashville-based producer Charlie Kelley for helping bring her version to life. Hayes’ sultry vocal accompanied by a classic Country sound sets the Christmas mood and allows the listener to feel the holiday spirit.

“’Merry Christmas, Darling’ has been one of those Christmas songs that I've enjoyed performing live throughout the years,” commented Hayes. “I'm a big fan of Karen Carpenter's voice and the song—it has always been a staple in my Christmas playlist! I hope that fans will enjoy my version and listen to it this upcoming holiday season.”
The song is now available on iTunes, Amazon and other major digital retailers.

For more information, visit her website at www.AmberHayesMusic.com and follow her on Facebook, Instagram andTwitter.

NASHVILLE, TN – November 11, 2015 (Press Release) – Lee Brice, Billy Currington, Gary Allan and Montgomery Gentry have been added to the superstar lineup for the 34th Annual WE Fest at Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN. These country music chart-toppers join previously announced headliners Eric Church, Kid Rock and Tim McGraw for this year’s festival August 4-6, 2016.

While this is the first time that Brice and Currington will perform at Soo Pass Ranch, this will be the fifth WE Fest appearance for both Allan and Montgomery Gentry.

“We’re very excited about our lineup this year and we’re not finished yet,” remarked Bob Bliss, WE Fest General Manager. “We have more artist announcements coming and we’re working around the clock to make this year’s WE Fest a truly memorable one for all our loyal fans.”

WE Fest 2016 tickets are available now. Prices for 3-day general admission tickets start at $139; reserve tickets start at $140; and VIP tickets start at $700. More information regarding VIP details, along with camping options and pricing is available online only at wefest.com.  To order by phone, call 800-493-3378.

For all the latest WE Fest news and announcements, check out wefest.com, follow us on Facebook,Twitter and Instagram, and/or subscribe to our regularly publishednewsletters.

Nashville, TN (November 11, 2015. Press Release) – Singer-songwriter and musician Corey Smith has launched a Veterans Day fundraiser campaign with PledgeMusic to benefit the World War II Foundation. Smith’s song, "My Time (In Memory of Major Gause),” which he wrote about a WWII hero from his hometown of Jefferson, GA, will be available on PledgeMusic for the remainder of this week.www.pledgemusic.com/projects/coreysmith

The World War II Foundation is one of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations committed to educating future generations about the enormous sacrifices and achievements of 16 million Americans who served in WWII. The goal of their foundation is to preserve the individual experiences of those who witnessed the most devastating conflict known to man and to hopefully, pass on the lessons learned from World War II to a new generation. They also seek, through educational outreach, to honor those who showed great examples of dedication, sacrifice and courage during one of the most horrific time periods in history.

(Press Release) Lindi Ortega "bears comparison with country forebears Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn" (The Guardian), and this past Saturday, Nov. 7, she graced the stage each have called home, making her Grand Ole Opry debut at The Ryman Auditorium singing "Tin Star," the title-track of her 2014 album, and "Ashes," the current single from her Aug. 7 "fantastic" (NPR Music), 10-track 'Faded Gloryville.'

Earlier today (11.6), Huffington Post premiered Lindi's "Ashes" video, which was filmed at the historic Ford Plantation in Savannah, GA, and features the American Ballet Theatre's Marcelo Gomes. The exclusive also shares a Q&A with Lindi, where she describes her Grand Ole Opry debut excitement: "I'd say it ranks as the #1 place to play. So much history, such legends have graced that stage. It's such an honor for me. I can hardly articulate it."

Ortega's Grand Ole Opry debut kicks off a world-wide, 40+ date tour encompassing shows in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland and Spain through Febraury 2016. For more on "country's crystalline-voiced goth-rock version of Dolly Parton" (MAGNET). Please visit lindiortega.ca.

Nashville, TN (November 11, 2015 Press Release)-Dallas-based Prophets and Outlaws has scored yet another music spot on the hit ABC show “Nashville” with their song “Sweet Soft Southern Smile.”  That episode will air tonight (Wednesday, November 11th) at 10/9 Central.  This marks the band’s second music spot on the show within a month’s time.  Their previous spot with “Mexico Tonight” aired on Wednesday, October 21st.

“It’s so encouraging to have two songs we wrote in my living room being played on a show as big as ‘Nashville.’” said the band’s lead guitarist, Steven Guckenheimer.  “The best part is seeing our fans as excited about it as we are.”

“Sweet Soft Southern Smile” is off their first self-titled EP.  To date, the band has released four acclaimed EP’s and have produced three Top 20 singles on the Texas Music Chart with “Soul Shop,” (one of the fastest climbing singles on the TMC) “Shine On Me” and “Texas Home.” Their soulful, contemporary blues sound has generated a huge buzz among industry folks and music fans. They were invited to perform on the main stage at the renown Larry Joe Taylor Music Fest in 2015, performed for over 30,000 people at Dallas’ American Airlines Center on New Year’s Eve, and have had their songs played regularly at the Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers homes games.

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Wednesday, November 11
9 PM Central ABC 
                      
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Nashville, Tenn. (Nov. 10, 2015) – Blaster Records/Big Loud Mountain recording artist and blockbuster vocalist Dallas Smith will double down with the worldwide premiere of the music video for his new single “Kids With Cars” exclusively across CMT and CMT Canada today (11/10). Taking fans on a nostalgic spin back through America’s car culture, the video has been selected for CMT’s “Artist Discovery” program and will be featured across CMT Pure, CMT.com, and CMT’s mobile app. In tandem, the video will debut on all CMT Canada platforms with heavy rotation on air and online. Following the 24-hour premiere, the video will be available across all other digital partners. Watch the video, here:http://www.DallasSmith.CMT.com.  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) — Country-music renegades BR5-49 made their name as a live band in the mid-’90s, when their high-spirited shows at Robert’s Western Wear, a boot shop and sometime bar in the Nashville’s then-still dicey Lower Broadway district, turned them into the talk of Music City. Performing there several nights a week for tips, the band would do four- or five-hour sets loaded with country classics, rockabilly gems and their modern traditionalist originals.

After the group — bassist Smilin’ Jay McDowell, drummer “Hawk” Shaw Wilson, multi-instrumentalist Don Herron and pair of singer/songwriter/guitarists: Chuck Mead and Gary Bennett — signed with Arista Records in 1996, the label released a live EP, Live at Robert’s. This six-song recording, however, only gives a glimpse of the band’s on-stage magic. The new Bear Family CD/DVD BR5-49: One Long Saturday Night, provides a broader picture of why they created such excitement on Lower Broadway. U.S. street date is set for November 20, 2015.

BR5-49: One Long Saturday Night captures the young band at peak form. Shortly after their self-titled studio debut, they toured in Europe, where their authentic brand of American roots music had already developed a following. In October 1996, they appeared on the German TV program Ohne Filter, which let bands play live in the studio. Chuck Mead states that this performance “really captured us at the top of our game and I look back on that time as an experience of a lifetime.”

For nearly an hour, BR5-49 tore through a spirited set where they mixed rejuvenated classic country hits likeJohnny Horton’s “Ole Slewfoot,” Moon Mulligan’s “Cherokee Boogie,” Webb Pierce’s “I Ain’t Never” and even Gram Parsons’ “Big Mouth Blues” with their own timeless-sounding tunes, from Mead’s honky-tonkin’ “My Name Is Mudd” to’s country boogie number “Even If It’s Wrong.” The guys’ fun-loving sense of humor cuts loose on their punk-rock-girl-gone-country ditty “Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)” and “Bettie, Bettie,” their ode to a certain pin-up icon.

NASHVILLE, TN - November 10, 2015 (Press Release) - Alt-country singer/songwriter Bart Crow makes his debut on the AMA Americana Airplay album chart with his new album The Parade. The Texas native’s sixth album, and first for the famed Nashville-based Thirty Tigers (Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin, The Avett Brothers, Ryan Bingham, Flogging Molly, Aaron Watson, Jason Isbell to name a few), entered the chart at No. 40 and made an impressive leap 13 spots to No. 27 after only one week. This week the album sits at No. 31 with increased spins and continues to show impressive growth. The Parade is available now at iTunes. 

“Life Comes At You Fast,” the debut single from The Parade, peaked at No. 2 on the Texas Music Chart after a solid 25 weeks. The single, which Crow co-wrote with songwriting heavy-weights Trent Summar and Gary Nicholson, spent the last six weeks in the Top 5 of the Texas charts making it the longest running Top 5 Texas singles of the year. The Maypearl, TX native has lofted six No.1 singles on the Texas Music Chart.

In October, Starbucks chose the track “Dear Music,” from The Parade as part of their overhead music program.

November 10, 2015 (Toronto, ON, Press Release) – Fresh off the largest co-headlining Canadian country tour of all time, JUNO and CCMA Award winner Dean Brody is celebrating the success of his summer anthem, ‘Bring Down The House.’ Officially reaching PLATINUM status yesterday, ‘Bring Down The House’ was the hit of the summer. The single achieved gold after only 8 weeks on the charts, sat at #1 on the CMT charts and also earned the title of #1 selling country single.

With the recent RoadTrip Tour travelling more than 7000 km, entertaining 71,000 fans and earning 2 million social media impressions, its no surprise that fans are welcoming Brody’s new single ‘Love Would Be Enough,’ with open arms. Submissions of true love stories continue to roll in at deanbrody.com/lovewouldbeenough, demonstrating the incredible relationship Dean Brody shares with his fans across the country.

Recently announced as the 2015 Grey Cup Sirius XM Kickoff show performer, Brody will perform at legendary Grande Ole Opry in Nashville in February 2016. Additional Canadian tour dates will be announced early next year.

Fans are encouraged to stay up to date on all things Dean Brody via Twitter and Instagram (@DeanBrody) and at deanbrody.com.

Really, I have no words except that someone needs to invent teleportation so that I can get from NY to OK on New Years Day for this. Last year's line-up was incredible and 2016's Hangover Ball looks like another one for the books. So someone go for me and tell me how amazing it was....because it will be.

Advance $20 | Day of Show $23 | Door $23 | Mezzanine (21+) $40 
There is a $2 fee that applies to each ticket purchased at the Cain's Box Office. 

Friday January 1, 2016
Doors: 6:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
Cain's BallroomTulsa, OK
$20.00 - $40.00 TICKETS
No re-entry! No smoking! No refunds! 

Oklahoma Joe’s will be serving their World Famous BBQ from 6:30pm – 9:30pm.