 Courtesy: Webster PR PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (Press Release) – The impressive lineup of performers continues to grow for Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. (EST). Hank Williams Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Alabama, Don McLean, Ronnie Dunn, Jamey Johnson and Lauren Alaina have been added to the star-studded telecast, which will be broadcast on GAC, AXS-TV, RFDand The Heartland Network.
A number of celebrities will answer phones during the telethon. Paula Deen and her sons Bobby and Jamie, RaeLynn, Dailey & Vincent, Moonshiners ’ Mark & Digger, T.G. Sheppard, Jason Crabb, Larry Gatlin, comedian Henry Cho, Tim Rushlow and more will help man the phone lines during the telethon. All of the celebrities are donating their time and performances to help the effort. “Every day I’m touched even more by the number of people who are joining us to help raise money for the people of the Smoky Mountains,” Parton said. “It is a special place and I’m honored that these people care so much about what we’re doing through the My People Fund to help those who have lost everything due to the wildfires.”
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 BROWN COUNTY, Ind. (Press Release)— Southern Indiana-bred singer-guitarist Reverend Peyton is the bigger-than-life frontman of Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. He has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the rootsy country blues styles that captured his imagination early in life and inspired him and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Mississippi to study under such blues masters as T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour and David “Honeyboy” Edwards.
That passionate inspiration has made Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band America’s foremost country blues outfit and fuels the Rev’s new release, The Front Porch Sessions. Peyton’s dazzling guitar mastery is equaled here by his knack for vivid, emotionally impactful songwriting, and his originals are matched in their authenticity by the deeply felt vintage blues tunes that he covers. The album showcases the Rev’s irrepressible personality while echoing the enduring spirit of such acoustic blues icons as Charlie Patton, Blind Willie Johnson, Bukka White and Furry Lewis, whose “When My Baby Left Me” receives a memorable reading. The Front Porch Sessions will be released March 10, 2017 on Family Owned Records/Thirty Tigers.  Courtesy: No Problem! Marketing Los Angeles, CA (Dec. 12th, 2016 Press Release) – Rising Country artist Caroline Jones debuts the sassy new music video for her single "Tough Guys" with an exclusive premiere @ AXS.com. The song is off to a very fast start: “Tough Guys” is already #19 on SiriusXm “The Highway” channel.
In the storyline of the video, which was shot at the historic Mack Sennet studios in Los Angeles, Jones interrupts a poker game with a bunch of “Tough Guys” and ends up schooling them on the art of winning – by playing by her own rules. “Paul Boyd (Shania Twain, Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger) directed the ‘Tough Guys’ music video,” Jones shares. “He had the vision for the iconic, stylized black and white treatment, which I loved, and we collaborated on the storyline involving the ‘Tough Guys’. I wanted to make sure that the attitude and intention of the song translated visually: I wrote ‘Tough Guys’ about being unapologetically true to yourself, but the lyrics are very tongue-in-cheek and sassy. The song calls out the hypocrites who think you should be different so they can feel better. It is not about seeking approval or winning people over, it's about expressing who you are fearlessly with the understanding that how other people interpret you has very little to do with you”. She goes on to say “The video treatment gave me the opportunity to work with trained stuntmen (!) and we created a fight scene that hopefully is simultaneously exciting, punchy, cheeky and comedic. I also really enjoyed performing with the different instruments I played on the record: dobro, electric guitar, and banjo”. For more information visit HERE.  The World --- The troubadour. The minstrel. The wandering musician peddling tunes from town to town, sharing tales old and new.
It is the age-old story of the touring musician, and it is very much the story of Chris Jones and the Night Drivers. The group is set to release the aptly named Made To Move, (Mountain Home Music Company) on February 10, 2017; a distinctive offering from a truly global band of troubadours. “I claim three or four home states and one home Canadian province,” Jones notes. “Our band has members scattered all over the continent, and we travel the world playing music together.” 1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time.: A Heroes & Friends Tribute To Randy Travis To Be Held February 812/9/2016  Photo by Robert Tractenberg Alabama, Kenny Rogers, Rodney Atkins, Chris Janson, Jamey Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, Michael Ray, Ricky Skaggs, Michael W. Smith, The Randy Travis Band, Tanya Tucker and Josh Turner Announced to Join Country Music Hall of Famer at Bridgestone Arena
Tickets to the Historic Event Will Go On Sale Friday, December 9; More Artists Will Be Announced in the Coming Weeks NASHVILLE, Tenn. (December 8, 2016 Press Release) – On February 8, 2017, the stars will gather for a tribute to one of country music’s finest, Randy Travis. The event, titled 1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time.: A Heroes & Friends Tribute to Randy Travis, will feature performances from Alabama, Kenny Rogers, Rodney Atkins, Chris Janson, Jamey Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, Michael Ray, Ricky Skaggs, Michael W. Smith, The Randy Travis Band, Tanya Tucker, Josh Turner and more to be announced. Tickets for the highly anticipated event go on sale to the general public Friday, December 9 at 11:00am CST at all Ticketmaster locations and the Bridgestone Arena Box Office. In October, Randy Travis was officially inducted into The Country Music Hall of Fame. The multi-platinum country giant suffered a massive stroke in 2013 and has made miraculous strides towards recovery since, recently singing “Amazing Grace” at his Country Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony as well as the tagline to his iconic “Forever and Ever, Amen” at the 2016 CMA Awards in November alongside numerous country legends and stars. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Randy Travis Foundation; a 501(c)3 non-profit that raises money for stroke research and rehabilitation.  Nashville, TN - BMI (Broadcast Music International) Icon, ACM Poet Award Honoree and Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame Inductee, Dean Dillon, in association with BMI and Elevation Hotel & Spa, are pleased to announce the 3rd annual Mountain High Music Festival, held January 11th to 15th, 2017, in Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado. The festival will feature world class singer/songwriters and recording artists, along with music’s future hit-makers, in concert settings designed for intimate and profound performances. CMA and ACM Award Winner Jamey Johnson, along with Grammy-Nominee Ashley Monroe, will headline a stellar cast of songwriters and performers from across the country.
Tickets to this year’s events may be purchased at www.mountainhighmusicfest.com. Dean Dillon first launched Mountain High Music Festival in 2015. Dillon, in addition to writing fifty-nine songs for the Country Music Legend George Strait, has had songs recorded by numerous artists including Kenny Chesney, Alabama, Toby Keith, Vince Gill, Brooks & Dunn, Lee Ann Womack, Pam Tillis and many more. His song success has spanned decades and continues to impact new generations. Many of his songs have reached country standard status, including “The Chair” and “Tennessee Whiskey”, the latter scoring a hit for Chris Stapleton and establishing Stapleton with mainstream audiences after an iconic duet performance with Justin Timberlake at the 2015 CMA Awards. Amerimonte Records recording artist Shane Owens is set to release his highly anticipated debut album, Where I’m Comin’ From, today, December 9th. Produced by James Stroud, Where I'm Comin From delivers a truly traditional country sound that so many listeners are eager to hear. The eleven-track collection kicks off with the title track, a tune which means a lot to the singer. Additional tracks on the album include "All the Beer In Alabama" and which you can hear Owens talk about in the video below. Order Where I'm Comin' From here To learn more about Shane Owens visit ShaneOwensCountry.com and follow him on Facebook and Twitter  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release)— One of the most revered songwriters of the past 50 years, Guy Clark created an enviable catalog of songs. Country music giants from Johnny Cash to Kenny Chesney all recorded his tunes. The New York Times hailed him as “the king of the Texas troubadours,” while NPR’s All Things Considered declared that “if you want to learn how to write a song — one that's built to last, with vivid characters and images that plant you squarely inside a scene — listen to Guy Clark.”
Clark, who passed away on May 17, 2016, made over a dozen critically acclaimed albums, with Dualtone Records the home of his final recordings. The new retrospective, Guy Clark: Best of the Dualtone Years, due out on March 3, 2017, draws upon his last three studio releases: Workbench Songs (2006), Somedays The Song Writes You (2009) and My Favorite Picture of You (2013). Each track delivers a master class in songwriting. “El Coyote” and “Rain in Durango” exemplify Clark’s richly evocative way with storytelling. “The Guitar” reveals his amazing gift for taking an ordinary situation (buying a pawn shop guitar) and transforming it into a magical experience. An old “Polaroid shot” serves as the jumping off point for his profoundly poignant love ode “My Favorite Picture of You” and the simple image of “cornmeal on a dance-hall floor” wonderfully sets the scene in the sweet romance “Cornmeal Waltz.” Then there are songs like “Maybe I Can Paint Over That” and “Hemingway’s Whiskey,” which offer wise, wry ruminations on the creative process.  CHICAGO, Ill. (Press Release) — David “Honeyboy” Edwards, born in Shaw, Miss., on June 28, 1915, was the last of the great Mississippi Delta bluesmen. His life intertwined with the lives of almost every blues legend, including Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sunnyland Slim, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, and many more.
In early 2010, Honeyboy was awarded the Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award, and later that year returned to Los Angeles to perform at the G Spot, nimbly accompanied by Jeff Dale & the South Woodlawners and his long-time friend and manager, Michael Frank. Even at 95 years old, Honeyboy was still singing and playing like a man of less than half that age. The show turned out to be the last time Honeyboy was filmed and recorded, and is now available to be seen and heard on I’m Gonna Tell You Somethin’ That I Know — a CD/DVD combo documenting that historic appearance.  (Nashville, Press Release) December 8, 2016 - The Americana Music Association has announced its year-end Top 10 and Top 100 Albums of the Year. These are based on the records reported to the Americana Airplay Chart during the period of December 1, 2015 through December 5, 2016.
This year's Top 10 most played albums are: 1. The Avett Brothers True Sadness 2. Tedeschi Trucks Band Let Me Get By 3. Bonnie Raitt Dig In Deep 4. The Lumineers Cleopatra 5. Hayes Carll Lovers and Leavers 6. Parker Millsap The Very Last Day 7. Mudcrutch 2 8. Sturgill Simpson A Sailor's Guide To Earth 9. Colvin & Earle Colvin & Earle 10. The Jayhawks Paging Mr. Proust Click here to view the complete 2016 Top 100 Albums. |
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