(Press Release) Nashville’s Brandy Zdan has released “Get to You” the second single from her forthcoming album Secretear  out May 11 on Tallest Man Records. The first single ”I Want Your Trouble” released in March has garnered Zdan comparisons to female rockers who write big hooks like Chrissie Hynde and the GoGo’s.
 
 
The Beatles inspired “Get to You”  is a song about unrequited love. It was the very first song written for the album and happens to be Zdan’s personal favorite. Zdan co-produced  Secretear with Teddy Morgan, and recruited My Morning Jacket's Tom Blankenship and Carl Broemel to play on the record.  For this record Zdan shed a lot of her personal skin and her musical past, letting go of those things that held her back from being the best version of herself. The Juno award nominee went back to her rock roots with this album,  and decided to put everything on the line,  so much so that she blew out her voice and ran her fingers raw from playing guitar the first week of recording. Leading into this album release Zdan has been on the road winning over some tough crowds of guitar and blues purists, opening for Doyle Bramhall and then touring with the legendary Buddy Guy.
 
Zdan will be performing Secretear in full at Douglas Corner in Nashville on May 11th. Her band for the show will feature Carl Broemel (guitar, pedal steel) and Tom Blankenship (bass) of My Morning Jacket, and Aaron Haynes of The Texas Gentlemen (drums). The show is free with RSVP. More details can be found HERE

Today, Portland, OR-based singer-songwriter John Craigie shared "Scarlet," the lead single from his new full length Scarecrow. The completely analog album, out 4/21, was recorded live to a 2 inch tape, mastered to tape, and cut straight to be pressed to vinyl.

“These are songs written for last year’s No Rain, No Rose, but were cut from the album because they’re slower and softer in feel than the rest of that album,” Craigie explains. “They are sort of homeless songs, which is one reason why I used the name Scarecrow. They are songs that are out alone in a field.”
 
“I have always loved records as a whole," he writes. "Even when I was a kid it was very important for me to hear the whole record, in order, from start to finish. I liked going through the journey, some songs good, some songs bad. Seeing where the artist would place the 'hits' vs. where they would place the deep cuts. What songs they would open with, and which songs they would close with.”

Pre-order Scarecrow here. 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) - Country Music Hall of Famer and legendary Grand Ole Opry member Whisperin’ Bill Anderson released a sentimental new single, “Until The Light Comes On Again,” available TODAY, with all proceeds being donated to Sarah Cannon Fund at the Community Foundation. The video for the single exclusively premiered on Parade.com. Click HERE to purchase "Until The Light Comes On Again." 
 
Anderson was inspired to pen the single after watching his longtime girlfriend, Vickie, bravely face a cancer diagnosis. The poignant, beautiful tune brings a message of hope and is a testament to anyone who’s facing a challenge in their life. Anderson and Vickie are featured in the video which comes fresh off the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame announcing Anderson’s induction this June. ​

LISTEN TO “HARD TO TELL”: HERE

​(Press Release) Nashville artist Boo Ray is excited to announce the release of a new original duet with Lilly Winwood (Americana singer and daughter of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Steve Winwood) called “Hard to Tell.” This fun, original track is the A side in the latest vinyl collaboration series Ray is doing called “Boocoo Amigos.” The B side is the pair’s take on the classic “Islands in the Stream.”
 
Having worked on “Islands in the Stream” together first, Winwood and Ray just knew they had to collaborate on something original. “Lilly’s clever like a safe-cracker, cooler than a polar bear’s toenails, and has a wonderful uproarious laugh. She’s a world-class vocalist and smart soulful songwriter. We were hangin’ and talking ’70s music — Linda Ronstadt, Gerry Rafferty, Eddie Rabbitt, and the Bee Gees — and went down the rabbit hole of the Grease soundtrack, came out the other side, and landed on ‘Islands in the Stream.’ We knew we just had to record ‘Islands’ and write an A-side to accompany it.” Once the duo had their rendition of a classic locked in, “Hard to Tell” came naturally, written in 20 minutes.

This September, Elise Davis returns with her sophomore album Cactus, the follow up to her 2016 critically-acclaimed debut The Token. With Cactus, Elise moves between lush alt-country and stripped-down folk confessionals, gluing everything together with story-driven songs about independence, liberation, and resilience as an adult woman.
 
Today, Davis shares "Don't Bring Me Flowers," the first single from Cactus that was co-written with Maren Morris and Frank Romano.
 
"On my new record Cactus there is a heavy theme of feeling like a lone wolf, independent, and sexually liberated," explains Davis. "'Don't Bring Me Flowers' ties into that theme being a song simply about the desire to be involved with someone but keep it light, casual, and sexy."

April 13, 2018 (Press Release) - Brooklyn honky-tonk band, Bourbon Express, releases the video for “Devil’s Angel,” the second track off of their upcoming album, Cry About It Later.  Watch it on The Alternate Root.
 
The idea for the video was hatched on the subway as Katie Curley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Brendan Curley (guitar), and Sarah Kinsey (vocals) rode home from rehearsal one Sunday. While discussing how they’d like to visually depict the song “Devil’s Angel,” they decided that in keeping with a tradition of corny country music videos, it should be a literal representation of the lyrics and that each band member would play several roles.
 
The video begins while Katie’s nerdy husband (played by Brendan, who is married to Katie in real life) is away on business. Katie goes to a bar, and when her friend Sarah walks in with a handsome cowboy (also played by Brendan), she can’t help but want to steal him away. ​

“There were a number of things about my childhood that were tragic and unhappy, yet the Ozarks is deep in my bones and I still carry a great love for the area and it’s beauty, even after fleeing to Chicago almost 20 years ago.”

On April 6th, Chicago-based singer-songwriter Jodee Lewis released her latest album Buzzard's Bluff, which emerged out of self-reflection on growing up in a small town in Missouri, the trials of faith, and a 19-year marriage with children.

Today, TDC is extremely proud to premiere the video for the album's piercing title track. Led by violin, upright bass, and Lewis' vocals, which convey an emotional mix of truth, anger, and determination, “Buzzard’s Bluff”, is a cathartic release that centers around a hidden darkness that lies beneath the visible beauty of the Ozarks. Beginning with an aerial view and ominous melodic undertones, the video follows the story of a woman who is confronting earlier secrets after the passing of her father and, via a climactic bridge, ultimately makes the decision to let go of her past and begin anew. 

Canadian singer-songwriter Delta Jackson is prepping to make her US debut with the release of her new EP in 2018. The EP was produced by King Crimson drummer & producer Jeremy Stacey (also of Sheryl Crow, Ryan Adams). With Delta on lead piano and vocals, she has written new material of journey’s, inner turmoil, split decisions, and arriving to a place where one can reasonably assume she is comfortable in her own skin. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Rickie Lee Jones, Jackson Browne, & Ryan Adams... it is clear throughout the recordings that lyrical awareness was of the utmost importance, and the group put together to bring it all to life was not accidental.

Jackson recently shared a new tune from the EP, "Willin," her lovely, folk-tinged rendition of the classic track - written by Little Feat and made famous by Linda Ronstadt - which does the original proud. 
Her EP was recorded live to tape at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in England, that features a stellar studio cast led by Jeremy Stacey on drums, twin brother Paul Stacey (The Lemon Trees, Oasis, Black Crowes) on guitars, Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Kings Of Leon, Laura Marling), on guitars/vocals & Harmonica, David Catlin-Birch (The Lemon Trees, World Party, Stevie Wonder) on bass/vocals, and Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco on hammond, keys, organ, synth & piano. Engineered & recorded by the masterful Dom Monks, the EP is due for release on Friday April 20th, 2018. 
Delta Jackson will hit the road in late April to support the EP release. Her Tour begins at The Troubadour in London on Friday April 13th 2018 and later stops in New York and Los Angeles among other cities, and finishes in her hometown of Vancouver on April 28th. Tickets are available directly through venues, songkick.com, and brownpapertickets.com. Delta Jackson will be touring The UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, and the rest of Europe Summer 2018, before returning again to North America this Autumn. 
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