Singer-songwriter Michelle LeBlanc is set to release her debut EP, A Man Like You, on March 2, 2018.  The five-track outing, produced by Nick Buda, is a true reflection of LeBlanc’s fiery heart and gypsy soul - a confessional, vulnerable collection of songs about the time in her life when she took a leap of faith to move to a new city while having to leave behind someone she felt deeply for.

Today, TDC is incredibly proud to share one of the album's tracks, "Loving A Hurricane." Penned by LeBlanc and Amy Gerhartz, the heartfelt, accessible ballad is led by LeBlanc's airy, emotive vocals telling the story of a woman who finally garnered the courage to leave a toxic relationship.

LeBlanc relays the story behind the song explaing, "I wrote this song with one of my good friends, Amy Gerhartz.  We had both just moved to Nashville around the same time and this was one of the first songs we wrote together.  I remember showing up to her apartment for our co-writing session, where she was making a pot of chili for us because that’s what good co-writers do... they feed you.  At that point, I was in the process of trying to move on from a man from my past life back in NYC who left me very confused.  We had this ongoing dynamic where one of us would sort of show up out of the blue, and I would feel like I was the center of his universe, and it felt as though he had deeper feelings for me, but then he would always disappear on me shortly after.  That pattern kept repeating itself over and over and was becoming destructive and toxic for me.  So, I went into our writing session wanting to write a song about being in love with an unavailable man and how painful that experience is.  We wrote the song in one sitting.  It came quickly and easily, and when it moved me to tears by the end, I knew it had a some magic about it."  

"Cause loving a man like you is like loving a hurricane
You’re so intense, you pull me in destroying everything in your way
And standing in the middle of the eye sure as hell ain’t worth the pain
And your winds don’t make it easy to stay
Loving a hurricane"

Listen to, and share, "Loving A Hurricane" above and then read on as LeBlanc discusses her musical heroes, details what's next, and more.

(Nashville, Tenn. – January, 2018 Press Release) – The Country Faith music series is gearing up for the release of Country Faith: Love Songs, to be released this Friday, January 26. Country Faith: LoveSongs features romantic tracks from some of today’s leading Country stars, including Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Phil Vassar, The Judds, Randy Travis and more, delivering songs of faith, hope, and love. 


The standard full-length studio album consisting of country music’s biggest stars and their best love songs will be released through digital outlets, iTunes and Amazon, as well as physical stores, like Walmart. Additionally, a deluxe version with two bonus tracks added will be exclusively available at Cracker Barrel locations. The album is the sixth release in the series and will be distributed by Curb|Word Entertainment.

The series was originally inspired by the popular books written by Deborah Evans Price, Country Faith (No.1 on People Magazine’s Special Country Edition) and Country Faith Christmas (feat. on Billboard, Country Weekly & iTunes Top 10 Country Albums Chart). She’s a Country Music Association award-winning journalist, as well as a freelance writer for Billboard, Sounds Like Nashville, Rolling Stone Country, First for Women, Redbook and Simple Grace. Price is the co-founder of Country Faith LLC where, “Celebrating the Heart and Soul of Country Music,” is her ultimate goal.

Indie roots/blues band, Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra recently premiered the beautifully moving, "Off And On Again" from their upcoming LP, Stereoscope, due out on 2/9. Co-produced by Cian Riordan (Doyle Bramhall II, Foxygen, Nickel Creek) and the members of the Old Soul Orchestra, Stereoscope represents the maturation of artists shedding hero worship and embracing the creativity within. The resulting 11 songs represent a milestone entry for Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra, offering forth the band’s most assured release to date. 

In their five-year existence, Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra have released one previous full-length album, Pray for Rain, one EP, Preach ‘Em Now!, and have toured nationally and internationally, selling out venues along the West Coast and throughout the United Kingdom. Select career live performance highlights include Outsidelands Festival, Bottlerock, and the Maverick Festival, where despite being at the bottom of the bill, the group managed to sell more CDs than any other artist in the festival's history. Additionally, Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra have played shows with Shakey Graves, Deer Tick, Martin Sexton and Kaki King, and were featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition. 

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LA-based songwriter Sir Canyon (Noah Lamberth), who previously played pedal steel with Katy Perry and shared stages with Willie, Dierks, Brad Paisley, and more, is gearing up for the release of his new project, Ventura Skies, on March 2nd.

Ventura Skies is an unexpected return from a songwriter who just a few years ago thought he might never make another album again, but a romantic breakup and the death of his father to cancer coaxed music out of Lamberth as he dealt with loss & hurt. “The best way to deal with the pain is to verbalize it. But for me that comes out in song. It’s kind of like therapy. The songs started pouring out of me.”
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A cinematic album, Ventura Skies, transports the listener to the spacious landscapes of Southern California, inspired both by the location where the album was recorded as well as artists such as Glen Campbell, The Beach Boys, Gram Parsons, and Buck Owens.

Today, Sir Canyon shares one of the album’s tracks, “Golden Days,” which Lamberth says he began thirteen years ago with the intro/riff and some of the chords, and never finished until right before it was recorded last year, noting, “It’s funny how those old ideas can still work if you’re willing to give them another chance.”​

(Partial Press Release) Five time GRAMMY-winner Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives announces thirty-six dates on Chris Stapleton's “All-American Road Show” tour throughout 2018. Stuart and his band will serve as direct support for Stapleton’s arena dates including St. Louis, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, & New York City, and tickets for these shows will be available for presale on Wednesday, February 7th at 10am local time with code “WAYOUTWEST.” Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 9th and at 10am local time, and will be available here.

This Wednesday, January 31st, a press conference and musical performance will be held at the Mississippi State Capitol to announce Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music. The new facility, which incorporates the historic Ellis Theater, is equal parts concert venue, museum, and educational center. With over 20,000 invaluable items, Stuart’s collection of country music artifacts is the largest private collection of its kind in the world. Included in the new development is the Marty Stuart Center, an inviting setting where students can learn about the spectrum of careers available within the music industry. Endorsed by the GRAMMY Museum, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and the Library of Congress, the Center will focus on using music to inspire learning, critical thinking, and self-expression.
 

Rawson gives us a whimsical and upbeat a cappella track to snap along to as it slowly builds. She sings the story of a soup with eyes she ate in China that not only turned her stomach, but reminded her of a relationship that in the end, looked just as mangled and unappealing as the soup. “The song was my way of celebrating my discernment that the love wasn't right." Rawson’s quirky and energetic anti-folk style adds to itself throughout this track as if it were a choral jazz arrangement.

Born into a Mormon community in Hitchin, Roxanna Rawson was introduced to music through Church hymns, but first found her feet in Paris where she studied violin and piano at University of Paris VIII. Surrounding herself with local jazz performers, she joined several orchestras and spent much of her time studying classical and baroque styles of music. Rawson found her own voice however, developing a unique vocal style through singing ‘jumping jazz intervals’ on the streets of the French capital. She also joined an African Choir, adding yet another multi-cultural layer to her sound.

Rawson left Paris for London in 2004, and joined an anti-folk collective by the name of AsYet, working alongside alternative original talents such as William Nein, David Goo, Miss Jo Williams, Fiona Bevan and Left with Pictures. She soon attracted the attention of producer and label owner Al Mobbs (Damon Albarn). A development deal with Sony led to her debut EP Changing Things, released on Ambiguous Records (2009) and the coinciding single "Fingers". Quenching the Kill is Roxy's debut full-length album.

Take a sip of “Black Eyed Soup” this week and come back for the main course success Quenching the Kill is sure to be.

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The Nashville Scene published the 18th Annual Country Music Critics’ Poll, the genre’s most respected measure of critical consensus. The 94 voting journalists from all over North America and beyond handed Jason Isbell victories for Best Album (The Nashville Sound), Best Songwriter, Best Live Act, and Artist of the Year. 

With this year's triumphs, Isbell spearheads a movement of outsiders that includes Chris Stapleton (Best Male Vocalist, Artist of the Year runner-up) and Sturgill Simpson (Best Male Vocalist and Best Live Act in the 17th annual poll). All three men have backed up their critical acclaim with No. 1 albums on Billboard's country chart in recent years. This movement has inspired such newcomers as Midland (Best New Artist and Best Single) and Tyler Childers (Best New Artist runner-up), whose album was produced by Simpson. 

The women who have dominated the poll for most of its existence also made a strong showing. Lee Ann Womack was voted Best Female Vocalist and No. 3 best album (The Lonely, the Lonesome and the Gone). Margo Price was voted the No. 3 Artist of the Year, No 2 best female vocalist and the No. 2 best album (All American Made). Also receiving strong support were Rhiannon Giddens, Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley and Sunny Sweeney. Little Big Town was named Best Group.

The Nashville Scene’s coverage of the poll includes all the results, an exclusive interview with Womack, an essay on the results by poll editor Geoffrey Himes, an analysis of the numbers, and comments from many of the voters. 

The voters wrote for big coastal newspapers such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post as well as smaller heartland dailies such as the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Green Bay Press-Gazette and Lincoln Journal Star. They wrote for big magazines like Rolling Stone, Billboard and The New Yorker and for specialty magazines such as The Bluegrass Situation, Texas Music and The Bitter Southerner.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) - Get your cowboy boots ready - "The World's largest Outdoor Rodeo," Cheyenne Frontier Days officially announces the complete lineup for the 2018 Frontier Nights with the addition of Nickelback on July 26 and Toby Keith on July 27. Held at Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming, July 20-29 “The Daddy of 'Em All,” will feature some of the biggest names in country music.  

Also announced today is the complete list of opening artists. Kicking off the first night of Cheyenne Frontier Nights, breakout artist Michael Ray will join superstar duo Florida Georgia Line on Friday, July 20. Platinum-certified for his single, "Ready Set Roll," Chase Rice will join record-breaking seven-time No. 1 hit-maker Cole Swindell as he headlines on Saturday, July 21. Following two back-to-back nights of Championship Bull Riding, Grammy-nominated singer and co-writer of the most downloaded song by a female country artist since 2015, Cam will take the stage to open for Eric Church on Wednesday, July 25. Dubbed as "one of the most versatile [acts]" Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots with second generation cowboy Ned LeDoux will both open for newly announced headliner Toby Keith on Friday, July 27. Closing the final Frontier Nights performance alongside Dierks Bentley on Saturday, July 28 will be ACM, CMT and CMA nominee Kip Moore. 
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Tickets will be available for purchase on Friday, February, 2 at 9 a.m. MT on www.cfdrodeo.com, the Cheyenne Frontier Days ticket office or by phone at 307-778-7222. 

​July 20: Florida Georgia Line with Michael Ray 
July 21: Cole Swindell with Chase Rice
July 22: Charlie Daniels Band with Tracey Lawrence
July 25: Eric Church with Cam 
July 26: Nickelback 
July 27: Toby Keith with Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots, and Ned Ledoux
July 28: Dierks Bentley with Kip Moore