​Austin, TX (Press Release): Bluesy singer-songwriter Johnny “Chops’ Richardson has issued “Taking A Chance On Me," the second single from his forthcoming sophomore album, Johnny Chops & The Razors. With a special guest appearance by acclaimed singers, The Gospel Starz, the Otis Redding-influenced ballad premiered via music discovery site, GLIDE Magazine, who noted, "As a whole, the tune has a bluesy southern boogie sound with an infectious uplifting chorus.” Watch HERE.

Born into a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, Richardson lives and breathes music, in particular, the craft of writing songs, which he’s successfully been doing for the past two decades. Influenced by Tom Petty, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, and Social Distortion, he’s landed several songs on albums by the Randy Rogers Band, whom he’s played bass with since 2002. His contributions include “Ten Miles Deep,” a staple of RRB's live show, “Last Last Chance,” which garnered a Texas Music Chart #1, “Shotgun” a cinematic, hard driving country rocker from the acclaimed Trouble album and “Wicked Ways,” which was chosen for the band’s appearance on Late Night with David Letterman. 

"Hank is why we did it; Red is how we did it."
- Booth Calder Cochran, Co-founder, THCPF 

Nashville, TN (January 8, 2018 Press Release) - Superstar songwriters Rafe Van Hoy, Marla Cannon-Goodman, Dale Dodson, Waylon Payne, Don Sampson and Ronnie Bowman will pay tribute to Hank Cochran and Red Lane at 3rd & Lindsley  (816 3rd Ave. South) on Wednesday, January 17 to benefit The Hank Cochran Pen Fund.  Tickets are $10; doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30.  The 501(c)(3) charity focuses its efforts on financially assisting songwriters with cancer.    

ABOUT THCPF
The Hank Cochran Pen Fund  offers financial support to songwriters and their families as they deal with cancer.  "Hank understood songwriters better than anyone," Booth recalls.  "Not every writer is on the charts every week; some never make it there at all, but they are all songwriters."  The Fund shares that philosophy, and is dedicated to helping writers - of all career stages - in whatever way possible.  To date, the Fund has paid mortgage and utility bills, paid for medical supplies, meals, Uber rides and dog sitter fees.  "Everyone's life is different and so everyone has unique needs," notes Cochran.  "Our goal is to help meet the financial needs of the individual so that they can focus on healing." ​

“This month marks 10 years since 17-year old Casey Brooks ended her life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge and Spring 2017 marked the beginning of construction on a suicide barrier for the bridge. I wonder who Casey would be today,” says Lockwood. “Life is precious. You are important. We CAN and we ARE building a safer and more loving world.”

Nashville based singer/songwriter and California native, Lockwood Barr, appeared on CBS Sunday Morning on January 7, 2018 to continue to advocate for a subject that has been a passion of hers for a decade. During Barr’s interview with CBS’s John Blackstone, she tells the story of how her childhood friend ended her life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge just months before their high school graduation. For years, Lockwood and numerous others have petitioned for a preventative suicide barrier along the iconic bridge. This spring their hard work paid off, plans for a $200 million suicide barrier were approved and are due for completion in 2021. 

You can view the full interview here,www.cbsnews.com. 

January 8, 2018 (Press Release) - Ross Cooper has announced the Mar. 9 release of his new LP, I Rode The Wild Horses, produced by Eric Masse (Miranda Lambert, Andrew Combs) and featuring contributions from an impressive list of guest artists including Erin Rae on vocals, Jeremy Fetzer (Steelism) on guitar, Eli Beard (Shania Twain, Rayland Baxter) on bass, Tommy Perkinson (Lera Lynn) on drums, Skylar Wilson on keys, and the incomparable Eddy Dunlap on pedal steel.

Cooper also released the album's title track and lead single today. The song premiered this week at Wide Open Country, who praised it as an "homage to those road-weary cowboys Cooper often looked up to growing up in plains of West Texas. He delivers an authentic perspective on the jangly number that finds a weathered cowboy reminiscing about his glorified heyday."Ross Cooper is the rare country musician who has actually lived the life of a cowboy. The former professional bareback rider was still bustin' broncs when his music career began. Though a knee injury sidelined his rodeo career, Cooper drives a band like he's still wearing spurs and holding on for eight. His new album, I Rode The Wild Horses, pushes country music way past traditional territory just for the rush. It's the new Nashville sound: glimmering pedal steel, rollicking & rocking telecaster riffs, soulful keys, and gorgeous harmonies.

NASHVILLE, TN (January 5, 2018 Press Release) – Country rocker Tim Montana kicked off the new year in a special way. During his set at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium last night (1/4), Montana presented United States Special Forces Operator Corey with an Epiphone Les Paul donated by Sound Check Nashville onstage before a packed house. Corey, a military operator for the past two decades, is about to be deployed for his 11th tour of duty.

Tim performed at the War Memorial Auditorium as part of the Nashville House Concerts series. Spearheaded by Sirius XM’s Storme Warren, the series is a new music variety show held the firstThursday of each month to spotlight the historic venue and to encourage other artists to perform there.

After opening for Collective Soul’s Ed Roland, Montana was invited back onstage to perform their mega hit “Shine” alongside the group and Storme Warren to close out the evening.

Montana ended his epic 2017 with a performance of his current single “Hillbilly Rich” on Fox & Friends. Already racking up an impressive 993,000 views, the official music video features pals Rob O’Neill, best known as the American hero and former U.S. Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden and “Streetbike” Tommy Passemente from MTV’s Nitro Circus.

For more information please visit TimMontana.com / Facebook - Tim Montana / Instagram - TimMontana / Twitter: @TimMontana / YouTube – OfficialTimMontana ​

Nashville, Tenn. (January, 2018 Press Release) – Wrapping up one of their most exciting years to date, a cappella knockout HOME FREE is giving fans a peek behind-the-scenes of it all with their latest music video – which premiered exclusively on PopCulture.com – paying homage to Rascal Flatts’ version of “Life is a Highway.”

Capturing road life for the hard-touring group, the video follows the quintet as they travel the country on the first run of their wildly successful TIMELESS Tour, meeting with and performing for their enthusiastic fans. “Life is a Highway” is the opening track from Home Free’s latest studio album TIMELESS, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and is available now at all digital retailers.  

Go on the road with Home Free and watch “Life is a Highway” exclusively on PopCulture.com here. 

The second leg of the TIMELESS Tour kicks off March 1 in Baton Rouge, LA and includes two-night stops in Dallas, TX and Knoxville, TN – as well as a much-anticipated performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on April 6. Tickets are available now.