Jim Lauderdale is the kind of person everyone should have in their closest circle of friends. Kind, mannered, measured, polite, a pleasant gentleman of North Carolina. The Nashville based singer/songwriter and Grammy winner greets us at breakfast and sits at his table, he is not intrusive but we believe in conviviality so we invite [...]
BBR Music Group/Stoney Creek Records’ Frank Ray has released “Country’d Look Good On You”, a catchy mid-tempo track with rural imagery, backroad swagger and contemporary country groove. The former police officer, Texas chart-topper, and bilingual entertainer is currently on his first radio tour with the single (his first as a signed artist), set to impact US [...]
Ashland Craft reclaims the open road as her own in her highly anticipated debut album, TRAVELIN’ KIND, out September 3rd via Big Loud Records. Featuring lead off track ‘Make It Past Georgia’ and follow up ‘Your Momma Still Does’ (released on Friday, Aug 6th), the Jonathan Singleton-produced collection features a heavy-hitting, GRAMMY-nominated songwriting crew including Singleton, Jessi Alexander, Jessie [...]
Award-nominated country music trio Runaway June will release their bright, rootsy new EP, backstory, on Friday, August 20th — the same weekend they join Luke Bryan on his Proud To Be Right Here Tour. Drenched in intoxicating vocals, seamlessly rich harmonies and fervent western bluegrass, the new project focuses on heartbreak, break-ups and moving on. But they aren’t all smooth, cool ballads, [...]
Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Tenille Townes will release her new song, “Girl Who Didn’t Care,” on June 25th via Columbia Nashville in partnership with RCA Records. Something happens to all of us at some point in our lives when we start noticing the cracks. We start realizing that we care about what somebody else thinks. That we [...]
Almost exactly one year ago, Québec-born artist Matt Lang released his second English language country album More, a few weeks after his appearance at C2C Festival in Berlin. Incorporating more traditional influences than his debut EP, while maintaining the pop-rock elements in his sound, the songs have accumulated nearly 10 million streams around the world, charting #1 [...]
The Country & Western Festival Frutigen, to be held in central Switzerland from August 13-15, 2021, has succeeded in winning the exceptional American musician Jim Lauderdale for his only performance this year in Europe on August 14 in Frutigen. Jim Lauderdale, a 2-time Grammy winner, is one of the most eminent singers and songwriters [...]
Way back in the 90s, a Southern Californian motorcycle parts company coined the phrase “Go big or go home” referring to its packaging for Harley Davidson pipes and the phrase is very much applicable to our music hero, Will Wesley who seems to have very much embraced this mantra with his latest double opus [...]
From the sounds of slapback echo, twangy Telecasters and swooning pedal steel, it’s clear that Scott MacKay has an affinity for country music of the 1950s and ‘60s. But the singer/songwriter from Charlottetown PEI also has a sharp wit that shines through on the 10 original songs that comprise his latest album Stupid Cupid, [...]
North Carolinian act Diamonds & Whiskey have been a band to watch for quite a while now and continue to go from strength to strength thanks especially to the creative powerhouse that is frontwoman Jennifer Webb who has surprised and delighted listeners across the globe. This time around our blonde haired enchantress offers a [...]
