TESA JAMES: Beautiful / Cinderella shoes / Crazy little lady / Live and learn
Tesa James, a southern girl at heart whose vocals were heavily influenced by a variety of top-selling artists, including The Beatles, Janis Joplin, Garth Brooks, The Judds, Enya and Guns ‘N Roses, has tickled the ear of producer Ted Perlman, whose impressive resume constitutes reasonable evidence that he knows a star when he sees one – or hears one.
Ted Perlman is the Grammy award-winning producer who has produced, arranged, recorded and toured with an endless roster of major artists, including Whitney Houston, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, CeCe Winans, Natalie Cole and Frank Sinatra Jr., just to name a few.
He has been involved in Major Motion Pictures starring Adam Sandler, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell as well as many television shows such as the hit Fox Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television series The Shield, starring Emmy winner Michael Chiklis.
Perlman is also well known as one of the producers behind such mega brands as Mercedes Benz, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, McDonald’s, Burger King and Carl’s Jr. (a gourmet burger joint infamous for their provocative, controversial and often offensive campaign ads starring Paris Hilton, Hugh Hefner and Kim Kardashian).
His songs have been featured on Good Morning America, The Late Show, The Today Show, the MLB World Series and the NFL Superbowl.
Perlman is currently producing James’ debut album, which has been mostly recorded in California’s Ranch Studio along with singer, songwriter and actress, Peggi Blu, whose famous background vocals have lent themselves to the likes of Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Tracy Chapman, Kylie Minogue, Aaron Neville, and has appeared on ten platinum-selling albums.
Other contributors include Teri Wood, who is known for her work on the mega-blockbuster smash hit, Avatar, and professional violinist extraordinaire, Eliza James, who will be adding her flavor of country and rock to the album as well.
James is eagerly awaiting the release of her first single, “Beautiful” as well as her debut album, which is slated to be released
Label: MusicSUBMIT Ankom: 2010-07-08
ART GOMPERZ BAND: A different sory to tell
Every once in a yellow moon a new CD will be released that represents what a music genre is all about. Well The Art Gomperz Band featuring Jenna Mammina has just released one of those new albums. This band is fresh sounding. Their instrumental chops are clean and they have come up with some very cool licks on this CD. Now their front person Jenna Mammina is someone the Bluegrass community will soon be getting very excited about. She sings with confidence and her voice is sent from Bluegrass, Roots/Americana Country heaven. "A Different Story to Tell" features a splendid assortment of song styles, from Country to Bluegrass sprinkled with a bit of Folk and Americana. The Art Gomperz Band is on the road to radio popularity with the release of this new sound. Blugrass fans will be thrilled when they get the chance to hear this new music from this group. Reviewed By: Robert Bartosh Roots Music Report.com
Label: All About Murray Records Ankom: 2010-07-05
NED CRISP & BOTTOMLINE: Danville Prison Grave
Jag har precis avslutat min nya CD "Back Roads Home" på Blue Circle label. Första singeln från projektet är "Danville Fängelse Grave". Min dröm är att resa till Europa under 2011 och dela min musik där. Alla mina uppgifter finns på min hemsida,
www.nedcrisp.com. Min CD är tillgänglig nu för allmänheten för nedladdning eller köp på www.cdbaby.com
Label: Blue Circle Ankom: 2010-07-05
PAT GARRETT: Stick your oil
Country singer/songwriter Pat Garrett, recently nominated for the entertainment category in this year's Reading Eagle Pinnacle of Berks series along with Shorty Long, Pat's former legendary band leader, and Taylor Swift who started with Pat's band, has family ties to entrepreneurs in the cosmetics business with a possible solution to the oil spill crisis.
Garrett is married to vocalist Suzy Dalton, whose father Dr Peter T. Pugliese, and brother, Steven Pugliese, CEO of AST, Inc, based in Pennsylvania, have a product in headline news they feel is a remedy to help clean up the millions of gallons of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico. Made of beeswax, the product, called PRP, is extremely efffective, simple to use, and "green". See full article and video at Reading Eagle website, http://readingeagle.com Says Garrett, "I've seen how effectively "the beads" (PRP) suck up oil, and I hope BP will seriously consider using this; I believe it would have a significant positive impact on the clean-up.
Speaking of oil, Pat's new song, "Stick Your Oil", is Pat's commentary on America's relationship with oil in general.
Label: Ankom: 2010-07-05
LAURA WAGNER: Cartoon life
Laura Wagner-why is she here? Because of her inability to get on the right freeway when attempting to hitch hike from Chicago to NY at 16. She formed her first band after meeting a keyboard player shortly after winding up in Berkeley. Several years and bands later she was on the verge of a break out… performing, writing and doing session work with many bands, including Zelda Apollo [with legendary George Cole], phenomenal guitarist Garth Webber[Miles Davis, Allman Brothers, Robben Ford], The White Trash Debutantes [Ginger Coyote!], Eddie Money, Cold Blood, Tommy Castro, Jules Broussard, the late Rick Kellogg/Norton Buffalo, luminaries Jean Carn, The Chambers Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez, Jon Hendricks and many others. Laura has also shared the stage with comediennes Margaret Cho and Judy Tenuta. A die hard Giants' fan, she has performed the National Anthem at several games with over 50,000 people in the stands
Label: Ankom: 2010-07-05
JOEY GLENN: I really miss seein´ you / I need a man / Don´t say that
Joey is 22 years old and a rising country star. She is already way ahead of the game with what she has accomplished, as a recording artist, a songwriter and a performer. She has been blessed with a powerful and sophisticated singing voice and self-confident stage presence that gives her the opportunity to make a name for herself in some of the hottest country venues. With her vocal approach and complex textures and the ability to belt out power notes (as the music commands)it gives her the ability to be versatile enough to have crossover appeal in the blues, rock and pop venues as well. Having been raised to appreciate all types of music Joey finds her home to be in country music. Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, John Foggerty, Vern Gosdin and Elvis Presley are just a few of Joeys influences that have had an impact on Joeys performances. Joey was born in Waukegan, Illinois and raised near a very small community called Jarbalo in Kansas. She is lucky enough to have the support of her loving and devoted family. Both her parents are musical so they weren’t surprised that at the age of 4, she told them that she wanted to pursue ,a singing career. Her mother, Judy, and father, Jim, recognized the natural talent and ambition that she has and have been behind her every step of the way. Joey believes in strong communities and family values so she has become a spokesperson for the D.A.R.E. program, performing for more than ten thousand children each year. She most recently has been speaking out for the SADD program and headlined for the Veterans Day celebration concert for SADD in Beloit, Kansas on November 10, 2006. Joey, being the daughter of a retired military veteran, holds a very special place in her heart for our veterans both here and abroad. She has performed at many military bases singing to thousands to show support for those who have served in the past and those who are serving now. She has also worked with the VFW for events on Memorial Day and on Veterans Day. Most recently Joey joined forces with an organization called Flowers For Heroes. This organization is for Gold Star Families or families of fallen heroes. She is very proud to be the official artist for the cause. Joey was invited to serve as a judge for the Colgate Country Showdown on several occasions because of her involvement in the business. She considered this an honor. She was requested to perform for Kansas Days in Topeka , Kansas playing for many of the states representatives and was a favorite of many. Through the years, Joey has had numerous radio interviews throughout the U.S. and has current podcasts to be heard. She has had many magazine articles and interviews for magazines such as New Music Weekly Magazine and newspapers such as the Kansas City Star. She has also recieved numerous awards and recognitions in here career. Joey was signed to an indie label in Nashville in November of 2004 and brought in to record her first album in January of 2005 at 16 years old and the album was released that following June. Joey has also performed at the CRS, CMA Festival (each year), Tootsies big room on more than one occasion (her first album release was here), the Bluegrass Inn, Rippys, Coyote Ugly, Nashville Palace and Wyndom Resorts in Nashville to name a few. Joey has been priveledged enough to have graced the same stage as Montgomery Gentry, Chely Wright, She Daisy, Ty Englund, Asleep at The Wheel and Andy Griggs along with numerous other icons. Joey is a member of BMI and is currently with KMA Records in Nashville. She completed her debut solo album and worked with such players as Paul Franklin, former ACM musician of the year and the current ACM musician of the year, Mike Johnson as well as Cactus Moser of Highway 101. The album was recorded at Main Frame studios in Nashville and she was in good company here because artists such as Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and The Dixie Chicks also recorded here. The writers of this album were all award winners such as Frank J. Myers. Joeys Debut album, "Driven By Emotion " is currently available on Reverbnation, CD Baby and on all other download spots. Her debut single "I Need A Man" hit the airwaves and climbed the NMW charts to 8 and hit the Music Row charts . Her newest single "I Really Miss Seein You" will hit the airwaves very soon so listen for it and request it!
Label: KMA Records Ankom: 2010-07-05
ROSANNE CASH: Motherless children / Satisfied mind
Ifrån en helt NY EP med Rosanne Cash med 4 låtar, hämtar vi de 2 studioinspelade låtarna ”Motherless Children” samt County-klassikern ”Satisfied Mind” med en gästan US-MR8-09-00016de Neko Case som partner. Rosanne har verkligen haft ett fantastiskt Sverige-år, som började ifjol sommar med konserten i Dalhalla, fortsatte med sitt hyllade album ”The List” samt en mindre Sverigeturné i våras, som var utsålt och lika hyllad som albumet. Se denna som ett tack för året som gott och en sommarhälsning ifrån Rosanne i väntan på ”The list #2”.
Label: EMI Ankom: 2010-07-05
THE LAWRENCE JOHN PROJECT: www. She stole my heart
Label: Dixie Records Ankom: 2010-07-04
MASON DOUGLAS: Anything can happen
Label: Ankom: 2010-07-04
SHAWNA RUSSELL: Run
'Run' exposes the vulnerability of a lover who is overwhelmed with the reality that she has fallen too far in love and wants to distance herself before she gets in any deeper. Soaring twin guitars and a driving beat set the stage for Russells passionate vocals that are filled with pain and remorse.
'Run' was produced in Nashville by Tim Russell and Clif Doyal and reunites key players from Russells debut CD, including Emmy and Grammy-winning mix master, Nathaniel Kunkel (Maroon 5/Sting) and guitarist extraordinaire, Jon Conley (LeAnn Rimes/Wynonna). The production also features a stellar group of all-star musicians, including keyboardist Charles Judge (Bon Jovi/Rascal Flatts), drummer Billy Thomas (Vince Gill), and bassist Mike Brignardello (Lynyrd Skynyrd/Sugarland). This is the second song that Russell has showcased from her next album, having recently debuted her power-ballad ‘Rumor’ to enthusiastic response from media and fans around the world.
Russell debuted on the national and international music scene with the release of her debut CD, GODDESS (Way Out West Records), in 2008. The critically-acclaimed project produced three radio singles, "Goddess," "Should've Been Born With Wheels" and "Fire In The Desert." These songs cemented her status as a contender, with action on the Billboard "New and Active,' Music Row, and Texas Music Charts. Russell, a resident of Okemah, Oklahoma, has spent a great deal of her young life preparing for this moment. And while her youthful good looks belie her experience, she is a veteran who has paid some serious dues. She first began singing professionally with her father, Keith, in his band, when she was 12. By her late teens, she was fronting the band. During her professional career, Russell has toured across much of the U.S., performing 2-6 nights a week, up to 5 sets a night, at many of the top live music clubs on the circuit, including The Grizzly Rose, in Denver, Billy Bob’s, in Ft. Worth, and the Wildhorse Saloon, in Nashville, among countless others. Russell spent three years on the road touring with fellow Oklahoman, Ty England (of Garth Brook’s fame), before going solo again in 2007. Buzz from music industry insiders predict that Goddess will finally give Russell her long-awaited break.
Russell co-wrote 12 of the 13 songs on GODDESS. “Most of the songs were written with my dad, Keith, and my uncle Tim,” she states. “It was the most amazing thing – we would get together with just some rough ideas, and several hours later, we would have these killer tunes. We joked that we were ‘channeling’ Woody Guthrie! (Also an Okemah native).
Retro and rockin’ – Country and contemplative, Russell stakes her claim with a vocal intensity that will not be denied – it is clear that she means business.
Label: Way Out West Records Ankom: 2010-07-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
BLUE RODEO: One light left in heaven "One Light Left in Heaven" is the 3rd single from the album "The Things We Left Behind" by Canadian band Blue Rodeo, pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. Label: Warner Music Canada
ERIC CHURCH: Smoke a little smoke "Smoke a Little Smoke" is the 3rd single from the album "Carolina", by Eric Church, born May 3, 1977 in Granite Falls, North Carolina. Label is Capitol Nashville
BOBBY FLORES: La Golondrina Bobby Flores, fiddle player, 2007 Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame inductee, named by Academy of Western Artists as Western Swing Instrumentalist of 2004, has performed with Ray Price, Willie Nelson and Johnny Bush, lives in San Antonio. His last album is "Eleven Roses". Here's the single "La Golondrina"
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-07-04
LELAND HARDING III: Turn to me
Label: Comstock Records Ankom: 2010-07-02
PATTY PARKER: Song og the Grand Canyon
Label: Comstock Records Ankom: 2010-07-02
WILD WILD WESTT: Wild Wild Westt
Label: Ankom: 2010-07-02
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 139
HARRY STINSON: Wild Angels
HAYLEY OLIVER BAND: I´m a little bluer than that
JOEL WARREN: Leavin´ Lubbock
JOHANNA HEMARA: Big girl now
DONNY RICHMOND & THE JORDANAIRES: I wouldn´t trade my Shamrock
VINCE MELAMED: What mettered most
RONNIE BAKER: What about me and you
SAM MILLAR: Just give me one beautiful girl on a horse with some lemonade
JENNIFER BRANTLEY: The little things
RANDY THOMPSON: Songbird
MISS LUCIE DIAMOND: Make some time to love me
KEITH COMPTON: Inflatable doll
PETE REDFERN: The rain ceme fallin´ down
RED HOT POKER DOTS: I will if you will
MEXICAN JOE WALKER: You got a hold on me
JOHNNY CASGH: Sugartime
CARL GIBSON: Rose Marie (live)
CARL GIBSON: China doll (live)
CARL GIBSON: Johnny remember me (live)
CARL GIBSON: Ghost riders (in the sky) (live)
CARL GIBSON: The bandit (live)
CARL GIBSON: Cowboys ain´t supposed to cry (live)
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 2010-06-30
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christan Music - "Somebody please help" - NCM 74
MICHAEL ROBERT: Here I stand
SCOOTER LEE: Sing a new song
KEITH MOULAND: River of love
RICHARD BIRCH: In your hands
JUSTIFIED: By and by
DONJAMES LEBLANC: I must be a mushroom
HEAL OUR LAND UK SINGERS: Fill our thirsty souls
THE CAPTAIN´S CREW: Don´t let the devil dance
CANTORIS: I thank you, Lord
HUW PRIDAY: Be thou my vision
DOTTIE TUBB: Have a wonderful day (with The Lord)
GUY PENROD: Are you the oneTHE GARDINERS: Jesus on the mainline
DELLA REESE: Sermonette
GAITHER COCAL BAND: Alpha and Omega
PATTY PARKER: When Mamma prayed
ROY HAMILTON: I believe
BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE CHOIR: Majesty (Live at Glasgow, 1981)
STUART TOWNSEND: There is a redeemer (Live at Keswick)
ONE VOICE: Somebody please help Haiti
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 2010-06-30
JOHN MELLENCAMP: No Better Than This
Rounder Records will release No Better Than This, an album from John Mellencamp of all new original songs that was recorded at a variety of historically significant locations around the South. The album, set for release August 17, was produced by T Bone Burnett who earlier collaborated with Mellencamp on the much-lauded Life Death Love and Freedom. Time Magazine called it “his best in a decade” and Rolling Stone ranked it #5 in its listing of the 50 best albums of the year.
No Better Than This was recorded over the course of a few break days afforded Mellencamp when he was on a tour of minor league ball parks last year, sharing the bill with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. The album was recorded on vintage equipment – a 55 year-old Ampex tape recorder with just one microphone -- in Savannah at the First African Baptist Church, in Memphis at Sun Studios and in San Antonio in room 414 of the Gunter Hotel.
Mellencamp wrote the thirteen songs included on the album during a thirteen-day span last spring. “I was tightly focused,” he related, “I got up every day and wrote and wrote and wrote.” The songs reflect various American traditions including blues, folk, western, gospel, rockabilly and country and address such themes as the need for hope, the nature of relationship and narratives that recount extraordinary occurrences in everyday life.
As far as the recording locations are concerned, they were chosen based on cultural and music history, each providing a sense of place for the respective sessions. About the experience, Mellencamp remarked, “It was absolutely the most fun I’ve ever had making a record in my life. It was about making music – organic music made by real musicians – that’s heartfelt and written from the best place it can come from.”
The First African Baptist Church is the first Black church in North America dating to pre-revolutionary times. The original congregation and ministry were slaves; the church, in fact, provided sanctuary to runaways before emancipation. Mellencamp, who has a residence in the area, has long been familiar with the church and the role it played in the Savannah community. He and his wife Elaine were baptized there before the sessions commenced.
While Sun Studios actually is a working recording facility, its equipment has been updated since the days of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis so Mellencamp’s team used the Ampex machine and established a makeshift recording booth in a construction shed in a vacant lot next door. Mellencamp and his musicians did, dutifully, arrange themselves on the studio floor in accordance with markings that had been laid down by Sam Phillips many years before for optimal presence.
Room 414 of the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio is where Robert Johnson first recorded for Brunswick Records in November of 1936; Mellencamp’s version of Johnson’s “Stones In My Pass Way” was the first track on Trouble No More, an album of blues and folk songs released in 2003. The room has been carpeted in the intervening years so a hardwood floor was placed over the carpet to better approximate the ambience heard on Johnson’s records. Mellencamp sang facing the corner of the room that Johnson had almost 74 years earlier.
After the sessions were completed, Burnett took the mono tapes back to Los Angeles and mastered them, per Mellencamp, “in a way that made them coherent.” Sequencing of the album was accomplished by Burnett in a moment that could be likened to an epiphany. Mellencamp was present when his producer recited the running order of all 13 songs in a moment of inspired spontaneity.
Following the release of No Better Than This, Mellencamp and his band will embark on a lengthy tour of theaters throughout North America that will get underway in October and continue into the late spring of 2011. These performance dates will include a showing of It’s About You, a film that Kurt Markus made during the album sessions and while Mellencamp was on tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. The concerts will showcase Mellencamp’s music in the context of a small group as well as discreet solo acoustic and full rock band segments, reflecting the range of approaches heard on the new album.
Label: Rounder Records Ankom: 2010-06-24
RICH OWEN: Walking in Daddys shoes / Just a soldier / What´s left of my heart / That woman is a cougar
Rich Owen's debute album, "Home, God, and Country", was the Colorado Country Music Association 2008 Album of the Year. He was the North American Country Music Association International Songwriter of the Year (Patriotic) for 2009. He was nominated for The Independent Music Network's Cross-Over Artist of the year for 2009. Now, Rich is preparing to release his second album, "What's Left of My Heart", and fans can hardly wait! This collection of 10 all original songs is a mix of country, country-rock, and gospel. Look for a release date in the July 2010 timeframe.
Webpage: http://www.richowenmusic.com
Label: MusicSUBMIT Ankom: 2010-06-23
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex
MARIO FLORES: Fighting the fool He say’s “that worm in the bottle makes the best bass bait”. He’s Don Juan, meets George Strait. He’s the original honky tonkin’ hillbilly, Spanish speaking, bass fishing, king of the cantinas. Meet Mario Flores. Born and raised in San Antonio, TX, Mario’s singing career began with the Terrell Wells Boys Choir and he has also performed with the San Antonio Symphony. Midway into his career, Mario performed in several traveling international operas such as Don Giovanni, Carmen, The Prodigal Son and Damnation of Foutz. In 2007, Mario Flores formed The Soda Creek Band in Helotes, TX. He and the band currently play night clubs, corporate events and private events all over San Antonio and South Texas. Although he respects his Latin roots and Classical training, his passion is singing Texas Country Music. His biggest influences are Steve Wariner, Vern Gosdin and Johnny Rodriquez. In June of 2010, Mario will be releasing his first full length album which is already receiving great reviews. Mario’s goal is to have a hit record and it looks like he’s well on his way to achieving that goal. For more information about Mario Flores visit, www.mariofloresmusic.com
BYRON DOWD BAND: Stained dirt Byron, Jeff, Ben, Kyle, and Matt are based out of Dallas, Texas.Influences from Steve Earle to Son Volt, Ryan Adams to Ryan Bingham, The Highwaymen to Dylan. "An introspective rockin' little alt. country band..."
KAT MOORE BAND: Married thing Hailing from Lewisville, Texas, their music has been described as Country, Country Rock, Americana and “other” depending on who you’re asking. Regardless of how you choose to label it, one thing is certain – it’s music that comes from the heart and just about anybody that listens will find themselves relating to it.The group released their debut album “Big Texas Sky” in March ’09 featuring their first single “Dance All Night” which was well accepted by radio and achieved impressive chart status. In November ’09 the group hit the studio once again. The result of those sessions was a powerful four track EP titled “Home” which features the new single “Married Thing” as well as two more brand new originals and a masterful rendition of the Little Feat classic “Willin”.Currently The Kat Moore Band can be found on the road playing clubs, festivals and casinos all over Texas, Oklahoma and the surrounding states
DEWEY WAYNE: I reckon Alternative Country singer/songwriter Dewey Wayne is no stranger to hard work. After completing a degree in Chemical Engineering at Auburn University and beginning a career working on NASA’s Space Shuttle, he decided to exchange his calculator for a guitar and a song. That choice led to the independent release of his debut album, Here for the Music. It blends progressive country, honky-tonk, rockabilly, and Sand Mountain bluegrass into self-styled “tonkgrass” music.Here for the Music was released independently as an Alternative Country album and is an eleven song collection of the band’s best-loved songs. Since its release, Dewey was nominated as the “2010 Rising Star” by the Academy of Texas Music, and the album won “2010 Musician of the Year” at the Texas Music Awards for Big John Mills's guitar performance on the album
GARY FLOOD: Clyde Born and raised in Texas, it's a beautiful thing. Then the music bug bit me, now i live with the sting!!! Hows that for short and sweet?
GRAYSON CROSSNO: Rodeo Queen A studio project put together by Jimmy Grayson and Mike Crossno. The pair met up in 1993 when both were on tour with Country Superstar Toby Keith. Both left Toby to pursue their own interests and in 2008 hooked back up to record each other’s solo projects. After two sessions of recording, Mike approached Jimmy with the idea of partnering up as a Duo. A duo with a Texas Country and Red Dirt flavor, salted lightly with Rock and Roll influence and peppered generously with traditional and progressive country backgrounds. Mixed all together is the musical buffet of country's newest duo, GRAYSON CROSSNO!
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2010-06-21
CANDISUZANNE: Think of me now
I was born and raised in Tennessee, the daughter of a truck driver/sharecropper, not glamorous by any means. I have always listened, loved and sang Country and Gospel music. I used to play Momma's albums all the time. Momma used to tell me my Grandpa Duncan used to take me to her work...stand me on the table and say NOW SING!!! Ha Ha Ha, and she said I would sing to the top of my lungs. I guess he knew huh? I always dreamed of being Tanya Tucker, Kitty Wells, or Loretta Lynn. They were some of my favorites.
My style of writing is my own and I hope you will enjoy what you hear
Label: KMA Ankom: 2010-06-16
CLINTON GREGORY: In the meantime
Born in Martinville, VA, Clinton Gregory came from a long line of fiddle players. He picked up the fiddle at five years old and made his performing debut at bluegrass festivals within a year. He came to Nashville at age 12, where his father, Willie Gregory, was playing at the Grand Ole Opry. When word of Clinton's fiddle prowess got around in Nashville, he was rarely without a steady gig and played on numerous studio sessions that included Dennis Robbbins, the McCarters, and Suzy Bogguss. In 1990, Step One Records signed him to their label. His debut single, a rendition of the Jimmie Davis classic "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine," was followed by a string of country singles, including "Couldn't Love Have Picked a Better Place To Die," "One Shot at a Time," and the Top 20 hit "Play Ruby Play," which was also a video hit on both CMT and TNN.
Label: Ankom: 2010-06-16
CHELY WRIGHT: Lifted of the ground (Broken / Notes to the Coroner / Hang out in your heart)
Lifted off the Ground may be Chely Wright’s seventh album, but on a number of levels it feels and sounds like her first, revealing an artist who has undergone a dramatic artistic transformation, emerging as a singer/songwriter of the first order. But the new album would never have come to be were it not for an equally dramatic personal transformation, which she has candidly and painstakingly documented. Lifted Off the Ground was released on Vanguard Records May 4, the same day Random House published Wright’s autobiography, Like Me.
Label: Vanguard Records Ankom: 2010-06-16
CARRIE RODRIGUEZ: Eyes on the prize / I started loving you again
From the Album "Love and Circumstance". Carrie Rodriguez w/Hans Holzen (guitars), Kyle Kegerreis (bass), & Eric Platz (drums) with very special guests Buddy Miller, Aoife O'Donovan, Greg Leisz, Bill Frisell, and Doug Wamble
Label: Ninth Street Opus Ankom: 2010-06-16
DOLLY PARTON feat MARK O´CONNOR: A bridge across
"When Douglas Hutton told me the story about Canadian musician Samantha Robichaud, a student in the Mark O'Connor String Camp, becoming a recipient of the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin, he suggested that we include a song in the project about peace. I wanted to create something that expressed how the work and dedication of one man has continued to inspire so many. With co-writer Tom McBryde, I researched how international journalist Daniel Pearl bridged differences among people and crossed all types of social and economic barriers by playing his fiddle and violin. We hope that this song will serve to honor the memory of Daniel and help to build bridges among all people. When Dolly Parton graciously agreed to sing the lead vocals and Mark O'Connor agreed to play the "Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin" with the addition of the Nashville Symphony, we knew this would be something very special to honor the life's work of a very special man." (Lynn Wilbanks)
Label: GMV Nashville Ankom: 2010-06-14
JOSH LOGAN: I am what I am / Good old ol´ junkyard dog
Josh Logan was born in Cartersville, Kentucky, one of eight children. When he was a young teenager, his first cousin taught him several chords on a guitar. This would promise to be a major turning point in young Josh's life, as music would eventually go from being a favorite pastime to a rewarding career. Although, before he would pursue music full-time, his day job for more than 12 years was working in an auto-wrecking yard, while at nights he would perform in small clubs and roadhouses. This, however, gave Josh the chance to fine-tune his stage presentation and develop the singing style that is still winning over new fans today.
Some of Josh's key influences were George Jones, Merle Haggard and especially the late Mel Street, whom he has been compared to numerous times. Josh went from playing local dances and VFW Clubs to opening for such acts as George Jones and Garth Brooks. Josh also toured the U.S. opening shows for Earl Thomas Conley and later accompanied Sandi Powell to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to entertain U.S. troops. He has toured the U.S. three different times as well as four foreign countries. Josh's latest CD for 2009, "I Am What I Am," which is featured here, was produced by Del Gray at Graysland Studio, Nashville, TN. If you've heard Josh sing before, you'll be happy to welcome him back into your CD or MP3 player for a new batch of classic Josh Logan songs. If you are just now discovering Josh Logan, then you have found a musical treasure. Enjoy!
Label: Cashbox Records Ankom: 2010-06-14
SAMMY KERSHAW: Better than it used to be
Since his debut on the music scene in the early 90s, Sammy Kershaw has remained one of the most consistent power hitters in country music both with a chain of major hit records and sell-out touring schedules.
Sammy’s plan for country music is re-claiming its roots and recapturing the spirit that made it great: The recording studio. “Man, for someone like me who had George Jones music imprinted in my DNA before birth, the last few years have been rough as a fan of country music.” noted Kershaw candidly in a recent national interview. “Country music is not a formula it’s a music with its own soul and I’m all about saving that soul!”
Kershaw’s current album "Better Than I Used To Be" promises to be a much-anticipated first step in that plan of salvation.
For the newest Kershaw project, the singer's soulful sound and Cajun vocal kick is teamed back-up with the genius of producer Buddy Cannon, whose efforts, like Sammy’s, have lined his walls with platinum. Sammy’s vibe about his latest studio venture has all the earmarks of a proud father talking about his new arriva
“In music, everything is timing. I knew when we were in the studio working on the new album that we had something radio and fans are ready for. The feel of the album is a return to the kind of country music I, and a lot of other people, have missed.” Powerful words from a man who has picked, written, and sung a lot of hits.
Often referred to as the heir apparent to the legendary voice himself George Jones, Sammy Kershaw helped make the 90’s a shining decade for country music. It’s a comparison not lost on Sammy, who grew up in the Cajun country of Louisiana on a diet of crawfish and country music.
The oldest of four children, the tragic loss of his father, matured him even faster than the clubs and honky-tonks he was performing in at 12 years old. He speaks openly today of years spent battling substance abuse and addictions.
“It’s not a period of my life I’m proud of but I do talk about it to encourage kids not to follow in my footsteps.” Kershaw recently noted. Helping others is a subject close to the heart that beats within what might often appear to be a tough, macho exterior.
Sammy Kershaw is, in fact, a softie when the subject turns to kids. If proof were needed it stands in his hometown of Kaplan, Louisiana. There, Sammy has established the Sammy Kershaw Foundation. Its outreach has extended through donations so far of more than 2 million dollars in aid to children and child related charities. With projects that extend from granting wishes through Make A Wish Foundation to establishing camps for crippled children, the foundation exists to fulfill Sammy’s simple goal of improving the lives of children.
In the course of breaking into the ranks of stardom in country music, Sammy Kershaw has made contributions to more than just the charts. His platinum albums were propelled into the records books by hits such as She Don't Know She’s Beautiful, I Can’t Reach Her Anymore, National Working Woman’s Holiday, Love Of My Life, Cadillac Style, Don’t Go Near The Water, Haunted Heart, and many other milestones.
In 2010, Sammy is committed to prove that goals are made to be surpassed. His touring dates are true events in today’s country music. Life is good and Sammy has a lot to sing about.
Label: Big Hit Records Ankom: 2010-06-14
RAY SANDERS: Funny how time slips away
Label: Hillside Records Ankom: 2010-06-11
JOHN DALY: I only know one way
John Daly was born in Carmichael, California on April 28, 1966. His family moved from California to Dardanelle, Arkansas, where his golf career began. He started playing at the age of 4 and in high school he was a letterman in golf and football, and also played baseball. He eventually gave up baseball and football to further his career in golf.
John attended the University of Arkansas, where he was a member of the golf team. He turned pro in 1987 and won the Ben Hogan Utah Classic on the Nationwide Tour in 1990. He surprised the golf world in 1991 by winning the PGA Championship at Crooked Stick. He was the ninth and final alternate to get in the tournament and drove all night to win without the benefit of a practice round. He went on to win a second major championship at the 1995 British Open at St. Andrews.
He enjoys writing songs and playing guitar and previously recorded a largely autobiographical album entitled "My Life," featuring guest performances by Darius Rucker, Willie Nelson, Johnny Lee and Daron Norwood.
John is Involved in many charitable causes, most notably the Make-a-Wish Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He also continues to be an active supporter with various sports programs at the University of Arkansas.
Label: LongBall Records Ankom: 2010-06-10
CLAY DuBOSE: Rewriting history
In the City of Angels it is easy to get lost or over looked, but then it’s hard to overlook a shooting star. They have a way of exploding without warning, something singer/songwriter Clay DuBose is known for. He’s been winning fans all over the world with his refreshing blend of country, rock and blues for a few years now.
Many have tried to compare him to George Strait, Dwight Yoakum and some to even Elvis. Yet, every time they think they have a handle on him he changes strings, holding true to his nickname “The Texas Chameleon” for his ability to make believers across the musical spectrum by taking everyone on another beautiful ride.
In 2006 he received the “Rising Star” award by the Texas Music Awards and the Academy of Texas Music. His first album "Rewriting History" includes an explosive cover of The Doors "Love Me Two Times" which was added to 33 play lists internationally upon release.
Like the basics of love his current release "These Days" brings us back to the basics of music. It is a rocking country album with some good old fashioned Texas swing and honky tonk. It reached #6 on Radio & Record's Americana Chart, at the time being the highest position ever achieved by an Indie artist. It made the “Top 40” albums of the year on the AMA/R&R Americana AirPlay Chart and is a musical journey featuring guest appearances by Garth Hudson, The Derailers, Rami Jaffee of The Wallflowers, Augie Meyers, Will Ray and many others.
We just simply call it Clay Country.
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 2010-06-10
HANK III: Rebel within
Shelton Hank Williams III was born December 12, 1972, in Nashville, TN. As the grandson of Hank Williams and the son of Hank Jr., he was country music royalty before he ever sang a note. But he didn't immediately follow his forebears musically, choosing instead to bang around the Southeast, playing drums in punk and hardcore combos and smoking prodigious amounts of weed. It was the outlaw spirit of his lineage, alive and unwell and floating in the bong water. By 1996, steep child support payments and his thirst for Mother Nature had forced Hank III onto to the straight and narrow, and he signed a contract with Music City giant Curb. The label issued Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts, which brought the voices of all three generations of Williams men together via the ghastly miracles of modern technology. It was about as far from what Hank III wanted as he could get and signaled the beginning of his stormy relationship with Curb.
Williams was in a tight spot. While his name, face, and uncanny vocal resemblance to his grandfather almost guaranteed him a thriving country audience, he had no patience for Nashville's squareness and rigid control. He and his Damn Band could wow a crowd with a spot-on set of gorgeous country balladry and spirited honky tonk. But III could just as easily shift gears into screeching, Black Flag-style punk rock with his hard-rocking combo Assjack. He was the kind of anomaly enormous record companies couldn't stand -- eminently marketable, yet defiantly unpredictable.
Curb issued Hank III's proper debut in September 1999. Entitled Risin' Outlaw, it presented 13 rough-hewn country numbers colored by Hank's honky tonking vocals. And while he played his share of "country" gigs to support it, Williams also appeared at the 2001 Vans Warped Tour alongside punks like Rancid. The irascible III also dismissed Outlaw as a label-controlled fiasco almost immediately after its release. After a few years of touring and trying like mad to be released from his Curb contract, III returned to wax in early 2002 with Lovesick, Broke & Driftin'. While Outlaw had featured material from outside writers, the new LP was all Hank III but for a previously released cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City." He also produced, recorded, and mixed it by his lonesome in just two weeks.
At this point Hank's relationship with Curb became even more strained. The label refused to release his appropriately named This Ain't Country LP, which featured songs like "Life of Sin" and "Hellbilly." At the same time, it refused to grant Hank III the rights to issue it on his own. He and the record company reached an impasse, which III only exacerbated with the "F*** Curb" T-shirts he sold through his thriving website. Thrown Out of the Bar, his third honky tonk album, was scheduled for release in 2003, as was the long-awaited This Ain't Country. Additionally, III issued extremely limited-edition releases through his website (often in quantities of 100 or less) and continued to play bass in Superjoint Ritual, the brutal side project of Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo. The double-disc Straight to Hell was released March 2006 on Bruc Records (the fledgling rock division of Curb). The first CD contained songs with elements of traditional country warped to fit Hank III's rebel attitude, while the second disc boasted only one song that featured just Williams, his guitar, ambient noises, and a slight story that those coming down from drugs might enjoy. Ever in the outlaw mode, Williams released Damn Right, Rebel Proud in 2008. His fourth and final album for Curb, The Rebel Within, followed in the spring of 2010.
Label: Curb Records Ankom: 2010-06-10
AARON TIPPIN: In Overdrive
Aaron Tippin is a force of nature, a man whose passion for music fuels an array of other vigorous enthusiasms. Apart from writing and recording songs and wowing crowds with his live appearances, Tippin is also a pilot, farmer, winemaker, outdoorsman, competitive bodybuilder and devoted family man. He even runs his own record label. It's no surprise then that so many in the music industry regard this tireless South Carolinian as the "Hillbilly Hercules."
Fresh from unveiling He Believed, his exclusive album for Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores, Tippin has now released a second collection of songs, one that salutes America's truck drivers. It's called In Overdrive and features the trucker classics "East Bound And Down," "Drivin' My Life Away," "Prisoner Of The Highway," "Girl On The Billboard," "Movin' On," "The White Night," "Roll On," "Truck Drivin' Man," "Long White Line," "Drivin' Fool" and "Danger Dave."
In Overdrive was sparked by Tippin's concern that country music had turned its back on its highway heroes. "Seems like somewhere along the line trucking music got shoved off the country music plate," he observes. "I don't understand exactly why. The trucks are still out there. And they're busier than ever keeping America rolling. I know the folks who work and live in the trucking world still love this music—and so do most fans of real country music. This album launches my crusade to bring the music back."
Tippin has crusaded for the working man and woman since he ripped country music wide open in 1990 with his uncompromising "You've Got To Stand For Something." On the strength of that remarkable song, comedian Bob Hope invited Tippin to appear with him when he toured the Mideast to entertain the troops of Desert Storm. Tippin has been a favorite of—and a standby for—America's fighting forces ever since.
In the years that followed, Tippin's voice continued to ring loud and clear with such hits as "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way," "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio' (an affectionate nod to the kind of automotive clunker most of us have had to rely on at one time or another), "My Blue Angel," "Working Man's Ph. D.," "The Call Of The Wild," "I Got It Honest," "That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You," "For You I Will," "Kiss This" (a cheeky No. 1 song he co-wrote with his wife and partner-in-everything, Thea).
Tippin became immediately enraged by the sneak attacks of 9/11 and quickly remembered a song he'd recently penned, (his proudly defiant), "Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly." He instantly booked studio time and rushed to Nashville and tracked this emotional anthem that reminds countless people as to what it means to be an American. Tippin has since journeyed to Iraq and Afghanistan to sing for the troops. These missions, in turn, have earned him guest spots on such shows as Larry King Live and Hannity & Colmes to speak on the military's behalf.
Tippin's honest lyrics and direct, impassioned vocals have built a large and devoted audience. Five of his albums are certified "Gold"—Call Of The Wild, You've Got To Stand For Something, Lookin' Back At Myself, Tool Box and People Like Us. A sixth CD—Read Between The Lines—stands at the "Platinum" level.
In keeping with his take-charge attitude, Tippin established NIPPIT Records in 2005. In 2008, the label partnered with Cracker Barrel for the release of He Believed.
Tippin's retreat is a 500 -acre farm in middle Tennessee, where he labors, relaxes and revels in the outdoors with wife and musical collaborator Thea and their two sons, Tom and Ted. It's also the home base for his hangar (complete with four working aircrafts), runway, recording studio and winery.
During the months ahead, Tippin and his band will be roaring along America's vast highway grid, meeting truckers and singing their praises to a new generation of country music fans.
Label: NIPPIT Records Ankom: 2010-06-10
CASPER JONES: Valentine / Better man
“Delicious Creation” is the long-awaiting debut album from acclaimed Danish guitarist, singer and producer Casper Jones. Since coming to the United States in 2001, Casper has established himself as a top-call touring and studio musician playing a variety of different genres. “Delicious Creation” shows the diversity of Casper’s influences, drawing on elements of pop, rock, folk and country to create a refreshing mix of catchy hooks and soulful arrangements. From the raw rocking energy of “Bleeding Heart”, to the soulful tones of the ballad “Valentine”, this record demonstrates a remarkable emotional depth and musical sensitivity. Casper and the band are renowned for their energetic and crowd-pleasing live performances; they are equally at home playing large rock clubs or intimate cafés. Influences include The Beatles, David Bowie, Beck, The Shins, Weezer, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Kashmir, and countless others.
Label: MusicSUBMIT Ankom: 2010-06-09
JOHNNY TIGER: Specially for you
Music and words written by: michel theunissen (johnny tiger)
Label: Ankom: 2010-06-09
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
JO HIKK: The big spoon Jo Hikk is a Canadian country-rock group founded in Calgary, Alberta. This four-piece band is composed of brothers Kelly Sitter and Kenny Sitter, Al Doell and Don Jorgensen. Their 2009 single My Kind of Radio reached the Top 20 on the R&R charts. Jo Hikk's second album, The Game, is scheduled for release in July 2010. A music video was shot on location in Toronto with Warren P. Sonoda for the first single, The Big Spoon
JAYDEE BIX: Tailgate Tailgate is the second single from Easy to Love, second album by Jaydee Bixby released May 25, 2010 thru On Ramp Records. Jaydee Bixby (born August 14, 1990 in Drumheller, AB) is a Canadian country musician who was the runner-up on the fifth season of Canadian Idol. In 2008 he signed with Her Royal Majesty's Records and went on to release his debut album Cowboys and Cadillacs
JOHN MAINES JR: Drinking whiskey, chasing girls, rasing hell John Maines Jr is one of our favorite indie enternatiners. Here's the brand new single for Endless Love Records, Drinking Whisky, Chasing Girls, Raising Hell
CASEY & ALLIE: Proud Casey Vaughn and Alli Gaddis, both, were born in Nashville, Tennessee. They both grew up with theatrical backgrounds, participating in many performances and commercials. After meeting, they became best friends instantly and discovered their mutual love for singing. Since then, they have pursued their singing career and released 2 singles Proud (here included) and Fall For The Bad Ones. They recently have released 2 new singles, Forecast Calls for Pain and Can't Change a Boy Into a Man. All songs are on I-Tunes and stores now
VERONICA BALLESTRINI: Don´t say June 21, 2010 release of Veronica Ballestrini new single, Don’t Say (Timbob Records)
BOMSHEL: Just fine Just Fine is the brand new single from Bomshel, the duo founded in 2004 by lead singer Buffy Buf Lawson (replaced by Kelley Shepard in 2007) and fiddle player Kristy Osmunson. In October 2009, Bomshel released its debut album, also titled Fight Like a Girl. This is the 5th single
JUSTIN MOORE: How I got to be this way How I Got to Be This Way is the brand new single from Justin Moore, from his debut album Justin Moore, released August 11, 2009 by Valory Music Group
JOHN LONG: Bring country back New single release for John Long is this song named Bring Country Back
THE BOSS HOSS: Rodeo Radio BossHoss is a band from Berlin which started in 2004 with Country & Western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example Hot in Herre by Nelly, Toxic by Britney Spears and Hey Ya! by Outkast. They incorporate stereotypical American cowboy behavior into their act. They wear stetson hats, tank tops, large sunglasses, display whiskey bottles, and yell yeehaw. The band refers to their music style as Country Trash Punk Rock. This is a song taken from their latest album Low Voltage (April 2010). Song is Rodeo Radio
LADY ANTEBELLUM: Our kind of love Our Kind of Love is the 3rd single from Lady Antebellum second studio album, Need You Now, on Capitol Nashville Records. Both 1st and 2nd singles were US number 1 songs
HEY ROMEO: Searchin´ for you Hey Romeo is a Canadian group from Edmonton, Alberta composed of Stacie Roper (vocals), Darren Gusnowsky (guitar) and Rob Shapiro (keyboard). Their 2007 single Second Hand News, a cover of the 1977 Fleetwood Mac song, reached the Top 50 on the Radio & Records Canadian country singles chart. Hey Romeo was named Top New Talent of the Year - Group or Duo at the 2008 Canadian Country Music Association awards. Their second album is "That's What I Am", released: June 1, 2010 thru Royalty Records. First single is "Searchin' for You"
SHELBY LYNNE: Rains came Shelby Lynne's last album is Tears, Lies and Alibis (Everso Records, 2010). This is the first song on it, Rains Came
MATT KENNON: Drive it like you stole it Matthew Carl Ferguson, born in Conyers, Georgia is singer and songwriter known professionally as Matt Kennon. He has co-written a song for Randy Travis and has released one single, The Call, to radio. This song reached Top 40 on the Billboard country singles charts, and is included on Kennon's debut album for the BamaJam label. This is another song from the Cd called Drive It Like You Stole It
CATHERINE BRITT: Can´t change a thing Australian Catherine Britt has released her 4th album, named as her (Catherine Britt). The album has been released May 28, 2010 by label ABC Country. First single taken is Can't Change a Thing
LEE BRICE: Love like crazy This is the current single from Lee Brice's debut album, released June 8, 2010 by Asylum-Curb. Song and album are called Love Like Crazy
LAURA BELL BUNDY: Drop on by Laura Bell Bundy current single is the song Giddy On Up, but the song here sent to you has been released as music video directed by Kristin Barlowe. Songs is Drop On By (Mercury)
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-06-09
JOLIE HOLLIDAY: I´m coming home to you / Better off / No thanks
International Country Music Star Jolie Holliday was born in Dallas, Texas in 1981. As a little girl, she was mesmerized by her mother, who was an avid singer/songwriter, and her love of music. By the time Jolie was five, she had learned to sing. While she insists her vocals at that tender age left a bit to be desired, little did she know she was laying the foundation for far greater performances to come. Much of her childhood was spent with her grandfather on his ranch, “The Bar T”, in Karnack, Texas. She would learn valuable lessons while whiling away the summer days with him, perhaps most importantly, that believing in herself, being responsible and determined and having faith were the keys to a successful life. She relished the country life and the day-to-day business of working on the farm and helping with the trophy business he operated. Her love of country music was further nourished as they listened to classic country greats like Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton and others! By the time Jolie was fourteen, she was performing at venues and events around the country and continues to do so to this day! All these years later, Jolie has managed to stay true to her roots. This fact is evident in her new album “Lucky Enough” which hit stores in August 2009. The album features a medley of up tempo dance tunes like “I Don’t Need Champagne” and “Driving to Hollywood” along with the soulful country ballads Jolie is famous for like “What We Gonna Do About It,” “Better Off,” and “I’ll Try Anything” which show off her amazing range as a vocalist. Jolie’s new album is the follow up to her tremendously successful debut “A Real Good Day” which garnered the Dallas native a number of awards and propelled her to the height of international superstardom with it entering the European charts at #1! She also received the Young Talent of the Year award at the German CMA Awards as well as Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year at the CMA Indie Awards.
Jolie continues to treat fans to her amazing live performances! With hand clapping, foot stomping, get-up-out-of-your-seat and dance shows that include a medley of her own hits, as well as timeless country favorites, Jolie’s electrifying concerts remain a top priority for this truly gifted performer. Jolie can also be seen in concert regularly at Chevrolet and NASCAR sponsored events such as the State Fair of Texas, Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Allstate 400 and Indianapolis 500.
Jolie currently lives in Richardson, Texas. She is a 1999 honor graduate of L.V. Berkner High School where she played softball, basketball and volleyball and was the school’s Homecoming Queen her senior year. Jolie also trained in jazz, tap and modern dance and studied music with iconic vocal coach Linda Septien. She feels blessed to have grown up around so many talented musicians who were instrumental in helping to shape her into the artist she is today. Giving back to the community is also a vital part of Jolie’s life. She can often be found performing at nursing homes and for charitable organizations such as Wednesday’s Child, Rise and Shine and the Special Olympics. When she’s not performing or recording she enjoys working out, horseback riding, boating and fishing, college football and spending time with family and friends!
Label: Ankom: 2010-06-08
HIGHWAY 40: The American Line
Label: Captive Ankom: 2010-06-07
HOLD YOUR HORSES: Hold your horses
Label: Hold Your Horses Ankom: 2010-06-02
YONDER: Foreign Shore
Yonder är Mats Qwarfordt, Christer Lyssarides, Björn Lundquist och Kjell Gustavsson. En svensk musikalisk kvartett som sedan 2003 spelar sin egen tolkning av folk, blues, old-time och mountain music.
Bandets första skiva släpptes 2007 och togs emot mycket väl av pressen, både i Sverige och utomlands. Då spelade Yonder in live i studion men när det blev dags för Yonders andra skiva ville man arbeta mer med produktionen och låta skivan växa fram under en längre tid. "Foreign Shore" är inspelad och mixad i Decibel Studios i Stockholm tillsammans med Dag Lundquist och producerad av Christer Lyssarides. Soundet är något större, kanske mörkare än på debuten men inställningen är detsamma: att musiken ska kännas levande och vara skapad i nuet. Den 16 juni släpps "Foreign Shore". Veranda Records står för utgivningen och Bonnier Amigo för distributionen
Label: Veranda Independent Records Ankom: 2010-06-01
SCOTT RODD: Mr Crow
Label: Ankom: 2010-06-01
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex
VAN DARIEN: Harlem From the pit of her soul with songs written straight from the heart, Weatherford Texas native, Van Darien delivers powerful, soulful vocals with such passion, you have no choice but to feel it. After just one year of playing live shows, Van has opened for artists such as Josh Grider, Joey Green, Deryl Dodd & Ian Moore. With influences like Patty Griffin, Guy Clark & Odis Redding, Van Darien's sound is more than eclectic. This folk/pop/soulsinger engages crowds & lures them in so you can't help but to feel good
DUSTIN LOWE: Three day weekend DUSTIN LOWE is a country singer, a songwriter, a wrangler, and a life-long working rancher. He was born in Mexico while his parents visited their ranch near Piedras Negras and raised in the small town of Bandera, Texas – population 947. His Country and Western roots are deep and strong and are in great form on his newest release SOUTH OF HEAVEN NORTH OF HELL
BELLAMY BROTHERS: Jalapeños (David Bellamy / Bellamy Brothers Music-ASCAP). Produced by David Bellamy, Howard Bellamy, and Randy Hiebert. From the CD: BELLAMY BROTHERS THE ANTHOLOGY VOL. 2
NICK VERZOSA: Back when love was easy After flirting with the idea of leaving the 9-5 world to pursue his lifelong passion, Nick Verzosa (Ver-Zo-Sa) finally turned his full attention to songwriting and performing in January 2008. He initially split his time between performing in solo acoustic performances and fronting his first full band effort, “Johns Guns”. Since the retirement of this first band he has been making his mark on the Texas music scene with his own spin on a sound that has been described as both classic and innovative. In the relatively short time Verzosa has been expanding his creative presence, he garnered such accolades as finishing First Place in the 2008 Indie International’s Songwriting Competition in the country category for his tune “Come to Drink of It”, finishing in the Top 10 at NSAI's 2010 Spring Showdown for "Back When Love Was Easy", as well as several high finishes in various other songwriting contests around the state of Texas. He had the honor of sharing the stage with multiple well-known touring acts including some of his singer/songwriter heroes such as Robert Earl Keen, Walt Wilkins, and Cory Morrow.At the helm of a new band dubbed "The Noble Union", Nick teamed up with Texas singer/songwriter/producer Walt Wilkins to release a new 5 song EP this spring. Combine his charismatic presence on stage with lyrics that are insightful and eloquent and throw in a powerful voice with a unique aptitude for the guitar and it seems the sky is the limit for this young singer/songwriter. He continues to write, record, perform, live, laugh, and love...talk to his dogs, crash his friend’s stages, cheat on his diet, and watch the Cowboys play on Sundays...Nick hopes to see you at a show soon
MATT STAPP BAND: Dirt road demon A serendipitous encounter on the banks of the Brazos River in the summer of 2008 began a chain of events that brought the Matt Stapp Band into being. With Jesse Guess on lead guitar, Josh Turnbow on bass, Martin McLemore on drums and Matt playing rhythm guitar and carrying the lead vocal load, no four musicians could have come from more varied musical experiences and backgrounds. That unique blend adds texture and dimension to the music, and brings a unique new sound to Texas country. The key ingredients binding the group are a passion for making good music while bringing a breath of fresh air to the Texas music scene. Their mission is to create an interesting brand of music that comes from the heart and burns into the soul of red dirt country. From their first show together in March 2009, momentum has taken the group through more than 100 shows to date, including opening for the Josh Abbott Band and rocking Save Mayfest with Reckless Kelly and Mickey and the Motorcars. The Matt Stapp Band live CD was released in February, 2010 with their studio single “Could’ve Been”
JASON MEADOWS: You ain´t never been to Texas Jason Meadows had two huge loves as a kid, and both still have as much pull on him today as they did back then growing up in Oklahoma. He spent his time working the land on the family ranches and riding rodeo, or making music. It's been quite a ride for the talented, handsome singer whose looks are reminiscent of old-time, silver-screen, cowboy heroes like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.Jason's latest project with Rosalito Records represents a rebirth of sorts for the artist returning him to his roots and the core values that have brought him so far from where he first started, yet kept him firmly grounded all these years. The former "Nashville Star" contestant has penned half the songs on his upcoming new independent project, which is due out later this year. The new collection features barnburners like the fun, rowdy "Sin Coming On," and the sweetly patriotic ode to the Lone Star state, "Ain't Never Been To Texas," which Jason feels is a moving anthem to the part of the country he loves most. He's excited to be making music his way, and feels this new project is the most true and honest reflection of who he is as an artist
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2010-06-01
JOE BERRY: Honky tonkin´ on my mind / Say it ain´t so / Texas in my blood / A good chance to cry
Joe Berry is an inductee in the "Traditional Country Hall Of Fame", Singing some songs in a Hollywood movie, performing member of "The Traditional Country Orr)" and has shared the stage with some of The biggest names in country music. He has appeared many times on the Stage of "The Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree and is a National and International touring artist.
Joe just completed writing and recording an all original twelve song CD Titled "The Honkytonk Highway" on "Heart Records" which is already Considered a possible candidate for a hit by NBC and BBC networks through Uplaya a song rating service. The first night it aired on my 105.9 country In forty minutes time the station received thirty phones calls asking who the Artist is, what is the title, and where could they buy it. Joe is scheduled to Do a interview with Stephan Kent of my 105.9 in a show called "The Country Yarn"
Joe and his band are looking forward I'd to touring the rest of this year 2010 andfollowing a great record. You folks stop by and see Joe when he comes to a Town near you I know you will not be disappointed.
Label: MusicSUBMIT Ankom: 2010-06-01
KIM DELLAVEDOVA: Dapper Dan
City Keepers is the eagerly anticipated new release from singer-songwriter, Kim Dellavedova. The quality of Dellavedova’s songwriting on the record is formidable, not afraid to employ a killer riff, her stripped back songs are punchy and have choruses that want to be sung.
Kim has been captivating audiences with this collection of songs live, performing with 60’s tone-master guitarist/producer Scott Wilson, delivering her take on classic country/soul, swampy blues, to songs with refreshingly cheeky, upbeat pop/rock grooves.
While the strength of Dellavedova’s songwriting on this album is outstanding, the performances and recordings are stunning. The album has already been described as one of Australias finest collections of folk/country music.
Label: MusicSUBMIT Ankom: 2010-06-01
JOHN MAINES Jr: Bad side of me
John Maines, Jr. is an International Country Music Singer-Songwriter and Recording Artist, Traditional Country with Todays Sound. He is generally associated with artists such as Waylon Jennings, Mark Chestnut, and David Allen Coe. He started playing the guitar and writing songs at the age of fourteen. By the age of fifteen, he was performing shows with Ernest Tubb and Freddie Hart. Over the years, John has recorded five albums (four on CD format, the earliest being available only on record and cassette). He has also released a variety of 45's early on in his career.
He is no stranger to airplay: John has had thirteen songs in the Top 10, eleven songs in the Top 20, and sixteen songs in the Top 40 on the Country Music Charts in the United States and Europe. Notably, two of his songs also reached the number 1 position on the charts in 2010.
John continues to be noticed and gain acclaim. For three consecutive years, he has been nominated for a Grammy award (2007, 2008, and 2009, four nominations in all). The nominations were for the categories Male Vocalist of the Year, Best Country Album (Long Hard Road), Best New Country Male Artist, and Best Country Song (You Used to Be The One). He was also nominated for 3 Awards in Europe for 2008 by the European Country Music Association. Those nominations were for Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of The Year, and Song of The Year (Outlaw Runnin' Wild). John was nominated for Breakthrough Artist by New Music Weekly in 2009, also.
Most recently, John has been working on his upcoming release. The album, The Bad Side Of Me, is slated for worldwide release in 2010.
John has no intentions of slowing down. A truly gifted Country Music Singer-Songwriter, guitar player, and International Country Music Recording Artist, it just goes to show that John Maines, Jr. has a passion for Country Music and what Country Music is all about.
John Maines, Jr. might be called independent. But, he is a true, professional, Country Music Entertainer.
Label: Endless Love Records Ankom: 2010-05-31
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 138
MICHAEL PETERSON: Good day for leaving
GARY CURTIS: Cut me loose
NEIL ANDREWS: I forgot to remember
SUZANNE EDWARDS: Long before we met
RED HOT POKER DOTS: Beer liquor wine
DEAN PHILLIPS: Radio song
MASON: When freedom comes
T GRAHAM BROWN: Love and broken hearts
CURTIS McGEE: Picture of Jesus on the wall
NATASHA SPENCE: Everything that glitters (is not Gold)
DONNY RICHMOND & THE JORDANAIRES: King of O´Connell Street
RONNIE BAKER: Stronger than diamonds
BYRON HILL: After you´re gone
CERRITO & LANE BRODY: South of the border
ALBERT HUZELING: Jesus came right in front of me
BILL DURHAM: Southern lady
REX ALLEN: L-O-N-E-S-O-M-E Letter Blues
ANNE MURRAY: You needed me
TAMMY WYNETTE & GEORGE JONES: We´re gonna hold on
DAVID SLATER: Exchange of hearts
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 2010-05-31
DONJAMES LEBLANC: I must be a mushroom
Donjames LeBlanc says "He's a lonely mushroom growin in the park. Will you be that someone to light the dark?" Donjames....guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, teacher was born March 7, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada of Acadien/French & Irish Lineage. He plays several musical instruments and is a veteran of multiformat music. He has 9 different (vocal/guitar instrumental) compact disques available through his website www.donjamesleblanc.com. Two of these 9 CD:s and part of another are guitar instrumentals: i.e. 7 plus cds are all vocals
Label: Music Machine Records Ankom: 2010-05-30
HERMANN LAMMERS MEYER with SANDRA CAROLL: Puttin´ tears to a tune
CD "Nashville Is Rough On The Living" ......... will be released SOON. www.myspace.com/hlammersmeyer, www.hermannlammersmeyer.de
Label: Desert Kid Records Ankom: 2010-05-30
KRIS MILLER: I´m leaving now (June song)
As an inspirational song for Father’s Day, we’re pleased to be sending you Kris Millers latest Release “I’m Listening Now” with special guest vocalist Eric Hinson, of the Hinson family.
Kris and well known writer Marc A. Barnett from Nashville won first place for co-writing this song from the North American Country Music Association 2010. “I’m listening Now” also won first place in the songwriting category at the prestigious ICMA 2010.
Thanks go to Greg Hutchins, the popular morning DJ for Solid Gospel, for a great job of production.
This song is a tribute to a Fathers patience and wisdom, and a child’s realization of that love.
Label: www.krismillermusic.com Ankom: 2010-05-27
TRAILERPARK IDLERS: Death, Jail or Hillbilly Music
Label: Something Wicked Ankom: 2010-05-27
DOC WALKER: Go
Over their decade-plus time together, Doc Walker have earned the title of ‘the hardest working country band in Canada’ the old fashioned way, through relentless perseverance and constantly honing their chops as songwriters and performers.
“It’s three guys that have known each other a long time and when you put us in the same room together, it’s what comes out. It’s not trying to be something. It’s really just what happens when the three of us get together, with all of our different influences,” explains Doc Walker’s Murray Pulver.
Go, which was released last fall in Canada, saw the band nominated for a 2010 JUNO Award for Country Album of The Year, for the second year in a row.
(Doc Walker took home the 2009 JUNO Award for Country Album of the Year for their previous album entitled ‘Beautiful Life). GO has produced 3 top10 hits with the singles Coming Home and If I Fall, as well as the latest single I’m Gonna Make You Love Me, which is steadily climbing the charts. Since 1997, Doc Walker has recorded 6 albums showcasing their musical versatility, performing everything from traditional outlaw country and bluegrass, all the way through 1970s hard rock, ‘90s alternative rock, and classic R ‘n B.
The award-winning group took their sound down under in March of this year, playing for the first time in Australia at CMC Rocks The Snowys, a festival that takes place in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. The performance was nothing short of distinctive and while the band was down under, their
single If I Fall, climbed to the number one spot on the Australian CMC Top 50! Australia would not soon forget Doc Walker.
While their talent and sheer determination has netted them multiple top 10 and top 5 hits on Canadian radio and the Canadian music industry’s highest awards and accolades, the real payoff for is more accurately measured in the band’s mutual dedication to each other and the music.
Label: Open Road Recordings Ankom: 2010-05-25
RAY STEVENS: We the people
RAY STEVENS is releasing "We The People," a CD/DVD package that includes 22 tracks and four videos.
The videos include "We the People," which was featured twice on The O'Reilly Factor, "Caribou Barbie," "Throw the Bums Out" and "Thank You" filmed at Nashville's Veteran's Cemetary. "We the People," "Caribou Barbie" and the "Throw the Bums Out" videos have become viral sensations with millions of views on YouTube
Other songs on the collection include hits like "The Global Warming Song," "Mr. Businessman" which is a special tribute to Bernie Madoff, "Obama Nation" and "If 10% is Good Enough for Jesus it Oughta be Enough for Uncle Sam," among others. There are also stirring patriotic songs including "Stand Up (For What You Stand For)," "The Star Spangled Banner," "Safe at Home" and a special "Thank You" to our troops.
Multi-platinum recording artist, songwriter and two-time Grammy winner, Ray Stevens has sold over over 25 million albums and over 4 million videos throughout his illustrious career.
From his comedy hit, "The Streak" to the socially aware "Mr. Businessman" to his Grammy award winning pop standard "Everything is Beautiful," Stevens continues to showcase his observant and witty songwriting.
Ray Stevens was born Harold Ray Ragsdale in Clarkdale, Georgia, a small cotton mill town twenty miles north of Atlanta, on January 24, 1939. At six years old while taking piano lessons, Ray had the realization that music would be his life.
Label: Clyde Records Inc Ankom: 2010-05-25
JIM HANFT: Burn me in my boots
Label: Veranda Independent Records Ankom: 2010-05-25
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hillcrest 54
ROBERT MIZZELL: Mama Courtney
LISA McHIGH: Old fashioned girl
AUBREY LOVEJOY: Silence in the wind
JOLINA CARL: Can´t stay anymore
MARTY RIVERS: Call Colorado
STACY GRUBB: Runaway train
CLIFFY SHORT: You´re leaving for good
SUSAN CATTANEO: Love takes what it takes
JUSTIN McGURK: We´re gonna be alright
LANA ROSS: The walls
MARUREEN MacGILLAVRY: Blue Kentucky girl
BROCK EASTERBROCK: I´m gonna change everything
SHERRY KENNEDY: Don´t touch me - please?
CARLEEN STILL: Coal miners daughter
JIM SADER: How far is heaven
Label: Hillcrest Ankom: 2010-05-24
JASON ROGERS: It ain´t braggin´ / Remembering the good ones
For Jason Rogers, music has always been a central part of life. Growing up in a small, rural community in eastern Canada, Jason's character was rooted in a simple, less complicated way of life that has always been intrinsic to country music. Jason was completely at home just exploring nature. Hobbies such as hunting and fishing were activities that really brought a sense of both adventure and fulfillment and personified his perspective on what life should really be about.
Label: Cashbox Records Ankom: 2010-05-22
FRANK FARA: Songs of the Untamed West
George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid and Panco Villa ride again. Only this time sm of their lesser known friends are riding along side. Outlaws left out of the history books like Black Cowboy Isom Dart or the cattle & sheep wars range detective Diamondfield Jack
Label: Comstock Records Ankom: 2010-05-19
MICHAEL THOMASON BAND: 100% chance of Tears
Michael´s "100% chance of tears" album is filled with some great new songs as well as a couple of his past radio favorites. The CD also contains a delightful booklet which features all the song lyrics as well as a lot of fun photos from his tours. Michael´s new album also features two ealy recordings that he recorded at Buck Owens studios in 1974 which were backed by the amazing Buckaroos themselves. Michael has been promoted by Comstock four years with his last 2 singles reaching Top 10 of the ECMA Top 100. He also received a nomination for Country Band of the Year.
Label: Comstock Records Ankom: 2010-05-19
RING OF FIRE: Walk the line
Label: Ankom: 2010-05-18
PAT GARRETT: Bailout
Written & recorded by Pat Garrett. From the album "CountryVersial Tunes". Available on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, and most online outlets
Label: Ankom: 2010-05-17
CASH IS KING: Edged in Black
Albumet "Edged in black" innehåller 17 starka låtar från Cash Is Kings repertoar, där man återskapar, tolkar och uppdaterar låtar signerade - eller på annat sätt förknippade med - "The man in black": Johnny Cash. Johnny Cashs lekamen må sedan flera år tillbaka ligga begravd i en kista sex fot under marken, men hans själ andas och lever fortfarande i ytterst välmåga i Sverige. Längst fram närmast scenkanten står kajalsvärtade tonårsflickor och skriker. En bit bakom dem står grånade äldre män med tårar i ögonen och lyssnar. Lite längre bort dansar leende medelålders par tätt sammanslingrande. Luften vibrerar av de smäktande tonerna i Rose Of My Heart - Johnny Cashs kärlekssång till sin älskade duettpartner och livskamrat June Carter. På scenen står det svenska bandet Cash Is King.
Label: Ball & Chain Records Ankom: 2010-05-10
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex
BRIAN STRANGE & THE STRANGE BROTHERS: Sick and tired, worried and nervous Brian Strange and The Strange Brothers capture the current emotion of our Nation with their new single "Sick and Tired, Worried and Nervous"
JOEL WARREN: Leavin´ Lubbock When rancher Joel Warren went in to record his debut single “Leavin’ Lubbock,” he could have never predicted how close the lyrics would mirror his own life in the months that followed. “I am living proof that you can never say country music isn’t about real life stories. That’s why I think we’ve found a strong audience with this song.” Joel has been visiting stations throughout Texas bringing his traditional music to new audiences. “Joel is exactly what I want. He puts the country back in Texas country. I like the whole album,”JB CloudKBCY-FM Abilene, TX. “He was great! We had him on air and then he sat down and picked out four or five tunes. It’s very refreshing to find a new artist in the Texas market that displays true Texas roots in his music.”Dawn Anderson KRUN Ballinger, TXThis Austin based performer is wrangling his way to the top with a fresh throwback to country’s roots and a determined attitude. Reared by a champion steer wrestling father, Joel grew up thriving on cheers from the rodeo crowds. Now he’s performing for a different, yet equally stimulating crowd in the country music scene. His debut has been featured in Country Weekly, Country Music People, Digital Rodeo and New Music Weekly. Joel’s video can be streamed online at GACTV.com and CMT.com. His video also climbed all the way to number one on the Y’allturnative list at Yallwire.com. Get the latest on Joel at JoelWarrenCountry.com
CLINT MARTIN: Old time old #7 whiskey Clint Martin has country in his soul and it shows through his music. Clint writes songs that are true and cuts straight to the core. Growing up on a beef cattle ranch in south central Texas, Clint realized what hard work was and sticks to his roots. Clint began listening to Texas music, growing up around famous places like Gruene Hall and Schroeder Hall. Some of his influences include George Strait, Robert Earl Keen, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Jason Boland, and Jamie Richards. At the age of 16, Clint picked up his first guitar and learned to play basic songs and began writing at the age of 18. While attending Tarleton State University, Clint became involved with more experienced musicians and joined a Texas country band as a front man. The typical college band lasted two years before breaking up in 2004. Clint began writing songs and built a catalog of great country tunes, with a modern sound. In 2007 Clint established The Clint Martin Band and began playing around Texas. The next year Clint recorded his freshman record titled “Proven”. Tommy Detamore of Cherry Ridge Studios in Floresville, Texas co-produced the album with Clint. The album consists of eleven original songs, including his debut single “West Side of The Tracks”. Clint’s first single held tight on the Texas Music Chart for ten weeks in the forties before reaching # 39 on week of Nov. 2nd. The single got Clint state wide recognition as well as airplay overseas in Europe and Australia. The new single “Old Time Old # 7 Whiskey” is a great summertime drinking song that fits Texas music like a hand in a glove. Clint Martin Band has opened for artists such as Kevin Fowler, Jamie Richards, Cory Morrow, Granger Smith, and The Bellamy Brothers. Clint Martin’s shows are based around great originals and classic covers that you will force anybody to head to the dance floor. So kick back and check out Clint’s new single “Old Time Old # 7 Whiskey”!
ERNEST BROWN: Chicken mobilin´ Having been raised in East and South Texas, I was exposed to country music at an early age. Gravitating to country music after I graduated from high school in San Benito, Texas, was a natural thing for me. I moved to Houston after graduation, began driving a truck. The next two years, I played drums for my older brother, Joe, every chance I got. The next three years I served in the Army. I learned to play a guitar and all the songs I could while stationed in Germany, formed a band and played the service man’s club. Upon returning home after the service my brother, Joe, and I formed a band called The Countrysides and played the clubs around Houston. After a couple of years, I left the band and returned to my second love, trucking. But, I didn’t leave music and music didn’t leave me. I continue to play every chance I get.In 1991, I married my high school sweetheart, Pat Mobley. It was one of those meant to be’s and still is. Because of her love, support and encouragement I started writing songs. The songs you will hear on my website (www.ernestbrownmusic.com) are the result of that support and encouragement. More songs to be added in the near future. I hope you will enjoy the songs you hear and that you will be touched in a special way by one or all.Being a man who dearly loves his country, is very concerned of the direction this country is going and a Vietnam Veteran, I wrote “Where Are You Going America?”, one of the songs found on my website
RICHIE ALBRIGHT: Makeup & faded blue jeans Richie Allbright is a thirty seven year old singer-songwriter who hails from the small South Texas town of Mathis. His influences are some of the greatest in Country Music such as Willie, Waylon and Merle, and they can be heard in his music. Richie knew from the time he was eight years old that he was destined to be a country singer and he has been pursuing that destiny ever since. He was a mere fourteen years old when he took the stage at J.D.’s lounge in Corpus Christi and from the time he sang Merle Haggard’s “ Swinging Doors”, he knew being a singer wasn’t one of many choices for him, but the only choice. Since that night, Richie has performed at clubs and honky tonks throughout Texas as well as, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois. IN 1994 Richie left Texas for Music City USA and the dream of a record deal. He took with him all the addictions and demons that would pursue him relentlessly for another 8 years. While in Nashville, Richie worked for Gilley's and played at various other local bars. He quickly made a name for himself among his peers as “one of the best traditional singers in town”. With this kind of encouragement, Richie was convinced his big break was right around the corner but his old friend alcoholism had such a grip on him that he lost focus on his dreams. After the failure of his second marriage in 2002, he moved back to Dallas Texas to try and get sober. He was successful and went back to Nashville in 2003 to take a clear eyed crack at his goal. He put the pain of a lifetime of addiction into some heartfelt songs. By 2006 Richie had his life back on track but Country Music had evolved into something he no longer recognized. He was introduced to famed Music Producer Fred Foster, who loved Richie's voice and style and had him do a demo. The demo was a mix of Richie's own songs as well as some covers made famous by his influences. Although Nashville had turned more toward a non traditional sound, the demo got into the hands of some people involved in the Texas Music community. With the urging of his brother and some friends who were having some success in the Texas market, he made the drastic move back to South Texas. Here he was certain he could do the music he wanted to do and do it his way. Armed with the songs that had come from his heart and life, Richie worked with Bill Green, producer of such greats as Darrell McCall and Johnny Bush, to create an album that he could be proud of. With the release of this album titled " If I'd Known Then" in early 2009, comes not the end of a story but the beginning that he has waited for his entire life. After fourteen years of struggling in Nashville, a dream is fulfilled and he can’t help but look back on where he has been. There have been marriages, divorces, losses and addictions but he has emerged on the other side to see a dream realized
JUSTIN HAIGH: People like me With his first album on the Texas based label Apache Ranch Records, Justin is looking to make a name for himself in the country music world. After the successful release of his first single, “A Real Good Year For Beer” (written by label mate john Arthur martinez), he is back with “People Like Me.” A honky tonkin’ song about self realization and “livin’ hard.” The album is due out this summer and features some pretty impressive song writers. Justin penned “Waylon”, a song about the life and songs of Waylon Jennings. The rest of the cast includes Erv Woolsey, Mary Gauthier, Bobby Pinson, Jamey Johnson, Merle Haggard, Freddy Powers, Kevin Higgins, John Greenberg and many more. The album was produced by Lew Curatolo who has produced john Arthur martinez, Vince Legget and the Dust Devils. Look for your promo copy in the mail soon
DEREK SHOLL: When they come back Derek Sholl Today, Derek eagerly anticipates the April 26th release of his new single “When They Come Back,” a powerful and evocative tribute to America’s returning combat veterans. Co-written with legendary songwriter Tim Johnson, “When They Come Back” will surely speak to a generation’s struggle to readjust to life here at home after facing death and trauma overseas."When They Come Back," is a great tribute to our uniformed men and women. Being an Iraq Vet this song was like a bittersweet time machine. One second I was eagerly listening for the next line in the lyrics, and the next second I found myself flooded with memories of the war and the brothers we lost. There hasn't been a more moving song to send chills down my spine since Tim McGraw's "If You're Reading This" or John Michael Montgomery's "Letters From Home." Instantly I loved the song. Derek you are a true patriot.Thank you.Semper Fi,Cory Hixson(Sgt. USMC, 2001-2005)Derek’s writing this song has brought on many new opportunities including singing the anthem and this song at major sporting events, concerts raising money for returning military, and, the life of the song “When They Come Back” has also generated a campaign by the same name that encourages us to put ourselves in the boots of the American Military men and women. This campaign will raise money for those returning from battle. Derek Sholl’s song “When They Come Back” will also appear on a compilation garnished by the top artists and bands of the Texas and Red Dirt Music Scene. This compilation is set for a Summer, 2010 release.As a kid, Derek Sholl dreamed of making it to the big leagues, to feel the incredible power of a ball park cheering for his team, and to knock one into the cheap seats with the game on the line. A common dream, but uncommonly, it came true. Out of college, this charismatic Southern Californian signed with the Kansas City Royals. Yet, sometimes it takes the rough hand of fate to send a man chasing his true calling in life. On his first day as a pro, a wild pitch broke one of his knuckles. While on the injured list, he entertained his teammates by singing the country songs they loved to hear. He soon adopted the passion of the music he imitated, and could be found strumming a guitar in the dugout, doing his best impressions of Alan Jackson and Randy Travis.“I would just mess around and sing to them at practice. They laughed, but would say, ‘Man, you’re really good! Either get off the disabled list or get yourself to Nashville!” Sholl recalls. Every time Derek came off the injured list, his pro baseball career would suffer another freakish blow. A fast ball broke his arm just after his first return to the outfield. Finally, a torn Achilles tendon ended his dreams of MLB greatness for good. Little did Derek Sholl know that when he parted ways with the Royals, his true opportunity in the big leagues would come from the talents he had honed off the baseball diamond.The poignant lyrics and great life stories that form the lifeblood of country music spoke to Derek in a way unlike any music he’d experienced growing up. He hung up his cleats, picked up his guitar and made his mind up to conquer a new mountain: the country music scene.He formed a band, and his smooth baritone voice captivated packed venues all over the South until a handshake deal turned into a three year run opening for Jay Leno’s live show at the Mirage in Las Vegas.“He plays every gig like it’s the Grand Ole Opry and I think that is the key” Jay Leno Derek recalls, “Playing for Jay at The Mirage in Las Vegas was a privilege for all of us! People would visit his show from all over the world and even though we had built a fan base at the casinos, we had a different kind of crowd every night with Jay. It taught me how to work a big stage.”When under the lights, Derek’s engaging smile and obvious passion turned accidental attendees into devoted fans. His shows combine boot stomping fun with honest lyrics in such a way that audiences readily identify with Derek’s music.Fresh from his run in Vegas, Derek set his sights on the Lone Star State. In 2006, he recorded his debut album DON’T THREATEN ME WITH A GOOD TIME and released his first radio song, “Pray For Me” to the Texas music scene.DON’T THREATEN ME WITH A GOOD TIME won over critics and fans alike.Countrychart.com wrote, “Sholl's album shows that he is a gifted songwriter with a huge drive, a skill for marketing and, most importantly, an amazing new country voice that is definitely just warming up. So move over Randy and Alan, the name of the next batter is Derek Sholl.”In 2008, Robert K. Oermann gave his DISCovery Award in Music Row magazine to Sholl for “Here,” an honor given to country music’s most noteworthy up-and-coming artists. “Here” broke onto Music Row’s chart’s top 100 after just two weeks at radio and went #1 on the Country Music Airplay Charts in Germany.Derek Sholl has always dreamed big. Though fate threw him a curve ball and forced him away from the bright lights of major league ball, his drive and talent earned him a spotlight on a new stage and the realization of a second dream come true
TENA RAE HELM: Nobody´s watching
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2010-05-10
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
FELICITY URQUHART: Girl in the mall The biographical song Girl In The Mall from Felicity Urquhart, continues to rise up the radio charts in Australia. The single was a finalist earlier this year for APRA Song Of The Year, at the Golden Guitar awards, co-written with Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors). Label: RUM Entertainment
MONTGOMERY GENTRY: While you´re still young While You're Still Young is the second single from the soon-to-be released album by Montgomery Gentry, Freedom, for Columbia-Nashville
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES: Victory Trampled By Turtles (TBT) is an American bluegrass band from Duluth, Minnesota. Their lineup is formed by Dave Simonett-- guitar, vocals - Tim Saxhaug-- bass, vocals, Dave Carroll - banjo, vocals, Erik Berry - mandolin, vocals and Ryan Young - fiddle. Their 6th album is called Palomino (BanjDad Records 2010) from which this song is taken
SARAH BLACKWOOD: Wasting time Sarah Blackwood is Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarrist, who has released her brand new album, Wasting Time. This is the first single out in Europe.
MARTY RAYBON: The heat is on Marty Raybon, born 1959 in Greenville, Alabama is known for his role as the lead singer of the band Shenandoah, which he held from 85 to 96. He recorded his first solo album in 1995 on Sparrow Records. After leaving Shenandoah in 1996, he and his brother Tim formed a duo known as the Raybon Brothers, which had success in 1997. The Raybon Brothers split up in 1997, and Marty Raybon resumed his career as a solo artist. A second self-titled album was released in 2000, followed by 2003's Full Circle. 2006 saw the release of When the Sand Runs Out. The album At His Best was released April 6, 2010 by Label Hi Five, and The Heat Is On is the second single
COURT YARD HOUNDS: The coast Court Yard Hounds is a duo founded by sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison. They, along with Natalie Maines, make up the Dixie Chicks, which went on hiatus in 2008. Maguire and Robison decided to record a new Dixie Chicks album in 2009, but when Maines stated that she was not ready, the sisters decided to record a side project under a different name. Court Yard Hounds released its debut album for Columbia Records, the same label for which the Dixie Chicks has recorded, in May 2010. The Coast is the first single.
DARYLE SINGLETARY: Love you with the lights on European release of Love You With the Lights On, first and only one single from the album Rockin' in the Country by Daryle Singletary (E1 Music)
CHRIS JANSON: Til a woman comes along Chris Janson (born ca. 1986 in Missouri). He signed to BNA Records in October 2009 and released his debut single, Til a Woman Comes Along, in April 2010. The song debuted at 56 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week ending May 1, 2010
COLT FORD: Chicken & bisquits Chicken & Biscuits is the 1st single from the album of the same name, 2nd release from the Georgia singer and previous professional golf player Jason Farris Brown, known professionally as Colt Ford. Record label is Average Joe's Entertainment
DAVID BALL: Hot water pipe First single release by David Ball from his latest album Sparkle City (Label: Red Dirt/E1). Song is Hot Water Pipe.
JOHNNY GIMBLE: Somewhere south of San Antone Johnny Gimble was born May 30, 1926 is an American musician associated with Western swing. He is an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most impressive fiddlers in the genre's history. His latest 2010 release is Celebrating With Friends. Here's a duo included with Vince Gill, Somwhere South of San Antone
DANIELLE PECK: Can´t behave "Can't Behave" is the 2nd single from the album of the same name by North Carolina singer Danielle Peck (Big Machine Records)
CHARLIE LOUVIN: Darling Corey "Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs" is the last album by country music legend Charles Elzer Loudermilk (born 1927), known professionally as Charlie Louvin. An American singer and songwriter, best known as one of the Louvin Brothers. "Darling Corey" is the single taken from the album (Label: Tompkins Square)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD: Undo it Undo It is gonna be the 3rd single from the album "Play On" (released by 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville) by top entertainer Carrie Underwood.
KEITH URBAN: I´m in I'm In is gonna be Keith Urban's 5th single release from his latest album "Defying Gravity" (Capitol Nashville)
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-05-08
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 137
NICKI GILLIS with FRANK IFIELD: I remember you
SABASTIAN ROBERTS & LORRIE MORGAN: Dress for the rain
RONICA COLDIRON: Chocolate, coffee and cowboys
BRANDYN CROSS: If money talks (it ain´t on speakin´ terms with me)
KARIN WRIGHT: Lonesome prison
AUBREY LOVEJOY: Silence in the windLI>RONNIE BAKER: From the bottom of my heart
SLIM WHITMAN: Long song of the waterfall
DOUG ADKINS: Why not
JACKED UP: Staring at the light
ALLY HERRON: Wild Irish rose
TOM LAVERTY: Searching
MEXICAN JOE WALKER: The words won´t come
MARK W. GLASMIRE: You opened my eyes
JANEY KIRK: Another woman´s man
DANE STEVENS: Sweet sweet woman
REDD STEWART & HIS KENTUCKY COLONELS: Thy burdens are greater than mine
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 2010-05-06
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christan Music - "Gonna Walk With My Lord" - NCM 73
TANYA CHRISTINA: Perfectly
RICHARD BIRCH & SIMON VAN DOWNHAM: Shine your love
KEITH MOULAND: River of love
LIZ CLARKE: I am strong
PAUL OVERSTREET: He wants to be like me
HELEN SHAPIRO: Many will call
HEAL OUR LAND SINGERS: Heal our land
CHARLOTTE KERCE: Candle in the window
TRUE: Abraham´s song
AMIE SALEM-ALLAO: Jesus your way
PAUL BALOCHE: Glorious
ANNETTE BORRILL: My guiding light
WES DAVIS & JERRY ARHELGER: Faith, hope and love
BEVERLY TROTMAN: Awesome God
JIMMY WAKELEY & THE JORDANAIRES: Gonna walk with my Lord
DETLING LIVE (Leigh Barnard): Our God reigns
JO STAFFORD & LEE BROTHERS: He bought my soul at Calvary
JESSY DIXON: Get away Jordan
JANIS ENGLISH: Father draw me closer
TERRY WARREN: We´re all God´s children
ELVIS PRESLEY & THE JORDANAIRES: Peace in the valley
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 2010-05-06
CASH IS KING: Jackson / Jukebox blues
Albumet "Edged in black" innehåller 17 starka låtar från Cash Is Kings repertoar, där man återskapar, tolkar och uppdaterar låtar signerade - eller på annat sätt förknippade med - "The man in black": Johnny Cash. Johnny Cashs lekamen må sedan flera år tillbaka ligga begravd i en kista sex fot under marken, men hans själ andas och lever fortfarande i ytterst välmåga i Sverige. Längst fram närmast scenkanten står kajalsvärtade tonårsflickor och skriker. En bit bakom dem står grånade äldre män med tårar i ögonen och lyssnar. Lite längre bort dansar leende medelålders par tätt sammanslingrande. Luften vibrerar av de smäktande tonerna i Rose Of My Heart - Johnny Cashs kärlekssång till sin älskade duettpartner och livskamrat June Carter. På scenen står det svenska bandet Cash Is King.
Label: Ball & Chain Records Ankom: 2010-05-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
JIMMY BUFFETT: Summerzcoolz Summerzcool is a song by Jimmy Buffett, a single only release later included on Buffet Hotel, Jimmys last album (Dec 2009, Mailboat Records).
GLORIANA: The world is ours tonight The World Is Ours Tonight is the 3rd single from Gloriana debut album, which was released August 4, 2009 by Emblem/Reprise/Warner Bros. Gloriana is an American group founded in 2008. Its composed of brothers Tom and Mike Gossin (vocals, guitar), as well as Rachel Reinert (vocals, tambourine) and Cheyenne Kimball (vocals, mandolin). Before the band's foundation, Kimball was the 2002 winner of the competition America's Most Talented Kid and a solo artist on Epic Records
LAURA BELL BUNDY: Giddy on up Giddy On Up is the 1st single from Achin' and Shakin (Mercury Nashville). This is Laura Bell Bundy's second Cd release (First was a wonderful independent release). She's from Kentucky
JOHNNY REID: Old flame Johnny Reid (born 1974 in Lanark, Scotland) is an artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. He moved to Canada in 1988 when he was 13. Reid was named Male Artist of the Year at both the 2008 and 2009 CCMA Awards. Old Flame is the 3rd single from album Dance With Me (Open Road) and its been a number 4 in Canada
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-04-28
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex
THE GRINGO KINGS: On my way home The Gringo Kings have a style of their own. Their energetic music with Texas flair tells the story of rodeos, friends, cowboys, and just growing up. The band was formed in May of 2007 and has been going strong ever since. Scott Burgess and Torey Smith cover vocals and rhythm guitar, while Tim Burge wows the crowd on lead guitar. Randy Lincoln holds down the low notes on bass guitar and Mike Reeves stitches it all together on drums. Scott’s years as a rodeo cowboy have had a great impact on his style of song writing. Artists such as Chris LeDoux, Merle Haggard, Jason Boland, and Cross Canadian Ragweed are some of those who influenced the Gringo Kings. This explains their unique expansive style of music. They perform an endless variety of cover music and originals from the newly released CD “Thank God for the Cowboy”, and their new self titled CD. They can be seen at venues all over Texas, and soon throughout the country. To hear some great music with high energy, check out one of our upcoming shows. The Gringo Kings have never met a stranger so stop by and say “Hi”
COUGAR CREEK: You´re hot
DIRT BROTHERS: G.R.I.T.S. Down Home Rockin' Country direct from Memphis the coolest music you will ever hear is coming to your local radio station and late night television! Sit back and enjoy the party! Get all the latest news and concert dates right here! National Touring information will be posted here on Reverb and coming soon to http://www.BubbaRecords.com.
JAMES LANN: The Talent Requires A fifth generation cowboy, James Lann has traded in a rope and a saddle for a guitar and a song. Now equipped with Honky Tonk Kung Fu, his second album, Lann has completed a transformation from young new artist to esteemed songwriter and performer, a transformation that has been a long hard road.“This year we are full blast with our new booking agency and management. I will be able to concentrate on our live shows. We just look forward to getting out there and performing, and that’s the fun part. Playing music is something that I love with a passion and I’m not gonna give it up for anything else,” says Lann.It wasn’t until the release of the first album F-O-R-D that Lann began to get noticed for his original material. F-O-R-D was released and the title song attracted attention across the southwest. The next single, “You’re From The Country Too” shot to the top of the Texas Music Charts peaking at #6. His third release, “Honky Tonk Two Step Queen,” went to #1 and finished as one of the “ten most spun” songs on Texas radio stations in 2009
TRAVIS ANDREWS: Another love Native to the Dallas area, Travis Andrews spent a lot of time at the rodeo in Mesquite, in a time when country music was at its apex. The influences of the late 80’s and early 90’s country is clearly audible in his style of writing and delivery. He later moved to San Angelo to hone his craft in the sleepy West Texas town before making the pilgrimage to Nashville. Upon his arrival, he found himself immersed in the local songwriting scene with the caliber of writers many dream of. His first few weeks in town found him backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, where he found the people and artists alike to be friendly, knowledgeable and down to earth. He’s played in many honkytonks and esteemed venues there, including the coveted Wild Horse, The Stage, Layla’s Bluegrass Inn, Tootsie’s, and the Nashville Palace. He lived on Music Row, providing him an opportunity to sit in with top writers in the industry. In the spring of 2007, and after several years on the road, Travis returned home to North Texas to launch his career in Country music. His first project, "Baby I'm Yours", has all the hallmarks of longevity - outstanding songs, professional production with veteran Nashville musicians, and a smooth delivery that breathes life and soul into each track. When asked about his music's style and qualities, Andrews has a simple response -"I'm so grateful to have worked with the guys that inspired me to write. It's amazing - the sounds in the songs I grew with on are on my record".Travis currently has two songs in CD Tex’s Top 100 Downloads for 2010.
CON HUNLEY: Victims of the system Con Hunley's New Single “Victims of the System” A Protest Anthem for the Middle Class IMMI Records announces the release of Con Hunley’s latest single, Victims of the System, impacting radio in April 2010. Produced by Grammy-nominated producer Norro Wilson and Con Hunley and written by Con, Kim Williams and Larry Shell, Victims of the System delivers a powerful punch that the vast majority of Americans will relate to. No matter your political persuasion, this anthem for the middle class is sure to be a hit for your listeners!
Starting April 26th, IMMI Records is offering a free download of the song to Con's fans - so direct your listeners to http://www.conhunley.com to get their free download! To schedule a phone interview with Con Hunley, contact Ruth Akers at 865-523-2192. About Con Hunley - Country music veteran Con Hunley has placed over 20 hits on the country charts since 1978 and continues to wow audiences with his unique soulful style. After successful stints with Warner Bros., Capitol and MCA, Hunley currently records exclusively with independent label IMMI Records. After signing Hunley in 2004, IMMI Records licensed and re-mastered most of his hits from the ‘70’s and ‘80’s, making the music available on CD format for the first time ever. Hunley’s 2004 release on IMMI, Sweet Memories, was selected by CMT.com as one of their “Top 10 Country Albums of 2004.” Shoot From The Heart, released in 2006, won critical acclaim and featured unique contributions from some of Nashville’s finest songwriters including Dean Dillon, Larry Bastian, Steve Gulley and Kim Williams.
DeWAYNE TERRY: DeWayne has graced the stages in dives, big city nightclubs and concert arenas since the age of 19. He has beat the musical pavement from Nashville to Los Angeles, living and working as a writer and performer. With his musical creativeness and passion for heartfelt music, it's nowander why his rich baritone sound, and smooth voice is a music lovers favorite. DeWayne has a fresh new outlook and great sound as well, with his six peice band traveling east to west coast playing day in and day out.But Texas has his heart, He's been in Texas the last 12 years, where he makes his home-base. "I wouldn't settle anywhere else" he says. The venues are awesome and they are plenty.Be sure and catch DeWaynes live show sometime,if you like his CD, you'll love his performing
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2010-04-26
RED RIVER MUDCATS: Texas Eagle / Good day for the blues / Crescent moon
The Red River Mudcats are "Texhoma Southern Fried" Americana Roots music; a great blend of Americana Red Dirt Country, and Roots Country - true to the notorious sounds of Texas and Oklahoma.
From the Dallas Texas & Stillwater Oklahoma music scenes and with a home base of Dallas Texas, Mudcats members have been integral participants in the infamous Texas and Oklahoma music scenes for many years.
Liz Calendar, the lead vocalist and guitarist, is a native of Dallas, Tex., and a passionate singer/songwriter and former RCA recording artist. At age 17, she began to work with Dallas songwriter/producer Jerry Abbott of Pantego Sound Studio (father of Daryl and Vinnie of Pantera) and by 19, Liz had three Top-5 independent country singles. She was the longtime featured artist for the house band at the "Cowboys Dance Hall" clubs in Dallas, Arlington and Atlanta. There, Liz performed for capacity crowds, 5 nights a week, for several years, and she opened for almost every major country act in the business, including George Jones, Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, and many others.
Jeff Parker, on guitars, keys and vocals hails from Newkirk, Okla. He is without a doubt, one of the top guitarists in the business. As a performer, he has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada, playing all styles of music and sharing the stage and performing with acts including, Buck Owens, Rodney Crowell, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Jerry Jeff Walker, among countless others. In addition, Parker owns of Cimarron Sound Lab of Stillwater, Okla., and has produced and engineered projects for many artists such as, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, and the late Bob Childers.
Label: Cimsound Records Ankom: 2010-04-25
ELIZABETH COOK: Welder
The Band: Marco Giovino - drums
Bones Hillman - bass
Elizabeth Cook – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Tim Carroll - electric guitar, slide, banjo, harmonica, bgv
Tony Paoletta - steel
Matt Combs - fiddle, mandolin, one man string section
Tim Atwood - keys
The Carol Lee Singers – bgv on “Girlfriend Tonight” and “I’m Beginning To Forget”
Buddy Miller bgv on “All The Time”
Rodney Crowell bgv on “Not California” and “I’m Beginning To Forget”
Dwight Yoakam bgv on “I’ll Never Know
The session band bgv on “El Camino” and “Yes To Booty”.
Recorded and Mixed by Krish Sharma at House of Blues Studio, Nashville TN and Karma East Studio, Hollywood CA
Asst. Engineers – Ted Wheeler and Heather Strum
Additional engineering Tom Spaulding at Strange Magic Studios, Nashville TN
PUBLISHING INFO
All songs by Elizabeth Cook (Agent Love Music SESAC) except
“Not California” by Dan Messe
“Blackland Farmer” by Frankie Miller (Peermusic BMI)
“I’m Beginning To Forget” by Joyce Cook
“I’ll Never Know” by Elizabeth Cook, Jerry Salley & Jim McBride (Agent Love Music SESAC, Country Gentleman Music SESAC, Melmo Music BMI)
“Follow You Like Smoke” and “Til Then” by Tim Carroll (Tim Carroll Music BMI)
Label: 31 Tigers Ankom: 2010-04-25
MERLE HAGGARD: I am what I am
California country music legend Merle Haggard's debut Vanguard release I Am What I Am bristles with all the arresting qualities for which this unrivaled artist is prized. Every song is imbued with the near alchemical power of his dazzling vocal performances, and Haggard’s interpretive mastery and unmatched phrasing continues to bring on impressive measures of sensitivity, candor and authority. Never conventional, often confrontational, always outspoken, the 72 year old Haggard remains as aggressively bent on revealing unspoken truths as ever.
The 12 songs which comprise I Am What I Am present Merle Haggard at his vintage best. Recorded in his Northern California studio with his longtime band, “The Strangers,” the album is already receiving major national attention. Early press confirms include CBS “Sunday Morning,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” New York Times, Rolling Stone, Country Weekly and People magazine, among others.
Label: Vanguard Ankom: 2010-04-22
MARTIN KARLSSON & TUMBLEWEED TOWN: Monologues
Efter sex år, tre demos, ett envist spelande i och runt Norrköping, som öppningsakt för både Lisa Miskovsky och Anna Järvinen, släpper nu Martin Karlsson & Tumbleweed Town sitt första riktiga album - "Monologues". Skivan är härligt krispigt producerad och det vilar en oerhört lyckad närhetskänsla över ljudbilden.
Label: 3ton Ankom: 2010-04-22
WOODSTATE: Premium Country
Label: Ankom: 2010-04-20
THE TURNPIKES: Don´t mess with the band
Label: Plugged Ankom: 2010-04-20
SNAKESKIN PLAYBOYS: Austin or Idaho
Label: Ankom: 2010-04-19
THE LONG GONE SMILES BAND: The Most Important Part
Label: Blue Standard Music HB Ankom: 2010-04-16
BROKEN ROADS: Matchbox
Label: Ankom: 2010-04-16
MARTIN KARLSSON & TUMBLEWEED TOWN: Drifting without aim
Label: Ankom: 2010-04-15
ALAN JACKSON: Hard hat and a hammer
Hard Hat And A Hammer will be the second single from the album Freight Train by Alan Jackson (Arista)
Label: Arista Nashville Ankom: 2010-04-13
MIKE LANE: Mike Lane sings (Lucky) 7
Mike Lane is back with his new Volume 7 of all original songs. He has been singing professionally for many years. Mike´s performances have taken him across Europé and even to Hong Kong and the Middle East. A seasoned country performer in his native UK, he´s even sung at Windsor Castle. Mike Lane bases out of South Yorkshire, England where he previously had his weekly radio show on South Yorkshire Radio. Find out mot at his website www.mikelanecountry.co.uk
Label: Comstock Records Ankom: 2010-04-13
WAYLON THIBODEAUX: Who´s yo `cher bé bé
Born in Louisiana´s Bayou Country just a few miles southwest of New Orleans, Waylon Thibodeaux, has been dubbed "Louisiana´s Rockin´ Fiddler". Having played for years on New Orleans´ famed Bourbon Street, Thibodeaux has literally entertained people from all over the world. He and his band have also performed in Canada and Europé. He never fails to serve up a good helping of spicy, high-energy Country and Cajun/Zydeco music. Learn more at www.rabadash.com or www.cdbaby.com/cd/waylonthibodeaux
Label: Comstock Records Ankom: 2010-04-13
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
ALAN AND MILLER BAND: Broken hearted way Promoted by James Allen promotions, from the album of the same name. Label: JAP
JEFF COOK: Kissing a fool Jeffery A. (Jeff) Cook (born August 27, 1949 in Fort Payne, Alabama) is a musician who is best known as one of the founding members of the country
music supergroup Alabama. Since Alabama ceased active production and performance in 2003, Cook has formed the groups Cook & Glenn and the Allstar Goodtime Band, with which he performs. This single (Kissing A Girl, penned by Jeff) is from his album with the All Star Goodtime Band "Ashes Won't Burn"
LUANNE HUNT & PATRICK HURD: Leader of the band Setting out to record more than just a copycat cover of Dan Fogelberg?s "Leader of the Band," country duo Luanne Hunt and Patrick Hurd deliver a fresh and breathtaking performance of the 1981 smash hit. "Leader of the Band" marks Hunt and Hurd?s debut single as a duet. And it is already creating a buzz among radio disc jockeys and fans
THE VILLAINS: Let´s forget about it The Villains are based in Atlanta. They are a rocking poppy aproach to country & americana music. This song (Let's forget about it tonight) is taken from their album The Villains (DCM Records)
HALLUR: Walking the floor over you This song has had multiple covers throught the years. The last being from one of the top European acts of 2009. Hallur brings us new album (Smile - AEL Records). From Feroe Islands, here's "Walking The Floor Over You"
J.K. COLTRAIN: Abby Howdy, I wanted to let everyone know about a very special song that I just uploaded. The song is called Abby and it tells a story about a small girl dealing with the loss of her beloved dog. It's a very heartwarming tale that is sure to bring a tear to the eye of almost anyone that hears it. Please take a moment and give it a listen as I believe that anyone who has had to endure the loss of a family pet can surely relate. All The Best, JK Coltrain Colt Records Nashville
SARAH DARLING: Whenever it rains Artist Sarah Darling released their Whenever It Rains single on 03/29/2010. It is fresh out of the oven! Songs is taken from her album Every Monday Morning (Black River)
JAKE OWEN: Tell me Tell Me is the 3rd single from the album Easy Does It (2nd album by Jake Owen for Rca Nashville). Single release date is April 12, 2010
STEVE EARLE: Pancho and Lefty From the last album by Steve Earle (Townes - New West Records), which is an homage to Townes Van Zandt, we sent your way the single Pancho And Lefty. This album took the prize in the Best Contemporary Folk category. 52nd annual Grammy Awards
BRAD PAISLEY: Water Water is the 4th single out of Brad Paisley's 7th album, American Saturday Night (Arista Nashville). Single is out March 29, 2010
LEE KERNAGHAN with DIERKS PAISLEY: Scars Scars is the duet with Dierks Bentley that Lee Kernaghan has in his last album Planet Country (2009-ABC). Lee Kernaghan (born 15 April 1964 in Corryong, Victoria) is an Australian singer and songwriter. He was the 2008 Australian of the Year
JOSH THOMPSON: Way out here Josh Thompson, born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin is an artist signed to Columbia Nashville. On March 29 he released his 2nd single Way Out Here included on his debut album Way Out Here, released in February 2010 (Columbia Nashville)
JOSH TURNER: All over me All Over Me is the 2nd single from Josh Turner album Haywire (MCA Nashville). Single released April 5, 2010. Joshua Otis -Josh- Turner was born November 20, 1977 in Hannah, South Carolina, and debuted to country radio in 2003
KELLIE PICKLER: Makin´ me fall in love again Makin' Me Fall in Love Again is the 4th and final single release from Kellie Pickler 2nd album - Kellie Pickler -. Single release date is April 19, 2010. Label: BNA Records/19 Recording
LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS: If I ever see Utah again If I Ever See Utah Again is the 4th single from the album The Pilgrimage (Curb Records) by Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers. None of the singles have been charted in the USA
THE STEEL WHEELS: Red wing Wonderful 1st single from the album Red Wing (Shut Eye Records) by Americana group The Steel Wheels, feturing on the song the talent of Robin & Linda Williams. The SW are Trent Wagler, Jay Lapp, Eric Brubaker and Brian Dickel
EASTON CORBIN: Roll with it Easton Corbin, the singer from Florida, has his debut single debut at number 1 in the USA. This is the second single from his debut album for Mercury Nashville. Song is Roll with It. Album is Easton Corbin
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-04-08
JOHNNY KASK: Sluten anstalt blues / Blod på mina händer / Gråt gråt gråt / Hälsa till Marie
Kära medborgare,
På fredag den 9 april debuterar fenomenet Johnny Kask på skivan!
Det är inte vilken skiva som helst heller för den delen, det är en riktig skiva, en vinyl-maxi på fyra melodier inspelade live på fängelset Vita Duvan i Mariestad. Johnny Kask gör helt enkelt en Johnny Cash på riktigt!
Historian om Johnny Kask tar sin början 2004 på Nalen i Stockholm, där Bonni Pontén och Micke Blomqvist från det gamla och legendariska punkbandet Asta Kask, gjorde en akustisk spelning. De hade lite små ångest inför detta, inte kunde man göra Asta Kask unplugged, näh. De beslöt sig för att damma av helgonet Johnny Cash och översätta låtarna till svenska (läs: västgötska). Sagt och gjort – där stod dom smått ångerfulla med sina gitarrer i handen, under namnet Johnny Kask. Första ackordet revs av, första textraden sjöngs och sedan dansade dom tillsammans med publiken. Succén var ett faktum.
Konceptet kändes så unikt och framförallt roligt att Bonni och Micke tog in bassisten Ola Svensson och batteristen Mattias Ekman och så blev Johnny Kask till på riktigt. Sedan dess har bandet spelat lite sporadiskt genom åren på alla möjliga och omöjliga ställen inför en milt sagt hänförd publik. Vid jul 2009 fick Johnny Kask ett erbjudande att spela på fängelset Vita Duvan i Mariestad, någonting man absolut inte kunde eller ville tacka nej till... Spelningen spelades och resultatet och stämningen blev så fantastiskt overkligt bra att Johnny Kask beslöt sej för att ge ut en vinyl-maxi med fyra låtar från inspelningen. Nu släpps den då äntligen den 9 april 2010. Som download kommer den att släppas den 3 maj, för de som inte besitter den rätta tekniken.
Johnny Kask kom med låtar som handlar om fängelsevistelser och olycklig kärlek. Och en och annan ballad som kan få den kaxigaste man att gråta. Nu är den här ”Sluten anstalt blues”
Om Johnny Cash kom från de västgötska åkrarna så skulle det låtit ungefär så här... tror vi...
Label: MIB Records Ankom: 2010-04-06
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Mark Trail Music
BILLY KEBBLE: Shame on me
TONYA KENNEDY with COLIN AMEY: When you´re gone
RUSTIE BLUE with WILLIE MACK: Stronger than steel
BILLY RYAN: Simpleville
FOSTER-MARTIN BAND: This little thing they call love
DEBORAH ALLEN: My baby
JEFF TAYLOR: Whatcha gonna do
SYLVIA: Watching life with the sound turned down
RAZZY BAILEY: My `ol mule
MEAH FAITH: I´ll be walking in your sleep tonight
ANDY DOZIER: Tea party man
BOBBY BARNETT: Old Frank
MICHAEL THOMAS: Bonafide country boys
WYNN STEWART: Waith till I get my hands on you
JIM & RACHEL: Perfect ten
TIN RIDGE BAND: Little miss pink tank top
Label: Mark Trail Music Ankom: 2010-04-06
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 136
HAYLEY OLIVER BAND: Tell me why
VINCE MELAMED: Walkaway Joe
CHRIS HEERS: Beyond
GARY CURTIS: My heart´s lost it´s mind
NEIL ANDREWS: Mexican ladies
SYLKIE MONOFF: Steal your crown
HALLUR: I got stripes
T JAE CHRISTIAN: When I sang for the King
RONNIE BAKER: How far do I have to fall
SUSAN HICKMAN: Hell still ain´t frozen over
DEBBIE NUNN: Bubbles
NARVEL FELTS: Before you have to go
JACE EVERETT: Bad things
PAUL OVERSTREET: Me and my baby
TINA RAINFORD: Silver bird
ALABAMA: I´m in a hurry
BILLY DEAN: Somewhere in my broken heart
ANNE MURRAY: Now and forever
CHRIS LeDOUX: Look at you girl<
DAVID SLATER: The other guy
PIRATES OF THE MISSISSIPPI: Feed Jake
DAVID ALLAN COE: My girl
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 2010-04-06
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christan Music - "Historymaker" - NCM 72
CHARLIE LANDSBOROUGH: Shine your light
HELEN SHAPIRO: What whatdrous love is this
PAUL BANDERET: All things new
JIMMY PAYNE: The eyes of Jesus
RICHARD BIRCH: From the blue sky
PHILIPPA HANNA: Ave to love
T JAE CHRISTIAN: When I sang for the King
ROB ASH: Your Jericho
MARTIN DAWSON: Talking it over
DEBBIE NUNN: Bubbles
RYTHMICURE: Thank you God
MICHAEL J RAMPLIN: When Billy met the King
ISLA GRANT: Hope
PETER ASTON: Life by your side
SAM MILLAR: House full of love
JENNIFER DOUGLAS: If only I had wings
SEAN WILSON: Many mansions
CASTING CROWNS: Until the whole world hears
MAHALIA JACKSON: It is no secret
JIM REEVES: Evening prayer
DELIRIOUS?: History maker
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 2010-04-06
BLANDADE ARTISTER: WHP Vol.104
ARON DEES: Scars
BJARNE ANDERSEN: Send me the pillow
CHERYL K. WARNER: The Rose
CINDY STANDAGE: Deeper blue
DANNY GRIEGO: 64 Cadillac
DAVID CLINE: Lady Luck
ERIN HAY & JACK GREENE: High on a hilltop
ERNIE ASHWORTH: Talk back trembling lips
HAL WILLIS: Me, my love and a memory
JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN: The love habit
JERRY HILL: Don´t rock the jukebox
JIM BRADSHAW: Enough is enough
JIM RUSS: Broken promiseland
JONI COMPRETTA: Run that by me one more time
JOY ADAMS with KENNY DALE: Two minus one
JUDY WELDEN with MITCH CHANLER: Shelter in the rain
KENNY DALE: When it´s just you and me
LAURA DOWNING: How blue
MATT CROWE: Cxalifornia
MYROL (Joanne & Haley): You made me hard
PERLEY CURTIS: Sister golden hair
RUSTY EVANS: Ballad of Ira Hayes
SANDRA LISA: Don´t talk to me about tomorrow
SANDRA LISA: Don´t you ever get tired of hurting me
SHELLY STREETER: Mama done told me
STAN COX: I want to go with you
TAYLOR WOLFE: Dreams
THE MATEKI´S (Paul & Helen): Something to sing about
TIM CHESNEY: Somewhere North of Texas
TUMBLEWEED JUNCTION: Going crazy and you´re drivin´
Label: Western Heart Ankom: 2010-04-03
BLANDADE ARTISTER: WHP Vol.105
CASHnCHECKS: Dying to live like that
CINDY STANDAGE: Honky tonk mama
DAVID CLINE: Big slick
DICK DAMRON: Five minutes of the latest blues
DIXIE DICKS: My name is Earl
ERIN HAY: Ten thousand teardrops ago
HAL WILLIS: I can´t leave her alone
IAN B. MacLEOD: Indian love call
JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN: Home, a place in my mind
JAMIE CUTLER HARPER: Who´s cheatin´ who
JAYME LYNN Scott: Diggin´ in
JERRY HILL: Today I started lovin´you again
JERRY PIPER: Sick of payin´ taxes
JERRY PIPER: When love builds a house
JETT WILLIAMS: Another cheatin´ heart
JIM CARTER: Panhandle dancer
JOY ADAMS: Waltz across Texas
KENNY DALE: Only love can break a heart
LAURA DOWNING: They taught me to yodel
MARK CHESNUTT: Let´s make a memory one more time
MYROL: It don´t work that way
PAT RODEN: Your old flame´s (going out tonight)
PAUL & HELEN MATEKI: Love desperado
RAZZY BAILEY & JOHNNY CASH: Long black veil
SHIRLEY FREDERICKSON: Soap vacation
STAN COX: I´ll be leaving Texas
TARA LYN MOR-HART: Nothin´ like a dream
TED SNYDER: Java jive
TIM SCHESNEY: Slow motion
Label: Western Heart Ankom: 2010-04-03
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
JASON & THE SCORCHERS: Days of wine and roses With the release of HALCYON TIMES, Jason & The Scorchers have accomplished an extremely rare feat: almost 30 years into their career they have made a rock 'n' roll record every bit as dynamic and mind-blowing as their vintage work. Very few rock bands can make this claim. Jason & The Scorchers can, they should, and they do. This track, Days Of Wine And Roses is an excellent proof of their vinculation with Americana music
THE GRASCALS: I´m blue I´m lonesome The Grascals are among the most beloved and acclaimed bands on today’s bluegrass scene, having won the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Emerging Artist of the Year award in 2005 and earning its Entertainer of the Year honor in both 2006 and 2007. They take another stride forward with The Famous Lefty Flynn’s, their fourth album, available March 30, 2010 on Rounder Records. Terry Eldredge, Jamie Johnson, and Terry Smith brings now to all of us the song I'm Blue I'm Lonesome from this brand new album
DONNA ULISSE: Holy Waters A little bit of pure bluegrass gospel for our radio DJs. Donna Ulisse brings us the song Holy Waters from the album of the same name. Record Label is Hadley Music from Nashville
CHELY WRIGHT: Broken Chely Wright (born 1970, in Kansas City, Missouri) released her debut album in 1994. Her newest album for Vanguard/EMI will be called Lifted Off the Ground and will be released May 4, 2010. Broken is the first single from that album
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-04-02
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex
MICHAEL JONATHON: Cars CARS is the latest single by Michael Johnathon – a prolific, energetic and passionate Americana artist,
and features the monster guitar work of JP Pennington from the legendary country rock band EXILE. The song
is a rocking summer song that mixes a hard-core Americana spirit of the BEACH BOYS with DON McLEAN
all wrapped up in a country twang. Michael is an author, and playwright who writes a
lot of his own songs. At an early age he sought to explore the folk tradition at its purest, moving from
upstate New York to LAREDO, TEXAS where he worked as a radio DJ. After playing a song by The Byrds one
night, he decided to follow his musical muse and left Texas for rural Mousie, Kentucky to roam the
Appalachian mountains with his guitar and banjo, honing his craft by performing hundreds of concerts
at schools, colleges, coffeehouses and fairs throughout the country.
Ravenwood ... His latest album is Ravenwood, a gentle work of guitars, banjos, mandolins and string
sections. Several friends help out on the recording including Sam Bush, John McEuen, bluesman Guy Davis,
dobro master Rob Ickes, JP Pennington and the Hippy Chick String Quartet. The album is a tapestry of
original and traditional tunes, the most aggressive being the song Cars and his arrangement of the
classic Darlin Corey. The most unexpected song would have to be the Ballad of Bojangles, Michael’s
reinterpretation of the “Mr Bojangles” story, made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker and the Nitty Gritty Dirt
Band.
WoodSongs ... Wherever Michael is touring on a Sunday, he has to be back home every Monday in
Lexington, KY for the weekly taping of the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour. Tour buses deliver visitors from
faraway places; crowds scramble for good seats; the theatre is packed as stage lights dim and Michael
comes onstage and introduces himself as a folksinger, songwriter and tree hugger. The show features the
best of grassroots artists in all genres: from Ray Wylie Hubbard to the Flatlanders, Billy Joe Shaver to
ukelele master Jake Shimabukuro. The all-volunteer run broadcast is the world's most listened to
Americana music program, airing on 496 radio stations including the American Forces Radio Network which
sends the show into 180 countries. WoodSongs has a huge internet streaming and archive audience andis
also broadcast on TV in nearly 65 million TV homes nationwide on PBS stations from Los Angeles to Austin
to Orlando.
Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau ... Aside from concerts, songwriting and producing WoodSongs ...
Michael also wrote the script for the award winning play Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau, performed in over
7,411 colleges, community theaters, high schools and home schools in 41 countries since its release in
2007. The Walden play was recently produced as a high-def TV production that aired nationwide on PBS
stations. Walden has recently been released as a DVD & CD Gift Set. Aside from writing several books, an
original motion picture screen play (Caney Creek: The Legand of Alice Lloyd), nine albums and the WoodSongs
radio and TV series, Michael performs scores of live concerts each year. - Winner of the 2009 John Muir
Film Award, 2009 Aegis Film Award
BILLY O´ROURKE: All I have to be is me Billy O'Rourke is a Texas singer/songwriter who has two of his own albums to his credits and has had songs recorded by several Texas artists including Lantana, Johnny Rodriguez, Johnny Bush, The Pear Ratz, David Lee Garza Y Los Musicales, and others. Billy has co-written with many hit writers including Becky Hobbs, Chris Bergesness, Brandon Kinney, and others. He plays bajo sexto and sings with David Lee Garza Y Los Musicales (the only Gringo in the band). That relationship has lasted for 18 years. In addition to receiving the 2005 Tejano Crossover Hit award for "Who's That Gringo" Billy has also received accolades in the B.W. Stevenson Songwriting Competition (Poor David's Pub in Dallas, Texas)
Billy's journey continues......
HANNA JO: Kiss her on the shoulder Hanna Jo grew up in a tiny town of Grandview, Texas. She was born performing, and hasn’t stopped since her days of singing in a diaper on the fireplace hearth with an unplugged microphone. Early on she performed in numerous talent shows, church functions, choir competitions, and country music revues, and she began performing the national anthem at her high school’s sporting events and other community events in the area. When she went off to college at Texas A&M University, she continued singing the National Anthem at several Big 12 events. Being a Creative Writing major, Hanna Jo discovered a whole new world in songwriting.. She wrote several songs, and after graduation decided to learn to play guitar in order to perform her original music for others. In the Fall of 2009, Hanna Jo premiered her talents in a local singer-songwriter competition. Since then she has been traveling around Texas and Oklahoma opening for Bands like Charla Corn, the Cody Gill Band, 80 Proof, and the Ordinary Outlaws. She has just recorded a five song EP titled “Guns ‘n Guitars,” and has released her first single “Kiss Her On The Shoulder
BACKWOODS: Til I don´t Who is Backwoods? What is Backwoods? Soon you will know! Backwoods is coming to take over your Local Radio Station and Backwoods is setting out to take over Country Music and Country Music Radio by banging two ear drums at a time. Stay tuned for a major announcement from Woody Nelson that will soon be posted on http://www.BubbaRecords.com spread the word and come join us today at the Official Backwoods Fan Page on Facebook!
WILLIE STRADLIN: Sweet Melissa Contrary to popular belief Red Dirt and Texas Music is alive and well in Arkansas and we have the band to prove it. They have a strong conviction that Red Dirt is not a genre of music, but an attitude. If you will, a passing of the torch, from the days of Woody Guthrie to the Outlaw days of the 70s with Willie and Waylon and into the 80s and 90s with Bob Childers, Randy Crouch, Red Dirt Rangers to present with Stoney LaRue, Hosty Duo, No Justice and Jason Boland. Which to sum it up we are going to write and play music the way we think it should be, our way or no way
"The Willie Stradlin Way".
To quote the UK's Classic Rock Magazine "On some long narcotic night, you may have asked yourself", "What would the bastard child of Willie Nelson and Izzy Stradlin sound like? Well, amazingly enough, we have the answer. Straight from the dusty roads of Peter Pender, Arkansas Willie Stradlin mix charging rock and traditional country, showing considerable reverence for both. Formed in 2005, the young band are heavily influenced by the "Red Dirt" scene, a sort of gritty Americana popular in Texas, Oklahoma and they may be just the band to spread the scene far and wide". Un quote
Willie Stradlin has proven they have the drive to go far, by overcoming many obstacles in a short time. They have already managed to chart thier first single "Aint That Right" to a top spot on the Americana chart and a strong showing on the Texas Music charts in 2008. And now wIth their second single "Chop Away" which reached the top 20 on both Texas charts and the top 5 on overseas charts, with it also coming in at 64 on the Texas Regional TRRR top 100 chart for 2009. And now starting the new decade 2010 with the third single “Sweet Melissa” set for release in January and a second album almost in the can, this band is not waiting for it to come to them, they are meeting it head on, and will leave you sitting and wondering in the new decade of
Willie Stradlin
There is no need to keep writing and boring you with their influences and who they have played with. However, WIllie Stradlin does have the firm belief that Red Dirt and Texas Music should have no boundaries, such as type of music, state, region or country. To them it is real people everywhere, being true to their music and true to the fans that are true to Red Dirt and Texas Music. They feel it's time to take it to the masses, and if you are truly into Red Dirt and Texas Music, you know this already.
So with all this said, all there is left to do is the next time you hear about Wille Stradlin playing anywhere near you, you need to be there and put your ass in a seat and get rested, because it won't be long till your on your feet all night. And when they stop, and it is over, said and done, you will leave saying to yourself
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2010-04-02
STEVE & HEATHER: Country party
She's American, he's French. She's the descendant of the Duke of Sully; he is the great grandson of a fisherman. She should have lived like a wealthy heiress. He should have conquered his future by the sweat of his brow. But a greater destiny awaited them: Steve & Heather were to join themselves to deliver, together, a war against individualism and intolerance.
Such two freed in love with liberty, thus they fight everyday to conquer a unique dream: to lead, through music, the voices of hope and fraternity. Together, and such as the Bonnie & Clyde's of Country Music, they fight, despite all opposition, to ravish disillusion, cynicism, and disunion
In these times of moroseness and pessimism, Steve & Heather's music is a blessed bowl of fresh air. Opened and accessible to all, their festive and warm sonorities carry us into a swirl of Joie de vivre that brings us to one conclusion: it is always possible to make one's dreams come true!
Label: French Music Touch Ankom: 2010-03-28
WILLIE NELSON: Country Music
Label: Rounder Records Ankom: 2010-03-28
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hillcrest 53
VANATTA: Paradise
HALLUR: Walking the floor over you
MARY ROWAN: Touch my heart
JASON COLVIN: Carefree highway
CLELIA ADAMS: Honky tonk blues
CASEY DILWORTH: How much rain can one man stand
ANN OASCOE & HERMANN LAMMERS MEYER: Foggy Mountain top
Derek McCorkell is a Singer / Songwriter / Composer working mainly in the Country music genre. Though he has been known to work in other genre's as well like Celtic, Irish Traditional and Contemporary Christian to name but a few. Here though we feature only his Country music songs for your enjoyment.
Born on September 16th 1953 in Londonderry Northern Ireland, Derek became interested in music at an early age and learned himself to play the guitar much to the consternation of his immediate family members. By the age of 18 he was already a seasoned performer playing the songs of the day on the Irish Pub & Club circuit. Later on though he joined several bands and toured extensively in Europe often gracing stages and opening for much more well known and famous acts.He had always been an avid songwriter but many of his creations never saw the light of day till much much later in life. In his 40's he had basically stopped the touring aspect of music and though still playing on a regular basis in Ireland was concentrating more & more on the writing side of things.
With the advent of the internet though Derek found an outlet for his music , at long last here was a way for people to hear the songs that he had created. This opened up a whole new chapter in Derek's life. For most people they say life begins at 40 but for Derek it was more like 50 . For it was around that age that he teamed up with a writer from Minnesota one Dixie Vornbrock , who subsequently became Dixie McCorkell as Derek at the age of 52 decided to up root and move to Minnesota USA where he resides today and still produces great Country music.
Though the tracks here are mainly Country orientated ,Derek also does music in the Celtic / Irish Traditional genre too, for more info on those don't hesitate to e-mail Derek and you will be furnished with high Q mp3 files of any song you require.
Label: Triplestrand Productions Ankom: 2010-03-17
BILLY CHILDERS: All up to me / Always thought she knew / If you only knew / Uncomplicated
Label: Ankom: 2010-03-17
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
GARY ALLAN: Get off on the pain Get Off On The Pain is 2nd single from the album by Gary Allan of the same name. Album was released this March by MCA Nashville
RHONDA VINCENT: Stop the world (and let me off) First and only one single from Rhonda Vincent album "Destination Life". Single failed to chart in the USA. Album released by Rounder Records. Single release to Europé
RECKLESS KELLY: The ballad of Elano Deleon Reckless Kelly is an Austin, Texas based Red Dirt band formed in Bend, Oregon, but moved to Austin in January 1997. Their name was inspired by Australian bank robber Ned Kelly. This song is taken from their last album, "Somewhere in Time"
LONESTAR: You´re the reason why Lonestar consists of original members Dean Sams, Keech Rainwater, and Michael Britt, as well as lead vocalist Cody Collins who joined the group in 2007. The group's first single to feature Collins on lead vocals was Let Me Love You, which was released in early 2008 on the Co5 label. The song made it to #50 on the country music charts. It was the first single from their upcoming album Party Heard Around The World, released this March 2010. You're The Reason Why, 2nd single, has been released to radio March 9th, 2010
THE LONESTARLETS: Picture me This young new trio is very talented. The LoneStarlets are sisters from Sugarland, Texas. They all sing lead and harmony vocals, play various instruments and write their songs. They were just chosen by Stetson as representatives and are touring now throughout the US in support of this new venture with Stetson Music
BARRY P. FOLEY: The girl that sang Johnny Cash Some of you may have heard the demo version I made a couple years ago! This is release is number five of my next CD, "Crooked Road", which I'm planning for release this summer. All the songs are being recorded with the same great studio and super musician's in Garland Texas that the wonderfully talented award winning duo Paul & Helen Mateki { http://www.paulmateki.com/ } have used for many years. There's also another fantastic young singer/songwriter coming out of Texas "CODY JINKS" http://www.myspace.com/codyjinksmusic that uses the same studio and will be releasing a new CD very soon. The bonus on "That Girl Who Sang Johnny Cash" is getting my bud and devoted follower of Johnny Cash "Marty Wolfe" on duet vocals. Marty is a personal friend of Bob Wooten and got to meet Johnny on several occassions when he toured Germany. We're always comparing notes on Cash (more like me picking his brain) when we get the priviliege to be together a few times a year. Marty is the front man, songwriter, lead singer and guitar picker of "Texas Heat". They released a CD last year entitled "One Trick Pony" with great songs on it with lots of twang! You can check out their music at www.texasheat.de or www.myspace.com/texas-heat. They would love to hear from you, just tell Barry P. sent ya!!
JOSH THOMPSON Joshua Dennis Anthony Bagles (born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin) is known professionally as Josh Thompson, signed to Columbia Records Nashville. On July 27, 2009, he released his debut single "Beer on the Table", to radio in late 2009. It is included on his debut album "Way Out Here", released in February 2010. This song is his second single, "Way Out Here"
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-03-09
DON REDMON BAND: She´s the reason why / Excuse me (I think I left my heart in here)
Label: Ankom: 2010-03-05
COOKIES n BEANS: I just don´t have the heart
Cookies ´n Beans nya album ”Beg, Borrow and Steal” släpps på EMI den 24 mars. Karismatiska tjejer med fantastiska röster och ett riktigt starkt album. Cookies har skrivt en del själva men till största delen innehåller albumet specialskrivna låtar av bl.a Sophie Zelmani, Charlie Craig (singeln), Elin Ruth Sigvardsson, Tobias Fröberg och Kristoffer Åström som också producerat plattan. Det är mycket hjärta och stora känslor, ruffigt och inte alls någon slickt ”Nashville sound” utan mer ”rootsy”. Den 9.10,11 e mars står de på scen i Sholm, Göteborg och Malmö som förband till Rosanne Cash och den 19e medverkar de i premiären av ”Så Skall Det Låta”.
Label: EMI Ankom: 2010-03-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 135
KATIE RHODES: Somebody´s angel
MICHAEL PETERSON: Why didn´t you think of this before?
DOUG ADKINS: Bismarck North Dakota
SUZANNE EDWARDS: Window shoppin´
JOHANNA HEMARA: Staring over
TIM McKAY: Baby makin´ music
JAMIE DELKO: Like only a Cowboy
McKENZIE: I can´t sleep
RONNIE BAKER: All I can do is love you
JEFFERSON ROSS: Hornet Hawkins
GLENN REID: Sing like Johnny Cash
ELIJAH GILBERT: Alcohol abuse
STU DAVIS: Land, sky and water
DAVID SLATER: I´m still your fool
SLIM WHITMAN: Mr Ting-a-ling
DAVID ALLAN COE: It´s great to be single again
ANNE MURRAY: Time don´t run out on me
MEL McDANIEL: She´s a lover of lost causes
BJÖRO HÅLAND: Am I losing you
DAN SEALS: Made for lovin´ you
LEE GREENWOOD: Just like me
NARTY STUART: Till I found you
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 2010-03-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christan Music - "Because he lives" - NCM 71
HELEN SHAPIRO: What manner of man is this
WES DAVIS: When I survey
RICHARD BIRCH: Sing
LOU LOLLO: He is King
CONSTANT RECOURSE: Nightly amnesia
JIM KELLY: Samson
DEBBY BARNES: Clinging to the cross
TERRY WARREN: Because he lives
MARLA RATLIFF: Granmother´s arms
HEAL OUR LAND SINGERS featuring LLOYD WADE: Go
BILLY CHERNOFF: Circle of grace
JENNIFER DOUGLAS: Love away the hate
PAUL WHEATER: Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
ROSALIND ANGLIN: God bless Africa
ROBIN MARK: One day
GEORGE HAMILTON IV: Singing on the mountain
ROB ASH: Badge of honour
DELTING LIVE (HELEN GALLAGHER): For all you´ve done
JONATHAN VEIRA: The Servant King
TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: I am a pilgrim
MAHALIA JACKSON: Jesus
DANIEL O´DONNELL: You raise me up
GEOFF HOWLETT: When the sun comes down
GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA & STATEMEN QUARTET: Mercy Lord
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 2010-03-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex
CHUCK ALLEN FLYD: I love you drunk Chuck Allen Floyd has lived many lives. Songwriter, guitarist, cowboy, college graduate, lawyer, frontman- each phase no less significant or influential than the last. His songs reflect the full gamut of each experience, creating an honest look at the life of a man who could’ve just as easily spent his days in a courtroom instead of on a stage. Chuck’s path to the Texas Country music scene took him through Nashville, Amarillo, and Nashville (again), finally returning him home to Oklahoma where he and his band, The Liars Club, stand poised to take their place among the Country Music elite.Chuck’s career as a songwriter in Clint Black’s Blacktop Music Group allowed him to hone his skill of crafting songs that connect with a larger audience. His song ‘Borrowed Wings’ won first place in the 2009 Billboard World Song Contest, and he was recently honored as Billboard’s 2010 winner for his song ‘Wishing He Was You’- a back-to-back feat that has never been accomplished. He was also named 2009 Co-writer Of The Year by the New Hampshire Country Music Association for his collaboration with Tony Matrumalo on ‘You Got Lucky.’ Floyd and Matrumalo went on to win the North American Country Music Association’s Co-Writers Of The Year Award for the same song. Chuck’s songs continue to be recorded by country music artists around the world.Success as a professional songwriter is a mountaintop that few writers ever see. However, in 2008, Chuck’s first love of performing live led him to leave Blacktop and Nashville behind to begin another venture: to form a band in order to support the release of his first studio album. Three songs from this release, “Tonight An Angel Fell,” charted in the Top 50 on The Texas Music Chart: “Living Like Rockstars (in a Honky Tonk Band)”- #31, “Good Morning Houston”- #17, and “The Right Girl”- #3.The group’s second release, “Good On The Inside,” showcases the full arsenal of Chuck’s songwriting sensibilities, as well as virtuosic performances by The Liars Club. Hopeful, funny, dark, insightful, driving- this seminal sophomore album encompasses the full gamut of emotions experienced by barflies and wandering souls alike, and further cements Chuck Allen Floyd’s status as a first-rate singer and songwriter
MADISON MONROE: Take me Madison Monroe is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter from Texas that has performed, written, and recorded various styles of music that has now defined his unique style and sound and refuses to be defined by the genre and holds no boundaries
RED RAIN: Harley man The gift of my music-writing and singing is a part of me-I am happiest when I am doin' my music; in addition, of course to being a Mom. My absolute favorite writer/singer is Van "the Man" Morrison and my favorite country singer is Chalee Tennison. My favorite song is "Tupelo Honey." Other favorite things are my daughter, riding on the back of a Harley , my greyhound Flash and my two kitties, Mr. Punky and Alley. My home base is western Pennsylvania and I travel to Nashville a lot!
Watch out America there is a storm brewing in radio and the forecast calls for Red Rain. Call your local radio station and request Harley Man today! Red Rain comes from Steeltown direct to America courtesy of Woody Nelson and his record label come check out what all the buzz is about today at http://www.BubbaRecords.com
GREG ALAN: Cowboy way To see Greg Alan come alive on stage singing, leaves no doubt in your mind that he is a natural talent. This is what he was born to do. The high Energy and Passion Greg puts into his music, singing and shows is evident on the face of every fan from the opening chord of the first song through the last encore. Greg Alan truly makes you feel as though you are right there living every moment of his songs as he sings them, while keeping the dance floors packed and fans anticipating the next show. His Edgy, Hard Country to Traditional sound and Energetic stage performances have created rave reviews from everyone that has had the pleasure to see him in concert. "Greg Alan has opened up for George Strait, Billy Ray Cyrus, C.C.R., The Kendalls, James Brown, Billy Joe Shaver, just to mention a few. Taking Myspace by storm www.myspace.com/gregalancountry and loving the fans we have made along the way! Greg Alan was raised on a mix of Classic Country,Southern Rock, and Gospel music. He listened to anything and everything he could get his hands on, sitting up late nights with Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr, Waylon Jennings, Keith Urban, Gary Allen, Vince Gill, and of course, Alabama. Greg Alan has a chart buster Album and a energy fueled live show, Greg Alan is poised to take the world by storm, one radio station, one honky tonk, and one fan at a time.
DEWEY WAYNE: The Fyffes, Alabama UFO blues Alternative Country singer/songwriter Dewey Wayne is no stranger to hard work. After completing a degree in Chemical Engineering at Auburn University and beginning a career working on NASA’s Space Shuttle, he decided to exchange his calculator for a guitar and a song. That choice led to the independent release of his debut album, Here for the Music. It blends progressive country, honky-tonk, rockabilly, and Sand Mountain bluegrass into self-styled “tonkgrass” music.After four years of playing in dive bars around Texas with his band, Dewey was satisfied that he had found the sound he was looking for. The hard lessons Dewey learned from the legions of jaded Nashville musicians led him to create his own record label, Fyala Records, and maintain control over his album. He found his co-producer in award-winning producer Tommy Detamore. It was the vintage/roots flavored albums that Detamore had recorded in his Floresville, TX studio that made Dewey jump at the chance to work with him. Big John Mills (2006, 2008 Texas Musician of the Year) helped to create the raw Telecaster-prominent country sound and The Gary Waldrep Band came in to add the unique Sand Mountain bluegrass to the project.Dewey has been nominated for "The 2010 Rising Star Award" by the Academy of Texas Music. The guitar player on the album, Big John Mills, has also been nominated for "2010 Musician of the Year" for the work he did on the project
BRIAN COLLINS: Toke `er 2
HOOCH: 88 From The Backwoods and Rivers of Kentucky this is the new sound of Today's Country. Buckle up this is Hot!
KELLY KENNING: Broken bones Kelly Kenning is a native Texan, born with Country Music in his blood. The only child of a mom who once sang country music and a dad who became the Vice President of the Whataburger Inc. franchise in Alice, young Mr. Kenning moved his family to San Antonio. During their brief stay there, Kelly performed at the Whataburger Convention at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, New Mexico, at the ripe old age of eleven. Kelly formed a new band called The Rocking Horse Riders, named after a song he had on radio at the time. Their sound was traditional, derived from similar sounds of Kelly´s strongest influences including the likes of Johnny Rodriguez, George Strait, Vern Gosdin, Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck, and Freddy Fender. Kelly covered a lot of ground between his days with the rocking Horse Riders and eventually moved to Nashville in 1996. He traveled the highways and byways of Texas, playing music and honing his craft. Intent on developing his vocal abilities, he would drive the grueling four-hour trip to Houston every week to take voice lessons from respected vocal coach, Debbie Beinhorn.Kenning´s fondness for the music of Johnny Rodriguez is very evident in his delivery and his bi-lingual skills. Johnny was a huge influence on me as an artist, and being from south Texas, I speak a little Spanish. Kelly is no stranger to the Texas Music Chart, he and Pauline Reese just came off a long running chart Duo (Lets get together and Say Goodbye) peaking in December at Number 24. Kelly also enjoyed success with She Beat the Cheat out Me not once but twice as a Duo with Johnny Lee, the second time around.Broken Bones represent one of Kellys finest vocal performances to date. The song tells the story of a Rodeo Cowboys loves and hurts while chasing his dreams on the Rodeo circuit through the Texas and the Southwest. We chose to release it on the day the World Famous Rodeo Houston opens its doors
JOHN ARTHUR MARTINEZ: You can´t outdrink the truth From the CD: PURGATORY ROAD on Apache Ranch Records. "What is it with you" John Arthur Martinez asks in the song "Cobalt Blue" - a lyric written when he was courting his wife, which could just as well be asked of Martinez himself these days. He wears a cowboy hat, but more out of deference to Texas and his ancestors, as he is no hat act. He finished in second place to Buddy Jewell on Nashville Star in its first year, but extrapolating a mainstream stereotype from that would just be wrong. He is heart and soul and defies categorization. He is erudite, world wise, and yet hasn´t lost touch with his roots. He is as much at ease in a work shirt, and he is on the podium. It is time to take another look at this self-realized man. Three years on hiatus provided time to reflect about what´s important- family, friends, and song, and now John Arthur Martinez reemerges. In fact, the impeccable songwriting on this new CD is a testament to that new energy and new direction. PURGATORYROAD presents a solid collection of story- songs that flow with melody, memories, pure emotion and Martinez´s unique brand of Americana, infused with folk, Latin and country. Amazing songwriters abound; the company one keeps, with co-writes from Kent Finlay, Jan Landry, and Mike Blakely. He pens and partners on all but three of the tracks, Walt Wilkins and Liz Rose, John Greenberg and Bill Murray, and Vince Leggett contribute tunes of their own. The title track is a dark, downbeat twist on the murder ballad, which explores the dynamic of these rough economic times. The production textures are superb throughout, from the Latin groove of Que No Puede Ver to the rolling country-rock of "On the Run" to the rumbling, accusatory "You Can´t Out Drink the Truth. Th"e Texasborn Martinez, who caps/un-caps his name as a nod to childhood friends and poet E.E. Cummings, casts a canny eye on today´s landscape, and brings a powerful set of snapshots anchored in the reality of our times
GARY BONNETT: Red dirt songs As a songwriter, to be true to yourself and your fans, you have to write what you live and live what you write. At the age of 29, West Virginia Native, Gary Bonnett brings all of those real life things to the table. After touring the country and opening up for Superstars such as Pat Green, Stoney Larue, Darryl Worley, and Keith Urban just to name a few, it was time for a new album to be released. This album would need to shed light on the trials and tribulations in this young man´s life. The sophomore album "Red Dirt Songs" has captured all of those things. With Bonnett penning all of 14 tracks on this album, it gives great incite to his life and inner circle of his thoughts and feelings. Following up on the heels of his debut album "The Long Road Home", that topped out at #31 on the Americana Roots Charts, Bonnett had to bring the heat and that he did. Pulling from his career in the Air Force, love of Red Dirt Music, crazy love life, busy touring schedule, and pure country living, Gary shows his maturity and growth in writing and in life. - "I had to take things to the next level", says Gary. With the new album already creating a buzz in Nashville and Austin, Fusion Country is the term coined for this album. Big boots need to be filled, because that means that the album is not too Texas for Nashville and not too Nashville for Texas. All in all that is a great thing. The release of "Red Dirt Songs" in January 2010 brings the beginning of a new chapter and the continuation of a great creative career. This album is available on garybonnett.com, cdbaby.com, and iTunes. This album was created in WV, recorded in Texas, and enjoyed by people around the world
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2010-03-03
BLANDADE ARTISTER: King Easy Records Sampler 6
SAM & RUBY: The Suitcase song
DANA COOPER: Sit this one out
ROBIN AND LINDA WILLIAMS: Blue Diamond Mines
Label: King Easy Records Ankom: 2010-03-03
TERRI CLARK: Million ways to run
Label: BareTrack Records Ankom: 2010-03-02
MARK EVERETT: Guardins of The Grain
Label: Ankom: 2010-03-02
ROSANNE CASH: The List
Label: Manhattan Ankom: 2010-03-02
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
KATIE ARMINGER: Kiss me now Katie Armiger is a country artist from Sugar Land, Texas. She was first inspired to pursue country music after winning a Houston, Texas city-wide competition for young country singers. Kiss Me Now is the first single from her upcoming album for Cold River Records.
GEORGE STRAIT: I gotta get to you 3rd single from the album Twang by George Strait. Released on MCA Records.
TIM McGRAW: Still "Still" is the 3rd single from Tim McGraws album "Southern Voice"
SHEA FISHER: Suitcase Shea Fisher is an Australian-born singer. She moved to the United States to begin a career in country music, signing to Stroudavarious Records. She also has a record deal with ABC Music in Australia. This is the 2nd single, "Suitcase", from her 2nd album, "Shea"
VICTORIA BANKS: Wjen you can fly 3rd single from the album When You Can Fly, released April 14, 2009 by On Ramp Records. Victoria Banks is a Candian singer (from Ontario) and this is her 2nd album. This song is Kiss me. Currently number 31 in Canada.
TOM RUSSELL: East of Woodstock, west of Vietnam On September 15, 2009, Shout Factory released Tom Russell's new album Blood and Candle Smoke featuring twelve original songs. The album was recorded in Tucson, AZ at Wave Lab Studios with members of Calexico providing a world music beat to many of the songs. The album was produced by Tom Russell and Craig Schumacher. Tom Russell, was born 1953in Los Angeles. Although most strongly identified with the Texas Country music tradition, his music also incorporates elements of folk, Tex-Mex, and the cowboy music of the American West. Many of his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Johnny Cash, KD lang, Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Iris Dement, Dave Alvin, and Suzy Bogguss. This song is East Of Woodstock, West Of Vietnam
MIRANDA LAMBERT: The house that built me
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-02-28
B. JEFF STONE: And then I wrote
Label: Diamond Back Records of Texas Ankom: 2010-02-25
ANTON BJÖRKENVALL: Ain´t the one
Label: BD Records Ankom: 2010-02-25
ROSANNE CAST feat ELVIS COSTELLO: Heartaches by the number
9:e, 10:e och 11:e mars spelar Roseanne Cash i Sverige igen. Stockholm, Göteborg och Malmö får i nämnd ordning besök av Roseanne, som i höstas fick mycket fin kritik för sitt album "The List". Nya singeln är lite mer uptempo än de tidigare låtarna och vi hör den country-älskande Elvis Costello kasta sig in i duettandet med brinnande iver.
Label: Blue Note Ankom: 2010-02-17
MIKE RUNNELLS: Cheatin´ side of town
Howdy, This is my new radio single! Thanks, Mike
Label: Lucky Penny Records Ankom: 2010-02-17
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex
STEPHANIE URBINA JONES feat AUGIE MEYERS: Como Se Llama Mama
T J BROSCOFF:Hold TJ:s sound is often described as "an old soul in a young body". His music and lyrics range from everyday life experiences, to the joy of a new love, to the devastation of finding one's self at the losing end of an addiction. His music is brutally honest and succinct. Asked to categorize his music genre, TJ:s response is always the same, "It´s just my music. When I write, I take every artist Ive ever listened too and try to put a little of their influence in my work. I don´t worry if one song may seem too country or another too rock. To me, it´s just all about good music"
MATT HARLAN: Dresses
CHRIS AND THE ROUGHNECKS: I don´t wanna know
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2010-02-17
KENNY SERATT: The Best of Kenny Seratt
Label: Hillside Ankom: 2010-02-15
DENNIS ADKINS: Made for the road / Ace in the hole / I give you music / In her day / A hundred miles from Birmingham
Dennis Adkins is one of those singer/songwriters who has toiled in the songwriting woodsheds of Nashville and never gotten the credit due for his creative contributions to the world of country music.
Just listen to "I Give You Music," and that pretty much tells Dennis Adkins' story. Besides his talent as a songwriter, his ability as a singer has also gone virtually unnoticed by the Nashville music business establishment.
Influenced by the Bakersfield country of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard and influenced by songwriters like Tommy Collins (aka the Leonard Sipes Haggard was singing about in his obscure hit, "Leonard"), Dennis did connect with George Strait resulting in his song "Ace In The Hole" becoming a chart-topping single for Strait and an anthem for Strait's "Ace In The Hole" touring band.
Label: 1617 Virtual Ankom: 2010-02-13
ERNIE OLDFIELD: My Guitar and Me
Label: World International Records Ankom: 2010-02-12
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex
BACKSEAT MOLLY: Texas not Tennessee BACKSEAT MOLLY!! OK! Five friends with different styles of music that has come together to form one KICK ASS ROCKIN TEXAS COUNTRY BAND. Backseat Molly came together in November 2007 with a group of friends form Palestine TX While hanging around the Texas Music scene Steven Callaway was determined to put a band together that would have the energy of a rock band but music that could still cater to country music fans. Since November 2007 BSM has shared the stage with artist such as Whiskey Myers / Rich O´Toole / Josh Abbott Band / Eli Young Band / No Justice / Charlie Shafter Band / Mo Robson / Honeybrowne / Charlie Robinson / Paula Nelson / Brandon Rhyder / Pat Green / and also Nashville´s Chris Cagle and many other talented artist... Backseat Molly produces a sound that is a mixture of COUNTRY and ROCK playing originals and covers with a high energy live shows. On July 25, 2009 BSM completed there debut album "Texas Not Tennessee" that is to be officially released around the first of 2010 and is sure to do good things on Texas radio.. Members are STEVEN CALLAWAY Palestine TX, (Lead Vocals - Guitar / STEVIE JEMINEZ Palestine TX, (Lead Guitar) / TIM PHELAN Arlington TX, (Drums) / DAVID SANDERS Fort Worth TX, (Fiddle, Mandolin, Electric Guitar / KORY PRINCE Fairfield TX, (Bass)
CINDY LANE ADAMS: Tree in the front yard
JUSTIN GRANT: Last time it rained The legions of country music fans wondering where real country has gone, need to look no further than Justin Grant. From the red dirt roads of his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, Justin has crisscrossed the US performing in clubs and at fairs up to seven nights a week, often five sets a night. From the most modest of tiny dives to opening for national acts like Eric Church, BR549, Heartland, Luke Bryan and Elizabeth Cook. The influence of rich, traditional country music set the standard for Justin's passion for performing. In this & "American Idol" age, the age for instant celebrity status, Justin is doing what his musical heroes Waylon Jennings, Earl Thomas Connelly, Brad Paisley, Pete Anderson, and many more have done. He has spent the last ten years traveling and playing in many different venues making a name for himself. The years of lugging equipment to small clubs from Georgia to Montana, of selling his horses because music held priority, of saying goodbye to relationships torn by his week long travels only solidified his dedication. Justin earned his journeyman's license in the electrical field in 2003 and has been working hard to support his passion. Every dime he has earned has gone to producing his CD's, paying for photo shoots, and the costs of trying to get that platinum record on the wall. Justin was fortunate in the fact that his employer has allowed him to come and go as he has needed to reach the goals he has set for himself. While working in the methane fields of Wyoming Justin has a 480 volt cabinet blow up with him in it, he was burnt on over 23% of his body and spent 2 months in the hospital, a month of which was in ICU. Yet through it all he only ended up with a graft on his left forearm and knows how lucky he is to be here. While in the hospital Justin received a call from long time friend John Christie. John wanted to know if Justin would be interested in recording an album and of course, he was. Justin became friends with John Christie in 2006. John has been in Artist management for years helping along the carriers of such acts as Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Kathy Mattea, Sons Of The Desert, Darryl Dodd, Craig Morgan and many more. With Johns help Justin began his first professional record in May 2008 and between writing for the record and tracking the music he, with the help of his business partner and long time friend Rich Ruland, formed B.C.R. Entertainment Group, LLC to house the record label, Big Country Records and the publishing company, Phat Lick Publishing. Justin wrote many of the songs on this project, during this process paired up with Jarrod Johnson and wrote a song that was put on hold for a George Strait project. He also became friends with Shelee Morris of the band Twister Alley who had a smash hit called Dance in the 90s, Shelee makes an appearance with her amazing harmonies on the title track to the album All The Way To Abilene. In December 2008 Justin completed his project having funded it completely from working in the oil and gas fields. Justin soon paired up with Ed Spacek of The Spacek Company and together they released Justins first single to radio. Drink More Beer hit the Texas airwaves in February of 2009 and climbed as high as #60 on the Texas Regional Radio Report, made it to the top 30 on several countdowns and charts overseas and went to #4 in the International Independent Music Country Chart. In June of 2009 Justin released his second single Thats All She Wrote to radio and since June has been visiting radio stations all over the south as well as making stops at acoustic nights, open mic nights and song writer rounds like the one in San Marcos at Cheatham Street Warehouse to promote the album and break out some new material. Justin believes that singing from a working man's perspective fits his core belief that country music should be a true reflection of common people and their simple lives. "I have been referred to as an old soul and my love of the country and simple things in life are amplifiers of that trait," says Justin. This shows in Justin's music as well as showing his overwhelming respect for everyday people who through their lives leave a lasting impression on those around them. Justin's role as the troubadour for the common man was destined almost from the start.
KRISTEN KELLY & THE MODERN DAY DRIFTERS: I remember when Kristen Kelly and the Modern Day Drifters are a collection of passionate musicians who have a firm belief in the band concept and yearn to create classic American music. With members from all corners of the country, the band is full of a variety of influences and styles that range from stone cold country to hard rock. The brand of music they have developed is one that that stems from the roots of soul and southern rock, to the front porch of the country. Lyrically, the tales the Drifters have to tell are influenced by the hard miles traveled down highways both literal and figurative. The band is fronted by a dynamic and special lead vocalist in Kristen Kelly. Kelly's ability to deliver any style of vocal is the groundwork for which the Modern Day Drifters are founded on. Her career got on the fast track after she co-wrote "Down in Flames" with Brandon Jenkins and Stoney LaRue, as she quickly became a sought after songwriting partner and harmony vocalist. This amalgam of musical backgrounds and strengths has combined to create something totally unique in the Texas/Red Dirt scene. That unique something is a powerful and unique sound that is garnering MDD praise across the country. MDD took home the New Artist of the Year at the 2009 Gruene With Envy Awards! They are nominated for GWE:s Band of the Year for 2010
PHIL HAMITON & THE BACKROAD DRIFTERS: Nothing to olose
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2010-02-07
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
SCOTT DAWSON: Country girl Scott Dawson is a very good singer/songwriter. The album "Many Years From Now" include songs released in the past, and previously unreleased song as this "Country Girl"
REBECCA RIPPY & Co: It´s October 1st single from album "Telling Stories" (Dae Van Music). Americana, Folk, Rock, great songwriting and performing
TRACE ADKINS: Ala-Freakin´-Bama EMI Music Group presnets thru Capitol Records Nashville the latest song from the soon-to-be-released album by Trace Adkins. Song is Ala-Freakin-Bama
TAYLOR SWIFT: Today was a fairytale Big Machine Records persents a new single from the album Valentines Day Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. This is the song Today Was A Fairytale by Taylor Swift
JARON AND THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE: Pray for you Big Machine Records in association with Jaronwood Records & Quarterback present JARON AND THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE, Pray For You, OFFICIALLY GOING FOR ADDS NEXT MONDAY 2/15
JEWEL: Stay here forever The Valory Music Co presents to us the song Stay Here Forever by Jewel. This song is taken from the Valentines Day Movie Soundtrack. This is the single Edit Version
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-02-06
NANCY McCALLION: Take a picture of me
Nancy McCallion is best known as the songwriter and vocalist for original Celtic-Norteno-you-name-it folk-rock cult band
The Mollys.
Now touring as a duo or trio with guitar, mandolin and fiddle in support of a solo album, "Take a Picture of Me" is showcasing the latest stage in her world-class songwriting.
McCallion teamed up with high school music partner Catherine Zavala to form The Mollys in 1989, racking up seven indie releases and countless rave-review shows in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand before the group disbanded in 2003.
The daughter of an Irish-Scots immigrant and a Texas farm girl, McCallion grew up in Tucson, a cross-cultural border town. She heard, and was obviously influenced by, the Norteno sounds of her Southwest Side neighborhood, her older sister’s Beatles’ records, and 1970s and '80s radio rock, mixed with her dad's Irish trad and her mother's Texas old-time country. Throw in adolescent Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello and Pogues fixations and you've got the cultural stew that emerged as The Mollys' drop-jaw repertoire.
McCallion, Zavala and The Mollys developed a solid following and a trail
of rave reviews (including a listing in the Washington Post’s top 10 CDs of 1997) for powerful, hard-to-classify recordings and pool-of-sweat performances over 14 years. The band took a break in 2001, when McCallion stopped to have a child, and disbanded in 2003, after a last tour of Italy.
She never quit writing, and resumed live performance and recording as a solo over the last six years. Her latest project, "Take a Picture of Me" to be released in November, 2009,
brings together Ralph Gilmore, Steve Grams,Earl Edmonson, Catherine Zavala, Kevin Schramm and Danny Krieger).
Her new songs are an eclectic mix of roots, folk, celtic and country influences reminiscent of The Mollys. Although often compared favorably to Lucinda Williams and other leading female writers, McCallion's sharp takes on life lived small also bring to mind Tom Wait's dark, quirky tales.
Catch Nancy's track "On We Go" on Putamayo's Women of the World: Celtic along with Mary Black, Clannad, Maura O'Connell, Capercaillie and others.
Label: Mama Mama Music Ankom: 2010-02-05
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 134
NICKI GILLIS: Be a star
AUBREY LOVEJOY: Neon moon
CIMARRON: I believe, she believes
CHRIS HEERS: Cow or Cowboy
NEIL ANDREWS: Chasing rainbows
GARY CURTIS: Too good to be mine
SANDY NEWMAN: Wichita lineman
RONNIE BAKER: My heart´s not playing anymore
BECKY SCHLEGEL: Colorado Line
BILL DURHAM: My own sweet time
KARIN WRIGHT: I´m with you
ELTON BRITT: Maybe I was wrong
FRANKIE LAINE: I believe
WINK MARTINDALE: Deck of cards
DAN SEALS: One friend
DAVID ALLEN COE: Too close to home
GEORGE JONES: Ya ba da ba do
MEL McDANIEL: Real good feel good song
ANNE MURRAY & KENNY ROGERS: If I ever fall in love again
DAVID SLATER: Paintin´ the town blue
CHIP TAYLOR: Early Sunday morning
GENE WATSON: Carmen
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 2010-02-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christan Music - "When The Lord Speaks" - NCM 70
HELEN SHAPIRO: Bless The Lord o my soul
MICHAEL ROBERT: At the cross
RICHARD BIRCH (Solo: Sheila Gott): You are my light
DONJAMES LeBLANC: Love gives you a reason
PETER ASTON: Because of you
GARY CURTIS: The letting go
STEVE LIBERTY: Such knowledge
HEAL OUR LAND UK SINGERS: When The Lord speaks
LOU LOLLIO: Name above all names
MARK WAYNE GLASMIRE: You opened my eyes
TERRY WARREN: God you´re beautiful
TONY MARKEY & THE OSRICK BAND: I am healed
GLENN DOUGLAS TUBB: Heartbroken, forsaken and alone
EMMANUEL: Never forgotten
JESSY DIXON: We still have work to do
STEVE HUGHES: Rushing wind
GEORGE HAMILTON IV & WES DAVIS: Draw me closer
BEVERLEY TROTMAN: No sweeter name
WES DAVIS: The real thing
JOHNNY CASH: These things shall pass
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 2010-02-04
ALLEN KARL & AMBERLEY BEATTY: We go together
When country music veteran Allen Karl decided to team up with Canadian country songbird Amberley Beatty to record a duet CD entitled “We Go Together,” magic was bound to happen. The pairing of Karl’s golden tone and Beatty’s sparkling 2 ½ vocal range create an unforgettable listening experience that moves the heart and stirs the senses.
Interestingly, Karl hasn’t known Beatty for all that long. He met her in late 2009 through a contact at his label, Star Creek Records. Beatty, who also performs as a Patsy Cline tribute act, had contacted the label and shared links to some of her performance videos on Youtube.
A representative at the label was astounded by Beatty’s spot-on Patsy Cline impersonation and immediately introduced her to Karl, who once shared the stage with Patsy Cline. Within a few short weeks, Allen and Amberley were making plans to meet in Nashville and record their CD of pop and country standards.
“Allen and Amberley accomplished the nearly impossible task of making classic songs sound fresh and unique,” said Luanne Hunt, Vice President of Star Creek Records. “And their voices blend in a way that there’s no doubt this duo was meant to be. We’re expecting country fans all around the world to embrace them in a big way.”
Label: Star Creek Records Ankom: 2010-02-03
ZAC BROWN BAND: Chicken fried
Zac Brown band är ett flitigt turnerande och hårdjobbande band. De spelar ungefär 200 live-spelningar per år och har till dagens datum spelat över 3000 shower. Deras flitiga turneránde har skapat en buzz och folk sjunger med i deras låtar på varje spelning.
Albumet ”The Foundation” är nu redo att släppas i Sverige. Det gick dirket in på #17 på Billboadlistan och #3 på Country listan.
Första singeln heter Fried Chicken och klev rätt in på #1 platsen när den släpptes i USA, även #1 på hot country charten. Bandet har redan fått agera förband åt en rad kända band bland andra ZZ Top, BB King och Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Label: Warner Music Sweden AB Ankom: 2010-02-03
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Diamond Back Compilation #31 January 2010
B. JEFF & PATRICIA STONE: Come a little bit closer
RYAN SOMERVILLE: My own funeral
MITCH SNOW: My guardain angel
PATRICIA STONE: Since I fell for you
WILLIAM RAY: The list
MARILYN McCoNNEL: Your cheating heart
BETSY PLEMONS: Blue Bayou
GLENN ERICKSON: I´ll soon get over you
BRUCE GREAVES: I´ll go somewhere and sing my song again
STAN LAWHON: Waitin´ for the tears to fall
BRUCE GREAVES: So long coming
SONNY MAY: You´re the reason I´m smilin´ again
SYLVIA S´AENZ: Jesus don´t know hot to hate
JEFF STONE: The chair
FRASER NEWCOMBE: Hank Snow and the battery radio
BUDDY J.: Branded country
Label: Diamond Back Records of Texas Ankom: 2010-02-01
CALVIN RAY: Take that chance
Calvin Ray is one of Kentucky's best Country Music Singers. He is from Mt. Washington, Ky. He is 29 and began singing at age 18. Calvin also has a life threatening illness called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy but he has never let that stand in the way of his dreams. In his 11 year singing career he has performed on National TV 6 times.
Throughout his life Calvin has spread awareness about Muscular Dystrophy on a local and national level at telethons and fundraisers. In Aug. 2007 he recieved the Epiphone Lifetime Achievement Award for his Humanitarian Work with MDA and for his musical achievements.
Calvin was diagnosed with MD at the age of 8. He had to start using a wheelchair when he was 12. At the age of 12 he also served as the MDA Goodwill Ambassador of Kentucky. His singing career began when he was 18. Calvin loves to help MDA and other charities with his music. At this time there is no cure for Muscular Dystrophy but he hopes there will be one in his life time and he is doing his part to make that happen.
In 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2003 and 2001 he sang on the Jerry Lewis National MDA Telethon in Las Vegas. His 2001 appearance on the National Telethon included a DUET with KERMIT THE FROG! Calvin has also organized and hosted 2 MDA Fundraiser Concerts in 2007 & 2008 at the Nashville Palace. The fundraiser concerts included country music stars and a Gibson Guitar Auction. In Oct. 2009 Kosair Charities made a $10,000 dollar donation to MDA in honor of Calvin.
From 2004 to 2009 Calvin owned and managed his own country music theater called CALVIN RAY’S in Leitchfield, KY. For 5 years he performed there with his outstanding band the Calvin Ray Band. Calvin opened for many Country Stars at his theater including Joe Diffie, Marty Stuart, Chris Young, Little Jimmy Dickens, Don Williams, Ricky Van Shelton, John Anderson, Pam Tillis, Jack Greene, Mike Snider, The Grascals, 2006 Nashville Star Tour, and Julie Roberts. Before opening his music theater he sang at Jamborees, Music Theatres and in contests throughout Kentucky, Indiana and Nashville. In 2000 Calvin made it to the Kentucky State Finals of the Country Showdown. He has won many contests throughout his career some of which were at the Nashville Palace in Nashville, TN. In 2007 he performed on the ERNEST TUBB MIDNITE JAMBOREE in Nashville 3 times.
Calvin's debut cd TAKE THAT CHANCE is a great mix of Country Rock and Traditional Country. From 2007 - 2008 he released 3 singles in America and Europe. The 1st single called "SHOULD'VE BEEN SINGIN ROCK OF AGES" reached #8 on the ECMA TOP 100 CHART in Sept. 2007. In Oct. 2007 he released his 2nd single "CLEARWATER MISSISSIPPI RENDEVOUS". In Feb. 2008 he released his 3rd single"SAY HELLO TO HEAVEN".
In 2009 Calvin's single Say Hello To Heaven was included on a compilation cd called Melodical Hearts Kentucky/Virginia/West Virginia the cd raised awareness about child adoption.
Calvin has appeared in magazines, newspaper articles and a book as well. They include Quest Magazine, Kentucky Monthly, International Musicians Magazine, The Courier Journal and Country Music People (England's Number 1 Country Music Magazine) in 2008 his CD got a 3 Star CD Review in that magazine. The book he is in is called Kentucky's Everyday Heroes.
He hopes to have a Top Ten Song in America someday and go on Tour around the country. Please give Calvin Ray's music some airplay and help him achieve his dreams.
Label: Ankom: 2010-02-01
DEREK HOKE: Goodbye Rock n Roll
Derek Hoke has said goodbye to rock n roll. Kind of. At least thats what he sings in the opening lines of his new solo debut album, Goodbye Rock N Roll. But Derek, what oh what, did rock n roll ever do to you to make you leave her so? The story might end on the streets of Nashville for now, but his love affair with music, even his erstwhile love rock n roll, began long ago amongst the South Carolina country side and Hee-Haw reruns on Sunday evenings.
Born in Brunswick Georgia - a self taught guitarist, composer, singer, and loner - Derek's first love was the theatrics of KISS, but not until his Grandfather planted the country music seed in his brain by playing it constantly while he was young. Not your dad's country, your granddad's country. The REAL country.
After one listen to Goodbye Rock N Roll, it is apparent young Derek was listening. Like most in his line of work, Derek has moved around. While growing up in Florence South Carolina, his parents divorced when he was 6. He cut his teeth playing guitar in bars around the state, moved to Greenville North Carolina when he was 18, worked in record shops and movie theaters, immersing himself in art and music.
After a few years and visit to Nashville Tennessee to see the likes of Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, and Los Straightjackets, Hoke decided to move to Nashville. He slept on floors in crowded houses, played around town in almost every venue that would have him, went on tour working for Ricky Skaggs for 3 years and saw almost every state in the union. While these all seem to sideline Derek on his way to becoming the artist he is these days, they were clearly important on his body of work and sound. He is a man that embodies his experience, both with his constant relationship with music and his travels in life.
Now at home in Nashville, Derek started recording what would be Goodbye Rock N Roll in the winter of 2008 with producer Dexter Green. It was time to capture his sound and that's exactly what he did. The result is a "throw-back " record with a modern flair. No Nudie Suits required here. Sit back, sip a drink, and the sounds take the listener to a river honky tonk somewhere in the American south.
"The Finer Things" is a standout dance number where the singer explains he "just wants the finer things in life", such as "a 3-legged dog, a beat up truck ... a 2-dollar suit, a longneck bottle ... a mean ol' woman I can call my wife"..... naturally Derek. We feel you. "Where'd You Sleep Last Night" is another polished mover. A song that gets you singing along like you've heard it a thousand times. The best part is, you HAVEN'T. This is where Hoke excels over and over again, with great melodies and rhythms so familiar you assume they might be covers.
Well, guess what, they're not, they just feel classic. "Patsy Cline's 'Walking After Midnight' was a constant inspiration," says Hoke about the album's inspiration. "I want to write songs like THAT." Not good times all the time, "End of The River" finds Derek recalling his hometown, and trying to find himself amongst his early memories.
Any which way you cut it up, Derek Hoke might have travelled a long road, but he is just getting started. In the bluegrass world, they introduce every player in the band and their home town. Well, keeping with the simple traditions he seems to admire and capture so well, ladies and gentleman, I give you Derek Hoke. From Nashville Tennessee. Of Music City he says "It took me a long time to get here ... this IS my home."
Come to think of it, after spending an evening with this record, I don't miss little ol' rock n roll at all.
Label: Electric Western Records Ankom: 2010-02-01
JOHNNY KASK: Blod på mina händer
Nu är det beslutat på högsta ort, orkestern Johnny Kask ger ut skiva – ”Sluten anstalt blues”
Det är inte vilken skiva som helst heller för den delen, det är en riktig skiva, en vinyl-maxi på fyra melodier inspelade live på fängelset Vita Duvan i Mariestad. Johnny Kask gör helt enkelt en Johnny Cash på riktigt!
Historian om Johnny Kask tar sin början 2004 på Nalen i Stockholm, där Bonni Pontén och Micke Blomqvist från det gamla och legendariska punkbandet Asta Kask, gjorde en akustisk spelning. De hade lite små ångest inför detta, inte kunde man göra Asta Kask unplugged, näh. De beslöt sig för att damma av helgonet Johnny Cash och översätta låtarna till svenska (läs: västgötska). Sagt och gjort – där stod dom smått ångerfulla med sina gitarrer i handen, under namnet Johnny Kask. Första ackordet revs av, första textraden sjöngs och sedan dansade dom tillsammans med publiken. Succén var ett faktum.
Konceptet kändes så unikt och framförallt roligt att Bonni och Micke tog in bassisten Ola Svensson och batteristen Mattias Ekman och så blev Johnny Kask till på riktigt. Sedan dess har bandet spelat lite sporadiskt genom åren på alla möjliga och omöjliga ställen inför en milt sagt hänförd publik. Vid jul 2009 fick Johnny Kask ett erbjudande att spela på fängelset Vita Duvan i Mariestad, någonting man absolut inte kunde eller ville tacka nej till... Spelningen spelades och resultatet och stämningen blev så fantastiskt overkligt bra att Johnny Kask beslöt sej för att ge ut en vinyl-ep med fyra låtar från inspelningen. Nu släpps den i början av mars 2010. Samtidigt kommer även låtarna släppas som download, för den som inte besitter den rätta tekniken.
Johnny Kask kom med låtar som handlar om fängelsevistelser och olycklig kärlek. Och en och annan ballad som kan få den kaxigaste man att gråta. Nu är den här ”Sluten anstalt blues”
Om Johnny Cash kom från de västgötska åkrarna så skulle det låtit ungefär så här... tror vi...
Label: Ankom: 2010-02-01
HANNAH McNEIL: Hannah McNeil
Hannah was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the ninth of ten children, she came into the large music loving clan of Richard McNeil and Sharon McMahon McNeil. Hannah´s love for music started at a very young age. She would sing in the car with the radio when travelling with her family. Hannah honed her performance skills playing honkytonks, 1000+ seater bars, casinos, state and county fairs across the Midwest. In 2006 Hannah decided it was time to make the move to Music City and do what she was born to do. She and her husband now live on a farm in Franklin, Tennessee, where they are building a recording studio and office to help facilitate the writing process and maintain the business side of music. Hannah has just released her single "What am I getting up for" co-written with hitmaker Jeffrey Steel & Jesse Wray to radio stations across the US & Europé, and it is currently #56 on Billboard. You can feel her passion as she poses the question so many of us are wondering "What am I getting up for?" and she offers some wisdom in realizing it´s for us to figure out. BSW Records wishes this hard working and talented artist well with this release and in her future endeavors
Label: BSW Records Ankom: 2010-01-27
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Airplay Direct
THE KAT MOORE BAND: You´re the reason
DAN SCHAFER: Life´s highway
DAN SCHAFER: They call me The Vampire
GEORGE LONGARD: My farewell party
JERRY D: Hardest part for me
JERRY D: Thank you Mom and Dad
KEITH BRADFORD: The ballad of A.J.
RILEY WESTON: If I said Howdy to you
JOSHUA CARSON: The old café
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 2010-01-25
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
NATASHA JAMES: If you think this is love Natasha James new single is If You Think This Is Love. Album is Tequila Time by Highway One Records.
MARTINA McBRIDE: Wrong baby wrong baby wrong This is the new single from Martina McBride album for RCA Nashville, Shine. Song is Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong.
THE SWEETBACK SISTERS: Cowboy girl The Sweetback Sisters brings us Honky-Tonk for the modern-day cowboy and girl. Like their pseudo-sister role models, the Davis Sisters, the Sweetback Sisters sing country songs in close, surrogate-sister harmony and matching dresses. Their repertoire combines several of the Sisters' passions, country music from before they were born and new interpretations of those traditions, to create a fresh take on what it means to be country. The Sweetback line-up features the lavish voices of Zara Bode and Emily Miller joined by an all-star cast of instrumentalists. This is a single song from their latest album Chicken Aint Chicken
TAMRA ROSANES: On the road to Copenhagen Tamra Rosanes, the Queen of Danish Country Music, was born and raised in U.S.A. She started her professional career in 1972 as a folk singer . She has released a new album, A Green Tomorrow Today, 10 optimistic songs in the shade of green, which focus on environmental challenges and our own reponsibility to be active. Part of the profits go to Learning about Forests, an international educational organisation where Danish school children plant trees as part of the solution to CO2 emissions. This song is the single taken from the album
JOEY + RORY: To say goodbye Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to The Life of a Song. Joey + Rory is duo composed of Rory Lee Feek and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife. Joey is the duo's lead vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo was the third-place finalist on CMT's competition Can You Duet in 2008. This song was their 3rd single from their debut album, The Life of a Song. Songs was released in the USA July 2009 and wasn't charted. Now it's its time in Europe
THE SUNNY COWGIRLS: Dancing on the darling Working on their new album, here we have what was the last single out in Australia from their 3rd album, Dust Will Settle. Single was Dancing on the Darling, out now in Europe. The Sunny Cowgirls are a group in front of which we found the sisters from Hamilton, Victoria, Sophie and Celeste Clabburn
ANNA GAROTT: What a way to go Anna Garrott single from her album Only Time Will Tell. Single is What A Way To Go. J&V Records. Exceptional release, a singer to keep an eye on
BURNS & POE: Don´t get no better than this Blue Steel’s recently signed dynamic duo Burns & Poe are poised to release their first single, “Don't Get No Better Than That,” to country radio with high expectations for 2010. This perfectly balanced singing songwriting team of Keith Burns and Michelle Poe will split the lead vocal chores right down the middle.
Burns and Poe individually are no strangers to country music fans. He was a founder and vocal mainstay of the group Trick Pony, and for the past five years, she’s been the accomplished and eye-catching bass player and harmony singer for the likes of Dierks Bentley and Hank Williams Jr.
Producer James Stroud brought the two together, and there was an instant connection.“She’s got these real silky vocals—real smooth and sexy,” Burns observes, “and mine are real raspy and edgy. Together, it just works.”
“We realized from the beginning that we had something special to offer,” Poe adds. “We clicked in every way.”
Not only did the two singers blend together musically, they also discovered a profound songwriting chemistry. Almost all the songs … on their new CD, were penned together.
An established writer, Burns has had songs recorded by Joe Diffie, Hootie & The Blowfish, Sammy Kershaw, Anita Cochran and, of course, Trick Pony. Like Burns, Poe has a keen sensibility on what great country music entails. “It’s about real life,” she told one interviewer, “about honest, straight-from-the-heart emotions.”
Always the optimist, Burns has big plans for himself and his duet partner. “As soon as our album goes platinum,” he confides with a mischievous grin, “we’re flying to all our shows. Michelle is a pilot, so we’ll get us a little King Air, and the sky will be the limit for us.”
Look on the horizon for BURNS AND POE!
LATHAN MOORE: Shot down Lathan Moore......has been singing since the age of four. Growing up in a small coal mining community where his father worked the mines for 35 years gave Lathan an appreciation for hard work and perseverance. After graduating from Harrisburg High School in 2001, Lathan joined a country Gospel Quartet called “Eastern Sky” to sing baritone and toured for two years throughout the Mid- East and Ohio Valley. Lathan also was a member of the Reliance Quartet from Paducah, Kentucky, where he sang lead. Lathan attended Southeastern Illinois Junior College on a Music Scholarship in 2001
Lathan was very active in the theater and performing arts and played the lead roles in “Phantom of the Oprah,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “My Fair Lady,” “Annie,” “The Grinch,” “Annie Get your Gun” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” Shortly after opening for the Gaither Vocal Band, Lathan was awarded a Musical/Theater Scholarship from Wayland Baptist University, an annex of Texas Tech, in Plainview, Texas. While in Texas, Lathan performed with local musicians, was a member of the Wayland Baptist University Quartet and continued to develop his interest in country music. After completing a year of college, Lathan returned to Harrisburg, IL to work in the mines in order to save enough money to move to Nashville, Tennessee so he could pursue his career as a country music singer.
In 2004, Lathan entered the Southern Illinois Regional Colgate Country Showdown in Carmi, Illinois and finished in 2nd Place. As a result, he was contacted by Chelsea Studios in Nashville, TN to do some recording and for 6 months, traveled back and forth to Nashville recording demo’s. In 2004, Lathan finally had saved enough money to make the move from Illinois to Nashville and began performing in local venues and private corporate events. Lathan plays the trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano, guitar and is currently working on developing his songwriting craft. Lathan has recently signed a recording contract with Blue Steel Records and is currently working on his debut album
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2010-01-23
DOLLY PARTON: Live from London
Label: Dolly Records Ankom: 2010-01-21
TANYA TUCKER: TNT
Label: MCA Records Ankom: 2010-01-21
ERNIE OLDFIELD: Wanted
Label: World International Records Ankom: 2010-01-20
W.C. EDGAR: Alcohol of Fame
Alcohol of Fame...
In a not so perfect world filled with a facade of pretty faced boy bands with absolutely no substance, and lame reality "Idol" shows filled with bad karaoke shower singers, stands a guy at six foot three who's paid his dues in Country Music.
WC Edgar has ridden a lot of roads in both rickety vans and million-dollar tour buses since his start in country music playing steel guitar for the likes of Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Marty Haggard, Ty England, Jeff Carson, Dale Watson, Leroy Van Dyke, Johnny Lee as well as The Country Music USA Show at Nashville's once famed Opryland USA.
But now, at last, it's his turn. He's the new Country Music Artist and has taken the time to make an album of his own that includes his buddy Daryle Singletary helping him out on the last line of a WC Edgar ballad titled "Mirrors Don't Lie". Remarkably, Edgar wrote every song on the album without the aid of a single co-writer. These aren't just good songs, they're classic ones. He's mastered the sounds and idioms of Country Music in it's rhinestone heyday.
Alcohol of Fame is a beacon of traditional Country Music, one that sparkles with fiddles, steel guitars and tales of drinking too much and loving too hard. It's one of the most exciting collections to come down the pike in years.
Alcohol of Fame is more than an album, It's an event. Prepare to be astounded!
Former Editor Billboard Nashville
Label: W.C. Edgar Records Ankom: 2010-01-18
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Western Heart Promotions - Compilation 103
ERIN HAY: In for a heartache
STONEWALL JACKSON with HAL KETCHUM: Promises and hearts
DANNY GRIEGO: When the smoke cleared away
SAMMY KERSHAW: Better than I used to be
RAZZY BAILEY with JENNIFER BRANTLEY: Heart of stone
DAVID CLINE: The Gambler
JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN: Here today gone tomorrow
KEN HILL: English rose in Georgia
HAL WILLIS: My pink Cadillac
JIM BRADSHAW: We just disagree
RANDOLPH MICHAUD: Yard sale
DUSTY SPITTLE: Hokonui moonshine
JERRY HILL: Together again
BJARNE ANDERSEN: Blue boy
SINGLETREE: Miss Whatsername
CINDY STANDAGE: Never met a man
CHERYL K WARNER: Don´t come knockin´
SYLVIA WINTERS: Doing it together
STAN COX: I´ll be leaving Texas (and you)
CLIFF BEACH: Whatever happened to the good women
PERLEY CURTIS: Too many honky tonks
TAYLOR WOLFE: Exit 99
WILL COX: Goodbye might not be the thing to do
RON WAYNE ATWOOD: Tennessee whiskey and crazy women
JONI COMPRETTA: Before you turn to a memory
MYROL: Joanne & Haley - Mother Daughter
JOHNNY PAYCHECK: Outlaws prayer
LUANNE HUNT & LARRY DEAN: It´s still I do
JAMIE CUTLER: Who´s cheatin´
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 2010-01-18
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hillcrest 52
KATE RUSSELL: Kick down the door
CLIFFY SHORT: More and more
HOLLY TUCKER: You´re it
GRAHAM RODGER: You can´t take Australia from me
CONNY LEE: Don´t think
TODD JONES: Sittin´ in Atlanta Station
BROCK EASTERBROOK: Where do I belong
STACY GRUBB: Hurricane
MARTY RIVERS: Paceville
ANDY MARTIN: I quit drinkin´ (except for tonight)
BEC HANCE: I fall
PHIL MACK: My lovely rose of Clare
ANNETTE HAWKINS: Ridin´ high
GLENN GROVES: I´m doin´ alright
BROCK EASTERBROOK: When our idol was The King
Label: Hillcrest Ankom: 2010-01-18
RADNEY FOSTER AND THE CONFESSIONS: Angel flight
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 2010-01-17
STEPHANIE QUAYLE: Ain´t no housewife
Stephanie Quayle's debut album "Ain't No Housewife" has a message to deliver and people are listening. Hand picked by the first lady of California, Maria Shriver invited Stephanie to open the 2009 Women's conference in Long Beach, California reaching 15,000 women who were attending and an even larger web audience. Celebrating empowerment and positive change for women, this event was well aligned with what Stephanie has to say.
Stephanie previewed her release at the 2009 Hatch festival where she was awarded "2009 Groundbreaker Music Artist." The return to her hometown of Bozeman, Montana wielded multiple shows to sold out crowds and standing ovations.
In her song "Alley of Desires," Los Angeles based Country Recording Artist, Stephanie Quayle may boldly declare she's "living the dream," but she sure didn't get there by resting on her laurels or coasting by on her good looks -- though she certainly could have. Stephanie is not that type of woman. The road to her latest project, "Ain't No Housewife", is paved with a surprising amount of life experience worn into this bold singer-songwriter's cockroach killers. From the slow burn of "Promise You Won't Feel a Thing" to the bold, boogie-woogie declaration "Ain't No Housewife," Stephanie sounds as confident as she does earnest, paying respect to country elders while pushing the envelope of Country music.
Stephanie's youth was spent in a dusty Montana barn with the hum of country music legends in the background. The muse came early at age 12 to this American beauty. Her earliest efforts at songwriting denied the inherent twang in her voice but eventually Stephanie embarked on a musical journey that found her joining her first band in Switzerland. A long way from the Rocky Mountains she began working to gain performing experience and notoriety in the middle of Europe.
The experience furthered this musician's resolve: to chase down that musical dream and let nothing stand in her way.
"It was the moment I knew that this would be my life."
The trek toward that dream wasn't always pretty but it was real. Stephanie returned to the United States, making her way through gravel roads, dive bars and the elusive star-making machinery to finally replant her roots in Los Angeles. But much as a surprise to Stephanie as anyone else, those were the same country roots that once buzzed in the din of her Montana barn.
Turning away from the establishments that could have made Stephanie's dream chase all the easier, she decided instead to be an artist with full creative control, which led to writing and recording "Ain't No Housewife" produced by Jim Roach.
"It was no longer about what everyone else wanted me to do, or who to be, it was about what I wanted to create and how I wanted to tell my story and empower others."
The songs tell the tale of Stephanie's journey, of her triumphs, heartaches, tears, and laughter. With irresistible melodies, tell-it-like-it-is lyrics and down-home rhythms. Audiences agree that Stephanie Quayle will seduce you with her voice and her story, and maybe inspire you to kick up some dust and chase your own dream as well.
Label: Subtractive Ankom: 2010-01-17
BRIDGETTE TATUM: (I like my) Cowboys dirty
It's rhinestone cowgirl glam topped off with a well-worn baseball cap. It's a sweet South Carolina low country drawl, punctuated with raucous laughter and a few well-placed swears. It's a tender vulnerability exposed by life's hard knocks, and the gritty swagger of a survivor. It's a lot of things, but no words can distill the essence of Bridgette Tatum better than the woman's own: "Sex, church, and chicken. That's what it's all about."
The firecracker brunette was raised on the tent revival brand of soul-shaking gospel, swirling with the Holy Spirit and saturated with raw passion. Music coursed through her veins, seeping deep into her bones, and manifesting as the powerful sultry wailing and soulful crooning that brand Bridgette's sound uniquely as her own. "Music is what I was put on this earth to do," she explains, "and it comes from something much bigger than me. I'm just a vessel for the music."
This clarity of purpose was born, amazingly, of a violent and senseless attack. During Bridgette's shift at a local motel, a disgruntled customer took a razorblade to her face, forcing her into six months of recuperation and some serious soul searching. She recognized her calling in music, and knew that life was too short not to pursue her dream of being a professional singer and songwriter. Promptly thereafter, Bridgette moved to Nashville.
Following her first outing at a Hall of Fame Lounge writer's night, Bridgette continued to take in the lay of the land as she worked up to the honky-tonks on Broadway and a regular Friday night gig at the Star Café in White's Creek. It wasn't until she found a kindred spirit in manager Carolyn Miller, however, that her career began to really take shape.
It was through the encouragement of Carolyn, that Bridgette collaborated musically with the man whom came to be her future producer, Danny Myrick. Their partnership proved as successful in songwriting: they co-wrote "She's Country," a #1 hit for Jason Aldean, as well as many of the songs on Bridgette's forthcoming album.
They laid down 13 tracks at the Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas over an intense five-day period, lending the arrangements a manic creativity that plays off Bridgette's unique artistry and passion. The album reflects her many personalities, effortlessly transitioning from defiant, amped-up rockers to tender, intimate ballads to straight-shooting social commentaries.
"My roots in gospel have shaped everything I've done as an artist. I want my music to be that real and to make people really feel it. If I don't do that, then I'm not doing my job. If it's a ballad, it's going to touch you," she continues. "If it's a rockin' tune, you are going to rock and roll till your pants fall off."
Label: Root 49 Records Ankom: 2010-01-17
CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED: To find my love / Kick in the head
Label: Universal Records South Ankom: 2010-01-17
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: Speed of life
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band formed in Southern California during the spring of 1966 as a scruffy, young jug-band. Forty-two years later, the quartet (Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden, Bob Carpenter and John McEuen) is still going strong.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's self-titled debut album, released in 1967, included the pop hit "Buy For Me The Rain." But it was their 5th record, 1970's Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy, that would become band's breakthrough project, yielding 3 pop hits including their version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles." Among the many outstanding tracks on Uncle Charlie was a version of Earl Scruggs' "Randy Lynn Rag." That cut set into motion what would become the Will the Circle be Unbroken album, a veritable summit of talent which included NDGB's heroes: Scruggs, Doc Watson, Merel Travis, Roy Acuff and Mother Maybelle Carter. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Circle... album, a three-LP set,recorded live in the studio in Nashville over six days in 1971, became a landmark event and a multi-platinum success. Circle remains such a significant effort that 30 years later it was one of 50 recordings to be honored and preserved by the Library of Congress.
In the early 80's, after a few more pop hits, the band returned to Nashville once again and began what would become a highly successful career in mainstream country music. Hits that included "Dance Little Jean," "Workin' Man", "Long Hard Road", "Baby's Got A Hold On Me" and "Fishin' in the Dark" put them at the top of the country charts for over a decade. In 1989, the group revisited the Circle concept, gathering another impressive roster of performers (including Johnny Cash, EmmyLou Harris, Levon Helm, Chet Atkins, Bruce Hornsby, John Hiatt and Roseanne Cash) for sessions that had a pronounced country-gospel feel. Circle II would go on to win three Grammy Awards and the Country Music Association Album of the Year. In 2002 Circle III (with many current artists added to the previous cast) received similar accolades and attention, garnering the International Bluegrass Music Association Recorded Event of the Year award as well as leading to a 2005 Grammy for Country Instrumental Performance (with Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Jerry Douglas and the late Vassar Clements). With a career that spans five decades, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has gone from a hippie jug-band to pioneers of country rock, and their influence is still being felt today.
Label: NGDB Records Ankom: 2010-01-17
ANNIELLE: Back to life / Love´s like airplanes
Back to life is a song that touches you directly when the first lines of the fragile voice of Annielle reaches your ears. When you've listened it through the chorus, so wonderful, keep spinning in our head.
The combination of Annielles voice with cello, lap steel guitar, piano, acoustic guitar, bass and brushes on the drums, gives a moment of great listening both in your car, in your favorite furniture and on your jog.
Back to life is written by Sofia Svärdh and performed by Annielle.
It's part of the EP "Leaving Old Town Square"
by annielle that is a pre release for her coming debut album spring 2010.
For more info:
www.annielle.com
Label: Promosys Ankom: 2010-01-15
TRAILERPARK IDLERS: Well, that´s life… or it was
Label: Something Wicked Ankom: 2010-01-14
AMY CLAWSON: The woman I am
Label: BSW Records Ankom: 2010-01-11
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex/Airplay Direct
JOSH WALLACE: Bail me out
BO LADNER: Alasippi
RB RENEGADE: All we need to know
SANDY HARDIN: Don´t fall apart
SANDY HARDIN: It comes to lovin´ you
SANDY HARDIN: When you have to leave
SANDY HARDIN: Who do you run to
BRIAN BURNS: Rattlesnake tequila
DeWAYNE TERRY: Can´t take it with you
BELLAMY BROTHERS: Heart of my heart
CORY RILEY BAND: memories
DARREN KOZELSKY: Real Superman
PHILLIP THOMAS: I don´t want to love you anymore
SOUTHERN BROTHERS BAND: Beach song
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2010-01-09
DONNA LOREN: Magic - The 80s Collection
On March 7, 1947, in Boston, Massachussetts, a 1960’s icon was born. A multi-dimensional star, excelling at the 3M’s of Hollywood--music, movies, and modeling--Donna Loren’s name is synonymous with the Swinging 60’s era of music, motion pictures, television, and fashion. Donna began her singing career at the early age of five, when she won second prize on an amateur show. This began the momentum for the next eleven years, when she appeared on shows including Playhouse 90 and a radio program, Squeakin’ Deacon. At age 8, she sang her first commercial for Meadow Gold Ice Cream. By nine, she had cut her first record, “I Think It’s Almost Christmas Time,” and by the age of ten, she appeared on The Mickey Mouse Club TV Show. Donna’s popularity heightened in 1963 when, at the age of sixteen, she was selected to be the first and only “Dr Pepper Girl.” She promoted the soft-drink company for five years on the radio, in a huge billboard campaign, magazines and personal appearances. One could not pass through any city without seeing the captivating image of the young beauty gracing the streets.
Label: Radio Direct X Ankom: 2010-01-07
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 133
TOKYO ROSENTHAL: And then you sang
HAYLEY OLIVER: Another lonely night
SUSAN HICKMAN: Whipping post
TABATHA & SOUTHERN FRY´d: Next Train
THE RIVER GYPSIES: Wine, lovers and lights
RONNIE BAKER: Somebody stole the sun
JALON WATTS: Dear Mr Jesus
SLIM WHITMAN: Redwing
TOMMY YOUNG: Gonna build me a bar (in the back of my car)
GEORGE McANTHONY: Waiting for you
THE JOKERS WILD BAND: In just one night (radio edit)
WILD WILD WESTT: Sitting pretty
JIM REEVES: There´s someone who loves you
HAYBELLE MOYSES BLUEGRASS FORUM: Time after time
JACKED UP: But 4 now
BRIANIE: Western woman
CHARLIE LANDSBOROUGH: I will love you all my live (live & unplugged)
CHARLIE LANDSBOROUGH: Australia in my heart (live & unplugged)
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 2010-01-05
JOHN FOGERTY: The Blue Ridge Rangers rides again
36 år efter att John Fogertys solo-debut "The Blue Ridge Ranger" släpptes kommer nu uppföljaren". Albumet innehåller 12 amerikanska klassiker och bland gästartisterna finns folkkära namn som Bruce Springsteen och Don Henley & Timothy B. Schmit från Eagles. Deluxe-versionen innehåller en bonus DVD med studio- och livebilder från inspelningarna av albumet samt liveframträdanden.
Label: Verve Music Group Ankom: 2010-01-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Western Heart Promotion
MYROL: If hearts could really be broken
RANDOLPH MICHAUD: Do you believe me now
CHERYL K WARNER:Counterfeit country queen
ALLEN KARL: Can´t your memory find somewhere else to go
PERLEY CURTIS & ERIN HAY: Making plans
JIM RUSS: Wore out
JOHN R BUTLER & JAMIE CUTLER: Where did we go wrong
ALLEN KARL: It´s too early to cry in my beer
DOUG BRUCE: I know about lonesome
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 2010-01-04
JOHN SCHMID: A tribute to Johnny Cash
John Schmid is founder and director of Common Ground Ministries, a unique singing ministry based in Berlin, Ohio, with a focus on prisons in the Ohio Corrections system.
John's unique style of singing, a blend of country, folk and gospel with a touch of the contemporary, has gained audiences in a wide variety of settings; from prisons to embassies; back porches to concert halls; schools, rest homes, churches, army bases, banquets... His honest, genuine voice is easy to listen to and his message is made acceptable through humor, true life stories, a love for people, and a wide variety of songs.
He has sung in many states as well as thirty different countries across the world. He has opened for well-known stars such as Tom T. Hall, Connie Smith, Johnny Paycheck, Jim & Jesse, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs and others. (In Sept. 2004 he was going to open for Randy Travis, but a tornado came through town).
He is married to Lydia and has three children. They sometimes sing as a family, depending on their three teenagers' schedules. The Schmids reside near Berlin, Ohio.
Label: Airplay Music Ankom: 2010-01-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Airplay Direct
BRAD HINES: Hooked on the bottle
DAVE CALEY: Kick my …
DAVID NALL: Honk if you play for keeps
DAVID NALL: Just Git-R-Done Son
DAVID NALL: Tears don´t come weasy for a man
DOUG BRUCE: I know about lonesome
JERRY MAC: She even woke me up to say goodbye
RB RENEGADE & JODY LEE THOMPSON: Finding my way
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 2010-01-03
STEVE HAGGERTY & BIANCA SHOMBURG: Look me in the eye
Here is a new song "Look Me In The Eye" from our singer Steve with the famous German singer Bianca Shomburg. The song was send to him from Willy B. Music Group in Nashville/Tennessee and is written by Willy Boroski, Kevin Conboy, & Ruthie Steele. It is recorded at the Nashfield Studios in Borgholzhausen, Germany by Bjoern Diewald
Label: Ankom: 2009-12-27
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA, CDTEX, MusicSUBMIT
EMORY QUINN: Whiskey in my whiskey In 2003, Emory Quinn was formed. Originating from Bryan, Texas, band members Nathan and Clint began making their marks by performing at local open mic nights. It wasn't until a year later when Case joined the band. Emory Quinn recorded their album "Letting Go" in 2006. They toured the next couple of years around Texas and Oklahoma and then recorded their second album "The Road Company" in 2008.Their latest album "Live at Gruene Hall" was recorded this year and will be released in early January of 2010. Live at Gruene Hall truly showcases the growth and development of the up and coming Texas band.
MARTY DENTON: Tyler Rose Having lived in the delta of lower Arkansas i have been inspired to write from many different genres. my roots are deep in gospel music and the blues of the area. i am on cmg records Nashville. i started recording and playing at 12 years of age and i am still performing around the southeastern u.s. I am thankful that radio is still the major media outlet
LELAND HARDING III: A coboys life
LELAND HARDING III: A truer love than mine
LELAND HARDING III: Heartaches and memories
LELAND HARDING III: I miss you tonight
PAT GARRETT: Happy new year baby
RANDY CLARK: Enough of you
RANDY CLARK: One life
RANDY CLARK: One you
DARRYL WORLEY: Best of both worlds 3rd single from album Sounds Like Life
JOANNA MOSCA: Keep on going Joanna Mosca is one of the very best unsigned artists now in America. Her brand new album is absolutely wonderful
MIKE McCLURE BAND: Perfect night Mike McClure is a singer/songwriter/producer from Ada, Oklahoma. He is currently the frontman for the Mike McClure Band. McClure is a founding member of The Great Divide, and was a member until he and the band parted ways in 2002. The Mike McClure Band consists of McClure (guitar, vocals), Tom Skinner (bass), and Eric Hansen (drums). He has become the permanent producer for Cross Canadian Ragweed. This song is taken from their 2009 album Onion
ROBERT EARL KEEN: Goodbye Cleveland 2nd ECMA choice from his latest album The Rose Hotel.
SARA BUXTON: Outside my window Outside My Window is the new single by the Kansas singer/songwriter Sarah Buxton. Her studio album is slated for a February 23, 2010 release date by Lyric Street Records.
STEVE AZAR: Sunshine 2nd single from the album Slide On Over Here
TAYLOR SWIFT: Fearless (live) Fearless is a song by Taylor Swift which is a promotional single from her album Fearless. It was released on October 14, 2008, on iTunes, and became her third top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it debuted at number nine. This is Swift's highest debut on the chart, and her third-highest career peak. Swift debuted the song with a performance on November 10, 2008 at the Late Show with David Letterman. The song will be released to country radio on January 4, 2010 and will serve as the fifth single from the album
TAYLOR SWIFT: Fearless Here you have the single version by Taylor Swift
YESTERDAY´S RING: Another bad country song Yesterday's Ring is a Country-folk band from Montréal, Québec (Canada). They are the brother project from the members of The Sainte Catherines band. At the beginning they were an acoustic project, but sound changed to country-folk after the release of El Rancho (2005). Their latest album is Diamonds in the Ditch (Aquarius, Suburban Home, Yoyo) (2009). This song is called Another Bad Country Song.
Label: Ankom: 2009-12-24
JEFF BLACK: Christmas sunshine
Label: Lotos Nile Ankom: 2009-12-22
TALL TIMBER: Tall timber
Label: Talon Records Ankom: 2009-12-22
FAITH HILL: Winter wonderland
Label: Warner Music Sweden AB Ankom: 2009-12-21
BLAKE SHELTON: Silent night
Label: Warner Music Sweden AB Ankom: 2009-12-21
DWIGHT YOAKAM: Santa Claus is back in town
Label: Warner Music Sweden AB Ankom: 2009-12-21
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: Tulsa sounds like trouble to me
ALLEN KARL: Oh Tennessee
BRADY SEALS: Been there, drunkthat
BLAKE SHELTON & TRACE ADKINS: Hillbilly bone
JOHNNY REID: Blue Christmas
JOHHNY REID: Christmas time again
BROTHER LOU: Nothing in the sky
BLUE MOTHER TUPELO: The war
OK CORRALL BAND: Es navidad, es tiempo de amar
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2009-12-16
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Mark Trail Music #37
GARY PITTMAN: Lovin´ and leavin´
RAY MARTIN: The Miracle
JOHN FOSTER: River of life
WILL STOLTZ: More of what matters
KIM WARREN: On a good night
JOKERS WILD BAND: Just one night
MEAH FAITH: Sun won´t you shine
JC ANDERSEN: Scars
PETE SCHLEGEL: Alcohol abuse
MICHAEL THOMAS: Some of hear with me
ALAN MIKUSEK: Leavin´ bound
LEON VENERABLE: Simple southern man
BILLY RYAN & MARTY RAYBON: Going through hell
JIM & RACHEL: Stand or crumble
DEBORAH ALLEN: Rockin´ little Christmas
CODIE PREVOST: Santa´s got a brand new ride
BOBBY HELMS: I want to go to Santa Claus Land
ALLEN LAYMAN: It´s that time of year
SYLVIA: A cradle in Bethlehem
Label: Mark Trail Music Ankom: 2009-12-05
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 132
MICHELLE WRIGHT: Have yourself a merry little Christmas
MICHAEL PETERSON: Baby I´m sticking with you
CASEY DILWORTH: A place to fall apart
SAM MILLAR: House full of love
KARIN WRIGHT: No mercy
GARY CURTIS: He was there
BRENDA MULGREW: A bible and a bus ticket home
LYNNE TAYLOR DONOVAN: Dear Santa
JIM REEVES: White Christmas
JUDY AKIN: Christmas needs love to be Christmas
WES DAVIS: The first night of Christmas
THE RIVER GYPSIES: Candle of peace
FERGAL FLAHERTY: No. 1s in heaven
WILD WILD WESTT: Angels (unplugged)
COLLIN RAYE & REBECCA LYNN HOWARD: Fallin´
BILLY YEATES: Famous for bein´ your fool
STELLA PARTON: Mountain miracles
THE JOKERS WILD BAND: In just one night
FERGAL FLAHERTY: Remember me
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 2009-12-05
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christan Music - "Come and See" - NCM 69
NICHOLE C MULLEN: Freedom
RICHARD BIRCH: Again and again
VIV NEVILLE: Let me know your presence
WADE VINCENT ROOT: Where angels are
ROXANNE SHERIDAN & HIRAM JOSEPH: It was your cross
JERZY GROUP: There is a God love
TONY RICH & OSRICK BAND: There is a hope (call Jesus Christ)
SAM MILLAR: House full of love
ROB ASSH: Sing a song of Christmas
KRISTEN TRAYER: Blessed by the child
MICHAEL ROBERT: Adore him
MARLA RATLIFF: Away in a manger
LARRY FORD: O holy night
GAITHER VOCAL BAND: Come and see what´s happenin´
A.G. & KATE: A king is born to Israel
BOBBY SMITH: Small packages
YAZZ: Jerusalem
ROBIN MARK: Greater than one
JESSY DIXON: A brighter day
SPRING HARVEST (solo: Ben Cantelon): One way
ERNIE HAASE & SIGNATURE SOUND: Reason enough
ANDY HUMPHRIES: That´ll be Jesus (Spanish version)
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Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 2009-12-05
CINA SAMUELSON: Please come home for Christmas
Label: Cool Country Music Ankom: 2009-12-03
LYLE LOVETT: Pantry
Första singeln från Lyle Lovetts grymma album "Natural Forces", country när den är som bäst! Missa inte!
Label: Warner Music Sweden Ankom: 2009-11-24
PALMER: Country girls gone wild
Don't let the tattoos, piercings or mohawk fool you; Palmer's roots are firmly planted in country music. Palmer is more than a singer and songwriter. He’s an entertainer. His high energy shows, along with his party atmosphere and songs, are just what the doctor ordered for a good time. Mixing in the influences of his past and present in many different genres, Palmer has found a sound that is truly his own. Palmer and his band currently tour the southern states, but are always looking to venture out farther. Hold on tight…this ride is just getting started!
Label: 3ctmusic Ankom: 2009-11-22
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
NANCI GRIFFITH: Tequila after midnight Nanci Griffith was born July 6, 1953 in Seguin, Texas. Singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, Folk, and what she terms folkabilly. Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, Other Voices, Other Rooms. Her latest album is The Loving Kind, for Rounder (2009). The song we consider for airplay is Tequila After Midnight.
LOVE AND THEFT: Dancing in circles Love and Theft is a group formed in Nashville in 2006. It is composed of Brian Bandas, Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson, all three of whom sing lead vocals and play guitar. Signed to Lyric Street Records subsidiary Carolwood Records in 2009, Love and Theft made its chart debut in early 2009 with the single Runaway, which has reached Top 10 on Billboard Hot Country Songs. The band's debut album, World Wide Open, was released on August 25, 2009. Dancing in Circles is the band's 2nd single to be released soon in the USA
AARON TIPPIN: East bound and down East Bound And Down is the 2nd single from In Overdrive, the 9th studio album by Aaron Tippin, the singer from Pensacola (Florida, 1958). The album was released: February 3, 2009 for Country Crossing Label.
SUGARLAND: Loveon the inside Sugarland released its 5th single from the album Love On The Inside. Still not charting in the USA, Keep You is their latest radio effort for Mercury Nashville, before the promo of their first Christmas album next week.
DARREN MULLINS: The days of you and me Darren Mullins plays a mixture of old time rock and roll, country and Irish music. He's 36 years old and live in South Korea. He's releasing a new EP called The Days Of You And Me. Darren has had a few Top 40 hits in Europe.
MARK STEPAKOFF: Liqour don´t lie Mark Stepakoff is a Boston-based singer songwriter. This song is taken from his just released 3rd Cd, Some Assembly Required. Excellent reviews on the folk circuit and US folk airplay charts. Info: www.markstepakoff.com
TOBY KEITH: Cryin´ for me (Wayman´s song) Toby Keith 2nd single from his album American Ride on Show Dog Nashville
ANDREW HELLER: El Paso Andrew Heller is singing the praises of his beloved Texas with the release of his new single El Paso. The song is a remake of the great Marty Robbins tune
RODNEY ATKINS: Chasin´ girls Chasin Girls is Rodney Atkins 3rd single from his album It's America. Album released March 31, 2009 on Curb Records
BOURBON CREW: Pour on rain Bourbon Crow is an alternative, outlaw country band from North Carolina. Members are Buck Bourbon and Jessie Crow. Long Way To The Bottom is their 2nd album, from which Pour On rain is taken.
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2009-11-13
ROGER & THE ROCKETS: Walking band
Label: Blue Hall Ankom: 2009-11-11
THE TENNESSEE FAT CATS: Heavy duty
Label: BSW Records Ankom: 2009-11-10
MARTY MAGGIO: Plays Country - Five singles from the album
Label: BSW Records Ankom: 2009-11-10
WADE VINCENT ROOT: Our bed of roses - Four singles from the album
Label: BSW Records Ankom: 2009-11-10
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
BILL TOWNSEND: The devil song
HEIRS OF SALVATION: Love fell upon the roses
LARRY COCHRAN: Made by God
ZACH FLOWERS & REVIVED: If he did that for me
THE PUFFERS: It´s good but it´s gonna get better
DAVID NAIL: Thank you Lord Jesus
BOMSHEL: 19 and crazy Bomshel is a country music duo founded in 2004 by lead singer Buffy Buf Lawson and fiddle player Kristy Osmunson. Signed to Curb Records in 2004, Bomshel's original lineup charted four single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and recorded an unreleased album called Bomshel Stomp. One of their songs, The Power of One, was included in the soundtrack to the film Evan Almighty. Lawson departed in December 2007, and Kelley Shepard was chosen as her replacement. The new lineup of Shepard and Osmunson released has released four more singles, including Fight Like a Girl and 19 and Crazy (here included), both of which reached the country Top 40. In October 2009, Bomshel released its debut album, also titled Fight Like a Girl.
BRADY SEAL: Ho down Ho Down is the first single from Brady Seals' latest album, Play Time, Cd released August 18, 2009 on Nine North Records. Brady, born 1969 in Ohio is the cousin of Jim Seals, Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals, and the husband of former artist Lisa Stewart. Seals made his debut in 1988 as co-lead vocalist and keyboardist in the sextet Little Texas, with whom he recorded until his departure in 1995. Between then and 2002, he recorded as a solo singer. In 2002, Seals formed a quartet called Hot Apple Pie, in which he has recorded one studio album and charted three singles.
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2009-11-09
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Xx
BRAD PAISLEY: Welcome to the future
BROOKS & DUNN: Indian summer
BROOKS & DUNN feat BILLY GIBBONS: Honky tonk stomp
CHRIS YOUNG: Gettin´ you home
GENE WATSON feat RHONDA VINCENT: Staying together
GRETCHEN WILSON: Work hard, play harder
JEFF FOXWORTHY: Party all night
RASCAL FLATTS: Summer nights
REBA McENTIRE: Consider me gone
TAYLOR SWIFT: Fifteen
TOBY KEITH: American ride
Label: Ankom: 2009-11-08
TORE ANDERSEN: Right around the corner
Tore Andersen is today one of Norways most prominent country artists. He picked up the guitar at an early age, and turned to country music in his late teens. After touring for a decade with the likes of Ottar "Big Hand" Johansen and Bjoro Haaland (both Norwegian household names), he recorded his debut album, "The Hero In Me", in Nashville in 1992. That being a contemporary country record, he later has added more of an americana flavour to his music, and his last two solo albums "Tore Andersen", and the most recent "Right Around The Corner", mixes traditional country with rock, pop and bluegrass his own unique way.
Tore Andersen has had quite a few of his songs cut by other artists, both in Norway and internationally, and he frequently travels to the US to co-write with the likes of hit-writers Byron Hill and Kathy Louvin.
Label: Wilma Records Ankom: 2009-11-07
CHARLIE DANIELS & FRIENDS: Joy to the world - A Twin Pines Christmas DVD
Legendary Blue Hat recording artist Charlie Daniels will release a special holiday CD/DVD package through E1 Entertainment on Oct. 13 called Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas. The deluxe, two-disc set includes a CD and a bonus DVD A Twin Pines Christmas
Both discs feature collaborations between Daniels and guests Kathy Mattea, Dan Tyminski, Jewel,* Suzanne and Evelyn Cox of the Cox Family, Aaron Tippin and The Grascals. The Twin Pines Christmas DVD contains live peformances, as well as additional commentary and interview footage with Daniels and the rest of the artists.
"It was really fun working with people from such diverse musical backgrounds and seeing their approach to performing bluegrass music,” said Daniels. “It's a very special kind of music."
Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas features a mix of traditional Christmas standards, (“Blue Christmas,” “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World,”
“The Christmas Song,” more) as well as a number of originals written by Daniels and his band (“Christmas Time Down South,” “Mississippi Christmas
Eve,” “Hallelujah”). The album also features a special reading of Daniels’classic Christmas story, “A Carolina Christmas.
A full track listing follows below
Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas will be available in stores and online at most digital retailers, including iTunes, Amazon and Rhapsody.
A CD only version will also be available at selected retailers.
CD Track listing:
1. Christmas Time’s A Comin’ (w/ The Grascals)
2. Christmas Time Down South (w/ Aaron Tippin)
3. Blue Christmas (w/ Jewel)
4. Mississippi Christmas Eve
5. Hallelujah
6. The Christmas Song (w/ Dan Tyminski)
7. O Come All Ye Faithful (w. Kathy Mattea)
8. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (w/ Evelyn Cox - of the Cox Family)
9. Joy To The World
10. The Christmas Song from the Book of Luke (Luke 2:1-11)
11. Silent Night (w/ Suzanne Cox - of the Cox Family)
12. A Carolina Christmas Carol
Label: E1 Music Ankom: 2009-11-07
BADBOB & JIMMY: Posted Places
The Badbob and Jimmy project is a redneck hunting comedy/parody GRANDSLAM! It was created, produced and recorded by country music artist, Kevin Blake Weldon (www.kevinblakeweldon.com), and features parodies and original songs about the fictional deer and turkey hunters, BadBob Underbrush and Jimmy Huckleberry. The first CD, POSTED PLACES, was released in October 2007 and features songs such as the first single, "I HUNT DEER IN POSTED PLACES", a parody of "Friends in Low Places" (CDX-OCTOBER 15th Volume 433 Track #15), "I LIKE IT, I LOVE IT (Spotlight Song)", a parody of Tim McGraw's rocker, and "HUNTIN' CLUB", a parody of Travis Tritt's "Country Club", among others. The new single, 'Redneck Hunter', is a parody of the Gretchen Wilson smash, "Redneck Woman" and is the title cut of the new CD released in March 2008. Radio shows who are playing BADBOB & JIMMY are receiving tremendous response and the listeners ''LOVE IT"!
Label: BBJ Entertainment, Inc. Ankom: 2009-11-07
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Western Heart Promotion vol.101
LAURA DOWNING: They taught me to yodel
LORA KAY ALEXANDER: Roses in the rain
JODI ANN: Beautiful day
DUSTY SPITTLE: Old dogs and children and watermelon wine
ALLEN KARL: Oh Tennessee
LAURA DOWNING: Grand Ole Opry
LARRY DEAN: High & lonesome
PATTI McKINNON: My hero´s always been cowboys
IAN MUIR: Cross your mind
LAURA DOWNING: It takes a woman
STONEWALL JACKSON: Waterloo
DAVID CLINE: Lady Luck
RUSTY EVANS: If this is country music (I want my old job back)
TED SNYDER: Honky tonk boogie woogie country swing
VINCE HATFIELD: Shoes - Cheese
JODI ANN: Wheels
TONY BARKER: San Saba River
LORA KAY ALEXANDER: Wearin´ Daddy´s genes
TIM CHESNEY: Somewhere north of Texas
CINDY STANDAGE: Did he mention my name
JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN: Asleep in the saddle
DIANNA "KiwiKate" WATSON: The good old Twizel outhouse
CLINTON GREGORY: Play Ruby play
ThHE SHADY CREEK OUTLAWS: When I was a cowboy
HAL WILLIS: What´s left of me
JERRY HILL: The worst of her (has the best of me)
BILL BODELL: If tomorrow never comes (instrumental)
PAUL MATEKI: Rusty nail
ERIN HAY: False eyelashes
ERNIE ASHWORTH: I feel better than I use to
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 2009-11-07
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 131
DOUG ADKINS & JACKRABBITT: Johnny B Goode
ROSIE HORNE: Travelin´ soldier
GARY CURTIS & BILLY SWAN: Billboard moving picture show
JEFFERSON ROSS: I was here
SUZANNE EDWARDS: A small star
P V TANNER: Mansion on the hill
T J STUART: Going home to Ireland in the Spring
AUBREY LOVEJOY: Why don´t you spend the night
RONNIE BAKER: One bar town
VICTORIA SHAW: God and me
RICHIE FIELDS: Losing you
NICKI GILLIS featuring BOB HOWE: It doesn´t matter anymore
CATHY-ANNE McCLINTOCK with ALAN DOYLE of GREAT BIG SEA: No matter what
MARK WAYNE GLASMIRE: Everything is gonna be alright
LIZ TALLEY: Johnny getting out of jail barbeque
JODY BOOTH: Gold digger
JAMIE TATE: One beer away from loving you
T. RAY WALTERS: Wrappers and raincoats
SLIM WHITMAN: China doll
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 2009-11-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christian Music "The first night - NCM 68"
GORDON MOTE: Get up in Jesus name
TEK: Surrander
PRESCIENCE: Always here
CATHY WHEELER: None can messure
DONNY RICHMOND & ALL-STAR GUESTS: That´s what Christmas means
WES DAVIS: The first night of Christmas
GARTH HEWITT & PAUL FIELD: One of us
TRACEE DAVIDSON & PHIL MITCHELL BAND: Christmas in Grandma´s eyes
JORDAN ANDERSON: Stand up!
JESSA ANDERSON: And you love me
TONY RICH & THE OSRICK BAND: You must believe
JOHN HAMILTON: Peace is possible
GERRY & HEATHER WILLIAMS: Tender mercy
RANDY TRAVIS: Everywhere we go
DIONNE WARWICK: Rise, shine & give glory
SPRING HARVEST: Dance, dance
CLINT MILLER: When wisdom
YAZZ: Love creation
MARK TEDDER & WORSHIP PLANET BAND (Beijing, China): Justice
VICTORIA SHAW: God and me
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 2009-11-04
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hillcrest 51
DONNY RICHMOND & ALL STAR GUESTS: That´s what Christmas means
BONITA MERCER: Santa´s rocketship
MANSON GRANT: Country Christmas
JOLINA CARL: Santa Claus will bring you home
VANATTA: The Elves´ Christmas party
JOHNNY LYON: Love is gone
SLOW HORSES: Take me back to Graceland
JUSTIN McGURK: Heaven this close to home
LeANNE KING: Learning as I go
THE BIG BULL BAND: Time be my friend
MELISSA BAJRIC: Sunshine rain
BRIAN DOLPH: Home is where the heart is
NANCY LEE: You gave me a yellow rose today
DONNY RICHMOND & ELVIS MUSICIANS: The world keeps loving Elvis
Label: Hillcrest Ankom: 2009-11-04
THE GLG BAND: One more time
Label: Sound Station Recording Ankom: 2009-11-03
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex 82
BILLY O´ROURKE: Me and Uncle Sam
DEWEY WAYNE: Reel good lovin´
JODY BOOTH: Gold digger
ROBERT MARTIN: I know that she can
JERRY AUDLEY: Blue Christmas
THE WAGON MASTERS MUSIC GROUP: Christmas is coming
GEORGE LONGARD: Blue Christmas
GEORGE LONGARD: Jingle bells
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 2009-11-02
LADY ANTEBELLUM: I run to you
Just nu en av EMIs 3 bäst säljande akter i USA. Den mest nedladdade och sålda på Itunes. Lady Antebellum är en pop-country doftande trio ifrån USA, som just nu slår igenom på bred front med det självbetitlade albumet. Bandet består av två mycket kompetenta sångare och en kvinnlig vokalissa, där alla tre delar sången. Albumets stora hit är denna - "I Run To" You.
Label: Capitol Nashville Ankom: 2009-10-29
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Airplay Direct
WINIFRED ADAMS: Better things to do
CANDISUZANNE: They don´t know the difference
JERRY MAC: Tribute to Bill Monroe
BJ YOUNG: Crying time
FREEBORN: Lonesome town
LOU WATSON: Steppin´ stone
JOHN SUMMERALL: Follow me home
SKINNY BILL MILLER: Big butt Bibit
ELIJAH GILBERT: A bad day of fishing
ELIJAH GILBERT: Mamas smile
DAN SCHAFER: A picture of you
DAN SCHAFER: Someone special
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 2009-10-28
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
JONAS OTTER: Borderline girl
SWEETBACK SISTERS: Cowboy girl
STEEL MAGNOLIA: Keep on lovin´ you
JUSTIN MOORE: Backwoods
VICTORIA BANKS: When you can fly
ROBERT MARTIN: I know that she can
LYLE LOVETT: Natural forces
THE BAND PERRY: Hip to my heart
Label: ECMA Ankom: 2009-10-27
CHARLA CORN: She ain´t always been an angel
She’s put 45,000 miles on a hand-me-down PT Cruiser in the last year and she ain’t slowin’ down anytime soon. In fact, Charla Corn is on the ride of her life touring her native state of Texas with some of the region’s biggest musical acts: Pat Green, Kevin Fowler, Roger Creager, the Randy Rogers Band, Wade Bowen, Aaron Watson, and the Josh Abbott Band, to name a few. Armed only with her guitar and arresting voice, she’s building solid career momentum one mile at a time.
The ambitious soprano hails from the sleepy Texas town of Farwell, with a population just over 1,300. This genuine farmer’s daughter was raised in a raucous, musical household. “I remember playing Dad’s Buddy Holly records over and over every Saturday when Mom did laundry, and my big brother Clay banging on the piano keys to old Jerry Lee Lewis tunes. I just started to sing along and from then on, I just knew that music was it for me.”
Charla pursued her passion and attended South Plains College whose alumni include Natalie Maines of the super group, The Dixie Chicks, Heath Wright of Ricochet, Lee Ann Womack, Curb Records’ Christyana Perez and Matt Jenkins. While there, she studied music performance and took her first steps toward becoming a songwriter. After college, she toured on her own throughout the region opening for headliners such as Jason Aldean, Jack Ingram, Asleep at the Wheel, and Joe Nichols; building a loyal fan base while honing her craft both on and off the stage.
As a performer her talents have taken her in numerous directions. Aside from touring, and perhaps because she’s such a dynamic personality, she made it to Hollywood in Season 2 of Fox’s American Idol and was a finalist in Season 6 of NBC’s Nashville Star. She has worked as an on-air personality for CMT, hosting CMT Insider, Wide Open Country and Karaoke Dokie. She was also a regular correspondent for CMT during radio broadcasts and red carpet premieres. She’s a frequent MC for various charities, including, among others, Minnie Pearl’s Cancer
Foundation. She currently hosts a bi-weekly radio show
called ‘Charla Chat,’ personally reporting national and regional entertainment industry news to local radio stations throughout Texas.
As a songwriter she has penned works with some of the industry’s most notable talents such as Jim Lauderdale, Clay Mills and Blair Daly. Her latest works can be heard on her first full-length album, More Than I Should, released in June of 2009.
Lewis Bogach, CMT’s VP of Production puts it best. “Don’t let her good looks fool you. She’s hip, with brains, boots and bring-it-on. Her crack the whip attitude and infectious energy will take her very far in this industry.”… and that’s her plan. “There is simply nothing better for me than being onstage, performing for people and watching them have a great time. I am committed to that feeling, to that sense of purpose. It’s why I’m here.”
Label: Ankom: 2009-10-26
STONEWALL JACKSON: The best of…
When you speak about the living legends of Country Music, you can’t overlook STONEWALL JACKSON! The story of his career measures up to the most unusual fictional accounts that a writer could imagine—but it’s all true!
Born in Tabor City, North Carolina, the youngest of three children, he lost his father when he was only two years old. His mother decided to move to south Georgia to her brother-in-law’s farm where the opportunity for work seemed better, and because times were hard, the family hitch-hiked to Georgia. After years of hard work on the farm, he changed his birth records and joined the Army at 16, but when they discovered his real age he was released. However at 17 he went into the Navy.
During the time he was in the Navy he learned how to pick a guitar and sing. By the time he received his discharge in 1954, he decided that music was to be his career!
STONEWALL drove to Nashville in his pick-up truck, and when Wesley Rose of Acuff-Rose Publishing Company heard him, he called his friend “The Solemn Old Judge”, George Hay at the Grand Ole Opry and sent STONEWALL down to WSM Radio to see the Judge. STONEWALL became the first and only unknown artist ever signed to the Opry roster, but with his natural singing ability, he became a star. Through friendship with Ernest Tubb he went on to his first round of personal appearances, and then his Columbia records introduced him to a whole new liste3ning public.
“Life To Go” became his first Number 1 Chart record in 1959 and the next year he followed with a classic, “Waterloo”. These were just the first of many number one hits including “I Wash My Hands In Muddy Water”, “A Wound Time Can’t Erase”, “B.J. the D.J.”, “Why I’m Walking”, and “Don’t Be Angry” to name just a few. “Waterloo” was number one pop and country.
Through the years legendary stonewall (his real name by the way) has traveled from coast to coast and border to border to entertain hundreds of thousands of true Country Music fans! He’s also entertained those same fans as a regular member of the world famed Grand Ole Opry. His travels have been world wide. With trips to Canada, Alaska, England, Germany, Hawaii, etc.
More and more of the public is enjoying the unique STONEWALL JACKSON style. His new albums are always great sellers.
STONEWALL and his wife Juanita live in a comfortable farm atmosphere in Brentwood, Tennessee, overlooking a nine acre lake named “Lake Waterloo”. Juanita is his personal manager and operates his song publishing company, Turp Tunes. That company, by the way is named after his son, Stonewall Jackson Jr. whose nickname is Turp. Turp now functions as a drummer with STONEWALL’S band, and takes care of the big bus that STONEWALL and THE MINUTE MEN use for their personal appearances around the country.
So, there you have it—the living legend! Singer, Guitarist, song-writer, genuine star and talented human being --- STONEWALL JACKSON!
Label: Collectors Choice Music Ankom: 2009-10-25
DALLAS WAYNE: I´m your biggest fan
There's lots of stuff happening these days. First, in case you haven't heard, I'm the new kid on the block in Outlaw Country on SIRIUS Satellite Radio. Check out the press release in Billboard Magazine; I'm mighty proud of what "Little Steven" Van Zandt had to say!
If you're a SIRIUS subscriber, tune in to channel 36 weeknights from 8 p.m. to midnight Eastern and we'll have a big time. If you don't have SIRIUS radio yet, why not? Click here for a free trial to see what you're missing.
And if that's not enough to keep me out of the pool halls, I'm heading out on a solo tour in August and September. Be sure to check out the tour schedule, I may be coming to a town near you.
Plus weve blown the dust off a never-released, seldom-heard album that I recorded in Nashville in 1990, called Georgia Dreamin. You can get this re-released gem on CD now from our buy stuff page, but hurry because supplies are limited.
Dallas Wayne considers himself lucky to be able to make a living doing something he loves. Some people might say it has more to do with talent than luck. But throughout a career that has taken Dallas around the world as a songwriter, singer, actor and radio deejay, he claims he's never had a real job.
A native of Springfield, Missouri, Dallas began performing professionally in 1975, and by the age of 18 he had toured throughout the entire U.S. and Canada. After moving to Nashville, he further developed his vocal style singing demos for many of the top publishing houses in the music industry.
While touring Europe in 1991, Dallas forged a deal with Texicalli Records in Finland and was signed to record an album. One album soon became six, and Dallas decided to move to Scandinavia in 1996, where he was contracted as a staff writer for Warner/Chappell Music.
After four years living and touring in Europe, Dallas returned to the U.S. and settled in northern California. Within one month of his return, he signed a record deal with HighTone Records. In addition to recording two albums of his own on the HighTone label, Dallas was a part of the honky-tonk supergroup, the TwangBangers.
In early 2003 Dallas moved to Austin, Texas, where he has enjoyed a vibrant country music scene. In addition to playing around Austin, he continues to tour the U.S. and Europe.
In early 2005, Dallas released his new CD I'm Your Biggest Fan, marking his debut on Koch Records Nashville.
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 2009-10-25
SHAWNA RUSSELL: Rumor/Should´ve been born with wheels/Goddess/Shed a tear
Oklahoma country-rock singer-songwriter Shawna Russell debuted on the national and international music scene with the release of her debut CD, GODDESS (Way Out West Records), in 2008. The critically-acclaimed project produced three radio singles, "Goddess," "Should've Been Born With Wheels" and "Fire In The Desert." These songs cemented her status as a contender, with action on the Billboard "New and Active,' Music Row, and Texas Music Charts.
Label: Way Out West Records Ankom: 2009-10-22
PAT GARRETT: Wild hog / Honey dont pay the ransom / Bailout
Singer/songwriter Pat Garrett often finds inspiration from situations that invoke controversy. For example, when Sarah Palin was a hot topic, his song "Moose Shootin' Mama" landed him on the campaign trail with the then vice-presidential hopeful, after the Governor's office in Alaska heard the song. "It was a great ride...until November 4", laughs Garrett. So it's no surprise that his new album "CountryVersial Tunes" is full of topics that will make people talk. Songs like "Bailout", "Stick Your Oil" and "Rollin' My Own" reflect the views of many Americans on topics effecting their freedoms, while "Wild Girls", "Honey Don't Pay the Ransom", and "Wild Hog" show a peek of Garrett's biker side. It may seem at first glance that songs about national controversies are odd woven in with fun-loving biker songs, until you realize that the whole album, with its rockin' infectious rhythms, reflect what America's all about...freedom.
Label: Gold Dust Records Ankom: 2009-10-19
GEORGE STRAIT: Living for the night
Label: Ankom: 20091018
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Airplay Direct
COUNTY LINE JUNCTION: Crossroads
COUNTY LINE JUNCTION: Loneley
CONTY LINE JUNCTION: Real love
DAN SCHAFER: A tiny little heartbeat
DAVE CALEY: Girl problems
GEORGE LONGARD: Detroit City
NOLE TUCKETT: Inside a soldier
SAM BROWN: Ain´t no memory
TERRY DENNIS: Heroes never die
TERRY DENNIS: The blue one is me
TERRY DENNIS: You can´t bring her back
TERRY DENNIS: Your used to be
WAGON MASTERS MUSIC GROUP: Baby doll blue eyes
JOHN McLEOD: By my side
JOHN McLEOD: California driller
JOHN McLEOD: Metis Indian song
JOHN McLEOD: Nashville nights
THE GLG BAND: Freedom
GEORGE LEONARD & CARL JAMES: A whole lot of you
CARL JAMES & GEORGE LEONARD: Frifty years ago tonight
CARL JAMES & GEORGE LEONARD: Would you dance with me
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20091017
JENNY DOVESON: All these wasteful hours
Label: Veranda Independent Records Ankom: 20091013
SHELLY RASTIN: Be true to you / Born in a barn / Hard to say no / High class trailer trash
There is no secret as to why Shelly Rastin continues to make her mark on the national music scene. However, there is a magic formula which continues to see this bonafide star win new fans from coast to coast. Timeless tunes, crossing over from rock to pop to country; an insatiable thirst for excelling in her craft; partnering with music superstars; displaying an unequaled work ethic – this is Shelly Rastin.
In 2001, Rastin initiated a songwriting and recording relationship with internationally-acclaimed music icon Randy Bachman (guitarist and founding member, The Guess Who & Bachman Turner Overdrive). The result of their collaboration? Music fans everywhere are overjoyed.
It’s a single entitled, Born in a Barn, that is turning heads Rastin’s way on Canadian radio right now. Born in a Barn (penned by Shelly Rastin and Darcy Corbett), a timeless tune twinning marvelous harmonizing with incredibly clever and cheeky lyrics, is production by country music hit maker Jason Barry. The follow up tracks to complete the album are well underway and will be available across Canada by late Spring 2008.
Rastin recently grabbed the international spotlight when she shared the bill with country superstar Keith Urban.
Star Magazine reported, “Nicole Kidman is traveling with new hubby Keith Urban on his new North American concert tour, but she is going to great lengths to stay out of the public eye and out of the camera lenses.” The magazine continued, “Kidman was so demanding of her personal space that Shelly Rastin, the singer who opened the show for Urban at the 20,000 strong Bayfest outdoor concert in (Sarnia) that borders the U.S. at Port Huron, Mich., said she couldn't even get to her trailer to change her clothes before she went on stage. It was too close to the newlyweds black Prevost tour bus.
A rare artist who appeals to fans of all genres – particularly in her crossover forté of rock/pop/country – Rastin has been on the receiving end of several awards: two-time Country Artist of the Year, London Music Awards; two-time Singer/Songwriter of the Year, Jack Richardson Music Awards, and 2 nominations at the Toronto Independent Music Awards – the list goes on.
Everything Shelly Rastin touches turns to gold. She has captured first place and many new fans at a number of showcases and TV appearances, ranging from local talent contests, TSN, CMT / Corus Radio Network Country Star Search, Ed McMahon's Next Big Star, Toronto's City TV's Breakfast Television, Rogers Cable and The A Channel, and she’s been a repeat featured act at Canadian Music Week.
When an artist has an opportunity to work with a legend like Bachman, that artist is naturally excited. In fact, Rastin has made a solid impression on Bachman, who states, "You are quite a successful role model for women in all areas. You have and maintain a great family, have a day job at London Life and have a career in music. I don't know how you manage it all but it's quite a template for other women."
So much talent. So many accolades in such a short time. Yet, the best is yet to come for Shelly Rastin. Keep your eyes and ears open…Rastin’s gonna’ rawk’ your countrified soul!
www.shellyrastin.com
Label: Ankom: 20091012
JUDY KANYO: Not what I had in mind
First song release EVER on debut cd DARLIN ITS OVER was nominated for Song Of The Year, Top Artist of the Year, Top Female Vocalist of the Year and Future Star Award on the European Country Music Association Awards 2006. New cd titled NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND first song "You Wouldnt Lie to an Angel"released January 2008 through Loggins Promotions of Los Angeles CA. and presently at the top of all the New Music Weekly charts as reported to STS over 30,000 spins in USA. #3 on top 100 ,#17 on top 40.... #39 on country and #6 on HOT AC The charts are posted on www.judykanyo.com Second song released presently is NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND is presently chartbound as of July 9. I need a Label so hurry up and sign me!!! I can be contacted through my website by clicking on the "email Judy " shoe. Yes I read ALL my mail!!!!
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20091009
RANDOLPH MICHAUD: Tribute to George Jones
Currently, Randolph’s music and dynamic vocals are being heard around the globe, touching the hearts of people in several countries. His heartfelt music, and deep rich vocals are unique, and Randolph Michaud delivers powerful song compositions about Life, Love, and Happiness. Randolph Michaud is an International Recording Artist, and has exploded onto the country music scene in 2005, with his first single release, He Stopped Loving Her Today, which found its way to Playlists/Country Charts around the world with a rapidly growing fan base.
He Stopped Loving Her Today had reached top rankings on the European Country Music Charts, Roots Music Charts it has been the most played song in the European Radio market, and remains very strong in the Top 10 Most Requested Songs on Radio around the world. In 2006 Randolph Michaud released three powerful hits in, Y’all Come, Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes, Talk Back Trembling Lips. These songs deliver high-energy sound’s dedicated to Country Music Legends of past and present, and truly illustrate Randolph Michaud’s remarkable vocals.
Label: WHP Ankom: 20091009
JIMMY WAYNE featuring DARRYL HALL & JOHN OATES: Sara smiles
Label: The Valory Music Company Ankom: 20091009
MARK STUART AND THE BASTARD SONS: Bend in the road
Mark Stuart, mannen bakom hyllade alt-countrygruppen Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, är tillbaka med en ny CD, »Bend In The Road« är en riktigt stark platta med countryrock av bästa märke. Och för att frigöra sig något från ett tungt arv har bandet bästämt sig för att droppa ikonen Cash från namnet och de heter nu i stället Mark Stuart and the Bastard Sons.
Label: Dualtone Ankom: 20091008
PILGRIM: Harbour girl
Pilgrim med tvillingsystrarna Karin och Maria Forsman i spetsen är tillbaka med ett nytt och smått sensationellt album. »Harbour Girl« spelades in i KONK studios i London med legendariske Ray Davies som producent. Men alla som förväntar sig att höra sextiotalspop bör omedelbart tänka om. För Pilgrim har visserligen lämnat den honky tonk country som präglade debutplattan från 2005, men de har sökt sig bakåt och nu det akustisk old time country och bluegrass som gäller. Kvar finns dock systrarna Forsmans utsökta stämsång
Pilgrim bildades 2001 på den bar Karin och Maria drev i Göteborg (KoM). I början bestod låtlistan av favoriter med Stanley Brothers, Johnny Cash och Louvin Brothers. 2005 kom den självbetitlade debutplattan som fick strålande kritik snart sagt överallt.
2006 tog Pilgrim ett sabbatsår och när de kom tillbaka året därpå så var sättningen helt akustisk.
I samband med utgivningen av »Harbour Girl« turnerar Pilgrim som förband till Ray Davies. Maria har tagit en paus från livescenen och Karin är ensam sångerska under turnén:
2/10 Kulturbolaget, Malmö
3/10 Trädgårn, Göteborg
4/10 Berns, Stockholm
6/10 Olarshallen, Trondheim
7/10 Sentrum Scene, Oslo
9/10 Ibsenhuset, Skien
10/10 Konserthus, Stavanger
11/10 Grieghallen, Bergen
Label: rootsy.nu Ankom: 20091008
DARIUS RUCKER: Don´t think about it
Den tidigare sångaren i Hootie & The Blowfish gör idag megakarriär inom countryn. Med inte mindre än 3 (!) USA-ettor på Country-listan ifrån detta album har Darius Rucker mer eller mindre kunnat säga sig ha ?gjort en Obama?- den första svarta tagit sig ända upp på toppen-där enbart vita varit innan honom. (Och märk väl att det skett samtidigt som Obama blivit president...) Albumet har sedan länge passerat PLATINA (1.000.000 sålda) och idag släpps det i Sverige. Vi har valt ?Don´t Think...? , som den första singeln för Sverige-men fler lär komma.
Label: Capitol Nashville Ankom: 20091008
ROSANNE CASH: I´m movin´ on / Sea of heartbreak (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
Label: EMI Ankom: 20091008
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
VICTOR WAINWRIGHT AND THE WILD ROOTS: Sweet Louise
ADAM BRAND: Hell of a ride
AMANDA NAGURNEY: Gone fishin
BIG & RICH: The man I am right now
DOC WALKER: Coming home
EMERSON DRIVE: I love this road
HANNAH McNEIL: What am I getting up for
HOLLY WILLIAMS: Mama
JESSIE JAMES: I look so good (without you)
JOHN ANDERSON: Bigger hands
JOHN ARTHUR MARTINEZ: Utopia
JOHN FOGERTY: Garden party
JOHNNY REID: Dance with me
JOHNNY TROUBLE TRIO: The rhythm of the railroad
JUSTIN MOORE: Back that thing up
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON: Good morning John
LARRY GATLIN AND THE GATLIN BROTHERS: Johnny Cash is dead (and his house burned down)
PATTY LOVELESS: Busted
RADNEY FOSTER & THE CONFESSION: A little revival
REDD VOLKAERT: Jackhammer rock
ROBERT EARL KEEN: The Rose Hotel
ROCH VOISINE: Sur la route de Memphis
RODNEY CARRINGTON: If I´m the only one
BOCA CHICA: Workboots
CORB LUND: A game in town like this
CORB LUND: Long gone to Saskatchewan
JOHN FOGERTY ft BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: When will I be loved
RED RIVER MUDCATS: Good day for the blues
RED RIVER MUDCATS: Texas eagle
SARA WATKINS: All this time
TERRI CLARK: If you want fire
VERONICA BELLESTRINI: Pray when it rains
Label: ECMA Ankom: 20091006
LINKIN´ BO LUCKEE: On the beat
Blues about you
First thing first
Heartaches by the number
High fashion queen
Let´s pretend
Lipstick powder and paint
My girl Josephine
One more time
Overnight success
Pick me up on your way down
Pride
Route 66
The magic is there
Turn to me
Under your spell again
Charlena
Stupidville
Breaking up and leaving daySinger, songwriter from Sweden with USA recordings puts out quality country music. Exquisite Fiddle, steel and guitar playing make the songs a real treat for picky ears.
Clean, genuine, toe-tappers with the best Texas country music musicians there are.
“Linkin´Bo Luckee” (Bo Goran Svensson) is well known by the people of Sweden. He is always on the run promoting and selling his cd’s. But most of all, he is famous for his song lyrics in the Swedish language making fun of the Swedish way of living.
Musicians on the albun "On The Beat"
Tommy Detamore: Steel guitar, electric and acoustic guitar.
Bobby Flores: Fiddle, gutstring guitar, background vocal.
Dan Dreeben: Drums, Percussions.
Jerry Carlsson: Piano, Organ.
David Carroll: Upright Bass.
Ric Ramirez: Upright Bass.
Joel Guzman: Accordian.
Bo Luckee: Vocal. (Bo Goran Svensson)
Al Quaid: Elctric Bass.
Al Gomez: Trumpet.
Produced By: Tommy Detamore and Bo Luckee
Label: Emerson Ankom: 20091006
BLANDADE ARTISTER: MTM #36
CODY McCARVER: White trash with money
STEVE TRENT & SMALL TOWN: Sounds like a plan
RACHEL WILLIAMS: Lovers & liars
STEVE OLIVER: Rang dang do
DEBORAH ALLEN: Delta dreamland
BILLY RYAN: When daddy drank
KAYLA NICOLE: Daddy had a good right hand
GLENN REID: Another Hank Williams night
KIM McLEAN: Cracks in the concrete
MICHAEL THOMAS: Cowboy way
LEON VENERABLE: Best life
KIM WARREN: On a good night
JIM CRISTALDI: Lucky man
FOSTER MARTIN BAND: Back in my arms again
BILL DURHAM: That´s all she wrote
WYNN STEWART & JOHNNY PAYCHECK: Wild side of life
Label: Mark Trail Music Ankom: 20091005
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Rush Released 130
GEORGE McANTHONY & DICK VAN ALTENA: Mother Nature
THE DIABLOS: Keep calm and carry on
THE ALAN WEST BAND: The big freeze
BILL DURHAM: That´s all she wrote
CASEY DILWORTH: Goodbye goodhue country
NEIL ANDREWS: I don´t wanna hear that song again
KIM DICKINSON: This time
DEBBIE NUNN: Look so good
SKYLA SPENCER: This girl
HENRY SMITH: The Auctioneer
DOMINIC KIRWAN: These lips don´t know how to say goodbye
COLM KIRWAN: Good to go to Mexico
JOEY & RORY: Cheater cheater
JULIE FORESTER: Feelin´ the fall
CHRIS HEERS: Dirt rich
KARIN WRIGHT: Hunting a dream
MEXICAN JOE WALKER: Ghost story
JOHN HINSHELWOOD & SANDRA GELLATLY: Hear your voice
P V TANNER: I will love you all my life
CLIVE JOHN: On nights like these
GORD BAMFORD: In the pain of your hands
Label: Hotdisc Ankom: 20091005
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christian Music "Talk about it - NCM 67"
BEVERLY TROTMAN: Voice of hope
GAITHER VOCAL BAND: I´m loving life
MICHAEL HARCUS: Unchanging God
JANÉCE: When God dips his love in my heart
LOU LOLLIO: Wonderful soldier
GERRY & HEATHER WILLIAMS: The way
LEMMIE DAVIES: When I needed you
JIM KELLY: Cast your net
CHYNNA & VAUGHAN: One reason
SAM OPECHE: The journey
JERZY GROUP: Change
ABI PEARSON: The waters
LEELAND (& BRANDON HEATH): Follow you
KAREN LAFFERTY: How wonderful your name
NICOLE C MULLEN: Talk about it
STEVE & CONNIE HUGHES: Sweet release
JOHN PANTRY: God of the empty space
TERRY WARREN: When I look to you
CLINT MILLER (with THE WHITES & DEL McCOURY BAND): Church in the wildwood
GUY M´BIRO: Stand up, stand up (saxophone)
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 20091005
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex 81
WALT WILKINS: Gypsy line
THE HANSHAWS: Robbin trains
BRIAN BURKE BAND: One night (rendevouz)
SHELLEY LANE: Texas side of your love
ROBERT DONAHUE BAND: Penny wine
JOLIE HOLLIDAY: I´m coming home to you
JB AND THE MOONSHINE BAND: I´m broke
SUSAN HICKMAN: Whipping post
THE GRINGO KINGS: Did I go crazy
BILLY MATA & THE TEXAS TRADITION: Dinah
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20091003
GUY CLARK: Someday’s the Song Writes You
Guy Clark är en låtskrivare som aldrig lämnar något halvdant ifrån sig. Han väger varje ord på guldvåg, ingenting släpps igenom förrän han är helt och full nöjd. Vilket betyder att det ibland kan gå några år mellan plattorna. Han skivdebuterade redan 1975 och nya albumet »Someday's The Song Writes You« är 'bara' hans trettonde i ordningen.
Det finns inget sensationellt att berätta om nya plattan. Inga spektakulär gästspel. Inga dramatiska stilbrott, ingen ny image. Bara tolvnya Guy Clark-sånger. Plus en låt signerad Townes Van Zandt.
Alla vi som följt Guy Clark genom årens lopp vet att det räcker långt. Mycket långt.
Label: rootsy.nu Ankom: 20091001
J. K. COLTRAIN: I only want to love you forever
have been told that I sound like Don Williams, Vern Gosdin, Ed Bruce, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and more but I try my best to maintain a style of my own and just be myself.
Label: Colt Records Ankom: 20091001
JUDITH LYNNE: Let´s build a love
Judith Lynne showcased at the T.C. M. A. (TENNESSEE COUNTRY MUSIC ALLIANCE) in April 2007 and March 2008. She received three awards in 2008: 1. Tennessee Country Music Alliance - Golden Elite Royal Division Female Vocalist of the Year; 2. . Tennessee Country Music Alliance - Songwriter of the Year; and 3. . Tennessee Country Music Alliance - Comedy of the Year. She received two awards in 2007: Tennessee Country Music Alliance Silver Elite Writer of the Year; and Tennessee Country Music Alliance Most Promising Female Vocalist. In 2006 she received the award for Tennessee Country Music Alliance Entertainer of the Year Modem Division. Judith Lynne also in 2008 received Nothin"?? Fancy CMA"??s Most Promising Female Vocalist award. During the week of September 12, 2005, she recorded her first CD with Keith Bradford and Mike Bradford at KMA Records out of the Nashville area
Label: KMA Records Ankom: 20091001
RB RENEGADE: Just for you
I was born, adopted, and raised in Toronto, Canada. My music education began in elementary school when I played baritone in the school band and started private guitar and saxophone lessons. In high school I continued playing in the school band (trombone and saxophone) and also performed with a Dixieland-style band at local homes for the aged. High school was also my first introduction to music theory and composition. My Grade 9 English teacher inspired me to write poetry which led to early attempts at songwriting. I formed my first band (the Cobra's) and performed at house parties and school dances. In the 1980"??S I started performing on a regular basis in local venues and in various Radio station-sponsored talent competitions. In 1996 I moved to the United States where I met my biggest fan, supporter, and inspiration "?" wife, Shari.
Label: Seven Feathers Productions Ankom: 20091001
WILLY CLAY BAND: Mighty good time
”Mighty Good Time” är första singeln från Kiruna-bandet Willy Clay Bands nya album ”Blue”. Ett album som med eftertryck slår fast att Willy Clay Band inte bara är tillbaka . De är dessutom bättre än någonsin! Tillsammans med producenten Ollie Olson (Christian Walz, Brolle Jr m fl) har WCB med varsam hand förnyat sig. Det handlar fortfarande i grund och botten om melodiös rock med country- och americana-influenser. Det här är musik med rötter, men WCB har skapt sig en alldeles egen nisch. Ett eget sound som låter fräscht och tidlöst på samma gång. Och visst kan man ana amerikanska förebilder, det är grabbarna i WCB de första att erkänna. Ändå finns här en egen ton som tydligt och klart säger att detta är Willy Clay Band. Punkt.
Sången! Det går inte att diskutera WCB och komma förbi sången. Redan på ”Rebecca Drive” förstod vi att Tony Björkenvall var en alldeles speciell vokalist. På ”Blue” tar han en ännu större roll och övertygar storligen som ”lead singer”. Men WCB har ytterligare två sångare av klass i Björn Pettersson och Reine Tuoremaa. Och när de lägger stämmor blir det rent himmelskt.
Man kan så klart lyfta fram de enskilda medlemmarna i WCB. Alla är stora personligheter och starka individer. Örjan Mäki ä till exempel en glansfull gitarrist (som numera även tränat upp sig till en fenomenal pedal steel-gitarrist) och Fredrik Elenius är en ytterst habil trummis. Men WCB är först och främst ett band där ingen av medlemmarna är utbytbar.
Label: ADA Nordic Ankom: 20090930
RANDOLPH MICHAUD: Until I gain control / I got stripes / The mansion you stole / Nobody´s darlin
Currently, Randolph´s music and dynamic vocals are being heard around the globe, touching the hearts of people in several countries. His heartfelt music, and deep rich vocals are unique, and Randolph Michaud delivers powerful song compositions about Life, Love, and Happiness. Randolph Michaud is an International Recording Artist, and has exploded onto the country music scene in 2005, with his first single release, He Stopped Loving Her Today, which found its way to Playlists/Country Charts around the world with a rapidly growing fan base. He Stopped Loving Her Today had reached top rankings on the European Country Music Charts, Roots Music Charts it has been the most played song in the European Radio market, and remains very strong in the Top 10 Most Requested Songs on Radio around the world. In 2006 Randolph Michaud released three powerful hits in, Y´all Come, Who´s Gonna Fill Their Shoes, Talk Back Trembling Lips.
Label: Star Creek Records Ankom: 20090927
SONNY LEE: Social disease
Sonny Lee, being born & raised in the hills of West Virginia, played a big part of the love & style of country music he writes & sings. His father, also a musician, was a large influence in his life. As a child, he would listen to the likes of Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Cash & Merle Haggerd just to name a few. This along with many rock influence's, give him that extra twist for the music he now writes & that is in the music industry today. This singer/songwriter with a thousand plus songs under his belt, continues to write, & is dedicated to his music, GOD, family & fans.…
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090927
KATIE RHODES: Somebody´s angel
Katie Rhodes was born in Manchester into a large Irish family. Many of her sisters and brothers are very talented musicians and vocalists. While Katie was young, her parents and siblings had an Irish/Country band which travelled all over the UK and Europe and sometimes Katie used to sit in the large living room watching and listening as the family rehearsed new songs, or a new instrumental, sometimes laughing at the frustration of her father (a superb mandolin and lap steel player) couldn't get it right. Then watching while they all got ready for a gig, arguing and fighting for the bathroom; the girls usually won - little knowing that years later she would follow in their footsteps! Katie says she has learned a lot of valuable lessons from her family. The whole family being entertainers, they would often sit around the living room singing songs, playing instruments and singing five-part vocal harmonies for their own entertainment. Who needs to go out to listen to a band when you've got one at home?
Label: Ankom: 20090927
CINDY LANE ADAMS: An empty whiskey glass
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090927
ANGEL NASH: I love the way it feels / Livin´ on love
Lanier Presents Angel Nash "I Love The Way It Feels" is the latest single from Angel and is at select stations.Going for the adds now.Already a hit.This is the follow up single to "Livin' On Love" which is still going strong and playing worldwide. Angel has spent over 20 weeks on the Roots Music Report Charts
Label: Lanier Records / Radio Direct X Ankom: 20090926
PERLEY CURTIS: Grandma´s raising marijuana
Label: WHP / Westwood Int´l Ankom: 20090923
TRAVIS LOGAN: Last night / She wants me to take her out / Hurt outweighed your love
True to his meaning, steadfast in his ways, unique in his humble approach, brilliantly honest and never forgetting his roots, Travis is the true personification of what Country music is all about. Most great stars in Country music seemed to have humble begginings and Travis is no exception. Being born into a mining family, hard work earning an honest living was the environment surrounding Travis's background and coupled with his father's love of Country music established Travis's direction in Life. His first taste of performing was at the age of six, singing in the school choir. This was quickly followed by guitar lessons, and after writing a school play called 'Cowboy Sam' which won the school Eisteddfod at the age of 9 years old, the path for a career in Country music was beggining to be laid. Throughout the rest of his school days, Travis was to build up his list of achievments by taking piano, violin, organ and Drama lessons
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090922
KIERAN KANE: Somewhere beyond the roses
Med Deanna Varagona (Lambchop), Richard Bennett, Lucas Kane och gästspel av Fats Kaplin och David Olney. Man kan knappast överdriva Kieran Kanes betydelse för americana-musiken. Med sitt tidigare band O'Kanes och som en männen bakom kollektivet Dead Reckoning har han betytt mer än de flesta för rörelsens utveckling. Nu är Kieran Kane tillbaka med sitt första soloalbum sedan 2002. Ett sparsmakat litet mästerverk som med sina avskalade arrangemang, egensinnig instrumentering och, framför allt bra låtar, visar att Kane fortfarande är ett av de mest intressanta namnen inom americana-världen.
Label: Compass / rootsy.nu Ankom: 20090921
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Coastal Country Music Association
CHARLIE PURCELL: The breathalyzer song
CHARLIE PURCELL: The rocks of Peggy´s cove
FIDDLEWORKS: Big John Mac Neil
FIDDLEWORKS: Mouth of the Tobique
FRASER NEWCOMBE: Our forest
FRASER NEWCOMBE: The good ole Martitimes
MORTON LOHMES: A man called Cash
RON McISAAC: I´m going back, I´m going back
ST. CLAIR ZINCK: Hunters reel
ST. CLAIR ZINCK: Sweetland jig
TUMBLEWEED: Momma´s old rocking chair
TUMBLEWEED: Western swing
WENDY MANNING: It breaks my heart
Label: Coastal Country Music Association Ankom: 20090920
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA
AMANDA HENKEL: A million and one
BATTLEKRY: I do
BOBBY FLORES: If I ever fall in love (with a honky-tonk girl)
DAVID POOL: Walter fill my glass
DAVID POOL & JANICE FRICKIE: Love forever more
DEAN BRODY: Gravity
EDEN LANGWORTHY: When life was a ride in the country
FELICITY UNQUART: Two wheels
MIKE PARRISH: Back to you
PAT GREEN: What I´m for
RIVER COUNTY: We´re all here
TEXAS HEAT: Three bottles left
ZAC BROWN BAND: Toes
Label: ECMA Ankom: 20090920
MARTHA ANN BROOKS: Lately
Label: Ankom: 20090920
THE GREIGS: How´d you do this? / I should have been there / I don´t wanna boogie woogie wit chu
Years ago (34, to be exact) Greg and I began working together as a duet. At the time we lived on Long Island in New York. Greg plays lead guitar and sings and I play rhythm guitar and sing. (We had the same guitar teacher. That is how we met.) We worked together for about 1 year, give or take a month. We had a great time until our family and music lives began to go in different directions. We split up just after New Years, 1976. Greg worked with different people over the years and I was doing the same. At the end of 1993, Greg and I came full circle all because of a newspaper add. I had been divorced since 1980 and Greg was on the verge of divorce. The woman that put the add in the paper was looking to get a Country band together. Neither Greg nor I were involved with a band at that time but we were both looking to join one.
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090919
DAVE CALEY: Tank God for Jesus
Label: KMA Records / Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090919
CHARLIE ROBISON: Beautiful day
Det har gått fem år sedan förra plattan »Good Times«. Fem år som bland annat inneburit en uppslitande skilsmässa från hustrun Emily (från Dixie Chicks). Och visst handlar nya skivan mycket om uppbrottet men utan självömkan.
Charlie Robison har med »Beautiful Day« gjort sitt starkaste album hittills. Textmässigt har han höjt sig åtskilliga nivåer och förmågan att skiva slagkraftiga countrylåtar finns kvar.
Label: Dualtone / rootsy.nu Ankom: 20090919
JOE FOURNIER: Truth & Twang
Label: Dusty Records Ankom: 20090918
RUPERT DUNCAN: Country song (It´s got to be country) / Hugs and kisses
Label: Comstock Records Ankom: 20090918
RAYMOND GRAHAM: Mother Earth / Schools and prisons / Stand on your own two feet / Take me as I am / What if
Label: Ankom: 20090918
DICK HAMMONDS: Love letters
Label: ECMA Ankom: 20090918
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Airplay Direct
B J YOUNG: Waiting on your love
CINDY LANE ADAMS: Paradise is just a faith away
DARLENE BROOKS: Our love
FREEBORN: Go away little girl
JUDITH LYNNE: Please mama
LOU WATSON: Cowboys and city girls
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090917
VAN PRESTON: Absolutely broken / Why / Piece of you / Schizophrenic heart
Van Preston is a Singer-Songwriter on the rise. Her music can best be described as rootsy, with strong influences of Americana, Blues Rock, and Country. With spectacular reviews of her debut album in "Maverick", "Performing Songwriter", 'New York Times", 'Country Weekly", "Music News Nashville", and many other publications, Van has begun to garner significant acclaim.
Arriving in Nashville in July 2004, she has had five top-20 hits (hotdisc.net, over 800 radio stations across Europe) in Europe since mid-2006, and three Top 40 songs on U.S. Country radio (secondary stations) in the same period, including a Top Two for her single "Everything I've Never Seen" and a Top Ten for her song "Forever Ago" (www.newmusicweekly.com); receiving airplay for the songs in many major radio markets.
Her debut album was nominated for 2007 Country Album of the Year in Europe by the European Country Music Association. Her song, 'Bought Myself A Toy' has sold tens of thousands of units across Europe on the 'Best of Country 2008" Universal Records-France compilation. Van has opened for James Taylor, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, Josh Turner, Alan Jackson, Jason Michael Carroll, Martina McBride, Jack Ingram, and many others. She has played and headlined many venues and festivals, including Euro-Disneyland in Paris, numerous festivals across Europe, has also toured Australia, and has played legendary clubs including the now-defunct CBGB's in New York.
A songwriter as much as an artist, Van has scored several songwriting competition wins, including having two songs among the top nine Country songs in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Competition, placing two years running in the Nashville Songwriting Association Annual Song Contest, and placing in the UK Songwriting Contest. She has been featured on the music television station "CMT" in 2009. Her sophomore album, due out in 2010, is being produced by a multiple Grammy winning Americana Producer/ Engineer.
Label: Ankom: 20090915
STAN COX: Hard rain coming down
Label: Ankom: 20090915
BLANDADE ARTISTER: WHP Vol.99
JUDY KANYO: Before you turn to a memory
JESSICA GUYAN: Somebody´s angel
LUANNE HUNT: I don´t bother counting
MYROL: The beat goes on
JERRY HILL: From a jack to a king
HAL WILLS: An old, old custom
CINDY STANDAGE: Washed in blood
DANNY GRIEGO: Destination
ERNIE ASHWORTH: My heart would know
CHERYL K. WARNER: That GTO
BRENDA ALLEN KUHN: Diesel drivin woman
DAVID CLINE: The gambler
ERIN HAY & ERNIE ASHWORTH: Poor folks
TED SNYDER: All the whisky in Texas
STAN COX: Through children´s eyes
STAN COX: Hank, Haggard and Jones
JONI COMPRETTA: Even now
JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN: There must be more to life than growin´ old
RON WAYNE ATWOOD: If the devil had a heart
THE MATEKI´S: When the river runs dry
Label: Western Heart Ankom: 20090912
RHONDA VINCENT: Destination life
Label: Rounder Records Ankom: 20090912
THE BOXMASTERS: Modbilly
Label: Sawmill/Vanguard Ankom: 20090912
WATERMELON SLIM: Escape from the Chick Coop
Watermelon Slim har haft ett osannolikt genombrott på bluesscenen. Visserligen har han hållit på med musik sedan 70-talet men det är först de senaste tre åren som det har lossnat såpass att han kunnat sluta köra lastbil för att ägna sig åt musiken på heltid.
Med nya plattan tar Watermelon Slim tillfällig paus från sitt turnéband och från bluesen. I stället har han åkt till Nashville och spelat in med några av de främsta musikerna där. Och om gammal lastbilschaffis är det »trucking songs« som står i centrum. Hela plattan är till och med tillägnad Dave Dudley, truckermusikens stora namn.
Label: Northern Blues Ankom: 20090912
TIM McGRAW: It´s a business doing pleasure with you
Label: Warner Bros Music Ankom: 20090911
LORI SMITH: That´s ain´t love
Lori Smith is on her way back from her hiatus. She would like to introduce herself back into the music industry with some new photos and new music. I want to thank my FANS that have kept up with me thru the years. For those who are new to me and my music, I would like to tell you a few things about myself. Some of my credits include: Appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, last 2years of the long running television show HEE HAW, Cashbox Magazines female artist of the year for 2 years in a row, 15 singles in the top 100 Billboard and Cashbox Magasine, 4 movie appreances and also formely known as "BOBBI LACE".
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090910
JILL JOHNSON: It´s a heartache
Label: Lionheart-International Ankom: 20090909
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex #80
MANNING-DICKSON: Cold as her heart
TRAVIS ANDREWS: Just passing through
LOST IMMIGRANTS: Get lost
PAULINE REESE, duet with KELLY KENNING: Let´s get together and say goodbye
SHANE HOWARD BAND: Rumors fly
BRITTNEY REED: Drifting into love
JD NEWBURY: Beer makes you lean
ZONA JONES: Day off
TOMMY ALVERSSON: Tonight I´ll be staying here with you
RIO GRAND: Painted pony
STEVE HELMS BAND: Between you and me
CHAD AUSTIN: I need an angel
REX FOSTER: Slow down (Texas style)
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090908
BUCK T. EDWARDS: Straight to Hello
A charismatic entertainer whose live shows have become a staple of the beerhall, fair and festival circuit, Buckley T. Edwards is a multi-talented singer/songwriter with over 400 titles to his credit, his new album "If You Don't Get it by Midnite" is a landmark piece of original country/roots music that borrows from influences as diverse as Roger Miller, Jimmy Buffett or Alan Jackson to George Thorogood, Chuck Berry or even Bo Diddley. The sounds and lyrics on this disc take you to a raucous place somewhere outside of ordinary where cowboys are cowboys and it's still ok to belly up to the bar and have a cold one!
Label: Dime One Ankom: 20090907
BLANDADE ARTISTER: WHP Vol.98
CHRISTINE VAN HOY: Evidently not
PERLEY CURTIS: Just another trucker passing by
MYROL: Paper thin walls
TIM DUGGER: Tennessee
CHERYL K WARNER: Nashville
ALLEN KARL: My final Rose
LUANNE HUNT: The sun´s comin´ up over Memphis
JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN: Let´s pretend
KENNY DALE: Red hot memory
BRIE VALENTINE DUPAR: Country boy
HAL WALLIS: What´s left of me
CINDY STANDAGE: My heart´s broken too
RUSTY EVANS: If this is country music
ARNE BENONI: It´s just a feeling
CLINTON GREGORY: If it weren´t for country music I´d go crazy
JIM RUSS: Still holding on
JONI COMPRETTA: Only lonely
ERIN HAY: Midnight at the old soldiers home
BILL BODELL: When I fall in love (instr.)
BEN STAFFORD RODGERS: Deep in the heart of Texas
TED SNYDER: The picture
TUMBLEWEED JUNCTION: Goin´ crazy & your drivin´
SEAN O´BRIEN: Just for the heaven of it
ERNIE ASHWORTH: Let´s keep steady company
JESSICA GUYAN: Georgia rain
DANNY GRIEGO: Keepin´ up with the Jones
DICK DAMRON: Ain´t no train to Nashville
TOM CUNNINGHAM: Pretty as a woman can be
Label: Western Heart Ankom: 20090907
MARK CHESNUTT: Doing my country thing
This is Mark Chesnutt's first album produced
by Joe Scates and recorded in San Antonio
with such notable musicians as Hank Singer,
Jim Unger, Jerry Blanton, Randy Reinhard,
Mike Kennedy, George Chambers, Tex Allen,
Allen Chapman, Ron Knuth, and others. The
recordings were first released as singles in the
1980's and compiled into an album in 1990.
Shortly thereafter, Mark signed with MCA Records.
Label: AXBAR/WHP Records Ankom: 20090907
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc Rush Released 129
NICK & HOAH MURRAY: Matthew 25
PETE REDFERN: If we say goodbye
GARY CURTIS: Happy hour
JACKED UP: One of those guys (The Arrogant song)
THE CLOPINS: Freedom
BYRON HILL: Once you´ve been to the moon
T J STUART: As I sit here today
NICKI GILLIS & BOB HOWE: Chasing cars
BILLY YATES: One beer a day
MEL McDANIEL: Jukin´
RONNIE BAKER: Urban cowboy wannabe
STELLA PARTON: Tell it sister tell it
SLIM WHITMAN: Salina
WILD WILD WESTT: No where fast
KERR DONNELLY BAND: I taste goodbye on your lips
SUSAN McCANN: Love is supposed to be
P V TANNER: Call me the breeze
JANEY KIRK: Reckless reputation
SPUR: Taylor Swift (A face in the ground)
SANDY NEWMAN: Golden years (exclusive unplugged cut)
MERLE HAGGARD: That´s the way love goes
GEORGE JONES: I´ve still got some hurtion´ left to do
Label: Hotdisc Ankom: 20090903
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hillcrest 50
ROBERT MIZZELL featuring COLLIN RAYE: Murder on Music Row
KATKY KANE: Pins & needles
DOUG BRUCE: Just three minutes
RHONDA LEE WALLACE: Back in your arms again
VANATTA: Country junkie
KATE SANSING: Livin´ up to your love
MARIAN BURNS: Country warm-up/Drowsy maggie
IAN "BRIDGE" BOYD: Too many pockets
DeANNE MOORE: Never too late
ANDY MARTIN: Postpone the pain
SHERRY KENNEDY: Sweet in between
RONNIE MASTERS: Ride boy ride
BONITA MERCER: Shadows
STEFFEN JAKOBSEN: Hard working man
Label: Hillcrest Ankom: 20090903
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christian Music - We´re Not There Yet
ROBIN MARK: Holy is our God
MARLA RATLIFF: We´re not there yet
DAN MACAULAY: Win with love
JAMES NICHOLSON: Jeses is more than enough
PHIL MITCHELL BAND: When the world seems to fall
MICHAEL HARCUS: Beautiful
GLENN DOUGLAS TUBB: When people start talkin´
YAZZ: Strength to carry on
SHANE TECZA: Almost time to say goodbye
CANDI STATON: It´s harvest time
DONJAMES LeBLANC: One life to live
COLIN ELLIOTT with LIVE ISSUE: Garden of forgiveness
WES DAVIS: Take a lesson
DIONNE WARWICK: Old landmark
JOHN PANTRY: From sunrise to sunset
MARTY STUART: It´s time to go home
ERNIE HAASE & SIGNATURE SOUND: Never give up, never give in
CLINT MILLER: Where could I go?
MICHAEL W SMITH & COALA ZAMARANO: I surrender all
ANN NESLEY: Say Jesus
PAT BOONE: The valley of silence
DONJAMES LeBLANC: Une vie a vivre<(OL>
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 20090903
RICHIE FIELDS: Losing you
Label: Joint Journey/Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090902
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Round Up #42
DAVE CALEY: Let´s chase each other `round the room tonight
JOE HERRINGTON: Shalako
JOHNNY LYON: Big City
JOHNNY SACULLA: Get out of the boat
REBECCA LINDA SMITH: Everlasting love
REBECCA LINDA SMITH: We will remember
WILD OATS: Back in the saddle again
Label: Ankom: 20090901
KEVIN FOWLER: Beer season
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090831
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Airplay Direct
RAYMOND GRAHAM: Take me as I am
DAVID NALL: The cross on I-40
DOLLY PARTON: Change it
HAL COLLINS: Glory train
THE GREIGS: Please don´t call
LAURA MONK & HIGH COTTON: Crazy to sing
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090830
STEVE PACK: Flesh and bone
Label: Ankom: 20090827
HARALD THUNE: Heartbroken, lonesome and blue
Label: Ankom: 20090827
GLENN WILLIAMS & PAUL HEWSON: Old timers
Label: Lazyswedes Productions Ankom: 20090825
GLENN WILLIAMS & THE ULLBILLIES: Winds of time
Label: Lazyswedes Productions Ankom: 20090825
MARK WILLS: Crazy white boy / Entertaining angel / Don´t laugh at me (Live from Bala) / Interview 2009-04-30
Songwriters are Heidi & Michael Henriksen. We are a Danish duo who writes, sings and publish our own songs. We've been writing our own music for several years, together and separately. Our musical genre, in general, is soft pop and country-pop, with focus on good melody.
Label: RadioDirectX Ankom: 20090818
DAVID PRICE: 100% Texan
Label: WTC Music Ankom: 20090817
DANA JORDAN: Angel running home / Fool me once fool me twice / Heaven´s little beauty queen / Nearly over you / Our golden years / That´s my baby sister / The right kind of man
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090816
RICHARD BROBST: Hurricane skys/I get the blues too / Lines of loneliness / Might be today / She cleans up well / Sometimes the moon / Then and now
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090816
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD TEX 79
NEARLY THERE: Ronnie´s Garage
JAY HOLLIS: Honky Tonk Hall of Fame
JOSH DAVIS BAND: Hold you down
TERRY ALLEN BAND: Fire down in Texas
WILLIE STRADLIN - Chop away
JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ & JOHNNY BUSH - Vamoose vamonos
WHISKEYBOAT: Bartime
INDIANOLA RAILROAD Co.: Long road
Label: CD TEX Ankom: 20090811
DON SCRIBNER: I know the devil
Label: Ore Dock Records Ankom: 20090810
JOSH JOHNSON: Everyday, All the way, Average Man
Label: Ankom: 20090810
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Mark-Trail-Music #35
PETE SCHLEGEL: Short for gone
RACHEL WILLIAMS: You let me
THE TWO TIMERS: Country girl diva
FOSTER MARTIN BAND: Back in my arms again
KC JOHNS: Riddle to my rhyme
JOHNNY SANDS: Blue diamond encounter
WILD WILD WESTT: Good time for goodbye
PETER & THE ROWERS with BILLY RYAN: Succeed
BILL RHOADS: Gone
KAREN NEWSUM: God lift me
RON THOMPSON: The word of God says sinner
DAVID ALTER: I´m rollin´ in it
JIM CRISTALDI: Run away
TIN RIDGE BAND: A million miles of blue
LEON VENERABLE: Simple southern man
GARI GEISELMAN: Strange behavior
MICHAEL THOMAS: Some of her with me
DEBORAH ALLEN: This is the time
Label: Mark Trail Music Ankom: 20090810
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Rush Released 128
JEFFERSON ROSS: The last song
CASEY DILWORTH: Lovers and liars
SAM MILLAR: Saturday night
KARIN WRIGHT: Bar thing
SUZANNE EDWARDS: Goodwill girl
NEIL ANDREWS: You old dog you
CHRIS McLERNON: Old log cabin
GORD BAMFORD: Stayed `til two
D K DAVIS: Suspicious minds
VICTORIA SHAW: You will
BELLAMY BROTHERS & BACON BROTHERS: Gulity of the crime
JIM REEVES: How many tears from now
JACKIE STORRAR: Caledonia
LISA O´KANE: You don´t leave no signs of cheatin´
DONNA FROST: Runaway train
KIM McLEAN: Cracks in the concrete
PETER MITCHELL BAND: Do the trolley
BOBBY SMITH: Guess I´m actin´ like a child
P V TANNER: When I dream
CATHY-ANNE McCLINTOCK: Crazy `bout you
MITCHELL JOHN: Absolutely positively might be
NICKI GILLIS: Watch the wild flowers grow (exclusice unplugged cut)
Label: Hotdisc Ankom: 20090810
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christian Music 65
MARK TEDDER & WORSHIP PLANET BAND: Tomorrow
BOBBY SMITH: Guess I´m actin´ like a child
B J ROBERTS: I´ve only Jesus to call my friend
JEAN WATSON: Heartbeat of heaven
WARREN SMYTH: If I didn´t teach you to dream
TERRY WARREN: Just a prayer away
ELAINE CHRISTIAN: The devil´s in the phone booth (dialling 911)
GLENN DOUGLAS TUBB: Listening for the trumpet
DAVID CURRIE: The name
LEMMIE DAVIES: Enter like a child
DAN WESLEY: Bring what you have
STEVE LIBERTY: Give thanks
JANÉCE: God on the mountain
JOHN WILSON: Wonderfully and fearfully made
ALAN WEST: Keep the spirit in you
ROBIN MARK: Year of grace
STEVE & CONNIE HUGHES: He will be there
GLORY REVEALED II: How great
CLINT MILLER: These six things
LYNDA RANDLE: I don´t know why
OAKRIDGE BOYS: Jesus is the man (for the hour
Label: NCM Ankom: 20090810
SIMPLI LAURI: Angel without wings
There is nothing simple about Simpli Lauri.
The singer/songwriter’s extensive resume includes two albums, many years worth of poetry and her self-published memoir which continues to be read in many countries around the world. From all these talents, her voice and songwriting remain her greatest gift and asset.
Lauri Merrow was born in New England near Boston, MA where she grew up for most of her life. She learned guitar by playing along with a friend on the front steps of her home and later studied many books on the subject.. “I loved to sing and play the guitar,” she explains. “It was my refuge, my safe haven.” She soon discovered that her books of poetry were perfect material for her songs and, voila!, a star was born.
In 2005, Steve, Lauri’s husband and best friend, convinced her to move to Nashville, TN in order to give Lauri a chance to pursue her dream. Her dream became reality in 2007 with the release of her debut album, Leave The Porch Light On. Fueled by positive reviews and reaction, she quickly wrote and released Body and Soul in 2008. The album was co-written by her husband, with one co-write with her daughter and the cover features her son’s artwork.
Whether channeling Janis Joplin or Patsy Cline, Lauri’s music never disappoints. “I may speak softly,” she says with a smile, “but I carry a very big voice. I don't sound like your typical female vocalist from Nashville.”
Simpli Lauri garnered an entry to the 51st Grammy Awards in February of 2009 with her country song Angel Without Wings.
Simpli Lauri currently performs at a number of venues in and around the Nashville area. Her schedule is posted on her myspace site.
Simpli Lauri is currently writing songs for her third album.
CD’s: Leave the Porch Light On available on Amazon.com and CDBaby.com
Body & Soul available on CDBaby.com
Singles available on Simpli Lauri’s myspace: www.myspace.com/simplylauri
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090802
JUDITH LYNNE: Judith Lynne
Judith Lynne showcased at the T.C. M. A. (TENNESSEE COUNTRY MUSIC ALLIANCE) in April 2007 and March 2008. She received three awards in 2008: 1. Tennessee Country Music Alliance - Golden Elite Royal Division Female Vocalist of the Year; 2. . Tennessee Country Music Alliance - Songwriter of the Year; and 3. . Tennessee Country Music Alliance - Comedy of the Year. She received two awards in 2007: Tennessee Country Music Alliance Silver Elite Writer of the Year; and Tennessee Country Music Alliance Most Promising Female Vocalist. In 2006 she received the award for Tennessee Country Music Alliance Entertainer of the Year Modem Division. Judith Lynne also in 2008 received Nothin’ Fancy CMA’s Most Promising Female Vocalist award.
During the week of September 12, 2005, she recorded her first CD with Keith Bradford and Mike Bradford at KMA Records out of the Nashville area and the CD is for sale on the Internet and at many sites.
In January 2007 she recorded her second album with Canadian American Recording Company with Joey Welz her record producer. Joey Welz was a featured rockabilly pianist for Bill Haley and Comets. Mr. Welz is the acting CEO of Canadian American Records & Caprice Records.
This CD is for sale on CD Baby and from her web at judithlynnesings.com. She is getting a
lot of airplay on numerous radio stations worldwide in New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Holland, Nashville/Radio from both CDs.
Label: KMA Records Ankom: 20090731
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Airplay Direct
ERIC GEIBEL: Never forgotten
LORI SMITH: Cryin´ kind of man
J.K. COLTRAIN & DONNA RAY: Falling hopelessly
JAMES LANN: Honky tonk two step queen
TOBY KEITH: She never cried in front of me
JOHN FOSTER: An old friend of mine Jack Daniels
JOHN FOSTER: Santa Claus is not suppose to cry
KEITH BRADFORD: I want to stand and give Him praise
KEITH BRADFORD: Let´s talk about Jesus
KEITH BRADFORD: My darling Debbie
KRIS GORDON: Eighteen wheelers
RANDY ALBRIGHT: I´m tryin´ to remember
SAM BROWN: Jack and me
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090730
BRANDON JENKINS: Brothers of the Dirt - The Songs
Standing well over six feet tall, shaved head, and tattoos blazing, most people would assume that Brandon Jenkins is a hard rock act or at least a professional wrestler, but nothing could be further from the truth. As part of the "Red Dirt" music scene in Oklahoma for more than a decade, he has honed his skills and made a name for himself as one of the premier performing songwriters around. Now living in Austin, Texas, Brandon has assembled an incredible band and undertaken a hellacious touring schedule wearing out stages across the United States and Europe and writing songs for artists like Stoney LaRue, Bleu Edmondson, Lester Chambers and others.
Gloriana is a four-member vocal group featuring brothers Tom and Mike Gossin along with Rachel Reinert and Cheyenne Kimball. The Gossin brothers grew up in Utica, N.Y., and moved to Nashville in 2007 after performing extensively in clubs in North Carolina. Both took classical piano lessons by the time they were 5 years old. At age 10, Tom began studying with a local jazz musician at 10 and picked up the guitar at 12. He had his own band in high school and moved to Wilmington, N.C., with two bandmates after graduation. He was a guitar major at the University of North Carolina Wilmington until a teacher encouraged his dream of songwriting and performing. He dropped out and began playing music 200-250 nights a year, making independent records to sell at gigs. Mike, who began playing drums at 8 and guitar at 12, had his own group in high school, too, and later moved to Wilmington to join Tom. He fronted his own band, then joined a group with Tom and their older brother Steve, filming a short-lived reality series. When Steve went his own way, Tom and Mike formed a duo and eventually decided to relocate to Nashville, where they met Reinert through her MySpace page.
Rissi's self-titled debut clearly establishes her as an impressive talent, showcasing the poise and maturity she has gained through a wealth of performing experience. RISSI PALMER is a testament to both Rissi's amazing vocal abilities and to her lifelong passion for country music. The album, on Atlanta-based, 1720 Entertainment, features Rissi's work with producers Keith Thomas (Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood), Dan Shea (Martina McBride, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez), Shannon Sanders (Randy Travis, Lyle Lovett, India Arie), Drew Ramsey (India Arie, Kimberly Locke), and Cory Rooney (Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez). It reflects the variety of strengths that make her such a compelling artist. She is equally at home with the sweet intimacy of "All This Woman Needs" and the ache of "Flowers On My Window Ledge." She can relay the heartbreaking longing of "Anybody Out There" and the sass of "Sweet Contradictions." She proves that her love of classic country is deeply rooted with a knockout performance--steeped in the echoes of Patsy Cline and Brenda Lee--of the timeless "Leavin’ On Your Mind." However, it is in the blues-tinged "Country Girl" where she unfolds her banner, luxuriating in her country roots with a song as infectious as it is joyful—in fact, the song earned a spot in Club Connection’s Top Ten Country Club and Dance Hits of 2007. Add to her vocal skills the fact that she wrote or co-wrote nearly all of the album's songs, and her debut is that much more impressive.
DAVE CALEY: We Do A Lot of Texas Music Around Here
AL URBAN: If I Paid The Band To Stay
RAYMOND GRAHAM: Blue Lights Flashing
WILD OATS: I Don't Hurt Anymore
DANNY PATTERSON: The touch of little hands
COWBOY WAY TRAVELING BAND: Who shot the hole in my sombrero
HANK STONE: Don´t you believe her
JOHNNY LYON: After the storm
DAVE HAMMONDS: You comb her hair
Label: Ankom: 20090727
CLAY DUBOSE: These Days
In the City of Angels it is easy to get lost or over looked, but then it’s hard to overlook a shooting star. They have a way of exploding without warning, something singer/songwriter Clay DuBose is known for. He’s been winning fans all over the world with his refreshing blend of country, rock and blues for a few years now.
Many have tried to compare him to George Strait, Dwight Yoakum and some to even Elvis. Yet, every time they think they have a handle on him he changes strings, holding true to his nickname “The Texas Chameleon” for his ability to make believers across the musical spectrum by taking everyone on another beautiful ride.
In 2006 he received the “Rising Star” award by the Texas Music Awards and the Academy of Texas Music. His first album "Rewriting History" includes an explosive cover of The Doors "Love Me Two Times" which was added to 33 play lists internationally when released.
Like the basics of love his current release "These Days" brings us back to the basics of music. It is a rocking country album with some good old fashioned Texas swing and honky tonk. It reached #6 on Radio & Record's Americana Chart, at the time being the highest position ever achieved by an Indie artist. It made the “Top 40” albums of the year on the AMA/R&R Americana AirPlay Chart and is a musical journey featuring guest appearances by Garth Hudson, The Derailers, Rami Jaffee of The Wallflowers, Augie Meyers, Will Ray and many others.
We just simply call it Clay Country.
Label: Lazy River Records Ankom: 20090727
CANDY SUE: Candy Sue
My love for music and performing has taken me on a journey beginning at the age of eight years old singing with a band in Pensacola, Florida to a recording studio in Nashville Tennessee. In September of 2001 I recorded a CD with KMA Recording Studio in Nashville. These songs are all originals and have been distributed in Florida, the Northeast, Europe, and Australia. I love to perform and enjoy interacting with the audience and feel that I have excellent stage presence.
I taught Physical Education in Dade County Florida using my Masters degree in Heath Education. My hobbies include horseback riding, Scuba diving and dog training; with numerous titles in obedience and the breed ring.
Presently I live in Lady Lake Florida and would enjoy performing near my home town. Since moving here one year ago, I have performed in many local clubs; VFW’s, Eagles, Moose lodges, Elks Club, The Villages in Lady Lake, Senior centers, Sun City in Tampa, Daytona, Clubs in Ocala, and also in Miami, and Nashville.
Sincerely, Candice Sue Pailer
Label: KMA Records Ankom: 20090727
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc 127
GEORGE McANTHONY: Italian linedance crowd
CIMARRON: My green eyes
SANDY NEWMAN: Golden years
MICHELLE WRIGHT: Love me anyway
GARY CURTIS: Let the leaves go their way
RICHIE FIELDS: When you love someone that much
BRENDA MULGREW & TJ STUART: He drinks tequila
CLIVE JOHN: Takes two to tango
ROSIE HORNE: Biker chick
BYRON HILL: Blame it on Kristofferson
THE PROCLAIMERS: It was always so easy to find an unhappy woman
MIKE DEKLE: Ode to Bob Dylan
MEXICAN JOE WALKER: I wouldn´t want to live if you didn´t love me
JUDY WELDEN: Come on home (sy soul´s a-dyin´)
JIM REEVES: Am I losing you (2009 remix)
L J COON: Knight in Bjue Jean armour
CLIVE ALLEN: That was then, this is now
GEORGE JONES: Hello darlin´
WILLIE NELSON: City of New Orleans
DAVID ALLAN COE: My elusive dreams
SLIM WHITMAN: Happy Anniversary
CHARLY McCLAIN: Sentimental ol´ you
DAN SEALS: Bop
LACY J DALTON: 16th Avenue
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 20090708
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex 78
RED RIVER MUDCATS featuring JASON BOLAND: Texas eagle
THE KAT MOORE BAND: Let´s make it up
ZACK WALTHER & THE CRONKITES: Down easy
RACHEL WILLIAMS: You let me
CLINT MARTIN: West side of the tracks
JERRY AUDLEY: Storm
CHRISTIAN SAWYER: Austin
CHUCK ALLEN FLOYD: The right girl
JERROD MEDULLA: Rollin´
JOHN ARTHUR MARTINEZ: Utopia
TODD MANKIN BAND featuring CHARLA CORN: Oklahoma
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090707
KRIS MILLER: Be a light
Label: Ankom: 20090707
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hillcrest 49
GLENN GROVES: Missing you
TABEA ANDERFUHREN: Roll muddy river
JUSTIN McGURK: The road back
DONNY RICHMOND & THE JORDANAIRES: Everyday miracles
CLELIA ADAMS: Honky tonk stardust cowboy
JASON WHITED: Half an hour from happiness
PHIL MACK: Home to Donegal
KEITH MACLEOD: It must be love
ANN PASCOE: Broken hearts will slowly mend
MANSON GRANT: Cinderella
MARY RESEK: A bottle of wine and Patsy Cline
HERMANN LAMMERS MEYER: Alley of shame
JULIE SIMPSON: Sadly mistaken
REDMAN LIVE: A father´s love
Label: Hillcrest Ankom: 20090703
MARK WILLS: Familiar Stranger
Mark Wills, the multi-platinum selling country star, is living the newest chapter in his career with newfound passion, energy, joy, and abandon.
“When people come to my shows, they're going to see a country boy having a lot of fun,” says the chart-topping performer. “More than anything else, I want to entertain people. My goal is to always make my show something that leaves people feeling happy. The band and I play everyone’s favorites from my past albums as well as songs from the new record 'Familiar Stranger' being released in the fall 2008.
Den Boston-baserade sångerskan Eilen Jewell tillför på sitt tredje album ett nytt element. Till den den uramerikanska blandingen av countrytwang, rockabilly, och folk lägger hon nu till lite slammer som för tankarna till tidig garagerock. »Innan jag upptäckte Woody Guthrie, lyssnade jag på Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly och, senare, the Kinks och the Animals«, berättar Ms Jewell. Och visst hörs det på nya, utsökta plattan.
Label: Signature Sounds/rootsy.nu Ankom: 20090628
BILLY RAY CYRUS: Ready, set, don´t go (feat Miley Cyrus) / Back to Tennessee
Alla minns den enorma men bespottade hitten "Achy Breaky Heart" med Billy Ray Cyrus....vare sig vi vill eller ej. Som pappa till en av 2000-talets största stjärnor Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana, är han stolt men också inne i en 2:a kreativ artistisk fas, där han gör klassisk bilåkar-country/rock. Veva ner rutorna och ut på vägen. Turn it up!
JIMMY BOWEN & SANTA FE: Baby´s single down in San Antone
RICHIE ALLBRIGHT: 11 months & 29 days
THE BELLAMY BROTHERS with THE BACON BROTHERS: Guilty of the crime
THE THOMPSON WARD: Spiders and snakes
VINCE HATFIELD: I´m gonna let you down
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090616
STEVE BARRAZA: Come back / Free man / Good feeling of your love / Never be the same
Label: Ankom: 20090616
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Saddle up & Ride Truckerstracks.com
JOE DURHAM: It´s a good day
JOHNNY NEEL: Led foot boogie
GREG CROWE: The road
MIKE CULLISON: Goin´ up the country
RODGER MASON: Trucker´s son
BOB REA: Black highway
JOE DURHAM: Closer to you
JOHNNY NEEL: Blindside
MIKE CULLISON: Blue collar tired
JOHNNY NEEL: Saddle up and ride
RODGER MASON: West coast run
JOE DURHAM: Freightliner
JOHNNY NEEL: Folded flag
Label: Spec Records; Nashville Ankom: 20090611
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Truckers Tracks vol. 2 Hard Times
THE LEVEES: Hard times
JOHNNY NEEL: Long haul
MATT COLEMAN: Fire it up
RUSSELL GULLEY
CHRIS ANDERSON: Old friend
JOE TACKETT: Lucky in Kentucky
MIKE CULLISON: Promise land
JOHNNY NEEL: Love to burn
ADAM JONES: Doodle
CHRIS ANDERSON: Driving out of the blues
RUSSELL GULLEY: Peace of good earth
DARIUS RUDD: Angels coming home
Label: Spec Records; Nashville Ankom: 20090611
MONICA SILFVERSTRAND: Sad to be leaving, glad to be gone
Label: Ankom: 20090609
CHARLEY PRIDE: The best of Charley Pride
Label: BMG - Camden Ankom: 20090605
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc 126
NICK & NOAH MURRAY: Sling shot buddies
CASEY DILWORTH: That´s the way it goes
TRAVIS LOGAN: Kitchen table
SUSAN HICKMAN: Friday at the latest
NICKI GILLIS: Remember me
DAVE ASPEN: Behind the wall
CHRIS McLERNON: Dylan and Old John Prine
JEFF GRIFFITH: Dip me in beer
PETER DULA & THE ROWERS with BILLY RYAN: Succeed
AUBREY LOVEJOY: The cheating kind
GORD BANFORD: Honkytonks and heartaches
JASON LEE WILSON: Tired of being sorry
THE BELLHOPS: You only call me when you´re drunk
ROB RYAN: The Highway man
DARREN KOZELSKY: Severn Vern Gosins ago
TRACEE DAVIDSON & THE PHIL MITCHELL BAND: Rescue man
DONNA FROST: Jacksonville
J.P. MAYTON: Old forgotten Dad
STELLA PARTON: I want to hold you in my dreams (unplugged)
DAVID ALLEN COE: Thief in my bedroom
DAN SEALS: I´d really love to see you tonight
THE FUREYS & DAVEY ARTHUR: The old man (special father´s day cut)
Label: Rush Released Hotdisc Ankom: 20090604
LINDA WELBY: A story to tell
Label: Law Records Ankom: 20090604
BLANDADE ARTISTER: New Christian Music NCM 64
JOHN HEAVENS & JAHAZIEL: On freedom street
PHIL MITCHELL BAND with TRACEE DAVIDSON: The gift of life
LOU LOLLIO: I need to dream
CHRIS MERCER: Cold wind
PETER ASTON: We can all be fre
MATT McCHLERY & BAND: Ten thousand, thousand
VIV NEVILLE: Holy one
DONNY RICHMOND & THE JORDANAIRES: Everyday miracles
GERRY & HETHER WILLIAMS: Perfect love
JIM KELLY: The old man and the squeakFRANCESCA BATTISTELLI: Free to be me
DONJAMES LEBLANC: Today is my birthday
RACHEL MARTINEZ: Why
VINCE GILL & THE ISAACS: All prayed up
YAZZ: My heart speaksLI>RANDY TRAVIS & JOHN ANDERSSON: Just acloser walk with thee
DIONNE WARWICK: Jesus loves me
WES DAVIS: Spirit fill us anew
CLINT MILLER: It is better to trust in The Lord
MARY MARY Featuring KIERRA KIKI SHEARD: God in me
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 20090604
BARRY P. FOLEY: Airport Love Song
Label: Ankom: 20090603
CALAISA: Different faces
Ett av många fantastiska spår ifrån Calaisas 2:a och mycket mer personliga album, som de spelat in i Malmö och Tambourine Studios. (Cardigans m.fl.) Mer Pop än på förra albumet-snygg vokal stämsång Som garnerar alla albumets spår till egna små mästerverk. Och detta kanske är den mest radiovänliga av alla-DIFFERENT FACES.
Label: EMI Ankom: 20090603
TODD SNIDER with LORETTA LYNN: Don´t tempt me
Musiker och låtskrivare i Nashville pratar om Todd Snider med stor respekt och ofta något som liknar skräckblandad förtjusning. Det är den stora begåvningen som fått allför få och små chanser och det är slarvern som sumpat de chanser han trots allt fått.
Kanske nya plattan »The Excitement Plan« kan ändra på det. För Todd Snider har aldrig låtit bättre än så här!
Plattan är producerad av Don Was (Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones) och bland musikerna märks giganter som Jim Keltner och Greg Leisz. Och country-drottningen Loretta Lynn gästar i honkytonk-duetten »Don't Tempt Me«.
Men tro för den sakens skull inte att det här handlar om någon slick storproduktion. Nej, Todd Sniders briljanta låtar är huvudsaken och arrangemangen är i bästa mening anspråkslösa. Det är tillbakalutat, svängigt och genomfört med en stor portion humor.
Label: rootsy.nu Ankom: 20090602
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Light of hope
ANTHONY SNAPE: So this is life
CANDICE LONG: Why did you go
BRAD LEE: Cross the rubicon
VANYA: Talking to ghosts
MICHAEL KING: Butterfly wings
SHARON LANE: How´s your journey goin´
THE MATEKI´S: Come cryion´ to me
JASON KEMP: No party on the farm tonight
PAM SPENCER: The very best that it can be
BOBBY CASH: The world beneath my wings
TANIA KERNAGHAN: Pickin´ up the pieces
Label: Resonance Array Ankom: 20090602
PHILLIP THOMAS: Livin´ life at the bottom
(Troy Powers/Busy At Play Publishing, Inc-BMI)
Produced by Johnny Garcia
From the CD: YOU WON'T BE LONELY LONG on Busy At Play Records
Contact: 615 479 7694 phillipthomas@live.com www.phillipthomasmusic.com
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090601
JUSTIN GRANT: That´s all she wrote
(Justin Grant, Bill Hoverson / Phat Lick-BMI)
Produced by Justin Grant
From the CD: ALL THE WAY TO ABILENE on BCR Entertainment Group, LLC
Contact: 307-299-1588 rich@justingrantmusic.com www.justingrantmusic.com www.myspace.com/justingrant07
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090601
DARREN KOZELSKY: Severn Vern Gosdins ago
(Liz Hengber, Arlos Smith / Black In The Saddle Songs obo itself and Mets Fan Music-ASCAP,
Saved By an Angel (SESAC))
Produced by JR Rodriguez / Phil O'Donnell
From the CD: ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES on Major 7th Entertainment
Contact: 972-782-9222 todd@major7thentertainment.com www.DarrenKozelsky.com
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090601
JULIE RICHARDSON: Crying kind of man
(Alex Call-ASCAP)
Produced by Marty Martel/ Mike Schrimpf
From the CD: DEFINING MOMENTS on Midnight Special Records
Contact: 615-822-6713 martymartel@bestdamnshows.com www.julierichardsonmusic.com
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090601
RONICA COLDIRON: First day of the rest of my love life
(Rich Alves, Megan ConnerJohn Stea / Big Hitmakers Music-BMI,
Rainy Graham Publishing, LLC-BMI, Dandy Lines Music-BMI)
Produced by Dennis Money
From the CD: FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LOVE LIFE on SweetSong Nashville
Contact: (615) 329-3187 info@sweetsongnashville.com www.myspace.com/ronicacoldironmusic
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090601
TRAVIS ANDREWS: This honky tonk´s home
Travis Andrews/ Broken Rivers-BMI)
Produced by Travis Andrews
From the CD: BABY I'M YOURS
Contact: 214.862.4448 Travis@travisandrewsband.com www.travisandrewsband.com
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090601
SUSAN HICKMAN: Wrapped up in me
(Brett James, Ashley Monroe, Terry Clayton / Stage Three Songs-ASCAP )
Produced by Doug Deforest
From the CD: SUSAN HICKMAN
Contact: 832-215-7159 Susan@SusanHickman.com www.susanhickman.com
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090601
JIM STRICKLAN: Hey good lookin´
(Hank Williams,Sr-BMI )
Produced by George Coyne & Jim Stricklan
From the CD: STAY TUNED ON Skinny Man
Contact: 512-441-7139 jim@frontroommusic.com www.frontroommusic.com
Label: CD Tex Ankom: 20090601
KENDEL CARSON: Alright Dynamite
Kanadensiska Kendel Carson återvänder med ett nytt explosivt album med den synnerligen lämpliga titeln »Alright Dynamite«. Den 24 år gamla sångerskan och fiolvirituosen debuterade 2007 med den allmänt hyllade plattan »Rearview Mirror Tears«, som hamnade Topp 10 på Americana Chart och låg på årsbästa-listor i såväl Q Magazine som XM Radio.
»Alright Dynamite« är liksom föregångaren ett samarbete mellan Carson och låtskrivar-nestorn Chip Taylor (»Wild Thing«, »Angel of the Morning« och många fler) som har producerat och skrivit de 14 fantastiska låtarna. Carsons blandar och ger. Än är det country, än är det rock och allt med samma innerliga känsla och genuina värme.
Carson har turnerat i Nordamerika och Europa de senaste två åren, både med Taylor och på egen hand, och hon har en enorm utstrålning på scen och en förbluffande rutin för att vara så ung. Men så började hon att spela fiol när hon var tre och har i princip spelat professionellt sedan hon var nio.
På nya plattan backas Kendel Carson av Chip Taylor, mästergitarristen John Platania (Van Morrison), Bryan Owings (Buddy Miller, Shelby Lynne) och Tony Leone (Ollabelle).
Label: Train Wreck Ankom: 20090601
LEON SEITER: In the shadows of honky tonk
Michigans own Leon Seiter (procounced like "cider") has been singing in honky-tonks since the early 60s. This traditional country artist began receiving national attention in country music circles when his record, Sentenced to Live, received national airplay in the United States, Canada, Germany, and France. Leon has since had five nationally charting singles, including You Can Always Count on Me, Love Is Just a Game, and Under You Spell Again from his current album, In the Shadows of a Honky Tonk.
In the early 70s, Leon recorded Rags to Riches, which made country charts across the nation. Leon has had numerous other records, such as Mr. Jones, What Is This Man, Someone On Your Phone, and, in 1984, To Make My World Go Round, which also made Billboards single reviews. In 1992, "You Can Always Count On Me" made it to the Top 15.
Leon has had the pleasure of opening major concert tours across the nation with several top entertainers in the world of country music, such as George Jones, Hank Williams Jr., Porter Wagoner, Tanya Tucker, Tom T. Hall, Tammy Wynette, Mel Tillis, Loretta Lynn, Little Jimmy Dickens, and Tex Ritter. Citing Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Marty Robbins, and Johnny Cash as his inspirations, Leons songs of pain, sorrow, love, and country life are a refreshing addition to the country pop artists on todays country radio.
Leons wit and charm has landed him on countless television and radio talk shows, including The Ralph Emery Show. It also aided in his induction in to the Michigan Country Music Hall of Fame in June of 2000 and in to America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004.
Currently, Leon is out promoting his current single, "Where True Love Waits for Me" off his In the Shadows of a Honky Tonk CD.
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090601
RAY STEVENS: If ten percent is good enough for Jesus (it oughta be enough for Uncle Sam)
Ray Stevens does it again, with another timely Hit-Hit-Hit*. *HIT-HIT-HIT (definition): HITs the nail on the head, HITs us in our Funny Bone and is bound to HIT the top of the charts.
Label: Airplay Direct Ankom: 20090529
WESTON JAMES: Don´t you worry None / Gotta be country / Next time
Country with an Edge. That's how Weston James describes his music. Country at heart, his many varied and sometimes extreme life experiences have been woven deep in the fabric of his music. Combine that with other musical influences like U2 and Prince the result is a sound that has crossover appeal across all spectrums.
Hailing originally from the Northeast, he spent most of his life in the South and after spending time in the miliary, he ended up in New York City where he says his music was born and where his songwriting career began. He recently relocated to Nashville, TN to continue work on his upcoming CD release.
Weston James' music is from the heart and runs the full range of emotion. Songs like "I Wear Tight Fittin' Jeans",a funny look at the male ego, had a limited radio release and received airplay on Country Radio, and will have you laughing hard. Others like "Old Familiar Pain" will have most listeners truly feeling the pain that loss can bring about. His romantic "Just Right" has found favor among R&B lovers and is pure sensuality. Perhaps his most provocative work thus far is "What An Honor" which draws heavily from James' military service; he is a Combat Veteran and a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal. The story is told by a soldier being laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. "Southern Comfort, New York City Style", describes how one country boy finds the comforting reminders of home right in the middle of big city life and is similar in feel to Alanna Myles 1991 hit, "Black Velvet". A recent work, "It Doesn't Matter "is haunting and iis an ntimate look at personal vulnerability. "I Heard A Love Song", the title cut, on his upcoming release, is a fun uptempo, country rock tune.
Weston James is a BMI affiliated songwriter, and a member of both the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and the Country Music Association (CMA).
Label: WJNB Records Ankom: 20090529
STEPHEN DALE: Longshot
Tall, broad-shouldered and clear-eyed, Stephen Dale commands the stage with the confidence and sure-footedness of the construction worker and horse trainer he once was. He seems born to the spotlight. But that’s not the way his story unfolds.
Dale was born in tiny Yellville, Arkansas in the north central lake district near the Missouri border. There was little music in his early life, he recalls—none of the church singing or school talent shows common to most country singers. “I started working on the docks at Bull Shoals when I was eight, cleaning boats and fish,” Dale says. Thus occupied, he had little time for music.
By high school, he and his family were living in Wichita, Kansas. It was here that things began to change. “I really didn’t listen to music much until I was a teenager,” he says. “That’s when I really started getting into country music through singers like Hank Williams Jr., Keith Whitley and, of course, George Strait.”
Once out of high school, Dale returned to the hard labor he knew best. “Even as a young kid, I worked construction,” he says. There were other jobs, as well—slaving at the grain elevators in Kansas, training horses in Oklahoma. Always, though, music kept filtering into his life. “I pretty much got introduced to music by listening to what my buddies were listening to when we were driving to rodeos or just rolling down the road.”
Then, in 2005, when Dale was working construction in western Pennsylvania, something transformative happened. He and a friend were in his truck when Dale absent-mindedly began singing along with the radio. His friend was amazed at what he heard. He was so moved by Dale’s vocal power that he pleaded with him to sing for other people—to take his talent to the stage.
Dale found a vocal coach, Jan Smith, in Atlanta, of all places, and began driving back and forth from Pennsylvania to Georgia “two or three times a month” for lessons. “Along the way,” he continues, “I would hit every open mic night I could find.” Later, Dale persuaded Smith to help him produce his first and current album, Longshot.
In 2008, Dale moved to a ranch at Hurricane Mills a few miles west of Nashville. Although he’s a fairly new face on the horizon, he’s making fans fast. He’s been profiled in Country Weekly, America’s foremost country music magazine. The publication also offered a song from Longshot as a free download. Recently, Dale headlined a songwriter’s night at the legendary Nashville Palace—and absolutely wowed the crowd.
These days, Dale says the stage feels like home. “Ultimately, what made me become a singer was the fear of NOT trying. It was the second hardest thing I’ve ever done, getting up in front of people. Now I just love it.” Clearly, the people love it, too.
Label: Lazy River Records Ankom: 20090529
ANITA PERRAS: Those classic country songs
Kanadensiska countrydivan Anita Perras nya album »Those Classic Country Songs« är en njutning för alla som gillar country av traditionellt snitt. Här finns storslagna Patsy Cline-doftande ballader med stråkar och allt men också tuffare honky tonk. Nya originalsånger blandas med klassiker som George Jones’ “Walk Through This World With Me” och “It's Only Make Believe” av Conway Twitty.
Label: True North / rootsy.nu Ankom: 20090527
ÅKE EDLUND: When the time is right
Label: Tommys MusikLab Ankom: 20090525
BRENDA-LEE HEATHCOTE: Come crying to me / The world beneath my wings / Why did you go
Australian Country Artist Shaza Leigh has taken two of Brenda-Lee’s songs into the Top 10;Bobby Cash “The Indian Cowboy” has recorded 5 of Brenda’s songs on 2 albums, one album of which went to #1 on the independent charts; the Wolverines did an amazing job with Brenda’s song “The Ballad of Young Bobby Dale” which was nominated for 2007 Peoples Choice Awards, and this album, “Light of Hope” includes the 2007 Australian Songwriter’s Association’s prestigious “Rudy Brandsma” Award winning song “So This Is Life”.
Label: MusicSUBMIT Ankom: 20090524
SAMANTHA DANN: Harper Valley PTA
Label: MusicSUBMIT Ankom: 20090524
JAMIE BRANNON: Honky-Tonk Memories
Label: Hillside Records Ankom: 20090518
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hillcrest 48
CLIFFY SHORT: The next voice you hear
GRAHAM RODGER: We´re gonna be alright
MARIE HODSON: Cowboys love Texas
ANDY MARTIN: Honky town downstairs
CASEY DILWORTH: That´s the way it goes
CONNY LEE: Absence
GARY GAMBLE: Cowboys ain´t supposed to cry
STEEL CITY QURTET: Forever he is mine
BONITA MERCER: Til myself comes back to you
DOUG BRUCE: What I´m drinkin´ about
GRAHAM CLARK: He´s back and I´m blue
THE BEGGARS: The banjo song
VANNATTA: Put gas in my diesel
KATHY KANE: Paradise tonight
GLEN ALBRIECHT: Bucking hell rodeo downunder
Label: Hillcrest Ankom: 20090518
BLANDADE ARTISTER: ECMA 05-09
GEORGE CANYON & CRYSTAL SHAWANDA: What I do
CRYSTAL SHAWANDA: Dawn of a new day
AARON LINES: Sand
BRAD PAISLEY: Keep on the sunny side
COLLIN RAYE: Mid-life Chrysler
DAILEY & VINCENT: Head hung down
DALE WATSON: Jacks truck stop and café
DEAN BRODY: Dirt road scholar
REBA McENTIRE: Stange
KATE & KACEY: Dreaming love
TAYLOR SWIFT: You belong with me
DAN MITCHELL: Ode to Gravy
RHONDA TOWNS: Slow rain
SHANE YELLOWBIRD: Get away with you
BRAD JOHNER: Want it
JIMMY WAYNE: I´ll be that (radio)
Label: Ankom: 20090517
MICHAEL TWITTY: You´re the best I never had
Label: Colt Records Ankom: 20090517
MARK McKINNEY: Middle America / Stomping Ground
Label: Colt Records Ankom: 20090517
DUO´N: Our kind of country
Label: Ankom: 20090515
CHUCK MEAD: Journeyman´s Wager
Chuck Mead har ända sedan starten varit en av frontfigurerna i hyllade countrybandet BR549. Efter drygt 20 år i branschen är det nu dags för Meads första soloplatta. Och de som förväntat sig en direkt fortsättning på BR549 blir nog...överraskade. Men inte besvikna. För trots att Mead och hans band i högsta grad var inblandade i den lyckade återupplivningen av den traditionella honky tonken på 90-talet har han aldrig låtit sig begränsas av genre-gränser. Pop, R&B, hillbilly rock, Gospel...“As far as I’m concerned, it’s all American Music», säger Mead.
Label: Continental Song City / www.rootsy.nu Ankom: 20090513
PG & FRANK: Chasing the Wind
Label: SteelMountainRecords Ankom: 20090512
PRETTY MISS NORMA JEAN: There´s a higher power
PRETTY MISS NORMA JEAN, as she is fondly called by her many friends and fans, comes from the State of Oklahoma, which has produced many great country stars over the years.
Norma Jean got an early start in Country Music performing over local radio stations, and singing with western swing bands in and around Oklahoma City. At the age of 12, she had her own radio show on station KLPR. At 16, she toured with Merle Lindsay's Oklahoma Night Riders on weekends. By 18, she was a full-time vocalist with the Billy Gray Band, and had made guest appearances with Leon McAuliff and Hank Thompson.
North Star Records & Promotions/ Airplay Direct Label: Ankom: 20090510
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS: Swinging from chains of love
Label: www.rootsy.nu Ankom: 20090509
COUNTRY CREAM: Country Cream
Label: Ankom: 20090507
DEREK SHOLL: Just because you can
Label: The Service Station Ankom: 20090504
BLANDADE ARTISTER: M-T-M #34
DARYLE SINGLETARY: Love you with the lights on
MICHAEL THOMAS: Nobody else
RUSTIE BLUE: Cowgirls do it better
JOHN LONG: I wish i had a job to shove
DEBORAH ALLEN: There´s a last time for everything
PETE SCHLEGEL: Leavin´ ain´t as easy as it sounds
BILL RHOADS: Too many California memories
BILL DURHAM: Teardrops in my tequila
RON THOMPSON: Smokey Mountain bear race
EDDIE EASTMAN: Mexico in our backyard
RAZZY BAILEY: Whiskey California
RANDY ASHER: Shots in the dark
JIM CRISTALDI: Take me
RACHEL CRISTALDI: I found me
TRACY STEFANS: It happens
TIN RIDGE BAND: In this little town
WILD WILD WESTT: Making memories
STEVE OLIVER: Mama´s kitchen table
Label: Mark Trail Music Ankom: 20090504
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Hotdisc 125
SAM MILLAR: Getting nowhere
R W HAMPTON: We´ve take Bob back to Tulsa
SEAN WILSON: You´ve become the dream
NEIL ANDREWS: The book
GARY CURTIS: I don´t want us to be
SUZANNE EDWARDS: Love that she never got from DaddyLI>JASON McALLISTER: You can´t break a broken heart
SLIM WHITMAN: Wheel of hgurt
BYRON HILL: You ain´t Chet yet
STELLA PARTON: Danger of a stranger (2009 version)
GRAHAM CLARK: He´s back and I´m blue
MITCHELL JOHN: Find peace in the little things
D K DAVIS: Walking my baby back home
KIM McLEAN: Ain´t no glory
SUSAN McCANN: Never too old to love
BOBBY SMITH: Home
DAISY SQUIRES & SPROCKETT: Share my pain
CATHY-ANNE McCLINTOCK & TIM O´BRIEN: I doubt if it does to you
RAY GRIFF: Bring it on
BILLIE JO SPEARS: What I´ve got in mind
BILLIE JO SPEARS: Sing me an old fashioned song
BILLIE JO SPEARS: Blanket on the ground
Label: Hotdisc Rush Released Ankom: 20090504
BLANDADE ARTISTER: N-C-M 63
DAN McCAULEY: Listening
TERRY WARREN: My Lord is near me all the time
THE ANSELM: Just be still
LIZ DOYLE: My love
THE STEELS: Better not dance
GORDON MOTE: Mercy walked in
VICTORIA ADEXA: Time to pray
VINCE GILL: Tell me one more time about Jesus
ROB ASH: Save the world
ELAINE CHRISTIAN: Where are the Children
IAN YATES: Father of campassion
CANDI STATON: Butterfly
GAITHER VOCAL BAND: The diff´ence is in me
MARTY STUART: There´s a rainbow at the end of every storm
YAZZ: Look at me
BOBBY SMITH: Home
STELLA PARTON: Family ties
MICHAEL W SMITH: Amazing grace (My chains are gone)
KAREN LAFFERTY: See ye first
CLINT MILLER: Happy shalt thou be
Label: New Christian Music Ankom: 20090504
BLANDADE ARTISTER: CD Tex 76A
THE PARKS: As long as you´re goin´ my way
ZONA JONES: Bluer than blue
LUKE ROBINSON: Tequila Sheila
GRINGO KINGS: Hold you in my arms
BRITTNEY REED: Picture this
Label: Ankom: 20090504
J.K. COLTRAIN: The truck stops here
J. K. Coltrain was born in Columbus, Ohio. He spent his early childhood days between there and West Virginia where his parents operated a small Mom & Pop grocery store. His Dad also was an excellent auto mechanic and in fact owned a number of repair shops over the years and was a weekend stock car racer. One reason why J. K. is a Nascar fanatic to this day
J.K. grew up surrounded by music & musicians. His cousin, Buddy Starcher was a professional recording artist on Columbia Records and was one of the founders of the Starday recording label and performed on the then popular Midwestern & Louisiana Hayrides. He also introduced the late Keith Whitley who first appeared on Buddys weekly radio show in Charleston, West Virginia when he was just 8 years old.
Label: Colt Records Ankom: 20090503
CHRIS AUSTER: Again and Again
Label: Copper City Recordings Ankom: 20090427
NORVILLE DOLLAR: Traditional Sounds of…
Label: Country Discovery Records Ankom: 20090427
RYAN BLAU: Heroes
Label: Star of the West Ankom: 20090427
TODD BERRY: Better days to cry
Label: Spotlight Records Ankom: 20090427
BLANDADE ARTISTER: Country Discovery Compilation - Spring 2009
SHANE WORLEY: Good woman´s man
NORVILLE DOLLAR: She´s got it and gone
SHIRLEY RAYE
DUSTY OWENS: Don´t come cryin´ to me
ROY CRAWFORD: Let´s cross the bridge
BOB YOUNG: Bury me in Dixie
BILL MURPHREE: The Neverlasting kind
DERRICK MEHAFFNEY: A quarter at a time
ANNI FILT: Strong enough to bend
JENNIFER BRANTLEY: 10 shades of blue
RAZZY BAILY: Hank wrote that
RYAN BLAU: Blues singer with a red guitar
ULLA LINDSTROEM: Don´t care what people say
BILLY GASTON: Reach for me
PAUL STOUT: Another day
MARTY RAYBON: An altered life
BACK HOME & MARTY RAYBON: I love to ther the story
