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EMI Records Nashville’s Brothers Osborne releases their highly anticipated debut album, Pawn Shop, Friday January 15. In support of the album release, John and TJ Osborne will make their national TV debut with NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers” Monday, January 18 followed by “TODAY” on Tuesday, January 19 during the 9AM hour.
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RCA Nashville Old Dominion’s, the group that Billboard says is “helping to usher in a new wave of country,” new single “Snapback” hit the country radio airwaves yesterday with a thunderous pop. 126 first week chart reporting Country radio stations across the country are now spinning the new single that is the follow-up to the band’s debut, GOLD-certified, two week No. 1 hit song, “Break Up With Him,” the first single off the band’s debut album Meat and Candy an album that NPR Fresh Air describes as “an enjoyable and a calculated album, very clever and very self-conscious.”
The 24th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Presented by Regions Bank is thrilled to partner for the ninth consecutive year with Watkins College of Art, Design & Film for its festival artwork. Select Watkins students competed to create a concept that captured the essence of the event, and this year, Chris Robertson’s design has been chosen to represent all Tin Pan South marketing, passes, posters and banners.
GRAMMY®-nominated, Sweet Honey in the Rock gears up for their upcoming album #LoveinEvolution (out January 22nd) via SHE-ROCKS 5, Inc./Appleseed Recordings (distributed by E1 Entertainment). A Capella ensemble releases their second single and music video, “Second Line Blues,” available now on iTunes and Amazon.
SHOWBIZ TV’s docu-series DISCOVERING LUCY ANGEL premieres Sunday February 14th at 7:30 p.m. GMT. The country music-themed series is set to air its 13-episode first season during SHOWBIZ TV’s Sunday night primetime programming block. Continue Reading →
Project Greenlight Digital Studios announced today the winner of their #GetTheGreenLight web series contest is “#Josh” from directors Joshua Jean-Baptiste and Edson Jean. As the winners, the filmmakers will receive $25,000 and a development deal with the studio. Draped in the culturally capricious backdrop of Miami, the film is about a chaste, digitally dependent twenty-something who is forced to coexist with his promiscuous, problematic cousin. The winning pitch video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1sMUQUPbHY Continue Reading →
Country music trio Sister C hit the ground running in the New Year posting their first Blue Room Sessions video of their brand new song “Even a Broken Heart Beats” to their Facebook page and the fan response with likes, comments and shares has been more than the real-life sisters expected with over 650K people reached in the last week and still growing. The demo version of the song, written by Cirby, Carli and Celbi who make up Sister C and Pete Sallis (Phillip Phillips, Bucky Covington), will be on their upcoming EP. For the next two weeks fans can get the live acoustic Blue Room Sessions version of “Even a Broken Heart Beats” for free by going to http://www.sisterc.com/subscribe. Fans can also check out Sister C’s Blue Room Sessions video at http://tinyurl.com/SisterCVideo.
Taylor Hicks, the platinum-selling artist and entertainer from Alabama whose soulful vocals won over America’s heart and the fifth season of American Idol at the height of the singing competition phenomenon’s ratings heyday, has signed with APA, it was announced today by the agency’s Seth Rappaport. Hicks, who is currently in-studio finishing his latest album to be released this year, will be announcing upcoming tour dates soon. Continue Reading →
Today, “one of the most-talked-about releases of 2016” (Billboard) receives a release date as Charles Kelley announces his first-ever solo album THE DRIVER (Capitol Records Nashville) will be available Feb. 5. The nine-track disc has already received a GRAMMY nomination for its lead single/title track, which fans will now receive as an instant download alongside an additional track each Friday leading into release with an iTunes pre-order purchase. Continue Reading →
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Almost 2 years since their EP From The Spark, Grizfolk released their highly anticipated, full-length, debut album Waking Up The Giants [Virgin Records] today. The album is streaming exclusively on Apple Music and available on iTunes HERE. Waking Up The Giants includes new smashing singles such as “Troublemaker,” as well as the four singles from their EP – including “The Struggle.” Fans can also pick up the album on vinyl HERE.
