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Maddie & Tae Release New Song “Tourist In This Town” Today

By on March 1, 2019 in In The Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Friday, March 1, 2019) – Platinum-selling duo Maddie & Tae unveil new song, “Tourist in this Town,” today with SiriusXM and all digital retail and streaming partners. Written by Maddie & Tae’s Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye with Barry Dean and Jimmy Robbins, the up-tempo “Tourist in this Town” finds the narrator having to rediscover her hometown after realizing all of her favorite local spots are now haunted by heartbreak.

 

Listen to “Tourist in this Town” HERE

 

Much to the delight of the fans, this marks the third song from the award-winning pair since signing with Mercury Nashville. “Tourist in this Town” follows digital release “Die From A Broken Heart” and current radio single “Friends Don’t.”

 

Maddie & Tae recently earned a Duo of the Year nomination for the upcoming 54th Academy of Country Music Awards making it their sixth career nomination from the ACM. Tune in April 7 for the broadcast live from Las Vegas on CBS at 8pm ET.

 

For the latest news, tour dates, music and more, visit www.MaddieandTae.com.

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Chelsea Bain Delivers Donation To Nashville Humane Association

By on March 1, 2019 in In The Press

Chelsea Bain delivering over 200 lbs of pet food and supplies to the Nashville Humane Association donated by her fans at a recent Nashville concert.

(Nashville, Tennessee…) – March 1, 2019 – Turn 3 Records artist and avid animal lover Chelsea Bain asked fans to bring a donation for the Nashville Humane Association as admission to her recent show at The Cowan in Nashville, and they came through in a big way. Today, she delivered over 200 pounds of much-needed pet food and supplies to the Association.

In addition, Chelsea sponsored the adoption of Humane Association resident rescue dog Gunner and promoted his adoption in her concert advertising, on social media and at the concert itself. Gunner was adopted the following day.

“We were really hoping the message would spread about bringing a donation, but this exceeded all of our expectations,” said Chelsea of the donations. “And to have this sweet dog Gunner adopted the next day was just icing on the cake.”

After dropping off the massive contributions, Chelsea was motivated to sponsor the adoption of the Humane Association’s Pet of the Week Lazaro, pictured with Chelsea below. Dog lovers interested in adopting Lazaro or any of the many dogs or cats looking for a permanent home may visit NashvilleHumane.org for more information.


Chelsea recently released her latest single, “Take It Like A Man,” which she wrote with Rachel Farley, Michael Tyler and Ben Stennis. The accompanying music video was shot by Chelsea’s brother, Layne Pavoggi, who is a director in in Los Angeles. Massive entertainment site PopCulture.com premiered the clip, which can be viewed here.

 

To learn more about Chelsea, keep up with tour dates, hear music and more, visit www.chelseabainmusic.com.

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About the Nashville Humane Association:

The Nashville Humane Association (NHA), incorporated in 1946 to protect the well-being of animals in Davidson County, is one of the oldest service organizations in Nashville. The roots of NHA can be traced back to a society founded in 1887 to protect children from inhumane working conditions and draft horses from mistreatment.

While our location and logo (Don’t you just love Rover and Fluffy?) have changed throughout the years, our devotion to being a voice to those without one has remained steady and strong.

Nashville Humane Association is committed to finding responsible homes, controlling pet overpopulation and promoting the humane treatment of animals. http://nashvillehumane.org

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RCA Records Nashville Breakout Artist/Songwriter Ryan Hurd Wraps Sold-Out “To A T Tour” In Nashville Adding More Dates In March And April

By on March 1, 2019 in In The Press

Ryan Hurd performs for a capacity crowd Thursday night at Exit/In in Nashville during his sold-out “To A T Tour.” (Photo credit: Alex Ferrari)

NASHVILLE, TN – RCA Records Nashville artist/songwriter Ryan Hurd wrapped his sold-out, headlining “To A T Tour” at Exit/In in Nashville Thursday after playing some of the most respected music venues in the country including the Troubadour in LA, Joe’s on Weed in Chicago, and the Bowery Ballroom in NYC.

Due to the overwhelming response from capacity crowds, Hurd added concert stops in Washington, D.C. (3/21), Raleigh, N.C. (3/22), Kansas City, MO (4/12), Atlanta, GA (4/25), and Athens, GA (4/26). Ticket information HERE.

With career streams exceeding 100 million worldwide, Hurd’s endearing, love letter “To A T” is has found an eager audience on country radio. The song already hit No. 1 on the SiriusXM The Highway’s Hot 30 Countdown and has caught the attention of entertainment tastemakers including men’s lifestyle playbook Esquire.

Sony Music Nashville executives celebrate Ryan Hurd’s sold-out “To A T Tour” with Hurd and manager
Janet Weir before his Nashville concert at Exit/In. Pictured (L to R) Weir, 42 Entertainment/Red Light Management, Dennis Reese, Senior Vice President Promotion RCA Records Nashville, Hurd, Caryl Atwood, Vice President of Sales Sony Music Nashville, and Steve Hodges, Senior Vice President of Promotion and Artist Development Sony Music Nashville. (Photo credit: Wendy Pearl)

Accolades include Wide Open Country, which called the song “a gorgeous ode to intimacy and quiet moments spent with a soulmate,” Cowboys & Indians which wrote, “swoon-worthy lyrics,” Music Row, which stated “It has a coy, cuddly and super romantic flavor that’s as tasty as a candy bar,” PopCulture, which called “To A T” “a looping, relaxed jam that’s all about love,” and The Boot, which wrote, “To A T” “oozes romance, love and the intimacy that comes from truly knowing a partner.”

Hurd co-wrote the sultry “To A T” with Laura Veltz and Nathan Spicer with attention-grabbing bass, sonic guitar work, and drop-you-in-your-tracks harmony from creative muse and wife, Maren Morris. See the music video HERE.

Hurd’s ascension seems obvious. He was named the ONLY country artist on Sirius XM’s all-genre “Future Five” for 2019. He was tapped by AOL as one of their country artists set for a breakout year, Amazon Music’s Best of 2018, and named an Artist to Watch by VEVO, Pandora, CMT, The Huffington Post, and Rolling Stone Country, which lauded him for “generating major buzz” and “making waves.”

The praise is earned. The native of Kalamazoo, MI is one of Nashville’s most multi-dimensional young songwriters. He has had co-pen credits on some of the format’s biggest hits including “Lonely Tonight” (Blake Shelton), “You Look Good” (Lady Antebellum), and “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” (Luke Bryan). Now with the release of his own music, fans are discovering the fuel that drives Hurd is often love with all its avatars.

Hurd recently released new music “Michigan For The Winter,” which is available on all digital retailers and streaming platforms with “To A T” and “Diamonds Or Twine.” Listen HERE.

Ryan Hurd’s “To A T Tour” includes:
March 21 – Gypsy Sally’s, Washington, D.C.
March 22 – City Limits Saloon, Raleigh, NC
April 12 – Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, MO
April 25 – Terminal West, Atlanta, GA
April 26 – Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA
**Schedule is subject to change and additional dates may be added.

For more on Ryan Hurd and to catch him on tour, visit www.RyanHurd.com.

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Country Music’s Hottest Rising Duo SMITHFIELD Releases We Make Our Own EP

By on March 1, 2019 in In The Press

Nashville, TN – March 1, 2019–Named an artist to watch by Billboard, Rolling Stone, Huffington Post and People, country music’s hottest rising duo Smithfield releases their new EP We Make Our Own TODAY. The EP debuted this morning in the Top 10 of the iTunes country chart at No 6. We Make Our Own EP includes all new songs and all true duets from the Texas-born singer/songwriters.

 

We Make Our Own EP is available HERE.

 

We Make Our Own EP TRACK LISTING:

We Make Our OwnIf You Were MineCounterfeitStill A FewMe No YouPull It Off

*Our World included on the physical only We Make Our Own EP

Today, March 1, the rising duo performs on NBC’s TODAY IN NASHVILLE which aired today. Click HERE to see their performance. Smithfield, one of Sirius XM’s prestigious picks for a “Highway Find”, will perform Saturday night at the GRAND OLE OPRY along with a star-studded lineup that includes Alison Krauss, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jeannie Seely, Brandon Lay, Riders In the Sky and more. Immediately following they will be featured on the Opry’s Facebook Live series OPRY ENCORE where they will perform. Smithfield will sign copies of their EP in the Opry Shop immediately following the Opry show at 9:15 PM.

Next week Smithfield will be part of another star-studded lineup for the prestigious Nashville House Concert at War Memorial Auditorium hosted by Sirius XM personality Storme Warren.

 

Smithfield has been featured or will be featured in media outlets including Cowboys & Indians, Texas Lifestyle Magazine, Taste of Country, The Boot, One Country, Sounds Like Nashville, PopCulture, Whiskey Riff, Celebuzz, Nashville Insider, Nashville Gab, Nashville Access, NY Country Swag and more.

 

We Make Our Own, the title track of the EP, represents and is symbolic of Trey and Jennifer’s philosophy and personal anthem in how they live their life and how they handle their music careers- by paving and making their own way and doing it all a little differently. The EP is released by Deluge Records.

 

Smithfield teamed to work with multi Grammy-award winning producer/songwriter Seth Mosley and Mike “X.” O’Connor produced and co-wrote the EP. Their credits including producing albums for Francesca Battistelli, for KING & COUNTRY, Newsboys, Mandisa, Tyminski, Jaci Velasquez and another country duo High Valley among many others.

 

The new single, “Our World,” is at country radio now. “Our World,” written by Jaden Michaels, Jordan Minton and Ben Johnson, is available now at all digital retailers. “Our World” was produced by David Fanning.

 

“Our World,” an anthemic song capturing the feelings of youth and being invincible against the world, again embraces their unique energy-charged and unparalleled vocal chemistry between the longtime childhood friends Trey Smith and Jennifer Fielder. Trey’s rock-influenced vocals blending with the sounds of Jennifer’s classic country influences add an even deeper dimension to the lyrics and energy in their new single “Our World.”

 

Click HERE to listen to “Our World.”

 

“Our World” is the follow-up to their critically-acclaimed single “Hey Whiskey” which garnered rave reviews and was the song that caught the eye of not only Sirius XM and CMT but it put them on several “Artists To Watch” lists including People, Billboard, Huffington Post and Rolling Stone among others. Rolling Stone included “Hey Whiskey” as one of the “Best Country/Americana Songs” in their picks of the week and the Grand Ole Opry invited them to make their Opry debut and CMT championed the duo including them in their Artist Discovery Program to name a few.

 

To hear “Hey Whiskey” click HERE.

 

 

About Smithfield:

 

Smithfield was founded in 2011 with a dream as big as their home state of Texas. Vocalists, Trey and Jennifer, Smithfield took the stage by storm with their memorable music and stunning harmonies. Having grown up together, their on-stage chemistry is undeniably genuine and natural.
Country duos are a unique in the music industry. Two voices have to blend perfectly together, and that combination is often hard to find, even in two great singers. Against all odds, the duo has continued to persevere with their music and develop their sound. Trey and Jennifer have found that with a lot hard work and passion that anything can be accomplished. After only one year in Nashville, Smithfield had already landed opening gigs for established artists including Kane Brown, Scotty McCreery, Granger Smith, Dustin Lynch, Brothers Osborne and Old Dominion.

Mixing the heavily rock influenced background of Trey and the classical country tendency of Jennifer, Smithfield creates a unique blend of country sound that’s different and compelling.

Proving to be the hottest emerging duo in country music, Smithfield’s new single “Our World”

 

To find out more about Smithfield go to their website https://www.smithfieldmusic.com/ ;

To follow and connect with Smithfield go to, FACEBOOOK (@smithfieldmusic), TWITTER (@smithfieldmusic), INSTAGRAM (@smithfieldmusic); YouTube   (SmithField Music)

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Tenille Townes’ “White Horse” Out Today

By on March 1, 2019 in In The Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Emerging singer, songwriter and performer Tenille Townes’ new song, “White Horse,” is out today. Listen/share HERE.

Written by Townes, Daniel Tashian and Jeremy Spillman, the song is the second track unveiled from Townes’ forthcoming debut album, produced by Jay Joyce and due later this year on Columbia Nashville. Of the song, Townes comments, “‘White Horse’ is a song about how love can look a little bit differently than we might expect it to. I think we grow up in our society completely surrounded by that fairy tale idea of what love should be, but maybe love is even bigger than that. I think it’s important to be open hearted and to push the boundaries of what society might build up in our expectations. I love that this song stands strongly in the idea that love isn’t always about the ivory towers and the roses.”

Already receiving widespread attention, Townes was recently named iHeartCountry’s next “On The Verge” artist. The program includes on-air exposure, which has already led to a lift for her debut single “Somebody’s Daughter,” as well as significant digital and social support across iHeartMedia’s network of country radio stations and websites. The program has proven instrumental in the development of such successful and highly credible artists such as Sam Hunt, Maren Morris, Luke Combs, Mitchell Tenpenny and Cam. In celebration of this honor, Townes will perform on the iHeartCountry Festival stage at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX on May 4.

Townes is also one of Amazon Music’s “2019 Artists To Watch,” CMT’s “Next Women of Country,” iHeart Radio’s “Artists To Watch in 2019” and is included in The Bobby Bones Show’s “Class of 2019,” CMT’s “Listen Up” and the inaugural class of “Opry NextStage.” Moreover, Townes continues to garner widespread attention including recent critical praise at NPR Music, Rolling Stone, The Tennessean, Refinery29, Wide Open Country and Sounds Like Nashville.

Townes is currently on the road supporting Dierks Bentley as part of his extensive BURNING MAN TOUR. The tour, which kicked off January 17 at Hamilton, ON’s FirstOntario Centre, features performances across Canada and the U.S., including stops at Chicago’s Casino Amphitheater and Columbus’ Nationwide Arena among many others. Of her recent performance with Bentley at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, The Tennessean declares, “Country music’s new it girl Tenille Townes has one of the most distinct voices in country music.” Additionally, she will perform select dates this March in Australia as part of the international “CMA: Introducing Nashville” series. See below for complete tour details.

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Luke Bryan Adds Gillette Stadium Show On June 21 To “Sunset Repeat Tour”

By on March 1, 2019 in In The Press

NASHVILLE (March 1, 2019) – Four-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan today announced he is adding a stop on his “Sunset Repeat Tour” to visit New England country music fans with a show at Gillette Stadium on June 21, 2019. The concert will include special guests multi-platinum singer/songwriter Cole Swindell, 2018 Academy of Country Music New Male Vocalist of the Year Brett Young and EMI/32 Bridge Entertainment recording artist Jon Langston. DJ Rock will also appear.

The June 21 show will be the third trip to Gillette Stadium for Bryan, as the country music star performed two shows in July 2016 as part of his “Kill The Lights Tour” and made his Foxborough debut in August 2014 in front of a sold out crowd on his “That’s My Kind Of Night Tour.”

Tickets to the June 21 show will go on sale to the public Friday, March 8, at 10 a.m. at www.ticketmaster.com. Kraft Sports + Entertainment is the official promoter of the “Sunset Repeat Tour” show at Gillette Stadium.

Citi is the official presale credit card of Luke Bryan’s “Sunset Repeat Tour at Gillette Stadium.” As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Monday, March 4th at 10am local time until Thursday, March 7th at 10pm local time through Citi’s Private Pass Program­­­­­­­­. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

In each of the last several years, Bryan’s headline tours have performed for 1.5 million fans or more. In 2018, Bryan played the most stadium dates in one year and has played 34 career stadium concerts to date.

Click HERE for Luke’s “Sunset Repeat Tour” playlist.

 

About Luke Bryan

Luke is a two-time Academy of Country Music and a two-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, a five-time host of the ACM Awards, a NSAI Artist/Songwriter of the Year and was named a CMT Artist of the Year six consecutive years. Luke has more certified digital singles than any other country artist with 46 million tracks and 12 million albums with four Billion music streams. Luke has placed 22 singles at #1, 12 of which he co-wrote. In each of the last several years, Luke’s headline tours have performed for 1.5 million fans or more and in 2018 he headlined the most stadium shows in one year of his career, now totaling 34 stadium concerts to date. Also in 2018 Luke opened Nashville’s only six-floor entertainment facility in the heart of Music City, LUKE’S 32 BRIDGE FOOD + DRINK.

 

Visit www.LukeBryan.com or follow Luke on Twitter @LukeBryanOnline, Instagram and Facebook

 

About Cole Swindell

Cole Swindell, a Platinum-selling recording artist and 11-time No 1 singer/songwriter, released his third album, All of It, for Warner Bros. Records/Warner Music Nashville in 2018 and it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country album chart and No. 7 on the Billboard Top 200. The first single “Break Up In The End” became his 8th No. 1 career single as a solo artist. “Break Up In The End” was recently nominated for a Grammy® for Best Country Song and was named one of the best country songs of 2018 by Amazon, Spotify, Billboard, and You Tube among others. Swindell performed the hit single on last summer’s (2018) ABC Television special CMA Fest and when he headlined the NBC’s Citi Concert Series on TODAY (2018).  The Georgia native debuted his current single “Love You Too Late” LIVE on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars and in December performed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The song is included on YouTube’s Best Country Songs of 2018.

 

For more information please visit www.coleswindell.com and follow @coleswindell on Twitter, @coleswindell on Instagram and on Facebook.

 

About Brett Young

ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year Brett Young’s sophomore release TICKET TO L.A. (BMLG Records) debuted atop the Billboard Country Albums chart and features his current fast-rising single “Here Tonight.” The album follows his PLATINUM self-titled debut, which dominated the Top 20 on the Country Albums chart for 37 weeks. Delivering four consecutive No. 1 PLATINUM-certified hits, Young was named ASCAP’s 2018 Country Songwriter-Artist of the Year for his “melodic craftsmanship” (Billboard). He has also garnered nominations from ACM, Billboard, Teen Choice, CMT and CMA Awards as he continues to rack up nonstop hits as “one of country music’s most reliable new hitmakers” (Tennessean). Young has amassed more than 1.4 billion streams of his catalog globally.

 

For additional information, visit BrettYoungMusic.com.

 

About Jon Langston

Loganville, GA native, singer-songwriter Jon Langston grew up on music like his heroes Alan Jackson and the Eagles. And once multiple concussions ended his Division I football career, he worked to develop his own style and sound while drawing from that variety of influences. In 2013 with the release of his first song, “Forever Girl,” Jon’s live shows began to grow, and he found himself opening for Chase Rice at Georgia’s Kennesaw State University.  It was his first-ever full band show, and when the crowd sang “Forever Girl” along with him, Jon knew he wanted to pursue a career in music. Since then, the now 27-year-old Music City resident has not only signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV and is managed by KP Entertainment, but has fostered his own voice in country music and landed a record deal with Universal Music Group Nashville. The Georgia native is the first artist under Luke Bryan’s new label, 32 Bridge Entertainment, and will be worked in conjunction with EMI Records Nashville. He recently released his major label debut single “When It Comes To Loving You” which landed in the Top 5 of the all-genre iTunes Chart and has accumulated over 9 million streams.

 

For more information please visit www.jonlangston.com and follow @jonTLangston on Twitter @jonlangston on Instagram and on Facebook

 

About DJ Rock

For the past 15 years, DJ Rock has performed for crowds in premiere venues throughout North America and Mexico. As an open format DJ he is well versed in all music formats, spinning everything from country to hip hop to rock to today’s top 40 hits. He’s worked alongside artists like Luke Bryan, Snoop Dogg, Florida Georgia Line, Gucci Man, John Legend, Jennifer Lopez, Blake Shelton and more. Rock has also appeared at some of the biggest-selling music festivals including Off The Rails, Rock The South, Route 91 and Tortuga. Rock last appeared on Luke Bryan’s “What Makes You Country Tour” in 2018.

 

About Gillette Stadium
Gillette Stadium, located in Foxborough, Mass., is New England’s premier sports and entertainment venue. The 65,878-seat stadium is the full-time home of the NFL’s six-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, which has sold out every home game at Gillette Stadium since the venue opened in 2002. Gillette Stadium is also the home field of the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer and one of the world’s top grossing concert venues, according to Billboard and Pollstar. Other notable sporting events held at Gillette Stadium include the 2016 NHL Winter Classic, international soccer matches, NCAA athletics, professional lacrosse, motor sports and the Massachusetts high school football state championships. For more information, visit www.GilletteStadium.com or follow @GilletteStadium on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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Thomas Rhett Delivers New Single + Announces Upcoming Album Ahead Of SNL Debut

By on March 1, 2019 in In The Press

 

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SHOW: Saturday Night Live

DATE: Saturday, March 2

TIME: 11:30P ET/10:30P CT

CHANNEL: NBC
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NASHVILLE, TN (March 1, 2019) – With 12 No. 1s to his name and a reputation as one of Country’s most boldly unpredictable stars, MULTI-PLATINUM selling performer THOMAS RHETT returns today with the kinetic romance of his brand new single, “Look What God Gave Her,” available now. “On a rare trajectory” (Variety), Thomas Rhett is set to debut “Look What God Gave Her” and more hotly-anticipated new music this weekend on NBC’s Saturday Night Live tomorrow at 10:30P CT, making him the first Country artist of the show’s current season. Leading into the performance, fans can pre-order his highly anticipated upcoming fourth studio album CENTER POINT ROAD today, before its May 31 release on The Valory Music Co.

“I think I played this song 2,000 times in a month after we first wrote it,” said Thomas Rhett. “It makes me want to dance. It makes me want to move. And to me, the song really is a celebration of how awesome my wife is. I know I’ve done that in the past, but I’ve never really done it in an uptempo way.”

Serving as the first taste of what’s to come, Thomas Rhett describes the irresistibly uptempo jam as “the perfect song to take fans into summer” – and also the perfect track to introduce his next project. Featuring a daring electro-Country sound, stunning harmony stacks and a smooth talking vocal hook, Thomas Rhett co-wrote the infectious standout alongside his hit-making father, Rhett Akins as well as Julian Bunetta, John Ryan and J Cash.

“I was really glad we were able to nail this one,” Thomas Rhett added. “My wife is so beautiful, but at the same time she’s inwardly beautiful, she’s funny, she’s kind, she’s the best mom I know … and she’s hilarious. It’s really just about thanking God for the human being He made, and singing it in a fun way.”

Thomas Rhett co-produced “Look What God Gave Her” with Bunetta and Dann Huff, both of whom are longtime collaborators with producer credits on his previous two albums – PLATINUM-certified LIFE CHANGES and TANGLED UP (The Valory Music Co.). More details about Thomas Rhett’s fourth studio album, named after the street in his Tennessee hometown that shaped and influenced much of his life experiences, will be revealed soon, with Country radio’s most-played artist of 2018 hinting that it will find him “getting back to his roots.”

Described by Forbes as a “talented performer, songwriter and all-around star,” Thomas Rhett will wrap up his successful LIFE CHANGES TOUR this spring with a coast-to-coast series of shows in Canada. Then on May 17 in Spokane, WA, the celebrated entertainer will kick off his headlining VERY HOT SUMMER TOUR, visiting 40 stops across the nation with Dustin Lynch, Russell Dickerson and Rhett Akins opening select dates. For tickets and additional information, visit ThomasRhett.com.

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Nashville Symphony Pairs Mahler’s Das Lied Von Der Erde With Live Recording Of Tobias Picker’s The Encantadas On March 8-9

By on February 28, 2019 in In The Press

Nashville, Tenn. (February 28, 2019) — The Nashville Symphony’s Classical Series resumes on March 8-9 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center with a distinctive program of old and new repertoire, as Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero leads the orchestra on Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) and a live recording of American composer Tobias Picker’s The Encantadas.

 

Guerrero’s affinity for Mahler has made the Austrian composer’s work a regular inclusion in the Nashville Symphony’s annual programming, and Das Lied – featuring alto Michelle DeYoung and tenor Anthony Dean Griffey – exemplifies what makes Mahler one of the most important symphonic composers of all time.

 

Picker returns to the Schermerhorn following the orchestra’s 2017 performance and recording of his Opera Without Words, which will be paired with The Encantadas on a forthcoming worldwide release on Naxos. Like Das Lied, The Encantadas straddles music, drama and poetry, and Picker himself will narrate the work for the first time during these performances.

 

Great seats are available starting at $20 (pricing valid while supplies last, additional fees apply), and the Symphony’s Soundcheck program offers $10 tickets to students in K-12, college and grad school.

 

About the Program

Mahler penned eight symphonies prior to Das Lied, but his sensitivity to the so-called “curse of the Ninth” – a superstition based on the fact that no major composer after Beethoven had completed nine works in the genre before death – led him to affix a descriptive title to the piece rather than numbering it as a symphony.

 

The work was completed in 1908 and followed a particularly tumultuous year during which the composer lost one of his daughters to scarlet fever, was diagnosed with a fatal heart condition and was forced to resign from his post as director of Vienna’s main opera house due to anti-Semitism.

 

Widely celebrated for redefining the scope and purpose of a symphony, Mahler broke even further new ground with Das Lied. Unlike the Western worldviews that define his preceding symphonies, the composer instead embraced Eastern influences in crafting the work, which reflected the widespread interest in Asian art at the time. This departure is particularly evident in the text of the piece, which Mahler adapted from seven selections contained in Die chinesische Flöte, an anthology of Chinese poetry that dates back to the Tang Dynasty. The resulting hybrid song-symphony explores youth, beauty, sorrow, longing and the mysteries of the eternal, all themes connected to the newfound sense of mortality Mahler was experiencing while composing Das Lied.

 

Praised by The Wall Street Journal as “our finest composer for the lyric stage,” Picker has garnered critical acclaim for his operas, which continue to be regularly performed around the world, and has made numerous contributions to both the concerto and symphonic genres as well.

 

Composed in 1983, The Encantadas was originally commissioned, in part, to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the Albany Academy, a prep school that Herman Melville briefly attended as a boy. As a source of inspiration, the composer drew on Melville’s The Encantadas, a collection of 10 prose “sketches” depicting the Galápagos Islands, and chose to employ a narrator to read the author’s text over his music.

 

Melville’s use of alliteration in his book is mirrored throughout The Encantadas, with the title of each of the piece’s six movements starting with the letter D and the music itself beginning on the note of D. The overall shape of the work is presented as the recollections of an old man reflecting on his youthful adventures observing the striking features of the famed islands, and The Encantadas has since gone on to become one of Picker’s most widely performed scores.

 

Tickets for Mahler’s Das Lied may be purchased:

Online at NashvilleSymphony.org/DasLiedVia phone at 615.687.6400 At the Schermerhorn Symphony Center Box Office, One Symphony Place in downtown Nashville

 

Program notes, performer bios, a Spotify playlist and audio of Giancarlo Guerrero discussing the program, can be found at: https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/DasLied.

 

The GRAMMY® Award-winning Nashville Symphony has earned an international reputation for its innovative programming and its commitment to performing, recording and commissioning works by America’s leading composers. The Nashville Symphony has released 29 recordings on Naxos, which have received 24 GRAMMY® nominations and 13 GRAMMY® Awards, making it one of the most active recording orchestras in the country. The orchestra has also released recordings on Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and New West Records, among other labels. With more than 140 performances annually, the orchestra offers a broad range of classical, pops and jazz, and children’s concerts, while its extensive education and community engagement programs reach 60,000 children and adults each year.

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Michael Ray Celebrates ACM Nomination, First Week Of “Nineteen Tour”

By on February 28, 2019 in In The Press

Photo credit: Allister Ann

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – 2019 has virtually just begun, and Michael Ray is already calling it his “best year ever”…and for good reason. The Florida native is nominated for New Male Artist of the Year at the 2019 ACM Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS live from MGM Grand’s Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7 at 8:00PM ET/7:00PM CT.

“It’s gonna take a second for this to sink in,” Ray admitted shortly after the nominations were announced. “I grew up watching the ACM Awards year after year. I took notes in a notebook and kept track of the nominations and winners.”

To celebrate this latest career milestone, Ray set off on his much-anticipated Nineteen Tour on Feb. 21 in Washington, D.C., taking the devoted crowd through a journey of his career thus far through hits like “Kiss You in the Morning,” “Think a Little Less,” “Get To You” and the addictive chart-rising smash “One That Got Away.”

“I’m making it a point this year to slow down a little and soak in as many moments as possible and live in them,” Ray told fans last weekend. “Y’all singing every word to my songs is one I wish I could bottle up.”

Of course, 2019 looks to have many more such moments in store for the fan-favorite. Set to continue the Nineteen Tour in his adopted hometown of Chicago today, Feb. 28, Ray will make show stops in Indiana and Ohio before heading overseas for the first time to play C2C: Country to Country Festival 2019 upon the coveted Spotlight stage on March 8.

Upcoming Nineteen Tour Dates
Thursday, Feb. 28 – Joe’s Live – Rosemont, IL
Friday, March 1 – 8 Seconds Saloon – Indianapolis, IN
Saturday, March 2 – The Dusty Armadillo – Rootstown, OH
Friday, March 8 – C2C: The SSE Hydro – Glasgow, UK
Saturday, March 9 – C2C: The O2 – London, UK
Sunday, March 10 – C2C: The O2 – London, UK
Thursday, March 14 – CMC Rocks 2019 – Brisbane, AUS
Friday, March 15 – CMC Rocks 2019 – Brisbane, AUS
Saturday, March 16 – CMC Rocks 2019 – Brisbane, AUS
Sunday, March 17 – CMC Rocks 2019 – Brisbane, AUS
Sunday, March 24 – Juana’s Pagodas and Sailors’ Grill – Navarre, FL
Sunday, March 30 – Chasco Fiesta 2019: Sims Park Amphitheatre – New Port Richey, FL
Wednesday, April 10 – Casper Events Center – Casper, WY*
Thursday, April 11 – Budweiser Events Center – Loveland, CO*
Sunday, April 14 – Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival 2019 – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Wednesday, April 24 – Club Rodeo – San Jose, CA
Saturday, April 27 – Stagecoach – Indio, CA
Thursday, June 13 – Headwaters Country Jam – Three Forks, MT
Friday, June 14 – Country Jam – Mack, CO
Sunday, June 16 – Tailgate N’ Tallboys – Peoria, IL
Friday, June 21 – Country Stampede – Manhattan, KS
Friday, July 12 – Hodag Country Festival – Rhinelander, WI
Thursday, July 18 – Country Thunder – Twin Lakes, WI
Sunday, July 21 – Faster Horses Festival – Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, Aug. 1 – Yamhill County Fair – McMinnville, OR
Sunday, Aug. 4 – Sunfest Country Music Festival – Lake Cowichan, BC, Canada

*Denotes dates with Old Dominion

For tickets and more information, visit michaelraymusic.com.

About Michael Ray
Country singer-songwriter Michael Ray was a hit right out of the box, scoring both with critics and on the charts. With Country Aircheck boasting there are “big things on the horizon for Michael Ray” and his live shows lauded by USA Today as simply “lip-smacking good,” the Florida native backed up that praise with two number ones from his 2015 self-titled debut album with “Kiss You in the Morning” and “Think a Little Less.”  His sophomore album, Amos, which debuted in the Top 3 on the Billboard Country Charts upon release has already spawned the hit “Get to You” and Top 15-and-climbing single “One That Got Away,” which All Access declared “an undeniable crowd pleaser.” Michael Ray, nominated for New Male Artist of the Year at the upcoming ACM Awards, is currently headlining select dates before taking his music across the globe to play at CMC Rocks 2019 in Australia. He will also be playing a number of fairs and festival dates this summer, including Tortuga Music Festival, Stagecoach, Country Thunder and Faster Horses. Learn more about Ray at MichaelRayMusic.com and follow him onFacebook at @MusicMichaelRay or Instagram and Twitter@MichaelRayMusic.

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Kip Moore Will Release ROOM TO SPARE Vinyl On Record Store Day

By on February 28, 2019 in In The Press

KIP MOORE WILL RELEASE SPECIALLY-CURATED ROOM TO SPARE VINYL ON RECORD STORE DAY, APRIL 13

New Release Will Include Tracks From Moore’s Recent Acoustic EP And Critically-Acclaimed Studio Albums SLOWHEART And WILD ONES

Multi-Platinum Singer/Songwriter’s Headlining Sold-Out L.A. Show at The Wiltern Will Air on AT&T’s Audience Network Tomorrow, March 1

Nashville, TN – February 28, 2019 – Multi-PLATINUM singer/songwriter Kip Moore announced he will release ROOM TO SPARE, his first Record Store Day vinyl on April 13. The special collection of songs will include seven tracks that were released on his ROOM TO SPARE: THE ACOUSTIC EP, marking the first time the songs will be available on vinyl. As well as the stripped-back acoustic tracks, there will be five additional tracks from Moore’s previous studio albums including “Plead The Fifth,” “Last Shot,” “The Bull” and “Guitar Man” taken from his wildly-acclaimed SLOWHEART and “That Was Us” from the highly-praised WILD ONES. All the tracks on the release were hand-picked by Moore, culminating in an essential playlist for his empathic following. Fans can purchase the vinyl at participating record stores, available to search here.

“I’m still a big believer that there’s something special about the physical part of buying a record,” said Moore. “For me, there’s nothing better than the sound of vinyl and so I’m really happy that these songs are going to be able to be heard that way.”

ROOM TO SPARE – Official Vinyl Track List:

SIDE A: Room To Spare – Acoustic Sessions
1. Plead The Fifth
2. Tennessee Boy
3. Love You To The Moon
4. It Ain’t California
5. Wish It Was Me
6. Come Home With You
7. Part Of Growing Up

SIDE B: Kip Essentials
1. Plead The Fifth (Studio Version)
2. That Was Us (Studio Version)
3. The Bull (Studio Version)
4 Last Shot (Studio Version)
5. Guitar Man (Studio Version)

Moore will be offering fans an inside look at his most recent headlining tour, with an exclusive episode on AT&T AUDIENCE Music Concert Series. Taking the stage at The Wiltern in Los Angeles for a sold-out show, Moore brought fans to their feet with his energetic performance proving why he is “one of country music’s most tireless and powerful live draws” (Rolling Stone). The full concert special airs tomorrow, March 1 at 10pm PT/ET on DIRECTV Ch. 239, AT&T U-verse Ch. 1114, DIRECTV NOW and WATCH TV.

Currently nominated for CMA’s International Achievement Award, Moore recently extended his Room To Spare: Acoustic Tour, following a sold-out run last fall. Moore will head out on the stacked tour next month with shows scheduled in the U.S., Canada and The U.K. Moore recently unleashed his next single “The Bull” from his revered third studio album SLOWHEART that garnered instant praise from critics as the “sound of an uncompromising, genre-defying artist firing on all cylinders,” (NOISEY), as well as spawning his fourth No. One hit “More Girls Like You.” SLOWHEART also landed on multiple “Best Of” lists including Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, UpRoxx, Bobby Bones Show and many more. SLOWHEART follows the acclaim that surrounded Moore’s sophomore album WILD ONES and his PLATINUM debut album UP ALL NIGHT that spawned three No. One hit singles, including GOLD certified “Beer Money,” PLATINUM certified “Hey Pretty Girl,” and the DOUBLE PLATINUM breakout hit “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck.” For more information, visit kipmoore.net.

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