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Marcus King Announces New Rick Rubin-Produced Studio Album 'Mood Swings'
by Michael Major - February 08, 2024 Marcus King swill release a new Rick Rubin-produced studio album 'Mood Swings' and a headlining world tour. Title track and new song out now! In support of this new album, King also announced his 2024 headlining tour across North America and Europe produced by Live Nation and FPC Live!, in addition ...
Video: Bella Moore Shares Video for Debut Single 'Benny Valentine'
by Michael Major - December 07, 2023 Los Angeles-based artist Bella Moore returns with the video for her debut single “Benny Valentine,” released this summer via Rain Phoenix’s label, LaunchLeft. The video is directed by Ben Howley (Limo) and follows Bella on a whimsical summer night with a lover, perfectly encapsulating the hauntingly...
Highways Festival Returns to the Royal Albert Hall for Two Days in 2024 With a Stellar Lineup of Country and Americana Stars
by Michael Major - December 04, 2023 Highways 2024 is set to elevate the excitement over two unforgettable days, featuring a star-studded lineup of top Country and Americana artists headlined by Brett Young and The Cadillac Three and featuring Shane Smith & The Saints, Grammy-nominated The War & Treaty, Tanner Usrey, Josh Ross, BOWEN *...
Bella Moore Shares Debut Single “Benny Valentine
by Michael Major - July 06, 2023 Los Angeles-based artist Bella Moore shared her debut single “Benny Valentine” via Rain Phoenix’s label, LaunchLeft. Bella’s ethereal vocals slide across distorted guitars and resonant drums as the hauntingly beautiful, fuzzed out track delves into a mesmerizing meeting with the mysterious figure ‘B...
Ernest Gifts 'Takes After You' for Mother's Day
by Michael Major - May 10, 2023 Country's fast-rising visionary ERNEST is back with a heartfelt prayer for his family, celebrating Mother's Day and honoring his wife Delaney Royer on “Takes After You,” out now. One of his more personal tracks to date, the esteemed storyteller humbly acknowledges his imperfections in the sentimenta...
Trapper Schoepp Releases 'Devil's Kettle' From New Album 'Siren Songs'
by Michael Major - February 16, 2023 Produced by John Jackson (The Jayhawks, Ray Davies) and Patrick Sansone (Wilco), these recording sessions took place at Cash's historic Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, TN where they recorded with instruments found on the storied grounds – ranging from June Carter Cash’s Steinway piano to an old railro...
Trapper Schoepp Announces New Album 'Siren Songs'
by Michael Major - January 19, 2023 Schoepp has also shared his new single “Cliffs of Dover,” a driving roots-rock song about an Iraq war veteran struggling with PTSD after returning home. Schoepp will be bringing his new music to audiences with a U.S. tour beginning on March 23 in Lake Orion, MI and making stops in Washington, D.C., ...
Fellow Artists Remember Country Music Legend Loretta Lynn
by Michael Major - October 04, 2022 Throughout her 60-year career, Lynn achieved the highest level of success with over 50 Top 10 Hits including “Fist City,” “You Ain’t Woman Enough,” “You’re Lookin’ At Country,” “Don’t Come Home A Drinking,” “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” and more. Lynn also recorded legendary duets with The Wilburne Broth...
Ronan Conroy Releases Cover of Lana Del Rey's 'Dark Paradise'
by Michael Major - September 27, 2022 Brooklyn-based artist Ronan Conroy presents his new single 'Dark Paradise', a clever goth-rock rendition of the Lana Del Rey classic. This is the second taster of his album 'The Slow Death of the LoveMyth', complemented by a fascinating video created by NYC artist Hypnodoll and featuring a sword swa...
Sam Himself Releases New Single 'Golden Days'
by Michael Major - September 16, 2022 For Golden Days, Sam Himself reunited with his longtime producer and ‘Second Beatle’, Daniel Schlett (Iggy Pop; The War on Drugs), whose mis was mastered by Greg Calbi (David Bowie; Bruce Springsteen). Sam’s studio collaborator of many years, bass player JD Werner (Ghostface Killah; Lee “Scratch” Pe...
Jake La Botz Shares New Single 'Hope The Sunshine' From Forthcoming Album 'Hair On Fire'
by Michael Major - July 15, 2022 Jake La Botz shares a single off his upcoming album Hair On Fire, “Hope TheSunshine”, along with an accompanying music video directed by Joe D'Augustine. “Hope The Sunshine” follows the previous single and title track, “Hair On Fire.” La Botz recently signed with Mongrel Music for North American boo...
Jake La Botz Announces New Album 'Hair On Fire'
by Michael Major - June 16, 2022 Jake La Botz has also shared the title track and its music video, directed by Owl Martin Dwyer. La Botz recently signed with Mongrel Music for North American booking, and announced a handful of tour dates for this Summer. More shows to be announced soon....
Jerry Lee Lewis To Be Inducted Into the County Music Hall of Fame
by Michael Major - May 17, 2022 Lewis joins Sun Records compatriots Cash, “Cowboy” Jack Clement, Phillips and Elvis Presley in the Country Music Hall of Fame. He is also the fourth member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s founding 1986 class of inductees to also gain membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame, along with Presl...
Comedian Jon Daly to Release New 'Ding Dong Delicious' Comedy Music Album
by Michael Major - May 12, 2022 Comedian Jon Daly (Kroll Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm) has announced his debut full-length album Ding Dong Delicious. Alongside the announcement, he premiered the music video for the Kraftwerk-esque lead single “Addicted to Computers”, featuring Martha Kelly and Fat Tony....
Alt-Country/Folk Singer-Songwriter Pete Miller Releases Debut Single 'A Light Out There'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 04, 2022 Alt-country/folk singer-songwriter Pete Miller has released an all-acoustic debut single, 'A Light Out There.' He's drawing comparisons to Johnny Cash....
Red Hot Chili Peppers Reveal New Single 'Poster Child'
by Michael Major - March 04, 2022 Red Hot Chili Peppers reveal a second song and animated video titled “Poster Child” today. It sets the stage for the arrival of their new album and twelfth full-length offering, Unlimited Love. The band launched the build-up to Unlimited Love with the first single and opener “Black Summer.” The sin...
Zachary Knowles Shares Debut Album 'tendency to be a loner'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 06, 2021 This proclivity to introspective and introverted thinking was introduced in the album's title track 'tendency to be a loner,' which recently arrived with a lyric video. An introvert anthem, Knowles sings 'I've got you / That's all I need / I got a tendency to be a loner / let's go be alone together....
Blues Traveler Release New Album 'Traveler's Blues' Today
by A.A. Cristi - July 30, 2021 On July 30th, Blues Traveler will release Traveler's Blues a collection of re-imagined and re-charged classics from The American Blues Songbook (on Round Hill Records) and featuring special guests Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Warren Haynes and Keb' Mo' as well as Rita Wilson and John Scofield who jo...
Tony & Grammy Winner Michael Cerveris' Loose Cattle Shares Animated 'Sidewalk Chicken' Video
by TV News Desk - July 13, 2021 The video is just the latest eye-popping visual accompanying the band’s singles, following a soul-stirring single + animated video for “Filling Space” and a haunting cover of Vic Chesnutt’s “Aunt Avis,” premiered via Glide Magazine....
Dualtone Shares New The Lone Bellow and Drew & Ellie Holcomb Covers
by TV News Desk - June 23, 2021 Dualtone founder Scott Robinson also spoke with The Boot and recounted his surreal and fateful visit with Johnny and June Carter Cash prior to recording her pivotal GRAMMY Award-winning album Wildwood Flower, which would become one of the label's inaugural releases. ...
Grayson Jenkins Releases Video For 'Low Down Lady'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 11, 2021 Although Jenkins started recording new music in 2019, and finished it by summer 2020, he held off putting it out during the pandemic, and holding onto the album has been “kind of a life vest of music,” he says....
Tony & Grammy Winner Michael Cerveris' Loose Cattle Shares 'Filling Space'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 01, 2021 Kimberly Kaye cut her teeth on the road, traveling the Warped Tour circuit as a member of a ska band before shifting her attention to roots music, with a recent detour directing and co-starring in a wildly successful revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch in New Orleans....
Zachary Knowles Announces Debut Album 'tendency to be a loner'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 14, 2021 Previously released single, 'dancing in the kitchen,' now has an acoustic version streaming everywhere now, as well as a live performance video. The song is all about being lazy and wasting the day away with someone you love and adore spending time with....
Parson James Releases Official Video for 'Dirty Laundry'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 12, 2021 'Dirty Laundry' is the first bit of new music to come from Parson James this year, and serves as the follow up to his song 'High Tide Low Tide.' ...
Korby Lenker's 8th Studio LP 'Man in the Maroon' Out May 21
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 01, 2021 Man in the Maroon was recorded during the pandemic. Korby recalls: “I remember thinking, 'who knows what's going to happen tomorrow?’ and I wanted to create an album as though it were the last thing I'd ever make. A for-the-joy-of-it project,' says the songwriter.... |