One of the biggest winners of the fourth annual Arkansas Country Music Awards this year was country music singer songwriter, Erin Enderlin.
The artist whom is a Arkansas native herself being from Conway, Arkansas, performed at the award show and was thrilled to win two awards of the night including Songwriter Of The Year and Entertainer Of The Year! Continue reading
A rising country music artist, Parker McCollum has shown the country music scene a glimpse of his true talent with his latest single, Pretty Heart and is ready to show more with his new EP available now entitled, Hollywood Gold.
The brand new EP from the singer songwriter features six new songs which were all written or co-written by McCollum himself except for one, therefore creating the true honesty he wants to have in his music. Continue reading
A upcoming country music artist, Anna Brinker, recently released her much anticipated debut album earlier this year entitled, Rain and Whiskey.
The new album by the singer songwriter has nine brand new songs including a couple tunes which Brinker co-wrote for the record. Continue reading
It was a great night for country music as Lee Brice recently came to Memphis, Tennessee to perform a show at Graceland LIVE!
A upcoming country artist, Seth Walker, who surprisingly opened the show, is a Memphis, Tennessee native as well. He performed a few songs including the first song he ever recorded and released entitled, Whiskey And A Dirt Road. Continue reading
A great upcoming country music artist, Chris Bandi, who is originally from St. Louis, Missouri although is now a Nashville, Tennessee native is well on his way to success in Music City.
The singer songwriter recently had the time to chat with me about a few things including about how he grew up in St. Louis, some of his musical influences and about how he knew he wanted to pursue music as a career. Bandi also talked about how thrilled he is to go out on tour with Laine Hardy, about his latest single, Man Enough Now, and what fans can expect for some new music coming in 2020. Continue reading
It was a great night for a concert on October 26th, as three well known siblings in the country music industry came to Forrest City, Arkansas at the East Arkansas Community College to perform, Larry, Steve and Rudy: The Gatlin Brothers!
“We are really glad to see y’all!” claimed Larry Gatlin as he made his way out onto the stage first. While introducing his brothers he said, they are not my backup singers and continued by saying “They are my two best friends.” explaining how the trio has been through everything together. Continue reading
A lot of country music fans gathered around at the Texas Troubadour Theater in Nashville, Tennessee on August 24th, to see a beloved artist in country music and Grand Ole Opry member, the lovely, Crystal Gayle.
For those who don’t know, Gayle is the sister of the very well known country singer, Loretta Lynn. Surprisingly, this was Gayle’s very first time to host the Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree. Continue reading
All country music fans alike love to attend a great country music concert, and a certain country music artist who is currently out on tour did NOT disappoint when he brought his show to town!
The singer being, Chris Young, recently brought his Raised On Country Tour to Southaven, Mississippi on July 18th for an amazing show! Along with him as his opening acts for this concert was Ashley McBryde and Chris Janson. Continue reading
Earlier this year, a newly founded label in Nashville, Silverado Records, launched the first volume in an ongoing collection of recordings they are calling the Silverado Signature Songwriter Series. The goal of the series is to showcase the songwriting talent of the artists on their roster.
Volume I featured country newcomer, Zack Dyer (check out our review HERE), and each release will highlight a different singer/songwriter. Today, Silverado Records drops the 2nd volume of the series with Texas, country Singer/Songwriter, Crystal Yates. Continue reading
I have always enjoyed learning more about the musical artists I like, even those that have fallen out of the public eye. This past summer, I stumbled across an article published by the Washington Post about the popular 1960’s country artist named Bobbie Gentry, and how she hasn’t been seen or heard from since the late 80’s. I was immediately interested in finding out all I could about this mysterious artist.
Bobbie Gentry, born Roberta Lee Streeter on July 27, 1944, was most known for her song, Ode To Billie Joe. Like most fans, this was the only song I knew by her, and, to be honest, I knew it best from hearing other artists cover it live, like Jeannie Seely at the Grand Ole Opry. Most of Gentry’s songs were based on her hometown in Mississippi. Continue reading
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