The Shires, the UK’s most celebrated country duo, are back with another barnstorming album, ‘My Universe’, as Helen Jerome reports. The Shires’ back story feels like a classic tale of meteoric rise and astounding success out of nowhere, conquering the UK charts and Nashville. But their real history is one of years of toiling individually …
U.S. GROUP LED BY ZAC BROWN Collaborators Zac Brown, Niko Moon and Ben Simonetti first ever UK show On 14 March 2017, ‘Southern Pop’ group Sir Rosevelt will take to the stage of the iconic London venue Scala to play their first ever show on these shores. The trio of Zac Brown (yes, the Zac Brown of Grammy Award-Winning Zac Brown Band), …
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50 years ago today, Dolly Parton released her first full-length album, Hello, I’m Dolly. The album, which debuted on Monument Records, contained Parton’s hits “Dumb Blonde” (written by Curly Putman) and “Something Fishy” (written by Parton). Both singles reached the top twenty on the country singles charts, and the album itself reached #11 on the country …
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Most Grammys Won By A Male Country Artist Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill won his 21st Grammy trophy at the awards ceremonies in Los Angeles—this one for Best American Roots Song. Gill’s winning song was Kid Sister, the title track for The Time Jumpers’ latest Rounder Records album. He wrote it in honor of vocalist Dawn Sears, a member of …
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the release of one of The Oak Ridge Boys most popular albums, Bobbie Sue. The seventh album by the band was released on February 10, 1982. Its title track became a #1 Billboard country chart hit (on April 3, 1982) and hit #12 on the Hot 100 singles chart. The album …
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World-renowned singer/songwriter/entertainer Dolly Parton continues racking up the honors! In 2014, The Recording Academy inducted Parton’s self-penned hit JOLENE into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Now, in 2017, that same song, released as a collaboration with Pentatonix, was awarded a Grammy in the Country Duo/Group Performance category. “Oh my Lord I am so excited to …
Sam Outlaw – one of Los Angeles’s only modern country artists – was presented with the International Album of the Year Award for his acclaimed, Ry and Joachim Cooder produced debut album ‘Angeleno’ at the UK Americana Awards 2017. He also performed at the ceremony, which took place on Thursday 2nd February at St John at Hackney. Outlaw’s …
Guitarist and Producer Matt Bishop and Songwriter Charlotte Elizabeth have joined forces to create a new Artist Development company in Staffordshire. Matt and Charlotte met 18 months ago when Charlotte first started thinking about releasing an EP and after working so well together and developing a friendship, they noticed a gap in the market for …
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Visit Woody Pines http://www.woodypines.com/ April 5 The Atkinson Theatre, Southport April 6 Green Note, London April 7 Llandeilo Acoustic at The Angel, Llandeilo April 8 Playhouse 2, Shaw, Oldham April 9 Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington April 11 B Bar, Barbican, Plymouth April 12 Wed 12 The Victoria Hall, Stockland, Devon April 13 The Square …
Hard to believe that the acclaimed, award winning singer, songwriter Kelsea Ballerini is still just 23 years old. Without doubt she’s the most exciting new voice in contemporary American country music, the obvious heir apparent to Taylor Swift’s crown. On March 10th Sony Music Commercial Group UK, in conjunction with Black River Entertainment will release ‘The First Time,’ the phenomenally successful debut album from …
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