When Zach and Colton, The Swon Brothers, sat down one night in their home studio last fall, they never planned to write a song. They were just having a conversation but what happened became much more. The brothers wrote their new single, “What Ever Happened,” in about an hour. It was a culmination of their […]
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The Ennis Sisters have returned to their roots on latest album Stages, singing contemporary Folk songs with a traditional Irish Newfoundland twist. With multiple accolades – a Juno Award, SOCAN Award, multiple East Coast Awards, and Music Newfoundland and Labrador Awards; The Ennis Sisters, comprised of Maureen, Teresa and Karen Ennis, are world renowned, celebrated songbirds.
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Kacey Musgraves presents her fourth album Golden Hour to be released on March 30th. The multiple Grammy-winning artist co-wrote and co-produced the album with Ian Fitchuk and Daniel Tashian. Kacey reveals, “I had a different mindset this time, which was feeling rather than thinking – leading heart first.” Her most intimate album to date,
On his latest release, “Not All Roses,” singer-songwriter Corey Nolen enlists the help of vocalist Ashley Spurling as he tells honest, real-life stories of heartbreak, commitment, despair and hope. The harmony-driven duet trades thought-provoking lyrics that ride on melodies that bear witness to Nolen’s southern upbringing, but the music has enough pop/rock sensibilities to keep
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The multi-talented Cam has called out iHeart Radio for alleged gender bias, a month after the group ‘Women of Country’ flagged up the issue. Posted on Twitter, the advertisement from @iHeartRadio on the Awards reads ‘Country Artist of the Year’, accompanied by the names and images of Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Sam Hunt, Luke Bryan
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No less than 40 acts will be performing at Las Vegas’ sixth annual ACM Party for a Cause music festival. The four-day event, which takes place starting from April 12, is scheduled to take place at a variety of venues along the Vegas strip with Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, Thomas Rhett, Chase Rice and Kelsea
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The Blues Foundation, the guardians of the heritage of American Blues music, has honoured a British couple with its prestigious Keeping the Blues Alive award. The award is for “individuals and organisations that have made significant contributions to the Blues world.” Recipients Gary and Gillian Atkinson own the independent roots music label Document Records,
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“The Canadian Gary Clark Jr… this is how modern blues should sound.” (Concert Monkey) Celebrated Toronto-based blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Chris Antonik’s upcoming ‘Monarch’ UK tour follows hot on the heels of his latest album ‘Monarch’. Monarch, which was nominated in Canada’s prestigious 2018 Maple Blues Awards (Recording/Producer of the Year; Songwriter of the
Folk Alliance International (FAI) kicked off its 30th Annual Conference with the International Folk Music Awards Show held for the first time at Kansas City’s historic Folly Theater. The awards show, which included a live-streamed broadcast and was presented in partnership with Folk Music Canada, opened with a ceremonial land acknowledgement by Ed Smith, a
Vince Gill has defended the Recording Academy after it was criticised for underrepresenting female artists at this year’s Grammy Awards. “I look at it kind of trying to see the whole field, you know. And I think the Grammys will go on and the country artists will feel slighted. Or maybe the classical people will
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