Heartthrob singer/songwriter Noah Schnacky delivers chivalry and optimism on his debut self-titled EP, out now via Big Machine Records. Penning each of the seven tracks and recording with esteemed, producer Dann Huff, the collection highlights the vulnerable “Comeback,” irresistible “Feels Like Love” and wistful “I’ll Be The One.” Listen here: https://BM.lnk.to/NoahSchnackyEPPR “After over 4 years of working on my music, it feels amazing to finally get to share it with the world.  I’m excited to step into this new season,” shared Noah. Sentiments amplified throughout, “Meet the Man” captivates the listener as powerfully crafted lyrics bring an awareness to the important role that a father can play in a daughter’s life. Listen to the story behind his latest track here and watch the lyric video now. Track List “Meet The Man” |Noah Schnacky, Jake Rose, Jordan Schmidt “Feels Like Love” |Noah Schnacky, Ross Copperman, Matt Rogers “Comeback”|Noah Schnacky, JT Harding, Lindsay Rimes “Maybe We Will” |Noah Schnacky, John Harding, Ilya Toshinskiy “I’ll Be The One”|Noah Schnacky, Seth Ennis, Jordan Schmidt “Hello Beautiful” |Noah Schnacky, Zachary Hall, Jodi Marr, Johnny Reid “Where’d You Go” |Noah Schnacky, Mark Holman, Tommy Lee James At just 23 years old, Noah has had a life-changing year. The fast-rising newcomer amassed a vigorous grassroots core with a modern Country sound immersed in bright melodies and lyrics both intensely personal and relatable. Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta took notice as Noah’s self-released “Hello Beautiful” garnered over one million streams in just eight days. Follow up “Maybe We Will” sustained the earlier success, this time collectively accumulating over 65 million streams. For the latest updates, visit noahschnacky.com/ or anchor into his journey on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.   Follow us on social media and share this post! Twitter, Facebook, Instagram See more news here.

Lindsay Ell has released her uplifting new song ‘ReadY to love’ – from her forthcoming album heart theory – out August 14th on BMG/BBR Music Group, and available to pre-order now – listen here / visualiser here. It follows the release of three tracks from the album so far – ‘make you’, ‘i don’t lovE you’ & ‘wAnt me back’. ‘ReadY to love’ arrives as an uplifting closer, and second song in the acceptance stage of the album, which takes listeners through Ell’s personal experience of the seven stages of grief, a reflection of her determination to use her platform to help other sexual trauma survivors. Of the track, Ell explains; “When I wrote this song, I knew it was the one we had to end the record with.  It’s truly a song of acceptance and a vow to myself to look forward.  I was in a healthy place where I had reconciled my past and understood that it did not define me, and this song is me greeting the world with open arms ready for that next chapter in life. Knowing now that I am living my story, and I want to continue to empower people to tell their stories. Writing this record and starting the Make You Movement have been such pivotal moments to me in living out my story and believing in the healing power of music.” In conjunction with the release of her previous track ‘make you’ earlier this month, Ell launched the Make You Movement, a charitable fund whose mission is to help organisations that support at-risk youth, domestic abuse and sexual assault survivors by provided funds on an as-needed basis. More info HERE. heart theory track listing (with writers) a journey through the seven stages of grief shock “Hits me” (Lindsay Ell, Tyler Hubbard, Corey Crowder) denial “how good” (Lindsay Ell, Brandy Clark) “i don’t lovE you” (Adam Hambrick, Melissa Fuller, Neil Medley) anger “wAnt me back” (Lindsay Ell, Kane Brown, Matt McGinn, Lindsay Rimes) “get oveR you” (Lindsay Ell, Gordie Sampson, Kelly Archer) “wrong girl” (Lindsay Ell, Steph Jones, Matt McGinn, Luke Niccoli) bargaining “body language of a breakup” (Lindsay Ell, Laura Veltz, Sam Ellis) depression “good on you” (Lindsay Ell, Sam Ellis, Micah Premnath) testing “The oTHEr side” (Lindsay Ell, Jessie Jo Dillon, Matt McGinn) “gO to” (Lindsay Ell, Nicolle Gaylon, Jordan Reynolds) acceptance “make you” (Lindsay Ell, Brandy Clark) “ReadY to love” (Lindsay Ell, Jessie Jo Dillon, Matt McGinn, Joey Hyde) For more information visit: www.LindsayEll.com.

Una Healy has released her beautiful new track Until You. The song is available to stream and download on all major digital partners and can be listened to here. View the accompanying lyric video here.  The stunning song was written by Una and Fred Abbott, Harleymoon Kemp, Sara Eker and Nick Southwood, who between them have worked with the likes of Cee-Lo, Adam Levine and Catherine McGrath. The Irish singer-songwriter shows her incredible range in the emotive track and this is her first new music release of 2020.  Speaking of the track, Una says “Until You is a twist on the classic love song, inspired by my own experience in past relationships. Relationships are more complicated than what you’re sold in the films or on radio, they go far beyond just falling in love and breaking up. Until You is written from the stage of acceptance, which happens much later on and takes time and perspective. It’s about that moment when you realise that all relationships, whether good, bad, successful or destructive are important moments in our journeys of personal growth. Everything happens for a reason and is there to teach us a lesson.” In addition to her music, Una continues to host the Saturday breakfast show on Bauer’s ‘Country Hits’ radio station and has recently guest hosted the lunchtime show at RTE Radio 1, the flagship show of the Irish national broadcaster. Una also recently collaborated with Irish Women In Harmony for Safe Ireland domestic abuse charity, scoring a Top 10 hit on the Irish charts last month. Away from entertainment, Una has developed and designed her own range of shoes, entitled ‘Una Healy Original Collection’, available online. Find out more here.  Una released her debut solo album, The Waiting Game, in 2017, and has since worked with some of the world’s most acclaimed songwriters and producers, including Grammy winner Amy Wadge and Ben Earle from The Shires. Una found fame as one fifth of successful girl band The Saturdays who sold over 5 million records worldwide and racked up 13 Top 10 singles and 5 Top 10 albums in just 6 years. Watcht he video here.   Follow us on social media and share this post! Twitter, Facebook, Instagram See more news here.  

Taylor Swift has surprised fans by announcing the release of her eighth studio album, which she recorded during lockdown. The album is called Folklore. The pop star, 30, said Folklore will be released on Thursday at midnight US eastern time (Friday at 5am BST). As the world went into lockdown to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, Swift did what she does best – wrote and recorded an entire album. She said in the past she would have “overthought” when to release the 16-track record, but that the uncertainty of the world at the moment reminded her “nothing is guaranteed”. In a series of Instagram posts, accompanied by a collage of black and white photos of Swift alone in a wood, she wrote: “Most of the things I had planned this summer didn’t end up happening, but there is something I hadn’t planned on that DID happen. “And that thing is my 8th studio album, Folklore. Surprise. “Tonight at midnight I’ll be releasing my entire brand new album of songs I’ve poured all of my whims, dreams, fears, and musings into. “I wrote and recorded this music in isolation but got to collaborate with some musical heroes of mine.” She said Aaron Dessner from rock band The National co-wrote or produced 11 of the songs, indie folk band Bon Iver co-wrote and sang on one track, William Bowery co-wrote two, and her long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff also worked on the album – all remotely. Dessner posted one of Swift’s pictures and said she approached him in late April when he had been isolating with his family and “writing a ton of music”, which he shared with her. Within a few hours, he said, Swift sent him a voice memo with a fully written version of a song. “The momentum never really stopped,” he said. “She is one of the most talented, hardworking and deeply caring artists I’ve ever encountered. There’s a palpable humanity and warmth and raw emotion in these songs.” Swift added: “My gut is telling me that if you make something you love, you should just put it out into the world. That’s the side of uncertainty I can get on board with. Love you guys so much.” The singer also shared a track list for the album, including The Last Great American Dynasty, Exile and Mad Woman. She said deluxe editions, which will only be available on CD or vinyl for a week, will include a bonus track called The Lakes. There will be eight editions, each with different covers that can only be bought from taylorswift.com. The music video for one of the songs, Cardigan, will also be released on Thursday night. Swift said she wrote and directed it, adding: “The entire shoot was overseen by a medical inspector, everyone wore masks, stayed away from each other, and I even did my own hair, makeup and styling.”   Follow us on social media and share this post! Twitter, Facebook, Instagram See more news here.

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Eric Paslay will release a full studio album, NICE GUY, on August 14th.  Nice Guy is the follow up to Eric’s Heartbeat Higher EP released earlier this month and will contain the EP’s four songs as well as eight additional tracks. The album was produced by Eric, F. Reid Shippen and Tofer Brown and can be pre-ordered HERE. “I am thrilled to be able to announce this new album today!” shares Eric. “It has been a long process to get here, but I am extremely proud of these 12 songs and cannot wait for the world to hear them. To me, they capture stories of love, loss, raising the next generation and a little bit of life in this crazy world of music. I hope everyone can find a few to relate to.” The full track listing and collaboration details can be found below. NICE GUY Track listing: Heartbeat Higher (feat. Sarah Buxton) – Written by Eric Paslay, Sarah Buxton, Zach Crowell Produced by F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay Boat In A Bottle – Written by Eric Paslay, Sarah Buxton, Tofer Brown Produced by Tofer Brown I Took A Pill In Ibiza -Written by Mike Posner Produced by F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay Off The Edge Of The Summer – Written by Eric Paslay, Emily Shackleton, Emily Landis, Mark Trussell Producers: F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay Just Once – Written by Eric Paslay, Kristian Bush, Andrew DeRoberts Producers: F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay Nice Guy – Written by Eric Paslay, Craig Wiseman Producers: F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay Under Your Spell – Written by Eric Paslay, Caitlyn Smith, Gordie Sampson Producers: F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay Fingertips – Written by Eric Paslay, Rodney Clawson, Mark Holman Producers: F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay Wild and Young – Written by Eric Paslay, Chris Wallin Producers: F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay Endless Summer Dream – Written by Eric Paslay, Blair Daily, Sam Ellis Producers: F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay On This Side Of Heaven – Written by Eric Paslay, Jordan Reynolds, Jordan Minton Produced by F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay Woman Like Her – Written by Eric Paslay, Laura Veltz, Charles Kelley Producers: F. Reid Shippen, Eric Paslay   Follow us on social media and share this post! Twitter, Facebook, Instagram See more news here.

To coincide with the release of her new EP LIVE AT THE VILLAGE, singer-songwriter Sunny Ozell has released a video for her personally poignant cover of Los Lobos’ “The Valley.”  Watch the clip here. “I believe Los Lobos to be one of America’s greatest living rock bands,” Sunny says.  “Their body of work is wide and remarkable, with composition and musicianship that is acutely human, organic, and intelligent.  But their approach to the actual ‘auditory experience’ of their music adds layers of meaning for me as listener, and I find that their sonic choices only serve to push their music into that realm of the ineffable, where you can’t quite put your finger on why you’re crying, you just know that you’re deeply moved.  And to my mind, ‘The Valley’ is a great example of this kind of profound synthesis between form and content.” The all-acoustic LIVE AT THE VILLAGE EP is comprised of “The Valley” and raw and affecting versions of four songs from her OVERNIGHT LOWS album (released earlier this year). The EP was recorded live at the historic Village Studios in Los Angeles. Listen here. The tracks on LIVE AT THE VILLAGE all hold a very meaningful sense of place both geographically and spiritually. “Driving Highways” references the landscape of Sunny’s home state of Nevada, and the English countryside is conjured in “The Garden.” The themes of the transience of travel and memory factor into “Comes And It Goes.”  Live At The Village tracklisting: Hammer And Nail (Acoustic) Driving Highways (Acoustic) Comes And It Goes (Acoustic) The Garden (Acoustic) The Valley (Acoustic) Sunny’s OVERNIGHT LOWS (released earlier this year) gleams with engaging melodies and intelligent wordplay performed with a sophisticated fluency in pop, jazz, soul and Americana dialects. In Sunny’s words, OVERNIGHT LOWS reflects the soul and simplicity of her passion for such inspirations as Bonnie Raitt, David Byrne, Cassandra Wilson, and Aretha Franklin.  Players on the album include Jay Bellerose (Robert Plant, Aimee Mann, Alison Krauss), Tyler Chester (George Ezra, Maddison Cunningham), Andy Hess (The Black Crowes, David Byrne), Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Roseanne Cash), and Rich Hinman (Sara Bareilles). The album was recorded at Village Studios in Los Angeles, and engineered by Mike Piersante.  “All That I Am,” the album’s first single, debuted earlier this year at AMERICAN SONGWRITER.   See more news here.

GRAMMY award-winning Western North Carolina-based Steep Canyon Rangers will release Arm In Arm October 16 on Yep Roc Records. “Every River,” the second track from their thirteenth album, is at all digital service providers, and the album’s now available for pre-order. Recorded over several days at the iconic Southern Ground Studios in Nashville, which marked the first time the band recorded outside NC, Arm in Arm was produced by the band with Brandon Bell (Zac Brown, John Prine). Featuring 11 original compositions, the album sees the band expanding their sound by paying homage to their early influences and the bluegrass tradition for which they’re known. In light of their May 8 benefit concert cancellation sponsored by Wicked Weed Brewing, the brewer will now contribute ten dollars per album (up to 2,000 albums) sold via the Yep Roc store to Haywood Street’s Downtown Welcome Table, an Asheville, NC-based organization that provides a fine dining experience meant to counter the notion often held by those living on the streets that handouts, hand-me downs, and leftovers are all I deserve. Arm In Arm follows two 2019 releases that both debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass chart: North Carolina Songbook, an eight-song live album recorded at Merlefest featuring reinterpretations of songs from cross-generational NC icons; and Be Still Moses, an 11-song collaboration between the band and the Asheville Symphony, which featured a collaboration with Boyz II Men and the Asheville Symphony on the title track. Over a 20-year career, the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inductees have released 12 solo albums and three collaborative albums with actor/banjoist Steve Martin. The Steep Canyon Rangers are Woody Platt, Graham Sharp, Mike Guggino, Nicky Sanders, Mike Ashworth, Barrett Smith.   See more news here.

Produced remotely during lockdown, Holloway Road announce the project features next single ‘Senseless’ (out Aug 7) and is available to pre-save now Following the success of their latest single ‘Even If‘, playlisted across numerous streaming platforms and radio stations worldwide, independent UK duo Holloway Road enlisted the help of controversial Tiger King  star Carole Baskin over the weekend to announce their brand new project Twenty Twenty, produced entirely during lockdown, with the pair sharing ideas and recording remotely while isolating in separate houses. The three-song EP will be available to stream/download on October 2nd (pre-save here), with the first new track ‘Senseless’ coming August 7th. The emerging duo described as “the most exciting live act in the UK” (Lyric Mag) didn’t earn that reputation by accident. Having each spent years in punk rock bands, Jack & Rob – better known as Holloway Road – bring that same mentality and independent mindset to their work as one of the most talked-about new international artists in the country scene, unafraid to put in the mileage and take their music to wherever fans are. Jack Cooper, one of the genre’s most distinctive lead vocalists, is balanced by Rob Gulston’s harmonies and unmatched pop-infused production skills, to create the unique sound so familiar to the fans they’ve gained and artists they’ve collaborated with over the last few years. Having been selected as one of the first British featured artists on Bauer Media’s 24/7 station Country Hits Radio, the band have also enjoyed long-term support from other key radio stations such as Chris Country, Downtown Country and BBC Radio across the UK, as well as WSM-AM and other stations in the USA.   See more news here.

Hot-on-the-heels of his summer anthem “Damage I Done”, Rob Mayes is releasing emotive new single Don’t Give Up On Me on 17th July 2020. The melodic and heartfelt track was co-written by legendary songwriter Earl Bud Lee (Garth Brooks’ “Friends In Low Places”), who also wrote Rob’s recent release “Didn’t Do This On My Own”. “Don’t Give Up On Me” is produced by Scott Harter, mixed by Mark Lonsway and mastered by Grammy-nominated Andrew Mendelson. Released as the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Rob comments: ‘“Don’t Give Up On Me” is a beseeching, a prayer and a plea, that in difficult and trying times (which 2020 has certainly proven to be), offers us a reminder to keep the faith, and that we might ask for God’s grace and salvation now more than ever. “During an early trip to Nashville a handful of years back, I had heard J Michael Harter sing this song and knew that I had to cut it.  It’s one of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard – I sure can’t take credit for writing this gem, but I can lend my voice to it, because it speaks to me, and reminds me to have faith, because that’s really the only way.” Over the past 18 months, Rob has established himself as one of the most exciting new talents in the Country music genre. The release of his debut single “Closer” and his EP of the same name, started a steady release of tracks showcasing Rob’s versatility and the many sides to his remarkable talent. “Didn’t Do This On My Own”, which premiered on Chris Country radio, has been a breakout hit for Rob accumulating more than 244,000 streams on Spotify alone. Follow-up “Damage I Done” is quickly picking up steam and Rob is currently pulling in more than 110,500 monthly listeners.   See more news here.

Folk artist Kate Macleod releases The Secret Forest Lament out now. you can listen to it here, or watch the video.  Kate comments on the song and album: “I find that a song, and creations in other art forms, can share the same subject matter, yet are unique in their possibilities of expression. Because of this, I often compose music inspired by books, nature, landscape, and stories told to me, sometimes working from impressions originally noted by another creator. In this practice, I attempt to contribute to our cultural collective. This song, The Secret Forest Lament, was inspired by my reading the book The Secret Forest, by Charles Bowden (with photographs by Jack Dykinga, and introduction by Paul S. Martin). The book was published in 1993 by the University of Arizona Press. The Secret Forest describes the cultural destruction, and the destruction of the landscape itself, of the rare Dry Tropical Forest that grows in the southern area of Sonora, Mexico. The forest has been decimated for economic reasons, leading to native communities losing their grasp on traditional lifestyles that had been for generations tied to the life of the forest. The song is a lament for the ongoing destruction of the forest that echoes the book itself, with a mournful yet resolved strength of critical urgency, speaking also to the egregious loss of its relatives, our rainforests.  “Charles Bowden was a courageous journalist, defender of environment and justice. He often wrote about the American Southwest. Late in life he was known for his writings on the situation at the US-Mexico border concerning the war on drugs and its effects on the lives of the people in that region. Jack Dykinga, the photographer for the book, has shared his photographs with me for this project.  “I have a long history of composing songs based on books, in fact, I have a full-length recording that features some of them…At Ken Sanders Rare Books, recorded live in concert at a book store. That CD, along with more of my work, is available through my website store. “The creation, recording, and release of The Secret Forest Lament was made possible through the financial support of Utah Humanities, Utah Arts and Museums, and the people who support my projects through patreon.com.”