 With Summer upon us, Jeff Crosby recently announced a slew of summer dates with stops in Montana, Idaho, Utah and more. In addition to the dates, he released a new song, "I'm Not Ready." Read what he had to say about it:
"This is a song I wrote getting out of the hospital after suffering a minor heart attack. I'd never really spent any time in a hospital and being in the ICU for a couple days really does change your perspective. How fragile this whole thing is. How fast everything can change. Trying to keep my sanity in what felt like a some sort of warzone, I ended up resorting to the only thing I've ever known to cope with these types of experiences. I started writing songs about it. This is the 1st one from that batch. Features my good friend Ben Waligoske on pedal Steel. Hope you enjoy." Listen to and purchase the track on Bandcamp.
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 Nashville, Tenn. (June 22, 2016) - Weightless, the new album from acclaimed singer/songwriter Liz Longley, will be released on August 26th via Sugar Hill Records. The winning transformation of her songwriting from the personal into the universal plays brilliantly on Weightless, the highly anticipated follow-up to Longley’s eponymous 2015 Sugar Hill Records debut, which earned accolades from critics, who proclaimed the album “a thing of beauty,” (Popdose), and praised her “captivating stories set to tunes that will be running through your head after a single spin.” (American Songwriter)
Longley recorded the 10-song collection in Nashville with Bill Reynolds (Band of Horses, Avett Brothers, Lissie), and she is joined by a vibrant group of musicians including Secret Someones’ drummer Zach Jones, Jimmy Wallace on piano (Gavin DeGraw, Kenny Wayne Shepherd), Dave Roe (Dan Auerbach, Sturgill Simpson) on bass, and the esteemed Kenny Vaughan (Lucinda Williams, Rodney Crowell) on guitar. Weightless luxuriates in bold pop with rock-and-roll edges. Crunchy, percussive guitars cushion the defiant songbird melodies Longley uses to deliver bittersweet lyrical punches that explore the complexities of relationships, rather than the fairy tale.  Credit: Greg Giannukos Cody Jinks will release his new album I’m Not The Devil on August 12th via Cody Jinks Music/Thirty Tigers. The 13-song set was produced by Joshua Thompson at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, TX and mixed by Ryan Hewitt (Avett Brothers, Lumineers, Clint Black, Whitey Morgan). Rolling Stone Country premiered the title track and first single from I’m Not The Devil, which can be heard HERE. The song “I’m Not The Devil” will be available as a digital single beginning this Friday and the physical CD is available now for pre-order HERE and on iTunes July 8th.
 Courtesy: Evolution PR (June, 2016 Press Release) - Country writer and rising star Hannah Ellis released the lyric video for the poignant ballad “Officer Down” today. The song, written by Ellis and co-writers Steven Dale Jones and Justin Ebach, is a tribute to her cousin Daniel Ellis who was killed in the line of duty in Richmond, KY last year and is written from the perspective of his wife. Ellis performed the song at National Police Week in Washington, DC where her cousin Daniel Ellis and 251 other officers had their names added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
Check out the lyric video here. “Officer Down” is available on iTunes here.  Courtesy: Shore Fire Media Ringing of authenticity and cathartic reflection, Randy Rogers Band debuted the official video for “San Antone,” the current single off the band’s Buddy Cannon (Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson)-produced ‘Nothing Shines Like Neon.’ Premiered by Cowboys & Indians, the video follows the “Texas country stalwarts” around iconic landmarks in Washington D.C., intercut with cityscapes of the group’s beloved San Antonio: http://bit.ly/RRB_VivaSanAntone
"This video reflects our personality as a band and the city's importance to us,” says Rogers. "We stopped at some of our favorite spots in town. Some of our best nights have been spent in San Antonio, Viva San Antone!” With family and home in mind, the hard-touring six-peice continues to criss-cross the country and most of Texas, stopping at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, Nutty Brown Amphitheater and more throughout the Summer. For tour dates and more information visit: randyrogersband.com/tour  Courtesy: Clarion Call Media Cereus Bright are proud to announce the upcoming July 29th release of their debut album Excuses. The Knoxville band have launched a Pledgemusic campaign where fans can pre-order the album and get incentives like a private house show, co-writing sessions, merch bundles, and access to future exclusive content with all pre-order purchases. A first taste of what to expect from the album, produced by the band’s own Evan Ford in Tennessee, and mixed by Tom Schick (Wilco, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Beck) at Wilco’s Chicago Studio, can be heard in the first single “River Run” (Links to listen below). In support of their debut album, the band will embark on a national “Closeup” tour today, a hand-crafted tour of intimate shows performed at unique spaces in 30 cities, where Cereus Bright will fill rooms with lights, sound, and beautiful music.
Hear the first single “River Run” on YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify Pre-Order Excuses via Pledgemusic http://www.pledgemusic.com/cereusbright  Courtesy: All Eyes Media “Hearst and Trent create such vivid characters and make such
opulently open-ended music.” – NPR Music NASHVILLE, TN – Critically acclaimed husband & wife duo Shovels & Rope has announced the release of their anticipated new album Little Seeds, due October 7 on their new label home New West Records, along with an extensive fall tour (See list of dates below). Known for their honest, raw and highly distinctive sound, Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent (aka Shovels & Rope) have made their most personal and powerful album yet. As songwriters, Hearst and Trent have earned a reputation as gifted storytellers through their music. The main distinction between their prior work and Little Seeds, is that the stories here are true and inspired by their own experiences and observations.  Musician, writer, producer, and activist Erin McKeown will release a surprise EP this Friday, June 24th titled According To Us via her own label TVP Records. As an artist known for defying form and genre, the new 6 song collection adds another chapter to her unique body of work and fits right into her modus operandi: clear, challenging, and unexpected. Stereogum premiered today her new track "Sugar In A Pie" and stated, "The tension between the jubilant aesthetic of the song and the subtle fierceness of her hopes and wishes is wonderful."
Listen to "Sugar In A Pie" here: http://smarturl.it/2dgy1o "This song celebrates the sweetness and trap of love," stated McKeown. "'A moment on the lips, an eternity on the hips,' as they say. Yet somehow, just like sugar, we cannot stay away from love. I also think it would make a tremendous car or detergent commercial." The Grahams & Cody Dickinson's Documentary 'Rattle the Hocks' Coming July 8th in Digital Formats6/21/2016  Courtesy: Conqueroo Cody Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars)-helmed short film, with contributions from brother Luther Dickinson, Lucero, Duwayne Burnside, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and featuring The Grahams, is inspired by train-riding adventures of Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, and musical migrations.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to host concert and screening set for July 9 in Cleveland NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Press Release) “There is a special connection between American folk music and the railroad that has no parallel elsewhere in the world. Rail lines stitch together the sprawling fabric of American song. As writers of Americana music, our goal is to draw on the deep, recurring sources of American folk culture, giving them new shape,” explains the Grahams’ Alyssa Graham in “Rattle the Hocks,” a music documentary to be released in digital format. The short film, directed and produced by Cody Dickinson (founding member of the North Mississippi Allstars and son of the late legendary producer Jim Dickinson), captures the Grahams’ relentless journey to explore the relationship between train travel and American roots music. However, what is inadvertently captured is a husband and wife living their American dream.  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Monday, June 20, 2016 PR) – Comstock, Michigan’s Kyle Jennings will release his brand new full-length album American Vinyl on Aug. 12. Through Jennings incredible storytelling ability, the album provides a glimpse into the life of a man with the blue collar work ethic instilled as a child, the hardship, triumph and passion of an athlete, and the vision of someone who’s American pride pulses through every strum of his guitar. Jennings brings 13 tracks of traditional country guaranteed to be the new soundtrack to a good Saturday night. American Vinyl is available now at http://www.kylejenningsmusic.com/.
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