Category : INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

T. G. SHEPPARD: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD

Nancy Posey
 As restrictions are lifting and live music is on the rebound, performing artists have the opportunity to look at their careers and decide how they are moving forward. Country music legend T. G. Sheppard has a unique position right now, looking back and looking forward. Just as Time/Life has announced......
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ROD BLACK: “LAKETOWN” KICKS OFF SUMMER

Nancy Posey
Just when everyone was ready to be outside enjoying summertime without all the COVID constraints, Canadian country singer songwriter Rod Black served up the perfect song for a summer soundtrack. His latest release β€œLaketown,” co-written with Jeff Johnson, hit the air waves at the unofficial beginning of summer, Memorial Day......
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Callie Twisselman Releases “Two Hands”

Nancy Posey
Callie Twisselman knows about working hard and about waiting. Her new single β€œTwo Hands,” was released on Friday, April 9, and she’s ready to set it loose on the music world.The country singer-songwriter may not fit the stereotype of the California girl. Growing up on a seven-generation grain and cattle......
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Pete Mroz: From Music City to The Voice

Nancy Posey
On the first night of blind auditions on Season 20 of The Voice, one of the best stories of chair turns came from a surprising reunion of sorts. Forty-five-year-old Pete Mroz, sang β€œCan’t Find My Way Home,” the Blind Faith classic penned by Steve Winwood. John Legend turned, followed by Blake......
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Nicole Sumerlyn’s Debut Single: “Over a Drink”

Nancy Posey
Country music fansβ€”those who are paying attentionβ€”realize that not only are plenty of country singers from somewhere above the Mason-Dixon line, but more and more come from north of the U.S.-Canadian border. Nicole Sumerlyn grew up in small town British Columbia and now lives in Vancouver, but she found her......
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ELYSE SAUNDERS IS ‘WINING DOWN’

Nancy Posey
Canada has always produced its fair share of country music talent but is spread out enough that many country artists may only get together at the annual Canadian Country Music (CCM) Awards, where they gather as a country family. Often, according to singer-songwriter Elyse Saunders from Peterborough, Ontario, they are......
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ROGER CLINE: So InClined

Nancy Posey
When Roger Cline decided to cut a CD, after some prodding from friends and fellow musicians, he wanted a project as varied as his own musical history. With his 2020 release So InClined, he did just that. Raised in Maryland with the Mason-Dixon Line just up the road from his home,......
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2021 LOOKS BRIGHT FOR CODY BELEW

Nancy Posey
            Cody Belew is a planner, so when his newest album The Wreck is released in 2021, it will be on his terms and his timing. In the meantime, the Arkansas singer-songwriter is giving fans a taste of his music, one song at a time. The record was recorded in south Louisiana in......