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SUZY BOGGUSS: LIVE AT CAFFE MILANO

Nancy Posey
It didn’t take Suzy Bogguss long to know Nashville was the town for her. She had cut a record in Peoria, Illinois, where she was working six nights a week in bars, listening rooms, and supper clubs. She and two friends wanted to see what Nashville was all about, so......
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ALEX RUNIONS: TAKE IT OUT ON ME

Nancy Posey
Some songs are worth waiting for. Canadian country music artist Alex Runions has years of experience writing his own songs, but his latest single “Take It out on Me” (written by Nashville songwriters John Ozier, John King, and Brad Tursi) came to him from a different direction. At the time,......
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LILLIE SYRACUSE: COMING UP DIAMONDS

Nancy Posey
Lillie Syracuse defies the stereotype. The singer-songwriter from Pumpkintown, SC, didn’t come to Nashville with the dream of becoming the next Nashville country star. In fact, when she moved to Nashville with her family, she was on a path to pursue a career in retail and sales.  “I actually did......
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MANDY MCMILLAN: DREAM CATCHER

Nancy Posey
After living in Nashville for the past nine years, Canadian singer Mandy McMillan says she’s acquired a hybrid accent: “I say ‘eh’ and ‘y’all’ in the same sentence.” McMillan grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, where her mother says she started humming along with the radio before she could talk. Soon......
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LOST SAINTS RELEASE DEBUT SINGLE: WE DON’T FIGHT

Nancy Posey
What happens three people who love to harmonize gather around the piano to sing? Sometimes, it’s magic. That is certainly the story of Lost Saints, a trio with roots in the South who met in Nashville. Afton Addington, a Houston native, transferred from Lee University to Belmont seven years ago......
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MALLORY JOHNSON’S CELTIC JOURNEY TO COUNTRY MUSIC

Nancy Posey
Mallory Johnson calls Nashville home now, but she’s spending the quarantine period with her family in Newfoundland, Canada, where she got her start in music. Growing up, she was steeped in country music. Canada, she points out, has a vibrant country scene. Her mother Loretta is a country artist as......
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KATY MOFFATT RELEASES CHRYSALIS

Nancy Posey
Chrysalis, the title of the new two-CD release on Sunset Blvd. Records by Katy Moffatt, aptly describes Moffatt’s career, as well as the music appearing on the recording, characterized by transitions.  Chrysalis is a two-CD project pulling together three albums Moffatt recorded ten years apart with guitarist Andrew Hardin: 1988’s Walkin’ On......
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JONELL MOSSER WITH JOHN HALL: LITTLE BLACK DRESS

Nancy Posey
Jonell Mosser has been in the music business long enough to know that timing can be everything, so it should come as no surprise that Little Black Dress, her newly released CD, is finding a wide audience now, all songs recorded during a performance by Mosser and John Hall in May 1991......