Tag : Country Music

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CURTIS BRALY: “THAT SHOULD BE ME”

Nancy Posey
For Curtis Braly, the axiom “It takes a village. . .” rings true. Growing up in Humble, Texas, a Houston suburb with a small-town feel, he appreciates the influence of a place where people were helpful and community oriented, where you could go to a local restaurant and run into......
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LISA NICOLE RELEASES “COUNT ON YOU” FROM HER UPCOMING ALBUM

Nancy Posey
When Canadian Country singer Lisa Nicole recorded her most recent single “Count on You,” the world was not yet in a pandemic, nor could she have imagined how much listeners would need the reassurance of someone they could count on.  When she spoke in a recent interview, it was a......
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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 “Laketown,” co-written with Jeff Johnson, hit the air waves at the unofficial beginning of summer, Memorial Day......
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Nicole Sumerlyn’s Debut Single: “Over a Drink”

Nancy Posey
Country music fans—those who are paying attention—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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MITCH ROSSELL: “THEN AGAIN”

Nancy Posey
Mitch Rossell first arrived in Nashville just in time to celebrate the New Year of 2010 with a brand-new college degree in business management from UT-Chattanooga, his guitar, and plans to pursue a music career—with no Plan B. The music bug hadn’t bitten him until the summer before he left......
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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......