 Macy Krew’s family claims she was singing before she could talk and hasn’t looked back since. By the age of 13 Macy was performing in talent shows and writing poetry, which later became songs of her own. Originally from Michigan, Macy has had the chance to open for Chris Allen claiming that performing gives her a burst of confidence.
Now living in Nashville, Macy is expanding her knowledge of songwriting. Having promised herself that any song that she will ever release is self-written, Macy’s music is real and often relatable to her listeners. Macy’s latest release Wherever You Are talks about her relationship with her boyfriend as well as her mother, both who appear at every one of her shows. Reflecting a country pop sound, Macy is following in the footsteps of female powerhouses Kelly Clarkson, Kelsea Ballerini, and Carly Pearce. For the future, Macy hopes to continue along this journey and tell her story to as many people as she can. Macy also plans to release her debut EP within the year. Listen to Macy’s music on iTunes and Spotify now.
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 The 2018 CMA Award nominees were announced by Luke Bryan, Dan + Shay, and Sugarland on Good Morning America August 28th. With an all too predictable lineup, we choose to compare the number of female artists to male artists who received nominations this year. Of the 60 total nominees 72% were given to males, 15% were given to females, and 13% were given to mixed duos or groups. Additionally 8% of the nominees given to women were for Female Vocalist of the Year and all five Entertainer of the Year nominees were given to male vocalists.
The 2018 CMA Awards will broadcast on ABC November 14t at 8pm ET. See the full list of nominees below. Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Chris Stapleton Keith Urban Percentage of male artists: 100% Percentage of female artists: 0% Music Video of the Year "Babe" by Sugarland (feat. Taylor Swift) "Cry Pretty" by Carrie Underwood "Drunk Girl" by Chris Janson "Marry Me" by Thomas Rhett Akins "Tequila" by Dan and Shay Percentage of male artists: 60% Percentage of female artists: 20% Percentage of male/female artists: 20% Music Event of the Year "Burning Man" by Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne "Dear Hate" by Maren Morris (feat. Vince Gill) "Drowns the Whiskey" by Jason Aldean (feat. Miranda Lambert) "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" by David Lee Murphy (with Kenny Chesney) "Meant To Be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line Percentage of male artists: 40% Percentage of female artists: 0% Percentage of male/female artists: 60% Male Vocalist of the Year Dierks Bentley Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Chris Stapleton Keith Urban Percentage of male artists: 100% Percentage of female artists: 0% Female Vocalist of the Year Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood Percentage of male artists: 0% Percentage of female artists: 100% Album of the Year “From a Room Vol. 2” by Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton) “Golden Hour” by Kacey Musgraves (Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian and Kacey Musgraves) “Graffiti U” by Keith Urban (Producers: Keith Urban, Dan McCarroll, JR Rotem, Josh Kerr, Jason Evigan, Greg Wells, Benny Blanco, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Jesse Shatkin, Jimmy Robbins, Oscar Holter, Matt Rad, Eric Valentine, Ian Kirkpatrick, Mike Elizondo, Captain Cuts, Ross Copperman, Dann Huff and Peter Karlsson) “Life Changes” by Thomas Rhett (Producers: Julian Bunetta, Jesse Frasure, Dann Huff, Joe London and Thomas Rhett) “The Mountain” Dierks Bentley (Producers: Ross Copperman, Jon Randall Stewart and Arturo Buenahora Jr.) Percentage of male artists: 80% Percentage of female artists: 20% New Artist of the Year Lauren Alaina Luke Combs Chris Janson Midland Brett Young Percentage of male artists: 80% Percentage of female artists: 20% Song of the Year "Body Like a Back Road" by Sam Hunt (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne) "Broken Halos" by Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson) "Drowns the Whiskey" by Jason Aldean with Miranda Lambert (Josh Thompson, Brandon Kinney, Jeff Middleton) "Drunk Girl" by Chris Janson (Chris Janson, Scooter Caruso, Tom Douglas) "Tequila" by Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers, Nicole Gallyon, Jordan Reynolds) Percentage of male artists: 100% Percentage of female artists: 0% "Broken Halos" by Chris Stapleton (Producers: Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell) "Drinkin' Problem" by Midland (Producers: Dann Huff, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne; Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank) "Drowns the Whiskey" by Jason Aldean Feat. Miranda Lambert (Producer: Michael Knox; Mix Engineer: Jeff Braun) "Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha Feat. Florida Georgia Line (Producer: Willshire; Mix Engineer: Serban Ghenea) "Tequila" by Dan + Shay (Producer: Scott Hendricks and Dan Smyers; Mix Engineer: Jeff Juliano) Percentage of male artists: 80% Percentage of female artists: 0% Percentage of male/female artists: 20% Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum Lanco Little Big Town Midland Old Dominion Percentage of male artists: 60% Percentage of female artists: 0% Percentage of male/female artists: 40% Vocal Duo of the Year Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Maddie & Tae Sugarland Percentage of male artists: 60% Percentage of female artists: 20% Percentage of male/female artists: 20% Musician of the Year Jerry Douglas Paul Franklin Dann Huff Mac McAnally Derek Wells Percentage of male artists: 100% Percentage of female artists: 0%  Spend those hot summer days listening to Hannah Anders new single Lazy River. Raised on a small Georgia farm, Hannah’s southern influence is reflected in her music. By the age of 14, Hannah began writing songs of her own and attended Belmont University in Nashville to further her songwriting ability.
After giving Los Angeles a chance, Hannah made the move to Nashville where she currently resides. Influenced by classic rock bands, Hannah’s music has a traditional country sound. Such as her latest single Lazy River, which reminisces of the times when Hannah went tubing down the river in her hometown. The ideal summer song, Lazy River was released on June 5th. Always in the mood for a road trip, Hannah hopes to tour this fall nationally and internationally, after her success headlining a show in Ireland. Lazy River, the first single off Hannah’s sophomore album, can be found everywhere now and on her website at www.hannahanders.com. COUNTRY-POP TRIO AUBURN ROAD BECOMES NEW FACE OF LGS G7 THIN Q “WHAT’S IT GONNA TAKE?” CAMPAIGN8/19/2018  Fresh off their Stagecoach Festival 2018 debut and an opening slot with Toby Keith, teen trio Auburn Road - Alicia Paulson, Paxton Martin and Kristen Brown have just been tapped to become the new faces of LGs G7 Thin Q “What’s it Gonna Take?” campaign. Not only will the girls be featured in the campaign, but their new single Outlaw will provide its soundtrack. Look for the campaign to start running later this month with Outlaw to be released at all digital outlets on August 20th.
With their clear vision and amazing three-part harmonies, Auburn Road is poised and ready to make an impact. They self-released their debut song Fancy their senior year of high school and have since been busy playing shows and writing and recording for their upcoming EP series Mustang Vol. 1, due out late September and Mustang Vol. 2, to be released in 2019. Taking the destiny of their career in their own hands the group is funding the upcoming releases through touring, merchandise sales and a preorder campaign on PledgeMusic. Mustang Vol. 1 and Mustang Vol. 2 produced by industry veteran Michael Anderson—former bass player and musical director for modern icons such as Christina Aguilera and Chris Brown; with production credits that include Ashlee Simpson, Chris Daughtry and Kellie Pickler to name a few. With an authentic songwriting approach and feisty personalities, they are sure to crash through stereotypes as they dare to push the boundaries of the modern country genre with three voices that blend perfectly together.  Nashville based mmhmm, is heading to LA, the duo will be playing their first show at The Whisky A-Go-Go on Friday, September 7th, they recently released their debut, self-titled album. mmhmm is Raelyn Nelson (Willie's Granddaughter) and Hannah Fairlight.
The pair have gained a lot of traction individually with their solo projects, and now the universe has pushed them together to form a genre-mixing duo that was has been deemed “envelope pushing” by Nashville Arts Magazine. With catchy melodies, pretty harmonies, and their sassy, sweet and sexy vocals, it’s no wonder The East Nashvillian named them “the breakout duo of the year.” Listen to mmhmm’s debut album here. California country is back, and Mustangs of the West are about to ride again with a new single T-Shirt From California which is available now. The Mustangs were an integral part of the budding Los Angeles 80’s and 90’s alt-country scene, opening for Rosie Flores, Jim Lauderdale and Lucinda Williams. An all-female country band, they were an anomaly on the scene and their career paralleled that of the early Dixie Chicks. As band founder Sherry Rayn Barnett reminisced to Bliss Bowen of The Pasadena Weekly, “We were on a lot of the same bills just before the Dixie Chicks broke. We’d be there one week and they’d be there the next.” After seven years of gigging and touring extensively, the band broke up in the mid 90s and eventually scattered to various cities. Twenty years later, the Mustangs are back with a name change, Mustangs of the West, and three of the original members - Sherry Rayn Barnett (electric guitar, vocals), Suzanna Spring (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), and Holly Montgomery (bass, vocals). They’ve also added Suzanne Morissette (drums, vocals) and Aubrey Richmond (fiddle, vocals) to make the fully rounded quintet. Featuring the same three and four-part vocal harmonies, the chemistry of their voices and instruments creates a powerful sound that draws on both country and rock influences. Re-connecting in 2017, Sherry, Suzanna and Holly rekindled their interest in the Mustang sound and decided to take it into the studio where they added Suzanne, a master’s graduate of the Quebec Conservatory of Music, and Aubrey, a native Californian who has spent the last three years touring and recording with Shooter Jennings. The upcoming single, T-Shirt From California, is a sentimental song about love gone wrong, written by lead singer Suzanna Spring with Wes Hightower and recorded at Snuffy Walden’s Taylor Made Studios. “I wrote ‘T-Shirt from California’ when I was living in Nashville and homesick for California,” said Spring. “Sitting on my couch one morning, strumming my guitar, the chorus melody and chorus lyrics came through, almost complete. I took that chorus into a writing appointment with Wes Hightower, and we wrote verses and the story. He had the idea for those great Beach Boys harmonies in the chorus, and Mustangs of the West has such a beautiful vocal blend; it was natural that we'd record this song.” The arrangements were worked out as a band adding jangly guitars and full harmonies. “Originally the song was called ‘She’s Got Your Heart’, but we renamed it ‘T-Shirt From California’, thanks to the suggestion of Nashville journalist Holly Gleason to revisit the title,” Spring explains. “It just FEELS like California at the edge of summer, driving with the top down, Highway 1. Singing the chorus always makes me smile.” Mustangs of the West, like their wild namesakes charging back along the mesa, are ready to make their mark again.  Brother sister duo Henley never thought they’d find themselves performing together. Born into a musical family Shea and Sayre both pursued a career in music, however Shea was influenced by the rock and country genres while Sayre often listened to pop music. With a similar goal in mind, it became clear to Shea and Sayre that they should become a duo.
Later making the move to Nashville, Henley started writing their own music. Influenced by the Rascal Flatts, Sayre often writes heartbreak ballads, while Shea wants his music to reflect personal experiences of his own. Their next single Centerline was written with friend Kenneth Duncan. The duo wanted to write an upbeat summer song and with just a guitar riff to go off of, Centerline was written an hour later. To promote the single, Henley will be performing at the Tin Roof in Nashville and throughout the country for the remainder of the year. For now you’ll find Henley’s music on all streaming platforms and on social media at @wearehenley.  Each from their own unique path, The Stubborn Lovers have a sound like you’ve never heard before. Consisting of female members Jenny Taylor and Mandy Allan along with drummer Pearl Nelson, lead guitarist Todd Melton, and steel guitar player Jeff Porter, The Stubborn Lovers enjoy playing off of each others strengths and experiences.
Jenny, the band’s bassist and songwriter, grew up listening to alternative rock. By the age of 19 Jenny had picked up playing the guitar and joined a few bands before making the move to Portland, where the band resides today. After making the move to Portland, Jenny realized her style of songwriting resonated best with the country music genre. Finding country music allows her to tell a story and combine various styles of music, Jenny set out to form a country band, thus The Stubborn Lovers was born. Meanwhile lead vocalist Mandy grew up in the Nashville area, but refused to listen to country music. To escape the country music scene, Mandy moved to Providence where she started her first band. Later moving to Portland Mandy came across The Stubborn Lovers on Craigslist. Rediscovering her roots, Mandy has learned to appreciate country music. In 2015 the group released their debut EP Feathers and Bones. Following a few lineup changes, The Stubborn Lovers returned this year with the release of their single Porch Light written in memory of Jenny’s late grandmother. Now placing the finishing touches on their next album, The Stubborn Lovers have announced that they’ll be releasing new music on August 17th. Hoping to tour on weekends this fall, the group wants to meet as many new faces as they can. Find all their music on streaming platforms everywhere and on their website at www.thestubbornlovers.com.  Southern California-based Country trio Honey County has released a music video for their new single Sale of the Summer, which premiered yesterday on Radio Disney Country.
“We had a blast filming this music video,” said Dani Rose of Honey County. “It was definitely a challenge to film on separate days since Devon, our third member and lead guitarist, was still touring with Katy Perry during our first full day of shooting, but I think it only speaks to how hard-working of a band we are to overcome the roadblocks we face when we're not all in the same room. And we couldn’t be more thrilled that Radio Disney Country is premiering our video!” "Combine three-part harmonies, hooks, and intense girl power and you have one of today's most dynamic and unique Country Music acts, Honey County," said Phil Guerini, VP, Music Strategy DCWW & GM, Radio Disney Network Watch the full music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu1yzrPkOrQ.  Country singer songwriter J.Antonette wants to sway the way people view country artists in New York. Originally from a small town in New York Jessica was an active child, often seen playing in the streets until it was time for dinner. Starting off as a songwriter, Jessica never thought she’d become a singer herself. In fact Jessica’s singing career began when she became a background singer for Melissa Etheridge only a few short years ago. Asked by a producer why she wasn’t singing the songs she writes, Jessica put herself out there and hasn’t looked back since.
Singing about her own life experiences, Jessica’s music is relatable while reflecting her silly personality. Now fronting her own original project, Jessica released her EP Paper Trail. However while writing her 5 song EP, this former pop singer noticed a harsh stereotype surrounding New York based country artists or artists not from southern territories. Since then, she has set out to change perceptions through her movement #NYDoesCountry. For the future, Jessica just wishes to continue doing what she loves. As for now you can find J.Antonette’s music on all streaming platforms and on her website at www.jantonette.com/. |
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