Heroes, The New Willie Nelson Album, Coming Tuesday, May 15

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Editor

Willie’s First Album For Legacy Recordings Showcases New Songs & Deep Country Classics With Guest Artists Including Merle Haggard, Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, Sheryl Crow, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson & Micah Nelson

Legacy Recordings is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Heroes, the eagerly-awaited album of new songs and re-imagined classics performed by Willie Nelson, America’s legendary outlaw country music avatar, on Tuesday, May 15.

The first release under the artist’s historic new deal with Legacy, Heroes is essential Willie Nelson, a seamless collection of top-flight pop-country songs (including covers from the 30s and 40s and new songs by Willie, his sons, Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson, and more) performed with the easy-going homespun warmth and honesty that have become his trademarks. Continue reading →

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Country Music “Artist Of The Decade” Tim McGraw’s Emotional Traffic Debuts At Number One

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Editor

EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC Becomes McGraw’s 13th Career No. One Debut

Country music superstar Tim McGraw’s 11th studio album EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC debuted at No. one this week on the Billboard Country Chart, making it his 13th career No. one debut.

“The most beautiful thing about this No. one debut, over the others, is that it was driven by the fans and their eagerness to finally have this music in their hands,” said McGraw. “The fans don’t care about the business side of things…they just want the artists they follow to keep putting out great songs, and I think we have delivered some of the best songs of my career on Emotional Traffic. The reaction to the album makes Continue reading →

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Melanie Rose Dyer Announces Americana Music Release “The Long Way Around” On Her Own Label Sugarplum Records, Available on ITunes and CD Baby as of January 15, 2012

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Editor

Singer-Songwriter Melanie Rose Dyer, a mainstay on the Nashville songwriting scene (Tom Rush, Rick Trevino) has released a debut album of songs which puts her big alto voice center stage. Going into the studio with Grammy award winning session leader Glen Duncan the music is a blend of musical genres.

“The Long Way Around” has been a life time in the making for artist Melanie Rose Dyer. Three years ago when the project began, co-producer Daniel Cooper and Dyer went into the studio and said “Let’s just make some great music”. Bringing in musicians Jack Pearson (Allman Brothers) on slide guitar and legendary Jim Horn (Beatles, Beach Boys) on saxophone added tasteful and tasty flavorings to the already heady distillation of real life and groove based songs. This is a mature, complex record Continue reading →

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