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Adam Craig (singer-songwriter)
Adam Craig is an American country music singer-songwriter from Tenino, Washington. In March 2011 he signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and has co-penned songs including Parmalee's " Close Your Eyes", Jason Aldean's "Church Pew or Bar Stool", Dustin Lynch's "World to Me", and Love and Theft's "Whiskey on My Breath". Now signed to Stoney Creek Records, Craig has released his self-titled debut EP, and his debut single to country radio called "Reckon", written by Randy Montana, also off of his self titled EP was "Just a Phase" which climbed into the top 40. Following his self titled EP, Adam released a single called "Why Can't She". This song stayed on radio for just under a year when he finally released the "If You're Lucky" single track. This song was released as a single with "Whatever You're Drinking To" being a song on the record as well. Derek George and Jeremy Stover Jeremy Stover (born August 20, 1972) is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Stover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ash Bowers
Ashley Walton "Ash" Bowers is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and manager. Between 2003 and 2013, he was a recording artist: first as the lead singer of the band Forty5 South, then as a solo artist on Broken Bow Records (now BBR Music Group). Three of Bowers' releases as a solo artist made the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. After leaving his career as a singer, Bowers founded Wide Open Music, an artist management company based in Nashville, Tennessee. Through this he has managed Jimmie Allen and Matt Stell, two country music artists for whom he has also co-written and produced singles. History Ashley Bowers was born in Jackson, Tennessee. He was inspired by music from an early age, citing Jerry Lee Lewis and Kenny Chesney among his influences. Bowers initially learned how to play piano in his youth before switching to guitar. In 2003, he founded the band Forty5 South, of which he was lead vocalist. The band's other members were Jonathon King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Country
Hot Country is a 24-hour music format produced by Westwood One. Its playlist is composed of country music released from the late 1990s to the present. Core artists include Luke Bryan, Lady A (formerly known as Lady Antebellum), Blake Shelton, Zac Brown Band, Keith Urban and Taylor Swift among others. Its competitors were "Country Today" by Waitt, CD Country, True 24-Hour Country, and U.S. Country by Jones; however those assets were absorbed by Triton Media Group, leaving ABC Radio's Today's Best Country and Real Country Real Country is a 24-hour radio format produced by Westwood One. Real Country is marketed at the demographic of men aged 35 to 64. Its programming consists of a fairly broad playlist of "Today's Stars and the Legends." Classic country is the ... the only competitors. CD Country was consolidated into this satellite feed as of early 2009. Country Today is now a locally customized version of sister network Mainstream Country. Westwood One has rebranded th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busbee
Michael James Ryan Busbee (June 18, 1976 – September 29, 2019), known professionally as Busbee, was an American songwriter, record producer, publisher, record label executive, and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his work in both pop music and country music. Artists with whom busbee has worked with 5 Seconds of Summer, Keith Urban, and Maren Morris. Early life Michael James Ryan Busbee was born in Walnut Creek, California, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began playing piano when he was seven years old, and started playing jazz trombone in high school. Busbee marched with the World Class Drum Corps, Blue Devils. He studied jazz at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, after receiving a scholarship to the school in 1995, but returned to the San Francisco Bay Area before graduating. Career He moved to Los Angeles in 2000 and started working at a music studio assisting rock producer Eric Valentine, and began learning to play more instrument ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Rose
Elisabeth Wagner (born September 6, 1957), known professionally as Liz Rose, is an American country music songwriter, best known for her work with Taylor Swift. She has co-written seventeen of Swift's officially released songs, including "You Belong with Me", which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, "Teardrops on My Guitar", " White Horse", which won both Swift and her a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 2010 and "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)", which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2021 and has been nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2023. She works regularly alongside songwriters Lori McKenna and Hillary Lindsey, collectively calling themselves The Love Junkies and notably writing songs for Little Big Town and Carrie Underwood, among others. Biography Rose was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Irving, Texas. Rose moved to Nashville, Tennessee, with her then-husband, Johnny Rose, and began writing songs th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo founded by singers Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, both Kentucky natives. They began performing together in the 1990s as part of two different bands with Montgomery's brother, John Michael Montgomery. Although Gentry won a talent contest in 1994, he reunited with Eddie Montgomery after Gentry was unable to find a solo record deal, and Montgomery Gentry was formed in 1999. The duo is known for its Southern rock influences, and has collaborated with Charlie Daniels, Toby Keith, Five for Fighting, and members of The Allman Brothers Band. Montgomery Gentry released six studio albums for Columbia Records' Nashville division: ''Tattoos & Scars'' (1999), ''Carrying On'' (2001), ''My Town (album), My Town'' (2002), ''You Do Your Thing'' (2004), ''Some People Change'' (2006), and ''Back When I Knew It All'' (2008), and a Greatest Hits package. These albums produced more than twenty chart singles on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Dickerson
Russell Edward Dickerson (born May 7, 1987) is an American country pop singer-songwriter from Union City, Tennessee. Dickerson has released two albums through Triple Tigers. Both have accounted for four singles charting on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay: " Yours", " Blue Tacoma", " Every Little Thing", and “ Love You Like I Used To”. Biography Russell Edward Dickerson was born May 7, 1987 in Union City, Tennessee. He earned a bachelor's degree in music from Belmont University and signed with Creative Artists Agency in 2010. In 2011, he released an extended play, ''Die to Live Again'', and opened for David Nail. He toured with Canaan Smith in 2015, and Thomas Rhett in the summer of 2016. Dickerson also joined Billy Currington on the road in 2016. In 2015, he released the single "Yours" written by Dickerson, Parker Welling, and Casey Brown. It became the title track to his second extended play, released on January 18, 2016, by Dent Records. The EP debuted at number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiskey On My Breath
Love and Theft is an American country music duo consisting of vocalists Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles. They originally recorded as a trio with vocalist Brian Bandas; after he exited the band, Gunderson and Liles continued as a duo. Signed to Lyric Street Records subsidiary Carolwood Records in 2009, Love and Theft made their chart debut in early 2009 with the single " Runaway," which reached the Top 10 on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs. The band's debut album, ''World Wide Open'', was released on August 25, 2009. In 2011, following the departure of Bandas, Love and Theft continued as a duo consisting of Gunderson and Liles. The duo moved to RCA Records Nashville that year and released the single " Angel Eyes", which became their first number 1 single. It and the Top 40 singles " Runnin' Out of Air" and " If You Ever Get Lonely" all appear on their second, self-titled album. A third album, ''Whiskey on My Breath'', followed in 2015. Musical career Love and Theft was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Boots, New Dirt
''Old Boots, New Dirt'' is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on October 7, 2014 via Broken Bow Records. Its lead single, "Burnin' It Down", reached the top of the US Hot Country Songs chart during its second week of availability. The album was produced by Aldean's longtime producer Michael Knox. The album's second single, " Just Gettin' Started", was released on November 10, 2014. " Tonight Looks Good on You" was released as the album's third single. "Gonna Know We Were Here" was released as the album's fourth single. A deluxe edition containing three bonus tracks was available exclusively at Target beginning in 2015. Alongside this, a limited edition contained the DVD concert " Night Train to Georgia." Content The album's lead single, "Burnin' It Down", was inspired by R&B music. Florida Georgia Line, who co-wrote the song with Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkins, originally planned on recording "Burnin' It Down" until Aldean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Nite
Jon Nite (born March 19, 1980) is a Grammy-nominated, CMA and ACM award winning singer/songwriter who has written 16 No.1 hits. Nite's songs have been recorded by artists such as Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, Dan & Shay, Gabby Barrett, Luke Bryan, Brandi Carlile, Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Phillip Phillips, Dierks Bentley, Chase Rice, Jake Owen, Michael Ray, Brett Young, Darius Rucker, Dustin Lynch, and more. Jon Nite co-wrote the cross-over smash hit, “I Hope (feat. Charlie Puth)” by Gabby Barrett. “I Hope” was a record breaking #1 on not only the Billboard Country Airplay + Hot Country Songs charts as well as a #1 at Top 40, #2 on Hot AC, #3 on Hot 100, + 6x RIAA Platinum certified song in 2022. It received both ACM + CMA nominations for Single of the Year + was the best selling country song of 2020 in the US. Other accolades include Nite’s 2019 Grammy nomination for Best Country Song with Cole Swindell's single "Break Up in the End" which also topped the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wastin' Gas
"Wastin' Gas" is a song recorded by Canadian country rock artist Dallas Smith for his second studio album, '' Lifted'' (2014). It was released October 28, 2014 through 604 Records (in Canada) and Big Loud Mountain Records (in the US) as the lead single from the album, and fourth overall after the three released in support of '' Tippin' Point'' (2014). The song entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number 41 in November 2014, Smith's second highest peak. On the chart issued January 22, 2015, "Wastin' Gas" rose to No. 1 on the Canada Country airplay chart, becoming Smith's first chart topper. Critical reception Markos Papadatos of ''Digital Journal'' rated the song 4.5/5 stars and praised the song's "energy" and Smith's "charisma", writing "'Wastin' Gas' is one of those songs that one wants to listen to while rolling their windows down and cruising on the highway ..His vocals are refreshing and the song has clever and fun lyrics." Mike Bell of ''The Calgary Herald'' was more critical of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifted (Dallas Smith Album)
''Lifted'' is the second solo album by Canadian country music artist Dallas Smith. It was released in Canada on November 25, 2014 via 604 Records. The album was available for pre-order on iTunes after the release of the single " Wastin' Gas," which was released on October 28, 2014. In the United States, ''Lifted'' was instead released via Big Loud Mountain Records as a six-song EP containing only the material not released on previous EP, '' Tippin' Point'', except for a live recording of the title track. Background In the fall of 2013, Smith signed to American label Republic Nashville and opened for country music duo Florida Georgia Line (also on Republic Nashville) on their "Here's to the Good Times" Tour. The country duo helped write the album's lead single " Tippin' Point," which would later be certified gold by Music Canada. Several songs from the album are featured on Smith's extended play '' Tippin' Point'', Smith's first solo country work released in the US. The extended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
