CANADA COUNTRY AIRCHECK EDITORIAL In was back in June we were looking for a way to expand and bring our readers more information and feature more artists, radio news and news from Nashville. In August we launched our Canada Country Aircheck Digital Magazine. Thanks to you our readers this magazine has been an overwhelming success. Remember this is an industry only magazine and our numbers for the first seven weeks are impressive. *4870 people have read the magazines *Over 23,750 impressions *10.5 minutes average time reading *Read on smartphone 43% *Read on tablet 5% *Read on Desktop or Laptop 52% *78% from Canada *14% from USA *8% from Europe We have much more stat information such as which pages are most read, time spent on each page etc. We have been encouraged to put together a fan magazine and when we looked and did our research we found that country fans not only love their favourite music they also live the lifestyle of the country life. This includes everything from how they cook, how they decorate their homes, what they drive to how they dress. So on October 21st we will be launching Go Country Lifestyle Magazine aimed at country music fans. We will have lots of music articles and we will have various sections throughout the magazine with a focus on the country lifestyle. A few examples are Eric Church’s new furniture line, Trisha Yearwood’s tells us about her first Thanksgiving with Garth and his family and he asked her to cook, we will check out some really cool vehicles, the connected car, Zac Brown shares how to cook the perfect steak and starting in future issues we will get up close and personal with the stars and visit their homes. The first issue will be over 100 pages. If you want more information e-mail us at steve.graham@cool-broadcasting.com In this issue of Canada Country Aircheck Roots Americana Artist Eli Barsi is our cover story, Margo Price is Living a Country Song, we have our DMDS Report, Radio News, Nashville News, new releasaes and much more. We would love to hear from you. E-mail us at news@canadacountryaircheck.com
“SCREAMIN’ JIMMY” ELI BARSI Eli Barsi is a Roots, Americana artist from Saskatchewan but her success has reached far beyond her home province. For over three decades Eli has taken her music to the famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, to Texas, Oklahoma and wowed audiences in Branson MO for over eight years. Eli is a diverse artist that includes a variety of genres in her shows such as, Western Roots, Gospel, New Country, Bluegrass, Traditional Country & Folk which she delivers with equal proficiency. She has been nominated and won many awards over the years on both sides of the border.
deler, 13 CDS , 13 Canadian Charted Radio Singles, 4 CMT videos, Award Recipient, Entertainer.
Here are a few of the awards that Eli has won: 2014 / 2015 WINNER - SCMA ROOTS Artist of the Year WINNER - SCMA All Star Band - Specialty Instrument [ John Cunningham ]
Some of Eli’s upcoming shows include:
2013 / 2014 WINNER of a Wrangler Award for ‘ Best Original Western Composition ‘ Portrait of a Cowgirl WINNER - SCMA - ROOTS Artist of the Year WINNER - SCMA - ROOTS Album of the Year [ Portrait of a Cowgirl ]
Eli also won the prestigious Wrangler Award ‘ Best Composition ‘ for the title of her last album ‘ Portrait of a Cowgirl ‘ . She is the only Canadian Artist besides Ian Tyson to receive this honour. Eli’s special Western Roots blend of Canadiana Country music combined with genuine talent, superb musicianship, and clear vocals wins her audience over every time. A fast-paced show featuring an enthusiastic entertainer, and yodeler with a winning personality and infectious smile. Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Yo-
“Screamin’ Jimmy” Eli’s fun new single! Eli wrote this fun song about her bus which she named “ Screamin ‘ Jimmy “ which is a 1980 Prevost tour bus with a 8V92 Detorit Engine which is called ‘ aka ‘ a screaming jimmy. A bit of Retro Yodelling, Strong Vocals, & some superb Western Swing Musicianship !! { John Cunningham- Bass / Bruce Hoffman - Fiddle/Steel / Craig Young - Electric Swing Guitar / Chad Melchert - Drums / Brad & Luc Johner - Harmony Vocals / Produced by Eli Barsi / Mixed & Mastered by Bart McKay }
Oct. 22 - In Concert - Dream Catcher Ranch FRANKLIN, TN Oct. 23 - In Concert - Antique Archeology - NASHVILLE, TN And some special Christmas Shows as follows: Dec. 2 - Eli Barsi’s 8th Annual Hometown Christmas - KENNEDY, SASKATCHEWAN * Special Guest The KELLY Family Dec.3 - Eli Barsi’s 8th Annual Hometown Christmas KENNEDY, SASKATCHEWAN * Special Guests The KELLY Family Dec. 11 - Eli Barsi Christmas Show / Fundraiser Watrous United Church - WATROUS, SASK Have a listen to Screamin’ Jimmy and add it today!
Margo Price Living A Country Song! Margo Price is fairly new to the country market even though she has been working at her craft for a long time. She says she was really tired of playing bars with nobody there. To understand Margo you need to look at her life.
they briefly lived in the Rocky mountains, and toured the country in a Winnebago with their roots rock band Buffalo Clover, which never took off. Her failures never brought her down. She says “I always wanted to be equal with the boys,” she says. “I never thought it was fair that women couldn’t travel freely She grew up in Aledo, Illinois. When she because it was dangerous. I’d stay by myself was three years old her grandparents lost on the North Carolina coast for a couple of their farm a place where her father worked weeks, with my dog and my gun, and my as well. “The 80s were a bad time for many mom would be terrified. I told her, if I stay farmers,” Price says. “Corporations would home, a lamp could fall on my head. You can’t take over, you’d see signs on the side of the spend your whole life inside because you’re road for AgriGro. Every year, the corn would scared.” She says she did struggle with depresget taller, more genetically modified.” Margo sion even before she got pregnant. She gave was a cheerleader who could do flips all the birth to twins in 2010 Ezra and Judah. Two way down the field but got suspended a lot weeks after their birth Ezra died of a heart at school. At college she would stay home defect. His death kicked off a long, painful, and listen to led Zeplin rather than go to her self-destructive period. “That took me out of spanish and theatre courses. After visiting the game for a while,” says Price, “There were Nashville in her second year of college she times I was feeling so terrible, all I wanted to decided Nashville is where she needed to be. do was drink to forget.” She briefly collapsed, She says she had no plan and when she came spending a couple of nights in jail after a to town she waited tables like many others drunken misdemeanour. Therapy, poetry and before her and met someone who was supJudah gave her the strength to continue. she pose to be a manager. He invited her to his needed a fresh start and a fresh sound she house where he spiked her drink. At 25 at a decided since Buffalo Clover wasn’t going college event she met and married her husanywhere even though they had recorded two band. They lived in a rat infested house oppo- albums. “What I always liked about country site a place called Stop & Rob and she worked music was the stories, the ability to talk about in a catering company called Dream Come very real things like divorce and drinking and True. As Margo says they were so poor, “we death and jail,” she says. “All I want to do is spent the whole winter next to a space heater make a little cash,” she belts, “Cause I worked under a blanket,” she recalls. Sick of the city, all the bad jobs bustin’ my ass.”
Margo decided she was going to go to Memphis and record at Sun Recording Studio. Yes the same studio that Elvis recorded his first single. The result was her album Midwest Farmers Daughter. Like all artists she shopped it around town and was turned down by no less than 30 labels, Price’s pedal steel player told her that Jack White was a fan. She was invited to Third Man, where an exec handed her a guitar and asked her to record a song straight to acetate. Eventually, she met White. “He shook my hand and he said he loved the album and that it was genuine and it was real and it was good to hear that back in country music,” she says. Jack has a room in his office he calls The Blue Room and that is actually what they do they record directly to acetate which is really cool. Price makes clear that she also points to Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings as her biggest heroes. “A lot of times, people say, ‘You’re so much like Loretta or Tammy Wynette,’” says Price. “But I feel kind of like one of the men. I’m like David Allan Coe. I’ve been to prison, man! I think that’s what separated me from the Kacey Musgraves, stuff like that. There’s not a lot of glitter or girly bows and stuff.” Now her great-uncle is Bobby Fischer, who wrote hits for George Jones, Conway Twitty and Reba McEntire. She really got her big break when she was invited to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Times have changed over the last year. As George Strait recently said in an interview
tradional country music is making a comback. The second thing that seems to be happening is that female artists are starting to get their fair share of radio airplay which is a good thing. The Americana Music Association named Margo Price as their “Emerging Artist of the Year” at their Honors & Awards show on September 27th. Margo is going to perform on October 19th in Vancouver. Margo appeared in Toronto recently and we found one review from The Exclaim and it reads “Opening up the proceedings on the West Stage Fort York’s downtown Toronto field, Price and her shaggy band emerged looking a bit stunned — a small early-afternoon-on-a-workday crowd and a view of a construction site might have had something to do with it. But soon enough, the cobwebs were gone and her impressive band laid down tight country rails for her fabulous voice to ride. The setlist relied fairly heavily on covers — understandable since Price is a newcomer — but they were well chosen and played. Classic tunes by Mickey Newbury, Loretta Lynn and Billy Joe Shaver signalled an artist who wants to be associated with the traditionalists, and is holding firm to the cord tethering her to the past. For their part, this “Urban Roots” crowd was all over it. And with her best original compositions — “Hands of Time,” “This Town Gets Around” — Price reminded us that she’s just getting started. We highly recommend getting her album.
RADIO NEWS New Edison Research Study, "Moms on the Future," To Showcase With Free, Live Webinar, October 13
While this isn’t aimed at what Mom’s listen to it might be something of interest to see what Mom’s have to say about the future.
the military, and his dedication to charitable initiatives. Leading the discussion will be RJ Curtis and Beverlee Branigan. The appearance marks Keith’s return to the seminar since being recognized with CRB’s Artist Humanitarian Award in 2007; the same year he was the headline artist on Country Radio Seminar’s Music City Jam.
That's one of the key findings of a new study from The Research Moms at Edison Research. The full study, "Moms on the Future," will debut live at the Marketing to Moms conference in NYC tomorrow, October 4th. But for those who can't attend, The Research Moms are also hosting a live, free Webinar October 13th at 2 p.m. to present this exciting new data to the general public. Register here
CRS Featured Speaker Revealed Toby Keith: My Way at CRS 2017 Toby Keith will appear as a featured speaker at Country Radio Seminar 2017. Sponsored by BMI, Toby Keith: My Way at CRS 2017 will take place Friday, Feb. 24 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. CT. The discussion will explore Keith’s career, what inspired him to take control of his recorded and live music, form his own label and build a business empire on his terms. Keith will also talk about his strong relationship with men and women of
The familiar maxim of the triple threat – singer, songwriter, musician – doesn't begin to cover it for Toby Keith, one of the modern era's most complete self-directed hit makers. And Keith's most recent several months are a remarkably accurate representation of his entire career. He wrote, produced and released his latest single "A Few More Cowboys" to Billboard Hot Shot Debut status and the song is continuing to round up some amens and goodcalls on its way up the charts. The release heralds new music following the successful and acclaimed 2015 album 35 mph Town. Toby continues to fill venues coast-to-coast on his current Interstates & Tailgates Tour presented by Ford F-Series. National television
RADIO NEWS performances include kicking off the 2015 season of PBS' Soundstage, and paying tribute to Merle Haggard on the April, 2016 FOX telecast of the American Country Countdown Awards as well as to Glen Campbell and songwriter Jimmy Webb on the September, 2016 CBS telecast of ACM Honors. Even closer to his heart was last year's performance on TBS' Neighborhood Sessions and being recognized with the Atlantic Council's Distinguished Leadership Award for "remarkable musical contributions and support for US troops around the world." Capping it all is this year's Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic which raised another $1.175 million to aid sick children and their families in Oklahoma. ______________________________________________
COUNTRY MUSIC AND THE US ELECTION You can’t help but notice the weird US election and while in past years you have had endorsements from country artists for one candidate or another. Not this year. Hollywood stars are speaking out but I haven’t heard a word from country artists. The ones you normally hear from include John Rich, Toby Keith and a few others. But not this time. It has generally been a rule for country artists not to comment on anything political because they don’t want to loose fans so mum is the word. Heck we haven’t even heard from the Dixie Chicks. It is a tough year for our US friends trying to choose who is the best candidate. I notice when I talk to people in Nashville they are scared to death if Donald
wins what will happen in the US. While it may be entertaining to watch the possibilities are scary. ____________________________________________
Lot’s of New Music It sure has been a busy two weeks with new releases. In the last two days alone we have received 9 new Indie Releases plus about double that from US indies. Plus you have new releases from established artists. Everybody seems to be trying to get in the door before Christmas comes our way when radio normally stops adds. Here is a few releases.
THOMAS RHETT “STAR OF THE SHOW”
RADIO NEWS HUNTER HAYES
Chad Brownlee
“YESTERDAYS SONG”
Somethin' We Shouldn't Do
LUKE COMBS “HURRICANE”
Dustin Lynch “Seein’ Red”
INDIE RELEASES
Kyle Dunn Melissa Hunt “Smoke & Cinders”
Paul Malysa “Ten Days In Paradise”
“Sippin' On Whisky”
Ashlynne Vince “Stupid Love”
Barbara Lynn Doran “Half Hearted Love”
Eli Barsi “Screamin ‘ Jimmy”
Jessica Rhaye Arlene Quinn “Life Is Good”
Ally Kearley “Still The One”
“Good To Be Alive in the Country”
Top DMDS Downloads for September 27th to October 3rd SEPTEMBER 27TH
OCTOBER 3rd
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Blake Shelton “A Guy With A Girl” (Warner) Tebey “Old School” (Warner) Lindsay Ell “All Alright” (Sony) Chris Buck Band “Sun Sets Down” (Royalty/R. Chubey Promo) Lauren Mayell “Better Believe” (Indie/L. Tutty Promo)
SEPTEMBER 28th 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Blake Shelton “A Guy With A Girl” (Warner) Chris Buck Band “Sun Sets Down” (Royalty/R. Chubey Promo) Lindsay Ell “All Alright” (Sony) Jake Owen “If He Ain’t Gonna Love You” (Sony) Melissa Hunt “Smoke & Cinders” (Indie/D. Wood Promo)
Thomas Rhett “Star Of The Show” (Valory/Big Machine) Jennifer Nettles “Hey Heartbreak” (Big Machine) Blake Shelton “A Guy With A Girl” (Warner) Lindsay Ell “All Alright” (Sony) Hunter Hayes “Yesterday’s Song”
Most Added This Week Brett Kissel w/Carolyn Dawn Johnson “I Didn’t Fall In Love With Your Hair” ARTISTS OF THEN AND NOW & FOREVER ERIC CHURCH FEAT. RHIANNON GIDDENS “Kill A Word”
SEPTEMBER 29th 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Blake Shelton “A Guy With A Girl” (Warner) Crystal Shawanda “Laid Back” (New Sun/B. Martineau Promo) Jake Owen “If He Ain’t Gonna Love You” (Sony) Lindsay Ell “All Alright” (Sony) Chris Buck Band “Sun Sets Down” (Royalty/R. Chubey Promo)
SEPTEMBER 30th 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Blake Shelton “A Guy With A Girl” (Warner) Thomas Rhett “Star Of The Show” (Valory/Big Machine) Tebey “Old School” (Warner) Jennifer Nettles “Hey Heartbreak” (Big Machine) Jon Pardi “Dirt On My Boots” (Capitol Nashville/Universal)
ANDREW HYATT “THAT’S HOW I’M LIVIN” WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN “I MET A GIRL” Justin Moore “You Look Like I Need A Drink” First week at number 1 Top Canadian on the Charts is Washboard Union with “Shot of Glory” stays at # 5 Brett Kissel w/Carolyn Dawn Johnson “I Didn’t Fall In Love With Your Hair” Most Added chart moves up by 11 spots from 42 last week to #31 this week.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING FAST! 28TH YEAR FOR A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS!
For 27 years listeners across Canada, USA and Europe have been entertained by A Country Christmas. A Country Christmas is a 12 hour special that is developed in such a way that it can run an hour a day leading up to Christmas and then repeated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in full. A Country Christmas is full of star power with the stars of country music talking about their favourite Christmas Memory or that special gift they got or their family tradition today. 12 hours of music, stories from the stars has made this a listener favourite. Each hour has a minimum of 15 songs an hour. For our Canadian affiliates Can Con is included. Don’t miss this special for your market. A Country Christmas is a market exclusive show. E-mail us today at steve.graham@coolbroadcasting.com
Looking Back at 2016 Looking Back at 2016 is a 12 hour special that looks back at the music, events and artists that made 2016 a great year for country music. This is not a countdown show it is a yearend reflection show. We have lots of stars drop by and talk about their year, their music and what’s ahead for 2017. This is a music intensive show that plays the hits that made 2016 another great year for country music. This is a perfect special to run between Christmas and New Years Day. Most of our affiliates run this New Years Eve and then repeat the special on New Years Day. Star Driven Music Intensive 12 hour special that keeps listeners tuned in! Order for your market today e-mail us at steve.graham@cool-broadcasting.com
SAM AND AUDREY PERFORM AT RYMAN AND ANNOUNCE SOULTOSOUL TOUR FOR 2017
June 3, 2017 Edmonton, AB
Rogers Place
June 4, 2017 Saskatoon, SK
SaskTel Centre
June 7, 2017 Winnipeg, MB
MTS Centre
June 22, 2017 Ottawa, ON Centre
Canadian Tire
June 23, 2017 Toronto, ON Centre
Air Canada
_____________________________________ Faith Hill and Tim McGraw’s secret show at the Ryman Auditorium may have been Music City’s worst-kept secret — the duo was billed as “Sam and Audrey,” McGraw and Hill’s real first names — but that didn’t matter a bit to the capacity crowd, who delighted in every minute of the show on Tuesday night. The husband and wife duo, entering from opposite ends of the stage, kicked off the concert by singing their 1997 hit “It’s Your Love,” inching their way toward each other until they met in center stage. They then delivered the news that brought them there: In 2017, they'll return to the road for another one of their Soul2Soul joint tours. "We are going to go from side to side, south to north, all the way around the globe," Hill said as the audience cheered. "We've been looking forward to this for a long, long time," McGraw added before noting that, since they were there, they would be remiss if they didn’t sing a few songs on one of music’s most revered stages. back at home, this is who we are.” Canadian Dates Include:
May 30, 2017 Arena
Vancouver, BC
Rogers
June 2, 2017 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
COUNTRY MUSIC INDUSTRY CELEBRATES LEGACY OF "THE 50th ANNUAL CMA AWARDS" AND CANADIANS ARE INVOLVED!
Artists from across the Country Music community are celebrating the golden anniversary of the CMA Awards by recording legendary CMA Award-winning songs and posting them to YouTube for their fans. "This is a great opportunity for the fans to experience and discover the rich heritage of the format by hearing these classic songs performed by contemporary and legendary artists," said Damon Whiteside, CMA Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships. The project provides artists a platform to perform a cover of a CMA Award-winning song from the past 50 years. Covers include: "There Goes My Everything," which was the first Song of the Year in 1967; "Sunday Morning Coming Down," Song of the Year in 1970; "Always on My Mind," Song of the Year in 1982; "When I Call Your Name," Song of the Year in
1991; and "I Hope You Dance," which won Song of the Year in 2000. The 45 artists participating in this historical retrospective include former CMA Awards nominees and winners John Berry, T. Graham Brown, Deana Carter, Mark Chesnutt, Easton Corbin, Billy Currington, Billy Ray Cyrus, Carolyn Dawn Johnson (Canadian), Jo Dee Messina, John Michael Montgomery, Lorrie Morgan, Eric Paslay, Collin Raye, Shenandoah, Ricky Skaggs, Josh Turner, Steve Wariner, Amanda and Tyler Wilkinson (Canadian), Mark Wills, and Lee Ann Womack; in addition to a long list of up and coming talent that includes Lauren Alaina, Kane Brown, Dustin Lynch, Jon Pardi, Michael Ray, and Drake White. The project is an extension of "Forever Country," a global phenomenon featuring 30 former CMA Award-winning acts performing three Country classics: John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads," Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again," and Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." The single and companion music video have been topping radio and sales charts around the globe.
HUNTER HAYES' HIGH-OCTANE NEW SINGLE "YESTERDAY'S SONG"
I was just talking about Hunter the other day because we have not heard from him in a while. I was wondering where he went. Having spent the past year on a creative odyssey, writing more than 100 new songs and even building his own mobile studio to be able to record music whenever and wherever inspiration struck, Hunter Hayes has pulled the curtain back on the first three tracks from his as-yet-untitled third studio album for Atlantic / Warner Music Nashville. Hayes surprised fans by sharing a sampling of his new music - "Yesterday's Song," "Amen" and "Young Blood" - via social media on his 25th birthday before shipping his new single, "Yesterday's Song," to country radio today, Oct. 3. Fully immersed in crafting the song from start to finish, the five-time GRAMMY nominee wrote "Yesterday's Song"with Barry Dean and Martin Johnson and produced the track with his longtime co-creator, Dann Huff. "I'm beyond excited to share this new single with everyone," said Hayes. "I've been on such an incredible journey this past year, not just musically but personally as well. There's always been that next goal to reach, whether it was a single or an album or an arena tour, and this is the first time I've really been able to kind of step back from all of that and just let my instincts and creativity flow. I've waited a long time to get this new music out, and 'Yesterday's Song' really captures that free feeling, that joyous realization that you're moving on and starting this fresh, new chapter." An innovative artist who pushes boundaries both creatively and technologically, Hayes is constantly exploring nontraditional avenues to share music with fans however and wherever they are able to consume it, most recently rolling out a series of songs entitled The 21 Project via streaming services and a limited edition three-disc collection showcasing the metamorphosis of each song from acoustic to studio to live recordings. Eager to share his new music with fans, Hayes again turned to social media and streaming services to introduce the three songs from his forthcoming studio album. In early reviews, Rolling Stone Country calls the single a "hard-driving, Keith Urban-like rocker, with some Lenny
Kravitz-inspired guitar" and observes that "Hayes is moving on to embrace a new tune and letting go of 'yesterday's song' - a clever, totally appropriate way to introduce this surprisingly turbo-charged number." Taste of Country notes that the sampling of new music reflects "Hayes' growing maturity, not only in his vocals and lyrics, but his musical proficiency. Of course, the multi-instrumentalist's guitar solos are masterful, but the production and composition of each song are a testament to his true talent." _________________________________________________
Dierks Bentley Recruits Cole Swindell and Jon Pardi for New Tour "What The Hell" He's Coming To Canada!
Dierks Bentley will hit the road again early next year, and this time he's bringing his buddies Cole Swindell and Jon Pardi with him. The What the Hell Tour will kick off Jan. 19 in Dayton, Ohio. Canadian dates start January
25th in Hamilton and finish in Vancouver on February 9th. Go to here to see when and where. Bentley, 40, who hand-picked his tour mates, says in order to tour with him you have to have more than just talent - you have to be able to make him laugh. "I'm out there away from my family - it's a great sacrifice for them and for the guys in my band, they have family, too. We're out here, life's short, I want to be around good people, good energy, good vibes," says Bentley. "And these two are definitely two younger guys that both crack me up and have such great energy." "They're both a little crazy, to be honest," continues Bentley. "They're just in that time in their lives when they're young and they're single and they're going after it. That's why they're calling the tour the What the Hell Tour because I have no idea what the hell's going to happen out there!" My favorite tour ritual is... "The pre-show chant. It could be something totally ridiculous, unless you know what's going on inside the band, it's the silliest chant of all time, but it makes sense to us. We toured over in London and I loved ordering a 'flat white' coffee and using my British accent. 'Ah, I'd fancy a flat white.' So, flat white became our word for before we went on stage. Our drummer, every show, he'd say it even more and more ridiculous. He'd say, 'One, two, three, flaaaaat whiiiiiiiiite!' Nobody could even understand any of it. It was ridiculous and it would get worse and worse every show."
TEBEY CO-PENS NEW JUSTIN MOORE SINGLE “SOMEBODY ELSE WILL” Having spent his summer hitting the festival circuit, there is no slowing down this fall for Tebey. Between a Coors-sponsored tour, new single and international writing credits, Tebey has officially joined the major leagues of Canadian country music. Already an internationally acclaimed songwriter, Tebey is celebrating the release of Justin Moore’s newest single “Somebody Else Will.” Following Moore’s #1 hit “You Look Like I Need a Drink,” the new track was co-written by Tebey along with Nashville heavy hitters, Kelly Archer and Adam Hambrick. With his summer hit “Lightweight” becoming a Sirius XM/ The Highway Find and his underground track “Holladay Inn” featured in Spotify’s Wild Country playlist, Tebey is showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to releasing new music. Tebey kicked off the new season with the release of the title track off his EP “Old School.” Co-written with Kylie Sackley (cuts with Sam Hunt, Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Randy Houser) and fellow Canadian Danick Dupelle (Emerson Drive), “Old School” is a hook laden, nostalgic track packed with pop culture references for the 90’s kids and beyond. The EP Old School reached the Top 10 on the iTunes Country Chart and entered the Soundscan country chart in the Top 30. New music in hand, Tebey will be hitting the
road next week for the First Come, First Served tour in partnership with Coors Banquet. Kicking off on October 13th in Oshawa, he will be performing eight full band shows at intimate venues across Ontario, giving fans the chance to win their way in through local radio contests. VIP packages are available for purchase to guarantee entry, a personal tour and performance on Tebey’s tour bus, along with a handful of swag. Newcomers Endless Summer will kick off each evening’s festivities. Confirmed tour date: October 13, 2016 The Music Hall Oshawa, ON October 14, 2016 Lone Star Texas Grill Ottawa, ON October 15, 2016 The Endzone Bar &
Grill Hamilton, ON October 16, 2016 Little Texas Kingston, ON October 17, 2016 Mavrick’s Music Hall Barrie, ON October 19, 2016 Stampede Corral Kitchener, ON October 20, 2016 The Grand Sudbury, ON November 17, 2016 ARIA Peterborough, ON
DOLLY PARTON TO RECEIVE WILLIE NELSON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD DURING “THE 50th ANNUAL CMA AWARDS” AIRING LIVE ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK NOV. 2 The Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award is for an iconic artist who has attained the highest degree of recognition in Country Music. The Award was established to recognize an artist who has achieved both national and international prominence and stature through concert performances, humanitarian efforts, philanthropy, record sales, and public representation at the highest level. The artist receiving this Award has positively impacted and contributed to the growth of the genre throughout a course of years that have proven to have an unprecedented historical impact on fans and industry alike. “Dolly epitomizes the very definition of the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “She is a trailblazer who continues to enchant and captivate fans around the world, from her latest No. 1 album, to her sold-out tour, and numerous television projects. She is a treasure and deserving of this industry acclaim for her undeniable contributions to the success of Country Superstar Dolly Parton will be the 2016 Music, today.” recipient of the Willie Nelson Lifetime Previous recipients of the Willie Nelson Achievement Award, which will be presented Lifetime Achievement Award include Willie during “The 50th Annual CMA Awards,” airNelson (2012), Kenny Rogers (2013), and ing Wednesday, Nov. 2 (8:00 PM/ET) on the Johnny Cash (2015). ABC Television Network live from Nashville.