NSAI News Lady A Jamie Richards Alex Kline

The track was co-written with Music Row veterans Troy Castellano and Brett Mandel and was also produced by Castellano at his My Blue Heaven Studio. “Who’s to Say” charted on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart with good company, tucked in between a few of Grayce’s favorites - John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, and James Taylor. The new single was featured on Radio SoBro, the all-streaming radio platform enabling listeners to enjoy Nashville’s top singer/songwriters worldwide. Her previous project, the EP Somethin’ ‘Bout A Song, debuted at #4 on iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart and their Bestseller list upon release.

NSAI NEWS:

Tin Pan South will once again be ‘live’ for 2021. Following a unique and successful virtual edition of the 28th annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival presented by Regions Bank, the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) announced plans to return the beloved five-day event to an inperson experience back at your favorite venues across Music City on November 16-20, 2021.

“With the support and encouragement from Regions Bank, our other incredible partners, and the songwriters and organizations that participated, we were thrilled to keep the spirit of Tin Pan South alive in a virtual format. While the 2021 festival will once again take place in the fall instead of the usual March/April time frame, we are very excited about the prospect of being back in the local venues next year! We hope that in 2022, we can regain complete normalcy and hold our 30th-anniversary festival in the Spring,” said Jennifer Turnbow, Festival Director.

More news will be released soon. Follow @TINPANSOUTH on socials and check out https://www.tinpansouth.com/.

OPRY NEWS:

Country music trio Lady A was invited (by Darius Rucker) to be the newest member of the grand Ole Opry. This is just icing on their 2021 cake. Lady A has topped both the Mediabase/Country Aircheck Singles chart and the Billboard Country Airplay chart – as well as MusicRow’s chart – with “Champagne Night” (BMLG Records) making it their 11th career chart-topping hit. The multi-week No. 1 is the first song from NBC’s prime time series Songland to become a radio single and can now be found on the recent expansion of Lady A’s No. 1 album, The Ocean Deluxe Edition. More info at www.ladyamusic.com.

“I can’t believe we get to start 2021 off with a multi-week No. 1…. it almost feels unreal,” said Lady A’s Hillary Scott. After serving as the guest artist for the season two premiere of Songland, they chose the winning song, “Champagne Night,” penned by the show’s mentor Shane McAnally, alongside aspiring songwriter Madeline Merlo and the trio. The song began life as “I’ll Drink to That.” Lady A and McAnally reworked the track into “Champagne Night.” Veteran country music entertainer and decorated songwriter, Jamie Richards (Okie Ranch Music) has released his latest recording project titled The Real Deal. This 12-song CD, and Richards’ seventh studio recording, is available now via all digital retail and streaming outlets.

The lyrically driven song book, as characteristic of the Oklahoma native’s signature, features original tunes and cowrites that carry the torch for legendary song crafters (Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings) and vocal stylists (George Strait/Mark Chesnutt). Boasting traditional country ballads, two-steps, shuffles, and toe-tappers, The Real Deal features with western vintage acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel and fiddle spotlighting instrumental performances by his touring band, and a special appearance by the multitalented, Milo Deering (Garth Brooks/The Eagles/LeAnn Rimes), who plays acoustic, pedal steel and fiddle throughout.

“I love lyrics and I take pride in writing songs with a story line that seems like a movie screenplay; listeners can almost see it,” said Jamie Richards. “We didn’t stray from tradition or my style; the project is straight-forward country. I guess that’s why the title (The Real Deal) is so fitting.” More at https://www.jamierichardsband.com/.

PRODUCTION NEWS:

Alex Kline, one of Nashville’s prominent producers, songwriters, and multiinstrumentalists, made history in January as the first solo female producer to have a Top 15 Country Radio hit by a female artist. The single “Somebody Like That,” was co-written with CCMA award-winner Tenille Arts for her critically acclaimed album, Love, Heartbreak & Everything in Between.

A streaming phenomenon, “Somebody Like That” has reached 65 million streams, further establishing Kline as a game-changing producer and songwriter that is shaping the future of country music. The single debuted at No. 2 of the iTunes Country chart and No. 10 on the iTunes all-genre chart. It spent three-weeks at No. 1 at Radio Disney Country; went No. 1 on Billboard’s all-genre Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and debuted at No. 97 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. On Spotify, the song peaked at No. 11 on the United States Viral 50 chart as well.

Kline’s production credits include collections by Terri Clark, Tara Thompson, Adam Brand, Erin Enderlin, John King, Logan Murrell, Jordan Rager, Maggie Rose and Jillian Cardarelli among others. More at www.AlexKlineMusic.com.