Cali Tucker, The Next Crossover Queen
of women empowerment in the industry.
Williams Honor, New Album and The Willi Ho Show
“We truly feel we have made a record that may be our very best work to date,” said Williams Honor. “Our new album is full of songs about empowerment, songs and messages we hope will add to the soundtrack of your lives, not only to celebrate, but also to lean on in your darkest times, especially after grief, separation, loss & heartache.”
In 2014, Cali was chosen to participate on season 6 of NBC’s “The Voice”, Team Blake. The opportunity skyrocketed her career, which led her to headlining at some of the most prestigious venues in Las Vegas, NV. Born into Country Music Royalty, Cali Tucker carries on her iconic last name with a style uniquely her own.
In 2017, she released a cover song album titled “Cover Girl”, followed by her Christmas album, “Cali’s Christmas.”
Cali is the daughter of legendary country music singer LaCosta Tucker and the niece of Tanya Tucker. Influenced by strong, successful women, Cali took the reins designing her own brand of country music.
Currently, Cali is wrapping up her residency in Vegas, and is planning to return to her roots in Nashville as she gears up for her original EP release, produced by multi-platinum, Grammy nominated, producer, Gharah “PK” Degeddingseze, in 2022.
Raised in Nashville, TN, her early years were spent touring with her family, which motivated her to explore her passion for songwriting and performing. At 15 years old, she was crowned Miss Teen All American 2000, then went on to receive her first contract singing and acting at Dollywood’s Theaters in Pigeon Forge, TN. At 18, Cali made her debut appearance singing on the Grand Ole Opry, followed by a tour with her Aunt Tanya singing lead and background vocals, spanning the U.S. and Canada.
Her debut single “Dandelion” is available now. Cali’s powerhouse vocals and country pop sound shine through on “Dandelion.” “I’m sure you all know of a ‘danelion’ in your life,” she says. “I hope you love this song as much as I do and that it empowers you to protect your energy from damn dandelions.” Although her roots stem from country music, her passion and vocal abilities encompass all genres, including pop, rock, jazz, R&B, standards and more.
Cali has been closely compared to the vocal stylings of Adele, Stevie Nicks, Patsy Cline, and Shania Twain. She has been dubbed by PK as “The Next Cali is an independent artist and Crossover Queen.” does all the legwork herself. For a woman in this industry More information at even with the changing times calitucker.com this is still a feat, but she takes it in strides and is an advocate Shortly thereafter, she signed her first publishing deal with Davis Music Group.
The Jersey Shore’s first ever country duo, Williams Honor, which consists of Reagan Richards and Gordon Brown, have had quite a rewarding start to their career separately and together as a duo. The have had a Music Row Country Breakout Top 30 single with “No Umbrella,” won Best Music Video for “Send It To Me” in the Asbury Park Music & Film Festival in 2018, and were chosen by Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bon Jovi to open for them at a sold-out monumental performance at Madison Square Garden.
The empowering new 14 song album, includes the new songs “Can’t Wait 2B Ashamed”, “Goodbye Tulsa”, “First Comes Love, Then Comes Damage”, and “STEP!”
Aside from working on the new album during the pandemic, Williams Honor set out to continue to entertain and help comfort fans and friends with music and humor. A homespun weekly show, titled “The Willi Ho Show” had no bells or whistles, no fancy camera angles, but had a constant falling banner, poorly made sock puppets that tugged at the heart strings of viewers, a little During the pandemic, WH went 5 lb. dog named Hughy, who back to the beach to work on always needed screen time, and their sophomore effort, chock- Gordon & Reagan sharing their full of their version of ‘country original music and stories, as by the sea’. Their unique take well as covering some of the on the format’s tradition, it’s greatest songs ever written. modern evolution, mixed with their Jersey roots creates a After 6 weeks, their little show sound that they are proud to call got the attention of tens of their own. thousands of viewers. Every week it would land in the Top “Our songwriting and natural 25 on POLLSTAR’s Livestream sense of what we know our Chart, sharing the chart with audience cares about is what artists like Carrie Underwood, fuels our creativity,” says Miley Cyrus, Lady A, Reba, Reagan Richards, “we hope to Little Big Town, Foo Fighters, help people find the important and Vince Gill. things they wish they could say for themselves or to others, and When things got a little bit serve it up on a Jersey Country safer, they traveled to Nashville platter, complete with a few to do four live-streams in one helpings of harmonies and week. All four shows charted in good ol’ fashioned roll up your the Top 20, the highest at #5. sleeves grit.” POLLSTAR ranked The Willi Ho Show as the #24 Top The album, eX will focus on International Livestream of themes of loss and grief, while 2020. hoping to empower fans at the same time. More information at williamshonor.com
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