for King & Country, Danny Gokey, Kirk Franklin Lead CCM/Gospel Grammy Nominations

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for King & Country, Danny Gokey, and Kirk Franklin are among the leading nominees in the Contemporary Christian Music and Gospel Music categories at the upcoming Grammy Awards, slated for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 at the Los Angeles Staples Center.

for King & Country earned a nomination in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category for their project Burn The Ships. They are also nominated alongside Dolly Parton in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category for their collaboration of “God Only Knows.” The duo’s Joel and Luke Smallbone wrote the track alongside Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, and Tedd Tjornhom. Reynolds is also nominated for a Grammy in this year’s Best Country Song category, as a writer on Dan+Shay’s “Speechless.”

Last week, for King & Country performed the track with Parton at the Country Music Association Awards.

Gokey is nominated in two categories, with “Haven’t Seen It Yet” nominated in the Best Contemporary Christian Song/Performance category. His album Haven’t Seen It Yet is also up for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.

Franklin is nominated as both artist and songwriter for his song “Love Theory” in the Best Gospel Performance/Song category; his album Long Live Love is nominated for Best Gospel Album.

The full CCM and Gospel nominations for the upcoming Grammy Awards are below:

Best Gospel Performance/Song
This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best traditional Christian, roots gospel or contemporary gospel single or track.

  • “Love Theory”
    Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
  • “Talkin’ ‘Bout Jesus”
    Gloria Gaynor Featuring Yolanda Adams; Bryan
    Fowler, Gloria Gaynor & Chris Stevens, songwriters
  • “See The Light”
    Travis Greene Featuring Jekalyn Carr
  • “Speak The Name”
    Koryn Hawthorne Featuring Natalie Grant
  • “This Is A Move (Live)”
    Tasha Cobbs Leonard; Tony Brown, Brandon Lake, Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Nate Moore, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best contemporary Christian pop, Christian rap/hip-hop, or Christian rock single or track.

  • “Only Jesus”
    Casting Crowns; Mark Hall, Bernie Herms & Matthew West, songwriters
  • “God Only Knows”
    for KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
  • “Haven’t Seen It Yet”
    Danny Gokey; Danny Gokey, Ethan Hulse & Colby Wedgeworth, songwriters
  • “God’s Not Done With You (Single Version)”
    Tauren Wells
  • “Rescue Story”
    Zach Williams; Ethan Hulse, Andrew Ripp, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters

Best Gospel Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional or contemporary/R&B gospel music recordings.

  • Long Live Love
    Kirk Franklin
  • Goshen
    Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri -City Singers
  • Tunnel Vision
    Gene Moore
  • Settle Here
    William Murphy
  • Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album
    CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, contemporary Christian music, including pop, rap/hip hop, or rock recordings.

  • I Know A Ghost
    Crowder
  • Burn The Ships
    for KING & COUNTRY
  • Haven’t Seen It Yet
    Danny Gokey
  • The Elements
    TobyMac
  • Holy Roar
    Chris Tomlin

Best Roots Gospel Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional/roots gospel music, including country, Southern gospel, bluegrass, and Americana recordings.

  • Deeper Roots: Where The Bluegrass Grows
    Steven Curtis Chapman
  • Testimony
    Gloria Gaynor
  • Deeper Oceans
    Joseph Habedank
  • His Name Is Jesus
    Tim Menzies
  • Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout
    (Various Artists)
    Jerry Salley, Producer

Yola Earns Best New Artist Grammy Nomination, Leads American Roots Categories

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Country-soul artist Yola earned four nominations for the upcoming 62nd Grammy Awards, including the all-genre Best New Artist honor, and three nominations in the Roots categories, including Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance (each for “Faraway Look”), as well as Best Americana Album for her debut project, Walk Through Fire, which was produced by Nashville-based Dan Auerbach and recorded at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville. Auerbach also earned a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year.

Yola extensively toured the U.S. this year, including stops at Newport Folk Festival, where she performed alongside The Highwomen and Dolly Parton. She also opened for Kacey Musgraves during a show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. She is set for two New Year’s Eve performances with Old Crow Medicine Show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium to close out the year.

The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 26, 2020, at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

The nominees for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards‘ Americana, American Roots, and Bluegrass categories are below:

Best American Roots Performance
For new vocal or instrumental American Roots recordings. This is for performances in the style of any of the subgenres encompassed in the American Roots Music field including Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk or regional roots. Award to the artist(s).

  • SAINT HONESTY
    Sara Bareilles
  • FATHER MOUNTAIN
    Calexico And Iron & Wine
  • I’M ON MY WAY
    Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
  • CALL MY NAME
    I’m With Her
  • FARAWAY LOOK
    Yola

Best American Roots Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Americana, bluegrass, traditional blues, contemporary blues, folk or regional roots songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

  • BLACK MYSELF
    Amythyst Kiah, songwriter (Our Native Daughters)
  • CALL MY NAME
    Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
  • CROSSING TO JERUSALEM
    Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters (Rosanne Cash)
  • FARAWAY LOOK
    Dan Auerbach, Yola Carter & Pat McLaughlin, songwriters (Yola)
  • I DON’T WANNA RIDE THE RAILS NO MORE
    Vince Gill, songwriter (Vince Gill)

Best Americana Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental Americana recordings.

  • YEARS TO BURN
    Calexico And Iron & Wine
  • WHO ARE YOU NOW
    Madison Cunningham
  • OKLAHOMA
    Keb’ Mo’
  • TALES OF AMERICA
    J.S. Ondara
  • WALK THROUGH FIRE
    Yola

Best Bluegrass Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental bluegrass recordings.

  • TALL FIDDLER
    Michael Cleveland
  • LIVE IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
    Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
  • TOIL, TEARS & TROUBLE
    The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
  • ROYAL TRAVELLER
    Missy Raines
  • IF YOU CAN’T STAND THE HEAT
    Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

 

Tanya Tucker Earns Grammy Nominations In Four Categories

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Tanya Tucker has earned a string of Grammy nominations for the upcoming 2020 ceremony. “Bring My Flowers Now,” written by Tucker alongside 2019’s Grammy darling Brandi Carlile, as well as Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, is nominated in the all-genre Song of the Year category.

“Bring My Flowers Now” also earned a nod for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance when the nominations were announced on Wednesday (Nov. 20).

Her album While I’m Livin’ earned a nod for Best Country Album. The project, which released this year via Fantasy Records, was produced by Carlile and Shooter Jennings. It marks Tucker’s first album of original material since her 2002 project Tanya. While I’m Livin’ also features a few cover songs, such as “The House That Built Me” (a hit for Miranda Lambert), “Hard Luck” (Josefus), and “High Ridin’ Heroes” (David Lynn Jones/Waylon Jennings).

Tucker has previously been nominated for several Grammy Awards, starting with 1973’s Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for “Delta Dawn.” Her songs including “Down To My Last Teardrop,” “Dream Lover” (with  Glen Campbell), “Love Me Like You Used To,” and others have garnered Grammy nominations throughout her 40-plus year career.

Tucker is set to headline CMT’s Next Women of Country Tour in 2020.

BREAKING: Tanya Tucker, Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Lizzo Among Top Grammy Nominees

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The nominees for the 2020 Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday morning (Nov. 20).

This year’s nominees were selected from more than 20,000 submissions across 84 categories, and reflect the wide range of artistic innovation that defined the year in music (Oct. 1, 2018–Aug. 31, 2019). The final round of Grammy voting is Dec. 9, 2019–Jan. 3, 2020. The Recording Academy will present the GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, live from Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center and broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 8:00–11:30 p.m. ET/5:00–8:30 p.m. PT.

Here are the top nominees in selected categories:

Record Of The Year:
“Hey, Ma” — Bon Iver
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
“Hard Place” — H.E.R.
“Talk” — Khalid
“Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo
“Sunflower” — Post Malone & Swae Lee

Album Of The Year:
i,i — Bon Iver
Norman F***ing Rockwell! — Lana Del Rey
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
thank u, next — Ariana Grande
I Used To Know Her — H.E.R.
7 — Lil Nas X
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo
Father Of The Bride — Vampire Weekend

Song Of The Year:
“Always Remember Us This Way” — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
“Hard Place” — Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris, H.E.R. & Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“Lover” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
“Norman F***ing Rockwell” — Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
“Someone You Loved” — Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn & Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi)
“Truth Hurts” — Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson & Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo)

Best New Artist:
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalía
Tank And The Bangas
Yola

Best Pop Solo Performance:
“Spirit” — Beyoncé
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo
“You Need To Calm Down” — Taylor Swift

Best Pop Vocal Album:
The Lion King: The Gift — Beyoncé
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
thank u, next — Ariana Grande
No. 6 Collaborations Project — Ed Sheeran
Lover — Taylor Swift

Best Dance Recording:
“Linked” — Bonobo
“Got To Keep On” — The Chemical Brothers
“Piece Of Your Heart” — Meduza Featuring Goodboys
“Underwater” — RÜFÜS DU SOL
“Midnight Hour” — Skrillex & Boys Noize Featuring Ty Dolla $ign

Best Rock Album:
Amo — Bring Me The Horizon
Social Cues — Cage The Elephant
In The End — The Cranberries
Trauma — I Prevail
Feral Roots — Rival Sons

Best R&B Performance:
“Love Again” — Daniel Caesar & Brandy
“Could’ve Been” — H.E.R. Featuring Bryson Tiller
“Exactly How I Feel” — Lizzo Featuring Gucci Mane
“Roll Some Mo” — Lucky Daye
“Come Home” — Anderson .Paak Featuring André 3000

Best Rap Album:
Revenge Of The Dreamers III — Dreamville
Championships — Meek Mill
I Am > I Was — 21 Savage
Igor — Tyler, The Creator
The Lost Boy — YBN Cordae

Best Country Song:
“Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
“Girl Goin’ Nowhere” — Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde, songwriters (Ashley McBryde)
“It All Comes Out In The Wash” — Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
“Some Of It” — Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson, songwriters (Eric Church)
“Speechless” — Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Dan + Shay)

Best Country Solo Performance:
“All Your’n” — Tyler Childers
“Girl Goin’ Nowhere” — Ashley McBryde
“Ride Me Back Home” — Willie Nelson
“God’s Country” — Blake Shelton
“Bring My Flowers Now” — Tanya Tucker

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
“Brand New Man” — Brooks & Dunn ft. Luke Combs
“I Don’t Remember Me Before You” — Brothers Osborne
“Speechless” — Dan+Shay
“The Daughters” — Little Big Town
“Common” — Maren Morris ft. Brandi Carlile

Best Country Album
Desperate Man — Eric Church
Stronger Than The Truth — Reba McEntire
Interstate Gospel — Pistol Annies
Center Point Road — Thomas Rhett
While I’m Livin’ — Tanya Tucker

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Thirsty Ghost — Sara Gazarek
Love & Liberation — Jazzmeia Horn
Alone Together — Catherine Russell
12 Little Spells — Esperanza Spalding
Screenplay — The Tierney Sutton Band

Best Gospel Album:
Long Live Love — Kirk Franklin
Goshen — Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers
Tunnel Vision — Gene Moore
Settle Here — William Murphy
Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album — CeCe Winans

Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album:
X 100PRE — Bad Bunny
Oasis — J Balvin & Bad Bunny
Indestructible — Flor De Toloache
Almadura — iLe
El Mal Querer — Rosalía

Best Americana Album:
Years To Burn — Calexico And Iron & Wine
Who Are You Now — Madison Cunningham
Oklahoma — Keb’ Mo’
Tales Of America — J.S. Ondara
Walk Through Fire — Yola

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Beastie Boys Book — (Various Artists) Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt, producers
Becoming — Michelle Obama
I.V. Catatonia: 20 Years As A Two-Time Cancer Survivor — Eric Alexandrakis
Mr. Know-It-All — John Waters
Sekou Andrews & The String Theory — Sekou Andrews & The String Theory

Best Song Written For Visual Media:
“The Ballad Of The Lonesome Cowboy” — Randy Newman, songwriter (Chris Stapleton), Track from: Toy Story 4
“Girl In The Movies” — Dolly Parton & Linda Perry, songwriters (Dolly Parton), Track from: Dumplin’
“I’ll Never Love Again” (Film Version) — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper), Track from: A Star Is Born
“Spirit” — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Beyoncé), Track from: The Lion King
“Suspirium” — Thom Yorke, songwriter (Thom Yorke), Track from: Suspiria

Best Music Film:
Homecoming — Beyoncé
Remember My Name — David Crosby
Birth Of The Cool — (Miles Davis)
Shangri-La — (Various Artists)
Anima — Thom Yorke

Best Children’s Album:
Ageless Songs For The Child Archetype – Jon Samson
Flying High! – Caspar Babypants
I Love Rainy Days – Daniel Tashian
The Love – Alphabet Rockers
Winterland – The Okee Dokee Brothers

 

For a full list of nominees, visit grammy.com.

Ashley McBryde To Launch The One Night Standards Tour In January

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Newly-crowned CMA New Artist of The Year, Ashley McBryde, announced her 2020 headlining tour today (Nov. 19). The One Night Standards Tour kicks off Thursday, Jan. 30 at the Saturn in Birmingham, Alabama—and continues until Thursday, April 23 at Floore’s Country Kitchen in Helotes, Texas.

In 2019 McBryde earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album and was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 31st  annual MusicRow Awards. She also earned ACM New Female Artist of the Year, CMT’s Breakthrough Video of the Year winner and CMT Artists of the Year’s Breakout Artist of the Year, culminating with last week’s win as the CMA’s New Artist of the Year.

“After nearly a decade playing, driving to any gig I could, I don’t know how to describe it exactly, it just felt different—like things were about to change,” reflects McBryde. “On the road, in writes around town…I didn’t know it could get any better than that. Well, I was wrong!”

Ashley McBryde’s 2020 One Night Standards Tour announced dates:
Jan. 30 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
Jan. 31 – The Lyric Oxford – Oxford, MS
Feb. 1 – Druid City Music Hall – Tuscaloosa, AL
Feb. 28 – Georgia Theatre – Athens, GA
Feb. 29 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
March 7 – 8 Seconds Saloon – Indianapolis, IN
March 19 – Bourbon Theatre – Lincoln, NE
March 21 – Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI
March 28 – Soul Kitchen – Mobile, AL
April 23 – Floore’s Country Kitchen – Helotes, TX

Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 22 at 10 a.m. local time.

Ryan Hurd Preps Platonic Tour With Adam Doleac, Niko Moon

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Ryan Hurd will embark on his headlining Platonic Tour, beginning Jan. 30. The tour will feature openers Adam Doleac and Niko Moon on select dates.

Fresh from opening for Old Dominion’s Make It Sweet Tour this fall, Hurd’s full-band show is headed to some of the country’s most respected rooms, including New York’s Gramercy Theatre, Nashville’s Cannery Ballroom, and Athens’ Georgia Theatre.

The Platonic Tour follows the success of Hurd’s latest radio climber, the Gold “To A T,” which has already reached No. 1 on SiriusXM The Highway’s Hot 30 Countdown.

Platonic Tour Dates:
Jan. 30 – The Bluestone, Columbus, OH
Jan. 31 – Manchester Music Hall, Lexington, KY
Feb. 6 – Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN
Feb. 7 – Minglewood Hall, Memphis, TN
Feb. 21 – 8 Second Saloon, Indianapolis, IN
Feb. 22 – Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, KY
Feb. 28 – Joe’s Sports Bar, Chicago, IL
Feb. 29 – St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
March 5 – Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY
March 6 – Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
March 7 – Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
March 13 – The Midland Theater, Kansas City, MO
March 14 – DelMar Hall, St. Louis, MO
March 19 – Terminal West, Atlanta, GA
March 20 – Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA
March 21 – Coyote Joe’s, Charlotte, NC

Luke Bryan’s Sold-Out Crash My Playa 2020 Announces Final Talent Line Up

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The final line-up of performers for Luke Bryan‘s sixth consecutive Crash My Playa 2020 was announced today (Nov. 19), including headliner Old Dominion as well as Lee Brice, Scotty McCreery, Granger Smith, Jordan Davis, Jon Langston, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack, Kendell Marvel and DJ Rock. The sold-out concert in the Riviera Cancun region of Mexico will take place January 22-25, 2020.

As previously announced, Bryan will headline two nightly concerts and Jason Aldean, making his debut at Crash My Playa, will headline one night. Dustin Lynch returns as the only artist who has appeared all six years of the event.

ATLive Partnership With MAC Presents Brings Stellar Line-Up To 90,000 Fans

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Photo: courtesy of AMB Sports and Entertainment.

AMB Sports and Entertainment (AMBSE) launched its first self-promoted concert series, ATLive this past weekend on November 15 and 17, bringing more than 90,000 fans together in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for two nights.

The impressive two-night line-up included country superstars Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, and Eric Church. Featured artists also included newly crowned Male Vocalist of the Year Luke Combs, four-time CMA and Grammy-nominated Brothers Osborne, as well as other hit makers Sam Hunt, Sugarland, Judah & the Lion, and newcomer singer-songwriters Cale Dodds and Caylee Hammack.

The line-up came to AMBSE in partnership with MAC Presents led by industry power house Marcie Allen. ATLive was produced by AMBSE with Messina Group overseeing production of shows.

“Mercedes-Benz Stadium is an unprecedented venue for the city of Atlanta, so it was important to showcase an equally one-of-a-kind lineup of all-star country talent for AMB Sports & Entertainment’s first concert series,” says MAC Presents President Marcie Allen. “Thanks to the incredible artists who performed and the 90k+ devoted fans who attended ATLive. Excited for 2020!”

Pictured: Luke Combs (center) with MAC Presents President Marcie Allen and her NYU Steinhardt class at ATLive on Sunday, November 17, 2019.

“From the beginning, our goal was to create a concert series that would be the must-see event for Atlanta while allowing us the opportunity to give back to our communities and those in need. We are thrilled to say that ATLive exceeded our expectations,” says Tim Zulawski, chief revenue officer, AMB Sports and Entertainment. “It’s important for our organization to provide fans the best possible experience and for our first self-produced music series, we couldn’t be prouder of its success both for us as well as the organizations that will benefit. We look forward to bringing ATLive back for year two in 2020.”

AMBSE, in partnership with the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, donated more than $100,000 each to two worthy organizations, the Johnny Mac Soldier’s Fund which honors military service and sacrifice by providing scholarships to veterans and military family members, and the Quest Community Development Organization whose mission is to develop affordable housing and provide needs-based community services for underserved individuals and families.

Matt Stell To Launch First Headlining Tour In January

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Matt Stell will begin his first headlining tour in January 2020. Stell’s Everywhere But On Tour launches Jan. 24 at Moonshine Flats in San Diego, California. The 24-date tour will feature support artists Chris Bandi and Ray Fulcher.

Stell’s debut EP, Everywhere But On, released May 24, driven by his Gold-certified, multi-week No. 1 hit “Prayed For You.” The track is the only debut artist single to top the chart in 2019; penned by Stell, Ash Bowers, and Allison Veltz, the track has earned more than 125 million streams.

Matt Stell Everywhere But On Tour Dates:
Jan. 24: San Diego, CA-Moonshine Flats
Jan. 25: San Bernadino, CA-The Brandin’ Iron
Jan. 30: Des Moines, IA-Wooly’s
Jan. 31: Sioux, IA-Anthem at the Hard Rock
Feb. 1: Dubuque, IA-Q Casino**
Feb. 6: Milwaukee, WI-The Rave II**
Feb. 7: Chicago, IL-Joes’s Bar*
Feb. 8: Minneapolis, MN-Wild Greg’s Saloon*
Feb. 13: Louisville, KY-Mercury Ballroom
Feb. 14: Warrendale, PA – Jergels*
Feb. 15: Rootstown, OH -Dusty Armadillo*
Feb. 27: Pensacola, FL-Wild Greg’s Saloon
Feb. 28: Macon, GA-Crazy Bull
Feb. 29: Savannah, GA-Saddle Bags
March 6: Ft. Myers, FL-The Ranch
March 11: New York, NY-Gramercy Theatre
March 12: Salisbury, MD-Blue Ocean Music Hall
March 13: Foxborough, MA-Six String Grill & Stage
March 14: Portland, ME-Aura**
March 18: Grand Rapids, MI-The Intersection
March 19: Ft. Wayne, IN-The Clyde
March 20: Columbus, OH-The Bluestone
March 21: Binghampton, NY-Touch Of Texas
March 28: Biloxi, MS-IP Casino Resort & Spa***

* dates without Chris Bandi, **without Ray Fulcher, ***without Chris Bandi and Ray Fulcher

Louis York Named To iHeartRadio’s “On The Verge” Program

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Louis York

Following the release of their full-length debut album American Griots—The Album, Nashville-based duo Louis York has been named to iHeartRadio’s “On The Verge” program, which runs through Dec. 22. As part of the program, “How Will I Feel,” the latest single from the duo, is being played on more than 25 Urban AC iHeartRadio stations in major markets, including Chicago, Detroit, Boston and Philadelphia.

“I’m really looking forward to our listener’s reaction when they finally hear Louis York’s ‘How Will I Feel’ on the radio. I was crazy about the song during the first listen,” stated Doc Wynter, iHeartMedia’s Executive Vice President of Urban / Hip Hop Programming Strategy.

Louis York’s Chuck Harmony and Claude Kelly debuted at No. 8 on the iTunes Album chart with the project, which features Nashville poet Caroline Randall Williams on several tracks, and includes “Teach Me A Song,” from country artist/writer Jimmie Allen.

Next up, the group will put on its annual Christmas Time with Louis York & The Shindellas on Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Franklin Theater in Franklin, TN. Additional east and west coast dates to be announced soon.