All Them Witches released their newest single, “1X1,” today (Oct. 31) via New West Records. “1X1” follows their acclaimed 2018 album ATW and is their first new music as a paired down trio (keyboardist Jonathan Draper left the group in October 2018).
The psych-rock group produced the single at their own complex, “The Church,” located just outside of their hometown of Nashville. “1X1” is available now for free download via Bandcamp and will be available across all digital retailers tomorrow (Nov. 1).
The band—comprised of Charles Michael Parks, Jr. (bass, vocals), Ben McLeod (guitar, vocals) and Robby Staebler (drums, vocals)—will launch a 23-date U.K. & European tour supporting the Swedish band Ghost in Nottingham, UK on Nov 16. Upon returning home to Nashville, they will appear for three consecutive nights at the famed club Exit/In, closing out their successful 2019. All tour dates listed below.
All Them Witches On Tour With Ghost:
11/16 – Nottingham, UK Motorpoint Arena
11/17 – Cardiff, UK Motorpoint Arena
11/18 – Glasgow, UK SSE Hydro
11/20 – Dublin, IE 3Arena
11/22 – London, UK Wembley SSE Arena
11/23 – Leeds, UK First Direct Arena
11/25 – Copenhagen, DK Forum Black Box
11/28 – Helsinki, FI Hartwell Arena
11/30 – Katowice, PL Spodek
12/1 – Prague, CZ Universum
12/3 – Budapest, HU BSA
12/4 – Zagreb, CRO Mochvara *Headline Show
12/5 – Mantova, IT PalaBam
12/6 – Zurich, CH Halle 622
12/8 – Barcelona, ES St. Jordi
12/10 – Lisbon, PT Sala Tejo
12/11 – Madrid, ES Wizink Centre
12/13 – Strasbourg, FR Zenith
12/14 – Schweinfurt, DE Stattbahnhof *Headline Show
12/15 – Munich, DE Zenith
12/17 – Luxembourg, LU Rockhal
12/18 – Nantes, FR Zenith
12/19 – Toulouse, FR Zenith
12/27 – Nashville, TN Exit/In *Headline Show
12/28 – Nashville, TN Exit/In *Headline Show
12/29 – Nashville, TN Exit/In *Headline Show
Keith Case To Be Honored At The Ninth Annual NATD Honors Gala
/by Lorie HollabaughThe Nashville Association of Talent Directors Board has chosen to honor Keith Case posthumously at their upcoming 9th Annual NATD Honors Gala on Nov. 19 at Nashville’s Hermitage Hotel.
Case was renowned for his work with Bluegrass and Americana artists, represented countless acts, and started his own booking agency, Keith Case and Associates, which was influential in both bluegrass and Americana music. He passed away on Sept. 3, 2019.
Stephanie Langston from Nashville’s WKRN and Shawn Parr from Cumulus’ “Nash Nights Live” will emcee this year’s event. Honorees being awarded for their accomplishments and service to the Nashville entertainment industry this year include (In-Memoriam) Former CEO of Capitol Christian Music Group Bill Hearn, publishing and radio legend fondly nick-named “the Mayor of Music Row” Charlie Monk, recently retired GM of the Nashville Municipal Auditorium Bob Skoney, head of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp Butch Spyridon, receiving the “Colonel Tom Parker Award” legendary music agent Bonnie Sugarman, Premier Global Productions and Country Thunder’s Troy Vollhoffer, and the best-selling/most-awarded female Gospel artist of all time CeCe Winans.
The Gala will begin with a reception at 6 p.m. CT followed by dinner and an awards ceremony. Tickets for the Gala can be purchased here.
Dwight Yoakam, Ronnie Milsap, Joe Diffie To Play Big Sky Music Festival
/by Lorie HollabaughDwight Yoakam has been announced as the headliner of next year’s Canadian Big Sky Music Festival, to be held July 18, 2020. Ronnie Milsap and Joe Diffie will also perform at the festival, located on picturesque Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, Ontario.
The festival will also include a craft market loaded with artisan talent, a classic car show and new this year a sparkling big rig show & shine, as well as a variety of food and beverage vendors.
Additional artists on the lineup will be announced in the coming weeks. Limited early bird tickets for the festival are on sale at noon ET today at bigskymusicfestival.ca.
Chris Tomlin Preps Christmas EP For Nov. 15
/by Lorie HollabaughChris Tomlin is debuting a new single digitally today (Nov. 1) with the release of “Christmas Day” featuring We The Kingdom. The song is part of the Christmas Day: Christmas Song of Worship EP available on Nov. 15 and will feature four songs, including three originals including “Christmas Day,” as well as the classic “Little Drummer Boy.” This is Tomlin’s first new Christmas music since 2015’s Adore and his gold-selling Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship from 2009.
“I’ve always loved Christmas and get so excited when we have the opportunity to create new music to worship Jesus, especially this time of the year,” said Tomlin.
The release comes on the heels of Tomlin’s Fall tour, which he wraps this weekend, and the launch of his upcoming 12-city holiday tour, Chris Tomlin Christmas: Christmas Songs of Worship Tour, which kicks off Dec. 2.
CMA Touring Awards Nominees Announced
/by Jessica NicholsonCMA members in the following membership groups are eligible to vote on the 15 categories up for awards: Advertising/Public Relations/Media, Affiliated, Artist, Entertainment Services, Marketing/Digital, Musician, Personal Manager, Record Label, Talent Agent, Talent Buyer/Promoter, Touring, and Venue.
Final voting for the 2019 CMA Touring Awards opens Thursday, Nov. 7 and closes Wednesday, Nov. 20. This year’s Touring Awards will take place Tuesday, Jan. 21 at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works.
Final nominees for the 2019 CMA Touring Awards are as follows:
CATEGORY 11 – TALENT BUYER/PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
Weekly Radio Report (11/1/19)
/by Alex ParryClick here or above to access MusicRow’s weekly CountryBreakout Radio Report.
Industry Pics: Darryl Worley, Reba McEntire, David Starr, John Oates
/by Jessica NicholsonDarryl Worley Co-Hosts “Stomping Out Cancer” Event
Darryl Worley, Jim Brown, and Gary Chapman hosted the charity event Stomping Out Cancer on Oct. 23 at 3rd and Lindsley. All proceeds from ticket sales went to benefit the Darryl Worley Cancer Treatment Center for continued research of cures to fight against cancer. The lineup also included Curb recording artist Mo Pitney as well as Allie Colleen, Ashlyn Grayce, and Charly Reynolds.
Reba McEntire Celebrates Upcoming Spotify Podcast
Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Spotify
Dustee Jenkins, Spotify’s Global Head of Communications and PR; Marian Dicus, Spotify’s Global Head of Artist and Label Services; Reba McEntire; Brittany Schaffer, Spotify’s Head of Artist and Label Services Nashville; and Jeremy Erlich, Spotify’s Head of Music Strategy attend Spotify’s launch of its new podcast with country icon Reba McEntire at the Bridge Building on October 29, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Spotify)
David Starr, John Oates Preview New Album
Pictured: Ryan Cunningham (THG), Olivia Baker (Richlynn Group), Billy Holland (THG), Ron Backer (THG), John Oates, Mike D’Ancona (THG), David Starr, Kate Richardson (Richlynn Group), and David Kalmusky (Addiction Sound).
David Starr and John Oates announced Starr’s new single and upcoming project, Beauty and Ruin, at a artist and industry packed event at InDo Nashville this week. The Americana concept album, set for release in February 2020, features songs written by artists who were inspired by David’s grandfather’s long lost novel, Of What Was, Nothing is Left. The team on the project includes The Holland Group (THG) and Richlynn Group and it was recorded in Nashville at Addiction Sound, produced by John Oates and co-produced by David Kalmusky and Starr.
Downtown Nashville Preps Traffic Adjustments In Preparation For CMA Awards
/by Jessica NicholsonThere will be several traffic adjustments in downtown Nashville as the city prepares for The 53rd Annual CMA Awards, airing live from Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 7-10 p.m. CT on the ABC Television Network. Production set-up and clean-up for the show will require special traffic patterns that are in effect beginning Sunday, Nov. 3 and continue through Thursday, Nov. 14. All times Central.
From 6:00 AM Sunday, Nov. 3 until 6:00 PM Thursday, Nov. 14, the northbound sidewalk along Sixth Avenue next to Bridgestone Arena from Broadway to Demonbreun Street will be closed.
From 6:00 AM Sunday, Nov. 10 until 3:00 AM Thursday, Nov. 14, one westbound lane as well as the westbound sidewalk next to Bridgestone Arena along Demonbreun Street from Fifth Avenue to Sixth Avenue will be closed.
From 1:00 PM Sunday, Nov. 10 until 3:00 AM Thursday, Nov. 14, Sixth Avenue between Demonbreun Street and Broadway will be closed.
From 6:00 AM Tuesday, Nov. 12 until 3:00 AM Thursday, Nov. 14, Demonbreun Street from Fifth Avenue to Sixth Avenue will be closed, as well as sidewalks.
From 6:00 AM Tuesday, Nov. 12 until 3:00 AM Thursday, Nov. 14, Fifth Avenue from Broadway to Demonbreun Street will be closed, leaving the northbound lane open after Hilton Drive for Hilton exit only. In addition, the sidewalk next to Bridgestone Arena along Fifth Avenue from Broadway to Demonbreun Street will also be closed.
From 6:00 AM Wednesday, Nov. 13 to 3:00 AM Thursday, Nov. 14, the following streets will be closed:
The 53rd Annual CMA Awards are hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guest hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton and broadcast live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8/7c on the ABC Television Network.
DISClaimer: Luke Bryan, Rissi Palmer Lead New Releases
/by Robert K OermannToday, we’re visiting with some of our old country-music buddies.
Veterans Shenandoah, Charlie Daniels, T.G. Sheppard and Exile are here with new music. So are perennial DisClaimer faves Shane Owens and Aubrie Sellers.
The Disc of the Day is a toss-up between Rissi Palmer and Luke Bryan. Both of them deserve your audio attention at once.
We have no newcomers to the column today, but both Rissi and Dallas Remington are making just their second appearances, so welcome them both with open arms.
RISSI PALMER/Seeds
Writers: Rissi Palmer/Deanna Walker/Rick Beresford; Producer: Shannon Sanders; Publishers: Rissi Palmer Stypmann/Go Little Kayak/Main Squeeze, BMI; Baldilocks
– Stirring, thumping and anthemic, this is a call to unity and battle cry of freedom, hope and power in the face of oppression. March on, sister: I hear you loud and clear.
MITCHELL TENPENNY & SEAFORTH/Anything She Says
Writers: Mitchell Tenpenny/Tom Jordan/Mitch Thompson/Andy Albert/Jordan Schmidt; Producer: none listed; Publishers: none listed; Riser House/Columbia
– Gently bopping with a white-guy r&b vibe, this has nicely contrasting lead vocals and a steady, bob-your-head rhythm groove. I can hear how the not-too-country kiddies would dig it.
SHANE OWENS/Hard Luck Girl
Writers: none listed; Producer: none listed; Publisher: none listed; Amerimonte
– It’s a toe-tapping honky tonker that’s bound to bring a smile of recognition to anyone nursing a beer and a busted heart. Also, there’s just the right revenge-touch of “payback’s a b*tch.” With this guy, real country music never goes out of style.
T. G. SHEPPARD/I Wanna Live Like Elvis
Writers: Chip Davis/Billy Davis/Doug Graham; Producers: T.G. Sheppard & Buddy Hyatt; Publisher: none listed; Leopard
– We can all aspire to live like fabulously wealthy folks do. When you fantasize about being fabulous in over-the-top, tasteless excess, now you’re talkin.’ Very cute. I especially liked the ad-libbed “thankyaverymuch.” You’ll find this on T.G.’s first new solo CD in more than 20 years, Midnight in Memphis.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Drinking Alone
Writers: Brett James/Carrie Underwood/David Garcia; Producers: Carrie Underwood/David Garcia; Publishers: Warner Chappell/Capitol Christian Music Group
– She’s not looking for a pick-up. She just wants to be drinking alone, together, in a misery-loves-company kinda way. The fourth single from Cry Pretty is a slow jam, but she’s still hitting that vocal “money note” every chance she gets.
EXILE/16 Tons
Writer: Merle Travis; Producer: Exile; Publisher: none listed; Big Horse (track)
– The new double album is called The Garage Tapes. So this is the reunited band, jamming live on what sound like demos in an echoey garage. But you know what? It all comes across kinda cool, especially this homey, funky revival of a Tennessee Ernie Ford 1955 country classic. I dig it.
SHENANDOAH & CHARLIE DANIELS/Freebird in the Wind
Writers: Nelson Blanchard/Scott Inness; Producer: none listed; Publisher: none listed; Shenandoah
– Charlie recites a poem visible at Ronnie Van Zant’s gravesite to begin this Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute ballad. The band apes the Southern-rock idiom instrumentally while lead singer Marty Raybon pleads a lyric that recalls the 1977 plane crash that claimed Skynyrd bandmembers’ lives. There’s an accompanying video with vintage Skynyrd performance footage, B-roll of the band on board the fateful plane and some somewhat ghoulish shots of the crashed aircraft.
AUBRIE SELLERS/Worried Mind
Writers: none listed; Producers: Aubrie Sellers & Frank Liddell; Publishers: none listed; Soundly Music
– As before, her country-as-grits vocal contrasts strikingly with a garage-rock backing band. This time, the anxiety in the lyric matches perfectly with the discordant electric guitar. She’s one of a kind, and more power to her.
DALLAS REMINGTON/Huntin’ Season
Writers: Dallas Remington/Allie Colleen/Cyndi Limbaugh Torres/Scott Barrier; Producers: Eric Torres/Kim Franca; Roadwarrior
– She’s still a teen, but this feisty, blunt gal knows exactly who she is. This tongue-in-cheek ditty is a no-nonsense sass-attack on a cheating ex. Stomping and catchy.
LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight
Writers: Luke Bryan/Ross Copperman/Hillary Lindsey/Jon Nite; Producers: Jeff Stevens/Jody Stevens; Publishers: none listed; Capitol/UMG
– Hot, hot, hot. This is one of the most overtly sexual country singles in recent memory. The throbbing track steams as warmly as the lyric. He’s coming off yet another No. 1 hit, and I think I just heard another.
All Them Witches Plot Three Exit/In Shows, Drop New Single
/by Haley CrowAll Them Witches released their newest single, “1X1,” today (Oct. 31) via New West Records. “1X1” follows their acclaimed 2018 album ATW and is their first new music as a paired down trio (keyboardist Jonathan Draper left the group in October 2018).
The psych-rock group produced the single at their own complex, “The Church,” located just outside of their hometown of Nashville. “1X1” is available now for free download via Bandcamp and will be available across all digital retailers tomorrow (Nov. 1).
The band—comprised of Charles Michael Parks, Jr. (bass, vocals), Ben McLeod (guitar, vocals) and Robby Staebler (drums, vocals)—will launch a 23-date U.K. & European tour supporting the Swedish band Ghost in Nottingham, UK on Nov 16. Upon returning home to Nashville, they will appear for three consecutive nights at the famed club Exit/In, closing out their successful 2019. All tour dates listed below.
Industry Executive Joe Mansfield Passes
/by Jessica NicholsonMusic industry veteran Joe Mansfield died on Thursday morning (Oct. 31) at the age of 77. Mansfield’s music industry career started with the San Antonio radio station KMAC/KISS in 1962.
He worked as VP, Merchandising for CBS Records in New York, managing seven creative departments, after working his way up through CBS branch manager positions in Atlanta and Dallas. From 1978-1981, he served as VP, Marketing at Columbia Records in New York, working with artists including Journey, Chicago, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith and more. He then served as Division VP, Contemporary Music for RCA Records in New York, and VP, Marketing at Capitol Records in New York.
From 1990-1992, he worked as VP, Marketing and Sales for Capitol Nashville/Liberty Nashville, as part of the team behind the launch of Garth Brooks’ meteoric career, while also overseeing a roster that included Tanya Tucker, Billy Dean, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and more. He became a partner in Mansfield-Martinovich Associates, which provided consulting services for artists including Brooks, Wynonna, Willie Nelson and others. He then served as President/CEO of Asylum Records in Nashville.