2015 ACMA Nominee’s Announced!
December 1st, 2015 (Edmonton, AB) – The Association of Country Music in Alberta (ACMA) has released its Nominee’s for the 2015 ACMA Awards being held in Red Deer on January 31st, 2016.
From now until Friday January 8th, 2016 ACMA members can cast their vote and have their say in who becomes this years winners.
Congratulations to Hey Romeo, The Orchard, The Boom Chucka Boys, Amy Metcalfe and Rob Smith on your Nominations!
For a complete list of all the Nominee’s in each category and to cast your VOTE, please visit: http://abcountrymusic.ca/nominees.aspx
Tickets for the 2015 ACMA Dinner and Awards Show are on sale now!
About the Association of Country Music in Alberta (ACMA)
Established in 2008, the ACMA is a membership-based, non-profit organization whose mission is to develop, nurture and promote Alberta Country Music and its Artists, and to support the Alberta Country Music Industry and its Alberta based companies to the best of our ability.
Sponsors of the ACMA and the 2015 ACMA Dinner and Awards Show include the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA), 840 CFCW Edmonton, Hanson Productions & Entertainment, XM105 Whitecourt, CISN Country Edmonton, Country 105 Calgary, Royalty Records Inc., Ranchman’s Cookhouse & Dancehall, Exposure Productions and the Sheraton Hotel Red Deer.
BY HEART – THE BRAND NEW SINGLE FROM ROBYN & RYLEIGH
ROYALTY RECORDS & SONY MUSIC CANADA
*CANCON*
Langley, B.C. sisters Robyn and Ryleigh’s new single “By Heart” is a story of love at first sight and spiritual connection; the kind of moment everyone wants to experience in life. The song was written for them by their friend Kat Higgins (of The Higgins) and delivered with R + R’s trademark sibling harmonies- which give the anthemic choruses a true lift from the Heart.
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UPCOMING TOUR DATES
November 21st- Surrey Tree Lighting Festival, Surrey, B.C.
November 27th- Festival of Lights- Summerland, B.C.
December 6th- Timmy’s Christmas Telethon- Shaw TV
January 2016 – select dates in Ontario TBA
February 2016 – Alberta and Saskatchewan TBA
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OFFICIAL BY HEART MUSIC VIDEO:
TRISTAN HORNCASTLE – DRINKIN’ GIRL (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
STAY HOME THE NEW SINGLE FROM BLAKE REID
ROYALTY RECORDS & SONY MUSIC CANADA
PRESENT…
“STAY HOME” is Blake’s single being released in conjunction with and in support of his Album “RUST” which was released October 30th 2015.”RUST” peaked at #17 on the Canadian country iTunes chart on it’s release day last Friday.
No other art form puts more stock in authenticity than country music, and there’s never been any question about that with Blake Reid. Just get the native of Cremona, Alberta talking about his upbringing and you’ll hear more than enough proof. In fact, there’s a story that in many ways best sums up Reid’s latest album, Rust, released October 30th 2015. It goes something like this: One of his most cherished possessions is his grandfather’s ’72 Chevy pickup, which he’s managed to keep running like a top. One day, Reid’s young son asked why he’s never repainted the worn-down spot on the window edge of the driver’s side door. Reid’s response? That’s the place where his grandfather’s elbow always rested and covering it up would erase part of his story.Rust is brimming with similar tales, showcasing Reid’s status as a true workingman’s poet.
All of those elements add up to the vision Reid had for Rust from the beginning, celebrating the future while honouring the past. It was a concept that Reid’s producer Phil O’Donnell—one of Nashville’s many transplanted Canadians, whose songs have been recorded by the likes of George Strait, Blake Shelton and Brad Paisley—latched onto immediately. “Phil just has the right feel for current sounds, and also a deep understanding of everything that’s necessary to make great records,” Reid says. “All the players on the album were hand-picked CMA award winners, and being able to work with them at Legends Studio in Nashville, where Willie and Waylon and so many of my other heroes made records, was really a dream come true.”
RUST Available in stores and on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/
Check out BLAKE REID online:
www.blakereid.ca
https://www.facebook.com/
https://twitter.com/
CANADIAN COUNTRY SINGER BLAKE REID RELEASES SOPHOMORE ALBUM RUST
CANADIAN COUNTRY SINGER BLAKE REID RELEASES SOPHOMORE ALBUM RUST
2. Rust
3. Cowboys Were Kings
4. Ghost
5. Windmill
6. Sounds Like A Song
7. Mile Of Dust
8. Whiskey, Lonely And Me
9. How Country
10. Irol Johnson
11. That’s What Grandpas Do
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DRINKIN’ GIRL THE BRAND NEW SINGLE FROM TRISTAN HORNCASTLE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 19TH, 2015
DRINKIN’ GIRL THE BRAND NEW SINGLE FROM TRISTAN HORNCASTLE OUT TODAY!
Royalty Records artist, Tristan Horncastle’s brand new single Drinkin’ Girl hits country radio and online today. This first single depicts the blossoming of a true love story that unfolded for Tristan and his fiancé when they first met. Singing from real experience, Tristan performs this song straight from the heart.
When you hear a Tristan Horncastle song, whether it’s the Friday night anthem “She Brings The Beer” or the yearning “You Want,” you’re hearing his life. With the Canadian radio success of his Top 5 selling debut album A Little Bit Of Alright having established Horncastle as an undeniable breakout artist, he’s eager to share more of his life on his brand new single, “Drinkin’ Girl,” a taste of his next album, Turnin’ Up A Sundown, due out in February 2016.
“Today is the release of my new single “Drinkin Girl”. Releasing my first single, was pretty exciting, but I’m even more pumped about this one! This was one of my favourite songs to write and I am super happy with the outcome. It says so much and it’s how I met my fiancé. Some believe in love at first sight, some don’t. I never did, but I do now. Hope you enjoy!”
Since releasing his first EP in 2011, the Fredericton, New Brunswick native has shared stages with the likes of Travis Tritt, Dean Brody, Joe Diffie and Leann Rimes. Horncastle’s hard work and dedication culminated in 2015 with a nomination in the Canadian Country Music Association Awards’ Rising Star category and Canadian Radio Music Award nomination for Best New Group of Solo Artist in the Country category and most recently 3 Wins at Prix Music NB Awards for Album of the Year, Country Artist of the Year and Fans’ Choice.
Along with that recognition, Tristan Horncastle’s honest songwriting and down-to-earth personality has him poised to make an indelible mark on the country music scene.
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For more information and media inquires, please contact:
Kathryn Hummel
Royalty Records
kathryn.hummel@royaltyrecords.ca
(416) 712-9375
TRISTAN HORNCASTLE TAKES HOME THREE PRIX MUSIC/MUSIQUE NB AWARDS!
TRISTAN HORNCASTLE TAKES HOME THREE PRIX MUSIC/MUSIQUE NB AWARDS!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
(Moncton, New Brunswick – October 16th, 2015)
The gala kicked off Festival (506), a four-day event that showcases some of the best of the New Brunswick music industry. The festival aims to present a diverse, comprehensive and all around awesome experience for delegates and fans alike!“Wow, what a night here in Moncton, NB for the Prix Music NB Awards!
Music/Musique NB (MNB) is the provincial music industry association that elevates NB’s music community through development, promotion and celebration. Music/Musique NB (MNB) is a provincial music industry association that provides a support network for musicians, managers, and businesses that are involved in the creation of music within the province of New Brunswick. MNB is a non-profit association with ties on regional, provincial, and national levels with government agencies and departments who enable us to lobby and promote our industry and our artists whenever possible. MNB’s primary responsibility is to represent the interests of its members and foster the New Brunswick music industry.
Kathryn Hummel
Royalty Records
kathryn.hummel@royaltyrecords.ca
(416) 712-9375
ROBYN & RYLEIGH NOMINATED IN 3 CATEGORIES AT THIS YEARS BC COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Announced on September 21st, 2015 in Vancouver BC, the BC Country Music Associatino Award Nominees. Among the list of artists and industry up for awards this year, is Robyn & Ryleigh who are nominated for Group/Duo of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Website of the Year. The 38th Annual BCCMA Awards Show will be held on Sunday, October 25th, 2015 at The Hard Rock Casino (formally Red Robinson Theatre)
For more info on this event and to purchase tickets please phone 604-533-5088 (tickets not available at the door).
TRISTAN HORNCASTLE NOMINATED FOR 3 PRIX MNB AWARDS!
Moncton, NB (September 21, 2015) – And the secret is out: Music•Musique NB (MNB) has unveiled the list of contenders for the 6th annual Prix MNB Awards, which Tristan Horncastle is amongst the nominees in 3 categories for Album of the Year, Emerging Artist of the Year and Country Artist of the Year. A total of 30 awards will be presented to artists and industry professionals who have made their mark on the NB music scene in 2014-15.
The winners will be announced during a gala event on Thursday, October 15 at the Tide and Boar Ballroom (700 Main St. Moncton, NB). The gala will kick off Festival (506), a four-day event that showcases some of the best of the New Brunswick music industry. The festival aims to present a diverse, comprehensive and all around awesome experience for delegates and fans alike!
Tickets for the gala and event passes are on sale at www.musicnb.org
THE POLLS ARE OPEN
It’s now time to vote! Like last year, some categories will be open to the public and the membership to vote on and some will be evaluated solely by a qualified set of jurors.
Genre-specific as well as certain industry categories will be determined solely by a panel of jurors. General categories recipients will be decided by the general public (25%), jurors (25%) and MNB members (50%). All nominees from general and genre specific categories will automatically be eligible for the Fan’s Choice Artist of the Year award, which will be determined 100% by the public.
Voting begins online at www.musicnb.org on Monday, September 21st and ends on Friday, October 9 at 12 noon.
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BRAND NEW ALBUM FROM HEY ROMEO OUT THIS WEEK!
For Immediate Release:
Alberta-based, CCMA Award winning Country band Hey Romeo
set to release Ride With Me EP September 25th
(Toronto, On –September 21st) – Hey Romeo’s records always reflect their commitment to their craft, their fans and each other, and Ride With Me (Royalty Records/Sony Music Canada) is no exception.
On Ride With Me, vocalist Stacie Roper, guitarist Darren Gusnowsky and keyboardist Rob Shapiro offer up their signature blend of harmonies, but also display a deeper, more fluent dialogue as players and songwriters than ever before.
Preoccupied with beginnings and endings, the 7-song EP dwells equally on the hope new relationships inspire and the places where love went wrong, treading the line between heartbreak and happiness and on songs like the tongue in cheek lead single, ‘Pushing Up Daisies,’ and rockers like ‘If That Sounds Like You’ and ‘Don’t Cry To Me’ – a track that finds Hey Romeo stretching out to create a unique style of modern country with echoes of 80’s New Wave haunting the edges.
Ride With Me’s title track finds Gusnowsky stepping up to take on lead vocals for the first time since Hey Romeo’s self-titled debut, adding substantial depth to the record and displaying just how much talent the trio possess, individually and collectively.
Ride With Me features an aggressive, more modern sound for the band, a seamless blend of country, roots and straight ahead rock and roll that’s a product of Shapiro and Gusnowsky’s insistence on producing the EP themselves, capturing Hey Romeo’s live sound on record and, Shapiro says, “Owning the album from the bottom up.”
Put bluntly, Hey Romeo have put in their 10,000 hours and then some, and that shows on Ride With Me; a set of songs so true to life, listeners will hear their own lives reflected in them on the very first listen.
About Hey Romeo: Over the years Hey Romeo have toured extensively, playing countless shows on their own and with artists including Sugarland, Darius Rucker, Gord Bamford, Johnny Reid, Alan Jackson, Terri Clark and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
In that time Hey Romeo have been awarded multiple CCMA Awards beginning with Top New Talent of the Year (2008), and Group or Duo of the Year two years running in 2011 and 2012. In 2014 their single, ‘Hello Patio,’ from the I Got This EP garnered the band the Alberta Country Music Award (ACMA) for Song of the Year.
Track List:
If That Sounds Like You
Pushing Up Daisies
After All This Time
Ride With Me
Don’t Cry To Me
Something I Could Get Used To
Half Your Love
RADIO VISITS/TOUR DATES
Sept 24 – Leduc, AB (Special acoustic appearance – The One radio station) Stage 1, Jonathans Lounge, Denim Inn and Suites
Sept 25 – Red Deer, AB (performing on KG Sessions)
Oct 16 – Edmonton, AB (CFCW Listener Appreciation Party) The Venue-Rivercree Casino
Oct 17 – Grande Prairie, AB (Corporate Event)
Oct 24 – Edmonton, AB (STARS 5th Building Magic in the Air Gala) Chateau Lacombe
Dec 3 – Fort McMurray, AB (Corporate Event) Sawridge Inn
Dec 10 – Fort McMurray, AB (Corporate Event) Sawridge Inn
2016 Canadian Co-headline Tour – Dates TBA
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