Tai Shan is a Nashville-based country, pop-folk singer, composer, and songwriter. A Cornish College of the Arts trained classical and jazz composer, Shan finds fresh sounds to convey her country folk songs with. The songs support her soprano voice as she sings of the matter of the heart with her purposeful lyrics. Shan is releasing a new single titled “Ripe on the Vine.” The song was recorded in Seattle with a grant she received from the Jack Straw Cultural Center. Musicians playing include electronica drummer Devin Bews, jazz bassist Marina Christopher, funk keyboardist Joey Walbaum and Shan’s husband, Austin Garrison, on [...]
Country music star Jason Aldean is releasing his ninth album. Appropriately titled, 9 on Broken Bow records. Produced by Michael Knox, which Aldean has worked with on all his previous albums, 9 continues in his usual manner. The album contains a grand total of sixteen tracks. The sounds are all typical Aldean, pop-country delivered with his smooth masculine country-tinged voice. The songs were recorded at The Conderosa, College Grove, TN. and Treasure Isle Studios, Nashville, TN. The majority of the tunes are on the mellow side with a couple low, medium tempo songs with big distorted guitar riffs to wake us up.
“Tattoos and Tequila” begins our [...]
Sofia Boyden was Born in Missoula, Montana, and raised in Gig Harbor, Washington. Boyden developed a deep love for country music. When she graduated High School, she went to Nashville to record her upcoming EP with Grammy nominated producer Jeff Pardo (Ben Rector, Lady Antebellum, Danielle Bradberry). The EP will be released on November 8, 2019 and Boyden has already released two singles from the EP. “Blame It On My Heart,” which was released earlier this year and now, Boyden is releasing the second single “Prove You Wrong.”
“Blame It On My Heart,” as one would expect from the title, is a romance song. Boyden explains, “I wanted to write [...]
Charlotte Pike is the name of a country band that is made up of Lauren and Brent Gafford. The husband/wife duo is methodically conquering the Nashville scene as well as traveling the country playing shows. The couple met in 2013 during their senior year of college at UGA and Auburn University, respectively. Brent had already been gigging as the frontman for his band, the Brent Gafford Band based in Athens, GA. The two instantly hit it off and thus a romantic and a musical bond pursued. Lauren soon became a full-time member of the band, adding a new layer of harmony as the band settled into the Atlanta music scene. Fast-forward six years and 400+ [...]
