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Grand Canyon Shares First Concert Story with Digital Tour Bus

A couple years back, we were making slow progress writing our first album. We thought getting out of LA might help us focus, so we found an Airbnb about 5 hours north in North Fork and headed out of town.

On our first night, we went out for drinks at the one place in town that had its lights on. By the end of the night, we had drunkenly talked the bartender and owner into letting us play a gig at the bar on our final night in town. It was to be a three hour set of covers and originals. At the time, we had about 8 songs to our name, and we had never played a gig as a band. We had a few days to get about 25 more songs under our belt. Did I mention it would be our first gig as a band?

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Americana Highways Premieres Video for Boo Ray’s “Honky Tonk Dream”

Americana Highways is pleased to bring you this song premiere of Boo Ray’s “Honky Tonk Dream” from upcoming release Tennessee Alabama Fireworks, available Feb 15. “Honky Tonk Dream” features Boo Ray on lead vocals and guitar, Matt Workman on guitar and backing vocals, CJ Colandrea on steel guitar, Bill Baker on bass and Lemuel Hayes (Nicki Bluhm) on drums.The video was shot live at Sun Studio in Memphis and produced by John Cuniberti. Watch and take a virtual tour inside the studio, while you check out the shuffly rhythms and steel guitar supporting hazy imagery of the “juke joint scene.” From the “the hush before the midnight barroom minuet” to the “bottle broken on the floor” it’s a late night, closing time scene we can all relate to.

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CowBoys & Indians Share Early Listening of Michael McArthur’s “Ever Green, Ever Rain”

Soulful singer-songwriter Michael McArthur finds a ray of hope in the darkest of times with his forthcoming LP, Ever Green, Ever Rain.

Due out January 25, the new record shows an entrancing new side of the artist. With his emotionally confessional ballads, cinematic sounds, and hushed intimacy, he achieves and conveys a sort of state of grace, most evident perhaps on the song “Elaine”

The Daily Country Interviews With Michael McArthur

Over the past decade, Florida native Michael McArthur has filled a handful of EPs with his own mix of raw soul and lushly layered folk. In 2019, he makes his full-length debut with Ever Green, Ever Rain, an album that shows the range of McArthur’s gorgeous voice and ability to craft emotionally resonant songs.

Recorded with Grammy-winning producer Ryan Freeland and inspired by a period of isolation and self-repair, Ever Green, Ever Rain is earthy, creative, and introspective. Here, the singer-songwriter answers his e8 and speaks about the album’s title, trusting yourself, the romanticism of the road, and more.

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Charles Wesley Godwin Shares New “Seneca Creek” Video with Folk Radio

Seneca Creek is the new single from West Virginia-based songwriter Charles Wesley Godwin, a deeply introspective character sketch about the oft-romanticized agrarian lifestyle of Appalachia. It’s a threadbare tune featuring acoustic guitar and Godwin’s singular vocal delivery, as he croons about a life he has lived and left behind. It’s neither a positive or negative outlook on such a life–rather a “call it as you see it” offering to listeners. The video shows Godwin performing in-studio, letting the song speak for itself. This version of the song is the last track on his debut album Seneca, (out on 15th February) a moving snapshot of his 26 years of life and well-soiled roots in the Appalachian hills.

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New Music Video for Grand Canyon’s “Kansas City” Premieres on Wide Open Country

Los Angeles-based folk-rock band Grand Canyon deliver an ode to the open road with “Kansas City.” The song celebrates getting back to your roots over a ’70s rock groove that would sound at home on a mixtape between Fleetwood Mac and Jackson Browne.

Lead singer Casey Shea says the tune was partially inspired by the classic Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller song of the same name, which was recorded by Little Richard, The Beatles and more.