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Rising Country Singer-Songwriter Briana Dinsdale Releases New Single ‘Irresistible Force’

Briana Dinsdale’s fourth official single release ‘Irresistible Force’ is the perfect representation of her mature level of musicianship for her youthful age. Her unique, Country-Americana flaring sounds navigate their way through the ambient tones and moving lyrics based on her experience with teenage heartbreak. Co-written with Golden Guitar winner Melody Moko and produced by Melody’s husband Michael Muchow (Moko), ‘Irresistible Force’, truly is…..an irresistible force.

“To me ‘Irresistible Force’ is definitely the most heart wrenching songs I’ve put into the world. I wrote it with Melody Moko and I am so proud of how the song has turned out. It’s raw, honest, captivating, and heart-breaking yet heart-warming. I really hope that other people who may have had their heartbroken can connect and reminisce on those valuable moments”.

Brisbane based artist Briana Dinsdale has already achieved at 18 years what some folks could only dream of in a lifetime. A firm favourite with key industry tastemakers, Briana’s distinct and refreshing style of country has garnered support from the likes of the Country Music Association where she was recently announced by Tamworth’s CMAA as the 2022 Keith Urban Scholarship Award Winner – an incredible achievement by such an exciting and gifted, rare musical talent.

Her debut single ‘Ball And Chain’ smashed opening targets all round, heading straight to number 15 in the Australian Independent Music Chart and charting on many independent charts around the world. Her live performances are also worth noting. At home on the stage since the age of eight, Briana has performed at the Gympie Music Muster, Tamworth Country Music Festival and on the Melting Sunsets line-up alongside Pete Murray, The Whitlams and more. Furthermore, Briana was awarded the Bronze award by the International Singer Songwriter Association in the Emerging Artist of the year category when she was only 17.

Briana has also received support from further afar with a steadily growing fanbase consistently following her next move. With only a handful of releases out, the artist has been achieving undeniable feats, a reflection and credit to her multi-talented musical prowess and maturity. Watch out for this young star on the rise!

Signed to BBR Music Group’s Stoney Creek Records, multi-platinum recording artist and songwriter Jimmie Allen has been blazing trails since the beginning of his breakout career.

Multi-platinum, GRAMMY and NAACP Image Award nominated, CMA and ACM winner Jimmie Allen has released his third studio album Tulip Drive.

“This is the first [album] where I chose to write songs about my own personal experiences, thoughts and hopes… A lot of these songs are based off things I went through when I was in later in high school and college, at a place where I was just learning a lot of life lessons from my grandmother,” he has said of Tulip Drive.

The result is a body of work that reflects Allen’s signature approach to music, including appearances on the 17-song record that range from fellow stars (Jennifer Lopez, CeeLo Green, T-Pain) and rising talent (Katie Ohh) to family ties (his 8-year-old son, Aadyn).

Allen kicked off the release celebration last night at the iHeartRadio Theatre in Los Angeles with an interview and performance at the iHeartCountry Album Release Party with Jimmie Allen presented by AT&T Dream in Black, which video streamed on iHeartRadio’s YouTube along with being broadcast across iHeartRadio’s Mainstream Country stations. Watch Allen’s performance of “be alright” from the party now.

The lead single from Tulip Drive, “Down Home” – which takes shape as a letter to Allen’s late father – continues to climb the country airplay charts and has garnered more than 20 million global streams. The song has been hailed by Billboard as a “winner… a musician vessel detailing both precious moments he spent with his father, but also how life has progressed since his father’s passing” and a “power ballad that exudes sincerity” by MusicRow.

The music video for “Down Home” was co-directed by Allen & Chris Beyrooty and filmed between Allen’s hometown of Milton, DE and nearby town of Lewes, DE; a poignant visual complement to the song, purposely shot in black & white to keep focus on its subject matter and featuring many locations vital to Allen and his father’s relationship – Allen’s childhood home, the baseball field his father taught him how to play on, and his father’s favorite restaurant, among others.

Much like Tulip Drive’s predecessors, the album’s title is deeply personal to Allen’s family ties – Tulip Drive is the name of the street in Lewes, DE his late grandmother lived on. Allen’s 2018 debut album Mercury Lane was named for the street Allen grew up on, and his 2020 & 2021 releases, Bettie James & Bettie James Gold Edition, were named for his grandmother (Bettie Snead) and father (James “Big Jim” Allen), who passed away in 2014 and 2019, respectively.

Allen has been on the road on the Down Home Tour since its sold out start in February. The 20+ date trek marked his first solo headline tour and will conclude with the second annual Bettie James Fest on August 13 at Hudson Fields in Milton, DE. This year’s slate of performers include We The Kings, Lainey Wilson, Neon Union, Chayce Beckham, JJ Rupp and Kounty. Allen will once again serve as headliner for the festival, which he established in 2021 in honor of his grandmother father.

Earlier this year, Allen was nominated for Best New Artist at the 64th Annual GRAMMY® Awards, Male Artist of the Year at the 57th ACM Awards (which he co-hosted alongside Dolly Parton & Gabby Barrett) and Outstanding New Artist at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards. He is the reigning CMA New Artist of the Year and earned his third career No. 1 with “Freedom Was A Highway” in February.

Queensland country rock band, Beyond Sippy Creek, return with their brand-new single ‘Open Road’, telling the real-life story of what it’s like to be a young country musician, hitting the open road with your mates, and doing what you love most … Playing live music!

Kaleb Rowe, Tate Doneathy, Emily Derksen, and Ethan Robinson are Beyond Sippy Creek, a country rock band based on the Sunshine Coast QLD. All four members of the band met whilst high school students studying their craft at the Australian Music Conservatory Sippy Downs, three years ago.

They shake the foundations with pure energy of modern country rock, providing a great sound with a dynamic front man, and punchy guitar tones supporting their multi-harmony vocal delivery.

It’s their diverse range of styles and their performance that reflects a young, pure, down to earth experience that is Beyond Sippy Creek.

Too much space brings community disconnect.

Community and connection with others is at the heart of Sari Abbott’s new single, ‘Too Much Space’.

Inspired by the events of the COVID-19 lockdowns and physical distancing, the Sunshine Coast singer-songwriter penned ‘Too Much Space’ when shops closed down and people became worried about being close to each other, in a usually inclusive community.

“I remember walking down to Noosa Junction and everything being closed on a Friday and it was so weird because usually there would be five musicians playing all night,” she said. “It had a feeling of loneliness and emptiness, and everyone got a bit scared of each other. I feel like the whole community went downwards and being a tourist spot, people became suspicious of interstate number plates.”

Sari said she felt disconnected and separated in a community where people were usually talkative and friendly to each other, and so this song was born.

Adding to the COVID-19 theme of the song, ‘Too Much Space’ was penned via a Zoom co-writing session with Cass Hopetoun and Blake Dantier.

“I was feeling like my home was becoming a ghost town and they were feeling the same and had experienced the disconnection between people and community,” Sari said.

With the release of ‘Too Much Space’, Sari hopes to encourage people to reconnect as life returns to normal.

“I think a lot of people are feeling like this, and we are all a community, but suddenly that all changed,” she said.

“As we wrote in the song, I hope we can be side-by-side not miles apart and maybe we can just hit restart and start being people together again. As much as it can’t change people’s opinion on the matter, maybe some people will realise they miss talking to their neighbours and they’ll have a coffee with them and start reconnecting.”

Noosa local Chris Kay shot the accompanying video for ‘Too Much Space’, using the Sunshine Coast as the set.

Lovesick Drifting Cowboy – the follow up single to James Robert Webb’s First #1 Hit

• Lovesick Drifting Cowboy already has over 7 Million views on TikTok!
• Spotify > 49,000 on 287 playlists
• Youtube Video Views: >13,000

• The Music Row Independent Artist of The Year notches his 10th Top 40 on the Country Breakout Chart and is on track for a seventh consecutive Top 30 appearance.

• Already a #11 hit at Texas Regional Radio Report, Lovesick Drifting Cowboy was just 2 spins away from his second Top 10.

• Knocking on the door of Top 40 Billboard Indicator and already Top 30 on Music Row.

“Lovesick Drifting Cowboy is a solid song. It’s got that southern rock country vibe that we all need, even if we don’t think we do.”
– Colby Ericson, PD, Host 35 South Radio

“should be the official song for every Honky Tonk!!”
– Steve Kelly, PK KKOW, KPGG, Pittsburg/Joplin/Texarkanna

Following up his Texas (TRRR) #1 hit “Stealing Home,” James Robert Webb’s brand new single, “Lovesick Drifting Cowboy” is a Hank Willliams-inspired country standout with grit. The song benchmarks the first of a series of self-produced singles for the 2022 Music Row Independent Artist of the Year, who accepted the honor at the Music Row Magazine’s 20th Annual Country Breakout Awards in February (more here ).

Co-written with Shelby Lee Lowe and Victoria Powell, the inspiration for the single’s title came from Hank Williams’ band The Drifting Cowboys and his song “Love Sick Blues.” With dynamic vocals and textured instrumentation, “Lovesick Drifting Cowboy” is destined to echo the success of Webb’s prior releases.

About the song, Webb says:

“We wrote this song pre-pandemic, back in 2017. It was inspired by country icon and legendary songwriter, Hank Williams, Sr.. The title of the song itself is a nod to both Hank’s band and his famous cover of Love Sick Blues. It was one of his most enduring songs even though his team didn’t want him to record it.

Everyone has an opinion on Hank, but I consider him the original outlaw country artist. He was also just a massive superstar and a big component of his music was pop and blues.

For me, [Lovesick Drifting Cowboy] is a more visceral song. I wanted the record to update that Hank Sr. country roots sound by way of the blues. That’s certainly what Hank was and I wanted to pay homage to that. When I listen, I can see Hank’s band travelling down that dusty Lost Highway. There’s also an edge that reflects my influences–it’s definitely a preview of what’s to come for me as an artist.

It appears that 2022 is shaping up to be a banner year for the independent artist, whose previous single not only gave him his first, #1, it became his 9th MusicRow top 40, peaking at #25–and his fourth consecutive Billboard Indicator top 40. The Oklahoma-native will also be releasing a 100-proof white-aged whiskey later this summer, in honor of the 2021 chart-topping hit, “Okfuskee Whiskey.”

Praise From Radio

“James Robert Webb has taken himself to the next level. Little Waylon vibe Charlie Daniel’s too, Country through and through!”
– Doris Day, KXIA, Marshalltown, Iowa

“If you want to know why JRW is the Music Row Independent Artist of the Year just listen….’nuff said!”
– Mike Thomas, PD/MD, KFAV, Warrenton, MO

ARIA Chart-topping artist Lyn Bowtell continues to bring the joy with her latest single, ‘Maryanne The Optimist’, grabbing the attention of radio and charts.

On release, June 10, the single debuted in the top 20 of the iTunes Country Songs Chart, and continued to take over charts across the nation. ‘Maryanne The Optimist’ spent two weeks on the AMRAP Regional Chart, where it reached No. 3, charted across adult contemporary, country and all genres on the PlayMPE charts, hitting No. 1 across genres, reached No. 5 on the Country Radio Charts, and has debuted on the Country Songs Top 40, where Lyn had all three of her latest singles charting at the same time.

Lifted from Lyn’s ARIA Country No. 1 album, ‘Wiser’, ‘Maryanne The Optimist’ is about that person who is a mentor, a friend, a sister, a mother, who happens to run a cafe serving her customers wisdom and kindness with every hot beverage.

“Writing this song with Kevin Bennett was a joy,” Lyn said. “It’s always exciting, taking an idea and bringing it to life with a co-writer like KB. I’d had the idea for many years but I was waiting for the right time to finish it, and COVID lockdown in 2020 proved to be just that time.”

It was as though Lyn manifested Maryanne into being when searching for the star of the film clip to accompany the single.

“The music video was filmed at my local cafe, The Holy Cuppa, Greta by Duncan Toombs from The Filmery,” the nine-time Golden Guitar winner said. “It features Gabi Blisset who played fiddle on the track and ‘Nanny Neve’ (as she’s affectionately known) as the barista.

“Lynneve is our little village’s very own Maryanne The Optimist; she’s one of those warm women, a ‘mother hen’ – and I recommend stopping for a kind word, a cup of tea or an almond latte anytime you’re passing through the Hunter Valley.”

As well as releasing sales and radio chart-topping music, Lyn was inducted into the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame in Tamworth in April 2022 and will be back on the road on her Wiser Album Tour through NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia from August.

‘The Moon’ shines a light on Ashleigh Dallas’ family life, and is the final piece of the puzzle for her upcoming album.

Family means everything to the 2022 Female Artist of the Year Golden Guitar winner and, after welcoming baby Lillian to their family on May 31, merely a month later, Ashleigh welcomes a new musical baby with this single.

‘The Moon’ came to the Kootingal singer-songwriter via a prompt from Sam Hawksley’s Song Club. Each week the participants of Song Club write a song from a prompt, which was ‘a dollar and the moon’ on this occasion.

“It was written very late at night and (husband) Chris was away, I was home because of COVID lockdowns and it was that idea that you would trade the dollar to be under the moon with all those people you love,” Ashleigh said.

“The story connected with me and it was a bit emotional to write because Chris and I have juggled with both of us having to go away to work throughout our relationship, but the ultimate dream is that you could be together all the time, but life isn’t that simple.”

In the song, ‘The Moon’ is the constant in their lives because, no matter where they are when they’re apart, they’re standing under the same moon.

It’s a concept that many people deal with, and is sure to resonate with Ashleigh’s listeners.

“Whenever you leave your family home, or the people you love, you go away knowing that you love what you do, but you yearn for what’s back home,” she said.

“It was 100 per cent my diary entry because playing gigs away often means being in motels on our own. When you do go away, people think it is a glamorous lifestyle and it does have its perks, but most of the time you have to go back to a motel room on your own and scroll through a phone looking at what you’re missing out at home.”

The Dallas family now has two children and Chris has work close to home in Tamworth, but Ashleigh is preparing to head back out on the road when the time is right.

“When I wrote this, with the stop on working away for musicians, it was a different life to be adjusting to because I’ve been travelling and juggling jobs since the age of 14,” she said.

“You miss the bug of travelling, but when you’ve created a family, you need to be home. This is my final single before the full album comes, so I hope it engages and connects with people and makes them think of their own story.”

Ashleigh’s music is all about songs and stories from the heart and she won two Golden Guitars in April in Tamworth for Female Artist of the Year and CMT Video Clip of the Year with Luke O’Shea for ‘Long Way ‘Round’ .

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of Diesel’s first solo record, Hepfidelity. Featuring the hit singles ‘Tip Of My Tongue’, ‘Man Alive’ and more, the record was a huge success on release – it reached #1 on the ARIA charts and stayed there for 4 weeks, and won the ARIA Award for Album Of The Year.

To celebrate the momentous anniversary, Diesel has uncovered 10 unreleased tracks from the era that were recorded around the world. This transforms the original 11-track record into a double album, which will be pressed in full on vinyl for the first time ever.

Fans can stream the new track ‘Ride’ now and pre-order the full double-album on vinyl.

Out August 5.

BIO

Born in Fall River Massachusetts, the youngest of seven children from a saxophone-playing tech technician father and a mother in nursing, Mark Lizotte aka DIESEL grew up in Australia and in the U.S.

He formed the band ‘Johnny Diesel & The Injectors’ in 1986 from remnants of a previous band before embarking on a solo career in 1991. Diesel recently celebrated 30 years “off the bus” landing in Sydney in 1987 after a 3-day bus journey across Australia, launching into 9 shows per week – and the rest, as they say, is history.

With over thirty-five singles, multiple number 1 albums, 6 ARIA awards and a million records sold, DIESEL is a journeyman of music. With blues music in his DNA, an influence largely from his father’s record collection, DIESEL has blended styles to come up with a truly unique sound, punctuated with his distinct guitar playing and vocals.

Two-time Golden Guitar winner Tom Curtain is back with the brand-new track, ‘Why We Live Out Here’. The rousing ode to life on the land is the first single to be lifted from his forthcoming fifth studio album.

“It’s the way of life, country atmosphere / That’s why we live, why we live out here,” sings Curtain in the brand-new track. The love letter to rural living certainly hits the ground running; a booming drum beat tangled in soaring guitars creates the backdrop for what is sure to become an outback anthem.

Although, the joyous tune was born out of struggle. “The people out here in the bush have been smashed over the last few years with some pretty life changing events, with the extreme drought, bushfires, the floods to name a few,” says Curtain with a solemn tongue. “I heard a few people say, ‘why would anyone want to live out there’, and so I thought it could be a great topic to expand on and explain why people love it out here. There’s no denying times can be incredibly tough on the land but there are definitely some cracking reasons to spend your life in the heat and dust.”

The NT native co-wrote ‘Why We Live Out Here’ with his good friend (and accomplished songwriter in his own right), Matt Scullion, and Australian country music legend, Garth Porter. “Matt was travelling the country and dropped into Katherine in the NT on a Sunday afternoon,” divulges Curtain. “I mentioned the idea of writing a song and his eyes lit up, so we gave it a crack, and nearly had it finished before he was on his way again.”

Garth Porter would be the man to produce the new single. Having worked with countless big names, like Lee Kernaghan, James Blundell, Gina Jefferies, Sara Storer and so many more, Curtain knew the song was in more-than-capable hands. It was within the storied walls of Porter’s Rancom St Studios that Curtain and Scullion’s draft found its final legs. “The recording process was amazing,” recalls Curtain. “You have this idea of what the song sounds like and then when all the musicians begin to play the whole song comes to life and it just feels totally mind blowing.”

Curtain doesn’t just perform country music – he lives and breathes it. After discovering his passion for songwriting, while working in the stock-camp of Mt Sanford Station, NT, he released his first album, Smack Bang, in 2004. He toured with some of Australia’s biggest – Sara Storer, The Sunny Cowgirls – but eventually stepped away from music to establish his business and support his young family.

When he finally returned in 2017 (a decade later), with his third album, Territory Time, it was to many accolades. The album debuted at #1 on the iTunes Country Albums charts, while his duet with Luke O’Shea, ‘Never Never Land’, scooped up two Golden Guitar awards for CMC Video Clip of the Year and Toyota Heritage Song of the Year. But it didn’t stop there. Curtain also won the prestigious Australian Independent Artist of the Year at the 2018 Southern Stars Australian Independent Country Music Awards in Mildura, together with Album of the Year, Single of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year.

Curtain now splits his time between his music and the Katherine Outback Experience – an outback show that he says, “combines the training of working dogs, wild horses, infused with a little country music”. KOE is operated by Curtain in Katherine, NT from April to the end of October, then for the summer, he hits the road. “The last 5 years we have toured for 6 months over the summer, right around the country performing to a lot of different crowds in amazing towns and venues. We head off again on the East Coast Tour in October, heading to Cairns and down the coast to Victoria.”

Tom Curtain’s ‘Why We Live Out Here’ regales us with the simple pleasures found in rural living. Its direct message is beautifully communicated through Australian imagery, reminding us of Curtain’s unquestionable authenticity. It’s clear this much loved and awarded, singer-songwriter still has some of his best work ahead of him.

Today, boundary-breaking dance artist and producer Alesso joins forces with pop phenomenon Zara Larsson for a majestic new single called “Words.” Out now via 10:22PM / Astralwerks, “Words” is accompanied by a high-concept and wildly dazzling video.

An undeniable triumph from the two Swedish powerhouses, “Words” is written by the global superstars along with Karen Poole (Kylie Minogue) and recent Brit-award winning songstress Becky Hill. The song merges Alesso’s dynamic sound design with a magnetic vocal performance from Zara. With its dizzying yet immaculately arranged layers of beats, the high-energy track takes on a thrilling intensity as Zara confesses to a certain fear of vulnerability in love (from the massively catchy chorus: “I got the words ‘I love you’ sitting on the tip of my tongue”). All glossy hooks and unbridled emotion, “Words” ultimately arrives as an unstoppable anthem for owning your fear and following your heart.

Directed by Jason Lester (a filmmaker/photographer known for his work with artists like Julia Michaels and Lauv), the video for “Words” finds Zara as a goddess in gold and white among statues from the past. As the mystical visual unfolds, Alesso soon emerges in a shadowy yet neon-lit industrial space. Shot on film and elegantly evocative, the result is a spellbinding collision of futurism, classicism, high-end fashion, and rave culture. Alesso searches for Zaramaking the trek towards her leaving the industrial darkness behind and stepping into the light.

“Words” follows the one-two punch of Alesso’s recent singles “Only You” (a Sentinel-assisted anthem hailed as a “progressive house gem” by Dancing Astronaut) and “Dark” (a moody and kinetic piece handcrafted for THE BATMAN). As the latest high-profile collaboration from Alesso, “Words” drops just months after the GRAMMY®-nominated visionary teamed up with Katy Perry on “When I’m Gone” – an irresistibly explosive track that soon saw him making his “Saturday Night Live” debut alongside the global pop superstar and a troupe of mushroom dancers. The critically acclaimed hit also amassed praise from a great number of outlets, including INTERVIEW, V MAGAZINE, PAPER, PEOPLE, and many more.

ABOUT ALESSO:

A global maverick in the dance world, Alesso has repeatedly proven that his influence transcends boundaries and crosses over into countless genres – to that end, he’s collaborated with such eclectic artists as OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, Calvin Harris, Tove Lo, Liam Payne, James Bay, Marshmello, Swedish House Mafia’s Sebastian Ingrosso, Hailee Steinfeld, Florida Georgia Line, Anitta, and more. With his past hits including the platinum-certified “If I Lose Myself” and gold-certified “Under Control,” the Swedish native has also found major success with “Calling (Lose My Mind),” which topped the Billboard US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. On Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, his massive breakup anthem “Let Me Go” – a collaboration with Hailee Steinfeld and Florida Georgia Line – reached No. 9, while “Is That For Me” peaked at No. 25.

In 2020, Alesso released a pair of hit singles: “Midnight,” featuring former One Direction member Liam Payne, and “THE END” with goth-pop singer/songwriter Charlotte Lawrence. He also had an explosive 2021, releasing a slew of records: kicking off with his East Asia fueled “Going Dumb (with Stray Kids & CORSAK),” he later closed the chapter to his PROGRESSO series with PROGRESSO VOL 2. Alesso next delivered his cosmic love ballad “Chasing Stars (with Marshmello feat. James Bay),” the dynamic “Rescue Me (with Danna Paola)” from the Blade Runner Black Lotus soundtrack, and his highly-anticipated winter floor-filler “Somebody To Use.” To cap off a monumental year, he made his NFT debut with the Cosmic Genesis collection and then ended 2021 on a bang with “When I’m Gone” – his colossal collaboration with Katy Perry, primed to usher in an even greater 2022. To date, Alesso has performed at international festivals ranging from Tomorrowland to Ultra Music Festival to Electric Daisy Carnival, with his national TV experience including closing out GMA’s Summer Concert Series, performing on “The Late Show with James Corden,” taking the stage at the AMAs and making his “Saturday Night Live” debut in January 2022 with Katy Perry.

ABOUT ZARA LARSSON:

All women have superpowers. Wielding those superpowers, Zara Larsson provokes and pushes pop music and culture forward with empowered, enlightened and energized anthems that soar and seduce all at once. With every move, she continues to quietly make history and break records: her RIAA platinum-certified 2017 full-length, So Good, notably stands out as the second-most-streamed debut on Spotify by a female artist ever. Zara’s growing catalogue boasts one smash after another, including the triple-platinum ‘Never Forget You’ with MNEK, the platinum ‘Lush Life’ and ‘Ain’t My Fault’, as well as unstoppable Clean Bandit collaboration ‘Symphony’. Along the way, she has received various awards and honors at the Swedish Grammy Awards, Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, MTV EMAs, and even graced the stage of the Nobel Peace Prize concert. 2020’s second international album, Poster Girl, featured breakout hits ‘Ruin My Life’, ‘Wow’, and saw Zara make further strides towards Pop’s top table working alongside the likes of Max Martin and Young Thug. Launched entirely in lockdown, the project has surpassed 1 billion streams, seen Zara perform virtually for Roblox and host a spectacular show in partnership with fellow Swedish icons Ikea on International Women’s Day, before playing a sold-out European arena tour. “One of pop’s biggest and outspoken stars” (The Guardian), watch out for more from Zara Larsson coming soon.