Listen to “Suwannee” HERE

Pillbox Patti is “breaking genre barriers” – Forbes

Earlier this summer Pillbox Patti introduced herself to the world with the release of “Good People” and “Young and Stupid.” On the heels of those tracks comes “Suwannee,” a country song that offers Pillbox Patti’s (Nicolette Hayford) unique perspective, and tell it like it is – the good, the bad, and the ugly – attitude. It’s a style Forbes called “hypnotic” and “poignant” while stating “It’s…honesty and authenticity that Hayford wants to share with listeners on her debut project.” Listen to “Suwannee” HERE.

Written by Hayford with Aaron Raitiere, Ashley McBryde, Park Chisolm, Benjy Davis, Connie Harrington and Joe Clemmons, and produced by Park Chisolm, “Suwannee” is an autobiographical song about Nicolette’s youth, growing up in Florida. She didn’t have a lot, but the hard times and spirit the of the state shaped her into who she is today. On “Suwannee” Pillbox Patti sings:

WAY DOWN UPON THE SUWANNEE RIVER
THAT’S WHERE I COME FROM
THAT’S WHERE I COME FROM
WHERE THE SUN SHINES FOREVER
IT’S DEEP IN MY BLOOD
YOU KNOW I GREW UP
BAREFOOT DRIVIN’ WITH SOME BUGS ON THE BUMPER
FREEBIRD FREE IN AN ENDLESS SUMMER
DOWN UPON THE SUWANNEE RIVER

THAT’S WHERE I COME FROM

Pillbox Patti is the evolution of celebrated Nashville songwriter Nicolette Hayford. She has penned hits like “One Night Standards” and “Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega” for Ashely McBryde as well as songs for Lainey Wilson, William Michael Morgan and Chrissy Metz. In 2021 she was named MusicRow’s Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year and nominated for ACM and CMA Song Of The Year Awards.

After years of writing for other artists, Hayford is finally stepping into the spotlight as an artist. The ten-year town put her into a box, so she ventured off with her tribe of writers and what has emerged is Pillbox Patti, allowing Hayford to say anything and everything she wants. The fresh, authentic take on growing up in her Country is crystallized through the lens of a Florida native delivering her youth and adulthood in an honest, spirited, not always pretty, package.

These three songs offer a first taste of music from her upcoming project. More music from Pillbox Patti will be released later this year.

2CD SET FEATURES LATEST STUDIO ALBUM PLUS RE-RECORDINGS OF CLASSIC HITS OUT OCTOBER 28

CLASSIC HITS ALSO AVAILABLE ON DOUBLE LP VIA BMG  [PRE-ORDER HERE]

On October 28th, acclaimed singer/songwriter Bryan Adams will release, So Happy It Hurts (Super Deluxe) – a 2CD set featuring his latest studio album. The package includes a second disc featuring 12 re-recorded classic hits paired with So Happy It Hurts. This is his fourth album release this year, the list of them is below:

– Classic (Parts 1&2) – a 2LP featuring 14 classic re-recordings and an exclusive etching. 

– Pretty Woman – The Musical featuring 16 songs

– So Happy It Hurts featuring 12 new songs

Pre-order all products HERE.

So Happy It Hurts (Super Deluxe) 2CD Tracklisting

Disc 1

1. So Happy It Hurts

2. Never Gonna Rain

3. You Lift Me Up

4. I’ve Been Looking For You

5. Always Have, Always Will

6. On The Road

7. Kick Ass

8. I Ain’t Worth Shit Without You

9. Let’s Do This

10. Just Like Me, Just Like You

11. Just About Gone

12. These Are The Moments That Make Up My Life

 

Disc 2

13. Summer of ‘69

14. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

15. Run To You

16. Heaven

17. Can’t Stop This Thing We Started

18. Cuts Like A Knife

19. Please Forgive Me

20. Straight From The Heart

21. When You’re Gone (ft. Melanie C)

22. Here I Am

23. Back To You

24. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman

“Damn Strait” Tops Billboard’s Country Chart for Third Straight Week

Triple Tigers recording artist Scotty McCreery, who is currently at No.1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart for the third consecutive week with his hit song “Damn Strait,” has partnered with Dr Pepper to give fans the chance to win “The Flyaway Experience You Deserve.” The grand prize includes travel, meet and greet, and tickets to one of McCreery’s shows later this year. Fans can visit DrPepperMusic.com/Scotty-McCreery to sign up for a chance to win, get more information and learn more about McCreery.

“I’ve been drinking Dr Pepper ever since I was a kid playing baseball with my friends. That was always our drink after the games,” said McCreery. “Dr Pepper has always been one of my favorites.”

McCreery’s Dr Pepper promotion kicked off on Aug. 1, via social media and centers around the North Carolina native’s recent No.1 hit “You Time,” which the singer wrote with Frank Rogers and Aaron Eshuis. McCreery will also be featured as part of Dr Pepper’s in-store display marketing materials in major grocery chains throughout select markets including Albertsons, Food City, Harris Teeter, Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, Walmart, Winn Dixie, and more throughout August.

“Damn Strait” is McCreery’s fifth consecutive No.1 hit, following “You Time,” “In Between,” “This is It,” and “Five More Minutes.” Upon the song’s release, Rolling Stone named it a “Pick of the Week” calling it “clever songwriting, delivered by one of the genres’ best King George disciples,” while Billboard praises, “Another ace is the clever track ‘Damn Strait,’ a rare outside cut on the project, penned by Trent Tomlinson and Jim Collins, in which McCreery name checks several of King George’s greatest hits.” Taste of Country recently named it “one of the top 10 country songs of 2022 so far.”

Both “Damn Strait” and “You Time” are featured on his current album, Same Truck, produced by Frank Rogers, Derek Wells, and Aaron Eshuis. Released in late 2021, the Garner, North Carolina native shifted his perspective to reflect on the last decade of his career and life with wife Gabi and dog Moose, with Tennessean sharing, “McCreery walks a sonic tightrope that leans into his country influences while not abandoning modern Music Row hitmaking,” while Sounds Like Nashville observes, “with 12 tracks in total, those songs ended up showing more maturity than ever, and exploring everything from the common bonds his fans share to the eternal flame of romance.”

McCreery and his wife Gabi recently announced in People that they are expecting their first child, a boy, to be born in early November.

Brice’s Overall Digital Streams Top 5 Billion on All Platforms 

Curb Records recording artist and one of Nashville’s biggest names, Lee Brice, has recently reached a feat few others have been able to accomplish in Country music – amassing 1 Billion streams on Apple Music worldwide. Brice, known for his authentic songwriting and captivating voice, is one of the most digitally consumed Country music artists to date. In the past three years, his Apple Music streams have more than tripled (+219%), helping to push his monumental climb to 1 Billion streams. This incredible milestone, combined with all other platform streams, places Lee’s total digital streaming imprint at over 5 Billion.

“What can I say? This is absolutely incredible!” says Lee. “I am so honored and humbled that folks connect with my music. I never would’ve dreamed that my songs would be listened to by so many and I want to thank everyone who has supported me along the way.”

Lee has had 17 songs hit the Apple Music Daily Top 100 Chart in 22 countries worldwide. His massive hit, “One of Them Girls,” reached the top five in multiple countries and became his first song to reach the Global Daily Top 100.

Lee’s current album, Hey World, has been one of his most successful projects of his career so far. The album has produced three #1 hits including “Memory I Don’t Mess With,” ASCAP’s 2021 Country Song of the Year, “One of Them Girls,” and “I Hope You’re Happy Now” with Carly Pearce, which scored a trophy for Musical Event of the Year at the 54th Annual CMA Awards and won both Single of the Year and Music Event of the Year at the 56th ACM Awards. The Grammy nominee has taken nine singles to #1 over his career, proving that the fans have an unwavering connection with Lee and his music. Lee’s most recent single off Hey World, “Soul,” is currently climbing both the Billboard and Mediabase Country Charts.

Currently, Lee is out on his headlining Label Me Proud Tour. The 23-market tour, which kicked-off last month, with support from Country acts Michael Ray and Jackson Dean. For select shows, Tyler Farr and Tim Montana will be making appearances during the tour. Tickets for the Label Me Proud Tour can be found here.

Nashville Supergroup Announces Tour Dates Ahead of Sept. 16th Debut EP

On the heels of releasing their debut single “Blinding Lights,” the Six One Five Collective (Jamie Floyd, Michael Logen, Nicole Witt, and Sarah Darling) has hit another milestone.

“Something Good,” written by the Music City supergroup’s Michael Logen, has been featured on Season 4 of Netflix’s hit series “Virgin River” (which premiered on July 20th), starring Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson.

“When your song is put to film, it becomes a whole new work of art and it’s always an honor to see how it’s used,” says Logen. “My friends Amy Stroup, Jeremy Bose and I wrote ‘Something Good’ about the elusive realization of goodness in the present moment, as it happens, rather than looking back. I’m honored that Netflix chose to use our song for ‘Virgin River’ and I love the way they used it!”

The Six One Five Collective debuted their acoustic cover of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” on July 15th — the first track off their upcoming EP Coastin’ (set for release on September 16th). “Blinding Lights” has been added to four playlists since its release: Apple Music’s “New in Country” and “Southern Craft,” and Symphonic Spotify’s “Fresh New Music” and “Cross Country.”

The group’s Witt and Logen head to Slovenia next month where they will represent the Six One Five Collective and the U.S. as Cultural Ambassadors for five August shows (tour dates below) before returning to Nashville for an all-member Sept. 1st Coastin’ EP release party show at 3rd and Lindsley — tickets available here.

 

Upcoming Tour Dates:
August 5th – Summer in Murska Sobota – Murska Sobota, Slovenia

August 6th – Wild West Fest on Fire – Dobrova, Slovenia
August 9th – TRBOVJE, Slovenia
August 10th – Vitanje, Slovenia (Noordung Space Center)
August 11th – The Festival IZREKANJA – Celje, Slovenia
September 1st – The Coastin’ Release Show at 3rd and Lindsley – Nashville, TN
September 3rd – Timber Lake Playhouse – Mt. Carroll, IL
October 8th – Wire and Wood Festival – Alpharetta, GA


About the Six One Five Collective’s artists:

Nicole Witt is a nationally-touring, award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for her soaring melodies and clever turns of phrase. She has written songs for artists such as George Strait, Lee Brice, Rodney Atkins, Jana Kramer, Terri Clark, Lauren Alaina, Balsam Range, Mandisa, and many more. In 2011, Witt received the international Bluegrass Song of the Year Award for Balsam Range’s “Trains I Missed.” In 2014, she was nominated for a Dove/GMA award for Country Song of the Year. She has moved into TV and film writing with song credits on shows like “Reign,” “American Idol” and the short film score called Black Mountain. Her latest cuts came in the spring of 2021 with a track called “Stronger” on Ellie Holcomb’s Canyon album and a song called “You Ain’t” that is set to release to Canadian country radio in the summer of 2022 by Canadian country star Aaron Goodvin and Meghan Patrick.

Witt has spent the last 10 years writing and touring while building a grassroots small business as an artist, songwriter & mentor. In the past 3 years she has played over 200 dates performing all over the country and world opening for Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion, Trace Adkins, Billy Currington, Bacon Bros & many more.

Michael Logen is a Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling singer/songwriter whose songs have been recorded by artists like Kelly Clarkson, Mat Kearney, Jonny Lang, Will Hoge, Brandon Heath, Marc Broussard, Sister Hazel, Sam Palladio, The Greencards, Ashley Monroe and others. He has opened for artists like John Legend, India Arie, John Hiatt and Sarah Jarosz as well as headlining multiple US and European tours. His songs can be heard on TV shows like “Virgin River,” “Nashville,” “Suits,” “Parenthood,” “Beauty And The Beast,” “The Fosters,” “One Tree Hill” and many others including The Olympics. During lockdown in Nashville in 2021, he released a duo project with friend and collaborator Jennifer Hanson entitled, “Here’s To Hoping”, garnering praise from both American Songwriter and Rolling Stone. Michael was recently named an official member of the prestigious Grammy @recordingacademy Class of 2021.

Jamie Floyd is a Nashville based two-time Grammy-nominated independent songwriter and recording artist. She has written songs recorded by Kelly Clarkson, Kesha, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Miranda Lambert, Ronnie Dunn, Sturgill Simpson, Ingrid Andress, Brian McKnight, Wrabel, Ty Herndon, Madi Diaz and more. New releases coming in 2022 include “The Blade,” co-written by Jamie and recorded by the legendary Ronnie Dunn for his new album 100 Proof Neon. Jamie also co-wrote 4 songs for the new Ty Herndon album JACOB. One of the tunes is a duet Jamie sings with Herndon, and she co-wrote the debut single from the album, “Till You Get There.”

Jamie has written extensively for film and television and as a composer and lyricist, she has written all the original music, 25 songs, for an upcoming new Broadway musical in development, “The King’s Wife.” She has toured nationally, including playing Stagecoach and headlining at The Washington State Fair with her band. After the independent release of her EP New Girl debuted at #6 on the iTunes Country Album charts, Jamie made her Grand Ole Opry debut, opening for Metallica and Three Days Grace. She is currently recording new music, due early 2023.

Iowa native Sarah Darling has developed collaborations with writers and producers in Nashville, Los Angeles, and the UK, giving her a distinct and contemporary country sound. Her credits include 5 full length albums, multiple singles and duets. The latest release, The Campfire Sessions, is an acoustic collection of country songs that inspired us all. Tracks include “Wide Open Spaces,” “Bring on the Rain,” “You’re Still the One,” and even a country version of “California Gurls.” The last full album release, Wonderland, reached #1 on the official UK Country Charts. She has over 20 million streams on streaming platforms, over 11 million video views, and over 600k worldwide fans. She has performed on many historic stages – Grand Ole Opry stage over 95 times, BBC Radio, C2C London, Conan, HLN and more. Sarah just finished her Coastin’ tour that took her from coast to coast this spring. Her new EP Darling is out now.