Growing up in Florida, Laura Rabell’s childhood was filled with music. She sang in the Pensacola Children’s Chorus, took piano lessons, and performed in musical-theater productions. But she never gave herself permission to pursue music as a career. Putting her passion for music on the back burner, Rabell ended up working a corporate gig in Charlotte, N.C., after college. But after a few years of careful planning to make it all possible, Rabell and husband

Mando Saenz is a Nashville-based artist, journeyman writer, and musician. He’s become one of the most notable songwriters in country music and is establishing a sound uniquely his own. There’s no question as to why he has more than 50 cuts from some of today’s biggest artists (like Lee Ann Womack and Miranda Lambert). On his dynamic new solo album, All My Shame, Saenz fully embraces his pop and classic rock influences for the first

On May 7, Smoke from the Chimney, a nine-song album of never-before-heard Tony Joe White tunes, will be released on Easy Eye Sound. Produced by Dan Auerbach and rounded out by Nashville’s most seasoned studio musicians, Smoke from the Chimney started out as a number of unadorned voice and guitar demos from White’s home studio before being transformed into full-band arrangements harkening back to the albums he recorded in the late ’60s and early ’70s

Justin Moses is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist celebrated as one of the most versatile musicians in all of acoustic music. A prominent Nashville session musician, he has appeared on stage or in the studio with an endless list of diverse artists. In 2018 and 2020, he was named Dobro Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association. His new album, “Fall Like Rain,” released on Mountain Fever Records on Jan. 22. And now, we’re

Since writing his first song at the age of 11, Sammy Brue has released three EPs, his New West full-length debut, I Am Nice, and a 2018 EP, Down with Desperation. But these myriad accomplishments may have just been the setup for what is arguably his finest work to date, Crash Test Kid. The Ogden, Utah, native has always been an artist seemingly wise beyond his years, but on Crash Test Kid, he often gets

Owners of Samsung Smart Televisions can now watch DittyTV and its award-winning music programming via the Samsung TV App Store. “We continuously pursue new distribution platforms to introduce music fans to our member artists, labels, industry, and partners,” says Ronnie Wright, DittyTV CEO. “DittyTV remains free to the consumer, and we are excited about the global reach the Samsung TV platform offers.” DittyTV, a 24/7 Music Television network headquartered in downtown Memphis, Tenn., is excited