Billboard’s First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos & albums that dropped this week. READ MORE…
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Billboard features Bill Filipiak’s new Halloween-ready, Night of the Living Dead-themed video for “When the Blues Come Calling”
Bill Filipiak’s new Halloween-ready, Night of the Living Dead-themed video for “When the Blues Come Calling” was featured today in Billboard magazine’s First Country roundup, alongside artists such as George Strait, Cody Weaver and Maddie & Tae.
Billboard writes of the song: “harmonica-laced, country-blues … that addresses the persistent nature of depression. Like the album’s other songs, the track is aimed at acknowledging the ups and downs of humanity, and aiding others in managing life’s rougher moments.”
Read more and watch the new video here.
Billboard debuts new track from Sylvia Rose Novak, “Arkansas,” calling it “pensive … raw and full … spacious and delicate.”
Sylvia Rose Novak’s new album is called Bad Luck. But the Alabama singer-songwriter-bassist is actually celebrating some “great luck that I got to make the album I wanted instead of just settling for something.”
The 10-track set, whose pensive “Arkansas” is premiering below, certainly fits the adage of “if at first you don’t succeed…”
Billboard speaks with Craig Gerdes about his “universal and timeless” new single and forthcoming album, Tough As Nails
Inspired by people overcoming tough times, Craig Gerdes’ new “Tough as Nails” is universal and timeless. But current circumstances in the novel coronavirus pandemic have given the track, premiering on Billboard below from the country singer’s sophomore album of the same name, even more relevance than Gerdes could have imagined. READ MORE…
Lodge Room Highland Park’s owner & talent buyer chat with Billboard about COVID-19’s impact on independent venues
Since Wednesday when Washington Governor Jay Inslee issued an emergency declaration banning large events with 250 people or more due to the spreading coronavirus outbreak, a wave of other states including California, Ohio and New York have followed suit. READ MORE…
Billboard debuts new video from German indietronic group Chandeen
Chandeen’s Harald Lowy and Florian Walther pride themselves on making discoveries whenever they make an album. And for “Ocean Mind,” whose video is premiering below from their upcoming 19th release, Mercury Retrograde, the German electronic pop duo is showcasing a couple of its latest finds. READ MORE…