New Music Video From Bri Bagwell - "The Rescue"

Courtney Patton, Jamie Lin Wilson, Reckless Kelly, Parker McCollum, Randy Rogers Band, Wade Bowen, Bruce Robison, William Clark Green, Bri Bagwell, Stoney LaRue Among Artists On Cross Canadian Ragweed Tribute Album

Album: The Years: A Musicfest Tribute to Cody Canada and the Music of Cross Canadian Ragweed

Label: Right Ave

Release date: January 22, 2021

At one of America's longest-running music festivals earlier this year, some of Texas music's best paid tribute to Cody Canada and the music of Cross Canadian Ragweed and that music has now been culled into an album and released this week. This past January (and pre-covid), artists gathered together in Steamboat to honor the many incredible accomplishments of the Texas/Red Dirt Legend Cody Canada.

Included in the projected are artists such as Courtney Patton, Jamie Lin Wilson, Reckless Kelly, Parker McCollum, Randy Rogers Band, Wade Bowen, Bruce Robison, William Clark Green, Bri Bagwell, Stoney LaRue and many more. 

This tribute concert gave Texas and beyond top artists the unique opportunity to express how Canada’s music has influenced them personally and professionally as they performed their own renditions of his music. Those tributes were recorded live and captured each artist's renditions of Cody Canada's Red Dirt songs. 

1. Constantly - Parker McCollum

2. Bang My Head (feat. Cody Canada) - Copper Chief

3. Don't Need You - Read Southall Band

4. Fightin' For - Reckless Kelly

5. 17 - Jamie Lin Wilson

6. This Time Around - Randy Rogers

7. 42 Miles - Casey Donahew

8. Sick and Tired (feat. Jamie Lin Wilson) - Wade Bowen

9. Carney Man - Mike McClure

10. Breakdown - Bruce Robison

11. Alabama - Courtney Patton

12. Johnny's Song - William Clark Green

13. On a Cloud - Doug Moreland

14. Run to Me - Bri Bagwell 

15. Broken (feat. Cody Canada) - Stoney LaRue

16. Dead Man - Jade Marie Patek

17. The Years - BJ Barham

Hear It Here: The Texas Red Dirt Choir's "Faith In The Water"

For the writers and singers of “Faith in the Water” this new song is more than a song, it’s a statement. A statement of resolve that’s as big as the State from which it hails. Written by singer-songwriters Roger Creager and Kyle Hutton, the song paints a picture of the despair, hope, and determination on the faces of their friends and neighbors in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and accomplishes a feat possibly unmatched in Texas Music history.... Twenty-five of the Texas's most accomplished artists have joined their hearts and voices to form The Texas Red Dirt Choir in a quest to raise money for those affected by the $190 billion dollar storm.

 

“Faith in the Water” reflects more than just the generosity of the front-men and women that sing on the project. The song, recorded in famed Bismeaux Studios (Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel), features an incredible list of artists that make up the Texas Red Dirt Choir:

Josh Abbott, Bri Bagwell, Ray Benson, Jason Boland, Wade Bowen, Roger Creager, Deryl Dodd, Kevin Fowler, Susan Gibson, Pat Green, Josh Grider, Kristi Grider, Matt Hillyer, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Kyle Hutton, Jack Ingram, Cody Johnson, Micky and Gary Braun of Micky & The Motorcars, Mike Harmeier of Mike & The Moonpies, Cory Morrow, Kyle Park, Dave Perez, Willy and Cody Braun of Reckless Kelly, Heather Stalling, Max Stalling, Larry Joe Taylor, Koe Wetzel, and Jamie Lin Wilson. Also featuring - Curtis Lee, Sheree Smith, Demetrius D-Soul Davis, Ange Kogutz

 Download, stream, donate, SHARE:  www.faithinthewater.org

Bri Bagwell Kickstart(er)s Her New Release, When a Heart Breaks

Bri Bagwell, the two-time reigning Texas Regional Radio Music Female Vocalist of the Year has just released a brand new album entitled When A Heart Breaks. Released independently, the music is a mix of her home state of New Mexico, her adopted home state of Texas and Nashville, where she has a publishing deal with Sony/ATV on Music Row. She had also previously competed on CMT's Next Great Superstar.

Her first full-length album has just been delivered after a successful pledge drive raised almost $30,000 on Kickstarter.

“There’s two years of life in there,” she said. “There definitely was some heartbreak, but we balance it out with some fun songs and some silly stuff, too.”

Bagwell said being one of a comparatively few female Texas country leaders was a struggle at first.

“Initially, a lot of people don’t want to book a female, which is so bizarre to me,” she said. “I just kind of put my head down and worked as hard as I could.

“I don’t know exactly why it’s harder for a female, but we all agree it is,” she said.

 She fell in love with music at an early age, and started playing in a band with her older brothers while just a teenager growing up in New Mexico. A couple of weeks after turning 18, she moved to Austin, TX to study at UT and begin her music career in the live music capital of the world. Late nights, rowdy Texas crowds, and being alone on stage with just a guitar shaped her onstage charismatic charm.

Her first CD, Banned from Santa Fe, released June 2011, sold through several printings, and gained traction very quickly among music fans. Bri Bagwell was the only female artist on the Texas Music Chart for a few weeks with her single, also titled “Banned from Santa Fe" and her song "Whiskey" became her 1st Texas Chart Top 15 hit.

In 2013, Bri released her self-titled EP, which featured two brand new radio singles, “Hound Dog” and “Crazy”. Her latest radio release, “Crazy,” has been praised for its witty and relatable lyrics, and was another Texas song charter.