New Music Video Performance From Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Jenny Gill & Corinna Grant Gill - "You Are My Sunshine" (Live at the Opry)

That Nashville Sound Saturday Newsbytes: New Albums, New Videos & COVID-19 Hits Joe Diffie

As the earth spins around like any other day, our lives living on this big rock are anything but. Terms like social distancing have gone mainstream and yesterday, a massive 2+ trillion dollar economy stimulus bill was passed to help rescue some of the reported 25% of Americans that have lost their job or been furloughed in this crazy time. Here's hoping you can let country music help be a diversion from some of the harsher stuff going on in the world...

~ Country music fans can’t come to Nashville to see the Grand Ole Opry, so Circle All Access and the Opry are bringing Saturday Night Opry to the globe. Tune in tonight for the Opry’s 4,917th consecutive Saturday night show as Vince Gill, Amy Grant, daughters Jenny Gill and Corrina Grant Gill take the stage for an intimate live performance.  Tune in to the livestream event at 8PM ET / 7PM CT on Saturday, March 28 at Circle All Access on Facebook, or Circle All Access on YouTube.

~ Think a healthy thought for country legend Joe Diffie. Diffie, 61, has tested positive for COVID-19, he said via a statement. “I am under the care of medical professionals and currently receiving treatment. My family and I are asking for privacy at this time. We want to remind the public and all my fans to be vigilant, cautious and careful during this pandemic,” Diffie said.

~ Craig Morgan unveiled the details on his upcoming latest album, God, Family, Country, set for release May 22 on Broken Bow. The album includes five new tracks and remastered versions of some songs recorded over the past six years along with his faith-filled tribute to his son Jerry, “The Father, My Son, and the Holy Ghost.” Says Morgan, “This album is based on everything that’s happened in my life and my career,” Craig says. “I feel like I have some of the most quality songs I’ve ever recorded, and there is a new energy here. After all I’ve been through, I’m at one of the most inspired places I’ve ever been.”

~ Watkins Family Hour, the acclaimed musical collective featuring Grammy Award-winning siblings Sara and Sean Watkins (also 2/3 of the band Nickel Creek) announced their upcoming new album, brother sister, which is due April 10 via Family Hour Records/Thirty Tigers. Of the project, Sara shares, “It felt really good to dig into the potential of two people…the primary goal of this record became to see what we could do when it is just the two of us. The arrangements and the writing were all focused on that. Listening now, I’m really proud of what we did. These are songs that would not have come out of either one of us individually and it feels like a band sound, like this is what we do, the two of us.”

~ Sarah Jarosz announced that she will be releasing her 5th solo album, World On The Ground, on June 5th. Says, Jarosz on the project, "World On The Ground captures the music that producer John Leventhal and I created in the control room of his home studio in Manhattan throughout the second half of 2019. Many of the performances that made it onto the album were often demos that neither of us thought would be the final takes. From the beginning of this recording process, John challenged me to be more detailed in my writing — to create lyrics that told a story. A wealth of ideas opened up from the moment we began working together, and so many of the images that emerged during the writing process were based on my memories of the landscape, the people, and my experiences growing up in the Texas Hill Country."

~ Kip Moore also announced an upcoming project announcing that his fourth album Wild World will be released on May 29. Says Moore on the new album, “We wanted this project to be more in-your-face. More earthy, more analog. I know it’s an unsettling time for a lot of people right now, and so my hope is that this music can bring even just one person some peace. I try to make music that reaches people in a pure sense – something that’s light and easy to carry with you, but 1000 pounds of weight at the same time, and I think Wild World is just a depiction of what I see. Life is one crazy, wild ride. But it can be so simple if we look for the right things, and I think that is more important than ever right now.”

~ The new album announcements just keep coming. Gwen Sebastian will be releasing the album sequel of sorts to her 2017 project with an April 24th release of Once Upon A Time In The West: Act II on Flying Island Records. 

~ And last, but certainly not least, Lennon Stella has a new project coming out called Three. Two. One. out on April 24th as well. It is the debut album from the Nashville-based singer, songwriter, actress, and multi-instrumentalist. Stella first rose to popularity when she was just 12 years old as part of the duo Lennon & Maisy, alongside her younger sister. The pair gained national attention with a cover of Robyn's "Call Your Girlfriend". Lennon then went on to star in the ABC/CMT smash television series Nashville as Maddie Conrad for six years.

~ New music videos and key live performances that just came out:

      Mike Aiken - "Nashville Skyline"
      Matt Stell - "Everywhere But On"
      Willie & Lukas Nelson & Family - "Turn Off The World And Start A Garden"
      Huey Lewis & The News - "Her Love Is Killin' Me"
      The Mastersons - "King of the Castle"
      Ben Rector - "I Saw The Moon"
      LeAnn Rimes - "There Will Be A Better Day"
      Gone West - "What Could've Been"
      Ingrid Andress - "The Stranger"
      Margo Price - "Nobody Told Me" (John Lennon cover)
      Granger Smith - "Don't Cough On Me" (parody song on the toilet paper shortage)
   
~ Earlier this week, we announced some country artists that were going to stream online concerts. Here's a handful more that have been added in the last couple days.

Chris Bandi
Date: Saturday, March 28
Time: 12pm ET / 11am CT
Title: Kindness Isn’t Canceled
https://www.instagram.com/nycountryswag

Temecula Road and Adam Doleac
Date: Saturday, March 28
Time: 5:30pm ET / 4:30pm CT
https://www.instagram.com/temecularoad/
+ https://www.instagram.com/adamdoleac/

Temecula Road
Date: Monday, March 30
Time: 5:30pm ET / 4:30pm CT

https://www.instagram.com/radiodisneycountry/

Carly Pearce

Date: Monday, March 30

Time: 2 p.m. CT
What: Livestream performance with iHeartCountry.
Where: Instagram

Logan Mize
Date: Monday, March 30
Time: 2 p.m. CT
What: #BYDCouchConcert: livestream series to help spread positivity during this time of crisis.
Where: Instagram

Jimmie Allen
Date: Monday, March 30
Time: 2 p.m. CT
Where: Instagram

Logan Mize
Date: Monday, March 30
Time: 3 p.m. CT
What: Couch Concert Series benefitting MusiCares.
Where: Instagram

Carly Pearce
Date: Monday, March 30
Time: 6 p.m. CT
What: Live performance.
Where: Facebook

Brandy Clark
Date: Monday, March 30
Time: 6 p.m.
What: Weekly book club.
Where: Instagram and Facebook

Caitlyn Smith with Cam
Date: Tuesday, March 31
Time: 2 p.m. CT
What: Lonely Together series.
Where: Instagram

Sam Riggs
Date: Tuesday, March 31
Time: 3 p.m. CT
What: Couch Concert Series benefitting MusiCares.
Where: Instagram

Jordan Davis
Date: Tuesday, March 31
Time: 4 p.m. CT
What: Playing new album and discussing the songs.
When: Instagram and Facebook

Parmalee
Date: Tuesday, March 31
Time: 4 p.m. CT
Where: Instagram

Lucas Hoge
Date: Tuesday, March 31
Time: 6:30 p.m. CT
What: Tequila Tuesday with special guest.
Where: Instagram

Matt Stell with Lindsay Ell, Jameson Rodgers and Hardy
Date: Wednesday, April 1
Time: 9pm ET / 8pm CT
https://www.instagram.com/mattstellmusic/
What: Each artist performs a new song they wrote solo that week while in quarantine

George Ducas
Wide Open Country
Date, Friday, April 3
Time: 9pm ET/ 8pm CT
https://www.facebook.com/WOCountry/

10th Annual Golf & Guitars Children's Charity Music Festival Hosts Incredible Songwriter & Artist Line-Up - May 15 & 16, 2017

Country Music’s Brightest And Biggest Stars & Songwriters Are Set To Combine Music And Fun On The Links To Raise Well Over $100,000+ For Children In The Greater Sacramento Region and Beyond

 

The Haggin Oaks Golf Complex is thrilled to be partnering with KNCI 105.1 FM and hosting the 10^th Annual Golf & Guitars Music Festival and Children’s Charity Concert on May 15 and May 16. Golf and Guitars is a celebrity pro-am golf tournament and concert featuring nationally recognized & major label country music artists that raises money for two key children's charities here in Sacramento.  Each golfer in the tournament gets to play with one of the celebrities and then gets a seat next to the stage where these artists put on a tremendous concert underneath the beautiful golf course sky. The hottest acts in country music, the up-and-coming artists you’ll soon see topping the charts and some of Nashville’s very best songwriters are all donating their time to help raise funds for children’s charities during the  Golf and Guitars KNCI Music Festival.  Half of the funds will go to the Morton Golf Foundation and half will paid out via a tournament purse to the artist’s children’s charity.

 

The Website: www.golfandguitars.com

The Course: The Alister MacKenzie GC at Haggin Oaks

The Dates: Monday, May 15th and Tuesday, May 16th, 2014 (tournament on day two)

Ticket Prices:

Day Two Concert General Admission: $35

VIP Ticket: $150 - VIP Tickets include designated concert seating, buffet dinner and a non-alcoholic drinks for both nights.

 

The Beneficiaries:

The Morton Golf Foundation

The mission of the Morton Golf Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charity, is to provide golf programs that provide exercise in a healthy outdoor environment, to create a recreational environment that builds lasting personal development and that seamlessly introduces life’s core values of the great game of golf to the youth, disabled and underserved communities in the Sacramento region.

 

The Artists:

Scotty McCreery
Kristian Bush
Jack Ingram
Craig Campbell
Jason Michael Carroll
Tucker Beathard
Chris Lane
Parmalee
Love & Theft
Statesboro Revue
Lockhart
Sunny Sweeney
Jamie Lin Wilson
Bucky Covington
Lila McCann
Kayla Ray
Erin Enderlin
Chris Roberts
Jenny Gill
Jake Worthington
Jackie Lee
Brennen Leigh
Drew Kennedy

New Music Video From Jenny Gill - "Lonely Lost Me"

That Nashville Sound's Top 100 (and something) Songs of 2016

2016 was another fabulous year of country music. Traditional country, bluegrass, modern country and Americana were all represented well and this list proves that out- we’ve cast a wide net over that definition of roots-oriented music.

Here are the rules by which this list was selected. It had to be released off an album that was released in 2016, is an independent release not on any other project, or is an already-released single off a to-be-released album. If the album came out in 2015 or before, it couldn’t be included- even if it wasn't released as a single until 2016.

Let us hear what you think. Anything we missed? Without further ado, here is That Nashville Sound’s Top 100 (and something) Songs of 2016.


Best of the Best

1. Jack Ingram - "The Sailor and The Sea"- Listen here - Jack released a fantastic collection of songs off his Midnight Motel album this year, but our favorite track from the Texan was this little-heard dedication to his good friend and late legendary songwriter Guy Clark- about a story that he told Ingram about riding out a hurricane in a boat.  "He told me a story about riding out Hurricane Carla, 1963, in the bay at Rockport on a boat he had helped restore & was scheduled to sail to Florida the next week. Hurricane Carla took out Galveston. It was a big one. He anchored the boat out in the bay with 100 lb test rope. He tied 10 lines of rope to the anchor, each one 10' ft longer than the previous. As one would break there would be 10 more feet of line & the boat remained steady. Storm passed. Made a few minor repairs & sailed the boat to Florida." Symbolically, there might not be a better premise for a song and Jack delivers a profoundly insightful dedication to Guy. "I loved Guy. I didn't need him to but he let me know in ways he knew I'd know that he was glad I was in his world. That felt really fuckin' good. He knew I needed that from him and he gave it to me. Guy Clark took moments of absolute CLARITY and turned them into songs that were clearer than the original moment." Call me sentimental, but this ode to one of our generations finest songwriters who was lost this year is my favorite track of the year.

2. Jenny Gill – “Your Shadow” – Listen here - When your father is Vince Gill, perhaps the most-awarded singer in country music history, there’s a double-edged sword when you’re carving out your own career as Jenny Gill is doing. Name recognition is a positive, but constant comparisons and unfair accusations of “carpetbagging” are bound to arise. On this powerful and autobiographical piece, Jenny provides and emotional and raw look at this head-on. She covers the power of the musical compass that her father has laid out for her and the risks of being burned by the spotlight and not living up to the high standards the Gill name has in Nashville and beyond. It’s phenomenally well-written, providing a glimpse into what it must be like making your own name in a field in which your (last) name has already been made. As someone who followed his own father both in name and in career, “His Shadow” tells a story that hits close to home and tells part of mine as well. Incredibly, Jenny carves out a substantial piece of art under her own name out of a tribute to where she comes from.

3. Joey + Rory – “In The Time That You Gave Me” – Listen here - Joey’s tragic death early this year has been well-documented by nearly every news group across the nation and one of the feel-good stories of the year was the duo’s album of hymns not only going number one in its first week of sales, but being their first album to go Gold after just a few weeks of its release. But this track isn’t off of that project. Released off of Rory’s emotional documentary film released this fall about the birth of their daughter Indiana and the last two years of his wife’s fight, To Joey, With Love, this soundtrack didn’t get the attention or love it deserved. If you’ve seen the film or followed the story, there’s a undeniable poignancy to this song that’s equal parts foreshadowing and comforting as you hear Joey outline the days beyond her earthly ones. This is why music is so powerful, at times comforting and forever reminding even after the voice has been silenced.

4. Evan Webb and the Rural Route Ramblers - "Dry Up or Down" - Listen here - This talented band released a song and video that smartly describes the losses that small towns incur across the US when they're forgotten about after both physical and economic impacts hit the community. It's a poignant portrayal of dying cities and the despondency of the people that live there. The video that accompanies this haunting song was shot following the floods McLure, Illinois (pop. 400) and it brilliantly gives visuals to the gritty and honest lyrics.

5. Raelynn - "Love Triangle" - Listen here - Anyone critical of artists like Raelynn who end up making their mark through the reality television circus should take heed. Sometimes, dues are paid not by miles on the road or smoky bar rooms played but by life lived. This is one truly special example. RaeLynn wears her heart on her sleeve on this gut-wrenching ballad, co-written with Nicolle Galyon and Jimmy Robbins. The track underscores the impact her parents's divorce had on her at such a young age. "Sittin’ on the front step, little white suitcase, hearing that diesel 'fore it hit the front gate," she recalls on the first verse. "His headlights burnin’ down a Friday night. Southern Belle statue standing in the screen door watching her whole world head for an old ford with a man that can’t look her in the eye." RaeLynn then lays out all her emotions on the chorus. "Then I run...to him. Big hug, jump in. And I cry for her out the window. Some mommas and daddies are loving in a straight line take forever to heart and take a long sweet ride. But some mommas and daddies let their heart strings tear and tangle, and some of us get stuck in a love triangle."

6. Darrell Scott - "It's Another Day" - Listen here - Darrell Scott, one of this generation's best songwriters, convened in his living room back in 2001/’02 with bassist Danny Thompson, drummer Kenny Malone, and famed pedal and lap steel man Dan Dugmore. Together they recorded 14 tracks, (9 originals, 5 covers) live to tape. But those tapes sat collecting dust for fifteen years until Scott recently revisited them this year. Here, Scott channels his inner-James Taylor and delivers a song for the ages about mortality and what matters- and how its only our children, memories and musical legacies that carry on after we're gone. Just as he's done time and time again, Scott eloquently delivers a message of depth with a poets touch.

7. William Michael Morgan - "I Know Who He Is" - Listen here - Serious lists have serious songs on them and this ode to a dying father battling dementia is equal parts sentimental and emotive. It's a dedication in the best sense of the world- never sugar-coating a heartbreaking situation while devoting a full chest full of love for a parent.

8. Brandy Clark - "Big Day In A Small Town" - Listen here - No songwriter or singer has the ability of capturing the nuances of small town rumors, gossip, confession and the necessary truths of daily living than Brandy Clark. And no song does this better than the title track from Clark's genuinely fantastic sophomore album. It's community self-examination that's more likely to come at a psychiatrists office than a songwriter's room and its genius. It celebrates the hilarity of the challenges that the down-and-outers face with a humor, compassion and an ear for small details that's so difficult to do in just three short minutes. No one is writing a narrative for rural America like Clark right now and this funky track is damn near perfect.

9. David Nail (with Lori McKenna) - "Home" - Listen here - Out of all the male major label artists out right now, no one is putting out the quality and consistently terrific albums time and time again like Nail. The fact that he pulls in the elegant songwriter Lori McKenna on this self-analytic ballad about the power of your hometown. It's not about gravel roads, pick-ups and drinking beer. It's about sentimentalism and a landing spot for failures and successes alike. "It's where you're from/it's your oldest friend/ you think it'll forget you when you go but you know it'll take you back in," croons Nail. It's a beautifully produced track with a touching narrative and McKenna's harmony only adds to the timelessness.

10. Jamie Floyd - "The People You Knew" - Listen here - You may not know this fantastic songwriter, but you do know her work. Jamie is the pen behind Ashley Monroe's "The Blade." Floyd released a terrific EP earlier this year entitled Sunshine & Rainbows and this terrific song ranks as its very best. She took her very real heartache and turned it into a compassionate message of understanding. “It’s important to realize that you are not the only one who hurts this much," she told AXS.com. The lyric is painfully open: 'I don't even know where you are now/And you don't know what I'm thinking/Or what I've been through without you/We don't even know what we're missing/We let go but we didn't mean to/Oh when the people you know/Become the people you knew.'

11. Sarah Darling - "Montmarte" - Listen here - Unless you were a supporter of her crowd sourced upcoming album Dream Country, it's likely you haven't been blessed to listen to this song that whisks you away to the cobblestone streets of Paris. It highlights Darling's ethereal voice and is a powerhouse of a auditory celebration that fills the imaginary visuals in the corners of your mind.
 

12. Dean Brody – “Time” – Listen here - Brody’s debut album still ranks as a highlight in my record collection and while subsequent projects have hits and misses when it comes to substance, there’s always one or two gems that have lots of heart. “Time” is that track off his most recent fall release, Beautiful Freakshow. Brody eloquently outlines the questions of how time is best spent and remaining in the moment as well as making choices that will create long-lasting memories of importance. It’s very well-written and delivered with a simplicity in production that matches the message. The song, itself, is time well-spent.

13. Muddy Magnolias - "Take Me Home" - Listen here - Soul personified. That's the best thing that can be said about this beautiful track from this female duo. NPR says, "(Jessy) North and (Kallie) Wilson lean their vocal styles toward each other in a blend that isn't seamless, but rather mutually respectful: Trading runs and sharing high notes, they stand for a musical — and, by implication, personal — interconnection that keeps each player's home truths on equal footing with the other's." Here they call for the comfort of home with its muddy waters and whispers of memories with a beautiful acoustic guitar bed and towering vocals that showcase the ladies fantastic pipes.

The Top 50 - Narrowly Missing the Dirty (Bakers) Dozen (alphabetical):

Aaron Lewis - "Mama" - Listen here
AJ Hobbs - "The Bottle Let Me Down" - Listen here
Ashton Shepherd - "I Just Need A Minute" - Listen here
Becky Warren - "Stay Calm, Get Low" - Listen here
Brent Cobb - "Down Home" - Listen here
Brent Cobb - "Solving Problems" - Listen here
Brent Cobb - "Down in the Gulley" - Listen here
Brothers Osborne - "Stay a Little Longer" - Listen here
Charles Kelley - "Leaving Nashville" - Listen here
Cody Jinks - "Church at Gaylor Creek" - Listen here
Cody Johnson - "Half a Song" - Listen here
Craig Morgan (with Mac Powell) - "Hearts I Leave Behind" - Listen here
David Nail - "Old Man's Symphony" - Listen here
Dierks Bentley - Can't Be Replaced" - Listen here
Dolly Parton - "Forever Love" - Listen here
Drake White - "Makin' Me Look Good Again" - Listen here
Henningsens - "Texas Is a Woman" - Listen here
Holly Williams - "Settle Down" - Listen here
Jack Ingram - "Blaine's Ferris Wheel" - Listen here
Jamey Johnson - "Mama's Table" - Listen here
Jen Lane - "1st Day of Spring (in Saskatchewan)" - Listen here
Jenny Gill - "Whiskey Words" - Listen here
Joey+Rory - "I Surrender All" - Listen here
Jon Pardi - "She Ain't In It" - Listen here
Keith Urban - "Blue Ain't Your Color" - Listen here
Lockhart - "On My Way To You" - Listen here
Lori McKenna - "Halfway Home" - Listen here
Maren Morris - "My Church" - Listen here
Mark Chesnutt - "So You Can't Hurt Me Anymore" - Listen here
Megan Conner - "Love Me Slow" - Listen here
Miranda Lambert - "Tin Man" -  Listen here
Mo Pitney - "It's Just a Dog" - Listen here
Phil Vassar - "Ballad of Pretty Mae" - Listen here
Randy Houser - "One Way" - Listen here
Randy Rogers Band (with Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski)- "Look Out Yonder" - Listen here
Ryan Beaver - "Dark" - Listen here
Tim McGraw - "Humble and Kind" - Listen here
Trent Tomlinson - "For The Life of Me" - Listen here
Vince Gill - "Like My Daddy Did" - Listen here
William Michael Morgan - "I Met a Girl" - Listen here
Wynonna & The Big Noise (with Jason Isbell) - "Things That I Lean On" - Listen here
Zac Brown - "Grandma's Garden" - Listen here

The Top 100 (and something) - The Best of the Rest (alphabetical):

Aaron Lewis (featuring Willie Nelson)- "Sinner"
Ashton Shepherd - "It's You"
Aubrie Sellers - "Liar Liar"
Aubrie Sellers - "Losing Ground"
Aubrie Sellers - "Loveless Rolling Stone"
Aubrie Sellers - "Magazines"
Becky Warren - "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time"
Billy Ray Cyrus (featuring Joe Perry) - "Tulsa Time"
Brady Clark - "Broke"
Brandy Clark - "Since You've Gone To Heaven"
Brandy Clark - "Three Kids, No Husband"
Brent Cobb - "Black Crow"
Brothers Osborne (featuring Lee Ann Womack) - "Loving Me Back"
Charles Kelley - "Who Gets Me"
Charles Kelley (featuring Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay) - "The Driver"
Charlie Daniels Band - "Nighthawk"
Charlie Daniels Band - "Old Chisolm Trail"
Church Sisters - "7 Years"
Cody Jinks - "Give All You Can"
Cody Johnson - "The Only One I Know"
Darrell Scott - "Big River"
Darrell Scott - "Down To The River"
David Nail - "Babies"
David Nail - "Fighter"
David Nail - "In The Ghetto"
David Nail (featuring Brothers Osborne) - "Good at Tonight"
Dierks Bentley (featuring Elle King) - "Different for Girls"
Dierks Bentley (featuring Maren Morris) - "I'll Be The Moon"
Dolly Parton - "Can't Be That Wrong"
Frankie Ballard - "Little Bit of Both"
Frankie Ballard - "Wasting Time"
Garth Brooks - "He Really Loves You"
Green River Ordinance - "You, Me and the Sea"
Heather Rankin (featuring The Rankin Family) - "We Walk As One"
Henningsens - "Hank"
Henningsens - "World's On Fire"
Jack Ingram - "All Over Again"
Jack Ingram - "Champions of the World"
Jen Lane - "Fools"
Jon Pardi - "All Time High"
Jon Pardi - "California Sunrise"
Keith Urban (featuring Carrie Underwood) - "The Fighter"
Kenny Chesney - "Noise"
Kree Harrison - "How To Dance"
Kree Harrison - "The Time I've Wasted"
Kree Harrison - "This Old Thing"
LOCASH - "The Fighter"
Lori McKenna - "Giving Up On Your Hometown"
Maggie Rose - "Broken"
Mark Chesnutt - "Neither Did I"
Mathew Mayfield - "History"
Megan Conner - "Aftermath"
Miranda Lambert - "Highway Vagabonds"
Miranda Lambert - "Keeper of the Flame"
Mo Pitney - "Behind This Guitar"
Mo Pitney - "I Met Merle Haggard Today"
Randy Rogers Band - "The Things I Need To Quit"
Ryan Beaver - "Vegas"
Sarah Darling - "Tell That Devil"
Trent Tomlinson - "That's What's Working Right Now"
Vince Gill - "One More Mistake I Made"
William Michael Morgan - "Backseat Driver"
William Michael Morgan - "Lonesomeville"

Song Review- Jenny Gill - "Your Shadow" (Song of the Year Candidate)

Artist: Jenny Gill
Song: "Your Shadow"
Album: The House Sessions
Rating: Five out of Five Stars

When your father is Vince Gill, perhaps the most-awarded singer in country music history, there’s a double-edged sword when you’re carving out your own career as Jenny Gill is doing. Name recognition is a positive, but constant comparisons and unfair accusations of “carpetbagging” are bound to arise. On this powerful and autobiographical piece, Jenny provides an emotional and raw look at this head-on. She covers the power of the musical compass that her father has laid out for her and the risks of being burned by the spotlight and not living up to the high standards the Gill name has in Nashville and beyond. It’s phenomenally well-written, providing a glimpse into what it must be like making your own name in a field in which your (last) name has already been made. As someone who followed his own father both in name and in career, “His Shadow” tells a story that hits close to home. Incredibly, Jenny carves out a substantial piece of art under her own name out of a tribute to where she comes from. You'll see this track again on our top songs of 2016 list in the coming months.
 

Jenny Gill Follows Dad's Footsteps With An Upcoming Project Of Her Own

Artist: Jenny Gill

Album: The House Sessions EP
Label: Jenny Gill Music
Release date: Sept. 8, 2016

Jenny Gill announced this week that her new EP will be released digitally on Sept. 8, 2016. “The House Sessions” which was recorded at her father Vince Gill’s home studio which is affectionately called “The House” is Jenny’s first EP and will feature 6 songs.

The MTSU graduate began her music industry adventure working for an independent publisher as a song plugger. She spent several years working closely with songwriters and it became the inspiration that launched her into her own songwriting. In the meantime, her Dad began his own dream of building a home studio and the timing of the two couldn't have been more perfect. Cleverly named "The House" Vince's studio didn't just inspire the title for the EP, it helped set the perfect laid back tone that Jenny was after. Amy Grant guest-vocals on the project as well.

According to the press release: "The House Sessions also delivers a tasteful balance between her softer seductive tones and powerhouse abilities."