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August 27, 2015

MOONSVILLE COLLECTIVE TO RELEASE HEAVY HOWL IN OCTOBER

Album features band’s raw, rootsy Americana flavor

with a big-sounding communal spirit

Greater Los Angeles area band Moonsville Collective will be releasing their new album on October 30, 2015 via Rock Ridge Music.  The new album, entitled Heavy Howl, is a raw, rootsy storm of Americana with a mix of mandolin, banjo, slide guitar, drums, harmonica and fiddle. The group, which has seven members (including two generations from the same family), was born out of a string of old-time jam sessions and songwriting circles.  Moonsville Collective have held on to that communal spirit, making big-sounding music for a community that is continually growing.

“There are seven of us in the band, and everyone helps shape these songs,” explains Ryan Welch (vocals, guitar, banjo). “We all bring a lot of influences to the table, and it becomes this big pot that gets stirred and mixed up into our own sound.”

Since forming in 2011, Moonsville Collective have never sounded bigger or more focused than they do on Heavy Howl, a self-produced studio album that finds the middle ground between the group’s old-time influences and a more modern sound. It’s an album that also bears the energy and electricity of the band’s live shows, which have taken Moonsville Collective from their home base in Southern California to stages across the country. Many of the people and cities they’ve visited along the way make appearances on Heavy Howl, adding a personal element to a record that broadens the band’s sound and reach.

“We all got in the van and just played a lot of shows,” says co-founder Corey Adams of the months before the album’s creation. (He splits most of the band’s songwriting and vocal duties with Welch and also plays guitar and banjo.) “All of that reflects in the new songs on Heavy Howl. As writers, we got much more personal. A lot of the songs are reflections of where we’ve been, who we’ve met and what we’ve been up to.”  Moonsville Collective plans to tour in support of the album, with early tour dates prior to album release confirmed and some album release celebrations planned (see tour dates below).

Rounded out by bandmates Seth Richardson (double bass), Drew Martin (percussion), Matthew McQueen (mandolin), “Dobro Dan” Richardson (slide/resonator/dobro) and Sean Kibler (fiddle), Moonsville Collective have become representatives of California’s Americana scene, a genre whose typical strongholds — Appalachia, the Deep South, and Texas — are thousands of miles away from the West Coast. Free to reinterpret those old-school sounds for a new century, Moonsville Collective have filled their music with the literature, spirit, and grit of their native California, resulting in a motto and lifestyle they’ve dubbed “California goodtime.”

It’s a lifestyle that goes beyond music. Out west, there’s a heavily steeped tradition of outdoor culture, where backyard rambles, fishing, anything maritime, motorcycles and sleeping under the stars are all part of the same world. That world is where Moonsville Collective set up camp, too, embraced by a number of lifestyle brands — including Sanuk, Hippytree, and Iron & Resin — in the process.

With influences that include Levon Helm, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty and Hank Williams Sr., Moonsville Collective cover much ground on Heavy Howl. “Cow and the Cream” roots itself in gospel music, “Big Jimmy” twangs like a country song, “Rollin’ in Paradise” flirts with jam-band music and “Blue Money Grove” sinks its teeth into a swampy, Louisiana-worthy groove. Together, those styles form the borders of Heavy Howl‘s sound, with Moonsville Collective filling the rest of the songs with everything from Appalachian folk to southern rhythm & blues.

Moonsville Collective Tour Schedule:

8/28/15 – Santa Ana, CA / The Observatory (w/Christian Lopez Band, Show Ponies)

8/29/15 – Los Angeles, CA / Hotel Café (w/Christian Lopez Band)

8/30/15 – San Diego, CA / Quartyard (w/Christian Lopez Band)

9/11/15 – Orlando, FL / Surf Expo (event for Sanuk)

9/19/15 – Long Beach, CA / Long Beach Folk Revival / Rainbow Lagoon Park (w/Deer Tick, Smooth Hound Smith, The Tillers, and more)

10/2/15 – Long Beach, CA / TBA (w/Charlie Parr)

10/10/15 – Long Beach, CA / Downtown Beer & Wine Festival

10/17/15 – San Luis Obispo, CA / Hooligan Hoedown (sponsored by Iron & Resin)

10/30/15 – Orange County, CA / TBA (Heavy Howl album release show)

11/14/15 – Hermosa Beach, CA/ Saint Rocke (Heavy Howl album release party w/Hippie Tree)

11/21/15 – Pioneer Town, CA / Pappy & Harriet’s (Heavy Howl album release desert party)

… more tour dates will be announced soon.

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August 7, 2015

Ike Reilly’s single, “Born On Fire,” featured in

Chris Farley documentary, “I Am Chris Farley”

Reilly to appear in documentary talking about his friend Farley

Indie rock raconteur and singer-songwriter Ike Reilly’s new single, “Born On Fire,” is featured in the forthcoming Chris Farley documentary, “I Am Chris Farley” (www.iamchrisfarley.com); the song plays in a poignant final scene and over the film’s end credits.  Reilly is also featured in the documentary talking about playing rugby with Farley and attending college with him at Marquette University. The song (which is the title track from Reilly’s seventh studio album, released on June 16, 2015 by Rock Ridge Music and Tom Morello’s new label Firebrand Records) was named one of the best songs of June 2015 by Esquire Magazine, which wrote, “this is the letter every son yearns for his father to write for him.”  “I Am Chris Farley” will see a release nationwide in theaters, and will also have its TV premiere on Spike TV on August 10, 2015 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.  The film will also be available on iTunes and DVD on beginning on August 11, 2015.  Fans can check out a trailer for the movie, which includes childhood images of Farley and Ike Reilly’s “Born On Fire” here: https://www.yahoo.com/tv/i-am-chris-farley-documentary-home-movies-i-am-126030093955.html.

“I was up in Madison with Chris’ brother Kevin, who knew I was working on a record, and I told him I had a song I thought would be appropriate for Chris,” says Reilly.  “I told him it was called ‘Born On Fire.’ It’s about not letting other people put you in a box or define you, and it also acknowledges that we all have hot, inspired qualities that often get stamped out by others. In the song, I tell my kid to take whatever fire he has straight out to the street and don’t let anyone stop you from finding or being what you aim to be or to do. Chris Farley was born on fire like nobody I’ve ever known or seen. We know he had forces that would have quelled him or dampened his fire, but he just didn’t let it happen. I’ve never been more proud to have a song in a film, especially when it’s a film about an old friend, a teammate who has evolved into a mythical, magical memory. I look back in time with Chris in cars on rainy days before rugby games, his intrusive visits into my hometown of Libertyville [IL], his explosive entrances in the Park Hyatt Hotel in Chicago where I was a doorman and of course in NYC and LA after he was really working. To have Kevin so pleased with how this song accentuates his big brother’s memory is incredibly moving.”

Since its release, press has praised the album Born On Fire. American Songwriter said, “To say this is exciting, unpredictable, idiosyncratic American rock and roll is not to do it justice. Established cult Reilly fans might know what to expect, but even they will be thrilled with the sheer dynamic gusto and rollicking groove he unleashes. It’s pure, unaffected and raw, adjectives that have always described Reilly and result in this explosive album, the culmination of his extensive years in the trenches.”  Blurt Magazine trumpeted, “The Ike Reilly Assassination is oft compared with old school outfits like Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones and even Dylan, but those are your dad’s bands, and Ike frankly blows their current manifestations out of the water. If you found that too hard to swallow, then I challenge you to a Rock Off. Play a recent release from those guys, followed by Born On Fire, and see which seems the most kick-ass.”  No Depression heralded the album, saying, “Born On Fire is an eleven track ode to a time when rock and roll was rock and roll. …Ike Reilly has crafted an album that weaves in and out of the great epochs of rock… [and] Reilly manages to ground his music in the here and now – there’s a healthy bit of rustbelt gritty, grimy, realistic outlook on life to go with the grins.”

David Carr from the New York Times said, “Ike Reilly is a kind of natural resource, mined from the bedrock of music. All the values that make rock important to people—storytelling, melody, rage, laughter—are part and parcel of every Ike Reilly show I have ever seen. One of the best touring acts in the country, Reilly’s band takes it as a personal challenge to upend and amaze every room they play in.”  And in an interview with Rolling Stone, Tom Morello said, “Ike Reilly’s Born on Fire: In my view, he’s one of the best American songwriters of the last 10 years, both in delivery and lyrics. It’s, like, part Springsteen, part Replacements. And we grew up in the same hometown, Libertyville, Illinois, where Adam Jones of Tool and Marlon Brando came from as well [laughs]. There must be something in the water there, for a suburb known principally for its Buick dealership.”

About “I Am Chris Farley”:

Chris Farley lived his life full speed and committed to make everyone around him laugh out loud, and “I Am Chris Farley” tells his hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story for the first time ever—from his early days in Madison, Wisconsin, and at Marquette University, through his work at the legendary Second City to his rapid rise to the top of the comedy world on “Saturday Night Live” and in hit films like “Tommy Boy” and “Black Sheep.” The film showcases the performer’s most memorable characters and skits from television and film, paired with iconic photographs, home movies and family snapshots, to fully round out the story of this comedy legend—a bear of a man who nevertheless had remarkable grace and physicality. Clips from Farley’s most memorable performances fill the documentary, from his breathtaking Chippendales audition alongside Patrick Swayze, to his comically ill-fated salesman in “Tommy Boy,” to his diatribes as Matt Foley, the motivational speaker who “lives in a van down by the river!”

In addition to Reilly, also sharing insights into the beloved funnyman in the documentary are such co-stars and colleagues as Christina Applegate, Tom Arnold, Dan Aykroyd, Bo Derek, Jon Lovitz, Lorne Michaels, Jay Mohr, Mike Myers, Bob Odenkirk, Bob Saget, Adam Sandler, Molly Shannon, David Spade, and others.  Network Entertainment’s film was directed by Brent Hodge (“A Brony Tale”) and directed and produced Derik Murray (“I Am Evel Knievel,” “I Am Steve McQueen,” “I Am Bruce Lee”), produced by Derik Murray and executive produced by Paul Gertz (“I Am Evel Knievel,” “I Am Steve McQueen,” “I Am Bruce Lee”), Kent Wingerak (“I Am Evel Knievel,” “I Am Steve McQueen,” “I Am Bruce Lee”) and Robert Pirooz (“I Am Evel Knievel,” “I Am Steve McQueen”).

“I Am Chris Farley” premieres nationwide in theaters.

Go to www.iamchrisfarley.com for details.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

GRACE & TONY TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, PHANTASMAGORIC,

ON SEPTEMBER 25th

Album embraces literary influences from Poe, Lovecraft, King;  

blends history and fiction into songs in Southern gothic style

Husband-and-wife duo Grace & Tony are set to release their next album, Phantasmagoric (a favorite word of Edgar Allen Poe’s meaning “out of this world”) on September 25, 2015.  Featuring 10 tracks that sound as if they belong in a macabre Broadway musical, the album is rife with dramatic tales of plagues, serial killers, mass suicide, Frankenstein’s nameless creation and similar subjects so inherently theatrical that they’d be right at home in a Sondheim or Brecht-Weill classic.

The Loretto, TN-based pair recorded Phantasmagoric at Sheffield, AL (aka Muscle Shoals) recording studio Jimmy Nutt’s Nutthouse. Nutt, who co-produced the album with Tony, was recommended by Tony’s brother, John Paul White (of Civil Wars fame).  “Jimmy really pushed our limits and got the most out of us,” says Tony; that included putting the whole band together in the studio to give the album its very-much-live feel.

Embracing literary influences from Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft to Stephen King, the duo blend history and fiction into songs that share equally vivid plot and musical twists. They call their current style “Southern gothic,” and it’s the next logical musical step for a duo known for mixing punk and bluegrass on past releases, most recently on the band’s 2013 album, November.  Their current sound finds the pair exploring a classically based, yet rootsy sound; they describe it as “theatrical, dark and epic.” Their friend Andy Baxter, of Penny and Sparrow, quipped, “It’s like if Tim Burton had a folk band.” Except Phantasmagoric is far more orchestral than folk, even though it owes its storytelling sensibilities to folk and bluegrass traditions.

“I think a lot of that comes from Grace being such a fan of English murder mysteries and getting in that mindset, that regal sound,” says Tony. “When you’re writing a dark story, pairing it with something classical and proper makes it even darker.

Grace’s mother read Poe to her as a baby and introduced her to mystery books, and then murder mysteries – Nancy Drew, Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels), Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, and old horror and monster films.  This influence is clearly evident throughout Phantasmagoric.  Take “Invitation to an Autopsy,” for instance. Grace’s crisp, distinct lyrics and mandolin enfold cello and other strings as she narrates the “Sweeney Todd”-like true story of Messrs. Burke and Hare, a pair of pre-Victorian-era gents who sold corpses for use in anatomy classes — corpses they created from living humans.

“Adam of Labour” takes the perspective of Frankenstein’s nameless creation. Tony’s clear baritone drives that melody (he also plays guitars and keyboards), aided by Grace’s mandolin and strings by bandmates Kimi Samson (first and second violin and viola) and Chris Wilson (cello, basses and sitar), who arranged the album’s intentionally dominant strings.

Tony says the dramatic “Lullaby of the Red Death,” influenced by Poe, suggested ebola to Grace, while “The Marsten Prologue” and “A Lot Dies Today” are based on King’s book, “Salem’s Lot.” The album’s first single, “The 1,” tells a story of their own imagining, about a girl and her stalker, whom she decides she wants to meet. “The 2” revisits the 1997 mass suicide known as Heaven’s Gate.  There is some leavening, however. They tell their love story in “072713,” their wedding date.

“We wanted to make something that was truly different,” Tony says. “Something memorable. We really wanted to blaze trails — and make music that we would enjoy, with lots of layers, that would be as pleasing to the mind as it is to the ear.” Phantasmagoric is full of songs intended to make listeners question everything they’ve ever known, and to remind them, says Grace, “to think, smile, laugh and even cry,” and most of all “to dream — the wonderful way you dreamed when you were a child.”  The album will be available in the digital format; CDs will also be available via the group’s website, at shows, and at select retailers.  A limited-run vinyl version will be available in November as well (via website, at shows, at select retailers).

Next up?  A book, “Grace & Tony’s Phantasmagoric Stories,” which will feature tales from each song illustrated by U.K. tattoo artist Nick Devine.  The duo plans to tour in support of the forthcoming album as well; most of the time these days they perform as a quartet (rounded out by Pete Teselsky on drums and percussion and Chris Wilson on cello).  (See tour dates below; more dates to be added soon.)

Grace & Tony Tour Schedule:

8/15 – Walla Walla, WA – Gentlemen of the Road Stopover Festival

8/17 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge

8/18 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern

8/20 – Spokane, WA – The Big Dipper

10/10 – La Grange, TX – The Bugle Boy

10/14 – The Woodlands, TX – Dosey Doe

10/16 – Conroe, TX – Red Brick Tavern

10/17 – Dallas, TX – The Rustic

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August 3, 2015

HUMMING HOUSE ADDS MORE DATES

WITH KACEY MUSGRAVES TO TOUR SCHEDULE

Band has other exciting tour plans, including Mountain Stage,

Americana Music Festival, and Live on the Green

After a successful run of dates opening for Kacey Musgraves in the spring, Rock Ridge Music’s Nashville quintet Humming House has just announced that they will be opening for Kacey Musgraves in a series of shows this August, September and October (see tour schedule below).  The dates join a run of headlining shows, as well as planned performances for NPR’s Mountain Stage (August 30th), Live on the Green in Nashville (September 10th, with Rodrigo y Gabriela), and Americana Music Festival (September 17th).  Humming House is touring to promote their third album, Revelries, which was released earlier in 2015 via the Rock Ridge Music label.  With interwoven threads of folk, soul, bluegrass and more, Humming House’s acoustic instrumentation – presenting mandolin, fiddle, acoustic guitar, and bass in fresh roles – flips between rousing energy and nuanced presentation, topped off by stunning vocal harmonies.

The tour schedule is as follows, with more dates to be added and announced soon.

HUMMING HOUSE TOUR SCHEDULE:

8/14 – Philadelphia, PA / Tin Angel

8/15 – Allison Park, PA / Hartwood Acres Amphitheater

8/16 – Washington, DC / Millennium Stage – Kennedy Center

8/18 – Cambridge, MA / Atwood’s Tavern

8/20 – Ridgefield, CT / Concert Series, Ballard Park

8/21 – New  York, NY / Joe’s Pub (w/Matt Sucich)

8/22 – Leesburg, VA / Smokehouse Live

8/27 – Atlanta, GA / Buckhead Theater (w/Kacey Musgraves)

8/28 – Knoxville, TN / Boyd’s Jig & Reel

8/29 – Johnson City, TN / Down Home

8/30 – Charleston, WV / Mountain Stage, Culture Center Theater (w/The Mavericks)

9/10 – Nashville, TN / Live on the Green, Public Square Park (w/Rodrigo y Gabriela and JD McPherson)

9/17 – Nashville, TN / Americana Music Fest, Mercy Lounge

9/18 – St. Louis, MO / The Pageant (w/Kacey Musgraves)

9/26 – Wilkesboro, NC / Downtown Wilkesboro (w/The Secret Sisters)

10/2 – Opelika, AL / The Railyard

10/3 – Columbia, TN / Muletown Music Fest

10/9 – New Orleans, LA / The Howlin’ Wolf (w/Kacey Musgraves)

10/10 – Thackerville, OK / Winstar Casino (w/Kacey Musgraves)

10/11 – Tulsa, OK / Cains Ballroom (w/Kacey Musgraves)

As complete as they are in the studio and on record, Humming House is fundamentally a live band.  With scarcely a tube’s worth of amplification or electricity and a drum kit of percussion distributed among the band members, they emit force on stage and demand attention.  Already this year, the band has shared stages with Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Nicki Bluhm, Parker Millsap, and The Lone Bellow. Earlier in 2015, the band played the Cayamo Cruise with the elite of Americana (including John Prine, Brandi Carlile, and Lyle Lovett).  In the past, they’ve rocked rooms of all sizes and played Forecastle Festival, Bristol’s Rhythm & Roots Festival, and they opened the new Music City Roots hall in The Factory in 2014, sharing the bill with Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. Huffington Post urged, “Put Humming House on your list of Must-See Acts of 2015,” and named them one of the “peak musical performers of 2014.” American Songwriter called their music “infectious and grin-inducing.”  Roughstock dubbed Humming House “darned close to perfect.”

Humming House recently signed a management deal with Corey Wagner and Johnny Gradone of Suretone Entertainment, joining their current roster which includes Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top, Maynard James Keenan (Tool), Ben Miller Band and other up and coming bands Twin Limb and Apollo.

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July 17, 2015

EVAN MICHAELS TO RELEASE IT’S ABOUT TIME ON AUGUST 21st

Stillwater, OK-based country singer-songwriter Evan Michaels is set to release his new album, It’s About Time, on August 21, 2015.  It’s About Time is not just the title of Evan Michaels’ latest album; it’s the mantra that has reshaped his life’s choices and songwriting style. “I needed to man-up,” says Evan. “This album is all about me acknowledging where I have been, admitting to what I have done and knowing what I need to do to move on.”  With over 200 songs written and thousands of hours performing in front of audiences, Evan knows how to tell a story. His hard work and songwriting has garnered the supporting act roles with national star name acts Chris Young, Craig Morgan, Whiskey Myers, Jake Owen, the Zac Brown Band and Lady Antebellum.

Evan’s parents and hometown of Ponca City, OK helped make him the driven, hardworking businessman and musician he is today. “We were taught to work hard, do what’s right and if you have to feel something, do it through your music,” says Evan. “I knew for me at a very early age that I loved music and not being in music was not an option for me.”  The Michaels children each had to study piano for three years before they were allowed to pick up another instrument. Evan only wanted to play the guitar, but paid his piano study dues for three years and worked a paper route before and after school to pay for his first guitar. By junior high he had started a band that played Top 40 because he couldn’t find any players who thought country was cool. He was playing for talent contests, parties and community functions in high school and had his first professional job as a musician during his first year in college. Evan’s first paid gig was as the lead singer for the local bar’s house band at Oklahoma State University.

“Most of my songs back then were all about partying and having a good time,” says Evan. “There was a lot of fluff in my lyrics and song structure, but the music was fun and echoed my beliefs at the time.” This fun-loving, have a good time with easy hooks and simple melodies formula seemed to work well for Evan.

“I got caught up in the dream,” says Evan. “It’s fun and games until you really get snapped back into reality. For so long I was playing the part of a heartbreaker until this girl broke mine. I was a mess and couldn’t let her go or admit the problem was with me. I ignored the pain and open wounds of my messed up relationships. Then, a few years ago my mother died. All during her battle with cancer, she never wanted anyone to fuss over her. We thought she was getting better, but she didn’t let us know it was as bad as it really was. I was wrecked but never felt like I could open up or share my feelings about it. The songs on this album gave me the ability to share some of these feelings. Through my music, I know who I am, where I have been and where I’m going. I finally realized it’s about time.”

“It’s About Time is a wakeup call of years hitting the snooze on the reality of who I am,” Evan says. “I can finally look back and understand that I am a product of my childhood and that’s OK. I wasn’t told ‘I love you’ and certainly didn’t feel comfortable saying it. I was blessed to be able to study music and use it to say what I want. I drove tractors and worked cattle. I broke hearts and had my heart broken. I went down some wrong roads. I made mistakes. It’s about time I own all this and move on with my life. That’s what this album is all about. I’m a singer-songwriter and I have a story to tell.”

“For me it’s all about the story,” says Evan. “That’s why I love country music. It’s real people with real stories. I want my music to tell you a story that means something to you.”

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July 1, 2015

JENNELL TO RELEASE HOME ON AUGUST 28th

EP mixes rootsy stomp of folk music with hooks and harmonies of pop

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Jennell is set to release her latest EP, Home, on August 28, 2015.  A five-song EP that mixes the rootsy stomp of folk music with the hooks and harmonies of pop, Home was recorded in Nashville and produced by Dewey Boyd Jr. at the Forty-One-Fifteen recording studio.  It’s a record about traveling across the country in search of a new home, chasing dreams, and experiencing a roller-coaster’s worth of ups and downs along the way. The driving percussion and gang vocals might evoke comparisons to the Lumineers and Mumford & Sons, but Home doesn’t really sound like them. It sounds like Jennell.

“I am so excited about the new album,” says Jennell.  “I am more excited about this than anything I have ever done.  I worked so hard on this project and was involved in every detail of making the EP, that no matter what happens, I will be proud of it. It is honest and from the heart… it is my story.”

Years before she moved to Nashville with an acoustic guitar and a catalog of melody-driven indie pop/folk songs, Jennell spent her childhood in Casper, Wyoming, where she had dreams of becoming a singer.  Performances with her high school and college choirs whet her appetite for more.  Jennell packed her bags and left for Los Angeles, kickstarting a musical career that’s earned her comparisons to Sheryl Crow, Colbie Caillat and KT Tunstall.

While taking grad school classes at the University of Southern California, she also began writing poetry, playing the guitar, and writing her own songs. Working with producer Dan Diaz, she wrote and recorded her debut EP, The Game, which received a boost in popularity after several songs wound their way onto cable TV shows (“Giuliana and Bill,” “E! True Hollywood Story”). After producers Patrick Bolton and Will Luke heard her sing, they hired her as a backup singer, with Jennell going on to sing harmonies for Atlantic Records recording artist Hope and Disney Channel star Roshon Fegan. Meanwhile, she continued pursuing her solo career.

After releasing Urban Cowboy and Boots N Dukes, two EPs heavily influenced by country music, Jennell decided to move to Nashville in March 2014. “Moving to Nashville was one of the best decisions I have made,” Jennell says. “I don’t regret living in LA, because I have so many great memories and it was a great learning experience, but Nashville is where I belong. Nashville has a touch of Wyoming’s small town charm, mixed with the excitement and entertainment industry of Los Angeles. It’s a perfect blend and great place for me to grow as an artist.”

Oddly enough, once she arrived in the capital of country music, she began writing songs that reached beyond the genre’s borders. Home, her first release as a Nashville resident, is her most wide-ranging collection of music to date.

“The last song on the EP, ‘Feels Like Home,’ is a perfect way for me to end the EP, because, for the first time in my life, I finally feel like I am exactly where I am supposed to be,” Jennell says.  “I have worked extremely hard this past year, soul searching, writing and finding my voice as an artist and I feel ‘home.’”

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