{"id":2172,"date":"2020-07-14T16:09:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2020-07-21T14:14:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T14:14:55","slug":"ashleyrileyclosetome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/ashleyrileyclosetome\/","title":{"rendered":"Americana singer-songwriter Ashley Riley to release new single, “Close to Me,” on August 28th | Livestreams planned in August to celebrate new single"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release
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Americana singer-songwriter Ashley Riley to release new single, \u201cClose to Me,\u201d on August 28th<\/b><\/p>\n

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Livestreams planned in August to celebrate the new single<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Decatur, IL-based Americana singer-songwriter Ashley Riley is set to release her latest single, \u201cClose to Me,\u201d on August 28, 2020. \u201cClose to Me\u201d won the Midwest Music Expo Listening Panel in May 2020, and after many requests from fans that she release it, Riley decided it was high time to officially put the song out into the universe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, as we all can attest, has been sad and strange and full of challenges,\u201d says Riley. \u201cWe’ve all had to adjust and figure out how to keep moving forward, what can take a backseat, and what we can let go of altogether. I really wanted to put out something that feels good and \u2018Close to Me\u2019 is that song for me.\u00a0 It’s got a nice groove to it, although it does make me laugh that I’m releasing a song entitled \u2018Close to Me\u2019 when we all are supposed to stay at least six feet apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vocals on \u201cClose to Me\u201d were from a quick demo take that was recorded the first day in the studio. Says Riley about the recording session: \u201cI remember it well because, right before that, I sang for three hours at a luncheon for the American Heart Association and I got to meet Jennie Garth from \u2018Beverly Hills 90210\u2019 who was the speaker at the event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her sound is laced with earthy grit, and at its core, Riley\u2019s music is best described as sophisticated indie\/Americana. There\u2019s a dreamy quality to the songs, yet lyrically they capture the essence of the more honest moments of our days: those seemingly ordinary moments that suddenly take your breath away or make you weak in the knees, those moments that prove to us that oftentimes the most extraordinary moments are found in our everyday lives. Riley has been slowly chipping away at her upcoming album, taking a slightly different approach. \u201cClose to Me\u201d is the first single from the album; Riley is still working on it and plans to release the as-yet-unnamed album in early 2021.<\/p>\n

After her EP release in 2017 (Can\u2019t Let You Go<\/em>), half of her band moved away, and Riley returned to her acoustic songwriting roots. \u201cI went back into my own little shell of singer-songwriter-ness, and I started enjoying that space again,\u201d says Riley. \u201cAfter a while I wanted to capture some of the songs, and I felt like I had an opportunity for it to be a blank slate again.\u201d She reached out to James Treichler at Wave Upon Wave in Champaign, IL and headed into the studio with him in early 2019. Since then, Riley has been working with Treichler and dialing in the sound for the upcoming album. \u201cIt’s been an interesting process, really digging in and choosing the palette for each song,\u201d Riley says. \u201cI didn’t realize how heavily I relied on different players in my previous band to help pull out the sound, and it’s been really fun to step into that role more fully myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Riley has been a staple in the music scene of her hometown Long Creek, IL, where she got her start hosting open mics in the Decatur area around 2008, helping to revitalize and nurture the underground singer-songwriter scene in town. After starting as an acoustic-based songwriter on her first record, Riley realized by her second album that her songs begged for a band, and her subsequent albums got the full-band treatment to glowing reviews.
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\nNew Noise Magazine<\/em>\u00a0called her \u201cone of the best obscure female artists I’ve heard in, well, ever,\u201d and\u00a0In-Forty.com<\/em>\u00a0declared her a \u201cfemale songstress everyone would be wise to spend time with.\u201d\u00a0Women of Substance Radio<\/em>\u00a0noted: \u201cAshley’s songs have an ethereal and delicate quality… Her reverence for Americana artists like Neil Young and Patty Griffin is unmistakable. She pens lyrics that are unsettling and sometimes even disturbing, as all good lyrics should be.\u201d\u00a0Illinois Entertainer<\/em>\u00a0trumpeted: \u201cMake no mistake, Ashley Riley has an utterly gorgeous voice and a sound all her own.\u201d Seven of the nine songs on her third album,\u00a0All The Pretty Things<\/em>, can be heard in rotation on Starbucks in-store airplay.<\/p>\n

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Riley is unable to tour right now.\u00a0Fans eager to see her live can catch her celebrating the release of her new single with two livestreams. The first will be on August 21st at 8 p.m. central on\u00a0TheBoot.com<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0pages. The second will be on August 28th (the single\u2019s release date) for\u00a0SCENES Live Sessions<\/em>\u00a0on SCENES\u2019\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Periscope\/Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>, and Twitch simultaneously at 7 p.m. central.
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For Immediate Release July 14, 2020   Americana singer-songwriter Ashley Riley to release new single, \u201cClose to Me,\u201d on August 28th   Livestreams planned in August to celebrate the new single   Decatur, IL-based Americana singer-songwriter Ashley Riley is set to release her latest single, \u201cClose to Me,\u201d on August 28, 2020. \u201cClose to Me\u201d … <\/p>\n

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