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Harlan Howard News:
Harlan Howard Songs, Inc. Signs Brandon Rhyder
to Exclusive Songwriting Agreement
Carthage, Texas Native Latest to Join Roster
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nashville, TN (June 06, 2007) -- Melanie Smith-Howard, President and CEO of Harlan Howard Songs, Inc. announced today the signing of Brandon Rhyder to a songwriting contract with her venerable publishing house. “The first time I heard Brandon’s music, I knew he was special. His songs showcase a distinctive songwriting voice, yet he’s really honest and relatable. I was instantly drawn to him,” says Melanie Smith-Howard.
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World Renowned Songwriter Harlan Howard to Receive Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award from the Academy of Country Music
Special Ceremony to Take Place at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville on June 20, 2007
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Two previously unreleased Harlan Howard songs, “How
About You” and “There I Go Dreaming
Again,” are featured in the new Warner Bros. film, “IMFAMOUS.” Listen
closely during the café scenes featuring Truman Capote
(Toby Jones) and Nelle Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock).
Recording artist Johnny Bond is performing each song. Both
are available on the film’s soundtrack. Look for it
at Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Infamous-Rachel-Portman/dp/B000ICLSGK
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Willie Nelson has revisited the Harlan Howard classic, “Yours
Love,” on his current album, SONGBIRD. Willie
Nelson collaborated with rocker Ryan Adams for the much-anticipated
album. “Yours Love” was
originally recorded on Willie’s 1971 release, WILLIE
NELSON & FAMILY.
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What you see is rarely what you get with Jimmy Buffett.
While he may contend that he is the king of slackers, a modern
day Dean Martin whipping up fizzy rum drinks under the palm trees
in a silk Hawaiian shirt, this best-selling author and raconteur
is actually the thinking man's party animal. His deceptively breezy
lyrics and lazy charm belie a shrewd social commentator and a man
not at peace with his world or his own mortality--taking well-aimed
potshots at everything from cell phone culture to ancient Greek
history to the threat of terrorism, as on the sharply ironic "Party
at the End of the World." But having said that, all the unrest
exhibited in these 14 songs makes for a far more interesting album
than he's made in over two decades. Reflective, unstinting, and often
nostalgic, the musician changes the tempo and the subject matter,
swapping his usual languid island exhortations of alcohol and brief
bikini tops for the fascinating emotional ambiguity of "Whoop
De Doo," or the simple charm of "Nothing but a Breeze," which
seems so autobiographical it's hard to believe that Buffett didn't
write it. But the standout track is his chilling cover of Mary Gauthier's "Wheel
Inside the Wheel," revealing exactly what kind of demons have
been residing under the singer's ever-present baseball cap. --Jaan
Uhelszki
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Martina McBride recorded two Harlan Howard classics, "Pick Me Up
On Your Way Down" & "Heartaches By The Number" on her latest release Timeless
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Harlan's song "Somebody Should Leave", co-written with Chick Raines, is
included on Reba's new release Reba
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Harlan Howard Songs Writer News:
Music city beat After the Dixie Kitchen Mary Gauthier
strikes a high note with a new career in roots music
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Bob Dylan was the feature “Playlist” contributor to the weekly NY Times “Arts & Leisure” reviews section yesterday. The piece started on the “Arts & Leisure” cover, which it never does. If that wasn’t cool enough, at the end of the piece was a box featuring a list of songs Dylan personally chose to be played on an upcoming installment of his XM Satellite Radio program. Mary Gauthier’s “I Drink” is one of the chosen tracks.
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Mary Gauthier: the hottest star in country music
She spent her teens and twenties in a haze of alcohol, cocaine
and heroin. Then, after being arrested in 1990, she finally cleaned
up and wrote her first song. Now Mary Gauthier is being hailed
as the hottest star in country music
Published: 16 April 2006
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Scanning Mary Gauthier's face is a study of angles. The powerful lines of high cheekbones run parallel to the equally strong lines of her jaw, drawing your gaze toward her eyes — striking, cool, pale blue. Staring at the photographs, you might find yourself searching those angles, looking into those eyes, trying to find something to explain the stark nakedness of her music with its beautiful....
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WE'VE BEEN hearing for decades about how some new singer-songwriter was destined to be the next Bob Dylan. Think Dan Bern, Conor Oberst, Elliott Smith and, even, Bruce Springsteen.
Enough, already. What we really need is the next John Prine.
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Mary Gauthier's "Mercy Now" was named #1 pop album in the annual roundup of music albums from LA Times writers and reviewers. |
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Lori McKenna signs with Warner Bros. Records - re-releases
"Bittertown" |
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Faith Hill records 3 of Lori McKenna's Songs, "If You
Ask","Fireflies", and "Stealing Kisses", on her latest release
also titles Fireflies. |
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Sara Evans recorded Lori McKenna's "Bible Song" |
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Mary Gauthier named one of the years most noteworthy
arrivals by Robert Hilburn of the L.A. Times.
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Former Melanie Howard Music writer Lisa Scott has a
song featured on Terri Clarks new album Life Goes On. |
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