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AUGUST HOT NEW RELEASES!

Releasing August 24 2010 on RURAL RHYTHM COUNTRY is “MY WILD HEART” by MASON DOUGLAS. “MY WILD HEART” encompasses a wide variety of songs including true fan favorite party songs from his powerful live performances, “Big Bad Wolf”, “Rabajo Manana (Fiesta Today)”, “Getting’ Warmed Up”, “For the Girls”, to his mesmerizing and beautiful love songs like “Hesitate”, “People Fall In Love”, “Speak to Me”, and the heartfelt uplifting “That’s a Life” to name a few. “MY WILD HEART” is now available for purchase now via iTunes, Amazon.com and many more major outlets.

“DOGWOOD WINTER” by STEVE GULLEY and TIM STAFFORD is surely one of the most anticipated new album releases of 2010. This is the first collaborative album by this award-winning songwriting team. Fans will enjoy hearing Steve and Tim in some different musical settings which they would not normally hear with their respective bands, GRASSTOWNE and BLUE HIGHWAY. The album is a singer-songwriter album in every sense of the word. Steve and Tim hand picked 14 of their best new original songs they felt would be a good cross-section of their fine work together including the first single, the barn burner, “Just Along for the Ride.” Since most of their songs are bluegrass, they asked some of their dear friends to help on the album. It just so happens their friends are some of the finest musicians in the bluegrass music today – Adam Steffey, Ron Stewart and Justin Moses.

“HIT THE ROAD” by Kentucky bluegrass music veterans, The Bartley Brothers is also another exciting bluegrass release on August 24, 2010 featuring Rick and Shayne Bartley, Jayd Raines, and Josh Hymer. The first single release is the title track from the album that showcases The Bartley Brothers traditional sound featuring their beautifully blended brother harmonies. Rick Bartley has pulled out all the stops to bring bluegrass fans 8 new original songs from home and real life which has been his songwriting trademark for years.

JULY HOT NEW RELEASES

Lonesome River Band
“Still Learning”
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Includes the hot new single, “Record Time Machine.”
Check out the recent review in Country Weekly Magazine

Darrell Webb Band
“Bloodline”
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Featured tracks include the new single release “Poor Ramblin’ Boy”; Jimbo Whaley’s incredible biographical tune, “Kings of Orebank”; “Bloodline”; and many more songs that are sure to please bluegrass music fans.

CONGRATULATIONS to the following IBMA Award Nominees:

RUSSELL MOORE & IIIRD TYME OUT – IBMA NOMINATIONS
Entertainer of the Year
Vocal Group of the Year
Male Vocalist of the Year -Russell Moore
Album of the Year – “Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out”
Song of the Year – “Hard Rock Mountain Prison (‘Til I Die)”
Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year – “The Eastern Gate”

LARRY SPARKS
IBMA Nomination for:
Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year – “I Just Want to Thank You Lord”

Sammy Shelor – IBMA Nomination for Banjo Performer of the Year