WE'RE BACK! This week we got the chance to sit down with Andrew Jannakos and talk about his journey from The Voice to TikTok fame to a record deal with SONY Nashville. 

Andrew tells the story about writing his song "Gone To Soon" and hearing it on the radio for the first time. Look out for his new single "Wine Country" being released Friday, March 26!

Rachel starts by thanking everyone for the overwhelming support around her major business announcement from this past week. The Nash News is officially in phase 1 of a major business expansion and we couldn't be more excited!

Tiera stops by and talks about her experience moving to Nashville from Alabama. She talks about finding her passion for music at an early age and even writing and releasing original music in high school. Now she's got a publishing deal with "Songs & Daughters" (in partnership with Big Loud and Warner Chappell Music) and has released three original songs over the past year with plans to continue releasing new music over the next few months.

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We start with a quick reintroduction of your hosts and founders of The Nash News, Rachel and Julia. Rachel spills some details about a big business update and launch to look forward to and then we jump right into the interview with Seaforth.

Seaforth is a Country Music singer/songwriter duo from Australia signed to SONY Nashville. They talk about how they came together as a duo and moved across the world to pursue their musical dreams. 

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It's finally here! In this episode we introduce our first annual award show called Nash News Wrapped- The Best Of 2020. 

Two nominees have been announced for each category but you can go vote and nominate your favorite artists on our social media pages.

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FINALLY we get to share our favorite Christmas songs, and we unapologetically spill our guts. Rachel shares her "most basic" Christmas playlist with songs like "Santa Baby", "Last Christmas" and Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" - Julia on the other-hand has a rock-infused, retro playlist. Julia's Christmas playlist started off with Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" and Billy Squier's "Christmas Is the Time To Say 'I Love You'".

We also talk about some of the best new Country releases this year from Carrie Underwood's new album My Gift, to the new EP's from Maddie & Tae and Runaway June, "Lit This Year" from Florida Georgia Line, Dan & Shay, Raelynn, Mitchell Tenpenny and more!

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This week we feel blessed with another great week of New Country Music Releases. We start with Morgan Wallen’s three new songs that Rachel thinks lived up to the hype. Next we talk about Koe Wetzel’s new album “Sellout” - including his Post-Sellout song. We also jump into Lee Brice’s “Hey World” which feels like a very underrated, well-rounded album. We talk about new song releases from 615-House members Alexandra Kay and Thomas Mac; as well as, Chris Young feat. Kane Brown, Ashland Craft, Hannah Dasher and more! 

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We start by jumping right into rave reviews for Chris Stapleton's new album Starting Over. We talk about our favorite songs including the title track, the hidden treasure love track "When I'm With You" and the heartbreaking ballad about Chris' late dog "Maggie's Song". We move onto Thomas Rhett's personal record-breaking single "What's Your Country Song?" and new music from Kelsea Ballerini featuring Shania Twain, Abby Anderson, Kameron Marlowe and more!

We recap the CMA Awards and compare the results to our fan-voted award show (shout out to everyone who voted on our social media pages).

Entertainer of the Year- Eric Church (CMA) & Luke Combs (Fans)
Female Vocalist of the Year- Maren Morris (CMA) & Miranda Lambert (Fans)
Male Vocalist of the Year- Luke Combs (CMA) & Luke Combs (Fans)
Duo of the Year- Dan and Shay (CMA) & Maddie and Tae (Fans)
Group of the Year- Old Dominion (CMA) & Old Dominion (Fans)
New Artist of the Year- Morgan Wallen (CMA) & Morgan Wallen (Fans)
Album of the Year- What You See Is What You Get (CMA) & What You See Is What You Get (Fans)
Single of the Year- "The Bones" - Maren Morris (CMA) & "I Hope"- Gabby Barrett (Fans)
Song of the Year- "The Bones" - Maren Morris (CMA) & "Even Though I'm Leaving" - Luke Combs (Fans)

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In this episode, we get a chance to sit down with Tiffany Woys who talks candidly about her experience following her dreams of becoming a Country Music artist. Her story starts in California where she grew up listening to a mix of Celine Dion and 90's Country powerhouse females like Le Ann Rhimes, Faith Hill and Jo Dee Messina. After finishing college and being on track to become a lawyer, Tiffany chose to chase her dreams of singing and entertaining crowds by playing 4+ hour gigs up and down the West coast. 

Tiffany talks about forging her career path as an independent female Country artist, and her positive experience going on radio tour to promote her last single "Loved By You." Eventually, Tiffany took the leap to move to Nashville and put out her self-titled EP.  She talks about the importance of optimism and a strong team to becoming a successful artist. 

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We jump right into new music from Spencer Crandall, Randall King, Mackenzie Porter, Lee Brice and more. Rachel talks about her love for long albums and Julia discusses the only two reasons she can think of to be looking up at the moon... 

We talk a little about the artists who tested positive before the CMA Awards and the response from Country artists who took to social media after seeing post-election celebrations online. 

We start by raving about Cam's new album The Otherside  which features songs written by Avicii, Harry Styles, Sam Smith and Lori McKenna. We also talk about new releases from Eric Church and Kip Moore. Kip's most recent song, "Don't Go Changing" was dedicated to help raise awareness and money for small, independent music venues who are struggling to survive due to the pandemic.

18:05- We get to talk with rising Country artist Ross Ellis about growing up in a small town in Louisiana and the path he's chosen to chase his dream of becoming a musician. Ross tells the story of moving to Nashville with little money, and renting a room at a motel near the Grand Ole Opry before moving in with fellow Nashville singer/songwriters Hunter Phelps and Jameson Rogers. He talks about getting his first major song "Neon Church" cut by Tim McGraw, his Louisiana hometown hero (they were in the same fraternity). He talks honestly about the processes and stories behind his songs and landing his first record deal with SONY Nashville. 

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