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New Music Friday — Feb. 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

Bluegrass; Mountain Fever Records — STREAM / BUY album

Now a 4x Australian CMA-winner (“Golden Guitar Awards”), Mountain Fever Records artist Kristy Cox has also enjoyed recent charting success with a debut #1 Billboard Bluegrass & Bluegrass Today Radio chart for her latest LP Ricochet (STREAM/BUY). The title track for her new album No Headlights (Feb. 28, 2020) and singles “Train” and “Yesterday’s Heartaches” have already garnered Top 10 radio success during pre-release with the latter giving Cox another Golden Guitar Award.

Larry Cordle, Missy Armstrong, Robert Hale, Chris Jones, bluegrass, playlist, Syntax Creative - image

Tap to hear “Finger Picking Good” in the Bluegrass Sounds playlist on your favorite digital service!

Kristy Cox, bluegrass, Mountain Fever Records, Syntax Creative - image

CHRIS JONES & THE NIGHT DRIVERS | “We Needed This Ride”

Bluegrass; Mountain Home Music Company — STREAM / BUY single

Following four #1 singles from his Mountain Home Music Company release, The Choosing Road (STREAM/BUY), Chris Jones returns with some new Night Drivers and a new single titled “We Needed This Ride.” The single—a streaming exclusive from a yet to be released project—brings a fresh twist to the award-winning singer-songwriter-guitarist’s sound with a song written from the heart.

“It’s not so much a road song as it is a song about a romantic reunion and a rekindling on a road trip,” Jones says. “As with other songs I’ve written, it takes parts of my real life experience and blends them into a larger story.”

With a mid-tempo groove that evokes a winding ride through literal and emotional landscapes, “We Needed This Ride” offers a compelling, yet traditional-minded metaphor for the journey of a relationship with all its unforeseen bumps, turns and sometimes unknown destinations.

Tap to hear “We Needed This Ride” in the Bluegrass Sounds playlist on your favorite digital service!

Chris Jones, The Night Drivers, bluegrass, Mountain Home Music Company, Syntax Creative - image

Joining Jones and Mark Stoffel (mandolin, vocals) are celebrated veteran and four-time IBMA Bass Player of the Year, Marshall Wilborn (Lynn Morris Band, Longview) and Michigan singer, banjoist—and ukulele player—Grace van’t Hof.

“We were looking for a way to incorporate Grace’s baritone ukulele, since that’s part of our instrumental mix now, and it worked really well to start that way, then have her switch to banjo mid-way through the song,” adds Jones. “I’m excited for listeners to hear the new harmony vocal sound of the band, too — not to mention Marshall’s exceptional bass playing.”

STREETLIGHTS | Genesis 11-25

Christian; Streetlights Bible — STREAM / BUY album

Dramatic spoken word scripture reading over original urban instrumental music/beats.