Aaron Burdett - "Honeybees"

"Honeybees" is an essay on the ambiguity of fate. Aaron recalls a conversation with a beekeeper friend when a couple of honeybees landed on his sleeve. This fleeting encounter sparked thoughts on how any moment can hold countless possibilities.…

Aaron Burdett - "Paris"

For Aaron Burdett’s latest song, he offers “Paris,” a song with longing yet hope. It’s a song about yearning, looking outside oneself, and hoping there's some exotic place waiting for you. Whether that might be the next town down the…

Aaron Burdett - "Second Best"

Says Aaron Burdett, “You might say ‘Second Best’ was a song 30 years in the making. I've had this line from an old David Wilcox song rattling around in my head since the 90’s,” recalls Burdett. “It always struck me as a phrase that…
Aaron Burdett - "Denver Plane"

Aaron Burdett - "Denver Plane"

As captivating as the song is in its own right, its invocation of the Steep Canyon Rangers will have listeners shaking their heads in amusement, as it arrives in the wake of the recent announcement that Burdett has been named as the newest…
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Orshaw's 'Diamond' Shines on Bluegrass Charts and More

For upcoming month August 2022, the definitive print media source for the bluegrass genre for five-plus decades, Bluegrass Unlimited, has debuted Dark Shadow Recording artist Laura Orshaw's new album Solitary Diamond at No. 1 on their monthly…
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Aaron Burdett - "The Mountains You Carry"

Following the release of last summer’s Dream Rich, Dirt Poor—his first album in four years, three Number 1s on Bluegrass Today’s Grassicana chart and the popular radio single, “Rockefeller”—western North Carolina singer/songwriter Aaron…
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Aaron Burdett - Dream Rich, Dirt Poor

It’s been a long, hard road to success for North Carolina songwriter Aaron Burdett. Although he has an extensive catalog of critically-acclaimed recordings—not to mention his share of national songwriting competition honors—it took the…
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Label Clients Earn Memorable Week on the Charts

Wrapping Week 24 of 2021 (June 6-12), Syntax Creative label clients Mountain Home Music Company, Organic Records, Horizon Records, Sonlite Records (all part of Crossroads Label Group), Pinecastle Records, and Mountain Fever Records reached multiple…
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Aaron Burdett - "Arlo"

If Aaron Burdett’s last single, “Loser’s Bracket,” was a bluegrass-friendly slice of wry wit, his new Organic Records release serves notice that the western North Carolina singer-songwriter has as fine a touch with a more sombre portrait,…
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Aaron Burdett - "Loser's Bracket"

It’s been a long, hard road to success for North Carolina songwriter Aaron Burdett. Although he has an extensive catalog of critically-acclaimed recordings—not to mention his share of national song-writing competition honors—it took the…
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Aaron Burdett - "Echoes"

Folk, Americana; Organic Records — STREAM / BUY single Every strain of American folk music reflects the times in which it is made, and turbulent times have always inspired powerful songs from all of their best storytellers, especially in…