Discovering the new hits on today's music scene. Independent music which stand out from all the rest.

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I Miss You

Are You the One? is based on a true story. I was In a bar with a girlfriend where the back wall of the bar was a long mirror. So guys and gals sitting on the bar stools would flirt with each other via the mirror. Once in awhile a guy would get up and go over to hit on a girl. Sometimes he got shot down. Sometimes the guy and gal walked out of the bar together. This was always a song for a woman to sing and Donna King nailed it

Featuring Donna King on vocals and Grammy nominated Troy Engel on pedal steel and fiddle.

Are You The One? with Donna King

Michael Corin is an American singer/songwriter originally hailing from Rockford, Illinois. He was raised on classic rock and believes that country music is a spiritual experience. My family used to live in Nashville years ago and that is when i fell in love with country music. stated Corin in a recent interview. His raw passion, soaring vocals and undeniable melodies have allowed him to entertain thousands across the country. He is an award winning artist and has earned an impressive 8 Rockford Area Music Awards including Best Songwriter, Best Album (New Voice) and Best Song (Youre Amazing). In 2018, he decided to relocate to Nashville, Tennessee from Borger, Texas. He is passionately pursuing his career in country music. He found success early on in Music City, quickly signing a record deal with 3.1 Productions (started by John Elefante, the lead singer of Kansas) Corin decided to transition from being signed with 3.1 Productions to being an independent artist and hasnt looked back since. He still maintains his independent status today as he prepares to release his latest single Little Bit Reckless sometime in early 2019. Early on in his stay in Nashville, he was able to connect and work with Kent Wells who famously produced a majority of Dolly Partons records. His talents and magnetic personality have also allowed Corin to take advantage of some other exciting opportunities, including the time he had the privilege of performing onstage to honor the legendary Dottie Rambo during her induction ceremony along with the great Hank Williams Jr. at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The audience that night was jam-packed with country superstars, including Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Gretchen Wilson, Jeffery Steele and Barbara Mandrell. These experiences have had a pivotal impact on Corins career, and hes more focused than ever as he prepares to release more music in the years to come. Songwriting is his passion, and he strives to capture the essence of a feeling and convey it through each and every one of his songs. Music is about creating moments for people to see themselves in. Its all about communication and connection. That is where magic can happen. says Corin. Hes a little bit reckless and hes destined for a whole lot of greatness. See him live as he takes his talents to the Country Radio Seminar on Thursday, February 14, in Nashville.

Little Bit Reckless

Michael Corin "Little Bit Reckless"

“Raise Your Voice”, December’s 2019 chart-topping single, has breathed new life and purpose into her career. Closing in at #8 on the US Adult Contemporary radio charts, this personal song has been reaching the wounded and those she wrote it for.

December Rose, born and raised in Montreal, Canada, first attracted international attention in 2012 after winning the Best Solo Artist title in an online competition with her original song, “Don’t Give Up On Love.”

After discovering her performance, Invitation Records’ Russ Regan, who previously launched the careers of Elton John, Barry White, Neil Diamond and Olivia Newton-John, signed her up for a record deal. In 2015, her self-titled EP was released to broad critical acclaim. It included the single“Ball Game” which received a New Artist Spotlight award from Blastro.com, was featured on AOL/Slacker Radio’s “New Pop First” channel, on Tunecore’s “TC Video Fridays” and listed among “Retail Radio’s Top 40” list. In total, it was featured in 8,500 outlets.December Rose’s voice and style have been compared to the best of Adele, Jessie J and Amy Winehouse. She has earned a music degree in classical voice performance and was awarded two silver medals from the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 2017, she won the 2017 Superfantastico Singing Contest.

With her latest album, Inside | Out, December takes listeners on a powerful, emotional journey. The album provides insight to the challenges she encountered while growing up, and the hope that helped her overcome them. The self-written pieces are interspersed with classic spiritual songs, which reflect some of her earliest musical memories of singing in a children’s choir in the church she attended with her grandmother.

In the fall of 2017, December independently debuted her first co-written Italian single “Lo Specchio” at Il Cantagiro Festival in Fiuggi, Italy. The song was presented with the Best Original Song award in the International Category. In March 2018, she was selected to be a judge for the Canadian JUNO Awards, and she capped off the year judging World Market’s singing contest promoting Jessie J’s holiday album.

While using her music, experience, and knowledge to teach and mentor youth, she is currently working on new music set to release in the next few months, as well as making appearances at festivals, casinos, and TV stations around the city.

Raise Your Voice

December Rose "Raise Your Voice"

Matt Williams is not your typical Country Artist and he has a background that separates him from most artists in the industry right now. Matt is an Army Veteran that served 8 years in Iraq/Afghanistan. During Williams' last tour, he was wounded by an IED, where he lost two of his best friends and was awarded a Purple Heart for this unfortunate incident. Williams was also awarded an Army Commendation Medal of Valor and left the Army as an E/6 Staff Sergeant. 

Williams truly is a unique and incredible individual who has accomplished a lot in his lifetime and he continues this streak with his music career. After returning from his third and final deployment in 2010, Williams discovered another battle waiting for him here at home. PTSD and depression loomed very near to Williams, as he had been wounded - and two of his best friends were killed - by an IED attack during his last tour in Afghanistan. Things only seemed to intensify when Williams' father passed just three weeks after he had returned home from the Army. Williams desperately sought an outlet where he could direct his emotion, and he turned back to his roots: MUSIC. 

"I began writing the story of my life in the form of songs that I hope other people can relate to in many different ways. I want to tell the world about my life to show that I'm not ashamed of who I am and that no one is perfect. Music, along with God, really can save the soul, and it can influence and impact people in ways that they cannot do for themselves. Music saved my life in more ways than one and I believe that it can help others as well." - Matt Williams

Matt Williams - Used

“Raise Your Voice”, December’s 2019 chart-topping single, has breathed new life and purpose into her career. Peaking at #8 on the US Adult Contemporary radio charts, this personal song has been reaching the wounded and those she wrote it for.

December Rose, born and raised in Montreal, Canada, first attracted international attention in 2012 after winning the Best Solo Artist title in an online competition with her original song, “Don’t Give Up On Love.”

After discovering her performance, Invitation Records’ Russ Regan, who previously launched the careers of Elton John, Barry White, Neil Diamond and Olivia Newton-John, signed her up for a record deal. In 2015, her self-titled EP was released to broad critical acclaim. It included the single“Ball Game” which received a New Artist Spotlight award from Blastro.com, was featured on AOL/Slacker Radio’s “New Pop First” channel, on Tunecore’s “TC Video Fridays” and listed among “Retail Radio’s Top 40” list. In total, it was featured in 8,500 outlets.December Rose’s voice and style have been compared to the best of Adele, Jessie J and Amy Winehouse. She has earned a music degree in classical voice performance and was awarded two silver medals from the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 2017, she won the 2017 Superfantastico Singing Contest.

With her latest album, Inside | Out, December takes listeners on a powerful, emotional journey. The album provides insight to the challenges she encountered while growing up, and the hope that helped her overcome them. The self-written pieces are interspersed with classic spiritual songs, which reflect some of her earliest musical memories of singing in a children’s choir in the church she attended with her grandmother.

In the fall of 2017, December independently debuted her first co-written Italian single “Lo Specchio” at Il Cantagiro Festival in Fiuggi, Italy. The song was presented with the Best Original Song award in the International Category. In March 2018, she was selected to be a judge for the Canadian JUNO Awards, and she capped off the year judging World Market’s singing contest promoting Jessie J’s holiday album.

While using her music, experience, and knowledge to teach and mentor youth, she is currently working on new music set to release in the next few months, as well as making appearances at festivals, casinos, and TV stations around the city.

December Rose "When We Were Young"

Big Jim Davis started writing songs at the age of 15, and decades later he believes he’s delivering his best work yet. 

Throughout his life, Big Jim Davis has pulled inspiration from a wide variety of heavy hitters. Asking him to narrow down his influences is as he puts it “not possible.” The likes of blues greats Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, and B.B. King, country and rockabilly stars Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, and classic rock  groups Cream, The Yardbirds and the Zombies have each given him lessons in not only songwriting but performance, delivery, and grace. Today he’s taken all he’s learned from the greats both past and present, as well as his own life experiences and created a healthy amount of music that comes in hues of Blues, Country, and Rock. All the while, personal homages to his life and the universal feelings of love, loss and then some flow through his music.

A multi-instrumentalist who takes on the guitar, bass, banjo, keyboard, piano and harmonica, Big Jim Davis has proven time and time again to be a master of his craft. He spends much of his time in his studio crafting music, but occasionally performs with local bands in the Los Angeles area and his home state of Tennessee.