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THE HITS LIST TURKEY TROT
...with all the trimmings (11/22a)
AN AWARD-WINNING CMA GALLERY
Cowboy hats and funny caps (11/21a)
NEAR TRUTHS: WITCHING HOUR
It's not easy being green. (11/21a)
NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
THE B-SIDE
Ben Rector (Aptly Named Recordings/ROAR/Caroline/Capitol)
11/9/15

WHAT IT IS: This 28-year-old Nashville-based singer/songwriter brings sincerity to pop music with his latest album, Brand New. The album debuted Top 5 in sales and at #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart. The set is a slice of his real world–honest ruminations on life and love and the latest step in a journey he began as a teenager playing guitar in his Tulsa home.
ALBUM: Brand New
RELEASE DATE: 8/28
SINGLE: “Brand New”
TV: Recent appearances on Kimmel, Good Day New York, AXS.TV; single sync with promo ads for ABC’s The View
LIVE: Touring through Nov. on first leg of national Brand New Tour with 30 headline dates; sellouts include two shows at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (4.5k tickets); direct support for NEEDTOBREATHE on a 20-city tour last spring; CAA’s second-most-requested act at colleges
INTERNET: 222m+ track spins on Pandora, 4.3m+ Pandora listeners in last 90 days; 18.8m Spotify streams this year; single #11 on Spotify Top U.S. College Songs (10/9); Instagram followers increased by 146% in 2015
RADIO: CMG setting up single at Hot AC; impact date late fall; early add from SiriusXM The Pulse, now spinning in medium rotation
PRESS: Features from Rolling Stone, N.Y. Times, AXS
BOOKING: Jeff Krones
/CAA
MANAGEMENT: Bernie Cahill
, Matt Maher, Sara Grosdidier/ROAR
PUBLISHING:
Ben Rector Music (BMI)