August 28, 2008
Craig Carrothers & Don Henry
Craig Carothers - As a singer-songwriter Craig Carothers has played nightclubs and concerts from Los Angeles to Stockholm for the last 20 years. Craig has shared the stage with more than 100 acts including: Mose Allison, Karla Bonnoff, Jonatha Brooke, Bruce Cockburn, Paula Cole, Ry Cooder, Catie Curtis, Crash Test Dummies, Donovan, Robben Ford, Jeffrey Gaines, Peter Himmelman, John Hiatt, John Klemmer, Leo Kottke, Patty Larkin, Little Feat, Little River Band, Michael McDonald, Anne Murray, Danny O'Keefe, Leroy Parnell, Boz Skaggs, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Richard Thompson, Jethro Tull, Romeo Void, Loudon Wainright III, Tim Weisberg, and Warren Zevon. www.craigcarothers.com

Don Henry - A veteran of 28 years in the music business. His experience in writing, publishing, producing and engineering has evolved him into the singer / songwriter / guitarist and entertainer he's become today.He has shared the stage with: Joey Ramone/Al Gore/Pete Seeger/Steve Earle/Graham Gouldman/Ray Price/Livingston Taylor/Emmylou Harris/Jimmy Webb/Guy Clark/David Crosby/P.F. Sloan/John Prine/Michael McDonald / Felix Cavaliere/Rodney Crowell/Don Williams/Faith Hill/Richie Havens/Keith Urban/Shawn Colvin/Dan Seals/Michael Johnson/Janis Ian/Sonny Curtis/Nanci Griffith/Jim Messina/J.D.Souther... just to name a few! www.donhenry.com/

September 25, 2008
TBA

October 23, 2008
Tammy Cochran and the Hometown News
Tammy Cochran -A classic case of an overnight success that took almost exactly ten years, Tammy Cochran rose to fame in 2001—earning acclaim as country music’s greatest new voice, with comparisons to legends like Patsy Cline—with a personal, heartfelt song whose overwhelming impact came as a complete surprise. “It wasn’t supposed to even be a single,” she says of her ballad “Angels In Waiting” (from her self-titled debut album), which hit #9 on Billboard’s Country Singles Chart on its road to an incredible series of accolades. “I never really thought people beyond my own family would be able to relate to it.”

Thousands of fans across the world connected not only with the song, but also with the emotionally compelling video, which featured home movie clips of Cochran as a little girl playing with her brothers Shawn and Alan, who both died young (Shawn at 14, Alan at 23) from cystic fibrosis.

The video not only won a handful of major awards—including a Billboard Music Video Award and Video Of The Year at the Christian Country Awards—but turned Cochran into a spokesperson and fundraiser for the illness, a role that continues to this day. She was featured in Family Circle in a section called “Women Who Make A Difference” and appeared as a nurse to a CF patient on Billy Ray Cyrus’ Pax TV show Doc. Cochran has also done numerous concerts in conjunction with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Those incredible experiences taught her the power of great songwriting, a gift Cochran has been working hard at developing since releasing her follow-up album Life Happened, whose title track became a Top 15 country hit. She has no regrets about cutting back her tour schedule, which topped out at 120 tour dates a few years ago, to focus on honing her craft these past few years.

Hometown News - Academy of Country Music Top Vocal Duo nominee Hometown News showcases harmony and unison vocals that recall the grand Country tradition of the Everly Brothers as well as Pop superstars Simon & Garfunkel.

Hometown News is Scott Whitehead and Ron Kingery. These musical brothers planted the seeds for their sound when they met at a Nashville songwriters night. Ron at the time was writing songs and engineering albums for The Wonder Workshop. It was there that he provided his musical and engineering skills for Roy Clark's Grammy nominated album "Roy Clark Sings and Plays Gospel Greats".

Before Hometown News Scott did a stint in the Navy flying the F/A-18 Hornet. Scott flew missions over North Iraq during the first Gulf War and is a graduate of the Naval Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun). After moving to Nashville he landed a staff writer job for the legendary Acuff-Rose publishing company. It was during this time he met Ron, and the two began writing what would be their first Top-40 Country single - "Minivan".

Together, Scott and Ron have a knack for recording songs that speak to the way everyday people live their lives. Their self-produced debut CD "Wheels" and sophomore project "Hometown News" reflect the mid-America emotions of their upbringing. Ron and Scott spent younger years in rural Illinois and Missouri respectively where the small town lifestyle, along with Johnny Cash and Glenn Campbell records that could be found on their parents' turntables shaped their musical tastes.

Another aspect these "brothers" share is they were both born on military bases, the sons of active duty members of the Armed Forces. It is the discipline instilled by their parents that in part drives their work ethic, and is arguably a factor in Hometown News being nominated for an ACM award less than a year after the release of the debut CD "Wheels" on independent label VFR Records.

Hometown News has gone on to secure a Ford Motor Company sponsorship, appeared on the Grand Ole Opry and completed a 34-day world tour of military bases. Ron and Scott became a part of history and a trivia question answer when they sang the National Anthem and God Bless America at Game 6 of the 2005 National League Championship Series in St.Louis. It was the final anthem sung in the old Busch stadium.

When looking at what their future may hold, the duo turns back to the way music inspired them when they were young. "I think it would be a neat thing 30 years down the road for some kid who's an up and coming singer to be doing an interview and say, 'You know, there were these two guys who were called Hometown News, and my Dad used to play that stuff all the time," says Ron. "We'd like to have something that might last a little and stand the test of time. That would be a great compliment".