THE SONGBIRD PROJECT TAKES RADIO

I'M BACK!

Thank you to all who have been following my musical journey for the past four years, it's been quite a crazy ride...and it's about to get even crazier.

As most you know, I have been an On-Air Personality for WPNR 90.7 FM and have created country music programming for the station - #WPNRCountry.  Well...we are building on our country genre and are taking THE SONGBIRD PROJECT to the airwaves!

THE SONGBIRD PROJECT airs on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 1PM-2PM EST on 90.7 FM (if in the Central New York area) or you can listen live at: http://player.liquidcompass.net/WPNRFM.

I had an amazing opportunity this past November to interview one of my idols, Martina McBride, before she played a local fundraiser at the historic Stanley Theater in Utica, NY.
Check out the interview below and follow me on SoundCloud here.   

I have been having an absolute blast at the station and am so excited to take the blog to the airwaves. I'll be tweeting while on-air, be sure to tweet me your requests using #WPNRCountry!

Ones To Watch 2015

With 2014 being the year of the 'bro-country' influx to the country genre, I predict these five females will help lead the genre in 2015.
    
Here are my Top 5 Ones To Watch:

1. Mickey Guyton

2. Kelleigh Bannen

3. Caitlyn Smith

4. Clare Dunn

5. Rae Lynn

Emily West Stuns with 'Chandelier'

Live from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, America’s Got Talent entered a new phase in the competition – the first night of quarter finals.  In this stage of the summer reality competition voting begins.

Nashville native Emily West is a contestant on this season’s show.  She returned to the stage tonight with a larger-than-life performance of Sia’s "Chandelier,” which left the judges in awe.  Finishing with a standing ovation from the panel and audience alike, West was tearing up from the overwhelming response.   

Howard Stern, typically the most critical, told West that he became a judge to discover talent like hers. He also told her, "You’re the best singer I’ve seen since I joined the show."  Mel B was in awe, adding: "That’s probably one of my favorite songs of all time, and you sang it like it was a classic Hollywood song."    

Emily West needs your votes!  NBC changed the voting this season, now making voting possible by dialing 1-866-60-AGT09, voting on the NBC website at: http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent, on the AGT Facebook page: https://apps.facebook.com/nbc-agt-vote/, or by even googling "America's Got Talent," you can cast your votes.  Online/App voting ends by 12 ET tomorrow 7/30/14.  Get voting!

As I have been following Emily West since she was posting demos on Myspace, I am just in awe of her.  How someone can go from playing Nashville clubs to sharing every emotion in her voice on the stage of Radio City Music Hall with literally an orchestra behind her is breathtaking.  There isn't even an artist out there to compare her to.  Her authenticity is simply enough.

Watch Emily West perform "Chandieller":