• Artist Name: Wesley Wild
• Hometown: Hollywood, MD

What project(s) are you currently working on?

Have been working on writing and releasing my debut album during treatment for terminal Brain cancer. While the original intention was to create something fun to remember me by This project has been crucial in keeping me alive to this day.

What inspired you to pursue a career in music and when did you know?

 I have always loved music. I was raised on classic and 90’s country. I was encouraged to play guitar by my mother who also played. By the time I could strum a few chords I was writing songs.

If you weren’t pursuing a career in music, what would you be doing for a living?

 Well I am currently a very unsuccessful real estate agent. I also host trivia one night a week. I volunteer as a kids soccer coach and for a local radio station. If I had the education I would probably have been a teacher

What is your favorite downtime activity?

 Writing songs, tubing down a river, roller coasters.

Who is your biggest celebrity crush?

 Shania Twain

Who is your favorite sports team(s)?

 Baltimore Ravens and Orioles

What is the last movie that you watched?

 It was a Kris Kristofferson documentary

What is the last album you listened to?

 KMAG YOYO Hayes Carll

If you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, what would it be?

 This changes for me all the time it would depend on what I am going through at the time

What is the greatest country song of all time?

 You never even called me by my name David Allen Coe

What has been your favorite city/town that you’ve visited out on the road?

 Austin TX there is nothing better! Honorable mention goes to New Orleans

What is your favorite meal?

 Grandma’s mac and cheese with ham

Who is your dream duet partner?

 Loretta Lynn or Shania

Who would you like to go on tour with?

 Paul Cauthen, Hayes Carll, Led Zeppelin, Willie Nelson

What is your ultimate career goal(s)?

Make music that makes people feel good!

• Artist Name: Hunter Flanagan
• Hometown: Bowdon, Georgia

What project(s) are you currently working on?

 Writing some new music, mostly getting back into the swing of performing, and hopefully gonna start recording new songs soon!

What inspired you to pursue a career in music and when did you know?

 When I was 16 months old I performed all the songs to “the Wizard of Oz” for my family. We all kinda knew I was gonna be a performer then! And it’s always been my “thing” I’ve had hobbies but nothing that I’ve loved more!

If you weren’t pursuing a career in music, what would you be doing for a living?

 Well I’m also an actor but if I wasn’t doing either. I assume I’d be working some desk job or something boring. Only other thing I ever showed interest in was maybe the medical field, but I have an existential crisis just trying to find a good place to put a sticker, so medicine wouldn’t have been cut out for me.

What is your favorite downtime activity?

 I love going SCUBA diving. Or tending to my bees, and I am a HUGE movie buff. Love watching crime dramas and old horror flicks!

Who is your biggest celebrity crush?

 I’ve always had an unhealthy infatuation for Jennifer Anniston. Love everything she’s in and she was my childhood crush. And she just seems like an all around great person

Who is your favorite sports team(s)?

 I don’t really keep up with sports. Which has probably ruined my relationship with every male mentor in my life (living in the south and not liking football is practically a sin). But we were huge Jeff Gordon fans growing up. And watching NASCAR races as a kid was the closest I got to sports.

What is the last movie that you watched?

 I rewatched John Carpenter’s “The Thing” which is one of my all time favorite movies. The pacing, composition and atmosphere alone elevate that movie to an untouchable level!

What is the last album you listened to?

 Been relistening to some Tyler Childers albums. I think the last one I listened to was his “purgatory” album.

If you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, what would it be?

 Anything by Old Crow Medicine Show but if I had to choose I’d probably go with their album “Carry Me Back” I am just in love with their mix of classic bluegrass/roots music with a little bit of a modern touch.

What is the greatest country song of all time?

 Now that’s a tough question. Anything I say would be wrong! The classic answer is “Call Me By My Name” by David Allen Coe, but any of those old songs that stood the test of time would be the greatest to me. Anything like “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash or “The Highwaymen”, or even “Lovesick Blues” or something by Hank sr.

What has been your favorite city/town that you’ve visited out on the road?

 I’d either have to say Blue Ridge, Georgia just because it’s beautiful and it’s my home away from home. A lot of people love me there or the shows I did in New Orleans because of the fantastic food!

What is your favorite meal?

 I’m a big time adventurous eater. I even make the jokes to people that I survive solely on organ meats and country music. The country in me wants to say a nice cooked ribeye, cooked with butter and garlic, or something simple like mama’s home cooked ham that we fight for every Thanksgiving. But the snob in my would have to say a good lamb chop. With a seared foie Gras.

Who is your dream duet partner?

 I mean every country singer would love a duet with miss Dolly Parton! Or a cool guy to do a duo song with would probably be Sturgill Simpson or Billy Strings. Just because that seems like it would be the most fun live performance.

Who would you like to go on tour with?

 I feel like going on tour with some of the old school country guys would be fun, Like Willie or Waylon. But if I had to pick a modern musician probably Tyler Childers or Old Crow Medicine Show

What is your ultimate career goal(s)?

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to be famous! But honestly. I’d consider my life fulfilled just as long as I can do this and make a living and keep making people happy with what I do, even if it’s just one person in the crowd I wouldn’t care. I just love doing what I do and getting the great honor of being able to do it full time!

New Albums

• Adam Sanders – What If I’m Right
• Alexander Ludwig – Alexander Ludwig (EP)
• Blake Shelton – Body Language
• David Allan Coe – Biketoberfest 01:  Live From the Iron Horse Saloon
• Gary LeVox – One on One
• Jordan Davis – Buy Dirt
• Ray Stevens – Nouveau Retro (What’s Old is New Again)
• Ross Copperman – Somewhere There’s a Light On (EP)
• Southerland – Boot Up
• Troy Cartwright – Memory Machine Sessions

New Singles

• 10-4 – Sam Williams
• A New Day Is Gonna Dawn – Flying Buffaloes
• Bad Summer – Karissa Ella
• Believe in Love – Charlie Worsham
• Born to Love You -JoLivi
• Broke – Rosewood Ave
• City Lights – Bailey Callahan
• Cover the Earth – Ray Scott
• From and I Go – Satsang
• Getting Over You – Faith Schuler
• Ghost Stories – Onoleigh
• Hot Mess Express – Jenn Ford
• Leave Each Other Alone – Jess Moskaluke w/ Travis Collins (digital release, radio release at later date)
• Lefty’s Song – Jared Lostracco
• Might as Well Lead – Manny Blu
• Missing You – Chase Wright
• Never Mine – Craig Campbell (digitally released, radio at later date)
• Open – Ashlie Amber
• Remind Me of You – Lily Rose
• Smilin’ On My Way – Ray Scott
• Some Days – The Bootstrap Boys
• Starting Fires – The Hobbs Sisters
• Sunday Birmingham – Suzy Bogguss
• Swing Down Chariot – The Oak Ridge Boys
• Texas Moon – Vincent Neil Emerson
• Think About Me – Maggie Baugh
• Thinking About You – Lauren Davidson

Wyatt Edmondson – Photo Credit Anna Haas

• Artist Name: Wyatt Edmondson
• Hometown: Montgomery, AL

Outlaw country artist Gethen Jenkins just released his album Western Gold, which features his raucous new single “Basket Case.”  We had a chance to ask the former Marine a few questions, check ’em out below!

Artist Name:  Gethen Jenkins

Hometown: I lived in a small Indian village called Galena in Alaska form age 8 to 18

What project(s) are you currently working on?

“Current projects are writing music and getting out on the road spreading our songs to the world and album drop July 26 and getting on a National tour that’s what we’re working on.”

What inspired you to pursue a career in music and when did you know?

I can’t say there was one second in my life that led me to believe that it was time for me to devote 125% of my life to having a music career. I think it’s kind of been a natural development over the years. I remember making a promise (to) my Marine buddy in Iraq that I was going to give it hell. It took me years to get to the point where I started writing music and putting a band together and playing gigs and developing a fan base. I do know that when I got sponsored by 805 Beer, that kind of solidified that my efforts I had been working so hard for the past years… busting our ass, writing songs, playing for no money, traveling, just trying to get the music out there, trying to get some recognition that we’re a band trying to do original music and trying to do it right. 805 Beer saw us and saw what we were doing was something different and they partnered up and that was a big deal for me. That was a good point. And then when I got picked up from my management company and they saw that I had something different that a lot of people don’t have, they saw growth potential and told me that I had something special that they wanted to help cultivate and develop into something worldwide. So those two points in my life were very important. And now, it’s full speed ahead!

If you weren’t pursuing a career in music, what would you be doing for a living?

“If I wasn’t playing music for a livin I’d probably be riding my motorcycle and I’d be a plus-size model for Harley Davidson and I’d be traveling the world.”

What is the last album you listened to?

David Allan Coe – Penitentiary Blues

If you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, what would it be?

“If I could listen to any album for the rest of my life it would either be Jerry Reed Both Barrels or Merle Haggard Live at Billy Bob’s Texas.”

What is the greatest country song of all time?

 “Greatest country song of all time I have no idea there’s too many good ones. My favorite country song is Lonesome On’ry and Mean Steve Young and Waylon Jennings.

What has been your favorite city/town that you’ve visited out on the road?

“My favorite city or town I’ve ever played at is probably Austin, Texas the Continental Club. Whole bunch of other ones, but that one’s a good one.

Who is your dream duet partner?

As far as duet I would say Emmylou Harris that would be my dream duet.

Who would you like to go on tour with?

Willie Nelson

What is your ultimate career goal(s)?

Goals… open for Willy Nelson. Play the 4th of July picnic, play the Ryman Auditorium, mostly just spread our music all over the world. Appreciate y’all keep it in the wind.”

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