Kelleigh Bannen’s news announcing a simultaneous three-song SiriusXM’s The Highway Finds music premiere did not go out in advance of her appearance yesterday on the Storme Warren Show as the Nashville native couldn’t believe it was all really happening.
“I guess part of me didn’t want to jinx it?,” says the female powerhouse AXS calls “Nashville’s most underrated singer-songwriter.” “When you’ve been at it for over a decade like I have been, it’s almost unheard of to get this kind of support as an unsigned female in Country… three songs and this much airplay out of the gate? It’s powerful.
“The pressure was really off when we wrote and recorded these songs,” Bannen reflects of her three singles, “John Who,”Joneses” and “Happy Birthday” that hat are simultaneously spinning on the mainstream country channel. She continues, “After I was dropped from my major label deal, a fearlessness set in as I really didn’t have anything else to lose.”
SiriusXM’s The Highway Finds program was developed as a tool for not only new music discovery but also as a platform to champion and, in turn, help break new artists through early airplay on a national level.
“Going through Kelleigh’s new music, it became clear almost immediately that picking a ‘first single’ was going to be really tough…so we decided since all of the music is this great, why not just go with all three songs? So that’s exactly what we did” adds J.R. Schumann, Senior Director of Programming for SiriusXM.
Kelleigh Bannen’s The Joneses:
“John Who”
Writers: Kelleigh Bannen, Will Bowen and Christopher Rafetto
Producer: Jaren Johnston
“Happy Birthday”
Writers: Kelleigh Bannen, Clair Douglas and Dallas Wilson
Producer: Jaren Johnston
“The Joneses”
Writers: Kelleigh Bannen, Todd Clark and Travis Wood
Producer: Todd Clark
Bannen will make another debut next month as the musical guest on SiriusXM The Highway’s Music Row Happy Hour, starting at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT on Friday, July 13. And you can always join in on The Highway by listening to Ch. 56.
All three songs are available now, listen here.
Mary Carlisle Callahan, co-host: Storme Warren Show, Kelleigh Bannen, Storme Warren, host: Storme Warren Show, Tommy Massad, producer: Storme Warren Show | Courtesy of SiriusXM
Kelleigh Bannen | Photo Credit: John Shearer
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