CONGRATULATIONS to the 2024 finalists of the LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition, presented by NewSong Music: Admiral Radio – Columbia, SC Andy Sydow – Hendersonville, TN Charlie John – Covington, KY Dustin Dale Gaspard – Abbeville, LA Erin Williams Banks – Boone, NC* Hannah Lee Thompson – Baltimore, MD Nathan Storey… (read more)
April 9th, 2024Congratulations to our LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition's "Earlybird" Finalist, Erin Williams Banks. Erin grew up in Lyons, Georgia. She has been writing music for over 30 years. In the beginning, she would sing on dirt roads from the back of a horse. Now she sings… (read more)
April 5th, 2024The annual LEAF Singer-Songwriter Showcase and Competition, now in its tenth year, will take place at LEAF Global Arts Retreat, in Black Mountain, N.C., on Saturday, May 11, 2024. The performance showcase and competition is a collaborative effort between NewSong Music and LEAF Global Arts.… (read more)
February 26th, 2024NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition is thrilled to announce that Natalie Price from Nashville, Tennessee, is the 2023 Grand Prize Winner. (Photos by Aaron Stone.) During the Saturday, November 18, finals, Price showcased five songs with infectious hooks that felt like instant hits. Her… (read more)
November 21st, 2023Join us in welcoming this year’s panel of judges, all music industry professionals. We appreciate their insight and expertise in selecting a Grand Prize Winner, who will receive a six-song EP, recorded and mixed at Citizen Studios, with vinyl records pressed at Citizen Vinyl. Garret… (read more)
November 16th, 2023Beth // James is an indie-Americana duo from Austin, Texas, made up of award-winning singer-songwriters Mikaela and Jordan Burchill. After two dazzling EPs, and their original song "Lion Eyes" in Spike Lee's Academy Award-winning feature film BlacKkKlansman, the duo is back with their debut album "Get… (read more)
October 28th, 2023MaisCéu is the brainchild of Jimmie Griffith, a musician who hails from the mountains of Minas Gerais, Brazil. His music is a fusion of American and Brazilian musical traditions, reflecting his upbringing steeped in both cultures. Inspired by the Blue Ridge mountains and the “Mares… (read more)
October 17th, 2023Nashville artist Stacy Antonel makes clever, country-leaning Americana that feels both vintage and hyper-modern. Her “country jazz” vocals conjure the great singers of the 1920s-'30s, with the emotive power of country icon Patsy Cline. Rooted in classic country and laced with elements of jazz, pop,… (read more)
October 13th, 2023Senobia is a versatile singer who pours out her soul fused with R&B, jazz, blues, and commercial pop undertones. She is a vocalist, composer, and veteran of the stage having performed with America's finest as a U.S. Army band singer. She is a born and… (read more)
October 7th, 2023Originally from Arkansas, singer-songwriter Reece Sullivan now lives in Lafayette, La., and plays the surrounding states regularly. He's reinvented himself many times: piano to guitar, classical to art rock, art rock to folk, flat picking to fingerpicking, solely songwriting to performing. In 2022, Reece released… (read more)
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