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PopMatters premieres full stream of Rachael Kilgour’s ‘Rabbit in the Road’ album.

Rachael Kilgour premieres full stream of deeply personal Rabbit in the Road album at PopMatters. RABBIT IN THE ROAD OUT FRIDAY 3/3/2017 VIA NEWSONG RECORDINGS 2015 NewSong grand prize winner Rachael Kilgour's third album Rabbit in the Road is set for release tomorrow on NewSong Recordings, and to celebrate the… (read more)

March 2nd, 2017

The Fourth Annual NewSong Presents: LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition is now accepting entries

  Thursday, February 16. (Asheville, NC) - LEAF Community Arts (LEAF) and NewSong Music today announce the launch of the 4th Annual NewSong Presents: LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition. With a mission to identify and celebrate exceptional performers and songwriters from across North America, the competition aims… (read more)

February 16th, 2017

Billboard premieres heartwrenching single ‘Deep Bruises’ from Rachael Kilgour’s forthcoming album Rabbit in the Road

Billboard premieres heartwrenching single 'Deep Bruises' from Rachael Kilgour's forthcoming album Rabbit in the Road"[the track is] a heartfelt slice of master crafted indie folk brimming with the battle-tested capacity to endure the worst in others." – Billboard   ANNOUNCES UPCOMING WINTER & SPRING TOUR DATESRABBIT IN… (read more)

February 7th, 2017

Wilder Adkins to perform at Sundance Film Festival’s ASCAP Music Café this Thursday and Friday afternoon

Watch via Facebook Live on NewSong Music's page 2016 NewSong Music grand prize winner Wilder Adkins’ songwriting gleans as much from the earthy poetry of Wendell Berry and Mary Oliver as it does from the works of folk luminaries Richard Thompson and Bruce Cockburn. He’s a true… (read more)

January 25th, 2017

Rachael Kilgour to release third album ‘Rabbit in the Road’ March 3 on NewSong Recordings

Rachael Kilgour to release third album 'Rabbit in the Road' March 3 on NewSong Recordings Rachael Kilgour is a Minnesota-based songwriter and performing artist whose sincere, lyric-driven work has been called both brave and humane. The 2015 grand prize winner of the international NewSong Music… (read more)

January 17th, 2017

2016 NewSong grand prize winner Wilder Adkins releases peace anthem “Side By Side” on MLK Jr. Day

2016 NewSong grand prize winner Wilder Adkins releases peace anthem "Side By Side" on MLK Jr. Day"This is a song about the city of Birmingham, Alabama and the struggles of the civil rights movement in the 1960s," says Adkins, a Birmingham resident himself. "It is… (read more)

January 16th, 2017

Congratulations to Wilder Adkins, the 2016 NewSong Grand Prize Winner

Introducing the 2016 NewSong Grand Prize Winner: Wilder AdkinsCongratulations to Wilder Adkins, this year's grand prize winner of the 15th Annual NewSong Music Showcase and Competition. Adkins took top honors on Saturday night at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium in New York City. Adkin’s songwriting… (read more)

December 13th, 2016

#MeetTheJudges: Erik Philbrook, Vice President and Creative Director of ASCAP

Erik PhilbrookASCAP’s VP and Creative DirectorErik Philbrook serves as ASCAP’s VP and Creative Director. In addition to writing editorial, producing video and managing content for ASCAP’s various media channels, he has interviewed and written about many of today’s leading songwriters and composers from across the… (read more)

December 9th, 2016

#MeetTheJudges: Elysa Marden of Arts Brookfield

MEERA DUGAL2016 NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting CompetitionElysa Marden is a curator and producer based in NYC. She is currently the Co-Director of Art Brookfield, a national public arts program that produces, commissions, and presents music, dance, film, visual art and spoken word year-round and… (read more)

December 9th, 2016

#MeetTheJudges: Meera Dugal (Lincoln Center)

MEERA DUGAL2016 NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting CompetitionMeera Dugal is the Programming Manager for the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. The Atrium is home to over 100 free, extremely eclectic performances a year that are curated with the aim to reflect the diversity present in… (read more)

December 9th, 2016