Red Jacket Announced as 2014 NewSong Music Presenting Sponsor. "An Independent Farm Supporting Independent Music" Asheville, NC - NewSong Music is pleased to announce Red Jacket, the independently owned and award-winning orchard and juice maker, as the presenting sponsor of its 2014 programs.… (read more)
April 16th, 2014PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, March 4. Asheville, NC. LEAF Festival and NewSong Music are proud to announce the first annual NewSong Presents: LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition! With a mission to empower singer-songwriters locally, regionally and nationally, LEAF and NewSong have joined forces to find the very best talent. The… (read more)
March 3rd, 2014Grand prize NewSong Contest winners Cardinal Sons and producer, musician Charlie Sexton arrive in Asheville to record EP at Echo Mountain Recording. Tune in this afternoon (Sunday, March 2) at 4:00 PM Eastern for a free live stream of the Echo Sessions: Cardinal… (read more)
March 2nd, 2014Friday, February 7. Asheville, NC. NewSong Music, producers of the annual, international NewSong performance and songwriting competition, announced today that the 2014 NewSong Contest will open for entries on Saturday, March 1. Details to follow. www.newsong-music.com (read more)
February 7th, 2014Congratulations to last year's NewSong Contest grand prize winner the Cardinal Sons! It was recently announced that they're on the bill of the 2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. They'll be performing on May 2nd. About the Cardinal Sons: Balancing crunchy organ and guitar with… (read more)
February 3rd, 2014Congrats to NewSong Recordings artist, Chris Velan, whose most recent album The Long Goodbye was selected by as one of Dirty Impound's 25 Favorite Albums of 2013. The album was produced and mixed by Iestyn Polson at Asheville's Echo Mountain Recording Studios. Here's what they had to say about… (read more)
January 23rd, 2014New Orleans based Cardinal Sons will perform at Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe on Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 as a part of their Grand Prize Winning package from the 2013 NewSong Contest. As winners, they will also receive recording time at Asheville, NC's Echo Mountain… (read more)
January 23rd, 2014For Immediate Release: “Berkeley sings in a lustrous melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake … as his melodies ascend to become benedictions and consolations, the music shimmers and peals.” – The New York Times “Berkeley crafts his songs like watercolor paintings.… (read more)
December 19th, 2013New Orleans' the Cardinal Sons win grand prize of the 12th Annual Mountain Stage NewSong Contest. Monday, October 21. New York, NY. New Orleans-based band of brothers the Cardinal Sons were awarded the top honor in the 2013 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest Finals,… (read more)
October 21st, 2013This is a truly inspiring and insightful interview from NewSong Contest finalist Boris McCutcheon. We are honored to have Boris as a part of the contest and look forward to all of the finalists performing on October 19th at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in… (read more)
October 16th, 2013