NASHVILLE, TN. (RusticHeartRecords/ www.debbiehennessey.com) - Award winning artist Debbie Hennessey (NMW AC40 Female Artist of the Year) has been included on this year's Country
Music Today (CMT) New
Music Collection 2005. This unique collection of new music by established and up-and-coming artists includes songs from Debbie Hennessey,
Miranda Lambert, Deana Carter, Billy Dean, Sugarland, Shooter Jennings, Amy Dalley, The Grascals, and many more. There are 19 songs in all and CMT has produced 20,000 copies, which they will distribute mostly to subscribers. Each artist also received a page in the booklet where they were asked about how they got their start and which artists inspired them growing up. Debbie included the single from Rustic Heart, Midnight To Cinderella written by Paulette Miechle.
'This was an opportunity to bring the single to large number of people at once and I'm just thrilled about that,' said Hennessey. CMT will begin shipping the cd to subscribers in the next month and listeners will be able to give their feedback on the songs at www.countrymusictoday.com. Country
Music Today is part of the Country
Music Television media family.
Debbie is also in the studio working on her second cd-release is scheduled for this fall. The new cd will include songs from some of the talented writers who were a part of her debut, Rustic Heart. Mark Luna contributes I Never Had A Prayer, When Two Become One, and Good As Gone.
Sounds Like Rain is just one of the songs written by Hennessey, Sunny Hilden & John DePatie. Michelle Krell gives us First Song. That's Some Kind of Love is from Renee Carly and Bob Dellaposta wrote Keep It To Yourself. Also included will be songs that Debbie and her band have been playing live over the last year or so that have become real fan favorites such as Every River & That's A Lie (Kim Richey) and Walkin On A Wire (Lowen/Navarro/Boston). Rye Randa is once again producing and Frank Rosato of Woodcliff Studios is engineering.
Debbie Hennessey was named AC40 Female Artist of the Year for 2004 at the New
Music Weekly Awards. Her debut cd Rustic
Heart has been played on both Country and Adult Contemporary radio stations in the U.S. and around the world. She was also chosen by the NARAS to be on the 46th Annual Grammy Awards Nominating Ballot 6 times, 4 of those for her vocal performances. The categories were Best Female Country Vocal Performance (4x); Best Country Song (This Ain't About You); and Best Country Album (Rustic Heart). The cd Rustic
Heart is available by calling 1-800-BUY-MY-CD or by going to www.CDBaby.com and www.Amazon.com, it is also available at iTunes!
