Latest releases  received to MKB Indie Radio . 

Warwick & Young "Sunrise to paradise "

MKB Independent Radio have received the latest single from extraordinary  Singer/Songwriter/Producer Dan Washburn Big Congratulations to Dan Washburn . A  heartfelt and reflective song from Dans pen written a few years ago and very apt for releasing now to mark a new journey for his son Noah . Dan is passing on some good advice on life that he received from his own father many years ago to his son Noah who is about to start College.

The  production on the song  is second to none I particularly like the dobra and fiddle and the warmth and emotion in Dan's amazing Country voice but most of all I like the sentiment . This is one for Noah to carry in his heart always .I had a tear or two myself .

Mary K Burke CEO  MKB Independent Radio 

“Goin’ Home” - the back Story

A few years ago, the first night I owned my new Larrivee guitar, I was sitting on the bed at a Nashville Airbnb. As I played my new purchase, this melody was going through my head and the lyric was about “going home”. The song literally just poured out and I was having a struggle with one line and so I asked Emmy, who was sitting across the room, what she thought about it. She looked up and literally blurted out the line. I produced the track later in the week on the session I had booked. 

Fast forward, my son Noah is going to college fall of ’24 and s we got him a nice little used SUV. I was taking him to my friend Gary’s place (a used car dealer) to pick up his ride and was telling him things about driving and giving him advice that my father had given me. It suddenly occurred to me I had written about this a few years previous….I had more than one tear following him home that afternoon. 

Dan 

Goin’ Home

BIOGRAPHY – DAN WASHBURN

Dan started playing guitar at the age of seven, beginning with a lap steel and by the time
he was ten he was playing the acoustic and wrote his first song for his mom; “Someone
Like You”. His dad integrated him into the band he was playing bass for and by the time
he was 13, Dan was the bass player and harmony singer for a local weekend band.
His credits include over 200 albums as a singer/song writer, producer and bassist. Dan
was bandleader for the late Colleen Peterson for several years. He has toured with
George Fox, Terry Sheridan, Colleen Peterson and South Mountain. He has guested as
singer/bassist for many gospel shows both live and on television. Dan has shared the
stage on shows with Emmy-Lou Harris, Pirates of the Mississippi, Waylon Jennings, Toby
Keith, Marty Stuart and Martina McBride to name a few. Dan had great success releasing
5 singles to radio before being asked to audition for award winning band “South
Mountain”.  Dan became their lead singer/bassist and spokes-person in Canada, signed to
Stony Plain Records, distributed worldwide by Warner Brothers. The band toured
Canada and Europe extensively and were in high demand. They had a successful album
“Where There’s A Will” offering four chart successes and several Canadian Country
Music Association nominations. 
Dan has hosted two television shows for Cogeco Canada; highlighting Canadian up &
coming talent. He is a much sought after writer and producer splitting his time between
Nashville and home, Stirling, ON Canada.
Summer/Fall of 2024 Dan will be hosting a couple of specials for Cogeco Television again,
writing around the planet with a new release planned for August. He is continuing to
produce music in Canada and Nashville for National and International artists.
 Twitter: @danialwashburn
 Instagram: @danialwashburn
 Facebook: fb.me/DanWashburnMusic
   Website: www.danwashburn.ca

Country Music Social Media Live Gigs 

August Gigs

Kelly Cobbett
2nd August 
Lonesome dove
Heathcotes social club 
Redruth
TR15 3QJ

Kelly Cobbett
3rd August    
Friends of country
Horndean community school
Barton Cross
Waterlooville
PO8 9PQ

Rachel Redman thehaystacksband
3rd August 
Of The Tap Country festival
105 High Street 
Maidenhead
SL6 1EA
 

Chasing Twisters
3rd August 12pm 
Betley Show
Betley Court Farm
Main Road
Betley
Crewe
CW3 9BH

Chasing Twisters
3rd August 9pm 
The Swan Inn
Stafford Street
Stone
Staffs
ST15 8QW

Grand Prairie Band
3rd August
Mayfair Tavern 
High Road 
Tooting 
London
SW17 7TJ  

Guy Surtees
3rd August 3pm
White Hart Festival
The White Hart
Ridge Lane
Nuneaton
CV10 0RB

Guy Surtees
3rd August 
Freedom Fest
The Gate Hangs Well
Syston
Leicestershire
LE7 1NH

Kelly Cobbett
4th August   
Lost leaders cmc
Park grate social club
366 Brook Lane
Southampton
SO31 7DP

Walk Don’t Run
6th August 
Community Hall Bainsford 
Falkirk 
FK2 7NS

Emma Jane 
7th August (supporting Dignity Row 
And Debbie Campbell & Scott Nicol)
The Sad Glad Cate 
Glasgow
G41 2HG

Taynee Lord
9th August
LakeFest 
Eastnor Castle Deer Park
Ledbury
Herefordshire
HR8 1EN
 

Grand Prairie Band
10th August
Charles Holden 
High Road 
Colliers Wood 
London
SW19 2BH  

Guy Surtees
10th August 
West Country Music Festival
Cullumpton
Devon
EX15 2QG

Kelly Cobbett
11th August   
Hickory lake cmc
Hickory lake community centre
Coggeshall Road
Colchester
CO5 9QU

Kelly Cobbett
16th August   
Denver junction
Charlton rugby club
60a Broad Walk
Kidbrooke
SE3 8NB

Guy Surtees
16th August 
Hartshill Sports Club
Windmill Lane
Nuneaton
CV10 0LS

Kelly Cobbett
17th August   
Normandy cmc
Normandy RBL
Guildford
GU3 2AW

Guy Surtees
17th August 4pm 
Coventry Classic Car Festival
Earlsdon Rugby Club
Coventry
CV4 8DY

Guy Surtees
18th August 3pm 
Acoustic Shock
Bolehall Manor Club
Tamworth
B77 3LH

Kelly Cobbett
18th August     
Lone wolf cmc
The village centre
Broadbridge Heath
Horsham
RH12 3LY

Kelly Cobbett
19th August  
Epping Riders cmc
Lindsey street centre
Frampton Road
Epping
CM16 6RP

Kelly Cobbett
22nd August  
Runcton holmes cmc
Runcton holmes social club
School Road
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE33 0AQ

Grand Prairie Band
24th August
Red Lion 
Walworth Road 
Walworth 
London
SE17 2AW

Kelly Cobbett
28th August   
Southern star cmc
The Rafa club 
Prestwick
Scotland
KA9 1QL

Kelly Cobbett
29th August   
Crofter cmc
The Croft 
74 The Loan
Loanhead
Scotland
EH20 9AQ

Kelly Cobbett
30th August  
The Bunkhouse cmc
Avondale community centre 
Overton road 
start haven 
ML10 6JW

Rob McHale
August 30th
Happy Valley Jamboree
Highway 268 
Lenoir, NC
The Tom Dooley Legend 
Performance at Sundown
USA

Grand Prairie Band
31st August
Three Wishes 
Church Parade 
Kingsbury  
London
NW9 8JS

Guy Surtees
31st August 
Rose & Crown
Main Street
Wolston
CV8 3HJ

Chasing Twisters
31st August 4pm
Nantwich Food Festival
Love Lane
Nantwich
CW5 5BH

Two Uke Players from Liverpool playing everything from George Formby to Rock & Roll.

A chance to catch up with this weeks "Carlow Country with Mary K Burke" This weeks Featured artist is sensational Norwegian Americana artist Rebekka Lundstrom.  www.carlowfm.com Mondays 7pm to 9pm live 

A few weeks ago I received a wonderful song written by Scott Fivelson an American screenwriter,playwright,songwriter & Director . I got the song in three different versions by different artists . latest version as released by the U.K. folk duo, Reuben and The Bridge, as well as the two previous versions of "What the Piano Knows" - one by Dave Corwin (feat. Catherine Ashcroft on the Uilleann pipes) and an instrumental version by the Norwegian folk band, Fir Arda. I love all versions of the song my personal favourite is by U.K. folk duo, Reuben and The Bridge. Check out all the versions here and dont forget to request on your favourite radio stations if you would like to comment use our form below the blog post and let us know which version you like. Mary K Burke  CEO MKB Independent Radio 

Scott Fivelson is an American screenwriter, playwright, songwriter, and director.

Among his credits, he wrote and produced the music-biz comedy/drama "American Reel", starring the legendary David Carradine (Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films) as singer-songwriter “James Lee Springer,” the British actor Michael Maloney (Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V" and "Hamlet"), and Mariel Hemingway ("Personal Best," "The Contender").

Scott Fivelson was also the writer and director of the award-winning Hollywood biopic, "Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story," starring Lenny Von Dohlen as legendary director, Oskar Knight.

One of his next films as a writer/producer will be the British romantic-comedy mystery, "The Vicar's Wife," which is currently being planned for a shoot in Derry, Northern Ireland. Word is that the film will star Billy Boyd ("The Lord of the Rings") and Emily Cox (Netflix series, "The Last Kingdom").

As a songwriter, Fivelson's popular songs include "Secret Entrance to Your Heart" by Breeze BossaNova, "No Hugs for You" by Michael Ross, and "What the Piano Knows" in its various renditions.  Contact Scott at

infojet@earthlink.net

https://open.spotify.com/track/6gb2WB2qlbFS3VXQwpN2uv

The latest artist to come under our radar is Rebekka Lundstrom from Norway      https://rebekkalundstrom.com/Southern Norway's queen of Folk and Americana!