29 January 2020

Upcoming singer/songwriter Tebey has released his first ever UK single in the shape of Denim on Denim, which was written with Kelly Archer and Nathan Spicer. You can listen to the song here. Tebey, pronounced Tay Bay, is the latest country music talent to emerge from Canada, though he has been writing songs for other artists for quite a prolonged period of time now, across a number of different genres. For example, while he has three Number Ones – Somebody Else Will by Justin Moore was a Number One in America, Dive Bar by Gord Bamford was Number One in Canada and Who’s Gonna Love You, a song he released, went to Number One on the Canada Country Charts – he has also written with One Direction, Cher, Pixie Lott, Fifth Harmony and Flo Rida. In October, Tebey was over in the UK for the Country Music Hits Hub as part of Country Music Week and was warmly received by the audience throughout his half an hour set. In that set, it was revealed that Tebey was so keen to make an impact on the UK country music scene that he was at C2C 2019 in a capacity to seek out the relevant people to help his career grow on this side of the Atlantic.

Rob Mayes has made his first notable foray of 2020 with the release of Building Us and a cover of Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved. You can watch an audio video of Building Us below. [wpdevart_youtube]lmNxZRLtA-4[/wpdevart_youtube] Mayes has been very busy in the country music world releasing a raft of singles and Building Us – which was written with Kevin Leach, Ryan Rossebo and Evan Williams – is the latest to follow suit. Speaking about the single and the meaning behind it, Mayes said that it is about growing a family and the nuances of life, with Mayes feeling that the track details a lot of the things in life that are most meaningful to people. “Building Us is an homage to building a family and the support therein,” Mayes said. “Country music is all about life and Building Us is a quintessential life song – from childhood, to adolescence, to having kids of our own, it tells the story of growing up, and the support we give and receive. With conversational verses and a super sing-along-able chorus, Building Us will (hopefully!) have you singing along, smiling and reminiscing.” Meanwhile, his cover of Capaldi’s Someone You Loved came about after he felt that he could turn it into a country song of sorts, while also praising it as one of the best pieces of music to emerge over the previous 12 months. “Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved is hands down one of the best songs of 2019,” Mayes explains. “I knew I wanted to envision it as a country song the moment I first heard it. He sings the absolute hell out of it and I hope I do it just a fraction of the justice Capaldi unleashes.” Rob Mayes released his debut EP ‘Closer’ back in September and it is highly possible that there will be another significant release in the near future.