Chris DeStefano

MusicRow Announces 2015 Awards Nominees

9 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on MusicRow Announces 2015 Awards Nominees
MusicRow magazine has announced the nominees for the 2015 awards. Voted for by the discerning readers of the magazine, this awards show focuses on the creation of songs, rather than merely the performance aspect. The awards will be handed out in Nashville, TN on June 23, 2015. Check out the nominees below and get more Read More

Enjoy Carrie Underwood’s ‘Little Toy Guns’ the way it should be heard

9 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Enjoy Carrie Underwood’s ‘Little Toy Guns’ the way it should be heard
Carrie Underwood‘s current single, ‘Little Toy Guns,’ is, for me, one of the best and most meaningful songs on country radio right now. But dear goodness does the pop-rock production get in its way, with its unnecessary filter effects and overused echoes. And the music video, beautifully shot though it is, distracts by pulling the Read More

Carrie Underwood Hits #1 after CMA Bump, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw Advance

9 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Carrie Underwood Hits #1 after CMA Bump, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw Advance
Carrie Underwood‘s impressive performance of ‘Something in the Water’ on last week’s CMA Awards show gives the song it’s final bump to the top. Congratulations to Carrie and her co-writers Brett James and Chris DeStefano! Other CMA Awards performers seeing the effect are Little Big Town, who take ‘Day Drinking’ from #9 to #4, and Read More

Billy Currington Returns to Country #1 Spot with 'Hey Girl'

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Billy Currington Returns to Country #1 Spot with 'Hey Girl'
Billy Currington‘s recently released album, We Are Tonight, propelled its lead single, ‘Hey Girl,’ to the Billboard Country Airplay #1 spot. Congratulations to Billy and his team, and to songwriters Rhett Akins, Chris DeStefano, and Ashley Gorley. Blake Shelton‘s ‘Mine Would Be You’ climbs two spots to #6, and new this week is Chris Young‘s Read More

Chase Rice Announces 'Ready Set Roll' October Release, New Tour Dates

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Chase Rice Announces 'Ready Set Roll' October Release, New Tour Dates
Chase Rice has been steadily building his own career for the last few years, expanding his audience across the country. The singer-songwriter, who got some extra wind in his sails following the success of Florida Georgia Line‘s ‘Cruise’ which he co-wrote, is now releasing his new single, ‘Ready Set Roll,’ and EP next month. Find Read More

Single Review: 'That's My Kind of Night' – Luke Bryan

11 years ago Liv Carter 2
Songwriters: Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley Under normal circumstances, I like it when artists exceed my expectations. I honestly didn’t think Luke Bryan would ever release something worse than ‘Country Girl (Shake it for Me),’ a song I unapologetically refer to as “a sexist piece of trash.” With new single, ‘That’s My Kind of Read More

Brett Eldredge Tops Billboard Airplay Chart after 43-week Climb

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Brett Eldredge Tops Billboard Airplay Chart after 43-week Climb
It took a long time, but this week Brett Eldredge gets to celebrate his first #1 hit as ‘Don’t Ya’ finally ascends to the top spot on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart. Congratulations to Eldredge and his co-writers Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley! Keith Urban‘s ‘Little Bit of Everything’ tumbles into the top 5, at Read More

New Music Video: ‘Aw Naw’ – Chris Young

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on New Music Video: ‘Aw Naw’ – Chris Young
Chris Young‘s mischievous new single, ‘Aw Naw,’ got a music video to match. The tune, which Young co-wrote with Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley, is currently racing up the radio charts. Check out what happens in the Chris Hicky-directed video during a tour bus stop at a gas station…     Read More

Single Review: ‘Hey Girl’ – Billy Currington

11 years ago Liv Carter 1
Songwriters: Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley, Chris DeStefano With a new album on the way, Billy Currington return to the country music radio waves with new single, ‘Hey Girl.’ From the opening lines ‘Hey girl, what’s your name girl? / I’ve been looking at you / And every guy here’s doing the same, girl,’ the song Read More