WHAT IT IS: Canadian-born, Nashville-based Townes is “poised for a breakthrough,” according to Refinery29 . On top of an ever-growing list of accolades that includes Amazon Music ’s 2019 Artists to Watch, The Bobby Bones Show’s Class of 2019, CMT ’s Next Women of Country and Listen Up and iHeartRadio ’s Artists to Watch in 2019, she’s also a member of the inaugural Opry NextStage class. The songstress is currently recording her full-length debut album with award-winning producer Jay Joyce .
ALBUM: TBA
RELEASE DATE: 2019
SINGLE: “Somebody’s Daughter”
LIVE: Currently on Dierks Bentley’s extensive Burning Man Tour through August; on the CMA: Introducing Nashville Tour throughout Australia; major festival appearances include CMC Rocks and Tortuga
RADIO: Hit #1 on both Mediabase and Nielsen BDS Country airplay charts in Canada; first Canadian country artist to have their debut single go #1 in the Mediabase Canada era; second Canadian artist to top Nielsen BDS Country airplay chart with their first charted song and the first since Carolyn Dawn Johnson’s “Georgia” (2000)
PRESS: NPR (“one of the most promising arrivals in mainstream Nashville’s burgeoning singer-songwriter movement”), Rolling Stone (“10 Best Country EPs of 2018”; “Tenille Townes makes a strong case for being country’s most promising young songwriter with this devastating EP”), Elle, Billboard, Slate, Tennessean, Refinery29, Wide Open Country
BOOKING: Darin Murphy & Meredith Jones, CAA
PUBLISHING: Carla Wallace, Big Yellow Dog
MANAGEMENT: Crystal Dishmon, Shopkeeper