It's a Country Love Song for Justin Champagne and K Michelle

Rising country star Justin Champagne has released a music video with TV star and singer K Michelle for Country Love Song. The song has a strong message of embracing true love, the fairytale love to last. The video is a mini-movie love story for this R n' B and country crossover song. The setting is classic for a country song, singing on the front porch of a ranch house complete with a barn and horses.

Justin Champagne has been writing and recording songs since his teen years. He gained a strong work ethic from watching his widowed mother's hard work. Justin's father was an amateur musician and passed when Justin was 6 years old and continues to influence his musical journey.

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Justin Champagne has trendsetting creativity throughout his music embracing many talents as a songwriter and singer but is also a rapper and a storyteller.

Justin Champagne has recently signed a record deal with ONErpm and has more releases on the way! Congratulations Justin Champagne and K Michelle on the video release!

Mary Heather Hickman and a Small Town Saturday Night

Arkansas-born, Mary Heather Hickman moved to Texas as a young child and now claims Tennessee as her home. Since she was a young girl, Mary Heather has dreamt of songwriting and singing like some of the traditional artists she grew up listening to. She traveled quite a bit performing at Opry shows across Texas and school talent shows all the way through high school. Mary Heather's dad told her as a young child if she was going to sing, she needed to write her own songs. Her dad's advice made a lasting impression on her and she started writing songs in elementary school, building up that dream to one day live in Nashville and write songs for her career.

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After graduating high school, Mary Heather took a trip to audition for NBC's hit show The Voice. The experience she had there clarified her route into music. Meeting other artists with the same goals, hearing their music, seeing their paths, and the kindness of the show staff gave her a real-life look into how and what to do for her next step in starting her music career. Mary Heather moved to Nashville and started writing in groups a few times a day but also as a solo writer and writing songs for local bands. She used many of those songs for her own performances as well. The songs Mary Heather writes fall into an energetic, fun, and sassy lane, where the lyrics are memorable, a bit edgy, and have an unapologetic storytelling style. Being an independent artist has had its benefits with scheduling and planning releases, and she is enjoying that freedom for the time being.

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Mary Heather is open to signing with a label if the right thing comes along with the right relationship but would be running the details by a few people before making a solid decision. The last 5 years of writing in Nashville have given her opportunities to open shows for Justin Moore, Toby Keith, Hank Williams, Jr., and Eli Young Band as well as be featured on Women of Country on iHeart Radio. Mary Heather Hickman's single Treasure currently has almost 3 million streams on Spotify and Baptist Parking Lot has almost 1.5 million streams as well. Mary Heather is becoming a TikTok sensation boasting over half a million followers. Small Town Saturday Night is set to release in mid-April and is no exception to that sassy tongue-in-cheek storytelling way she is mastering.

It will be available on April 14th on all streaming platforms.

Congratulations on your new release Mary Heather Hickman, thank you for our fun conversation In a Country Minute (more like an hour)

Don Louis Taking Texas By Storm

Country music has a wide variety of styles represented under its umbrella. Traditional, modern, and rock country all fit under the arch of the umbrella. Country music is rooted in gospel and bluegrass styles where writers have weaved their faith into their music and lyrics, paving the way for other genres to discuss their beliefs.

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Texas artist Don Louis dived into the country music scene and is quickly gaining a following from TikTok from his single Neon You off of his 7-song EP This is for You. Don Louis was raised in Commerce, Tx, a small college town known for football. It was no surprise that with his 6'4" frame, he played football in high school, and continued in college on a football scholarship but ended his college career after a couple of injuries. He began working on writing music and singing songs, his deep sultry tone captivating attention. Don diligently studies traditional and modern country music making sure his individuality stands out in the Texas country music scene. Don has put emphasis on building music with substance and entertaining his audiences with soulful mixes of music. Don makes monthly trips to Nashville booking 3 writing sessions per day for a week at a time and soaking up knowledge from those seasoned writers. Don Louis integrates his faith in lyrical art in songs like Homecoming catagorizing himself as a "redemption country singer". His soulful tone glides confidently through the lyrics grabbing your attention to the message in the song.

Don Louis is taking Texas by storm filling up shows across the state and will be expanding his live shows in the neighboring states through the Spring and Summer. He is busy utilizing social media to build his fan base and it is growing on his social media platforms at record speed. He routinely adds fresh content and video clips of his music to those sites. To keep up with Don, click the buttons below.

Don Louis's newest release Bad Decisions is available on March 31

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Thank you Don Louis for sharing your positive influence through music and chatting with me about all of that!

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