MATT BAILIE RELEASES POWERFUL NEW BALLAD - "NAKED"

Matt Bailie has released his latest single, “Naked,” the title track from his forthcoming EP. The song is available to stream and purchase at all major digital retailers at this link.

Produced by Michael Wilkes, and written by Bailie, Henri Gates, and Cassie Verhaeghe, the lyrics to the powerful – yet tender – contemporary country ballad read like a heartfelt love letter to Bailie’s muse in a real and vulnerable way that is at the core of Bailie’s artistry. Unlike the provocative title may suggest, “Naked” honors the woman by assuring her that she doesn’t need all the trappings of makeup and glam style to hold his attention and reminds her that she is amazing in the beauty that she possesses naturally.

“Naked is song that I co-wrote with the intention to lift women up; to say that they are not objects,” states Bailie. “God made them beautiful in a pure and amazing way.”

“Girl you're perfect just the way you are

You don’t even know you shine like gold you’re a star

If you could see what I see

You wouldn't judge yourself from a magazine

Or a mirror, you'd see it clearer like me

So get naked

Take it off

I wanna see the way God made ya

Let it fall

You ain't gotta hide behind that wall

And all that makeup, when you wake up

You've got it all

I wouldn't change ya, I'll take it, no need to fake it

So get naked”

“Naked follows the successful release in September of the single and music video for his comeback song “Whiskey Away.” The visually engaging music video was broadcast premiered on The Country Network and digitally premiered by Nashville Noise.

These two singles and upcoming EP open a new chapter for Bailie and his return to the Nashville music scene following his initial success and debut album in 2010, which was marred by a label closure and his subsequent return to his home state of Florida.

“I’m so excited about this phase of my career,” Bailie says from his home in Nashville. “I feel more real and true to my music and my brand than I ever have. I am incredibly grateful for that.”

For more information about Matt Bailie visit his website at https://mattbailie.com

ANDY GRIGGS' LATEST PROJECT, NAKED, LANDS ON INITIAL GRAMMY BALLOT IN FOUR CATEGORIES

Album of the Year, Best Country Album, Song of the Year ("Me On His Mind"), and Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

Nashville, Tenn. (October 23, 2013) - Andy Griggs often says, “there is no defining a style of song. As long as there’s soul, it has a place in music.” Griggs took these words to heart when he set out to record and produce his latest album, NAKED, which is all acoustic...one singer/songwriter, one guitar, one track.
"I am honored that my music is being recognized by the members of the Grammy's (National Recording Academy), and my peers. It is a very humbling experience,” says Andy Griggs.

Country Weekly says “most listeners latch onto a song because of a melody, a voice or a lyric. So Andy Griggs did something really clever. He stripped away the high-tech production on his new album, Naked, and presents the things you love—a melody, a voice and an amazing stack of songs.” Armed with just his guitar and accompanied by his earthy soul-filled vocals, Griggs penned original tunes for his new offering, as well as covered songs from artists that influenced him like Waylon’s “Old Timer” and Willie’s “Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground.” Country Weekly bestowed it with 4 stars, the highest rating Griggs has had on any album.

“Me On His Mind," the song that has landed on the initial Grammy ballot for "Song of the Year" and for "Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance” has a very special meaning to Griggs. "What can I say? How could I end an acoustic album without my brother? I can’t. I was 18yrs old and I walked into the living room late one night to him singin’ a song that he had just written. He said, ”Check this out!” and started over. Luckily, he had a little tape recorder on the coffee table and pushed record. Now my brother wrote some incredible songs in his short life, but this one goes above and beyond. He died three weeks later. It took a long time for me to listen to that cassette tape that now sits tightly in my gun safe. When I play that song, I close my eyes, choke back a tear and smile and think about him singin’ that song to his little brother, not knowing how much it would relate to me later in life."

NAKED is available digitally on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/naked/id598987879

NAKED Track Listing

1. Old Timer

2. Understanding Hank

3. Heart Hush

4. You and Cocaine

5. Superman

6. I Wonder Do You Think of Me?

7. De’m Boyz

8. Thrown Away

9. Long Time Coming

10. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground

11. Between an Old Memory And Me

12. Blue Train

13. Me On His Mind

Griggs continued, "I’m addicted to pure and raw feelings that’s as still and quiet as the wind. Throwing your heart out whether it’s healthy or broken! Exposing a hurting soul! Bearing and giving it all with that ol’ piece of wood and 6 strings! It’s underwear on the couch, singing until daylight! It’s vulnerability to yourself! It’s vulnerability to your friends! It’s vulnerability to a crowd of strangers! In short, it’s all about bein’ NAKED!"

For more information about Andy Griggs, visit andygriggs.com