EVENT (FOUNTAIN, NC): AUGUST 14-15 - FOUNTAIN PEANUT FESTIVAL FEATURING NATALIE STOVALL AND THE DRIVE, KASEY TYNDALL AND MORE

The Fountain, NC Peanut Festival, now in its 8th year, is a celebration of the community and a celebration of summer in North Carolina. The festival attracts approximately 5,000-7,000 guests each year and features quality entertainment and vendors.

The event is held on the 3rd weekend of August each year. The festival is striving to gain the reputation as one of the preeminent community festivals in eastern North Carolina. Set amidst the charming small town atmosphere of the Main Street area of Fountain, the peanut festival offers a wide variety of activities and entertainment for every member of the family. Features include musical performances by local, regional, and national recording artists. This year's lineup features country music headliner, Natalie Stovall and the Drive as well as Nashville recording artist (originally from Greenville, NC) Kasey Tyndall, local favorites The Mikele Buck Band, Super Grit Cowboy Band, and more great local music to please everyone. Craft persons, artists and commercial firms come from far and near to display and offer their creations and products to festival goers. An extensive selection of foods are offered each year promising to offer something to tempt every palate. The festival also offers many special diversions for our younger guests, such family-oriented entertainers and amusement rides for all ages. The festival, with the exception of the amusement rides is offered entirely free of charge to our guests. Come join us for some old fashioned, family oriented fun at the Fountain Peanut Festival.


Connect here for more info - http://www.fountainpeanutfestival.net/

SINGLE REVIEW: "MASON JAR" - NATALIE STOVALL

SINGLE: "Mason Jar"
ARTIST: Natalie Stovall and the Drive
REVIEWER: Jennifer Smith
Follow Jennifer on Twitter at @Lovinlyrics

Photo credit: Kristin Barlowe

Purchase "Mason Jar" on iTunes and Amazon

I am a huge fan of Natalie Stovall. She has a grit and roughness that really hasn't been heard since Miranda Lambert first hit the scene with "Gasoline". You won't hear "woe is me, he left me, I can't go on" in Natalie's music. What you will hear is hard rockin' determination, country gumption, a set of brass balls and "in your face" intention.

Her debut single "Come on With It" was a huge hit on Sirius XM's The Highway and country fans who like their country with an edge. The single peaked at 43 on the charts and was a big seller at digital outlets. Her new single, "Mason Jar", co-written with Sarah Buxton, Jesse Frasure and Tina Parol, is hopefully set to follow that same path, only head higher up the charts. The single immediately kick starts with Natalie showing off her mad fiddle skills and a steady drum beat that will have you moving whether you realize it or not. This is definitely a "song to get a speeding ticket by". It's musical flirtation, a lyrical tease and in the end, this single comes out as strong as fresh made hillbilly moonshine and will leave listeners with a lasting buzz.

Natalie Stovall is one to keep your eyes and ears on, she's already proven she's got what it takes to be a major player in country music in the near future and she's really just getting started. Can't wait to see what else she's got brewing down the road.

Connect with Natalie online:

www.nataliestovall.com
Twitter - @NatalieStovall
Facebook - NatalieStovall

RAM COUNTRY ON YAHOO MUSIC: EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE AND INTERVIEW WITH NATALIE STOVALL AND THE DRIVE RELEASES TODAY

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Nashville, Tenn. – July 9, 2014 – During a recent trip to Los Angeles, Natalie Stovall and The Drive stopped by the Yahoo Music studios to perform their debut single “Baby Come On With It” and sit down for an exclusive interview.  The segment debuts today, Wednesday, July 9th at 10am PT and can be found HERE.

Natalie Stovall and The Drive, who just returned from their sixth trip overseas to entertain Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines serving abroad with the U.S. Navy, has been named “Artist to Watch in 2014” by: Country Weekly, Billboard, Taste Of Country, Roughstock, Digital Journal, Music Times, and more. This summer, People included the band in their “Hey, Country Radio! Here are Six Women Whose Music You Should Be Playing” List and Rolling Stone proclaimed them a "Must-See Act at CMA Music Fest."  The critically acclaimed band’s debut album, produced by GRAMMY winner Paul Worley (The Band Perry, Dixie Chicks, Lady Antebellum), is expected to release this year on HitShop Records. The lead track, “Baby Come On With It,” and an EP are available now at iTunes.  The official music video for the song is available HERE.

NATALIE STOVALL AND THE DRIVE WAKE THINGS UP WITH "IMUS IN THE MORNING" ON FOX BUSINESS

Pictured left to right: NSATD's Miguel Cancino, Joel Dormer, James Bavendam, Natalie Stovall, Zach Morse, and seated below: host Don Imus

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Natalie Stovall And The Drive made their national television debut today on "Imus In The Morning" performing four songs from their debut album due out later this year. Check out this morning's performance of their single currently climbing the country charts, "Baby Come On With It," HERE!

NATALIE STOVALL AND THE DRIVE TO MAKE NATIONAL LIVE TV PERFORMANCE DEBUT ON “IMUS IN THE MORNING”

Airs on Fox Business on April 15th

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Nashville, TN…April 10, 2014… Natalie Stovall and The Drive are set to make their national live TV performance debut when they visit “Imus in the Morning” on Fox Business on Tuesday, April 15th. The band will wake things up and perform five songs including their supercharged lead single, “Baby Come On With It,” during the 6:00-9:00am ET block.

Natalie Stovall and The Drive’s highly anticipated debut album, produced by GRAMMY winner Paul Worley (The Band Perry, Dixie Chicks, Lady Antebellum), is expected this fall. The lead track, “Baby Come On With It,” is available now at iTunes, with the official music video for the track, which debuted via CMT earlier this year, is available HERE.

Follow Natalie Stovall and The Drive online at www.nataliestovall.com and engage with them on Twitter at @NatalieStovall, Facebook, and Instagram.

NATALIE STOVALL AND THE DRIVE PARTIES WITH 40,000 FANS OVER SPRING BREAK

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Nashville, TN…April 1, 2014… Natalie Stovall And The Drive knows how to throw a party!  The band, whose supercharged lead single, “Baby Come On With It,” is currently screaming up the charts, spent much of the last two weeks playing packed out Spring Break destination Panama City Beach, Florida.   The raucous college crowd at Spinnaker Beach Club clambered for more as the band wrapped eight nights of shows for 40,000 fans!  The party continues as they ramp up for a busy ACM week including the Party for a Cause Festival on Saturday, 4/5.

Natalie Stovall and The Drive’s debut single “Baby Come On With It,” written by Chris Destefano, Jerry Flowers, and Bobby Hamrick and produced by GRAMMY winner Paul Worley (The Band Perry, Dixie Chicks, Lady Antebellum), is from the highly anticipated debut album expected this fall. Recently named one of CMT’s Next Women of Country artists, the band and song are already earning rave reviews from fans and critics alike as Roughstock proclaims, “…undeniably one of the best new bands out there,” and Billboard calls “Feisty. Commanding. …The real deal.” Their up-tempo toe-tapper is available now at iTunes, with the official music video for the track, which debuted via CMT earlier this year.

Natalie Stovall and The Drive are relentless road warriors, amassing over 200 dates each year across college campuses, clubs, and military bases around the globe. Natalie, a Tennessee native, has been playing professionally since she was 10 and performed everywhere from the White House to the Oprah Winfrey Show. A fiddle phenom, she made her Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 12. Natalie Stovall and The Drive is led by multi-instrumentalist and powerhouse vocalist, Natalie Stovall. The Drive includes drummer James Bavendam from Seattle, Chile’s Miguel Cancino on guitar, Zach Morse from Cheyenne, Wyoming on bass and vocals and Redding, California guitarist and vocalist Joel Dormer.

For more information, visit www.nataliestovall.com and engage with the band on Facebook and Twitter.

NATALIE STOVALL AND THE DRIVE ENTER THE BIG EASY

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Nashville, TN — (Feb.12, 2014) —WNOE welcomed HitShop's Natalie Stovall and the Drive to the Big Easy where they performed at The Howlin' Wolf. Stovall Drive has been motoring in high gear after getting 42 first week radio adds.

Hitshop President Skip Bishop insisted that showcasing the band live would pave the group's highway to success, and it appears the strategy is working.

(L-R) WNOE's Don Gosselin and Mary Steele; the band's Joel Dormer; WNOE's Nina Hazard; the band's James Bavendam; WNOE's Jeanne LaCombe; the band's Zach Morse, Natalie Stovall and Miguel Cancino; WNOE's Brad Howell and Lindsey Luquette; HitShop President Skip Bishop; WNOE's Megan Parenti; and HitShop's Kim Stephens.

PHOTO: NATALIE STOVALL STRIKES A POSE AT KEITH URBAN'S INSTAGRAM PARTY

New artist Natalie Stovall attended an Instagram party hosted by Keith Urban last week where everyone had a chance to relax after the rush of the CMA Awards.  Doesn't look like she's in a rush to go home, does it?

Pictured Left to Right: Natalie Stovall, Keith Urban, Ella Mae Brown