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Interview: Runaway June Talks Their New Single “Lipstick” And The Importance Of Women In Country Music

The dust of CMA Fest may have settled, but the post coverage is just beginning! What a wonderful weekend of seeing so many talented performers and having the chance to talk to some up and coming Country Music Acts!

Here at Variety Beat, we are big fans of Women of Country Music, so it was an honor to chat with a female trio by the name of Runaway June! The trio is made up of Naomi Cooke, who is 1 of 11 siblings (she dishes on what it was like growing up with so many!), Hannah Mulholland, who told us about her cooking blog and Jennifer Wayne who competed on the TV Show, The Amazing Race!

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The ladies share how they came up with their group name, their empowering single “Lipstick” (ladies you need a man who will ruin your lipstick, not your mascara- unless it’s for a good reason), their dream tours and why it’s important to have women be heard on Country Radio. Their side of the story needs to be heard after all. Let’s start empowering more female country artists, they sing the words other females connect with!

VIDEO: GET TO KNOW RUNAWAY JUNE AS THEY CHAT WITH VARIETY BEAT

LISTEN TO “LIPSTICK”

 

VB Interviews Stephanie Quayle: Talks “Drinking With Dolly” (Parton), Women Of Country Music & Being A Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star!

It was pretty amazing to be able to sit down and chat with the beautiful and talented Stephanie Quayle as she excitedly gushed about her single “Drinking With Dolly.” Of course, Dolly here being the one and only Dolly Parton. The single pays tribute to the great females of Country Music including as well, Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn.

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Women have previously had such a strong and important role in Country Music and hopefully with more songs like this, there will be a comeback and more of a welcome to Country Radio.

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Parton herself has caught wind of the song and loves it! There is an official lyric video coming soon and hopefully a music video as well!

Quayle is currently in the running to be Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star! At the time of the interview she was included in the top 25 and now results have come back and she is in the top 5! An incredible honor, thanks to the passion and voting of the fans! Keep voting for her at iheart.com up to 50x a day and you can also vote via twitter by using the hashtags #StephanieQuayle #RisingStar.

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Check out our interview below!

VIDEO: STEPHANIE QUAYLE CHATS WITH VARIETY BEAT

 

 

VB Interviews Brooke Eden, Talks “Daddy’s Money,” Dream Tours And Connecting With Fans

CMA Fest brought about amazing opportunities to sit down with artists like Brooke Eden! We had the opportunity to talk with Eden about her single “Daddy’s Money” which was inspired by her former roommates impression that she came from money. Eden explains the real life story and shares her passion for music and her commitment to always put in 100%.

Eden loves her fans and talks Snapchat and the best ways to communicate with them.

We even did a couple of snaps ourselves!

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 She also shares some of the amazing artists she would love to go on tour with, Eric Church, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Brandy Clark to name a few!

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This was the fourth year Eden has performed at CMA Fest and she got to play on the biggest free stage this year – The Riverfront Stage! She shares her excitement and how she started off playing in the Honky Tonk Bars and how amazing it is to now perform for such a huge audience. Check out the full interview below and be sure to request “Daddy’s Money.”

VIDEO: BROOKE EDEN CHATS WITH VARIETY BEAT

 

Gallery: Katie Armiger Plays 2 New Songs At Nashville Unplugged! – Watch

After our interview  with the lovely Katie Armiger, we were able to catch her show! She  was joined by two other songwriters as they took turns telling the stories behind their songs. It’s what’s known as a songwriters round and this particular one is called Nashville Unplugged. It’s always interesting to know the stories behind the songs, especially when songs weren’t written by the artist who sings them. Many times it’s done by these amazing songwriters we never really get the opportunity to know.

Armiger plays a song called “Safe” that also has a special place in my life, as it was the song I danced to at my wedding during the first dance. It’s also one that was co-written with singer/songwriter Mallary Hope and was used to thank firefighters nationwide.

WATCH: KATIE ARMIGER PERFORM “SAFE”

Check out our gallery of photos and new songs from her set list!

WATCH: KATIE ARMIGER PERFORM A NEW SONG CALLED “ISSUES”

PHOTOS: KATIE ARMIGER PLAYS NASHVILLE UNPLUGGED

WATCH: KATIE ARMIGER PERFORM NEW SONG “LOVE HATE LOVE”

Interview: Katie Armiger Talks New Music And CMA Fest! – Watch

It was such a joy to see Katie Armiger again recently! I am so glad her tour passed through California and Variety Beat was able to cover it! I had the chance to sit down with Armiger before the show and she shared her upcoming plans for CMA Fest (she will be performing and we are going to plan a get together).

We also spoke about her setlist and some of the new songs (“Issues” and “Love Hate Love“) she is performing and why they are special to her!

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WATCH: INTERVIEW WITH KATIE ARMIGER AND A SPECIAL GUEST CO-INTERVIEWER!

CMA Fest Schedule:

Friday, June 10

WSM Durango Stage @ Fan Fair X

Performance Slot: 10:30-10:55am

Autograph Booth: 11am-12pm

Willie Nelson & Friends Museum

Katie Armiger 4pm

Saturday, June 11

Katie Armiger

The Iceman Show

Alley Taps

12pm

Check out our video and photo gallery from the show!