Catch A Rising Star: MacKenzie Porter

MacKenzie Porter at the 2023 ACM Awards ©Tammie Arroyo/AFF-USA.com

Keep your ears and eyes open for triple-threat Canadian country singer, songwriter, and actress MacKenzie Porter.

She's already released one self-titled album and garnered five Canadian Country #1 songs. Porter is featured on Dustin Lynch's number-one country hit 'Thinking 'Bout You'.

Earlier this year she released "Chasing Tornadoes," and we expect her full-length Big Loud Records debut album later this year.

Currently on tour in Canada, so head north if you can't wait any longer to see this rising star!

Oct 6, 2023 Denim on the Diamond Kelowna, BC

Oct 8, 2023 i-105 Fallfest Country Music Festival Lancaster, PA

Nov 3, 2023 Adelaide Hall Toronto, Ontario Nov 6, 2023 The Park Theatre Winnipeg, MB

Nov 8, 2023 Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre Medicine Hat, AB

Nov 9, 2023 Cook County Saloon Edmonton, AB

Nov 10, 2023 Commonwealth Bar & Stage Calgary, AB

Nov 12, 2023 Hollywood Theatre Vancouver, BC

Michelle Wright Talks Music and The Great Canadian Road Trip

Michelle Wright, one of Canada’s most successful and widely recognized country artists, has signed with BFD / Audium Nashville to rerelease master recordings of some of her biggest hits into the marketplace. These songs, to be available as a series, were originally released on the Savannah Records imprint.

“I’m so excited to extend my relationship with BFD / Audium Nashville and announce the rerelease of these master recordings,” explains Wright. “These albums represent a body of work that has allowed me to take you on this wonderful journey I’ve been on and to share my life with you through my songs and recordings. Take a walk down memory lane with me.”

The first in the series will be The Wright Songs: An Acoustic Evening With Michelle Wright, set to drop December 8, and will include 17 songs recorded live on tour. For the 2024 holiday season, Wright plans to release "A Wright Christmas" with three newly recorded songs added to the original 12-track compilation. Additional projects will be announced at a later date.

In August of 2022, Wright partnered with BFD / Audium Nashville to drop her 10th studio compilation, "Milestone", released 30 years after her breakthrough album, "Now & Then." This project brought about conversations between label GM Chuck Rhodes and Wright’s manager, Chuck Thompson, to bring these songs back into the public eye.

“I was mesmerized with the "Milestone" project,” says Rhodes. “Michelle is a world-class talent and I wanted to continue our partnership by bringing her catalog back to an up-close and personal status for a new audience to fall in love with.”

This October, Wright hits the road in Canada for her first co-headlining tour. Wright joins acclaimed Canadian country artists Doc Walker and Jason McCoy on The Great Canadian Road Trip, scheduled to continue through next year.

"I'm so excited to be touring across Canada with Doc Walker and Jason McCoy," says Wright. "It's going to be a wonderful night of music, and I can't wait to share the stage with my friends and bring this show to fans across the country!"

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