Who wouldn’t want a country music legend to record their song? Over the summer American Songspace hosted Ronnie Milsap’s “Country Cut” Contest. The winning song would be recorded by Ronnie and placed on his upcoming album. After every submission was reviewed, I met with Average Joe’s Head of A&R, Noah Gordon. We went into the [...]

This summer American Songspace hosted Ronnie Milsap’s “Country Cut” Contest. The winning song will be recorded by Ronnie and has a guaranteed spot on his upcoming album. Submissions were received from songwriters all over the world, and a panel of judges including Colt Ford, Caitlin Rose and Ralph Murphy were asked to help Ronnie make [...]

Colt Ford recently took some time to chat with us about country music radio, getting songs cut by other artists, and big-time collaborations on his upcoming album: The new album is called Declaration Of Independence. Tell us about the meaning and how this album is different from your older material. I went backwards so to [...]

a “I don’t think Ronnie Milsap’s ever gonna record this song,” but there’s a very good chance he will because the country music legend, along with American Songwriter, have announced Ronnie Milsap’s “Country Cut” Contest, starting June 18. The quote is John Hiatt’s lyric from his 1987 song “Memphis in the Meantime” and it sets [...]