Erin McLendon

“McLendon’s upbeat personality, powerful vocals and strong stage presence made her performance a fan favorite of the night.” - MTSU Sidelines

MURFREESBORO, TENN. (TJRS) - The Justin Reed Show has been nominated for more awards. TJRS previously won a Golden Microphone from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System in Spring 2014 and went to NYC for the award ceremony; two more Golden Mic nominations have been announced for Spring 2015. Justin was nominated in the "Best Live Music" category and "Best Celebrity Interview" categories.

The selections up for nomination were chosen from broadcasts that aired during the 2014 calendar year. The selections that were selected came from when Erin McLendon joined Justin in-studio the first time (October 2014). The winner will be announced in New York City at the 75th Annual IBS Conference, March 6-8, 2015. Stay tuned to the TJRS newsletter, Facebook, and Twitter accounts for more information regarding this nomination.

Also in January, Justin received two nominations from the Nashville Universe. Comprised of individuals in the music industry in and around Nashville, the Nashville Universe holds an award ceremony in February in Downtown Nashville. Justin was nominated for both "Promoter of the Year" and "Radio Personality of the Year."

Commenting on both nominations, Justin relayed that it is truly an honor. "Thank you to everyone that has listened, made a request, or helped spread the show. I could not have done it without you! Regardless of the outcome, the show will continue!"

To see the nominations for the Golden Mic Awards, click here. For the Nashville Universe nominations, click here.

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For more information, please email thejustinreedshow@gmail.com, write to TJRS, P.O. Box 5799, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, or call 615-295-8999. - The Justin Reed Show

Erin McLendon has released her first full-length album, an alt-country project with blues, rock, pop and country influences.

‘Fire & Wine’ contains 10 songs, each either written or co-written by McLendon. The Nashville-based artist says that her eclectic mix of musical styles was heavily influenced by the car rides to school growing up.

“It always depended on who was driving me that day,” she says. “If it was my dad we would listen to Jimmy Buffett, Phil Collins, Queen, Aerosmith, the Beatles, all the classic rock stuff. It if was my mom it was people like Rod Stewart, Michael Crawford, Earth Wind & Fire — the stuff you’d hear on all the soft rock stations. One of the only constants was country.”

McLendon began viewing music as a potential career option her junior year of high school, when she was assigned to write and perform a song based on the counter-culture era of the Vietnam War. She tweaked the tune of the only song she could play on piano at the time, ‘Heart and Soul,’ and her teacher ended up asking her to perform her song at the school’s Veteran’s Day celebration. After graduating from Belmont University in Nashville with the hope of pursuing a music career, McLendon joined Bernard Porter and PCG Nashville.

‘Fire & Wine’ was produced by Britton Cameron and Stephen Leiweke. The album is available on iTunes and Amazon.


Read More: Erin McLendon Releases Debut Album | http://theboot.com/erin-mclendon-fire-and-wine/?trackback=tsmclip - TheBoot.com

Episode 79 Recap:

Episode 79 was fantastic! During number 79, we celebrated Justin's 200th hour of broadcasting TJRS on WMTS. This means there is over one week solid of Murfreesboro's home for country music!

In the 8AM hour, the great T. Graham Brown stopped by to share new music and some laughs with Justin! He has been trying to appear on TJRS since January and things finally fit! He just released a new album and website. Stay tuned for more info!

In the 9 o'clock hour, the lovely Erin McLendon dropped by the studio and brought her guitar playing friend Eddie Sanez with her! Erin's music is absolutely wonderful and she is the first person to bring and play the ukulele on TJRS! - The Justin Reed Show

December 11, 2014
Final Show for Season 6
Happy Monday. Please overlook the odd formatting, our regular formatting and frequency will return next week, Lord-willing. I have been swamped with school work and graduation quickly approaching (December 13, 2014)! Hallelujah! But first, a few things until the next newsletter.

First, tune in this Thursday for episode 86 with my guest co-host Erin McLendon. Erin was on the show back in October and she will be back for two more great hours of classic country and bluegrass music. She will be helping me make up the playlist for her two hours. I know you'll enjoy Thursday's Show. (Don't forget the Rawhide Wheel as well!)

Second, we will be back for Season 7 in mid-January 2015! Be on the lookout as we are looking forward to our 100th episode of broadcasting in WMTS-FM Murfreesboro. We are already planning a big event and another Remote Broadcast. Stay tuned as we develop more plans!

Finally, check back next week for a big recap newsletter featuring great photos of all the guests from Season 6. This will be a big one! plus, one lucky reader can win a CD from our archives.

Until Thursday morning, Peace, Love, and Ernest Tubb,

Justin - The Justin Reed Show

Nashville-based singer / songwriter Erin McLendon has just released her first full-length album, Fire & Wine May 13th, and is hosting a free release party at Sound Emporium in Nashville, TN (3100 Belmont Blvd) on Thursday, June 19. Doors and drinks will begin at 5:30 PM and show starts at 6:00 PM.

The Durham, North Carolina native’s album contains ten songs all either written or co-written by her. Even though the album has only been out a little over a month, it has already received rave reviews earning a Top 100 spot on the iTunes New Country Releases Chart only a week after its release. Erin has labeled herself as an “Alternative Country” singer, however this album contains influences from blues, rock, pop, country, and more!

Click HERE to listen to “You’re The Only One,” the lead single from Fire & Wine.

To find out more about Erin McLendon, click HERE to watch her EPK.

“…While a majority of artists pump out repetitive themes, studio tricks and hip-hop disguised as Country, Erin infuses the roots of Country music with the versatility of an artist influenced by all genres of popular music. With Erin’s debut release, you won’t hear over-produced songs about bonfires, ‘shine’ and bro-mances. What you will find is Erin’s surprisingly strong and deeply rich vocals taking on a variety of themes, thoughtful lyrics with a sparse deliberate production. Don’t let her whimsical nature fool you, this girl has the goods.”

–Skip Mahaffey, The Skip Show

The songs on Fire & Wine contain stories and emotions that McLendon has experienced first-hand. From something as light and airy as falling in love with a place on “Honolulu Love,” to getting over a heart break as showcased in “Tell Me,” McLendon doesn’t hold back. The album also contains motivational songs like “You’re the Only One,” the album’s first single, and the title track, “Fire & Wine,” a song all about throwing caution to the wind and enjoying life. With each track showcasing a different side to Erin’s musical background, this album is sure to please listeners from all around!

While Fire & Wine is available on iTunes and all other download sites, you can get your copy at her Nashville release show on June 19th at Sound Emporium. Erin will be performing some of her favorites from the album as well as telling stories of how they came to be! The show will be free to all attendees and, for those who cannot attend, will also be available for live streaming via UStream.TV.

For more, visit www.erinmclendon.com - Music News Nashville

'TalentWatch' presents Andres Sierra, Erin McLendon, Angelica Joni, Anna Z, Kristin Moura, & Ryan Aderrey to music fans. The show can be seen on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and select cable channels. Our show will air in early 2016 on Dish Network on Demand, Verizon FiOS, Comcast Big South, & hotels across the U.S., via the Zonzia Network. See our FAQ for additional listings. - Talent Watch TV

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Below are the archives of songs that have come from interviews from the wonderful guests on the show. Each song originally on 88.3 FM WMTS; special thanks to the Center for Popular Music for their help in recording the shows! Visit and support each of the artists you find listed here. Use the search bar below to aid in your find of great music! - The Justin Reed Show

Wow—what a great month lined up for The Justin Reed Show! We get an extra Thursday, which means September promises to be a month full of great guests on the show.

Sept. 1: The show will be broadcast live from historic City Cafe (113 E. Main St.) from 7–10 a.m. Guests on this show include Billy Henson, Gary West, Doug Briney, Luke Caccetta and Erin McLendon. Come out and enjoy a good breakfast and great music! For more information on this special installment of the show, visit thejustinreedshow.com/breakfast.

Sept. 15: The return of two favorites: Ben Rush will join us in the 8 a.m. hour. Rush will drop by to feature new music and catch us up on his news. He was previously on episodes 99 & 101. Follow Rush @BenRushOfficial on Twitter. At 9 a.m., Beau Braswell will make his third appearance on the show. Braswell is one of the people responsible for getting yours truly into radio. He is a world renowned performer and motorcycle champion. He will play live as we celebrate his upcoming birthday on the 17th! Follow Beau @Beau_Braswell on Twitter.

Sept. 22: The lovely and talented Erin McLendon will be back to co-host with me. For those who have heard her co-hosting with me before, they know that anything can happen when Erin drops by. I do know she will be bringing Uke the ukulele to play live and that she will divulge all sorts of secrets to the radio listener. This will be McLendon’s 10th appearance on the show. For more information, visit erinmclendon.com. - The Murfreesboro Pulse

Singer-songwriter Erin McLendon sent it on a whim, an email to the senior director of Writer/Publisher Relations for SESAC, a Nashville-based performance-rights organization.
She didn’t expect to hear back, and certainly never thought it would lead to a publishing deal, but those doors opened nevertheless, she told The Daily Times this week.
“John Mullins came to speak to a class I was taking at Belmont and wrote his email address down, so I wrote to him,” she said. “I said, ‘I’m a senior, and I don’t really know what I’m going to do when I graduate; can I sit down and talk to you?’ He said yes, so I played him the EP I had at the time, and he asked me if I had a PRO already. I said, ‘No, I just started this songwriting thing,’ and he said, ‘Well let’s just sign you up right now.’
“I ran up and down the hallway in my apartment screaming when I got home: ‘Oh my gosh, what just happened?!?’ My roommate, the only thing she could see was me running up and down the hall, screaming.”
Say this for McLendon — she’s vivacious, animated and whimsical, and it comes across on stage and off. Her originals (“Honolulu,” “You’re the Only One”) showcase a talented songwriter unafraid to dip her toes in mainstream waters but much more comfortable blazing her own trail through the wild lands of undiscovered artists who just need the right break to see their name in lights and on charts.
Originally from Georgia, she moved with her family to Durham, N.C., when she was 2 and went to college at Belmont University in Nashville; when she graduated four years ago, she knew she had a better chance of pursuing a music career in Nashville, but that meeting with Mullins set her down her current path.
“I knew I was going to stay; I just didn’t know what I was going to do,” she said. “When that happened, I said, ‘OK, this is a sign.’”
Mullins began introducing her to other songwriters, and she began co-writing for the first time; at each session, she asked to be introduced to other writers, eventually building a network of songwriters that have helped make her own material stronger. And while it’s well and good to be the only name on a potential hit single, co-writing is a way of paying her dues and opening additional doors, she pointed out.
“Everybody co-writes in their life — it’s Simon AND Garfunkel; Lennon AND McCartney,” she said. “Even Sturgill (Simpson) and Chris (Stapleton) have co-written with other people in Nashville; that’s where they got their start. My thought was, I’m never going to get any better if I don’t see what else is out there. And I feed off of other writers; that’s what I love about co-writing. When I write, I take a little something from that session and bring it with me to the next one. I want to learn about every shape, form or fashion in this industry.”
In the four years since she graduated, her own sound has evolved as well; early on, she had more of a pop-country sound, but through keeping an ear out for artists at festivals and Nashville venues who fly under the mainstream radar, she’s discovered a world of sounds that she draws from for her own inspiration. Today, what she does can be described as Americana or country, but when fans get a chance to hear her live — as they’ll do on Friday at Vienna Coffeehouse in Maryville — the labels don’t matter as much as the sound: Buoyant, effervescent and refreshingly honest.
Plus, her backing band is called the Jackalopes, a cryptozoological reference that’s too cool to ignore.
“We were driving back from a gig in North Carolina in the mountains, and my original bassist started talking about jackalopes as if they were real,” McLendon said with a laugh. “We all looked at her and were like, ‘You know they’re mythical, right?’ But it was a funny story, so we ran with it.” - The Daily Times