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We Are So Proud to Share Our New Video of Our Title Track, Starry Southern Nights 

Shortly after returning from Nashville, I was sitting in a corner booth of a local restaurant hosting Bluegrass Night. As the band was playing a waltz, I observed an older man walk through the crowd to the dance floor and he began to dance by himself. While others snickered and commented to each other, my heart immediately softened as I started thinking about the old man's "story." Maybe he had too much to drink, maybe it was time for him to head on home, and yet maybe, that was the way of staying connected to the one true love of his life who had departed. I rested on that idea and went home that night to write Starry Southern Nights. Losing someone you love is one of the toughest events to deal with in life. During these unprecedented and difficult times, it's important to keep a soft heart, be slow to judge and take time to get to know other peoples stories.

Alex MacLeod

Songwriter, Guitar, Lead Vocalist

Rock Hearts

12/02/2020

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*****Rock Hearts set to release debut album***** Starry Southern Nights, this Friday, October 30. 

No tricks, JUST TREATS! Rock Hearts is thrilled to announce that the long awaited and much anticipated debut album, Starry Southern Nights, will be RELEASED this Friday, October 30. Two of the album’s previously released singles, 99 Year Blues and Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes, have been Top 20 on the Bluegrass Today charts. The title track, Starry Southern Nights, is a heart-tugging original by lead singer, Alex MacLeod, that is sure to leave the listeners feeling sentimental. It will also be available as a single this Friday. 

A limited number of PRE-ORDERS are available ($15 s/h included) Hit us up with your Name, Address and email address, and we will send you a PayPal invoice which can be paid with or without a PayPal account. Downloads/Streaming will be available on all platforms as well. Shoot us an email as well at Rockheartsbluegrass@gmail.com

10/25/2020

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****Rock Hearts' releases new video!!  

Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes

CLICK HERE The Bluegrass Situation releases Rock Hearts' new video

 

10/17/2020

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New Single Release Sept 4th: Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes 

We are excited to release our follow up single, Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes, this Friday, September 4th.

It can be downloaded or streamed on your favorite platforms including Spotify, Apple music, iTunes,etc...

Check out our Facebook page - Facebook.com/RockHeartsBluegrass  - like us, follow us and tell your friends about us.

We are so thankful to our team of friends, publicist, advertisers and supporters!

We are all huge fans of Sonny and Bobby Osborne.  Their music has been a major influence for all the guys in Rock Hearts and we pray this rendering pays due homage to them!

09/01/2020

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20 Things You Didn't Know About Rock Hearts in Bluegrass Today 

Hey everyone - our friends at Bluegrass Today featured us in their Daily Profile - 20 Things You Didn't Know - it's a really cool glimpse inside the Rock Hearts story.  Be sure to give it a read.

Bluegrass Today article- 20 Things You Didn't Know About Rock Hearts

09/01/2020

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Rock Hearts' 99 Year Blues debuts at #14 on the charts! 

I was beyond thrilled and excited to have received an email today from Ashley Lewis at Bluegrass Today notifying me that 99 Year Blues, Rock Hearts' first single, debuted on the charts at #14. 

The fellas in Rock Hearts are so blessed to be able to play the music we love with the people that we love to play it with.  As if it were ordained, God put us all together with a mutual respect for the music, with very similar goals, love for the same material.... as Joe says, "We speak the same musical language."

This story is amazing: Joe asks Ned Luberecki to produce the album, Ned says yes but we should use Stephen Mougin...Joe doesn't know Stephen, but Billy T has known Stephen for 30+ years when Billy met a young 10-year old Stephen at a show he was playing... and upon learning young Stephen was a mandolin player, Billy took the mando from around his neck, handed it to young Stephen and essentially said, "Here kid, play me something." Although I hadn't met Stephen in person, he had demo'ed a tune that my buddy, Rick Lang, and I wrote together, so I was familiar with the abundance of talent he possessed.

After arrangements were made and Stephen and Ned were on board to do produce and engineer our debut album, I called Rick Lang to let him know the news.  As it turns out, Rick was sitting next to Stephen in Dark Shadow Studios in TN working on his project.  

Shortly thereafter, we were in Nashville recording our debut project, Starry Southern Nights.

We were referred to Claire Ratliff at Laughing Penguin Publicity to work with us on letting people know who we were and what we sounded like.  Thank you Claire. Your insight and planning have been spot on!!

We were then referred to Bluegrass Today and had the fortune of working with Ashley Lewis. Simply Awesome!

Then we were referred to Shaye Smith who created our 99 Year Blues lyrical video that has had almost 14k views.  Love it Shaye!!

Cathy Day wrote an article about us that was featured in Bluegrass Unlimited.  Thanks Cathy for your excellent interview and Bluegrass Unlimited for sharing our story with your readers.

Then a friend of Rick Brodsky's, a very gifted artist, Paul, designed the cover art and layout for the CD.  Creative beyond creative!!

Then Rick's talented daughter, Zoie, designed the art work for the single, 99 Year Blues.

And with the help of the very patient folks at CD Baby as well as Airplay Direct, we released this single, 99 Year Blues, and it debuted at #14.

Thanks to all... we are the humble recipients of the amazing talents of this village's membership.... and we anxiously await the opportunity to share more bluegrass with you all!

08/14/2020

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Stephen Mougin's receives IBMA nod as top #5 2020 Sound Engineer! 

So happy for Stephen Mougin who has been nominated as one of the top #5 Sound Engineers for 2020 by the IBMA.

Rock Hearts was thrilled to record our debut project with Stephen at Dark Shadow Studio in Tennessee back in the fall.

Stephen, along with wife, Jana and son, Sammy, are wonderful people to boot and their studio, Dark Shadow Studio, is the ultimate in professionalism, attention to detail, hospitality, and creativity.  Having Ned Luberecki as the producer was pretty amazing as well.

Congrats Stephen...much deserved!!

 

07/31/2020

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99 Year Blues video hits 13k views!! 

The fellas wanted to thank everyone for their support of our debut single, 99 Year Blues.  
The video was posted on Bluegrass Today and we quickly reached 13k views!  That’s amazing.  We are so excited. Make sure to tell all your friends to check us out at rockheartsbluegrass.com as well as check us out on Facebook and like our page. Facebook/rockheartsbluegrass.  99 Year Blues can also be downloaded or streamed on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, cd baby, etc.  Thanks again!!  

07/23/2020

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99 Year Blues is OUT today! Happy 4th of July.  

Check out our debut single, 99 Year Blues, on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, CD Baby and many other sites... our video will be coming too on YouTube.   So much fun making music with these guys. Get yourself a copy today. Streaming is available. Downloads too! 

CLICK HERE FOR 99 Year Blues on Spotify

07/04/2020

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Releasing our Debut Single: 99 Year Blues on the 4th of July 

We are extremely excited to announce the pending release of our debut single, 99 Year Blues.  

It's coming out on the 4th of July and will be available on Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes.

You'll also be able to view the video on YouTube, Facebook and other social media platforms.

It's been a long time coming but we are getting it done!!

 

06/27/2020

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Previous events

Date Event Location
Saturday, August 22, 2020 @ 7:00PM Sat, Aug 22, 2020 @ 7:00PM Rescheduled: August 2021 Ocean State Bluegrass Festival - Rhode Island  
Thursday, June 25, 2020 — Sunday, June 28, 2020 Thu, Jun 25, 2020 — Sun, Jun 28, 2020 Rescheduled to June 2021: 20th Annual Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival, Tunbridge, VT Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival, Tunbridge, VT
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 @ 8:30PM Wed, Jun 24, 2020 @ 8:30PM Cancelled: Rock Hearts LIVE at Nick-A-Nee's - Bluegrass Throedown Nick-A-Nee's, Providence Nick-A-Nee's, Providence
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 @ 10:00PM Tue, Jun 23, 2020 @ 10:00PM Rock Hearts Live at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, MA The Cantab Lounge , Cambridge The Cantab Lounge , Cambridge
Thursday, June 18, 2020 @ 12:00AM — Sunday, June 21, 2020 @ 12:00AM Thu, Jun 18, 2020 @ 12:00AM — Sun, Jun 21, 2020 @ 12:00AM Rescheduled for June 2021 53rd Annual Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival Litchfield Fairgrounds, Litchfield, ME Litchfield Fairgrounds, Litchfield, ME
Saturday, June 6, 2020 @ 8:00PM Sat, Jun 6, 2020 @ 8:00PM CANCELLED 4th Annual Gibson Hill Bluegrass Festival - Kicking off the Starry Southern Nights CD Release Tour 2020 Gibson Hill Park, Sterling Gibson Hill Park, Sterling
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 1:30PM Sun, Feb 9, 2020 @ 1:30PM Second Sunday Concert Series New Haven, CT New Haven, CT
Friday, November 8, 2019 @ 8:00PM Fri, Nov 8, 2019 @ 8:00PM Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark, Newark, Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark, Newark, Delaware
Saturday, October 19, 2019 @ 8:00PM Sat, Oct 19, 2019 @ 8:00PM The Assembly Theater Harrisville, Rhode Island Harrisville, Rhode Island
Saturday, August 17, 2019 Sat, Aug 17, 2019 Long Island Bluegrass Festival Tanner Park, Copiague, NY Tanner Park, Copiague, NY
Saturday, July 13, 2019 Sat, Jul 13, 2019 Granby Bluegrass, Brews & BBQ Festival Granby, CT Granby, CT
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Tue, Jul 9, 2019 Private Event Mendon, MA Mendon, MA
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 @ 8:30PM Wed, Jul 3, 2019 @ 8:30PM Nick-a-Nee's Providence, RI Providence, RI
Friday, June 28, 2019 Fri, Jun 28, 2019 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival Tunbridge, VT Tunbridge, VT
Thursday, June 27, 2019 Thu, Jun 27, 2019 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival Tunbridge, VT Tunbridge, VT
Saturday, May 4, 2019 Sat, May 4, 2019 Project Bluegrass Portland, CT Portland, CT
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 @ 7:00PM — 9:00PM Wed, Apr 10, 2019 @ 7:00PM — 9:00PM Yantic River Inn Norwich, CT Norwich, CT
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 7:30PM Sat, Mar 16, 2019 @ 7:30PM Grass Roots Coffeehouse Rockdale Congregational Church, Northbridge, MA Rockdale Congregational Church, Northbridge, MA
Saturday, February 16, 2019 Sat, Feb 16, 2019 Joe Val Festival Sheraton Framingham, Framingham, MA Sheraton Framingham, Framingham, MA
Sunday, February 10, 2019 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM Sun, Feb 10, 2019 @ 5:00PM — 8:00PM The Hungry Tiger Manchester, CT Manchester, CT
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