DENVER
(November 2016) – "Feels Like Home", a bluegrass EP by award-winning
folk-Americana artist Mary Beth Cross,
is under consideration for several Grammys.
The EP, which includes original songs and classics, hit the Top 40 on five
separate charts compiled by Roots Music
Report. The eight-song project celebrates the importance of home in the
lives of average, everyday Americans
Nominated
in various American Roots Music categories are
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Best Bluegrass Album - "Feels Like Home".
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Best American Roots Song - "Threshing Time".
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Best Americana Roots Performance - "Kathy's Song" and "Long Long
Time".
The
EP and selected songs have received airplay on terrestrial and online radio
stations around the world, including KVMR-FM in California, WIKX-FM in Florida,
KXCI-FM in Arizona, WBAA-FM in Indiana, WPKN-FM in Connecticut, KRFC-FM in
Colorado, WIUP-FM in Pennsylvania, WWSP-FM in Wisconsin, WFMT-FM in Illinois,
and WAGS-AM in South Carolina. FolkDJ ranked "Feels Like Home" number
31 for radio airplay during the month of June.
"Feels Like
Home" debuted at number one on the APD Americana/AAA Albums chart. To
download selections from the EP, visit
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/feels-like-home-ep/id1097215219.
"It's
wonderful to see my music touching people as far away as New Zealand,"
said Cross, whose last album, "Beyond Good and Evil", was named "2014
Folk-Country CD of the Year" by the National Traditional Country Music Association. "My
latest project includes cover songs that are part of the tapestry of my
upbringing in Wisconsin, as well as originals that reflect my current home in
Colorado. Good memories or sad memories are evoked by some of my favorite
songs."