Singer-Songwriter Ashley Robertson

New song clip from the show at Hotel Indigo, check it out and share!

Hi guys! Ashley here. Hope you are all looking forward to a great 2012, I know I am but I wanted to provide a look at 2011 in review, I know it’s a long blog but it’s always grounding to take a look back every now and then to see how far we’ve come on this musical journey together.

2011 in Review

In January I was completely thrilled to realize a dream of touring in Australia. The people that helped organize the Tamworth Country Music Festival stages were wonderful and I got to play for so many amazing Aussie fans and made a lot of new friends. I cannot wait to head back armed with new music and do it again!

I encountered a bit of a setback after returning from Australia and battled a case of viral laryngitis! Losing your voice is very scary for a singer so I definitely promised to pay better attention to my health. Fortunately I recovered it just in time to perform at the National Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, TN in February. It was a very inspiring experience and I loved representing Manitoba Music. Thank you to everyone at Manitoba Music for putting together such a great experience. It also doesn’t hurt that I got to see one of my heroes Darrell Scott perform and spend some time in Memphis.

After a much needed spring vacation, I was thrilled to attend the Key West Songwriter’s Festival in May with many of my talented friends and had a wonderful time performing there as well. For those of you who haven’t been I highly recommend it! It was a fun festival but I decided to take a hiatus from touring this summer and focus creatively on completing the songs that would become my new album. It was the right choice as I feel very proud of every note on the new record. I did miss touring but I enjoyed a fun filled summer in Nashville with my music friends as well as the Billboard Country Music Summit in June, the Summer NAMM Conference in July, the International Bluegrass Music Association Conference in September, mixed in with co-write sessions, album pre-production, songwriter rounds, and acquiring my very own Scheerhorn resonator guitar! I was also very thrilled to be named the European CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, an honour I was not expecting but was very inspiring to receive as I headed back into the studio.

Finally with all my songs in hand, John Nicholson and I assembled a great team and began cutting the new album at Hilltop Studios. It went by far too quickly but over the past few months I feel very proud of the new record that we’ve created. Thank you also to Tommy Dorsey who has been listening intently to every quirk and creating a wonderful sounding mastered product, Tim Taylor the fabulous songwriter, and my patient vocal coach Laura Donohue, you are the best. More highlights occured in November when I was admitted to ResoSummit 2011 and achieved American citizenship! Phew.

After a busy holiday season, I am so ready to have the new music out and it will be available very soon. In the meantime watch for my song “Woman in the White Dress” making it’s motion picture debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in “Compliance”. Keep checking back here for updates and also on my facebook page and twitter. We will be announcing the new single and I will try to provide a sneak peek!

Thanks so much to you for reading and to everyone who has supported me, it means the world.

Oh and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Love Ashley

Keep up with Ashley as she works day to day in the studio on the new album with a team of amazing players and John Nicholson at the helm at Hilltop Recording Studios in Nashville. Check out the facebook page to watch the videos on Ashley’s Youtube channel for updates!

The 21st Annual European Country Music Association Awards were just announced and Ashley Robertson has won the Female Vocalist of the Year award! Ashley is originally from Canada and currently resides in Nashville but tours extensively in Europe and most recently Australia. Ashley also won the award in 2005 when she was still an undergraduate student at Belmont University. She is working on her third album to follow up the success of her previous release “Woman in the White Dress”. To see the full awards list please visit www.awards.europeancma.com and keep up with Ashley on her Facebook fan page & Twitter page!

For immediate release: Canadian singer-songwriter Ashley Robertson has been officially nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year for the 21st Annual European CMA Country Music Awards, going up against such artists as Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood for the prize. Ashley won the category in 2005 over Gretchen Wilson following the success of her debut album and is thrilled about being nominated again!

“Thank you European friends and fans for your amazing support!” -Ashley

Hi everyone! Ashley here, I hope you are all doing great, it’s so hard to believe it’s already May, I feel like the this year is just flying by so fast. I’ve been super busy and just returned from a fabulous trip to the Key West Songwriter’s Festival, which I will tell you all about a little later on.

First things first, there is a brand new video up from my performance at the Bluebird Cafe so please stop by my facebook page to check it out HERE and while you’re there like the page to get access to all the content!

Miss Ashley playing at the Bluebird Cafe on Sunday? Good news, there is a video of her performance that will be posted later this week on facebook so stay tuned!

Here are a few pics of Ashley’s recent performance at the prestigious Bluebird Cafe Sunday Writer’s Night in Nashville!

Hi all, Ashley here, the sun is shining in Nashville today and spring seems to be upon us finally! I haven’t written in a while because I’ve been super busy but definitely need to take time to update you.

My time at Tamworth Country Music Festival was sooo much fun and I really appreciate everyone that I met and got to play music for and with, thank you so much to everyone down under for supporting my music and country radio for playing my songs, I am already so looking forward to my next time with you all. Check out my new  and improved facebook page to see photos from the tour as there are too many to post on the blog!

Unfortunately I didn’t win the Guitar Center contest, there were so many good artists competing, but I have just received fabulous news about my latest single “Return To Me” as it is currently the NUMBER ONE song on country radio in Belgium, Norway and the Netherlands and the TOP most played song of the last survey of European Country Music Association’s radio station members, jumping from #75 to #8 with a bullet. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING MY MUSIC!!! Check out the chart HERE for yourself.

On a much different note, my heart is breaking for the people of Japan and it’s very difficult to sit here and feel so helpless, the country music fans and DJs of Japan have been so supportive of my music and now they are all in such devastating need I pray that the nations will rally around Japan and we can all have a part in helping them. The world is truly a small place when it comes to sharing love and music with each other and I have been very fortunate to experience that firsthand.

Much love,

Ashley