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February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Owen Mac Irelands Shining Young Star

If you have been following this network of sites then you already know what an amazing singer/performer Owen McVeigh from Ireland is. I’m sure you are also aware of his last Album which was an extraordinary hit and added to his already amazing five album releases. Owen, now 18 years old has accomplished what many in the entertainment industry struggle to do even at a much older age. Owen’s last album called ” How Beautiful Heaven Must Be ” now makes 6 studio albums for this extraordinary Irish Superstar. In addition, Owen has now accumulated over 60 Million social media views in the just the past 5 years.

A little History Recap:

Owen who comes from Coleraine, only started singing 6 years ago when he was just 12 years old. With no professional training, his main influence was his dad Dessie, who is also an excellent country singer in his own right and his 2 sisters Shauna 21 and Shannon 15 are both very supportive and share the love of country and gospel music. While his Mother Michelle may not sing, Owen shared the following:

“Mum has always had music playing in the house for as long as I can remember. Especially all the great old American Country legends like Ray Price, Gene Watson etc. I’m very lucky that I have such supportive, loving and encouraging parents and my 2 sisters are also fantastic. My dad sings and plays guitar too and we often sit at home singing together. I guess that’s when mum and dad noticed how much I loved music and that I had a talent to sing”.

It was a chance appearance in Coleraine at an outside broadcast of the BBC Radio Ulster Hugo Duncan show in 2015, that instantly showcased the young singer’s natural talent performing “God’s Plan” written by Derek Ryan. Of course, like many of you I was first introduced to Owen from his Mother’s posting a video of him sitting in their home singing a song called “My Mother”. I knew instantly that this boy was going to become an international sensation. This video post led to his discovery by Irish Country Star Jimmy Buckley who shared Owen’s video and offered Owen an invitation to sing his song with him at his live show!

Since then, Owen has appeared on many tv shows including a Tv documentary ‘Keeping Er Country’ which followed the young star as he performed at shows, meeting fans, recording in the studio and even at home with him and the family. Owen also has appeared on the TV3 Toy Show, The Ray Darcy Show, The Nolan Show, and Starting on Wednesday, February 24^th, Owen will be embarking on a new TV segment “Owen Mac’s Country & Gospel” on the very popular TV show “Steve’s Country Showdown” Broadcast every Wednesday at 8pm on Spotlight TV 365 & Freesat 516.

In August 2018 the young Irish star travelled to Canada to perform at 2 sell out solo shows. Then in 2019 Owen made his debut performance in the USA and plans were in place for an extensive tour of USA and Canada in 2020 but due to COVID-19 restrictions sadly was unable to go ahead and plans are currently in the pipeline to reschedule the tours.

Also in 2019 Owen toured with Michael English and his band as his special guest. This again gave Owen valuable experience performing in front of large crowds.

Owen’s latest 12 track Gospel Album “How Beautiful Heaven Must Be” Was launched late 2020 and is available on his Website along with all of Owen’s previous album releases

Owen has to date won numerous awards including “The Big Tom Inspiration Award” at The Hot Country Awards and “Best Male Newcomer Award” at The Northern Ireland Country Music Awards

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Owens latest single release “Wake Up Dancing” written By Angie Russell, John Colgin & Garry is now available on iTunes and I’ve been told he will soon have a video release of this song. Be watching for that to appear here very soon!

January 22, 2021August 8, 2021

Sonny French from Australia to Nashville!

A few months ago, a long-time friend of mine posted a video of the French Family on his Facebook page! Since that day, I cannot get enough of this family’s music! It was not hard to recognize the professionalism in their performance and surprized that I had not picked up on their music much earlier!

It didn’t take me long to start sharing their Facebook Lives and music videos and could not wait to learn more about their musical history and of course featuring them on this website. That being said; it is with great honor that today I’m proud to introduce their son, 14-year-old Sonny French.

Sonny showed an interest in music at a very young age and made his first appearance on stage when he was just three years old at a country music festival in Tamworth Australia. He was always singing along with all of the songs his parents were singing and Sonny would often sing the guitar riff lines as well.

Watch little country star Sonny singing ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’!

Sonny soon caught onto harmonising, and began singing with his parents Camille and Stuie at all of their gigs around Australia and just loved being a part of it all.

Here is a video of Sonny performing with his parents when he was four years old:

When he was six years old, he began learning to play the ukulele and at seven Sonny recorded and released his debut album titled “Seven”, a collection of his favorite songs and his first original song called “Home”.

Seven by Sonny French on Amazon Music – Amazon.com

When Sonny was eight years old his parents Camille and Stuie got 25 ukuleles donated to Sonny’s primary school Music Department. They soon realized there was no one to actually teach the children how to play so they volunteered. Their influence, along with Sonny’s ukulele skills inspired a lot of Sonny’s school friends to join the ukulele club. Sonny’s parents continued teaching the group for three years with Sonny playing a big part in it, both singing and playing.

Not long after Sonny‘s 11th birthday he had planned on buying a Nintendo switch gaming machine with money he had saved up. Dad, Stuie made a deal with him that he was to now learn how to play the guitar. For every hour he played guitar, in return he would be rewarded one hour on the Nintendo switch. The Switch was purchased, and Sonny held up his end of the bargain practicing daily on the guitar.

He also kept a post-it-note on top of the machine which kept a tally of all of the hours he was “owed” in gaming time. It was only a few weeks later that the Nintendo switch was hardly getting played, as Sonny discovered his greater love was playing guitar.

Sonny on stage with his older brother Chet

Sonny also has a love of athletics, in particular track and field. He loves to sprint, long jump, triple jump and high jump and always did well in school competitions. When he was 10, he made it to the Australian School Nationals representing Néw South Wales and came in ninth in the long jump.

At age 11 Sonny was invited to be a guest on Australia’s version of “Little Big Shots”

When Sonny was 13, He became part of the Gibson guitar family in Australia, a brand of guitar he is passionate about. In June 2019 the French Family moved from Sydney Australia to Nashville to pursue their love of country music and experience living life in a new country.

In 2019 Sonny was invited to be a part of the Gibson generation group (G3) which is Gibson‘s two-year mentoring program for the new generation of guitar players. Sonny is endorsed by Gibson brands and showcased across Gibson‘s channels.

Sonny performs with his mother Camille and father Stuie, Brother Chet and sister Manaia as part of the French Family Band. Sonny hopes to one-day perform at the Grand Ole Opry. He loves living in Nashville and has had some wonderful opportunities playing alongside of some of his heroes. Here is Sonny and his dad Stuie performing the “Townhall Shuffle with Tommy Emmanuel.

Aside from learning from his parents, Sonny is taught guitar by Nashville studio legend Gregg Galbraith and has singing lessons with Michael Rogers (multi-instrumentalist/singer).

Check out this latest Facebook Video regarding Sonny and his accomplishments as well as some advice for other young artist!

If you want to know more about Sonny and his musical family visit:

Keep up with Sonny and his family through their Facebook Page. Be sure to also see them in concert either live broadcast or in person if you live or can travel to Nashville. It will be well worth your time.

Right now, this amazing family is making their living out of their living room studio due to all the Covid-19 restrictions! Please support their talents by making a contribution to their tip jar by visiting this PayPal.Me Link!

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

Theo Constantin Remarkable Romanian Artist

Theo Constantin was first introduced on this promotional network back in 2015 and was featured both on Rivenmaster Place and Torchlight Talent!
Since that time he has only improved his vocal skills and added to his list of talents which includes song writing, piano, drums, and acting.

Theo not only has proven himself to be a talented and dedicated young artist but also possesses a positive personality that inspires those he comes in contact with! He is respectful, gracious, and has earned and deserves every fan’s admiration.

The pandemic quarantine has really put a hold on the progress of those who are in the entertainment industry, and young artists like Theo are also struggling during this time. For that reason, I asked Theo what he is doing to keep busy and focused.

“Here, in Romania we have been staying at home for almost 2 months. It’s hard, of course, but it has also created some advantages. All of us have more time to do things that we enjoy and have now been provided extra time to reinvent ourselves.

For example, without shows, I’ve been afforded more time to spend in my home-studio. I’ve tried to forget about this hard period listening to a lot of new music and relistening to the music I enjoy the most.

I believe that this crisis should change all of us, we now think more often about ourselves and the others around us, realizing that in one second, we could lose everything and the everyone we love. All these things made me think that it would be good if I could do something for my generation, to make them happy and to make them think positive. This led to me trying a combination between to music-style: trap and pop. Soon I will make my first song combining those styles and I hope it will reach you all during this hard period.

Until then, I invite you to listen to my brand-new song called Y&M.”

You can be sure that we will continue to follow, support, and report regarding Theo’s progress now and after this health crisis is over. This young man is truly an artist who is on the fast track of doing great things in the music industry!

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