NEWS ARCHIVE
August 13, 2021
Kalie Shorr releases her Butch Walker-produced EP, “I Got Here By Accident.” It includes “I Heard You Got a Girl,” written by Fred, Kalie and Skip Black.
July 29, 2021
FOLKNROCK magazine premieres Ryan Kinder’s new song, “Want,” written by Fred, Ryan and Luke Sheets, along with a detailed article about the song’s creation.
June 28, 2021
Fred was honored to be invited to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) Class of 2021.
June 22, 2021
Ryan Kinder releases “Tangled Up.” This song was inspired by a picture drawn by Fred’s son.
June 4, 2021
Kurt Stevens releases the feel-good song of the summer, “Sunshine State of Mind,” written by Fred, Kurt, and Bobby Campbell.
May 12, 2021
Julia Cole releases her self-titled debut album, including “Be Where We Are,” by Fred, Julia, and Jeff Garrison.
April 23, 2021
Ryan Kinder releases three songs from his upcoming EP, including the burner “Blame,” written by Fred, Ryan, and Luke Sheets.
December 28, 2020
”My Voice,” recorded by Kalie Shorr, was chosen by Billboard magazine as one of the 10 best country songs of 2020. Fred wrote this song with Kalie, Simon Reid and Skip Black.
December 24, 2020
”A Little More Love,” recorded by Australian star Casey Burgess, was chosen by the Australian Songwriters Association as one of the 30 best songs of 2020. Fred wrote this song with Casey and Sam Hawksley.
November 12, 2020
Fred receives a BMI Award for his song “Back To Life,” performed by Rascal Flatts, being one of the most performed country songs of 2020. He joins Lil Nas X and Ed Sheerhan, among others, in being a first time recipient of this award.
November 2, 2020
Fred and Canadian superstar Lisa Brokop allow The Granby Land Trust in Fred’s hometown to use their song “Just To Be Here’ in a video promoting the important work this organization does. Fred does a brief introduction to the song and video for their annual meeting. You can watch it here.
October 26, 2020
Kalie Shorr’s critically acclaimed and award winning album has been expanded and re-released with her new label. So proud that the first single off this masterpiece is “My Voice,” written by Fred, Kalie, Simon Reid and Skip Black.
October 19, 2020
The Ward Brothers have released their newest single “Summer Hearts,” written by Fred, Brian Bunn and Kyle Jacobs.
October 3, 2020
Casey Burgess releases her album “Space To Breathe” in Australia — which includes “A Little More Love,” written by Fred, Casey and Sam Hawksley. The album is #1 on the iTunes Chart for Country Music - Australia.
October 2, 2020
My friends Two Story Road have released our song “Those Were The Nights” as their new single. Written with TSR and Barry Weeks.
August 29, 2020
Canadian artist Ryan Evans releases his newest single “Young Enough,” written with Fred and Garen Gueyikian.
June 29, 2020
My friend Sierra Black released our song “Because I Want To,” co-written and produced by Mark Bright, as her current single.
May 23, 2020
Kalie Shorr’s self-released album “Open Book” containing the song “Angry Butterfly” written with Fred and Simon Reid, is selected by SPIN magazine as one of the best albums of 2020 so far.
March 19, 2020
My friend Mira Goto has released our song “Circus” as her newest single. It can be found on her terrific album “Nobody Warned Me.”
February 1, 2020
The talented Seth Cook’s latest single, “Lipstick,” which Seth co-wrote with Fred and Matt McClure, has been added to the Spotify “Wild Country” and “New Out of Nashville” playlists. Available now wherever you stream your music.
January 13, 2020
Two Story Road releases “Stolen,” written by Fred and Barry Weeks, produced by Hunter Hayes. Check it out here.
January 1, 2020
Kalie Shorr rocked “Angry Butterfly,“ which she co-wrote with Fred and Simon Reid, for over 200,000 people on New Year’s Eve in Nashville. Her amazing album “Open Book“ was chosen by the New York Times as one of the top 10 albums of the year, all genres, and now Variety has named it one of the best country albums of the decade. It’s that good.
December 22, 2019
Top Country just named Lindsay Ell’s “Criminal,” which she co-wrote with Fred and Chris Stevens, one of the top country songs of the decade.
November 18, 2019
Julia Cole releases the lyric video for her new single, “Be Where We Are,” which she co-wrote with Fred and Jeff Garrison. Check it out here.
September 9, 2019
Rascal Flatts’ “Back To Life” hits #16, after nearly three months in the Top 20 and almost a year on the Mediabase charts.
July 19, 2019
The brilliant Aaron Espe releases his new single, “Wonder,” co-written with Fred. You can listen to “Wonder” here. Fred says, “I've got to say a few words about this song I'm so proud of … I am often awed by the beauty of this world and the amazing good fortune of my existence in it. To be born where I was, with the parents I had and the sisters I have. To have found my friends and my wife among the seven plus billion people here. To witness the miracle of my sons birth; their breath-taking, unlikely existence. To pause a moment for another incredible sunset or star packed sky. There is much in the world that worries me these days and stresses me out sometimes to the point of obsession. These things are also real. The challenge is to continue to try, despite these things, to maintain a sense of gratitude and wonder.”
June 25, 2019
Rascal Flatts is officially Top 20 on Mediabase charts with Fred’s song “Back To Life” and has close to 14 million Spotify streams. Rascal Flatts also released a live version of them performing the song “Live At Red Rocks”.
June 7, 2019
Sarah Darling’s new album, “Wonderland,” debuts at #1 on iTunes England. It includes two songs co-written with Fred, “Shine” and “A Boy Like You.”
March 5, 2019
Rascal Flatts’ “Back to Life,” which Fred co-wrote with Cary Barlowe, Niko Moon and Dan & Shay’s Shay Mooney, is closing in on six million spins on Spotify. Keep on streaming!
December 18, 2018
Rascal Flatts will perform their hit “Back To Life” in the finale of the NBC series “The Voice”
November 26, 2018
Ryan Kinder’s recording of “Stay” goes over 2 million streams on Spotify without any major label promotion or support. Just talent, baby!
September 28, 2018
Rascal Flatts drop their critically-acclaimed new single, “Back to Life.” Fred co-wrote this song with Cary Barlowe, Niko Moon and Dan & Shay’s Shay Mooney.
September 17, 2018
“Champagne,” written by Fred, Lindsay Ell and Walker Hayes, is released to radio. It is the third single from Lindsay’s #1 album, “The Project.”
July 31, 2018
Ryan Kinder released "Stay," co-written by Fred and Luke Sheets. It was picked by Rolling Stone as one of the "10 Best Country and Americana Songs of the Week" and added to Pandora's "New Country" playlist.
July 15, 2018
"Criminal", written with and recorded by Lindsay Ell reached a new high of #17 on the Mediabase chart this week and continues to rise.
April 9, 2018
"Criminal," written with and recorded by Lindsay Ell, is #1 in Canada - the first time in a decade a female Canadian country artist has hit #1! Check out her new video.
December 21, 2017
Billboard Critics' Poll picks Lindsay Ell's debut, "The Project," containing Fred's songs "Criminal" and "Champagne," as the best country album of 2017. The 10 Best Country Albums of 2017: Critics' Pick2