Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion - MDM Recordings Inc.

Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion - MDM Recordings Inc.

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Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion, a musical collective of long-time friends and peers, is pleased to announce the release of their self-titled debut album, available digitally today via MDM Recordings Inc./Universal Music Canada. Featuring a group of talented musicians including Mitch Merrett, Corbett Frasz, Erik Dylan, Greg Carroll, plus special guest Clayton Bellamy (The Road Hammers), BMWR unite over their love of music, history, motorcycles and tattoos, combining multi-faceted musicianship with timeless storytelling to create an album that pays homage to the music they cut their teeth on.

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Debut single “Holy Smoke” quickly garnered the attention of Rolling Stone Country, who included the group in their July 2018 list of “10 New Country Artists You Need To Know”, where writer Jim Beauguez mused “Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion sounds like a fleet of rumbling IROC-Zs at Talladega revved-up on leaded gasoline and ready to chase the checkered flag”. “Holy Smoke”, together with BMWR’s three other digital releases over the past 12 months have exceeded a combined 2.8 million streams to date; no small feat given the songs have never been released to radio, with the collective instead relying on a grassroots approach to sharing new music and gaining fans.

Delivering a sonic awakening that walks the line of boundless melodic prowess and raw, unapologetic truths, BMWR have merged a fascination with the history of the North American moonshiner and a love of Southern power chord guitar rock into a collection of fictional smoky backwoods tales, resulting in an album that is introspective and speaks from the soul. Late last year, BMWR had the opportunity to perform their gritty tracks live as they hit the road with Nashville natives The Cadillac Three, and this summer, fans can catch them at a handful of major festivals, including Big Valley Jamboree and Extreme Mudfest.

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Tour Dates

No shows booked at the moment.

Accolades

2019 Canadian Country Music Association® (CCMA®) Award™ nominee:
- Roots Album of the Year (Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion)
2019 Canadian Country Music Association® (CCMA®) Award™ nominee:
- Producer of The Year for Mitch Merrett and F. Reid Shippen (Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion)
Named as Rolling Stone Country’s 10 New Country Artists You Need to Know (July 2018)

"Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion sounds like a fleet of rumbling IROC-Zs at Talladega revved-up on leaded gasoline and ready to chase the checkered flag” - Rolling Stone

Touch Points

"Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion" first week debut on the iTunes Country Album Charts:
- #2 in Australia
- #6 in Canada
- #53 in U.S.
Spotify Streams to Date - 2,913,932 (as of January 15, 2020)
- "Holy Smoke" first single - 1,982,077
- "Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion" second single - 530,501
- "Wolves At The Door" third single - 401,354
- "Appalachian Entrepreneur" fourth single - 125,531
- *All singles only released digitally*
Debut Album Streams to Date - 4,383,154 (as of January 15, 2020)
2018 Cadillac Three Tour Slot:
- Quebec and Ontario dates
The band has secured many playlist placements, most notably:
- Country Rocks - (USA playlist)
- Down Home Country - (CA playlist)
Australia has become the #2 market globally for Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion, with 4 of Australia’s biggest music markets on BMWR’s Top 50 Cities according to digital streaming stats:
#14 Brisbane
#38 Sydney
#39 Melbourne
#40 Perth

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MDM Recordings, which has been honoured two times as Record Company of the Year (2015/2016), at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards (CCMA Awards), and twice as the No. 1 Independent Record Company in Canada (2015/2016), celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2018 – marking the occasion with new releases from 2017 JUNO Award winner and 3-time CCMA Award winner for Female Artist of the Year, Jess Moskaluke, CCMA Award winners Bobby Wills and The Lovelocks and CCMA Award nominee David James in addition to a brand new collaboration from Charlie Major, the unveiling of musical collective Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion, the signing of three-time JUNO Award nominee Don Amero and the introduction of BC-based troubadour Tyler Joe Miller. Founded in 2008 by Mike Denney, who was first named Record Company Person of the Year at the CCMA Awards in 2014 and then took home the honours again in 2015 and 2017, MDM has over 45 million LTD streams of their Canadian catalogue releases by artists like Bobby Wills, Chad Brownlee, Charlie Major, David James, Jess Moskaluke, Leaving Thomas, The Lovelocks, Tim Chaisson and more. MDM currently boasts forty Top 30 hits, sixteen Top 10 songs and close to a million spins at Country radio in Canada. The 2019 MDM Records Inc. roster includes: 2017 JUNO Award winner and 3x CCMA Award winner for Female Artist of the Year, Jess Moskaluke, multiple JUNO and CCMA Award winner, Charlie Major, CCMA Award winners Bobby Wills, CCMA Award nominee and rising star David James, musical collective Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion, three-time JUNO Award nominee Don Amero and newcomer Tyler Joe Miller.