 07-22-2010 > GWEN SEBASTIAN'S 'V.I.P. (BAREFOOT GIRL)' KICKS ITS WAY UP THE CHARTS
"Throughout this six-song disc, Gwen’s sweet, energetic voice recalls a soulful Lee Ann Womack or Miranda Lambert. “V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl)” is Gwen’s calling card, an infectious, fiddle-infused stamp of approval for women who are barefoot girls in a high-heel world. A solid debut from a promising singer/songwriter." -- Country Weekly
Gwen Sebastian’s ‘V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl)’ Kicks Its Way Up The Charts
New Video Featuring This "Artist to Watch in 2010"
Available On CMT.com, GAC.com and Music Choice
NASHVILLE — It’s little wonder why singer/songwriter Gwen Sebastian was picked as an “artist to watch in 2010” by Country Weekly. After quitting nursing school to pursue her music dreams in Nashville, she is starting to see those dreams come true. Her infectious new single, “V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl),” moves up from No. 37 to No. 33 on the current Music Row Country Breakout chart, and from No. 56 to No. 51 on the Mediabase Activator chart.
Raised on a dirt road farm in rural Hebron, North Dakota, and now living in Nashville with a heavy touring schedule, Sebastian can completely relate to “V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl),” which she wrote with Dean Miller (Terri Clark's "A Little Gasoline" and Trace Adkins "I'm Gonna Love You Anyway") and Brian Eckert. When she sings, “I’m a barefoot girl walking in a high heel world,” she means it.
“I’m very thankful to be involved in what I’m wanting and loving to do, but I think it’s important that I don’t ever forget where I come from, and I won’t,” she says. “That’s what the song is about. I love dressing up, but it feels good to kick off the high heels when you’re all said and done and chill out.”
Roughstock.com calls it “a song many women will certainly be able to relate to” and describes Sebastian’s voice as “pure and sweet and emotive.” Music Row’s Robert K. Oermann calls the song “breezy and bright.” Roughstock included “V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl)” on a compilation CD given away at its booth during last month’s CMA Music Festival in Nashville.
The beautiful singer/songwriter, who is signed to Open Road/Lofton Creek Records, recently completed a lighthearted music video for “V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl)” and it is already getting played on Music Choice and on demand at CMT.com and GAC.com. The video, shot at Oak Lawn Plantation in Tennessee, finds a couture-clad Sebastian fleeing from paparazzi in favor of jeans and “iced tea on a porch swing.” View the video here: http://www.gwensebastian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:video&catid=1:latest-headlines&Itemid=18
“V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl)” is the follow up to Sebastian’s debut single, “Hard Rain,” which was a top 30 hit on the Music Row chart. Both songs are available on her six-song EP, “V.I.P.” which was recently released digitally. She co-wrote four of the set’s six cuts that also reflect her personality and sensibilities. The breakup ballad “Nothing,” she says, is really about “getting off the couch. There’s things in life you’re going to go through, and you can’t just sit around doing nothing. You’ve got to keep on going.” The driving “Feel Your Love” is about taking a chance on romance, but its themes are far larger. “It’s about not being afraid to take the big plunge and give in to love,” she says. “But for me it’s also about going out on the road and pursuing my dreams, while realizing there might be something back home that’s worth having as well.”
For Sebastian, singles and videos are all a conduit to what she loves best: performing live. With several years of touring under her belt, she has built an impressive, high-energy stage show. She calls performing in front of a crowd “my favorite thing to do. That’s my outlet.
“I want to make sure that everybody that comes out to see me has an experience, that they’re forgetting about everyday life,” she says. “When people are paying money to come see you, you have to make sure they’re getting something special. So I want to make sure they are part of the show, that each and every person feels like they are on stage with me, and that every song means something.”
Sebastian and her band have a full schedule of summer tour dates with more than 30 shows in July and August. She’s also taking time to visit country radio stations along the way.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
July 21 Washington County Fair, Washington, Iowa
July 22 WXFL Radio Concert (with Bo Bice), Muscle Shoals, Ala.
July 23 Fairibault County Fair, Blue Earth, Minn.
July 27 Stevens County Fair, Hugoton, Kan.
July 30 Rhythms Bar & Grill, Englewood, Colo.
Aug. 6 Sublette County Fair (with Luke Bryan), Big Piney, Wyo.
Aug. 7 Private party, Rock Springs, Wyo.
Aug. 13-21 Montana Fair, Billings, Mont.
Aug. 26-27 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minn.
Aug. 29 WOKO Country Club Music Festival, Essex Junction, Vt.
More info:
• www.gwensebastian.com
• www.myspace.com/gwensebastian
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