“Breakin’ Indies Country Countdown” special to feature Lewis Brice,
Ira Dean, Billie Jo Jones, BoomTown Saints, Deborah Allen, Paige King Johnson,
Tori Rose and more!!
Presented by iHeart’s Kickin’ Kountry 101 & Nashville Universe;
sponsored by Get Joe Records and ALB Vodka
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “Breakin’ Indies Country Countdown,” the weekly radio show dedicated to showcasing the best in independent country music, will air its first live performance show this weekend on Kickin’ Kountry 101. This exclusive airing is a can’t-miss opportunity for country music enthusiasts to discover emerging talent from Nashville’s rising independent country music scene and their latest hits.
The show will air for two hours on both Saturday, November 15, and Sunday, November 16, from 6 PM to 8 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Listeners can tune in to Kickin’ Kountry 101 (the digital Mediabase reporting station via the station’s official website, KickinKountryradio.com, or through popular streaming services like the iHeartRadio app and Live365.
This exclusive broadcast, presented by Kickin’ Kountry 101 and Nashville Universe and captured LIVE preceding Nashville’s CMAFest at Bootlegger’s Inn on Nashville’s famed Lower Broadway, is hosted by Kickin’ Kountry 101 personality Shannon Steele and multiple Million-Air Play Award songwriter and Grammy-nominated recording artist Deborah Allen (“Baby I Lied,” “Rock Me”).
Sponsored by Get Joe Records and ALB Vodka, “Breakin’ Indies LIVE” will feature Lewis Brice (“She Loves My Country,” “NASCAR Fast”); hit singer and songwriter Ira Dean (“Tele-Man” featuring Ronnie Dunn, Vince Gill, Brent Mason and John Osborne); current contestant on the new CBS/Paramount+ series from Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton, and Keith Urban, Texas chart-topper Billie Jo Jones (“Right Now Kinda Girl,” “Whose Tequila Are You Drinkin'”); 2024 Music Row magazine’s “Independent Artist of The Year” and 2025 CDX Nashville Group/Duo of the Year, BoomTown Saints (“Heart Breaks You”); CMT’s “Next Women of Country” playlist regular Celeste Kellogg (“Country Swagger,” “There’s a Beach Somewhere”); Breakin’ Indies Country Countdown weekly radio co-host, country newcomer Maddye Trew (“Single of The Year,” “Long Gone John”); rapidly-rising “Fresh Find” Onoleigh (“First Rodeo,” “OK Later”), “The Voice” runner-up Grace West (“Quarter Back”), seven-time Carolina Country Music Awards winner Paige King Johnson (“Country See Country Do”), and Tori Rose (“If Drinking Was A Sport”).
“We are thankful to be a part of the first ‘Breakin’ Indies LIVE’ show–the whole Kickin’ Kountry 101 team is always so good to us,” states BoomTown Saints.”The bill was stacked with the best independent artists in the industry!”
“This live show just blew me away. Every artist on that stage gave it everything they had, and the crowd matched that energy all night long. It was nothing short of amazing,” says Steele, who is already starting to plan another LIVE show at “country music’s biggest party” in Nashville. “This is just the beginning — next year, we’re turning up the heat even more, and it’s gonna be even bigger and better!” https://kickinkountryradio.