Midas Records Nashville Fuels a Sizzlin' Summer with Emerson Drive - 'Countrified' Album Debut for Midas Set for Sept. 19, 2006 Release

LOS ANGELES (By Steve Levesque/ Luck Media & Marketing, Inc.) - The monster heat wave the U.S. has been experiencing all summer will continue into the fall-and that's very cool news for country music fans, thanks to Midas Records Nashville's slate of sizzlin' releases. The label-launched last year by veteran genre hitmakers Brad Allen and Keith Follese-is rolling-out its first highly anticipated album, by renowned country band Emerson Drive on September 19th.

Emerson Drive's "Countrified," which was already released in the band's native Canada July 11, includes the widely popular first single "A Good Man," whose video reached the top spot on CMT Canada's Chevy Top 20 chart as the outlet's most popular video of the week. The fun-filled performance clip directed by Steve Goldmann knocked Tim McGraw's "When The Stars Go Blue" out of the top spot to claim the pole position. Countrified was a Napster Top Pick in Canada the day of its release.

The band-whose self titled 2002 Dreamworks debut produced by Richard Marx earned them the distinction of being Billboard's No 1 Top Country Artist of the Year in 2003-recently completed a tour of Canada that included stops at the Calgary Stampede and several retail CD signings and performances in Calgary and Edmonton. They then moved on to Peterborough, Ontario, where they performed in front of a crowd of 15,000.

Emerson Drive's other industry awards and nominations include ACM Top new Vocal Group/Duo; R&R's No 1 New Artist MVP for 2002; and Group of the Year for two consecutive years from the Canadian Country Music Association.

Additionally, Midas Records Nashville will soon announce the official release date for another highly-anticipated project-Steve Azar's "Indianola." Azar's deal with Midas Records is in conjunction with his own label, Dang Records. His first album under this deal, "Indianola," highlights the extraordinary songwriting talent that he is known for and takes the listener through his life on the Delta. The first single is "You Don't Know A Thing."

Midas Records Nashville is also hot to announce the upcoming debut single by newcomer Lindsey Grant-currently scheduled for an October release. Next up will be a single and album from Colgate Country Showdown winner Michelle Rene.