Riley Green And Lee Brice Headline Nu Country TV
Frequent Australian tourists Riley Green and Lee Brice headline Nu Country TV in Australia on Saturday March 7 at 10 pm on Channel 31/Digital 44.
Texas born Oklahoma honky tonk hero Jake Worthington and Californian bluegrass belle Molly Tuttle boomerang to the show repeated at 1 am on Monday.
Kentuckian Leon Lewis and Sydney band Silverline perform on our program filmed, edited and produced by Laith Graham.
Nu Country TV is a highlight of C 31 streaming list on Digital 44.
Further info – https://www.c31.org.au/
Riley Green Returns On Eve Of His Australian March Tour
Alabama born Riley Green headlines our show on the eve of his Australian Cowboy As It Gets March tour.
Riley, now 37, plays Margaret Court Arena on Friday March 13 and Sydney Hordern Pavillion on March 16 before the CMC Rocks Queensland festival on March 20 with Old Dominion and Jordan Davis.
He played Riding Hearts Festival at Caribbean gardens in Scoresby last year and is joined on this tour with Braxton Keith, and Jake Worthington and Bella Mackenzie.
Riley performs Worst Way from his 24 track third album Don’t Mind If I Do Deluxe with six new tracks including Make it Rain.
He released his ACM award-winning self-titled EP in 2018 that preceded his 2019 double platinum There Was This Girl and triple platinum I Wish Grandpa’s Never Died.
Riley’s previous albums were Different Round Here in 2019 and Ain’t My Last Rodeo in 2023.
Green previously fronted our show with Damn Good Day To Leave and Don’t Mind If I Do with Ella Langley.
Further info – https://www.rileygreenmusic.com/#/
Lee Brice Murder Mystery
North Carolina born Lee Brice returns to our show with his love lament in a death metaphor.
Lee, now 46 and father of three, told the story of a man who takes stock of his life and reflects on changes from who he was to who he is now.
He praised help from the woman who made him a better man.
The themes extend to anyone faced with a call to change their lives and evolution that comes alongside that change.
Lee performs Killed The Man from his sixth album You, Me, and My Guitar.
Brice toured here in 2018 with Georgian Kip Moore and previously fronted our show with Cry that followed his fifth album Hey World.
He exposed his soul in church and a wedding after being diagnosed with Covid before the 54th CMA Awards in Nashville in November of 2020.
Brice cancelled his role with Kentuckian chanteuse Carly Pearce who fronted Nu Country with Lee on I Hope You Are Happy Now on her second album released Valentines’ Day, 2020.
Brice also appeared on our show with his videos for Soul, Hey World and More Beer.
CLICK HERE for a Lee Brice interview in The Diary on May 30, 2010.
Jake Worthington Whiskey Woes
Texas born Jake Worthington, now 25, who now calls Oklahoma his new home state returns to Behind Bars with a drinking ditty.
He performs It Ain’t The Whiskey from his alcohol fuelled new album When I Write The Song that also includes Drowning in Whiskey and I Only Drink When It Rains.
Jake also fronted our show last year with My Home’s in Oklahoma.
He began writing songs and performing live on Texas stages while just 13 and 14.
Jake was runner-up on the sixth season of The Voice at 17 and recorded his singles Texas To Oklahoma and State You Left Me In.
Further info – https://jakeworthington.com/
Molly Tuttle Golden State Of Mind
Californian bluegrass belle Molly Tuttle returns to Behind Bars with a joyous ode to her home state.
Molly, now 33, sang of her Golden State Of Mind from her fifth solo album So Long Little Miss Sunshine.
Molly hails from Santa Clara and released albums with her family band The Tuttles, her dad Jack when she was 11 and Goodbye Girls.
At 15 she fronted The Tuttles after battling hair loss diseases since she was just three.
Molly found solace since 2023 with her fiance Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show who won fans at festivals and concerts on their Australian tours.
She previously fronted our show with The Highway Knows.
Further info – https://www.mollytuttlemusic.com/
Silverline Honour Australian Servicemen And Women
Sydney group The Silverline return to our show with their tribute to our servicemen and service women.
They released Coming Home on Remembrance Day 2025.
It was written by Silverline duo Michael and Catherine Lehnen and features three-part harmonies with Mandy Crocker – youngest daughter of Barry Crocker.
Her emotive vocal performance brought depth to the story of soldiers seeking comfort and belonging after years away on the front line.
The video was directed by Duncan Toombs with returned servicemen who volunteered and brought the lyrics to life.
“Sometimes we feel like a stranger in a strange land and our desire is to come home and be with the ones we love. As the saying goes There’s no place like home and this song was written reflecting on the depth of resilience and the search for peace after the noise of war” – MichaeI and Catherine revealed.
“Coming home speaks to deep emotion the longing, the memories that never fade and giving it your all, just to be home. With heartfelt lyrics and a beautiful melody, it paints a picture of reconnection, celebrating the powerful joy of being back in the arms of the ones who are your home.”
Coming Home was produced by Simon Johnson with Brad Bergen guitars and drums, Johnson on bass, Gabi Louise on fiddle and Liam Kennedy-Clark piano.
Further info – https://www.thesilverline.com.au/
Leon Lewis Heavenly Journey
Kentuckian Leon Lewis heads to the pearly gates on his return to our show in his heavenly blues lament.
Leon performs No Blues In Heaven from his fifth album.
Lewis hails from the rolling Kentucky hills and his music embraces gospel, blues and Americana.
No Blues In Heaven is one of three videos on his new album.
Further info – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DS4vUzEqtM
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