The 2011 grand prize winner heads to producer Mikal Blue’s Revolver Studios to record a 5-song EP on December 27. December 20, 2011. New York, NY. Tennessee’s Arthur Alligood was awarded the grand prize at the recently held 10th annual Mountain Stage NewSong Contest. As with all past winners, he’ll perform on National Public Radio’s [...]


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By Etan Rosenbloom, Membership/Marketing Associate and Blog Coordinator Arthur Alligood When ASCAP member Arthur Alligood sent in his submission for the 2011 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest earlier this year, he was in the same spot as countless other singer-songwriters who bravely struggle to make a living by making music. “For the last 10 years I [...]


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New York, NY. October 20, 2011. This evening, a panel of judges at New York’s Winter Garden in the World Financial Center chose Arthur Alligood as the overall grand prize winner of the tenth annual Mountain Stage NewSong Contest. Alligood, from the small town of White House, TN about 30 minutes outside Nashville, was chosen [...]

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Congratulations to Our Remaining 2011 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest Finalists The 2011 roster of finalists for the the 10th annual live performance finals is now complete. Congratulations to the remaining General Round finalists below and to Sinem Saniye – this year’s People’s Choice winner – for receiving the most votes among all of this year’s regional [...]

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This weekend, National Public Radio’s Mountain Stage is broadcasting its show featuring the 2010 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest Grand Prize Winner Amber Rubarth. Other guests on the show include John Oates, Blame Sally, Frontier Ruckus and Mooreland & Arbuckle. To learn more about Mountain Stage and check broadcast times and local affiliate stations, visit the [...]

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‘A Common Case of Disappearing’ – the Grand Prize album from 2010 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest Winner Amber Rubarth Releases on iTunes this Friday, September, 30. New album produced by Grammy-winner Jacquire King and released on Brooklyn’s NewSong Recordings. New York, NY. September 28, 2011. As the 2010 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest grand prize winner, [...]

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This evening, as part of the NewSong Emerging Artist series at the David Rubenstein Atrium at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 2010 NewSong Contest winner Amber Rubarth will be performing to celebrate the release of her Grand Prize album ‘A Common Case of Disappearing.’ The album was produced by Grammy-winner Jacquire King and [...]

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Thank you to everyone who has submitted this year. We’ll announce our remaining General Round finalists and the 2011 People’s Choice winner on Saturday, October 1. A special thanks to our 2011 partners Mountain Stage, ASCAP, arts>World Financial Center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, WFUV and Global Positioning Services. To learn more about the [...]

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Let’s face it. Not everybody’s good at meeting deadlines. And given the emails we’ve received this morning since closing the General Round deadline last night at midnight, we’ve decided to extend the deadline until midnight on Tuesday, September 20. This will be the final chance to submit your songs to this year’s Mountain Stage NewSong [...]

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Congratulations to the following regional round winners! They’ll be representing their regions in our live performance competition on October 20 at New York City’s World Financial Center Winter Garden. While the regional winners have now been announced, the People’s Choice competition is still on, featuring videos from ALL of this year’s regional finalists. The artist [...]

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