DEBBIE COCHRAN NOMINATED FOR SONG OF THE YEAR AT THE JOSIE MUSIC AWARDS
Country gospel singer Debbie Cochran is nominated by the Josie Music Awards for Music Video of the Year for “Lord Did I Miss The Rapture”, Vocalist of the Year (Christian/Gospel), and Song of the Year (Christian/Gospel) for “In a Heartbeat”.
The Josie Music Awards are known for recognizing independent artists, songwriters, record labels, talent agencies, promotion companies, producers, engineers, management companies, press, music industry businesses, and more. Nominee suggestions must go through a lengthy review process conducted by a team of industry leaders to even be considered for the official list of nominations. Cochran was chosen out of 30,000 submissions.
“I am so excited and very humbled to be nominated for the 2020 Josie Music Awards,” Debbie said. “It’s the largest independent industry award show so it’s truly an honor. Thank you to the Josie team and congratulations to all the nominees.”
The Josie Music Awards was created to celebrate those in the independent music industry that work so hard every day and deserve to have a night of their own. Past Josie Music Awards have been held at Nissan Stadium, Schermerhorn Symphony Center and Gaylord Opryland Resort. The 6th Annual Josey Awards will be held inside the Celebrity Theater in The Dollywood Theme Park on Saturday, September 5, 2020.
Debbie’s current single “Born Again Wildflower” features the legendary Dolly Parton. The song provides a message of hope during trying times. Fans can stream the single on all major platforms.
About Debbie Cochran
With musical roots in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas (Cochran smiles as she claims, “three doses of southern drawl”), Debbie and her family would gather around the piano singing their original songs and beautiful harmonies. That key based instrument opened the floodgates to a lifelong passion of instrumental and vocal discovery. Throughout her musical journey, Debbie learned to play the piano, mountain dulcimer, acoustic guitar and bass guitar while honing her talents as a songwriter.
Her style would be described as a golden
gospel voice with traditional country undertones. Debbie anchors her sounds in her church reared impressionable years and her love of early Reba McEntire and Martina McBride tracks.
Debbie’s dream of writing and singing songs on that “Nashville Stage” gave her the courage to open the doors to recording her very first album with Kent Wells (Dolly Parton, Neal McCoy & Michael Peterson), who inspired the whole project with four simple but prophetic words, “It’s Never Too Late,” which was the first of Debbie’s songs to play on the radio and also earned her the DisCovery Award given by Robert K. Oermann of Music Row Magazine.
Before turning to the production ears of Kent Wells to guide her, the only outlet she had to share her music with the world was on a stage that her husband built in their hometown of Batesville, AR. When Debbie isn’t on stage, she spends her autumn years traveling the world with her husband in an RV. Debbie’s story and music is one that has spread smiles and serves as a testament to the vitality of the human spirit. She lives her lyrics every day that she steps in the studio, writes a new song or hits the lights center stage.
Follow her journey at www.debbiecochran.com or her Facebook @DebbieCochranMusic.