Uploaded May 2008 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Singer/songwriter Rebecca Lynn Howard will be the first artist on Direct Holdings Americas Inc.'s newly launched record label, Saguaro Road Records. Direct Holdings also markets and sells audio and video entertainment products under the Time Life trademark, which it uses under license from Time Warner Inc. The Nashville-based Howard, who has written songs for Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire and Patty Loveless, will release No Rules on June 17th.
Already a successful songwriter at the young age of 28, Howard's new album reflects her dynamic creative growth that began with penning songs for some of country music's biggest artists while most of her peers were still in college. She then put her talents to use for herself and ended up with her own Top 5 album, Forgive, in 2002. Now, with No Rules, recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Howard seamlessly combines rhythm and blues, rock, country, Americana and a few other genres. "I've delighted in growing my songwriting over the past couple of years," explains Howard. "It's allowed me the opportunity to take my experiences in country music to branch out into other genres. I've learned that in the world of great music there are no rules."
Singer/songwriter Rebecca Lynn Howard will be the first artist on Direct Holdings Americas Inc.'s newly launched record label, Saguaro Road Records. Direct Holdings also markets and sells audio and video entertainment products under the Time Life trademark, which it uses under license from Time Warner Inc. The Nashville-based Howard, who has written songs for Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire and Patty Loveless, will release No Rules on June 17th.
Already a successful songwriter at the young age of 28, Howard's new album reflects her dynamic creative growth that began with penning songs for some of country music's biggest artists while most of her peers were still in college. She then put her talents to use for herself and ended up with her own Top 5 album, Forgive, in 2002. Now, with No Rules, recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Howard seamlessly combines rhythm and blues, rock, country, Americana and a few other genres. "I've delighted in growing my songwriting over the past couple of years," explains Howard. "It's allowed me the opportunity to take my experiences in country music to branch out into other genres. I've learned that in the world of great music there are no rules."






![Mark Chesnutt sings and discusses Freedom to Stay from his new album Outlaw
OUTLAW quivers with the neo-traditional country style Chesnutt has been known for over his 20-year career. With traces of black flowers, Bloody Marys, easy lovin, country livin, sober Sundays, freedoms, desperados and bad behavior, the new, timeless project is Mark Chesnutt at his best. With an invigorating feel reminiscent of the music that brought him to the forefront as a country music traditionalist, and in keeping with the musical trends that make him a mainstay in the format today, OUTLAW, delivered in quintessential Chesnutt style, warrants attention.
Mark Chesnutt put on a vocal display like Ive never before seen in the studio. He stood in front of the mic and sang the whole record, from beginning to end, flawlessly [and in less than three hours]. We are all amazed at the results, introduced producer Pete Anderson. There may be singers out there as good as Mark, but there are none better and, at this point in my career, I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to work with this caliber of talent.
Carrying the torch in the footsteps of George Jones and Waylon Jennings, Chesnutt plays nearly 100 dates a year. He has four platinum albums, five gold albums, 14 No. 1 singles and 23 Top 10 singles to his name; his trademarked voice has shaped the music of todays country music newcomers and the new country music generation. OUTLAW is Chesnutts fourteenth studio recording and the first project of work from L.A.
Up-to-date information surrounding the list of OUTLAW cuts will be released via Marks social community sites: http://www.facebook.com/markchesnutt; http://www.twitter.com/MarkChesnutt; http://www.myspace.com/officialmarkchesnutt. The CD will be available via all major retail and digital outlets. Mark Chesnutt sings and discusses Freedom to Stay from his new album Outlaw](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FVtlVdxeqtM/mqdefault.jpg)



