{"id":7324,"date":"2020-07-24T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/mickey-guyton-makes-a-heartfelt-plea-with-new-song-heaven-down-here\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T16:13:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T16:13:24","slug":"mickey-guyton-makes-a-heartfelt-plea-with-new-song-heaven-down-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/mickey-guyton-makes-a-heartfelt-plea-with-new-song-heaven-down-here\/","title":{"rendered":"MICKEY GUYTON MAKES A HEARTFELT PLEA WITH NEW SONG \u201cHEAVEN DOWN HERE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/capitol-square.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/capitol-square-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MICKEY GUYTON MAKES A HEARTFELT PLEA WITH NEW SONG \u201cHEAVEN DOWN HERE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umgnashville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Capitol Nashville\u2019s <strong>Mickey Guyton<\/strong> released a new track today titled \u201c<strong>Heaven Down Here<\/strong>,\u201d listen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tXoDPJ5nHH0\">HERE<\/a>. Written by Mickey along with Gordie Sampson, Josh Kear and Hillary Lindsey, \u201cHeaven Down Here\u201d is a plea to God to help our current world.\u00a0 <em>NPR<\/em> praises Mickey as \u201c\u2026a poised and galvanizing country-pop conscience, at once consummate pro, steadfast optimist and truth-teller,\u201d which \u201cHeaven Down Here\u201d continues to support alongside her other recent releases \u2013 \u201cBlack Like Me\u201d and \u201cWhat Are You Gonna Tell Her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSitting at home and watching the world burn down around me during this pandemic led me to write \u2018Heaven Down Here\u2019\u201d, explains Guyton. \u201cIt is a song asking God to spare a little love for this world in need. This song came from the very depths of my heart and has given me a renewed sense of self.\u00a0 It has real raw emotion and was written with a therapeutic intent of healing my heart.\u00a0 I hope that everyone can hear that intent and receive the same healing. \u201c<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, the Texas native was featured on the cover of Pollstar (read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pollstar.com\/article\/mickey-guyton-speaks-her-country-truth-in-pollstar-one-on-one-digital-session-145072\">HERE<\/a>) and chatted with <em>CBS This Morning<\/em>\u2019s (watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/cbs_this_morning\/video\/GFXbFBctanNgazA2rDAq4uFAOEfNR8Ka\/singer-mickey-guyton-on-new-song-black-like-me-and-making-country-music-more-inclusive\/\">HERE<\/a>) Gayle King and Anthony Mason about the reaction to her powerful autobiographical song \u201c<strong>Black Like Me<\/strong>,\u201d which continues to receive acclaim from critics and fans. Written at a cross-genre writing camp in 2019, \u201cBlack Like Me\u201d is one of NPR\u2019s 25 Favorite Songs of 2020.\u00a0 The song is a gut-punch that \u201cnudges America\u2019s conscience with personal truth and gospel fervor\u201d according to <em>HITS<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Mickey\u2019s focus has been on her songwriting through which she has found her voice and continues to speak her truth. This year she also released the honest and unapologetic \u201c<strong>What Are You Gonna Tell Her?<\/strong>\u201d, which NPR calls \u201ca cry of the heart by a remarkable singer and writer who deserves to be a full-on superstar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Mickey is currently working on an EP to be released this Fall.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mickeyguyton.com\/\">www.mickeyguyton.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><em>High Resolution Art Available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/umusic.box.com\/s\/66cmw84bsdf3zm8szg2dvyhgp9dap41o\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mickeyguyton.com\/\">www.mickeyguyton.com<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mickeyguyton\">facebook.com\/mickeyguyton<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mickeyguyton\">twitter.com\/mickeyguyton<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mickeyguyton\/\">instagram.com\/mickeyguyton<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/mickeyguyton\">youtube.com\/mickeyguyton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MICKEY GUYTON MAKES A HEARTFELT PLEA WITH NEW SONG \u201cHEAVEN DOWN HERE\u201d Capitol Nashville\u2019s Mickey Guyton released a new track today titled \u201cHeaven Down Here,\u201d listen HERE. 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