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Josey Milner Bio
Josey Milner is part small town teen, part road-worthy country starlet, and at only 17 years
old, she turned heads and changed hearts with her debut US single, “Not Pretty Enough.” The
song thrust Josey into the country music spotlight, launching her anti-bullying campaign with
Angels and Doves, earning her a 2013 Independent Country Music Award nomination for
Promising Young Artist, a Top 10 Hottest New Artist designation, and a Number One single on
the world’s first independent country music chart, Indie World. Now, 18 and a recent Magna
Cum Laude high school graduate, Josey has taken her initial successes to greater heights with
“Cowgirls” was recorded at Awestruck Studios with her “Not Pretty Enough” production team
of Micah Burdick and Matthew Russo (Hall and Oates.) Mastering engineer, Larry Gann
(John Rich, Elton John) also played drums on the track, with Jimmy Mattingly (Dolly Parton,
Reba, Garth) on fiddle and Smith Curry (Jason Aldean, Randy Travis) on pedal steel. The
single was released to country radio in November 2013, and it reached #1 on the New Music
Weekly country charts and Top 75 on Music Row! “Cowgirls” is a boot-kicking, foot stomping
dance anthem that has country radio fans singing along with this down-home darling…
Growing up on a small farm in Missouri, one might say that country is Josey’s pedigree. At
age 7, she began barrel racing at local rodeos, making the rodeo arena her first stage. She started
singing the National Anthem at her youth rodeos, eventually graduating to performances at
PRCA rodeos across Missouri and Kansas, including the American Royal in Kansas City. These
anthem performances led to the decision for Josey to hang up her spurs and follow her dreams of
After a main-stage performance at the 2010 Pedal Steel Convention in St. Louis, Josey
followed the advice of her much older and wiser musical elders: Form a band and play
everywhere you can. The Josey Milner Band became one of the most sought-after live acts in the
Kansas City area. Performing an ever-evolving and versatile mix of new country, classic country,
country rock, and a little bit of Rock & Roll, Josey led the band through raucous sets at Buffalo
Bill Days, Slater Fall Festival, Holden Street Fair, Timbercreek, The Landing, and numerous
others, performing for sold-out crowds and claiming the title of “Kansas City’s Princess of
More recently, Josey has also opened standing room only shows for American Idol, Scotty
McCreery, Chris Cagle, and Jon Wolfe. She has performed at CMA Fest and the Hard Rock
Café in Nashville, The Teddy Bear Festival for children’s charities, and the Nascar Kobalt
400 in Las Vegas, for Welcome Home Troops. In November 2013, she performed for the
International Music and Entertainment Association Awards, for which she was nominated in
three categories: Best Country Female, Best Country Single, and Country Entertainer of the Year.
She was also nominated for Shooting Star at the Nashville Universe Awards and Best Female
and Artist of the Year at the Midwest Music Awards.
With international airplay, charting, live performances and awards, and even a Facebook game
using her image (A Better World) and a celebrity endorsement with Piaseci MD skincare, Josey
is poised for world-wide stardom. One thing is for certain, wherever her music may take her, she
will always remain the small-town girl with the rodeo spurs still hanging on her wall. For more
information on Josey Milner, please visit www.joseymilnermusic.com.
Written by Michael Stover/MTS Management Group