The Delmarva Peninsula will probably be getting some particular love this month when award-winning, country-rock singer and songwriter Jimmy Charles goes nationwide.
The Ocean Metropolis, Maryland, native – alongside along with his spouse, Miranda, and their son, Charleston – will probably be featured on HGTV’s hit present Home Hunters on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 10 p.m. (EST), stated FC Methods in a information launch.
“Miranda and I are past excited for this large alternative on a nationwide stage,” Charles stated. “It began with a dialog with a director we met in Nashville who works with the HGTV community and the Home Hunters present. After studying of our inspiring story and our distinctive life, we have been inspired to audition for the present.”
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Quick ahead two years later, Jimmy reached out to the director to allow them to know they have been prepared to start their seek for their first house collectively, the discharge acknowledged. The producers liked Jimmy’s story of leaving for Nashville with little or no, by no means giving up, and now trying to find the house of their desires.
In keeping with HGTV, Home Hunters takes viewers behind the scenes as people, {couples} and households study what to search for and resolve whether or not or not a house is supposed for them. Specializing in the emotional expertise of discovering and buying a brand new house, every episode reveals the method as patrons seek for a house.
“We will’t say lots in regards to the contents of present earlier than it airs on Sept. 28,” Charles stated. “Individuals should tune in to search out out extra about our house-hunting adventures. However I can say that I pay homage to my Maryland roots and my time as a scholar and soccer participant at Towson College.”
“We’re honored and grateful to HGTV for that includes us,” Charles added.
A tune for his son
Charles presently has one of many highest trending audios for reels and tales on social media: a tune penned for his son, titled, “They Grow Up Too Fast,” the discharge acknowledged.
Charles is happy for his or her father-son duet and his most up-to-date launch, “To Seashore Their Personal”, that will probably be featured on the present, he shared. The tune is streaming on all platforms and a music video of the unique tune will probably be launched quickly.
Final summer season, Charles launched his newest hit single “It’s A Maryland Factor, You Wouldn’t Perceive,” which highlights all the nice issues in regards to the state the place he was born and raised, the discharge acknowledged.
Born in Ocean Metropolis, Charles has carried out “It’s A Maryland Factor” at Baltimore Orioles baseball video games, a Baltimore Ravens pre-season NFL recreation, and a College of Maryland basketball recreation, amongst different occasions and venues.
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Who’s Jimmy Charles?
In keeping with the discharge, whereas the Ocean Metropolis native discovered early success in 2014 along with his first single, “No matter It Takes,” which was picked up nationally by iHeart radio, it was the facility of “Superman,” launched in 2015, that solidified his place within the trade highlight.
Written for the nonprofit ZERO Prostate Most cancers to advertise consciousness with bandmate Goose Gossett and most cancers survivor/mentor Phil Shulka, the tune’s companion video premiered on CMT, trending within the No. 1 spot for greater than per week.
Charles’ music video launch for “Onerous Method To Go” premiered with CMT and climbed to No. 1 on The Nation Community. The video was paired with an outreach program with Nationwide companions American Dependancy Facilities, Vertava Well being and different dependancy consciousness nonprofits to assist attain these battling dependancy.
Along with the ISSA Male Entertainer of the Yr award he acquired in Atlanta final August, Charles had beforehand earned the Nashville Trade Music Awards’ “Male Nation Artist of the Yr” and “Track of the Yr” for “By no means Had a Unhealthy Day,” the discharge acknowledged.
“I can nonetheless bear in mind prefer it was yesterday after I was simply getting began on this music enterprise,” Charles stated. “I had about $200 within the financial institution and was dwelling on pal’s couches. However I by no means gave up as a result of I used to be satisfied I might make it. I’m extremely happy with how far we’ve come over the previous 10 years!”
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Olivia Minzola covers communities on the Decrease Shore. Contact her with ideas and story concepts at ominzola@delmarvanow.com.