A Thousand Miles Left Behind

Second album success is never assured, so Gloriana is hedging their bet by involving fans in the story leading up to the release date on July 31.

The band will share new videos each Tuesday throughout the month, highlighting the stories and songs behind their new album A Thousand Miles Left Behind, which will be released on Tuesday, July 31. In the first video filmed from their tour bus, the country music trio shares why “Soldier Song” holds a special place in their hearts and offers an exclusive performance that can be seen only on CMT.com.

23-year old Rachel Reinert is the lone female member of Gloriana was already a hardy veteran of the music business, having signed a songwriting deal at the age of 15.  “I went back and forth to Nashville between the ages of 15 and 16 and moved there permanently at 17,” Reinert says. “I performed a lot around town.”  Then Reinert encountered the Gossin brothers, Tom and Mike.

“We met through MySpace in 2007,” Reinert says. “The guys were new to town and were looking for people in Nashville to start making music with,” she says. “They came across my MySpace page and took a chance and the rest is history.”

The video series concludes with the launch of Gloriana’s new album and a special LIVE @ CMT performance, letting fans take a front row seat as artists play their latest songs live in the CMT studio.