Billy Ray Cyrus' New Music Video To Premiere on Hallmark Channel and more

[Press Release - Released by Hallmark]

A MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST GOES MULTI-PLATFORM!

Original Song Written for and Inspired by Cyrus' New Hallmark Channel Original Movie, "Christmas In Canaan,'Premiering December 12

Billy Ray Cyrus, the world-renowned country music superstar, Grammy® nominee and television and film actor, will STAGE the world premiere of his newest music video exclusively on Hallmark Channel, Saturday, November 28, during the premiere of the Hallmark Channel Original Movie "The National Tree" (Saturday, November 28, 8-10p.m. ET/PT). In addition, the song and video will get an unprecedented, multiplatform rollout across a variety of Hallmark Channel websites and social networking accounts.
The new song, "We'll Get By Somehow (We Always Do)," the audio and video which were recently filmed at Cyrus' farm in Nashville, was penned by Cyrus as an emotional response to the storyline of his new Hallmark Channel Original Movie, "Christmas in Canaan," which premieres on the network Saturday, December 12 (8p.m. ET/PT, 7C).
The excitement begins early for fans of Hallmark Channel USA on Facebook, where Cyrus aficionados will get a rare opportunity to stream the song on November 24 – four days before the video's world premiere. Additional opportunities to access the song and the video will be announced at Twitter/HallmarkChannel, along with instructions on how fans can win one of 100 signed copies of Billy Ray Cyrus's current CD, BACK TO TENNESSEE.
In the film, which is based on the book co-written by Grammy winner Kenny Rogers, Cyrus stars as Daniel Burton, a widower struggling to get by as he raises his children in Canaan, TX, in the early 1960s. When his young son picks a fight with a black classmate, Daniel forces the two of them to spend time together, leading to an unlikely, lifelong friendship.
"When I read the script, I was floored to realize that this character I'm playing, Daniel, was my dad," says Cyrus, whose father passed away in 2006. "I had to take it on because it's like I'm able to honor him with this role, and that's a bigger thrill than I can say. And to also be able to write and sing the theme song really brings it all full circle."
Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming to a national audience of 88 million subscribers. The top tier program service is distributed through more than 5,450 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. Hallmark Channel consistently ranks among the highest-rated cable networks and is the nation's leading network in providing quality family programming. Hallmark Channel's sibling network is Hallmark Movie Channel which focuses on the greatest family movies of all time.