The Enemy Line on path to success as area duo’s hits rising up the charts

Kymee Dawn and Kurt Stone, brother and sister duo The Enemy Line. Photo provided by The Enemy Line

by Tina Cole-Mullins
If you haven’t yet heard of an area band called The Enemy Line, chances are good that you soon will.
The Enemy Line, a brother and sister team of Kymee Dawn and Kurt Stone, is winning awards and gaining recognition as its music keeps rising up the charts.
In fact, the duo was named the Axis Radio 2020 Independent Artist of the Year at the end of 2020. The Enemy Line also is considered one of Country Music Canada Magazine’s “Who to Watch in 2021!”
The two have traveled on a musical journey that began with 16-year-old Kurt and little sister Kymee, 9, practicing in the den at their farm. Kurt focused on developing his guitar skills, while Kymee worked on her vocals. All the while, Kurt saw something in his baby sister, and with his encouragement she gained confidence to go after a musical career. As The Enemy Line, they perform classic country, rock and modern country.
You might ask, “What do you do when you come across The Enemy Line?”
“You don’t cross ’em!” Kurt answers with a playful chuckle.
It’s better to just take some time and listen.
Shortly after the creation of the band in 2016, the duo joined the WITL radio Country Christmas Party, opening for Uncle Kracker and David Lee Murphy. The Enemy Line also performed at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee.
The release of ‘Numb’
“Numb,” an original collaboration between Kymee and Matt Adkins, was released July 3, 2020. It was originally written as a breakup song, but with the duo being brother and sister, it was decided it would be weird to portray in a video.
So the two decided to honor their late older brother Chris. “To recreate (the song) into a memorial tribute to our brother Chris would be more fitting,” Kurt said.
Shortly after the release of “Numb,” Kymee came across Ms. Beverly Gosdon Jenkins on Facebook. Ms. Beverly, as the duo affectionately refers to her, is the wife of the late Vern Gosdon, who was known as the “The Voice of Country Music” throughout the ’80s. His hits included “Dim Lights Thick Smoke,” “Set ‘Em Up Joe” and “Chiseled in Stone.”
Kymee shared the band’s song “Numb” with Ms. Beverly. Upon hearing the band’s work, Ms. Beverly invited the brother and sister to Georgia and offered them the opportunity to cover one of Vern Gosdon’s best songs, “Chiseled in Stone.”

Kurt Stone, Beverly Godson Jenkins and Kymee Dawn at TuneDesigner recording studio. Photo provided by The Enemy Line

‘Chiseled in Stone’ gains steam
In late October 2020, the duo headed south with an invite to join Ms. Beverly and the Georgia A-team at TuneDesigner studio to record “Chiseled in Stone.”
Within days of the duo’s return home, they announced they had a management offer with Ms. Beverly, who is currently assuming full management and production of The Enemy Line music.
“Chiseled in Stone” was immediately picked up by Country/Country Christian radio. The duo will work in the near future with a writer of songs performed by George Jones and Keith Whitley, and the writer of “Watermelon Crawl” by Tracy Bird.
As if in a whirlwind, The Enemy Line was launched into several platforms on the internet and 100,000-watt (mainstream) radio world with airplay in Ireland, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the U.S. Along with the airplay, they were interviewed on “The Brother Stone Show” on Solid State Radio and The Cabin with Don Pearse and Sauerkraut show on Axis Radio.
“Best version I have heard in my career – and is now in my personal library. If you hit my library, you are going to go somewhere,” DJ host Don Pearse shared in an in-depth interview with The Enemy Line. Both Kurt and Kymee humbly thanked him for his comments, however they faltered to agree.
Other hits keep coming
Amid travels between Michigan and Georgia, The Enemy Line released their second original, “Fireball,” a hard rocking country anthem for fed-up good women. Upon its release, it hit the charts, landing at No. 3 on Indie Rampage Country, for independent artists.
Within a month of their first trip to Georgia, the duo and their parents flew back to Georgia to record another powerhouse original “Made For Loving You,” written by Kurt Stone and co-writer Matt Adkins. Upon its release, “Made for Loving You” charted No. 2 on Indie Rampage Country.
As if a Christmas gift of 2020 accolades, in less than six months following the release of their first song “Numb,” The Enemy Line held four positions on the Top 10 Indie Rampage Radio:
7. The Enemy Line – “Fireball”
8.The Enemy Line – “Chiseled in Stone”
9. The Enemy Line – “Made for Loving You”
10. The Enemy Line – “Numb”
The Enemy Line also was set to perform at the end of January with shows in Greenville, S.C., at the Pump House with fellow artist The Corey Stevenson Band. An entire Southern tour is expected to follow sometime in late 2021.
The past six months of achievements highlight The Enemy Line’s natural talent and demonstrate a willingness to do the hard work. With an additional signing with the Country Roads Record Label, you can only imagine the success this brother and sister duo will achieve with all their dreams before them.
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