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Scanning the Countryside: No Last Word on Country
2011-05-02 20:52:00 When the venerable Vercher boys let me know recently that things were drawing to a hard stop for this site, I can?t say that I was entirely shocked, because a) they?d made it clear, even publicly, that tending to this work was beginning to demand drastic amounts of time they?d not quite expected, a real ... More About: Country , Word , Scanning
Friends, that?s about all. The clock?s caught up with us.
2011-05-02 20:51:00 Sometimes we have to do things that suck, and unfortunately, today is one of those times. Brady and I decided to retire The 9513. Yep, big time suck. Believe me, it was a hard decision, and one I wish we didn’t have to make, but I could hardly find the time to write this announcement, ... More About: Friends , Clock , Country Music , Caught
John Oates Revisits His Americana Roots
2011-04-25 13:00:00 As one-half of the famed rock-pop duo Hall & Oates, John Oates has sold millions of records, toured around the world, won numerous awards and is a member of the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. Despite all the accolades, however, not many people are aware of his background and the music that inspired him to become ... More About: Roots
Your Take: Google (or Amazon) It
2011-04-23 14:00:00 There’s been a lot of news around technology lately centered around music cloud services from Amazon , Apple and Google . Amazon won the race in launching first, bringing cloud services to its users in early April. Labels weren’t happy, as the company didn’t secure new licensing; instead, Amazon said the service did not need licenses since ...
Friday Five: John Henry
2011-04-22 16:32:00 According to myth and folklore, some 170 years ago, a hero was born with a hammer in his hand. John Henry was a mountain of a man who developed a specialty of driving railroad steel. When the railroad owner had the foreman bring a steam-powered hammer to do the work, John Henry challenged the owner ... More About: Playlist , Grand Ole Opry , Johnny Cash
Album Review: The Blind Boys of Alabama ? Take The High Road
2011-04-22 13:00:00 Gospel/country hybrid album Take The High Road doesn?t waste any time cutting to the chase. The sheer joy and enthusiasm that permeates every nook and cranny of The Blind Boys of Alabama ’s new album launches full-throttle in its opening seconds, seamlessly combining a breathless, preaching testimony, crisply powerful harmonies and an instrumental backing that could ... More About: Reviews , Willie Nelson , Vince Gill , Review
Scott Holstein Introduces Cold Coal Town
2011-04-21 20:00:00 Ignore the artwork and poor online presence for a second and listen. “Black Water” “Clinch Mountain Hills” (a tribute to the Stanley Brothers) “I hear Carter Stanley & Larry Sparks influences here. There’s also an unmistakable Jamey Johnson, Waylon-esque quality to this stuff, and I believe either of those titans would have been right at ... More About: Song , Cold , Coal , Scott , Town
Scanning The Countryside: What Artists Want From CDs?Still
2011-04-21 17:45:00 By now, there?s not a recording artist, country or otherwise, who hasn?t heard that we?re in a new era ? fundamentally, a singles era. They?ve all heard how CD album chart leaders are topping those charts with lower sales figures than anyone can remember. And they?ve all heard horror stories (as have followers of The ... More About: Alabama , Scanning , Artists , Elizabeth Cook , Guy Clark
Album Review: Del McCoury Band & Preservation Hall Jazz Band ? American Leg
2011-04-21 13:00:00 Bluegrass and Dixieland jazz may, upon first glance, seem rather different from one another, but they do have several common traits, such as a shared love of improvisation. In addition, as their names suggest, both genres grew out of specific regions and remain linked to those regions and their people. These shared characteristics are part ... More About: Band , Jazz , Review , American , Hall
Preview Carrie Rodriguez?s Latest
2011-04-20 21:34:00 Stream the album Love & Circumstance at her site, or own it for as little as $5 (be cool though and contribute more ? it’s worth it). Don’t miss her previous release either, it’s country duet EP with Ben Kyle titled We Still Love Our Country. More About: Video , Preview , Album
Aaron Lewis ? ?Country Boy?
2011-01-19 16:00:00 Of all the late-twentieth-century alterna-pop artists to go country in the early twentieth century ? Bon Jovi, Jewel, Darius, Kid Rock, that guy from Better Than Ezra ? the least likely convert has to be Aaron Lewis , the stubble-headed singer for mook-rock also-rans Staind. You may remember them from their aggressively introspective radio ballads, ?So ... More About: Country
Album Review: Sunny Sweeney ? Sunny Sweeney EP
2011-01-19 13:00:00 Despite being considerably shorter than the anticipated full-length sophomore release, this uncreatively titled collection actually contains more of Sweeney’s own songwriting than Heartbreaker’s Hall of Fame, the 2006 record that first set fans and critics abuzz about the prodigiously talented Texan. In fact, Sweeney has cowritten every one of these five tracks—and that’s mostly for ... More About: Country Music , Review , Sunny , Album
Faith Hill to Join the Pretenders for ?Crossroads?; New Album Releases; Cou
2011-01-18 18:04:00 On Feb. 5, the night before the Super Bowl, Faith Hill and The Pretenders will team up for a live episode of CMT Crossroads. The success of ?Somewhere With You” earned Kenny Chesney his 21st No. 1 single. Preview “Mountain Home,” the title track to Owen Temple‘s next album. Vote: The 2011 LoneStarMusic Awards In ... More About: Carrie Underwood , Join , Jason Aldean
Scanning the Countryside: Duos and Demos
2011-01-18 13:00:00 Some of country?s less-heralded, less-promoted releases of the past year are not only very well worth hearing, they also introduced or re-introduced ideas which this writer, for whatever it?s worth, would like to see more artists and producers take up. Among the strongest 2010 releases was the only marginally noted Amber Digby & Justin Trevino ... More About: Scanning , Demos
John Rich Makes ?Celebrity Apprentice? Cast; The Steel Wheels Ask Fans For
2011-01-17 18:04:00 It’s official: John Rich will be on the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice. Austin Music Source’s Michael Corcoran on Friday night’s George Strait/Reba McEntire /Lee Ann Womack show, which set a record for the Erwin Center: Though this seemed like a double headlined show on paper, Strait and his aptly named Ace In the Hole Band, ... More About: Fans
Album Review: Lori McKenna ? Lorraine
2011-01-17 13:00:00 Lori McKenna , 42, scored her big break in 2005 when she landed cuts on albums from Nashville starlets Faith Hill and Sara Evans. The next year Warner Bros. Records signed her to a recording contract and she appeared with Hill on an episode of Oprah. It was all heady stuff for the Stoughton, Mass. native, ... More About: Review , Album
Your Take: Soundtracks
2011-01-15 16:00:00 Thursday on the blog, Stephen published an interview with Maradith Sisco on the movie Winter’s Bone. Sisco was a consultant for the film’s music, both suggesting and recording music for its footage and soundtrack: Did you help choose the musicians for the shoot? They wanted to incorporate some local musicians they had heard play while ... More About: George Jones , Soundtracks
The Peasall Sisters Part Ways; Miranda Lambert to Perform at Grammys; Dale
2011-01-14 17:52:00 The Peasall Sisters are parting ways. The Recording Academy’s first round of confirmed performers for the Grammy Awards includes Miranda Lambert. For this week’s Nashville Skyline, Chet Flippo reviewed the new Rodney Crowell memoir, Chinaberry Sidewalks. Kelly Dearmore published a brief Q&A with Jack Ingram . Dale Watson on his penchant for drinking songs: “I only ... More About: Miranda Lambert , Part
Friday Five: Clowns
2011-01-14 16:00:00 Are you a coulrophobic country music fan? You might want to skip this week’s Friday Five, because it’s got a miniature car’s worth of sad, often drunk, clowns. 6. “Heart of a Clown” – Gene Watson If ol’ Gene had the heart of a clown, he’d be able to keep a smile on his face ... More About: Playlist , George Jones , Entire
Steve Holy ? ?Love Don?t Run?
2011-01-14 13:00:00 Songwriters: Ben Glover, Joe Leathers and Rachel Thibodeau Curb artist Steve Holy?s last album was released back in 2006; five years can seem a lifetime, an agonizing, career-challenging lull for a star in the music business. To his credit, his latest single ?Love Don?t Run? showcases a voice with newfound maturity, and a lyric with ...
Cherryholmes Disband; Taylor Swift?s New Video; Shania Twain Chosen For Can
2011-01-13 17:48:00 The Cherryholmes are disbanding. Many of you have watched us from the beginning. You’ve seen our children grow into young adults. Though it is bittersweet, there comes a time in a family when seasons change. We’ve always known this season would come. Now that it has, we believe it is only right that our young ... More About: Video , Shania Twain , Taylor
Jason Aldean featuring Kelly Clarkson ? ?Don?t You Wanna Stay?
2011-01-13 16:00:00 Songwriters: Andy Gibson, Paul Jenkins and Jason Sellers On “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” the Top 20 single by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson , the two parties aren’t at war with each other, but with themselves. These four minutes represent do-or-die time in a budding relationship, with the track’s swelling strings attracting attention to their indecision. ...
Album Review: Joe Diffie ? Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album
2010-10-29 16:58:00 A debut hit that was an ode to the old home place. A voice that could soar up high just as easily as it could dip down into honeyed Whitley-like tones. That one long, anguished note toward the end of “Ships That Don’t Come In.” If we didn’t know Joe Diffie had some bluegrass in ... More About: Review , Bluegrass , Album
Friday Five: Paris
2010-10-29 13:00:00 When you think of good southern country music, Paris is probably the last thing that comes to mind. The Frenchmen don?t even know how to barbeque, let alone play a fiddle and steel guitar. (I?m guessing it?s because the snails fall between the grills.) And just to be clear, this Friday Five is about Paris, France, ... More About: Playlist
Garth Brooks Announces Date for Nashville Concert; Billy Ray Cyrus Headed f
2010-10-28 19:28:00 Garth Brooks announced this morning that he’s hosting a benefit concert for flood victims at Nashville ’s Bridgestone Arena on Dec. 17. ?If you come to Vegas, you?ll see Garth Brooks with a guitar,? he said. ?When you come to Nashville this Christmas, you?re gonna see the band that you know, you?ll see the light rig that ... More About: Concert , Billy
Little Big Town ? ?Kiss Goodbye?
2010-10-28 17:37:00 Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Steve McEwan, Gordie Sampson Country quartet Little Big Town came galloping back onto the airwaves earlier this year with ?Little White Church? – a rollicking, sassy, bluegrassy lead-off single from their fourth studio album, The Reason Why. Right in their wheelhouse, the vibrant song re-established the group as a vocal force of nature, ... More About: Kiss , Little Big Town
Loretta Lynn with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow ? ?Coal Miner?s Daughter?
2010-10-28 13:00:00 The first question for any cover or tribute like this is, Why? Why mess with a song that?s already pretty damn great to begin with? Why try to mess with nostalgia or improve on the original? Do they have something new to say through the song, or is there something cynical in the enterprise? This version ... More About: Miner , Miranda , Loretta Lynn , Sheryl Crow , Crow
Jane Seymour Believes Son is Channeling Johnny Cash; CMA Presenters Announc
2010-10-27 18:25:00 Actress Jane Seymour believes her 14-year-old son Johnny is channeling the spirit of his godfather, Johnny Cash . UPDATE (11:38 am): Sugarland?s The Incredible Machine topped the Billboard 200 albums chart this week with 203,000 copies sold. Back in 1981, Johnny Cash and Ray Charles recorded a duet on the Kris Kristofferson song “Why Me Lord,” but for ...
Blake Shelton ? ?Who Are You When I?m Not Looking?
2010-10-27 16:26:00 Songwriters: Earl Bud Lee and John Wiggins Who is Blake Shelton when he?s not tweeting? Judging from his latest single ?Who Are You When I?m Not Looking,? a pleasantly meandering right-before-love song plucked from his second Six-Pak, he’s a purveyor of subdued, thoughtful country songs that demonstrate an appreciation for stripping things down. And while @BlakeShelton ...
Album Review: Whitey Morgan and the 78?s ? Whitey Morgan and the 78?s
More articles from this author:2010-10-27 13:00:00 There’s a quote from Drew Carey about people who hate their job: “There’s a support group for that. It’s called Everybody, and they meet at the bar.” If that support group has an official soundtrack, it’s probably Whitey Morgan and the 78s’ new, self-titled release, which is chock full of tunes for hard workers and ... More About: Dale Watson , Review , Billy Joe Shaver , Album 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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