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Jason Boland Bring Red Dirt to Georgia Clay

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:13:14 +0000

Imagine a concert where you don’t hear an electric guitar solo until about an hour into the performance, but fiddles and steel guitars abound in almost every song. Imagine the cover songs are from Gram Parsons, Don Williams and Merle Haggard. Imagine the lead singer is singing about ...

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Your Take: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:00:21 +0000

In Thursday’s News Roundup , Brody included news that Lee Ann Womack will join country music heavyweights George Strait and Reba McEntire on tour next year. The Tennessean reports: One of country music’s biggest touring bills just got even better. George Strait has invited Lee ...

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Bill Anderson Recognized as ‘Poet & Prophet’; Robert Earl Keen, “If You Don’t Like George Strait, You Don’t Know [Very Much]“

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:35 +0000

Jimmy Buffet and the Zac Brown Band are booked for the next CMT Crossroads . Charles Kelley , one-third of Lady Antebellum , as an older brother by the name of Josh Kelley who has made a name for himself as a pop singer-songwriter. Convinced by Charles to switch formats, the elder Kelley ...

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Friday Five: New Heartaches

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:08:09 +0000

I’m no cardiologist, but I’ve always thought old heartaches were the worst kind, festering like some sort of flesh wound turned gangrenous. However, these artists make a good case for the sharp pain of the new heartache. You know, should you ever find yourself in a heated debate ...

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Jerrod Niemann – “One More Drinking Song”

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:11 +0000

Nobody can accuse Jerrod Niemann of false advertising: “One More Drinking Song” is exactly what its title promises, and not a scosh more. Although it’s a bit tempting to reward anything country-sounding in light of the debacle that was last Wednesday’s CMA Awards show, the truth is ...

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Lee Ann Womack Joins Strait and McEntire; Jeff Bridges Plays Country Singer In ‘Crazy Heart’

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:24 +0000

The 2010 George Strait tour with Reba McEntire just got a little more can’t-miss with the addition of Lee Ann Womack . Sugar Hill Records compiled a list of its top 50 must-have tracks from the past three decades and made them available for download through iTunes for a mere $19.99. ...

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Album Review: Terri Clark – The Long Way Home

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:29 +0000

In the mid-‘90s, she was the rare female hat act among a sea of young studs in Stetsons. Now, Grand Ole Opry member Terri Clark is standing out once again with The Long Way Home , her first self-released disc since leaving Mercury late last year. Unable to fit onto country radio’s rigid ...

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Album Review: Steve Wariner – My Tribute To Chet Atkins

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:47:44 +0000

The new Chet Atkins tribute album is brought to you by Steve Wariner, c.g.p. The acronym stands for “certified guitar player,” a designation given by Atkins to a select few musicians who he felt made significant contributions to the world of guitar–Wariner was one of only ...

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Kenny Chesney In 3D; Chris Hillman Records Live Album; Catch Radney Foster’s “Angel Flight”

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:45:58 +0000

Sony Pictures plans to bring Kenny Chesney to the big screen next April in a limited-release concert film, Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D . Sugar Hill released a video from the release party for Sam Bush ’s album Circles Around Me . Brad Paisley on why he wears a hat: It’s ...

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Carrie Underwood Offers a Special "Temporary Home"

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:39:57 +0000

The CMT New Music Video Evaluation Team met to screen one new video. It's Carrie Underwood 's "Temporary Home," shot live and in HD during her concert before an audience for the CMT show Invitation Only . The show will be telecast on Dec. 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Artist: Carrie Underwood Video: ...

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Tracklist For Gary Allan’s New Album, Get Off On The Pain

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:42:48 +0000

We just received an Advance for Gary Allan’s upcoming (eighth) studio album, Get Off On The Pain , which is rumored to have a February 2010 release. The disc features 10 songs (tentatively, as is always the case with pre-issue tracklists), including Allan’s current single ...

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New Label Imprint Includes Brad Paisley; Country Music Hall of Fame Redesigns; Full Album Concerts

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:40:46 +0000

Songwriter Chris DuBois , producer Frank Rogers , and Brad Paisley are launching a new Sony Nashville record label imprint called Sea Gayle Records. The label’s debut artist is Jerrod Niemann ( MySpace ). ( via All About Country ) The Country Music Hall of Fame website got a makeover. ...

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Margaret Durante Video Bows to Kings of Leon

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:39:57 +0000

Newcomer Margaret Durante just had her first video added into the CMT rotation, and it happens to be a cover of the Kings of Leon hit, "Use Somebody." Since the Kings are Nashville guys themselves, the lonesome sentiment of the song may have already had some country influence, but Durante took ...

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Wanda Jackson Finds Producer In Jack White; Dierks Bentley Plans Bluegrass Record

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:39:57 +0000

Jack White is scheduled to produce a forthcoming album for Wanda Jackson . Trace Adkins is the new celebrity spokesperson for BC Headache Powder. The only other country artist the company has worked with in its 100-year history is Faron Young . The title track to Jerry Lee Lewis ‘ ...

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Christie’s Country Sale; Taylor Swift Inks Deal to Write Greeting Cards; New Music Magazine Launches in January

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:55:17 +0000

On December 3, Christie’s will hold The Country Music Sale, its first sale dedicated to the creation, history, and evolution of Country Music. The foundation of the sale consists of property from the estate of Hank Thompson , but also includes memorabilia from Roy Rogers , Hank Snow , Hank ...

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Mac Leaphart – Line, Rope, Etc…

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:01 +0000

While many of us blogger-types are trying to figure out what our favorite releases of 2009 are, I have been enjoying what would’ve been one of my favorite records from 2008. Mac Leaphart’s ( Official / Myspace ) 2008 release, Line, Rope, Etc… is an excellent album, ...

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Vince Gill Surprised, Jack Ingram Probably Not So Much; ‘Wine, Women, & Song’ Heads to Atlanta Area

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:01 +0000

Pop & Hiss’ Ann Powers on Taylor Swift ’s opening performance: Swift started things out with a version of “Forever and Always” that was glitzy and high-concept — and off-tune, a consistent characteristic of Swift’s live outings that gave the lie to ...

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Chris Young – “The Man I Want To Be”

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:00:19 +0000

Songwriters : Brett James & Tim Nichols. Chris Young’s self-titled first album suffered from an acute case of Underwooditis: a great voice, but not-so-great material. While the dozens of Nashville Star viewers may have bought the record, the subsequent radio play just wasn’t ...

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Talking Real Life With Tammy Cochran

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:49 +0000

After having the song “Angels In Waiting” land in the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart back in 2001, Tammy Cochran could easily be included as one of the many in Nashville who have used tragedy and heartbreak as the motivation for a hit song. Describing her experience ...

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Guy Clark Suggests You Read Dylan Thomas

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:55:17 +0000

Coming up as a journalist, I was encouraged to read as much as I could, to learn how to tell a story well. During an interview about his new album, Somedays the Song Writes You , I asked Guy Clark if songwriters should take the same tactic. "Yeah, of course, and read something good too," he ...

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