Alan Jackson Gets Sirius For Good Time
- Alan Jackson is taking over Sirius Satellite Radio’s Prime Country channel for a five-day feature titled “Alan Jackson Good Time Radio.” The feature will include a preview of the 17 songs on his album Good Time, due out next Tuesday.
- Jim Fusilli of The Wall Street Journal: “If you want to hear real country music — the kind with just-short-of-reckless picking on acoustic instruments and naturally vivid vocal harmonies — these days you turn to bluegrass. If you want to hear something different in bluegrass, you turn to the SteelDrivers.” After you read the article, delve into some of their music at CMT’s Unplugged at Studio 330.
- Presenting your host for the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards, Reba McEntire. It will be her tenth time to host the show.
- In a Q&A with Christopher Blagg of the Boston Herald Steve Earle talks about his recent album, living in New York, his role on The Wire, his son, and some political stuff.
On his long career and the touring life: I’ve obviously missed the live-fast-and-leave-a-good-looking-corpse thing. I’m hoping to go the way of Ernest Tubb and probably the way Bob Dylan will, at the back of a bus somewhere. I like to tour and I like to make records, and I’m hoping Ill be able to do this to the last.
- Back in October ‘07 Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon filmed a satirical video to take a jab at Silverman’s boyfriend, Jimmy Kimmel. However, she wasn’t able to present the video to Kimmel until after the writer’s strike was over, on his show no less. In retaliation, Kimmel filmed his own music video with Ben Affleck and a host of other celebrities. In the four days that it’s been on YouTube it’s received over 2.5 million pageviews, which is a lot of eyeballs. Tucked away at the bottom of this Billboard article Scott Igoe, head of music booking for Kimmel’s show, says that half the emails he received the day after the video aired were from publicists disappointed that their clients weren’t in it. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were name checked as two of those clients (which basically gives me an excuse to post about the videos).
- Jeff Miers says Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt’s performance at the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts on Friday reached its emotional peak when Hiatt played “Crossin’ Muddy Waters” and Lovett followed with “Family Reserve.”
- Music City Syndicate introduces Jimmy Barret, a descendant of Alamo commander William Barret Travis.
Atlanta’s Creative Loafing notes, “He’s a troubadour that blends it all together at the bumpy crossroads of slick Nashville and gritty Austin.” Jimmy has the rare gift of crossing over without losing authenticity. (MySpace)
- Randy Thompson never forgot the stories his grandfather used to tell about the trains he used to wave to as they passed by, or the last time he waved to the Ol’ 97. It’s only fitting that Thompson would make his video debut with “Ol’ 97,” a take on the original for which he rearranged the lyrics, wrote a new melody and cranked it up a notch.
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