Brooks & Dunn Compile Hits; Holly Williams Schedules Opry Debut
- Brooks & Dunn are scheduled to release a 30-track hits compilation titled #1s … and then some on Sept. 8. The duo’s current single, “Indian Summer,” and “Honky Tonk Stomp” will be the only new material. Visit GAC for the complete track listing.
- Whitney Duncan goes skinny dippin’ in her new video for “Skinny Dippin’.”
- Craig Shelburne listed ten recent independent albums you might have missed, from Ben Kweller’s Changing Horses and Buddy and Julie Miller’s Written in Chalk to Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s Lonely Street and the Red Stick Ramblers‘ My Suitcase Is Always Packed. He also dusted off and recommended several older albums from his collection.
- Although a fair percentage of Hank III’s audience left after the country portion of his show on Tuesday, Juli Thanki says there was still a surprisingly large demographic that appreciated both the country segment and his followup metal set.
- Help keep Toby Keith from slipping to a “B” list country star.
- Old Crow Medicine Show will release Live at the Orange Peel and Tennessee Theatre, their first live concert DVD on August 18. (via press release)
…was recorded over two nights last December and features performances of 20 songs—15 of which are from the band’s three studio albums—including “Tell It To Me,” “Down Home Girl,” “Alabama High-Test,” and “Wagon Wheel.” The DVD also includes five tracks from their live repertoire not found on their three studio albums: “Wheeling Breakdown,” “Raise A Ruckus,” “Reuben’s Train,” “Sally Anne” and “Shack #9.”
- Jamey Johnson and James Otto both scored two awards at the 21st MusicRow Awards,
- Random Tweet of the Day: A little something for the ladies from Jimmy Wayne. (@countryweekly)
- My Kind of Country kicked off its John Anderson coverage with a review of his self-titled debut album, which Occasional Hope cites as one of the best debuts by a country singer ever.
- Holly Williams will make her Grand Ole Opry debut on July 3. No pressure, right?
- Random Tweet of the Day (Part II): South Dakota today….. Wow the traffic up here is awful… And it keeps crapping all over the road!!… (@blakeshelton)
- J. Freedom du Lac: muses:
If pop music critics held any real sway over the listening public, then Celine Dion wouldn’t have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide; Amadou & Mariam, Ashton Shepherd and Animal Collective would be international stars; and fans would be filling stadiums for Sufjan Stevens and Jamey Johnson instead of Bon Jovi and Kenny Chesney.
- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will release their first studio album in five years on Sept. 22. Titled Speed of Life, the album will be released on the band’s own record label and distributed by Sugar Hill. (via Twang Nation)
- Songwriter extraordinaire Walt Wilkins released a new album on Tuesday titled Vigil. (via Galleywinter)
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July 2, 2009 at 11:31 am Permalink
Blake Shelton’s tweets are hilarious! I discovered it a few weeks ago and his tweets make my day every day :)
July 2, 2009 at 11:46 am Permalink
The mention of Celine Dion reminds me to recommend, if I haven’t already, Carl Wilson’s excellent meditation on taste, _Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey To The End Of Taste, available at Amazon and fine bookstores everywhere.
http://www.amazon.com/Celine-Dions-Lets-Talk-About/dp/082642788X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246553049&sr=1-1
July 2, 2009 at 12:23 pm Permalink
Haha! That looks hilarious! I reluctantly admit to being a Celine fan.
The B&D compilation looks strong but I wish it included “Hard Workin’ Man” and “Building Bridges.”
Another year, another Toby Keith CD. Blech.
I love that Craig Shelburne gave a shout out to Suzy Bogguss’ Aces album. An old favorite of mine.
And as for Jimmy Wayne? Good lord. It looks like the start of a Playgirl photo shoot gone bad. Ugh.
July 2, 2009 at 12:25 pm Permalink
If pop music critics held any real sway over the listening public, then Celine Dion wouldn’t have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide; Amadou & Mariam, Ashton Shepherd and Animal Collective would be international stars; and fans would be filling stadiums for Sufjan Stevens and Jamey Johnson instead of Bon Jovi and Kenny Chesney.
Shouldn’t that article be titled: Pop Music Critics Are Smart And You Should Listen To Them?
July 2, 2009 at 12:43 pm Permalink
^^^
Either that or “People Are Dumb And Need All The Help They Can Get.”
July 2, 2009 at 2:23 pm Permalink
I told you it was for the LADIES.
July 2, 2009 at 2:33 pm Permalink
Oh, well then, I’m out.
July 2, 2009 at 6:45 pm Permalink
I’m looking forward to hearing Holly Williams on the Opry tomorrow night. I hope she sings “Mama” as that is one fantastic country song.
I’d love to see a Hank III “country show” but I too would head for the doors before his “punk” set. Hank III should have Unknown Hinson do a set between his two musical personas as it would make a nice transition! (lol)
Whitney Duncan is sooo skinny what other type of dipping could she do? (lol) Other favorite songs that reference skinny dipping: Blake Shelton’s “Cotton Pickin’ Time” and Amber Dotson’s wonderful “Good Ol’ Boy’s Kinda Girl” which is on her MySpace player and sadly no where else to my knowledge.
Amber Dotson link: http://www.myspace.com/amberdotson
(What is it about Texas that spawns these amazing female country singers? Hmm…)
July 2, 2009 at 7:52 pm Permalink
Rick’s Random Tidbits: Jypsi will be one of the featured groups at Alan Jackson’s “Aquapalooza” concert. See, Hazel Smith, Jon, and myself aren’t the only ones who appreciate Jypsi’s talent! (lol) Here are the deatils from “AllAboutCountry.com”)-
“Alan Jackson Invites Supporting Acts For Aquapalooza – Jackson’s The Headliner
Arista/Nashville superstar Alan Jackson invites the Carter Twins, Caitlin & Will, Jypsi and Matt Stillwell to open for him at this year’s Aquapalooza, July, 25th on Lake Martin in Alabama.
They expect a crowd of over 3,000 boats to anchor at the concert on the water.”
Is it true only plywood boats with rotten transoms will be allowed access? (lol)
July 2, 2009 at 8:49 pm Permalink
Rick’s Random Tidbits Vol. 2: In her most recent MySpace blog entry (June 30) Sarah Buxton was talking about getting together with a new producer who “thinks outside the box”. She won’t mention names yet (until its “Fo Sho”) but my curiousity is piqued! Could it be Brett Beavers (possible), or Buddy Cannon (hopefully), or Carl Jackson (not likely), or more likely someone I’m not familiar with. Its probably a “rockin’ country” kind of producer, so we’ll have to wait to see!
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=45203143&blogId=497764497
July 2, 2009 at 11:34 pm Permalink
If you want to listen to Holly Williams go to her MySpace site:
http://www.myspace.com/hollywilliams
DONT go to her site, it has that annoying “let’s talk about the song” stuff going on. You guys would have to see the thing I do about that to understand how funny that kind of stuff is – even if you like it, you’d laugh.
Holly Williams is ACTUALLY good. I hate to give any credit to people that are born into it. Let’s be honest, in a position like that you cant’ really have a true struggle, even if you wanted to. But she is. She needs a bit catchier of a song though, her current single isn’t doing it for me.
July 3, 2009 at 12:17 am Permalink
Thanks for the props. You kids are real deal.
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