Carrie Underwood Will Release New Album In November; Ferlin Husky’s Health Progresses
- Carrie Underwood doesn’t yet have a title for her next album, but it will be released on November 3 with the first single expected late summer.
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New releases for the week of July 7, 2009 include:
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Kris Kristofferson (Reissues)
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Who’s to Bless and Who’s to Blame/To the Bone
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Border Lord/Jesus Was a Capricorn
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Spooky Lady’s Sideshow/Shake Hands with the Devil
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Surreal Thing/Easter Island
Amazon | Wounded Bird Records
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Lucky Tubb – Damn The Luck
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Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt (Reissue)
Amazon | Fat Possum Records
- Craig Shelburne caught two Ricky Skaggs sets at the Ryman Auditorium last Thursday and is happy to report that he’s returning his older country hits to the set list. Skaggs plans to reissue his third album, Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown, on July 21.
- Martina McBride’s new video for “I Just Call You Mine.”
- Watch new videos of NewFound Road performing “Houston (I’m Comin To See You)” and “Ain’t No Sunshine.” (via The Bluegrass Blog)
- Will third-place American Idol contestant Danny Gokey go country?
- Alison Bonaguro claims Sara Evans‘ new songs are better than any country song on the radio right now.
- Ferlin Husky has been moved from critical care in Nashville and could be released from the hospital as early as Thursday or Friday.
- Nathan Rabin went way back for week 15 of his Nashville or Bust series, all the way to Jimmie Rodgers — the Father of Country Music.
- Randy Houser scored a Top 10 hit with his single “Boots On,” making him the first new male country artist to hit the Top 10 since Chuck Wicks broke through with “Stealing Cinderella” in February ‘08.
- Brittney McKenna has a Q&A with Sara Watkins for American Songwriter.
- Buddy and Julie Miller, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women and Justin Townes Earle all released albums that are among Twangville’s favorites of the year thus far.
- Listen to a Mary Chapin Capenter performance from her sixth appearance on Mountain Stage.
- Suzi Ragsdale is scheduled to celebrate a double-EP release Thursday at the Basement in Nashville.
- The Washington Post’s Moira E. McLaughlin says Trace Adkins‘ bravado belies the warmth and kindness beneath.
- The Bellamy Brothers recorded a new video with The Bacon Brothers (actor Kevin Bacon and brother Michael) for the song “Guilty of the Crime.” The video stars Shannon Doherty in a prison setting. Watch on YouTube.
- C.M. Wilcox in this week’s edition of Quotable Country: “All the good things you’ve been hearing about the new Holly Williams album? Pretty much true.”
- Radney Foster and The Devil Makes Three each have songs in Shayne Hollinger’s list of top songs for July 2009.
- The Boot has the exclusive premiere of the new Zac Brown Band video for “Toes.”
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July 7, 2009 at 12:12 pm Permalink
Has anybody ever seen Zac Brown without some sort of hat on?
July 7, 2009 at 12:16 pm Permalink
Another Underwood tidbit: http://www.teacherscount.org/campaign/underwood-underwood.shtml
July 7, 2009 at 12:40 pm Permalink
I’m really hoping that no lables in Nashville sign Danny Gokey, he’s my least favorite contestant ever on the show, and if you read the article he says he doesn’t even like country music, just likes the message of it which says a lot about his dedication to tradition…
July 7, 2009 at 12:53 pm Permalink
Isn’t Danny Gokey the fake-soul-brother-gospel-singer-wannabe guy? I mean, other than Taylor Hicks.
Sarah’s songs probably are better then most of what is on the radio now. However isn’t that about the faintest praise anyone has ever been damned with?
July 7, 2009 at 1:17 pm Permalink
I figured Gokey would make a move to Country after the show as it’s the only genre where he and his Christian values would ‘work’ outside of CCM.
July 7, 2009 at 2:07 pm Permalink
If Danny Gokey gets a record deal in Nashville, it would finally be time to level the entire town and start from scratch.
Randy Houser must feel good about following in Chuck Wicks’ footsteps. Maybe he’ll land himself a plastic girlfriend too.
July 7, 2009 at 2:09 pm Permalink
I’ve heard that Carrie Underwood has been inspired by Todd Snider’s latest album and is going to title her new release “The Cardboard Cut-Out Plan”! (lol) Hey NorthTexas what’s with the name switch to TexasVet? Are you trying to confuse me?
If you just a slightly rearrange the letters in his name Dan Gokey becomes Donkey Ga! (Umm, for whatever that is worth…)
You would have to mention the Bacon Brothers when I’m getting hungry for lunch! Looks like a trip to Carls’s Jr. is in my near future.
July 7, 2009 at 2:13 pm Permalink
Lucky Tubb and the Modern Day Troubadours album Damn the Luck comes out today also. Here’s the title track. It’s about all I’ve listened to the last few days.
July 7, 2009 at 3:01 pm Permalink
That Lucky Tubb album is an excellent listen. Got to see him open for Hank III last week; I liked his set a lot better than III’s. Lucky’s elusive first album is pretty good too.
July 7, 2009 at 3:28 pm Permalink
How ever-so right Alison is about Sara Evans. She’s fantastic, I loved watching her perform live… she absolutely nailed Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and her new song “What That Drink Cost Me” is such a brilliant song
July 7, 2009 at 5:00 pm Permalink
Opry Alert! Tonight’s Opry will feature The Steeldrivers, Kate & Kacey Coppola, Craig Morgan, and Jimmy Wayne along with the usual “Opry Legends”.
I’m really looking forward to hearing the Steeldrivers and Kate & Kacey and that’s about it…(lol)
Opry Schedule: http://www.opry.com/TicketsAndInformation/ThisWeek.aspx
July 7, 2009 at 6:05 pm Permalink
I hate Danny Gokey with the passion of the intensity of 1000 suns.
July 7, 2009 at 6:40 pm Permalink
“Hey NorthTexas what’s with the name switch to TexasVet? Are you trying to confuse me?”
Northtexas is where I live…TexasVet is what I am.
July 7, 2009 at 6:44 pm Permalink
The Jayhawks released their first anthology today.
July 7, 2009 at 8:02 pm Permalink
TexasVet, you know I’d much rather call you Northy than Vetty, but I guess that’s just the way it goes sometimes…(lol)
PS – You should like the cover of Rhonda Vincent’s latest album “Destination Life” as Rhonda is looking suspiciously like Carrie Underwood in that photo! Yikes, Carrie is even corrupting the bluegrass music realm! Is there no end to this madness? (lol)
July 7, 2009 at 10:50 pm Permalink
Regardless of what ZB wears or doesn’t wear, that’s the most talented band in Country music right now. I pray for the day that they take down the Flatt Rascals and send ‘em to the trash heap.
July 7, 2009 at 11:09 pm Permalink
Rick,
Here’s Rhonda as a contestant on “You can be a Star” in 1985. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wao9CiONg2U
July 8, 2009 at 4:17 pm Permalink
Martina is in need of a complete overall. All her songs and videos are blending into one. She needs to mine better songs and fresh writers. Also needs to strip away the sheen a bit. An artist who could excite with her voice, is now a 40-something pandering to a crowd that aint buying
July 8, 2009 at 4:18 pm Permalink
Any good will Randy Houser scored with his first single/Letterman phenomenon got completely washed away by this atrocious second single. Im so tired of this macho-come-on country music.
Randy enjoy your stay in the top ten and get ready for the bargain bin.
July 9, 2009 at 8:21 am Permalink
Anxious for Carrie’s first single.
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