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Holly Williams – Here With Me
Release: June 16, 2009
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From the website:
With her debut album Here With Me for Mercury Nashville, Holly has succeeded in creating the type of album that would easily find a place among the works of her favorite artists. Penning the majority of the album’s 11 tracks, Holly writes with piercing clarity on situations plucked from her life. While these songs come from extremely personal places, Holly’s emotional honesty and commanding vocal performances give Here With Me a timeless quality that only gets richer on repeated listens.

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Rhonda Vincent – Destination Life
Release: June 16, 2009
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From the press release:
Destination Life is Rhonda’s first album featuring only The Rage — her stellar touring band — showing off a multitude of talents, musically and vocally; and raising the bluegrass bar to a higher level.

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Corbin Murdoch & The Nautical Miles – Wartime Lovesong
Release: June 16, 2009
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From the press release:
Murdoch’s writing is his strongest yet. The album traces the trials of a generation desperately seeking a purpose in an uncertain world. The songs are rich in historical contest, from revolutionary Situationist slogans of Paris in the ’60s to Pierre Trudeau quotations to contemporary ecological theory, yet remain grounded, honest, and accessible. Using his relationship with his grandmother and sister as the album’s emotional core, Murdoch has woven together a song cycle that is at once politically charged and highly personal.

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Cooper Boone – Cooper Boone
Release: August 4, 2009
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From the press release:
Throughout the album, Boone mines his life for inspiration, with “Sizzle” paying homage to a crushworthy childhood choir director and “Mending Fences” about “wanting to rectify errors and make some amends.” Even “Cougar Dream,” an irresistible hook-fest delivered with more than a pinch of humor, has roots in Boone’s life. “Cougar Dream was inspired from a lot of older women I’ve met in my work feeling invisible, with all these hot young things out there,” Boone explains. “I wanted to write an upbeat song that honors those hot mamas out there who aren’t 22 but are still out there living lives and looking great.”

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Owen Temple – Dollars and Dimes
Release: June 9, 2009
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From the press release:
Dollars and Dimes, the fifth studio record from Austin, Texas-based songwriter Owen Temple, is a collection of eleven songs about people making their way through hard times in the different regions of North America.

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Ray Charles – Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music
Release: June 2, 2009
Discover: Concord Music
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From the website:
Thus, his 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music and its encore Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume 2 represented the culmination of a lifelong love affair rather than a producer’s convenient way to expand Brother Ray’s LP catalog.

“That was strictly his idea, something that he wanted to do,” confirmed his chief tenor saxophone soloist, the late David “Fathead” Newman.

“He knew what he wanted,” said his late A&R director at ABC-Paramount Records, Sid Feller. “The projects were always his own creation.”

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Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass Kickin Team – National Champions
Release: April 21, 2009
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From the press release:
National Champions follows in the tradition of the other two Olympic Ass-Kickin Team’s albums … with its combination of “Southern-fried roots rock, butt-thumping country, lip-locking hooks and a good-natured sense of humor.”

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The Hoyle Brothers – Don’t Leave Yet
Release: April 15, 2009
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From the press release:
The CD features 14 all-original songs and a tasteful remake of Waylon Jennings’ “Anita You’re Dreaming.” The independent release showcases The Hoyle Brothers’ A-list musicianship and heart-felt mastery of traditional country shuffles, two-beats, ballads and barn-burners.

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Buck T. Edwards – If You Don’t Get It By Midnite…
Release: April 27, 2009
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From the website:
A multi-talented singer/songwriter with over 300 titles to his credit, Buckley T. Edwards performs a set of original country music that borrows from influences as diverse as Roger Miller, Jimmy Buffett or Alan Jackson to George Thorogood, Chuck Berry or even Bo Diddley.

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Chris Donohoe – What Drives You
Release: March 25, 2009
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From the press release:
Donohoe aims not only for an honest and soulful expression but for an aggressive approach as well. From the though provoking lyricism of the opening song ” Boxes and Blankets” and the heartfelt story of a step-father and son in “Across His Back,” to the unabashed rock approach on “The Kind of Hold,” and the title song “What Drives You;” the passionate and emotional sounds of an artist striving for authenticity will resonate with listeners.

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