Comments on: Delightfully Spirited Dolly Parton Will Grace SXSW Audience

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:11:32 +0000

The “Woman Enough” article is a delight and right on the money. Since the author writes for “Country Weekly” (I’m almost embarrassed to admit I subscribe), I’d like to see this article in that publication as its normally full of puff pieces. What’s sad is the large influx of new female listeners to country radio, ie “adult contemporary” and “teeny-bopper pop” types who love Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, will only exacerbate the troubles Chris Neal pointed out. Targeted demographic profiles by mainstream country radio programmers is hollowing out the heart and soul of country music (at least as far as new female artists are concerned)….

As for Nashville Star, I’ve watched the previous seasons and hope some of the professionalism of American Idol rubs off on NS. The featuring of other established artists for marketing reasons should stop and last season’s show when songs were assigned to the contenders was pitiful. And most importantly they need judges who actually have something to say worth listening too. Brett Michaels was soooo out of place and the country artist judges rarely had anything funny or constructive to say. Anastasia Brown and Jewel can stay around though. (wink) Unfortunately I expect the contestants selected to be mostly Carrie and Taylor clones/wannabees…..

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:11:41 +0000

Thanks for the love!

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:02:19 +0000

Yes, Laniburg, you are correct. There were regional auditions and the regional winners advanced to the national show.

By: Lanibug65

Lanibug65 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:02:50 +0000

If I remember correctly the original season of Nashville Star did have auditions???

By: Peter Kohan

Peter Kohan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:37:49 +0000

RE: “Nashville Star” - the writer’s strike just paved the way for so many reality shows to get green-lit for the major networks. They just aren’t going to be held hostage without new programming to schedule. I wonder if a reprise on “Nashville” on FOX is in the offing as well.

Let’s hope the 20-city tour also goes outside the U.S. borders to Canada or Australia where so much Country talent has emerged from in the last 10-15 years.

By: Peter Kohan

Peter Kohan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:31:34 +0000

I’m not sure what Garth means by “… stricter licensing deals for artists whose music ends up behind the credits on television shows or in commercials.”

The licenses are pretty clear-cut by themselves. Does he think that the artist whose music is used has to be chyroned all the time, or that the brand necessarily has to do more than pay the artist/label, and publisher(s) invovled their respective negotiated fees?

By: Jim Malec

Jim Malec — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:28:42 +0000

So basically “Nashville Star” graduates into what is always should have been–a country version of American Idol.

There are some positive and some negative points in that regard…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:40:31 +0000

Oooh, if they hit Dallas, I might just have to shave my head, put my navy suit on and do my best Phil Stacy impression….

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:27:57 +0000

There’s one other major change for Nashville Star this year. Instead of holding one set of auditions at the Wildhorse Saloon, they’ll be mounting a 20-city audition tour. I wonder if that means they’ll televise them American Idol style?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:24:24 +0000

I wonder if that will trick up the guest judge roster even more than in years past. I think Velvet Revolver is looking to promote another album….Trent Summar would be awesome at that, but he isnt as big as ol Phil….Vassar.