Joe Nichols Video Premiere; Free MP3s From Miss Leslie and James McMurtry
- The Boot has the exclusive video premiere of Joe Nichol’s new song “An Old Friend of Mine” along with a brief Q&A in which Nichols discloses his feelings about the song and video.
- Robert Earl Keen discussed laziness, labels, and his new record in an interview with The Boot’s Beville Darden. You can watch Keen talk about the album some more in a video on Amazon.
- Free Download: Miss Leslie revealed the inspiration behind her new song “Wrong Is What I Do Best” in her latest blog post and linked to a free mp3.
- Paste magazine lists nine reasons to love Miranda Lambert.
- The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s All for the Hall Los Angeles benefit featuring Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Melissa Etheridge, and host Chris Isaak will take place tomorrow.
- The Bluegrass Blog posted a video interview with Del McCoury at the IBMA Awards about his forthcoming album. McCoury also recently announced that a Board of Directors has been created for McCoury Music.
- Daron Norwood, a country singer who released two albums in the ’90s, publicly apologized following uproar about his behavior during a speech to high school students on Sept. 22.
Attendees told the station that he spent an hour and 45 minutes shouting at students and faculty, using inappropriate language, shooting basketball and playing music while barely addressing the subject of drug abuse. A fire alarm was finally pulled in order to end the assembly, and police were called to make him leave the school.
- Peter Cooper traces the roots of the IBMA Awards in an article for The Tennessean. The 20th annual awards show will be held tomorrow night at the Ryman.
- Country Weekly visited the vaults to bring back a 2002 interview with Little Big Town just before the band had released its debut album.
- Virginia Tech acquired a collection of memorabilia related to the Carter Family, Johnny Cash and other musicians of the Carter and Cash families.
The material includes a collection of Carter Family sheet music with a biography written in 1980 by Johnny Cash.
Other items include Maybelle Carter’s hunting and fishing license, programs from performances and festivals, photographs, and newspaper and magazine articles.
- A Truer Sound claims the live version of “Silver Wings” from Merle Haggard’s Okie From Muskogee album is the definitive version. Check out the included mp3 and decide for yourself.
- Miranda Lambert and Patty Loveless earned high marks for their latest albums, Revolution and Mountain Soul II, from PopMatters.
- Juli Thanki and My Kind of Country’s Razor X have good things to say about the new Patty Loveless record as well.
- Country Haiku:
I hope the circle
Will never be unbroken
Then it’d be a C - Listen to The Greencards perform tracks the group’s most recent album, Fascination, on Mountain Stage.
- Rosanne Cash on her connection with today’s country music:
I don’t listen to country radio, but I often hear things that I think are fun and exciting and good. I don’t know who a lot of the young people are or what they sound like, but the other day I was flipping through the channels and I saw Taylor Swift. I’d heard so much about her, she’s sold millions and millions of records, but I’d never heard her sing. I saw her on a George Strait tribute and I thought, “Wow, this little girl is really good, she’s really got something.” That’s always exciting, when you see somebody who is so young and you can see that spark in them.
- TheNest.com is giving away five pairs of tickets for Miranda Lambert’s fall/winter tour.
- Free Download: The folks at Thirty Tigers have provided a free download of James McMurtry’s “Bayou Tortue” from his forthcoming album Live in Europe (Oct. 13).
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September 30, 2009 at 11:14 am Permalink
Right on about “Silver Wings.”
September 30, 2009 at 11:23 am Permalink
I assume the Patty Loveless cd is only available online. I was unable to find it in WalMart or Target. But they had plenty of the new Barbra Streisand cd.
September 30, 2009 at 11:27 am Permalink
Crazy story about Daron Norwood – I vaguely recall him from the 90s. What was/were his single(s)??
September 30, 2009 at 11:37 am Permalink
Attendees told the station that he spent an hour and 45 minutes shouting at students and faculty, using inappropriate language, shooting basketball and playing music while barely addressing the subject of drug abuse. A fire alarm was finally pulled in order to end the assembly, and police were called to make him leave the school.
In my high school we would have called that the best assembly ever.
September 30, 2009 at 1:28 pm Permalink
Sounds to me like Mr. Norwood METHodically went through the motions, achieving little. Whatever…his METHodology was a bit…off. He should try a different METHod in order to get through to the kids. METHinks he needs to re-evaluate and get in touch with his METHodist roots.
I wonder what his problem could have been?
September 30, 2009 at 1:53 pm Permalink
Why would they let him go on like that for almost two hours? That school should have ended the assembly far earlier if he was acting like that.
September 30, 2009 at 2:13 pm Permalink
Country music needs more Daron Norwood’s. Not enough singers do stupid ass stuff anymore.
September 30, 2009 at 2:14 pm Permalink
Stephen: They were out of class and watching a guy go batpoo crazy. There were probably kids in that audience who blocked the doors so no one could make him leave.
September 30, 2009 at 4:57 pm Permalink
And sure as shit, it’s his birthday today!! Daron turns 40, according to our Country Gold Minute at work.
September 30, 2009 at 5:44 pm Permalink
That Joe Nichols song is pretty incredible. I cant to hear more music from him.
September 30, 2009 at 6:10 pm Permalink
wow, sweet news regarding the Carter Family collection at VT. I know where I’m heading during lunch tomorrow.
September 30, 2009 at 6:50 pm Permalink
I am really looking forward to the new Joe Nichols album now, at least more than I was. “Believers” was incredibly generic, but this song and the Jamey Johnson cut should be stand outs.
September 30, 2009 at 7:51 pm Permalink
I think Daron Norwood needs someone to talk to, someone who can sit down with him and get his life straightened out. Is Doug Supernaw available?
September 30, 2009 at 7:55 pm Permalink
I couldn’t help but think of ol’ Doug too.:)
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