Josh Turner Announces Arrival of Second Son; The Bluegrass Blog Remembers Bill Harrell
- Josh Turner’s wife Jennifer gave birth to Colby Lynch Turner, the couple’s second son, last Friday.
- The Gobblers Knob’s Kelly Dearmore on the new Owen Temple album, Dollars and Dimes:
…an artful shot of reality, as told through the memory and perspective of a traveler with perhaps more questions than answers. Drawing on the current socio-economical climate, Temple has crafted an album that will remind many that story-telling can be relevant and revealing when looking into times of crisis.
- Congrats to Cecelia Row, Bev, Meredith, Zach and Amanda for winning their very own grilling pack in our recent giveaway, A Barbecueing Prize Pack, Courtesy of Keith Urban, KC Masterpiece and Kingsford Charcoal. We’ll be in touch shortly to get your shipping info. Thanks to everyone who entered.
- A random tweet from Reba McEntire spurred C.M. Wilcox into checking out the latest Rascal Flatts album, Unstoppable. Read his track-by-track commentary.
- Listen to an interview and performance from Jesse Winchester on NPR.
- The Bluegrass Blog took a look back at the life and career of Bill Harrell and shared the thoughts of several artists who had worked with him.
- The My Kind of Country crew tapped John Anderson as their spotlight artist for the month of July.
- New music on the horizon: Delbert McClinton’s first album in four years, Acquired Taste, will be released Aug. 18, former Nashville Star winner Chris Young drops his second album, The Man I Want to Be, on Sept. 1, and Terri Clark’s self-produced The Long Way Home also comes out in September.
- Edward Morris shared a list of Brad Paisley videos, or “visual-lyrical gems.”
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- The Dixie Bee-Liners explain how they got together and where the band’s name came from in an interview and recording session with FolkAlley.com. Videos are included, too.
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July 1, 2009 at 11:49 am Permalink
Even Reeba’s on twitter now, my goodness.
Brad really is one of, if not my FAVORITE video artist of all time. Celebrity is the most priceless piece of work in history and should be preserved as true Americana in the Smithsonian for all of time. But that’s just me talkin’.
July 1, 2009 at 3:26 pm Permalink
Brad Paisley news (sick of it yet?): They cut the single, “Welcome To The Future”, down to 4:42 (from nearly 6 mins) for radio. They left the final verse in. They just cut out the long intro and some other guitar parts, it seems.
Scott Borchetta’s “Fast Ryde” project has released its debut single, titled “That Thang”. It’s Honkytonk Badonkadonk version two, and no, it’s probably not worth listening to.
July 1, 2009 at 3:54 pm Permalink
I’m looking for this Fast Ryde single…
I see no pictures of the group, no single anywhere to be found, no site, nothing. So after searching I finally find it:
mms://wm.allaccess.com/allaccess/fastthat.wma
My reaction:
What the heck is this?
Sounds like somebody in first grade wrote it, somebody in second produced it. There comes a point when you need to lay off the cymbal. They’re fun to hit, yes, but don’t make that appealing of a sound.
That’s not country music.
July 1, 2009 at 5:22 pm Permalink
“That’s not country music.”
Not your definition of it but definitely radio’s.
July 1, 2009 at 5:45 pm Permalink
Good, I’m glad they kept all the words in “Welcome To The Future”, but that would never have been allowed. It’s a great song.
July 1, 2009 at 6:18 pm Permalink
I sure hope the second album from Chris Young is better than his first effort or he’s toast! Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice…well you know the rest.
So Josh Turner’s new kid is named Colby huh? Either someone around that household really likes cheese or watches “All My Children” on ABC…(lol)
Hopefully Jimmy Harnen is primarily responsible for “Fast Ryde” as I just haven’t seen Scott Borchetta display that kind of poor taste / judgement yet. Its a shame to see a real talent like Sunny Sweeney take a back seat to those guys. Crikey mate!
July 2, 2009 at 5:13 am Permalink
Don’t forget that Cross Canadian Ragweed’s new album, “Happiness & all the other things” comes out on September 1st. This album is gauranteed to be “bad ass”.
July 2, 2009 at 9:46 am Permalink
I actually enjoyed Chris Young’s first album. There was one or two filler tracks, but for the most part, I thought it was a solid album.
Like Rick, I am also real excited about his second album.
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