Kenny Chesney Most Played Artist In First Half of 2008

I checked the link for the most played artists and was surprised to see no Sugarland. I am assuming this is due in part to the relative lack of recurrent spins for “Stay”, but still, AIWTD is zooming up the charts.

Covers albums seem to be in vogue once you reach a certain point in your career. I’m halfway surprised Patty had not done one before. I have high expectations for a tremendous stone-country record that will have little chart success.

I actually do not get the whole need for a covers album. Loveless is a great singer, no question, but do we need another version of “cold cold heart”? I also have a hard time assuming that the arrangements on these old songs will be anything new, let alone ironic. I know not everyone can pull “rusty cage” or “hurt” out of the pocket of Johnny Cash & Rick Rubin, but enough with any of the songs from Hank Sr.’s “Gold Collection”.

kudos to everlast for that cash cover. that thing rocks.

I am delighted to hear that there will be a new Patty Loveless album out soon.

I wish Katie Armiger all the luck in the world as she’s going to need it. She is not a former American Idol contestant, she is not a former pop music princess, she is not a media celebrity, and her music scores low on the “Airhead Appeal Factor” index because its actually thoughtful. Talented and interesting new female artists like Katie and Emily West come on the scene all the time and Top 40 country radio routinely ignores them as they fade into obscurity. I hope I’m proven wrong about Katie and Emily though……

Thanks for the link to “Nashville at Nite” and Ashley Monroe’s concert footage and interview. Thank goodness she is NOT sharing the stage with Trent Dabbs. Ashley is so much more talented than any of the current contestants on Nashville Star that its not even funny…….

“Unseen” is a nice track, but I kept thinking back to Ty Herndon’s “What Mattered Most”. The guy knows certain things about the girl, but not the important ones.

Almost anybody other than Patty Loveless who covers some of those classics would make me disappointed, but I am looking forward to her take. Without seeing the track list, I hope that she picks a few more offbeat numbers.

I had to chuckle at Tom Roland’s comments on Kenny Chesney’s show. My husband and I and even our 10 year old daughter thought the same thing about the “sameness”…… She kept saying “didn’t he just sing this song?”

krista,
i think your little daughter just discovered kenny chesney’s secret of succuess. it doesn’t really matter, which album or song of his you pick to listen to - it mostly sounds kind of nicely the same. he’s mastered the art of being consistantly mediocre at a decent level, which is probably why radio likes him that much: you just can’t go wrong playing one of his songs if you don’t announce the title of the track beforehand. sometimes, i wish coffee shops reached such an elevated level of “sameness” with their “hazelnut cappuccini”.

I totally agree about the same ole same old artist getting played all the time because they are being played constantly at the radio station I listen to and that’s why I am totally sick of Kenny Chesney!! And I also agree with Tom Roland’s review of Kenny’s concerts. If you’ve heard one of his songs, you’ve heard them all. Same with his videos!! No wonder alot of the people at his shows are drunks! Nashville executives treat him like a god and I just don’t get it with all the more talented people out there then he is. Saw him on the Macy’s 4th thing and he was awful and he’s using a guitar prop now!

Kenny Chesney is the symptom of the sickness of Country radio today.

What a joke that someone of such modest talent could become so “popular”. At this point, it almost defies explanation.