Miranda Lambert And Elizabeth Cook Release New Albums Today
- The Miranda Lambert promotion wagon has hit full force today, with the release of her newest album Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Jim (our newest writer here at The 9513) reviewed her album over the weekend.
- The Houston Chronicle talks about Lambert’s success despite the lack of support from radio.
- If you want to find out about where some of Lambert’s songwriting inspiration comes from and her relationship with Blake Shelton, then the New York Times has you covered.
- The Dallas Morning News has a piece covering Lambert’s career up to this point, including a line about Lambert’s parents saying she was harmonizing to records when she was three years old.
- Big Rock Candy Mountain kicked off their list of Top 100 Drinking Songs yesterday with numbers 100-91 and followed it up today with numbers 90-81. In addition to the list they’ve created a new blog, Barstool Mountain, to write about all the songs that didn’t make the Top 100. So far, I like more of the songs that didn’t make the list than the ones that did.
- Craig Shelburne lists 10 recent albums you might have missed.
- Brad Buchholz from The Statesman reviewed “To Live’s To Fly,” an autobiography by John Kruth about Townes Van Zandt.
He presents the man truthfully, compassionately, in all his genius and gentleness, in all his sorrow and contradiction. Kruth lets us appreciate the artist who wrote like an angel, even as he shows us the gambler and alcoholic, too.
I bought the book a few weeks back, but haven’t had the chance to begin reading it.
- When producing Elizabeth Cook’s Balls, Rodney Crowell had the idea of trying to make Cook a word-of-mouth artist as opposed to getting something on radio.
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May 1, 2007 at 8:53 am Permalink
Yeah, I’m kinda with you on the Big Rock Candy list…A lot of my favorites missed by just a few votes. But that’s why I wanted a democratic vote instead of just my own. Remember, though, that I’m starting at the bottom and working my way up, so I think you’ll be a little more pleased the further up we go. And if not…well, that’s the joy of making lists, innit?
May 1, 2007 at 9:47 am Permalink
Yea I was hoping that I’d like them more as they got closer to the top. I tried making a list of drinking songs a while back, but only got to 40, I didn’t realize there was so many of them out there.
May 1, 2007 at 12:52 pm Permalink
Props to Miranda Lambert for refusing to use her relationship with fellow country star Blake Shelton as a marketing tool.
May 1, 2007 at 1:01 pm Permalink
They’ve both kept pretty quiet about it, which is pretty admirable. A lot of people can’t wait to exploit their love life to get media attention.
May 1, 2007 at 2:15 pm Permalink
Speaking of Blake Shelton, his new CD was released today as well. I actually like it a lot. Hopefully we’ll get a review up on the site within the next couple of days.
May 1, 2007 at 2:31 pm Permalink
The Blake record is a little slick, but anything that earns royalty money for Chris Knight is OK by me.
May 1, 2007 at 7:31 pm Permalink
Seems like I am becoming the resident book nerd around these parts; anyway, the Townes Van Zandt bio is a great read and an awesome companion to the “Be Here to Love Me” and “Heartworn Highways” docs…a lot of crazy stories I’d never heard before. Can’t wait to read your review!
May 1, 2007 at 8:00 pm Permalink
It might be a while before I get to it, I’m currently reading a book on Jimmie Rodgers that seems to be taking forever. I usually turn into a bump on a log during the NBA playoffs. I don’t see how you find to the time to read all the books you do.
May 2, 2007 at 4:34 am Permalink
Might I suggest Chris Willman’s Rednecks and Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music. Good read and I was surprised how informed these musicians can be about world events.
May 2, 2007 at 6:36 am Permalink
That’s another one I almost picked up the other day, but wit about ten books in the queue I thought I better hold off until I can put a dent in what I have.
May 3, 2007 at 11:22 am Permalink
When can we expect a full review and profile on Elizabeth?
The new CD is great.
May 3, 2007 at 2:21 pm Permalink
Hey Nash-t, we haven’t overlooked Mrs. Cook. We’ll probably get something up this weekend or at the beginning of next week. Thanks for keeping us in check.
June 18, 2009 at 5:14 pm Permalink
Hey, I learn something almost every day. I had no idea Rodney Crowell produced Elizabeth Cook. I knew I loved that guy.
This is fun, I think this post is before my time of entering the blog world.
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