Miranda Lambert Soundcheck; New Release Tuesday; Luke Bryan Doin’ His Thing
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New releases for the week of September 15, 2009 include:
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Aaron Watson – Deep in the Heart of Texas: Aaron Watson Live
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Charlie Daniels Band – Midnight Wind … Plus (Reissue)
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Cowboy Troy – Demolition Mission: Studio Blue Sessions
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George Jones – Playlist: The Very Best Of George Jones
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John Wort Hannam – Queen’s Hotel (Canadian release)
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Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers – Pilgrimage
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The Maldives – Listen to the Thunder
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Nathan Lee Jackson – Complicated Hearts
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Ricky Skaggs – Solo: Songs My Dad Loved
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Tom Russell – Blood and Candle Smoke
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- Miranda Lambert feels Revolution is the album that will take her to the next level.
- My Kind of Country has five copies of Patty Loveless‘ new album, Mountain Soul II, to give away. Simply leave a comment naming your favorite Loveless song to enter.
- The Texas Music Matters song of the day is “Midnight Run” from James Hand’s new album Shadow On The Ground.
- Kyle B. Woodring, a former drummer for John Mellencamp and Deana Carter, was found dead in his house last week from an apparent suicide. He also backed Robbie Fulks, who humanizes Woodring in his latest blog post.
- The latest Hot Club of Cowtown album, Wishful Thinking, may not be the best introduction to the band, however, despite its missteps, Hickory Wind’s Larry Karnowski claims it as a worthy addition to his collection.
- Corey duBrowa on the new Tom Russell record:
His voice is raw and ragged but ultimately right, running the gamut from Tom Waits-like barroom bawling (the diary entry recalling the first time he heard Nina Simone) to songs reminiscent of Cash’s most anguished moments (the haunting and evocative Native American essay “Crosses of San Carlos,”) and even the occasional Gram/Emmylou throwback (“Santa Ana Wind,” inspired by Joan Didion’s essay “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream,” finds Russell paired with Gretchen Peters to terrific effect).
- My Kind of Country’s Occasional Hope reviewed the excellent new album from Jason Eady, When the Money’s All Gone, and concludes that it’s a record the requires your attention to fully enjoy.
- Dailey & Vincent will release their first gospel album, a collection of a capella songs titled Singing From the Heart, on Oct. 20.
- Luke Bryan is scheduled to launch his first headlining tour in late October.
- The latest crop of Country Weekly album reviews were posted online for new records from Reba McEntire, Jack Ingram, Justin Moore, and Mac McAnally.
- Still Is Still Moving has a vinyl copy of Willie Nelson’s American Classic to give away.
- Hank Williams III is scheduled to perform at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Oct. 10. The program is being presented in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy. (via press release)
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Soundcheck has exclusive video performances of “Famous In A Small Town,” “Dead Flowers,” “Only Prettier,” and “Heart Like Mine” from Miranda Lambert, along with an interview.
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- real talk: the funny thing about miley dissing country is she also dissed singing pop, saying this The pop singer's new hit song ...
- Mayor JoBob: Actually Rick, in Randy Travis' song, he tells them to "bury me under mama's apple tree"
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- TexasVet: Actually, her fans in defending it are trying to convince us that writing this bad is a specific FORM of ...
- TexasVet: According to Billboard, two of her singles went to #2 while the last one peaked at #3. If you are referring ...
- Rick: Altough burial is not in the title, my vote goes to Doug Supernaw's "Honky Tonkin' Fool" about a friend who ...
- Stormy: K: Actually, her fans in defending it are trying to convince us that writing this bad is a specific FORM of ...
- Ron: I couldn't make it to the end. Horrid.
- Steve M.: According to Billboard, two of her singles went to #2 while the last one peaked at #3.
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September 15, 2009 at 11:09 am Permalink
Cowboy Troy still has a record deal?
September 15, 2009 at 11:36 am Permalink
Anna – that was totally my first reaction!! :) JR must have some pretty deep pockets!!
September 15, 2009 at 11:40 am Permalink
Hickory Wind’s review of The Hot Club of Cowtown’s “Wishful Thinking” is spot on. It is not the best album choice for being introduced to their music. Speaking of the Hot Club, the folks at Country Standard Time have posted a nice new interview with Elana and Whit:
Link: http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=1096
Has the CMHOF made Hank III sign some kind of binding promise that he’ll keep his potty mouth tendencies in check during his performance there? Hmm…
WOW, A Luke Bryan headlining tour! I’m just so excited I can’t contain myself!…(lol)
Opry Alert! Tonight’s Opry will feature Emily West and The Del McCoury Band. Sadly the show will also feature the bombast of Montgomery Gentry…(lol)
Link: http://www.opry.com/TicketsAndInformation/ThisWeek.aspx
September 15, 2009 at 11:40 am Permalink
The Claire Lynch album is outstanding.
September 15, 2009 at 11:47 am Permalink
Ooooh I can’t wait to get a copy of that Dailey & Vincent record!!!
September 15, 2009 at 11:52 am Permalink
I agree with Jon.
September 15, 2009 at 11:56 am Permalink
Rick – I don’t know if Hank III promised anything, but the press release reads, in bold type: “Please note that this program may contain mature content.” I don’t imagine that happens too often for CMHoF related material.
September 15, 2009 at 12:17 pm Permalink
Brody, that’s hilarious and disturbing at the same time! Its almost like they need to attached one of those “Explicit Content” labels like they put on some music CDs with “mature content”…(lol)
September 15, 2009 at 2:24 pm Permalink
I can’t agree more about the Claire Lynch album. After hearing it a few weeks ago, I had to download everything I could find of hers. Then we were able to see her twice at our American Folk Festival here in Bangor at the end of August. We enjoyed the show almost as much as our experience with the Punch Brothers. Wonderful stuff.
September 15, 2009 at 3:43 pm Permalink
Cowboy Troy is no longer on Warner. NOt sure what his deal is exactly, but he was off of there sometime in the past year.
September 15, 2009 at 5:36 pm Permalink
I have no doubts it’s a self-released project, funded by JR and the Mafia.
September 15, 2009 at 7:28 pm Permalink
So it sounds like someone who contributes to The 9513 should review the Claire Lynch album and pronto. I know, it would be a perfect first submission from Jon! (I never give up!)
Aaron Watson used to get a fair amount of hype around here, but not these days. Hmm….
September 15, 2009 at 9:16 pm Permalink
Can’t wait to hear the new John Arthur Martinez album. And yes, I’m also excited for the Aaron Watson live album. I’ve always heard he puts on a great show, but unfortunately he doesn’t come anywhere near me.
September 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm Permalink
Not to further beat a dead horse, but it’s heartbreaking to hear how much better the new songs on Miranda’s ‘Soundcheck’ performance sound than they do on the record.
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