New Releases (April 5): Anna Wilson, The Bellamy Brothers and More; Harley Allen, Mel McDaniel and Jake Jenkins Remembered
- Andy Friedman – Laserbeams and Dreams
AmazonAnna Wilson – Countrypolitan Duets
AmazonThe Bellamy Brothers – Greatest Hits Volume 1: Deluxe Edition
AmazonThe Black Lillies – 100 Miles of Wreckage
AmazonCalafia – Calafia
Artist WebsiteCraig Campbell – Craig Campbell
AmazonDaniel Romano – Sleep Beneath the Willow
AmazonDiana Jones – High Atmosphere
Amazon | Video EPKGeorge Jones – Radio Lover 1980-1989: A Critical Anthology (Reissue)
Amazon | Raven RecordsThe Judds – I Will Stand By You: The Essential Collection
AmazonMichaela Anne – To Know Where
AmazonRonnie Milsap – 20-20 Vision / Night Things (2-for-1 reissue)
Amazon | Raven RecordsSusan Cattaneo – Heaven to Heartache
Bandcamp - On the passing of Harley Allen, Jon Weisberger writes:
Nashville’s a songwriting town, and Harley Allen was a world-class songwriter, so a lot will be written about that in days to come. But before — and while — he was writing the hits, Harley was a singer, one of nearly unparalleled beauty and sadness. By the time he was in his late teens and singing with his brothers in the hillbilly bars of Dayton, Ohio, he had a reedy, mournful tenor voice that seemed to always curl a phrase just a moment before you thought it might, or rise just a bit higher than you thought it could. And whichever of a dozen different ways he’d surprise you as a singer, it always turned out to be exactly the right one to make you feel the same longing, the same emptiness, the same self-mocking yet utterly serious sense of despair that seemed to be haunting him.
- More on Allen from Peter Cooper.
- Country California: Quotable Country – 04/03/11 Edition
- Cia Cherryholmes plans to embark on a solo career.
- Miss Leslie honored her friend and songwriter Jake Jenkins, who was killed recently in a plane crash, in a series of posts: I’ll Be Gone Tonight By Jake Jenkins, Honky Tonk No More by Jake Jenkins, Stranger in Your Mind by Jake Jenkins, Honky Tonk Gal by Jake Jenkins.
- Blake Shelton‘s new single “Honey Bee” — performed at the ACM Awards on Sunday night — is available on iTunes.
- Craig Morgan signed a new deal with Black River Entertainment.
- Peter Cooper also wrote an obituary for Opry member Mel McDaniel, whose hits included “Louisiana Saturday Night” and “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On.”
- Listen to the new Alison Krauss and Union Station album Paper Airplane in its entirety.
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April 5, 2011 at 1:17 pm
R.I.P. for Mel. A unique voice that was much underappreciated.
Who couldn’t have seen the CIA solo thing coming? I will miss Cherryholmes tremendously. Unbelievably talented entertainers.
Kudo’s to Craig Morgan. He is one of the good guys. I would assume he is in early career sunset due to the label he is joining; however hope he has continued success.
As for Blake Shleton, a very opaque and bland song. Sounds like he made it for modern pop/country radio. Oh, wait a minute, he did. What was I thinkin’.
“Reformed Waynoe”
April 5, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Listened to the entire Alison Krauss and Union Station album on NPR and it is fantastic. I am so excited to pick this one up. Totally worth the wait.
April 5, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Ms. Krauss, you’re not supposed to post about your own CD.
April 5, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Blake’s song is on iTunes now too.
April 5, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Interested to see how that Craig Campbell does. We’ve been spinning “Family Man” for awhile now, and it is really good! Hoping the album takes off for him!!
April 6, 2011 at 3:57 pm
I’ll miss hearing Mel singing “Stand Up” and “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On” on the Opry. R.I.P. Mel.
Wow, Harley Allen was the same age as me! That does it, I’m scheduling a check up. Harley was a very gifted songwriter and I’m sorry to read of his premature death due to cancer. The only time I ever saw him perform (apart from YouTube) was on the special Grand Ole Opry show featuring the artists and songs from the “Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’” Louvin Brothers tribute album. His vocals were more of a “high, mournful sound” with a haunting quality as Jon mentioned.
Its good to see that Cia Leigh Cherryholmes is ready to strike out on her own. I wish her well and will be interested to hear what her first album sounds like.
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