Rascal Flatts Joins Big Machine; Russell Crowe Cast as Country Singer; Canadian Country Awards
- In case you hadn’t heard, Rascal Flatts signed with Scott Borchetta and Big Machine Records, the home of Taylor Swift.
- Farce the Music had a few things to say about the new Rascal Flatts album cover.
- People posted the audio for all six songs on Blake Shelton‘s upcoming “six pak,” All About Tonight. Among the included songs is a duet with fiancée Miranda Lambert on “Draggin’ the River,” and Shelton’s take on “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking,” which appeared on a previous Joe Nichols album.
- As a token of his appreciation, Josh Gracin is giving away an EP of previously unreleased songs on his site, which includes: “Give Us Tonight”, “Lead Me Home,” and “Loves Lullaby.” (via Country Music Tattle Tale)
- Actor Jeff Bridges played a country singer in last year’s film Crazy Heart and Gwyneth Paltrow plays a country singer in the upcoming release of Country Strong, now word has it that Russell Crowe will take his own turn at playing a down and out country singer in the film adaptation of the novel Dirt Music. Director Phillip Noyce thinks Crowe, who will write his own material, will surprise a lot of people.
- The nominees for the 2010 Canadian Country Music Association Awards have been announced. Gord Bamford (MySpace) leads all nominees with six nominations.
- Paula Nelson will celebrate the release of her fourth album, Little City, tonight at the Saxon Pub in Austin.
- Watch the new video for the Bomshel song “Just Fine.”
- For the new episode of The New York Times Popcast, Ricky Skaggs talks God, music, and his new album Mosiac (skip to the 14:47 mark).
“I honestly believe that the Beatles were really gifted and blessed by God to start a spiritual revolution in America, but I think they scored points for the wrong team,” Mr. Skaggs says in the interview. “But the music, and the anointing and the blessing that was on the music, has remained. God’s fruit and his word doesn’t return void. Those songs were so pure and so innocent and so real back in the time. And then something happened.”
- Del McCoury concluded this summer’s Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman concert series last night.
- Country Universe’s Kevin J. Coyne adds some perspective to Carrie Underwood‘s achievements:
When “Undo It” reached #2 last week, Underwood became the only female artist in country music history to have eleven consecutive top two singles. [...]
Underwood’s support at radio is unprecedented for a female artist in the modern chart era. In less than five years, she’s already tied for the most #1′s since 1990, and she’s moving quickly up the all-time list as well.
- Farce the Music: Top 10 Names Rejected Before Settling on “Jaron and the Long Road to Love”
- Watch the video premiere of “Get Along” from Foo Fighters frontman Chris Shiftlett‘s kinda/sorta (maybe) country side project.
- My Kind of Country’s J.R. Journey wants to know what songs, old or new, you’re listening to these days.
- In this week’s Nashville Skyline, Chet Flippo remembers the recently-deceased Hank Cochran.
- For her contributions to the Nashville community and future generations who wish to pursue a career in the music industry, Wynonna Judd will be awarded the The Cecil Scaife Visionary Award.
- Former American Idol contestant Kristy Lee Cook is back on TV with a new hunting show — her third outdoor-themed show since ’08, but this one has sort of a twist:
“I know a lot of people who watch hunting shows and they get kind of bored with them, you know, with the same old thing, in the stand doing this and that,” Cook said. “So we tried to make it a little more real life with my music life in Nashville, trying to make it as a singer, and my life at home with the horses and barrel racing and my foundation for rescuing horses, and then hunting as well.”
- The New York Times‘ Nate Chinen compared and contrasted the performances from Willie Nelson and Levon Helm at Radio Music City Hall on Wednesday night.
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Watch Lady Antebellum‘s parody of the Lee Brice song “Love Like Crazy.” Titled “Biscuits and Gravy,” it serves as a glorification of Waffle House food after a night out drinking.
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July 30, 2010 at 11:10 am
That Chris Shiflett song is just thin, if you ask me. No matter what genre you put it in.
July 30, 2010 at 11:12 am
Okay, about to out myself as a geek/groupie here, but Russell Crowe is actually not bad. When I am home and can access youtube and other such things I will post a couple links, but if you get a chance find a song called The Legend of Barry Cable.
July 30, 2010 at 12:05 pm
From that CCMA tidbit, Gord Bamford’s nominations are well deserved. His most recent album wasn’t his best, but go through his catalog and I’m sure most of you will find some keepers… glad to see him getting nominated instead of some of the other Canadian performers who are nowhere near as good or as country (Corb Lund not withstanding, he’s the man haha)
July 30, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Be sure not to confuse Chris Shiflett with Kris Shiflett.
July 30, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Oh, don’t worry, we won’t. I wasn’t expecting much from Foo Fighters frontman. I was bored stiff after the first minute and had to stop listening. Never did like Foo Fighters.
July 30, 2010 at 2:55 pm
…and the Flat Rascals scam continues.
July 30, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Love the Lady A “Hazing”. Great spoof.
July 30, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Did what remained of the Lyric Street / Disney label family really just let Rascal Flatts leave? That’s one cash cow that’s moved to greener pastures…
So the Thursday Night bluegrass dealies at the Ryman are over? GOOD! Now they can get back to the Classic Country Thursday Night Opry Shows for a few months, the best Opry broadcasts each week (followed by the Tuesday Night Opry’s). If WSM would have broadcast the bluegrass concerts I wouldn’t have minded so much, but they didn’t.
Kristy Lee Cook still has a “music life” in Nashville? That’s news to me!
Just think, if Gord Bamford moved to Texas and hooked up with a certain Americana band it could be named “Gord Bamford & The Gourds”! Or maybe not…
OPRY Alert! Tonight’s show will includw Daryle Singletary, John Cowan (the king of “noodlegrass”), Restless Heart, and The Issacs. Good variety but not worth staying home for.
Link: http://www.opry.com/shows/ThisWeek.html
July 30, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Okay, was not able to find Barry Cable but here is Things Have Got To Change:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a2Jr6yIpaM
I was able to find my favorite The Ordinary Fear of God song I Miss My Mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFhjuEgDiic
Yes, I do have cds by both of Russell Crowe’s bands. Still better than RF, right?
July 30, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Not that it matters too much, but Chris Shiflett is far from being the Foo Fighters “frontman”. That is Dave Grohl.
July 30, 2010 at 7:55 pm
I thought maybe Dave had left the band. Dave Grohl is who I can’t stand. I don’t care if he WAS the drummer for Nirvana, still don’t like him.
July 30, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Somehow Flatts being with the same label as Swift is fitting. Same style and you don’t want to know what I call it.
August 1, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Blair Garner’s gone rogue! (lol) Check out this recent post from AllAboutCountry that makes it sound like Blair Garner made a risky, bold move on his syndicated “After Midnight” radio show! Blair actually had the nerve to play a song by an indie artist of all things! YIKES! (lol) Here’s the article:
“Blair Garner Breaks His After MidNite Rules and
Introduces Listeners To An Unsigned Artist’s First Song!”
Blair Garner says that on Tuesday (7/27), he “broke all the rules and debuted a song by an unsigned artist.” The song was “In The Mean Time” by Sarah Marince.
The impact was immediate. That spin on After MidNite blasted the song to #40 on the Mediabase Real Time Chart. This coming Tuesday (8/3)Blair will interview her on his show and get her reaction to what has happened in just a short week.
The song was written by ace songwriters Gary Burr and Caroline Cutbirth (of Stealing Angels) and produced by Victoria Shaw. (Gosh, that’s just sooo radical and unique by today’s Nashville standards!)
Blair tells us, “When I met Sarah, I knew this amazingly talented woman had a voice and a message that needed to be heard. Because I believe in the power of music AND the power of radio, I wanted to bring these forces together to do something quite remarkable.”
If you want to see why Blair is so smitten with this gal, just click on the lick below which is a promo website for the song. To call Sarah a “looker” is a bit of an understatement!
Link: http://www.brickhousedirect.com/artists/sarahmarince/ecards/2010_InTheMeanTime/index.html
August 2, 2010 at 10:28 am
with exceptions of trisha yearwood and jack ingram, the rest of scott and hios big machine can now create a new sub-genre of country known as the big machine sound…
August 2, 2010 at 10:34 am
As for CCMA stuff, it’s really good to see Gordy finally getting some recognition. The new album, “Day Job”, isn’t really as good as the last one “Honky Tonks and Heartaches” but it’s not bad, either. He’s one of the true “road dogs” in CanCoun, and is fully deserving of all the accolades. Good to see Corby get a few nods as well, as Canadian Country Music Week is being held in his current hometown of Edmonton, so hopefully he’ll have strong support at the show. Should also be a big year for Johnny Reid, Doc Walker, and Dean Brody. Couple of big surprises are zero nominations for Deric Ruttan and “new” group Jo Hikk — two of the most successful acts of the last year. Oh, and no women up for the CCMA Fans Choice Artist of the Year speaks VOLUMES about the dearth of females in Can Coun right now.
August 20, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Russell Crowe has written some great music. I second Legend of Barry Cable. I also love What’s Her Name. They also put on a really great show. I’ll be thrilled to see meld his musical and cinematic prowess on the big screen.