Reba McEntire Inks Deal With Valory Music Co.
- Reba McEntire signed with Valory Music Co., the sister label to Big Machine Records. It’s a move that reunites her with Scott Borchetta, who she worked with at MCA Nashville to earn 14 #1 singles and sell over 22 million albums. (via press release)
- New releases for the week of 11/11/08 include:
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Allison Krauss – A Hundred Miles Or More: Live From the Tracking Room (DVD)
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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Swinging from the Chains of Love
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Charlie Daniels – Preachin’, Prayin’, Singin’ (DVD)
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Kevin Costner & The Modern West – Untold Truths
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- Music Tomes published an interview with author Robert K. Oermann who recently released his book Behind The Grand Ole Opry Curtain.
- Tim McGraw’s agent, Rod Essig, called the associate producer of SNL every week for five years before McGraw finally scored hosting duties. (via ggcolumn)
- Kenny Chesney and The Wailers performed at Tootsie’s last night and even coaxed Kid Rock on stage for a song.
- Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott felt a little like Michael Phelps after winning songwriter of the year at Monday night’s SEASAC Awards.
- There’s so much Taylor Swift news swirling around I’m about to go into overload.
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She tells The Tennessean about her spending habits and reveals that she’s wrecked her silver Lexus SC 430 hardtop convertible several times–none of them have been her fault.
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Nekesa Mumbi Moody says she is poised to become pop’s next superstar act, but Swift considers that spillover:
“I try to look at what has happened to my career less as crossover and more as spillover,” says Swift, as her mother, Andrea, sits in the next room.
“I’d like to think that country music is where I live, country music is who I am, but I’m lucky enough to have other people listening who aren’t necessarily core country music fans,” she says.
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iHeartmusic.com is featuring eight songs and an interview with Swift in the “stripped” series. (via NashvilleGab)
- Yahoo! Chart Watch’s Paul Grein created two lists, one ranking the top 15 country albums in Nielsen/SoundScan history, which dates to 1991, and another that ranks the top ten country songs with the most paid downloads. (via ggcolumn)
- With his 11th annual “Wade Bowen Classic” that took place over the weekend, Bowen was able to raise over $84,000 (more than his past two years combined) for Postpartum Support International. (via press release)
- Terri Clark announced to her fan club that she’s saying adios to BNA Records to forge ahead into the uncertainty of independency and focus her efforts on Canada and other international markets. She also plans to release a live album during the first quarter of the new year.
- The perfect present for that douchebag on your list.
- The latest installment in the Legendary Performances DVD series from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Shout! Factory features Merle Haggard. C. Eric Banister published his review on Americana Roots.
- The Eye of the Hurricane blogger Ryan Cole posted video of Jason Eady performing Townes Van Zandt’s “Loretta” at the The Mucky Duck in Houston, TX last night.
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November 11, 2008 at 11:27 am Permalink
I am truly surprised that Reba left MCA.
November 11, 2008 at 11:44 am Permalink
I’m not really surprised that she left, Rainbow. After they made such a big deal during all the Duets press that it was her last album on that contract with MCA. Surely her MCA contract has been up for renewal before, and we never heard about it. The fact that Reba and her people made a point to say ‘this is the last album for this contract’ was a big sign post for me.
And I knew Reba would go the way of Scott Borchetta’s label. I more expected Big Machine, but it’s all the same I guess … Here’s hoping Reba’s next album returns her to the music she was making in the 90s and she re-surfaces with an album half as good as Trisha Yearwood’ latest …
November 11, 2008 at 11:49 am Permalink
Well, I certainly hope the new album will be better that Duets, which was “meh”.
I presumed that was just a marketing stunt, but I guess not. It’s just that she’s been with them for 24 years, and they certainly have been promoting her properly, so I guessed she’d stick with them for the rest of her “radio career”.
November 11, 2008 at 12:05 pm Permalink
My favorite part of the SESAC Awards report was:
“As in past years, SESAC also recognized the impact of Americana music by awarding its top artists and songwriters. Those recognized included Hayes Carll, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Bob Dylan, Jerry Salley and Kevin Welch.
“The Americana format has always been important at SESAC, and that differentiates us from the competition,” Fink said. “Folks in Americana tend to cross formats and write for other artists in other genres, and to be able to honor Hayes Carll is so exciting. And Americana as a format is in line with the way SESAC feels. People in the format are passionate about their craft.” Here, Here!
Sorry Taylor, but name checking Tim McGraw in your first single does not make you country. I wonder what Taylor would describe as the typical playlist of a “core country fan”? I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Katy Perry, Colbie Caillat, and Def Lepperd were on Taylor’s list….
Sounds like Terri Clark has had her fill of Top 40 US country radio and the Nashville Big Label process. I wish her success in her new approach. I wonder what type of songs Terri would co-write with the talented fellow Canadian Lisa Brokop? Hmmm…..
November 11, 2008 at 2:14 pm Permalink
I smell a bunch of Reba catalog getting marked down to budget price by UME.
November 11, 2008 at 2:27 pm Permalink
Taylor Swift’s album on Amazon for $3.99
http://www.amazon.com/Fearless/dp/B001KPK6Q2
November 11, 2008 at 2:47 pm Permalink
I love Townes’ “Loretta”, it’s probably my favorite Townes song behind “Pancho and Lefty” and “Marie” (though don’t hold me to that), and the Eady version was cool but….
Nooone, even Townes himself, has topped Jesse Dayton’s version. At least in my opinion.
here’s a video of it, it’s a live youtube video so the quality is only so-so, and I think the end glitches, but it’s a good example of what he’s done with the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTiEzvxbQhI
November 11, 2008 at 5:42 pm Permalink
Hey Ben, if you would have dropped by The Redwood Bar last Sunday afternoon, you could have witnessed Jesse Dayton and Mike Stinson doing a duet on “Pancho & Lefty”. I don’t think Jesse sang “Loretta”, or if he did I must have missed it.
Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” CD is on sale for $ 10 this week at Best Buy, Target, and Circuit City that I know of. Will its first week sales beat Kenny Chesney’s latest release? Only all the pre-tweens, tweens, and teenyboppers know for sure!
November 11, 2008 at 7:08 pm Permalink
Hey, Ben: Have you heard this version?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D35zZkxA9PQ
November 11, 2008 at 7:20 pm Permalink
I have now Stormy,
it’s cool, but I favor Jesse Dayton’s over the more laid-back, acoustic, whispery versions.
February 13, 2009 at 5:51 pm Permalink
I don’t think reba’s 50 greatest hits has been promoted right! I don’t see why mca hasn’t released a box set on reba like george strait strait out of the box box set.
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