Sarah Buxton’s Debut Gets Release Date; ‘Country Weekly’ Creates Archive of Covers
- Sarah Buxton’s self-titled debut album will be released Feb. 23.
- My Kind of Country’s Occasional Hope listed her top 50 singles of the decade complete with blurbs.
- USA Today’s music critics chose their favorite albums of 2009 and included picks from Radney Foster, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley and more.
- WWE diva Mickie James plans to issue a country single in February leading up to the March release of her debut album.
- CMT looks back on the year’s biggest headlines.
- Kelly Clarkson covered Taylor Swift’s “White Horse.”
- Bad Blake, the main character from the new movie Crazy Heart, has similarities to Kris Kristofferson or a combination of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings, but former country music writer Thomas Cobb, who wrote the 1987 novel that the movie is based on, says the idea for Blake’s character came from a show he covered in Houston where Hank Thompson opened for Conway Twitty.
- Will Hoge performed “Even if it Breaks Your Heart” acoustically for the CMT blog.
- Another one bites the dust…
- Country Weekly’s entire archive of covers, dating back to April 12, 1994, is now online.
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December 29, 2009 at 12:59 pm Permalink
I’m looking forward to the new Sarah Buxton album and hope it comes out on a CD this time! I just hope its not full of songs that sound like “Space”!
Its great to see Ashton Shepherd, Star De Azlan, and Catherine Britt on Occasional Hope’s Top Singles list. Even though Catherine Britt is a very talented songwriter “The Upside of Being Down” was written by Rory Lee Feek, and Christi and Shari Baker, so there’s a Joey+Rory linkage there! (lol) This list is the kind of “Hope I can believe in”, unlike all the B.S that Odumbo spews incessantly…
Wow, the USA Today list includes Radney Foster, Kendel Carson, and Sarah Jarosz! I’m a bit shocked and pleasantly surprised all at the same time! (lol)
As for “BUG Country” going to a “Young Country” focused format, that’s nothing compared to what has happened to a former “Classic Country” station: (From AllAboutCountry.com)
“Classic Country ‘Legend’ WLND/98.1/Chattanooga flips to the Hot Adult Contemporary format known as “Your Music, Your Life.”
The new format features artists like Kelly Clarkson/Nickelback/Kings of Leon/Colbie Caillat/Taylor Swift in a mix of Hot AC.
In the latest Arbitrends, WLND with the “Legend” format held sixth place 12+ with a 5.6 share.”
Could this be the start of a trend? A big thanks to Taylor Swift for all she’s done for/to “country music” these days…
December 29, 2009 at 2:01 pm Permalink
My kind of country’s top 50 list of singles is a much better list than the one here on this website.
December 29, 2009 at 2:19 pm Permalink
Where do you see any such list on The 9513, Waynoe?
Otherwise, I’ll agree with the assessment that Occasional Hope did a great job on her list.
December 29, 2009 at 2:22 pm Permalink
Gee waynoe, I guess I missed 9513’s top songs or singles of the decade list…oh wait, no I didnt, there wasnt one…nice try though.
December 29, 2009 at 2:25 pm Permalink
I like how she mentioned George Canyon’s “My Name”. I love that song.
December 29, 2009 at 2:36 pm Permalink
Sarah Buxton’s album has a release date already??? That was fast!
December 29, 2009 at 2:42 pm Permalink
Kim,
I’m sensing a bit of sarcasm there…
December 29, 2009 at 3:40 pm Permalink
just a little…
December 29, 2009 at 7:37 pm Permalink
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-burnett_1227gd.ART.State.Bulldog.4ba9d30.html
T Bone Burnett saw Crazy Heart as a tribute to Stephen Bruton.
December 29, 2009 at 9:30 pm Permalink
YaY!! I am so excited that Sarah’s cd is finally coming out!!
December 30, 2009 at 4:51 am Permalink
Thanks for the nice comments.
December 30, 2009 at 6:15 am Permalink
Kelly Clarkson also covered The House That Built Me in the same session.
December 30, 2009 at 5:45 pm Permalink
wonder if the Buxton/Swift cowrite will be on Sara’s CD
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