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Brooks & Dunn Sell Out In Australia
Country duo Adam and Shannon Wright are scheduled to release a new self-titled album on January 29. One of the songs on the album, “True Love is a Golden Ring”, was co-written by Alan Jackson and Roger Murrah. Coincidentally, Jackson is also Adam’s uncle.
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October ‘07 Album Review Wrap-Up
October is over with and it seems like there was a whirlwind of new music. Some was good. The rest? Not so much. Browse through our assessments of the albums and let us know what you thought about the quality of October’s releases.
Brooks & Dunn – Cowboy Town
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Garth Brooks Expands Schedule to Include Nine Shows
In an effort to milk as much as possible from Taylor Swift’s debut an expanded “limited deluxe” edition is being offered that will include three new tracks, including Swift’s first phone call with Tim McGraw, and a DVD. The new edition will be made available on Nov. 6.
It seems Merle Haggard talks more politics then […]Continue reading "Garth Brooks Expands Schedule to Include Nine Shows"
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Brooks & Dunn Describe New Album As “The Stones Meet The Cowboys”
A little over a month ago we posted about an incident Randy Kohrs and his crew had while filming their new video at an abandoned house. As they were leaving the police surrounded the property and Korhs had to plead their case. That video, for “Who’s Goin’ With Me?”, is now online.
Starting tomorrow if you […]Continue reading "Brooks & Dunn Describe New Album As “The Stones Meet The Cowboys”"
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Clay Walker And Jessica Craig Serenaded By Tracy Lawrence At Their Wedding
Like The Gobblers Knob I have a habit of spending too much money on books, but unlike The Knob I haven’t stepped foot inside a library in years. He recently discovered that aside from books the library also has a nice collection of music that you can check out.
Lyle Lovett has been scheduled to […]Continue reading "Clay Walker And Jessica Craig Serenaded By Tracy Lawrence At Their Wedding"
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Hopes Of Record Executives Head To Nashville For Fourth Quarter
In the New York Times Kelefa Senneh writes “It’s a yearly tradition: Summer ends, the fourth quarter looms (after a dismal first three), and the fragile hopes of record executives head south, to Nashville.” She then lists a few country artists who might be able to break out of the sales slump.
The Sara Evans […]Continue reading "Hopes Of Record Executives Head To Nashville For Fourth Quarter"
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Lost Johnny Cash Performance To Be Released Later This Month
When talking about his new album, Cowboy Town, due out on October 2nd, Ronnie Dunn said:
“This really is kind of like cowboys meet the Rolling Stones. There’s a bunch of fun stuff on there. And it sounds different than anything we’ve ever done.”Watch: Adam Hood plays a couple of songs live in studio at Reg’s […]
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Brooks & Dunn - “Proud of the House We Built”
The spankin’ new single from superduo Brooks & Dunn is a retreat from the in-your-face sound of their previous hit, “Hillbilly Deluxe,” into the safe, mid-tempo world of contemporary working-class America. “Proud of The House We Built,” (Written by Dunn) is a song about the struggle to start, and maintain, a stable family amid the […]
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ACM Award Winners And Shooter Jennings Is Expecting Baby With Girlfriend
The big buzz around all the news sites this morning pertaining to country music is the ACM Awards show last night. In case you missed it, check out our live blog for a recount of the events as they happened. Overall I felt like it was a pretty successful show. They highlighted mostly good artists […]
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Buck Jones Killed In Car Accident On The Way To His Next Gig
Willie, Merle, and Ray talk about recording their Last of the Breed album, which comes out tomorrow.
“It was real easy to figure out what to record,” Price said. “We all three went in with songs we’ve loved for years, decided on which ones we’d do, pull one out, say yeah that’s by so-and-so, get the […]Continue reading "Buck Jones Killed In Car Accident On The Way To His Next Gig"
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