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Drive By Truckers Album, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, Steps Into the Light
The new Drive By Truckers’ album is a whopping 74 minutes long, and the Houston Chronicle’s Andrew Dansby says even that is after a trim. Joshua Klein suggests that the 19-song Brighter Than Creation’s Dark may be the band’s strongest record in his in-depth interview with the band for Pitchfork Media.
Mark Cuban emphatically declares the [...]Continue reading "Drive By Truckers Album, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, Steps Into the Light"
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Tim McGraw And Friday Night Lights Team Up Again
Tim McGraw is scheduled to play an intimate performance for the attendees of Beyond the Lights Celebrity Golf Classic the day that SXSW kicks off. Proceeds from the inaugural tournament, hosted by actors Kyle Chandler and Brad Leland of my favorite TV show Friday Night Lights, will benefit the Gridiron Heroes Spinal Cord Injury Foundation [...]
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Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2007
The list of the most disappointing albums of the year includes a few good albums, some great artists, disappointing studio sets from veteran acts and two poor debut records. Here’s hoping that everybody does better next time.
10. Living Hard, Gary Allan
Gary Allan is at his best when he paints outside the lines. Smoke [...] -
Mailbag: Name Of Man Who Sing Traditional Country Music?
What should Josh Turner’s new single be?
Barring any shakeups at the label, his next single will be “Another Try” from Everything is Fine – Jim
Why was Faith Hill not at the 41st CMA Awards?
Her and her hubby, Tim McGraw, where shut out and didn’t receive any nominations, so what’s the point in going and supporting [...]Continue reading "Mailbag: Name Of Man Who Sing Traditional Country Music?"
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Mailbag: I’ll Be Hurtin’ When I Wake Up On The Floor
When is Toby Keith’s latest CD going to be released?
Technically, his latest CD has already been released. All kidding aside, his next CD, Big Dog Daddy, is slated for release on June 12, 2007. – Brady
Who sings “I Miss You Daddy”?
Songwriter Karen Mason. You can buy a CD or MP3 of the song, and read [...]Continue reading "Mailbag: I’ll Be Hurtin’ When I Wake Up On The Floor"
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Dale Watson Protests Release Of The Little Darlin Sessions And Willie Nelson’s Picnic Leaves Texas
I was excited to find out that another Dale Watson album was going to be released, unfortunately that excitement was subdued after reading that the album is being released with protest from Watson himself.
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Album Review: Bucky Covington’s Self Titled Debut
When Bucky Covington was on American Idol, I rooted for him because he was so unapologetically country. I didn’t think he was good enough to win and certainly didn’t think I would enjoy any album he put out when compared to artists already in the game, but as an amateur on American Idol, he [...]
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Carrie Underwood Earns Fourth No. 1 And Joe Walsh Joins Kenny Chesney
Carrie Underwood has achieved her fourth number one single from her debut album with “Wasted.” Her previous number ones were “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” “Don’t Forget to Remember Me,” and “Before He Cheats.” Check out more discussion on this topic at Country Universe.
“Country sells in Zanesville. My thoughts are, we’re going to fill every seat [...]
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Mailbag: Second Edition
Last month Jenna posted the first edition of the mailbag, where the questions don’t actually come from email, but rather the search queries in our stats program. Today I’m bringing you the second edition. Since search queries are generally simple, the questions don’t get too complex. With that said, let’s get started.
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The Bucky Diaries And Dolly’s Ambition
Bucky Covington goes blogging. His first post has already been made over on the USA Today Idol Chatter blog in a series that’s titled The Bucky Diaries and will be updated every Monday. I wish more artists would start blogs that could be updated by themselves and the band whenever they wanted, but I wonder [...]
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