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Your Take: Country Stereotypes
Last week in news magazine Newsweek, Steve Tuttle discussed the changing aesthetics of the county music genre in his article “Murder on Music Row: Taylor Swift? Songs about cute little kids? What has happened to country music?!”
Tuttle, a general editor for the magazine, bluntly expressed his disapproval of artists like Rodney Atkins and Lonestar, as [...] -
Your Take: Impact of Music Videos
The Academy of Country Music awards show airs Sunday, but some trophies have already been handed out. One of these early honors went to Brad Paisley, who won Video of the Year for “Waitin’ On A Woman.”
Music videos (or “filmed inserts,” as they were sometimes referred to before the 1980s) have been around longer than [...] -
Your Take: Where Do You Get Your Country Music News?
The reporters and editors who craft headline banners atop newspapers and magazines across the country have been making the front pages themselves over the last few months–and between layoffs, furloughs and shut-downs at newspapers, magazines and television stations across the country, these aren’t fluffy, feel-good feature stories.
It’s no surprise, then, country music news outlets have [...]Continue reading "Your Take: Where Do You Get Your Country Music News?"
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Your Take: Country Music Tragedies
Almost exactly 50 years ago on February 3, 1959, a plane crash in Iowa killed three rock and roll pioneers. The Day the Music Died, as it was coined in Don McLean’s “American Pie,” marked the loss of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson (who wrote George Jones’ first No. 1 [...]
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The Year In Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories Of 2008
20. Joey + Rory Rising: A Talent Competition Actually Finds Talent
Outside of American Idol winner Carrie Underwood and Nashville Star castoff Miranda Lambert, the spate of talent competitions that we’ve endured since the advent of reality TV has produced few artists who could be said to possess a level of talent that aligns them with [...]Continue reading "The Year In Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories Of 2008"
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Black Crowes Sue Gretchen Wilson For Copyright Infringement
Let us know what you think about Black Crowes suing Gretchen Wilson over the song she sang for a “Saving Grace” commercial. Do they have a case? (Thanks to Paula for the link)
Congrats to the fine folks over at Country Universe for passing one million views since moving their blog to WordPress two years ago. [...]Continue reading "Black Crowes Sue Gretchen Wilson For Copyright Infringement"
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Patty Loveless Gears Up For Her Third Trip On the Santa Train
Gary Allan has no balls, as illustrated by his latest album — Living Hard — and just so you know, Ronnie Dunn and John Anderson are merely average Nashville singers, too. I wish I was just making this stuff up, folks.
Tours featuring two mega-stars are in. First it was Kenny Chesney and LeAnn Rimes, then [...]Continue reading "Patty Loveless Gears Up For Her Third Trip On the Santa Train"
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Arresting Officer In JMM Case Fired And Meet The Songwriters Behind Strait’s Hits
The police officer that arrested John Michael Montgomery a little over a year ago was fired yesterday after an eight hour hearing.
Officer Joshua Cromer was one of six officers disciplined by the police department for controversial comments posted on MySpace.com, a social networking site. In the postings, the officers discussed their jobs, commented on arrests [...]
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CMT Music Award Nominees: YouTube Edition
I’ve included a link to the YouTube version of each of the videos (minus five that I couldn’t find on YouTube) nominated for the CMT Music Awards. CMT has the videos on their website, but you have to register to view them and be running IE. It would have been nice had they partnered with [...]
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Reviewers Cooked And Served On The CMT Hot Dish
Hazel Smith over at CMT has posted an article blasting reviewers for their failure to include some of the top selling acts in their “best of lists” for 2006. She cites Rascal Flatts and Keith Urban as two artists snubbed on said lists. According to her, the lists are only compiled based on what what [...]
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