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Big Kenny Donates To Charity To Celebrate His First No. 1
Mario Tarradell has an article about Shanachie Records, the record label who signed Daryle Singletary, David Ball, and Confederate Railroad to record albums of old classics.
Why the sudden interest in country?
“We think there is a void in country music,” says Randall Grass, Shanachie’s general manager. “Country has become very pop-oriented and very youth-oriented in the [...]Continue reading "Big Kenny Donates To Charity To Celebrate His First No. 1"
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Album Review: Daryle Singletary – Straight From The Heart
I can only speculate as to what Singletary’s intentions were for recording an album full of covers (and one original); it may be his tribute to country music greats from year past, maybe he wanted to use this album as a platform to update some great country songs so that listeners of today’s country [...]
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Strait’s Songs Becoming Caricature And Jason Aldean Films Johnny Cash Video
There are some country executives in Nashville who aren’t happy with the way the Grammys unfolded. They feel snubbed since Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts couldn’t perform their own songs and say that this isn’t the only year that country music has been discriminated against, but years past as well, and all the pent up [...]
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George Strait Singing Folsom Prison Blues And Snow In South Austin
Mark Jordan has an article over on Commercial Appeal about a George Strait concert on Saturday night.
After closing the main set with his own boogie woogie number “Unwound,” Strait returned for an encore that included “High Tone Woman” and a witty version of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” that featured the singer doing an uncanny [...]Continue reading "George Strait Singing Folsom Prison Blues And Snow In South Austin"
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