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Garth Talks Business; Rejected Baby Rich Names; George Strait’s Song-Selecting Savvy
Garth Brooks talks business in Chet Flippo’s newest Nashville Skyline column:
“I’m not a record label fan, but on this one, I have to stand up for the record labels and say that they can’t afford development anymore. Because if you think you can live on 99 cents a single, I can guarantee you one of [...] -
Trace Adkins To Honor United 93 Passengers; Exclusive Miranda Lambert EP; Tribute to Silverstein
Trace Adkins is scheduled to perform the national anthem at this year’s ceremony honoring the passengers who died on United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
Best Buy has an exclusive EP from Miranda Lambert today that includes “Dead Flowers” and three bonus tracks from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend that were offered by different retailers. [...] -
Kenny Chesney & Dave Matthews – “I’m Alive”
If there’s truth in the title of Chesney’s collaboration with collegiate favorite Dave Matthews, we’ll have to take his word for it: his performance here doesn’t have much of a pulse.
Granted, that’s partially by design. The subdued style suits the song’s content, which is all about taking a quiet break from life’s mayhem to appreciate [...]Continue reading "Kenny Chesney & Dave Matthews – “I’m Alive”"
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Brad Paisley Wins Big; Hank Cochran Honored; Sugarland Plans Live CD/DVD
How ’bout those CMT Awards? Calvin Gilbert has a straightforward recap of the evening. Brad Paisley won three awards, Taylor Swift rapped with T-Pain (are they releasing a crunktry album together?) and won two of her own awards. During an acceptance speech she thanked CMT for allowing her to sing with her heroes, Def Leppard. [...]
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Miranda Lambert Cozies Up With Cotton
Miranda Lambert, along with two other singers, is the new face of Cotton Inc.’s revived “The Touch, The Feel of Cotton” campaign, which was originally launched in 1989 and the melody of which was popularized by Richie Havens and Aaron Neville. The cotton website currently has a download of Lambert’s “The Fabric of Our Lives” [...]
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Caribbean and Music Provided Chesney With Therapy During Divorce
Kenny Chesney talks to Katie Cook about using the Caribbean as an escape and the somber mood looming over his life after his divorce.
The deluxe edition of Kenny Chesney’s new album, Lucky Old Sun, is scheduled to be released tomorrow and by co-producer Buddy Cannon’s account, it’s more of an introverted album. Chesney himself says [...]Continue reading "Caribbean and Music Provided Chesney With Therapy During Divorce"
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Buddy Miller Gets Cover Treatment From No Depression
No Depression plans to enshrine Buddy Miller on the cover of their last issue.
John Goodspeed gushes over the new George Strait album and says while Strait can nail a number of styles, “he really hammers western swing,” particularly the duet with Dean Dillon on “West Texas Town.” Robert Earl Keen shares writing credits with Dillon [...]Continue reading "Buddy Miller Gets Cover Treatment From No Depression"
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Legendary Songwriter Hank Cochran Talks About His Hits
Songwriters Hall of Fame member Hank Cochran was in studio with WSM radio’s Eddie Stubbs on Thursday night to discuss his legendary career in country music. On Saturday, Hank will be the inaugural guest in the Country Music Hall of Fame’s “Poets and Prophets” series which highlights the careers of the genre’s best writers. Eddie [...]
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- Steve M.: George and Tammy. After they had been drinking.
- Felipe: Terri herself said that she was re-recording The One You Love with a more stripped down version and etc, but ...
- Drew: It's nothing special, but I like it. Always a breath of fresh air to hear some actual country-sounding songs ...
- J.R. Journey: I saw the Girls Night Out Tour in 2001, but I always thought the lineup was a bit weak, especially ...
- scottbug: This SugarLand CD is a great CD --- great melodies (the most important part of a song) and great vocals ...
- Nicolas: Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, and Kellie Pickler =) Definitely my Top 3 country artists, I would love that so much. ...
- Zayn Jones: Julie Roberts & Me :) @zaynjones
- Zayn Jones: Johnny Cash, Conor Oberst & Miranda Lambert. Enough Said :) @zaynjones
- Thomas: ...that would be manipulating and not reviewing, matt.
- Patrick: on www.yourlastmusic.com you can decide which music will be played at your funeral
