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Lost Highway To Release Willie Nelson Compilation; Country’s Shrinking Middle Class
Lost Highway Records will release a 17-track Willie Nelson compilation on August 11 to celebrate his 10 years with the label. The track list was culled from nine different albums and includes three previously unreleased songs.
New releases for the week of July 14, 2009 include:
Angela Easterling – Black Top Road
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Forgotten Artists: Patsy Montana (1908-1996)
Kitty Wells may have had the first number one single for a solo female country artist, and she undoubtedly deserves her crown as the “Queen of Country Music,” but she was not the first country female to sell a million copies of a single release. That honor belongs to Patsy Montana, who in 1935, during [...]
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One Night Rodeo Voted First-Ever Next GAC Star
The band One Night Rodeo came out on top of last night’s finale of the Next GAC Star, making them the first winners of the competition. Their first single will be released on iTunes next week. Here’s a little info on the band from a press release:
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While the voice of country’s future took home this year’s big honor, a legendary voice from country music’s past scored a win for Album Of The Year. Check out the winners in The 9513's 2nd Annual Country Music Awards now!
Josh Turner's fourth album, Haywire, furthers his reputation as one of the leading men in contemporary country, a true, traditional voice in an ever-changing Nashville scene.
Having played on more than 500 albums and toured with artists that range from Hank III to Dolly Parton, Randy Kohrs has become one of the go-to musicians when there’s a need for a resophonic guitar
Sammy Kershaw – “Better Than I Used To Be”
As the title track off his upcoming album, “Better Than I Used to Be” is a straight-up look back on the career of a country music staple.
Emily West Featuring Keith Urban – “Blue Sky” Emily West turns in a gorgeous performance on “Blue Sky,” hitting notes few of her contemporaries can reach.
What does Alan Jackson like on his eggs?
Cheese and corn; he still likes bologna; a load of salsa; hens? Answers to the questions you'd never dream of asking. (
In each and every instance, the best country albums of the past ten years were built on the backs of songs -- stories about you and me from birth to death and stories that paint landscapes rooted in every region of America and beyond. These are the top country albums of the decade.Current Discussion
- Steve M.: Given that the author's permission is needed to be included in an anthology, are you saying that Bob Dylan himself ...
- Jon: Michelle, there's never anything wrong with saying "I like x." That's usually what people mean when they say "x ...
- Jon: @Steve M. Not just mine. And really, it is self evident that printing song lyrics is not reproducing ...
- Michelle: Jon, what word am I supposed to use if I can't use good?
- stormy: Jon: Because my opinion doesn't come complete with a dose of fan wanking. Also, entire courses are taught on ...
- Steve M.: Yes, because I should take your word over the editors of a prestigious series?
- Jon: Steve M. If they printed his lyrics without the music, then they did his work a disservice. Pointing ...
- Steve M.: Then you better alert the "Norton Introduction to Literature" which includes "Mr. Tambourine Man" in its section on American poetry.
- Michelle: Look, I said "I'm sorry and it was my bad!" I use to say, "ouchy" all the time(meaning good)!!
- Jon: @Steve M. Bob Dylan's a songwriter, not a poet. He didn't place his words alone on paper, he ...
