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Jason Michael Carroll Leaves Record Label; Dove Awards Nominees Announced; Johnny Bush Celebrates 75 Years
Jason Michael Carroll updated his Twitter account to let fans know that his label gave him the boot: “Unfortunately, Arista & I have decided to go our seperate ways! They called & said that they would be moving forward without me!”
DFW.com’s Preston Jones and DC9 at Night’s Noah W. Bailey reviewed a recent Merle Haggard [...] -
An Alternate Take on the Decade’s Best Country Albums
The 9513, Country Universe and (no doubt) other websites and publications are busy finalizing and publishing their Best Albums of the Decade lists. It is, of course an impossible task as there are hundreds of country and bluegrass albums issued each year, amounting to thousands of albums released during the last decade. When we add [...]
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Great Country Songs from the 1970s, Pt. 1
This is meant neither to be a comprehensive list of great country songs from the 1970s, nor any sort of ranking of records; It’s just a list of some songs that I liked and remember. See if you recall any of these records
“Cowboy Convention” – Buddy Alan
A silly record with some great [...]Continue reading "Great Country Songs from the 1970s, Pt. 1"
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George Strait Will Headline Debut Concert At New Dallas Cowboys Stadium
Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, selected George Strait to headline the debut concert of Dallas’ new $1.1 billion stadium on June 6. Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton and Julianne Hough will round out the lineup.
Carrie Underwood isn’t as inconspicuous as she’d like to be, which makes for a funny video of her ducking out [...]Continue reading "George Strait Will Headline Debut Concert At New Dallas Cowboys Stadium"
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Junior Brown Modeling New Show After 1960s Country Music Programs
Word has it that guit-steel inventor Junior Brown shot three pilot episodes for the Junior Brown Show last Tuesday. Negotiations with possible outlets are just beginning, but the show is modeled after country music programs from the 1960s like The Porter Wagoner Show. “Along with selections from Brown’s catalog, each episode also spotlights a different [...]
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John Rich Announces Get Rich Talent Search
Beginning on March 31st and taking place on the last Monday of every month afterwards, John Rich will host the Get Rich Talent Search. Ten unsigned artists will show up to be judged by celebrity judges for a chance to win cash prizes for first, second, and third place.
The decision to fire the police officer [...]Continue reading "John Rich Announces Get Rich Talent Search"
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Chris LeDoux To Encore With “Ridin’ For A Fall” Video
Capitol Nashville/EMI will honor the legacy of Chris LeDoux on April 29th with a new CD/DVD collection titled Classic Chris LeDoux.
Among the 15 audio tracks and 15 videos on the new collection are LeDoux’s “Bang A Drum” with Jon Bon Jovi, “Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy” with Garth Brooks, and the music video for [...]Continue reading "Chris LeDoux To Encore With “Ridin’ For A Fall” Video"
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Songs About Prisoners Waitin’ Around To Die
Country Music is concerned with topics like life and death, sin and salvation, and the experience of the outsider and the lower classes. It should come as no surprise then that many fine country songs feature prisoners waiting to die. Here are 10 of the finest.
10. “They’re Hanging Me Tonight” – Johnny [...]
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Steve Holy Held At Gunpoint After Late Night Game of Foosball
Inviting strangers over to play foosball in your garage after a night of drinking can be very dangerous, even if said strangers are off-duty police officers. Just ask Steve Holy, who had a gun held to the back of his head. The situation escalated when Holy failed to provide sufficient evidence about his identity to [...]
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Bruce Robison Picks A Couple Of Songs From Latest EP He Hopes Get Covered
It seems like I’m always linking to a John Goodspeed article. This time his article prefaces Bruce Robison’s appearance at John T. Floore’s Country Store tonight. When talking about songs that get cut from albums before they’re released, Robison says:
“It hurts,” Robison said. “Believe me, I’m not crying. But it’s just one of the things [...]Continue reading "Bruce Robison Picks A Couple Of Songs From Latest EP He Hopes Get Covered"
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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
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