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The Stagecoach Musical Festival was a three day event that, on a grand scale, showcased what country music is today. It’s estimated that over the three day period 150,000 people showed up. I arrived on Friday with very little idea of what to expect.
As I walked into the festival, The Randy Rogers Band was playing […]

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In an effort to pump up awareness for Nashville Star John Rich attacked American Idol, saying the show infuriates him as an artist.
“You can tell when somebody’s comment was scripted. You can tell when they told an artist, ‘Wear this, and sing that, and do that.’ That’s not the way it’s going to work on […]

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Randy Owen, singer and primary songwriter for the group Alabama, is currently working on his first solo project and you’ll never believe who he has producing it–John Rich. It seems like he has his hands all over everything coming out of Nashville these days.
“Alabama, his voice, that band, was a major impact on every artist […]

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Linda from Still Is Still Moving had her blog mentioned by Willie Nelson on Bill Mack’s XM Satellite Radio show. She writes:
He gave the site address out several times: “It’s still is still moving.com. Like my song.” He said he’d never met me, but that one of his fans had made a website about him. […]

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Chris Cagle has been in the studio working on his next project. His last Top 5 hit came in 2003, so hopefully he can deliver on this one.
In a move that is bound to alienate some of his fans, Darryl Worley will be appearing nude in the July 2007 issue of Playgirl magazine. Jason […]

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Vince Gill on today’s country music:
As for the country music scene today, Vince said his only complaint is that not a lot of traditional stuff is being done. “I’m not saying you shouldn’t be contemporary, but not at the expense of our foundation,” he said.

Nashville Hype has an interesting interview with Steve Virginia. They talk […]

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After fighting the horrible Sunday afternoon traffic on I-35 we arrived at La Zona Rosa about 4:30 to find that the first acoustic set had already begun. The crowd was fairly small, but a constant buzz of chatter could be heard throughout the night. The event was more like a big party with live acts […]

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Randy Rogers appears to be right at home on stage. His eyes remained closed during the slow songs, off in his own world, an onlooker might think that nothing existed but Rogers, the mic, and his band. His mouth turns up in a slight grin at the closing of each piece as if he were […]

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I didn’t choose these albums based on guitar riffs or dissection of the lyrics, rythmn, and rhyme, because personally, I don’t know anything about all that stuff. I’m of the philosophy “it’s just good music, if you can feel it in your soul,” and that’s how I chose these albums as my personal favorites of […]

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