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Your Take: That Je Ne Sais Quoi
Craig Bickhardt, the author of blog Ninety Mile Wind, updated his site this week with a post titled “All the Spells,” about that elusive je ne sais quoi our favorite songs have about them. Bickhardt knows a thing or two about songwriting (his own tunes have been recorded by Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, B. B. [...]
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Ray Price Recovering From Surgery; Luke Bryan Premiers Video; Speculation On New Tim McGraw Music
Ray Price is currently recovering from his surgery on June 23rd to remove precancerous polyps from his colon.
In this week’s Quotable Country, C.M. Wilcox highlighted the following exchange between Bryan Adams and Jason Adlean from their recent CMT Crossroads episode:
Bryan Adams: You guys are a full-on rock band. There’s nothing country about what’s going on [...] -
Pre-Order Radney Foster CD and Preview Zac Brown Band’s ‘Toes’
Radney Foster’s new album, Revival, is available for pre-order and the first 1,000 fans to do so will receive a free five-song EP. The new CD will be released on Sept. 1 and includes collaborations with Dierks Bentley and Darius Rucker.
Congrats to Lanibug, Stormy and Nicole for picking up a copy of Ray Charles‘ Modern [...]Continue reading "Pre-Order Radney Foster CD and Preview Zac Brown Band’s ‘Toes’"
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Blaine Larsen Joins New Treehouse Records; George Strait To Open Cedar Park Center
Blaine Larsen is the first artist signed to new label Treehouse Records.
David Brown profiled Hayes Carll for Texas Music Matters and introduced the acclaimed songwriter before a performance at Austin City Limits’ ‘Studio 6B,’ which is available for download.
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Experience the Genius of Ray Charles (Free Music)
Released in 1962, Ray Charles’ Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is considered a landmark album in American music history, with CMT ranking it #2 on a list of 40 Greatest Albums and Rolling Stone naming it as one of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003. Both volumes, 1 and 2, [...]
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John Rich Booted From Cafe; New Release List; Performers Added to CMT Awards
John Rich was booted from Cafe Coco early this morning after a server asked him to surrender his beer during a Roger Miller song.
…when the server went to grab the beer, John snatched it up first and threw it over the fence into the street — right in front of the police sergeant. You can [...]Continue reading "John Rich Booted From Cafe; New Release List; Performers Added to CMT Awards"
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Sugarland Leads CMT Music Awards; New Release List; Rhonda Vincent Bugs Out
The final round of nominees for the 2009 CMT Music Awards has been announced and voting is open. Sugarland leads with five nominations while Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift follow with four each.
New releases for the week of May 19, 2009 include:
Ashley Monroe – Satisfied
Amazon | iTunes | MySpaceCraig Duncan – King of Western Swing
Amazon [...]Continue reading "Sugarland Leads CMT Music Awards; New Release List; Rhonda Vincent Bugs Out"
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Toby Keith Confronts Music Journalist Peter Cooper
The current issue of Rolling Stone has a profile of Kris Kristofferson in which actor Ethan Hawke recalled a confrontation between Kristofferson and an unnamed country singer at Willie Nelson’s 70th birthday party in 2003. The Tennessean then ran a story about that story and identified the unnamed singer as Toby Keith. However, a furious [...]
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Kenny Chesney Performed Intimate Show For Exit/In Crowd
Kenny Chesney played most of his hits and then some at a four-hour private show at the Exit/In in Nashville last Monday night. Joining him were songwriters like Craig Wiseman and David Lee Murphy along with special guests Brad Paisley and Peter Cooper. Music City TV and the CMT Blog have you covered on the [...]
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Wanda Jackson Rocks Her Way To Hall of Fame Honors
Country-rockabilly star Wanda Jackson will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on April 4.
“There are a lot of other halls of fame, and I’m in a lot of others around the whole world, but we all know that this is the big one,” she said. “I’m thrilled to be [...]Continue reading "Wanda Jackson Rocks Her Way To Hall of Fame Honors"
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