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Rucker Proves That Sometimes, The Best Marketing Is No Marketing At All
Don’t look now, but Darius Rucker, lead singer of 90s rock group Hootie & The Blowfish, has a country hit on his hands. “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” currently sits at number 14 on Billboard’s country singles chart and continues to pick up spins. What you probably haven’t heard is that Rucker [...]
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Dolly Parton Hurt By Howard Stern’s Tasteless Manipulation
Last week Howard Stern manipulated and re-edited sound clips from Dolly Parton quotes “to make it appear the singer was making racist and sexually explicit remarks about Kenny Rogers, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Carson and others.” Kristin Whittlesey says it wasn’t mildly upsetting either, it was so filthy and nasty that it can’t even be paraphrased. [...]
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Who Could Sue Country Music?
In light of 50 Cent and Universal getting sued for promoting a gangsta’ lifestyle, Mike Severson asks who could sue country music for the lifestyle it promotes? “Soccer moms? Former 70’s rock fans? The state of Texas?”
Sugarland, Little Big Town and Jake Owen all share the No. 50 song on Billboard’s Hot Country [...]
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Artists to Watch in 2008 (Part 1 of 5): On Notice
Anita Cochran. Bryan White. Mark Wills. These were a few of the names on the country music radar ten years ago. My, how times change.
Each day this week I’ll be taking a look at the artists who are poised to vie for our attention in 2008; most of them will go the way of [...]Continue reading "Artists to Watch in 2008 (Part 1 of 5): On Notice"
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October ‘07 Album Review Wrap-Up
October is over with and it seems like there was a whirlwind of new music. Some was good. The rest? Not so much. Browse through our assessments of the albums and let us know what you thought about the quality of October’s releases.
Brooks & Dunn — Cowboy Town
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Big Kenny Doing What He Can In Sudan
Tanya Tucker, who just moved from Nashville to Malibu in July, may lose her home, wardrobe, and memorabilia to wildfires that have destroyed some 200,000 acres in the area. Tucker was in Las Vegas when her daughter and four pets had to evacuate the home.
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Merle Haggard Debuts At Number 1 On Bluegrass Charts
The Politico has a great “story behind the song” type feature about how “For These Times” was written and eventually ended up on Martina McBride’s latest album, Waking Up Laughing. Inspiration is everywhere.
It begins in Pittsburgh on election night 2006. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), losing to Democrat Robert P. Casey Jr. by a wide margin, [...]Continue reading "Merle Haggard Debuts At Number 1 On Bluegrass Charts"
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“Your Confederate-Flag Boxers Were Hanging On My Grammy”
Musician, novelist, and former Texas gubernatorial hopeful Kinky Friedman talked to Nashville Scene about…politics. Who’d a thunk it? Along with Billy Joe Shaver these two guys could crank out some pretty lofty books of quotes.
Rolling Stones‘ Top 15 cheating songs as chosen by their readers.
Toby Keith scored his 23rd number 1 on the country singles [...]Continue reading "“Your Confederate-Flag Boxers Were Hanging On My Grammy”"
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Rissi Palmer – “Country Girl”
Rissi Palmer is a fine addition to the very small group of contemporary female Country vocalists who actually sound Country. That’s how any review of her debut single, “Country Girl,” should begin.
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“Categories Are Bleeding Together, And People Are Just Listening To Music”
While perusing the Galleywinter forums I came across a link to a great article on the Hampden-Sydney College website about Drew Kennedy from back in 2002 and 2003. The article says that:
For his senior thesis, Drew traced the origins of west Texas country music and combined his research with his own talents as a singer [...]Continue reading "“Categories Are Bleeding Together, And People Are Just Listening To Music”"
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