Tennessee Legislature Voted To Name Road In Honor of Jerry Lee Lewis
- The Tennessee legislature voted on Monday to name a stretch of road in honor of Jerry Lee Lewis.
- Country California’s C.M. Wilcox named today Unremarkable ’90s Album Cut Day and wants you to come up with the most atrocious ’90s album cut you can think of and post a Youtube link. His contribution is “Steamy Windows” from Kenny Chesney.
- Merlefest 2009 drew more than 70,000 fans over four days.
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New releases for the week of April 28, 2009 include:
- Watch Ben Kweller’s performance of “Things I Like To Do” from the Music Fog showcase at SXSW.
- Brad from Galleywinter published a lengthy recap of his musical adventures at the 21st Annual Larry Joe Taylor’s Music Festival.
- The CMT New Video Evaluation Team screened seven new videos this week, including the video for Darryl Worley’s “Sounds Like Life to Me,” which features cameos from Jamey Johnson and Tennessee Titans quarterback Kerry Collins.
- The Flatlanders earned four stars for Hills and Valleys in the new batch of albums reviews that was published at Country Weekly.
- In a Q&A with The Boot, Wynonna discloses words of wisdom that her mom shared with her before her first solo concert: “Honey, never watch sausage being made.”
- Watch video of The Greencards performing “Rivertown” live in KUT Studio 1a last week. You can listen to and download the audio here.
- Texas Music Matters listed their top ten Texas songs of all time and with the exception of ZZ Top’s “La Grange,” they’re all country songs. Nice.
- The New American Voices Tour hits College Station, TX tonight.
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April 28, 2009 at 11:38 am Permalink
With respect to new releases, the new Tanya Tucker and Jim Lauderdale duet “Love’s Gonna Live Here” is now available digitally at iTunes and Amazon.
April 28, 2009 at 11:48 am Permalink
I stick to albums for the new releases because I don’t really know where to start when it comes to tracking single/song releases, but good call.
April 28, 2009 at 11:50 am Permalink
Yeah, I know you don’t list single releases but just thought I’d mention it for anyone who is interested. I downloaded it this morning and I like it a lot. Can’t wait for the album to be released.
April 28, 2009 at 11:56 am Permalink
The NewFound Road record is rilly good; anyone with an interest in bluegrass ought to check it out.
April 28, 2009 at 1:36 pm Permalink
I love bluegrass so I will check them out for sure.
April 28, 2009 at 3:04 pm Permalink
Hey Brody – out of curiosity – what’s ya’ll’s take on the way things are going with music releases? Word is that more and more labels are doing this – “testing the waters” with a single before recording/releasing a CD –
Personally, I’ve received more and more encouragement to release singles rather than CDs. I’m thinking lately that I’ll do a combination of the 2.
April 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm Permalink
Howdy Miss Leslie!
I do love your music and I’m looking forward to your new cd :D
April 28, 2009 at 4:40 pm Permalink
I’m impressed with the Dean Brody debut album, good stuff. Jason Michael Carroll’s is pretty mediocre… there weren’t any total stinkers I didn’t even want to listen all the way through, but nothing stood out either.
April 28, 2009 at 4:43 pm Permalink
Exact same thoughts here, Drew.
April 28, 2009 at 5:30 pm Permalink
Hey, my all time favorite Texas song is Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Red Neck Mother” and it didn’t even make the list! Okay I know it doesn’t have Texas in the title or even the lyrics so it probably didn’t qualify, but still what song could possibly be more “Texas”? (Although Kevin Fowler’s “Don’t Touch My Willie” is pretty darn Texas as well.) (lol)
The fact legal download sites like Amazon offer both full album purchase downloads as well as the individual songs separately gives the potential buyer the choice. Unless I could hear the songs all the way through first how would I know which one’s to pick? Hmmm…
What no article on Stagecoach! I’ll remedy that:
http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1610114/kenny-chesney-and-brad-paisley-captivate-stagecoach-festival-crowd.jhtml
I love the comments about Kid Rock driving away all the soccer moms with their kids from the main stage area with his foul language and adult themes. I was at the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival all weekend and missed out on Stagecoach this year. Oh well….
April 28, 2009 at 8:44 pm Permalink
Sorry for this change in subject here. But I just read CMT’s Insiders interview with Taylor Swift about her tour. She will have dancers in costume for different numbers and the whole large stage will turn and change into a whole new stage for each song. How in the world do real country artists compete with that but just coming out and singing a good country song? Or perhaps is she going way over the top to cover up singing off key sometimes? Or more is this a Pop Star in a Country world?
April 28, 2009 at 9:43 pm Permalink
Vicki,
That is called the smoke and mirrors trick. It’s used to make up for a lack of real talent.
April 28, 2009 at 10:22 pm Permalink
To be fair, she might just think that this is what you do for a concert.
April 28, 2009 at 10:43 pm Permalink
Don’t know what she thinks. Why to use such heavy theatrics. This isn’t what is needed at concerts for it to be a good show.
Here is more of the piece that is on cmt
We have six dancers with us. it’s cool to have them to accent pieces like “Love Story,” where they’re completely decked out in period piece costumes. A lot of what we do onstage at this show is theatrical, so they play different parts and different characters, and it’s really fun to make it more of a theatrical show.
April 28, 2009 at 10:49 pm Permalink
This isn’t what is needed at concerts for it to be a good show.
For that matter, neither is Taylor Swift. Perhaps the dancers will provide some actual entertainment.
April 28, 2009 at 10:55 pm Permalink
Good one Razor :D
April 28, 2009 at 11:03 pm Permalink
Miss Leslie – I haven’t really formulated an opinion on it either way, but it’s been a trend that’s been occurring for a while. Major label newcomers like Ashley Monroe, Sarah Buxton and Jypsi have all had their albums shelved, or digital EPs released, after one or two singles failed to make a dent on the charts. And really, it’s not just newcomers. Jo Dee Messina recorded an album back in 2007 that continues to be pushed back, which she talked about in her interview with Jim back in December.
It’s a frustrating trend for both the fans and the artists, but it looks like one that’s here to stay. If singles fail, the best that can be hoped for is a digital release.
Rick – If you take a listen to the audio on the list of Texas songs, they start off with a snippet from “Red Neck Mother” before cutting it off to get to the real list.
By the way, an article on Stagecoach is coming.
April 29, 2009 at 12:07 am Permalink
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“This isn’t what is needed at concerts for it to be a good show.
For that matter, neither is Taylor Swift. Perhaps the dancers will provide some actual entertainment.”
I wonder if the person that made this statement has actually been to one of Swift’s concerts or if this is an opinion formed from a personal dislike of Swift or her music. If it is from actually attending a concert and listening with open mind, then I’d say its a legitimately formed opinion, if it’s based on preconceived dislike then it seems like unjustified prejudice.
April 29, 2009 at 12:18 am Permalink
I am surprised Swift doesn’t have a stripper’s pole in her show-she seems to be emulating Brittany Spears in her music. But to be fair, when your audience is 14, they don’t actually expect good music.
April 29, 2009 at 1:11 am Permalink
What’s good music to one person may be bad music to another person.
April 29, 2009 at 8:23 am Permalink
Vicki: “How in the world do real country artists compete with that but just coming out and singing a good country song?”
They come out and sing a good country song. If given the choice between going to see a mediocre talent with dancers and pyrotechnics and a real talent sitting on state with a guitar and a mic, I know where I’ll be. Particularly because people going to see Taylor Swift or any other theatrical act will be paying big bucks on tickets for those theatrics, and I can see any number of great singer/songwriter shows for $20 or less.
April 29, 2009 at 9:49 am Permalink
Isn’t the “period” for Love Story 2006?
April 29, 2009 at 10:04 am Permalink
“Particularly because people going to see Taylor Swift or any other theatrical act will be paying big bucks on tickets for those theatrics, and I can see any number of great singer/songwriter shows for $20 or less.”
You can go to Taylor Swift’s current tour shows for about $20 – at least until the resellers corner the tickets.
April 29, 2009 at 10:41 am Permalink
Brody – Since this seems to be a trend that’s here to stay, I wonder if it will make an impact on reviewers and bloggers. My hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle, doesn’t yet review singles. But I wonder if that is coming. . .
On Taylor Swift – a prominent Houstonian was quoted as saying that Taylor is “the future of country music”. I don’t agree that Taylor’s success should spark the direction of future country music, but I will have to say that she has some insightful lyrics for the 14 year old market. And she writes from a genuine place inside herself. I know this is shocking coming from me, but if I had a 14 year old, I’d be ok with her listening to Taylor Swift. . . . as long as she had some Jones and Haggard loaded in her iPod as well. . .
btw, my 9 year old daughter is a huge Beatles fan.
April 29, 2009 at 11:04 am Permalink
Miss Leslie, is the trend you’re talking about in regards to singles actually released to radio, or just individual songs released for purchase independent of an album release?
Major labels have been testing the market with single releases for awhile to see whether a full album release is warranted, but I don’t know that I’ve seen any indie artists do the same or even how much sense it would make for them, although it’d be interesting to find out.
April 29, 2009 at 11:32 am Permalink
Brody said: “Major label newcomers like Ashley Monroe, Sarah Buxton and Jypsi have all had their albums shelved, or digital EPs released, after one or two singles failed to make a dent on the charts.”
Wow, its like you were channeling my thoughts! ESP (extra snarky perception) does exist! (lol)
PS – Its just nice to se Jypsi mentioned here without some derogatory comment attached….
April 29, 2009 at 11:36 am Permalink
There wasn’t an endorsement attached either. ;)
April 29, 2009 at 11:53 am Permalink
Well, I like Jypsi, for whatever that’s worth. Good kids.
April 29, 2009 at 11:54 am Permalink
Oh, and Leslie, dunno about bloggers, but the traditional media (even in “new media” clothing) will get with it a little while after major artists start releasing singles as commercial product, not before.
April 29, 2009 at 12:38 pm Permalink
Jon: “You can go to Taylor Swift’s current tour shows for about $20 – at least until the resellers corner the tickets.”
It looks like the top ticket price for Taylor Swift is $49.50, judging by her show in S.C., with $20 getting you nosebleed seats or floor seating (with poor sight lines, likely). And even if you avoid the resellers, Ticketmaster (no better than a ticket scalper) will tack on another $10 or so for service charges. Admittedly, she’ll probably do well on this tour, but that’s still a lot of money for an average singer with a floor show.
Meanwhile, I paid 15 bucks to see Chatham County Line, Johnny Irion/Sara Lee Guthrie and a couple local bluegrass bands, and I sat wherever I wanted. That’s more my style, not to mention price range.
April 29, 2009 at 12:38 pm Permalink
Lazeras,
I don’t have to go to one of her shows to form an opinion. Watching videos of it on youtube suffices.
April 29, 2009 at 7:05 pm Permalink
Miss Leslie,
Your 9 year old is awesome!
April 29, 2009 at 7:36 pm Permalink
Good point Sam G
April 30, 2009 at 7:06 am Permalink
Sam G, the key phrase in your post there was “my style.” Me, I wouldn’t pay 50 cents to see Chatham County Line; that’s mine. My point was that it’s stretching the notion of “big bucks” to use it with regard to a $20 show ticket, even with service charges attached. Swift’s one of the hottest names in popular music right now, and a $20-$50 ticket price spread for her show is pretty dang low.
April 30, 2009 at 10:10 am Permalink
It depends how where her shows are. I checked and some are the 75 dollar range. I wouldn’t pay that to see anybody.
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