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Walk the Line: Extended Cut DVD Scheduled for March
- 20th Century Fox scheduled the release of an extended edition of Walk the Line for March 25. Among the extra features is an additional 17 minutes of footage.
- Josh Turner’s “Firecracker” narrowly beat out LeAnn Rimes’ “Nothin’ Better to Do” in the fight for the top spot on Club Connections’ Top Ten Club And Dance Hits Of 2007.
- The Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo lineup includes Randy Rogers, Rodney Atkins, Gretchen Wilson, Willie Nelson, Tracy Lawrence, Miranda Lambert, George Jones, Clay Walker, Joe Nichols, Jason Aldean, and Kevin Fowler. Tickets go on sale this Friday, and depending on costs I’m anxious to catch a few of those shows myself.
- In the current issue of Shape magazine Carrie Underwood reveals thats she gained 20 pounds during her stint on American Idol, plus the magazine’s website has a few tunes that she supposedly “rocks out to.”
- Neither Merle Haggard or Del McCoury will come out and say that Haggard’s The Bluegrass Sessions is a bluegrass album. Haggard says he’ll leave it up to the people to decide. Aside from that, Bob Doerschuk has an interesting article about the song selection and recording process used for the album.
- John Walker says that Jason Eady & The Wayward Apostles’ Wild Eyed Serenade is roots based music at its best.
- Taylor Swift will be joining Rascal Flatts on tour in 2008 and will be releasing a studio sessions EP exclusively for iTunes. “Among the eight songs on the collection are live acoustic versions of ‘Our Song,’ ‘Teardrops on My Guitar,’ and ‘A Place in This World.’”
- Eric Church got married last week in a private ceremony at the Westglow Spa and Resort in his home state of North Carolina.
- Garth Brooks and Troy Aikman got their butts handed to them by the young patients at Cook Children’s Medical Center while playing video games. The two superstars were on hand to “unveil an updated therapeutic playroom for patients called the Zone Playroom.” After the video games Brooks turned to an old fashioned card game of Go Fish.
- In his Q&A with C. Eric Banister Russel Moore of IIIrd Tyme Out fame says that they’re looking to get back in the studio to record some new material and one of the songs that they’re looking at pretty heavily is an old Marty Robbins song. Unfortunately the song in question isn’t revealed, but yesterday Rounder Records released a compilation album titled Footprints: A IIIrd Tyme Out Collection that contains material from the five years the band spent with Rounder along with two previously unreleased songs.
- Kelly shared a link with a bunch of mp3 files from a Doug Sahm concert in Austin, TX in 1972 featuring Jerry Garcia and Leon Russell.
Goodawesome stuff. - Live version of Ryan Bingham performing “Don’t Wait For Me”. (via Galleywinter)
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Miranda Lambert - “More Like Her” This kind of material, as opposed to her tough-chick-done-wrong romps like “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and “Gunpowder and Lead,” is where her real promise lies
Joey Rory - “Cheater, Cheater” It’s actually downright frivolous, but that just makes it all the more fun. And really, are you allowed to say “ho” on country radio?
Josh Gracin - “Unbelievable (Ann Marie)” Despite initial marketing that touted the album as deep and personal, “Unbelievable (Ann Marie)” is anything but deep or personal.
Josh Turner - "Everything Is Fine" Turner is the rare example of an artist who records material that’s both quality and trademark.
Darryl Worley - "Tequila On Ice" A groovy mid-tempo that sways, a refreshing reprieve from the exhausting pace of a format that clamors for loud music and swelling choruses.
Blake Shelton - "She Wouldn't Be Gone" It’s all about nailing the melody rather than providing a legitimate interpretation that accentuates the lyrical content, although Shelton does do a pretty good job of injecting what limited emotion he can.
In Memory of Don Helms (1927 - 2008) Helms dated back to a time when an excellent four or five piece band and a good singer were all that were needed to make great country music. No drums, no light shows, no production tricks in the recording studio–just good music.
Don’t look now, but Darius Rucker, lead singer of 90s rock group Hootie & The Blowfish, has a country hit on his hands. What you probably haven’t heard is that Rucker is the first black artist to chart a single in the country top 20 since Charley Pride last did it in 1988.
News that former Sugarland member and co-founder Kristen Hall is suing her ex-mates, to the tune of $1.5 million, goes a long way towards providing a bit of context regarding the Atlanta singer/songwriter’s sudden departure from the group.
Forgotten Artist: Wynn Stewart Both Buck Owens and Merle Haggard have cited Wynn Stewart as a major influence on their careers, yet somehow, he was never able to translate his enormous talent into extended and consistent success for himself.
Forgotten Artist: David Rogers David Rogers (1936-1993) is proof of the adage that it’s great to be on a major label, but only if the label is truly behind you.
In this exclusive interview with The 9513, the Show Dog Records trio talks about growing up around Waylon and Jessi Colter, and about how those experiences have helped shaped their music as they set off on their own country music journey.
One of an emerging wave of artists empowered by decreasing production costs and a rapidly changing distribution landscape, Kelleigh Bannen has taken a do-it-yourself approach to her debut album, Radio Skies.Tagged In This Article
Carrie Underwood // Eric Church // Garth Brooks // IIIrd Tyme Out // Jason Eady // Johnny Cash // Josh Turner // LeAnn Rimes // Marty Robbins // Merle Haggard // Ryan Bingham // Taylor Swift
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January 16, 2008 at 12:58 pm Permalink
-Gosh Darn, that Kelly is generous!!
-Any Ryan Bingham Video is Good Video.
-Any C. Eric Bannister Interview/Article is worth clicking over!
-Jason Eady is poised to be 2008’s Adam Hood or Drew Kennedy style breakout artist. He gives Texas Music another soulful and eclectic sound without worrying about being a “Texas guy”.
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