Articles By: Lindsay Eanet

When Lindsay Eanet was 10 years old, she heard The Beatles' "I Am The Walrus" for the first time and it totally blew her mind. Ever since then, she's had an almost compulsory love of All Things Rock (And Country), to the point where she's even publicly defended Garth Brooks's "Chris Gaines" phase. She's currently finishing up her journalism degree at the University of Missouri, where she used to run the campus arts and entertainment magazine, MOVE, and got to interview lots of neat people, from Ted Leo to Tab Benoit. In addition to being a staff writer and social networking maven for CountryMusicPride.com, Lindsay's work has been featured in In These Times, Soundcheck Magazine, Vox Magazine (Columbia, Mo.) and McSweeney's.net. When not writing until her fingers start to cramp, Lindsay can usually be found enjoying live music, watching football (both American football and real football, which you Yankees call "soccer") or making her notorious seven-layer dip.http://lindsayeanet.wordpress.com/ (Personal/Professional blog) http://www.twitter.com/lindsayeanet (Twitter)1. The nicest thing you've ever done? My freshman year of college, on Valentine's Day, I set up a display in the lounge of our dorm with all my floormates' pictures on index cards, each with a few sentences about what I loved about them. 2. Favorite band 10 years ago, favorite band today? The answer to this will forever be the same: The Beatles. 3. How do you roll? Backwards somersault.

The Drive-By Truckers’ Balancing Act

Decades ago, idealistic youths dreamed of running off to the circus, becoming nomads taming lions and walking on wires. Today, alt-country grassroots heroes Drive-By Truckers are living the dream of the modern-day circus as part of a touring rock ‘n’ roll band. More than a decade after their formation...

March 5th, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

OMG, the Bonnaroo Lineup.

Seriously. Look at this lineup. It speaks for itself. * Dave Matthews Band * Kings of Leon * Stevie Wonder * Jay-Z * Tenacious D * Weezer * The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform “Dark Side of the Moon” * The Dead Weather * Damian Marley and Nas * Phoenix * Norah Jones * Michael...

February 10th, 2010 | Features | Read More

Zac Brown Band Takes Us Deep Inside the Grammys

It’s been a banner award season so far for up-and-coming country bands. First CMP BFFs Gloriana outshine Lady Gaga and Kid CuDi at the AMAs and, on January 31, the Zac Brown Band’s chicken-fried charm led them to a Best New Artist win at the Grammys. Check out this video, where the band...

February 8th, 2010 | Appearances, Features | Read More

Coachella Lineup Open Thread

Look at this Coachella lineup. ^ The Avett Brothers. The Dead Weather. Les Claypool. Shooter Jennings. Them Crooked Vultures. Frightened Rabbit. She & Him. Freaking Pavement. Yeah, I think we can get behind this. Who are you excited for at this year’s Coachella Music And Arts Festival? Who...

January 20th, 2010 | Features | Read More

Blame it on the Mistletoe: A Very CMP Christmas

At Country Music Pride, we love the holidays. We love all holidays. Any excuse to be happy is a good one. And one of our big guilty pleasures (and I’m sure it’s yours, too) is seasonal Christmas music, so our gift to you this year is our holiday playlist. Taylor Swift – “Last Christmas” T-Swift...

December 21st, 2009 | Features | Read More

Review: Gloriana, The Blue Note (Columbia, Missouri) – 12/9/09

For a band as media-savvy as country quartet Gloriana (now a quintet with the addition of bassist Zack Brindisi), and one that has done a pretty excellent job of conquering Twitter and YouTube, it seems only fitting that their show at The Blue Note in Columbia, Mo. would begin with the audience whipping...

December 10th, 2009 | Features | Read More

The 2010 Lilith Fair Lineup is Kind of Awesome.

Remember Lilith Fair? The Sarah McLachlan-curated touring festival/gathering of womanly vibes that took America by storm in the ’90s? Well, it’s back. And we’re excited. The festival, which includes female artists from the rock, pop, country, folk, hip-hop and R&B worlds coming...

December 10th, 2009 | Features | Read More

Oh snap, we’re BreakThru Radio’s Blog of the Week!

Country Music Pride was BreakThru Radio’s Blog of the Week! Naturally, we’re stoked. Jason played DJ this week on BreakThru Radio’s “Anatomy of a Blogger,” discussed the history of the site with the BTR team and spun choice new tracks from Elliott Brood, Silver Jews, Curtis...

December 7th, 2009 | Fans, Features | Read More

That Band Billy Bob Thornton is In is Touring Again

That’s right, friends. William Robert Thornton, of Sling Blade fame, is going back on the road with his rockabilly band, The Boxmasters. Fun fact: he goes by “Bud” while on tour. The group is touring on their last album, Modbilly, which topped the Americana Radio Chart for two weeks,...

December 1st, 2009 | Features | Read More

T-Swift, Gloriana Big Winners at AMAs (American Music Awards Open Thread)

Clearly, a lot of Gloriana fans have pretty large text message phone plans. The harmony-heavy quartet won the T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award at last night’s American Music Awards and beat pop juggernauts Kid CuDi and Lady Gaga for the award. The award, whose winner was determined by the number...

November 23rd, 2009 | Features | Read More