The King of Country Music continues to reign. George Strait has managed to release 89 singles, rope 57 number ones and ride a 30 plus year career of stellar success. Strait has sold 69 million records, holds the most RIAA platinum certifications in country music – the third in all genres, snuggled comfortably behind the […]
Record-breaking summertime temps aren’t the only thing causing heat-related dangers. There’s a hot single, a cool artist, a rising video and an upcoming album creating a tsunami of burning concern. It’s Jake Owen and “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”. And there’s more . . . Jake just released the scintillating “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” album cover […]
Randy Montana and Mercury Nashville release an artist, a sound and a self-titled debut album July 26, 2011 that might “cling to the rough edges of country’s musical highway” but holds on strong as a singer, a songwriter and a signature sound to scale the heights and hit the summit. Born to famous songwriter Billy […]
In mid 2010 amidst a rising Smoke A Little Smoke Eric Church decided to hunker down in a Carolina cabin to clear the cobwebs and get clarity on the creative direction of his next project, his third studio album. He imported some top shelf inspiration, focused on songwriting and emerged with the direction and eventual […]
Walking through the parking lot of the San Manuel Amphitheater before a Tim McGraw Emotional Traffic Tour show, one would never guess that they were in Southern California. With country tunes blasting, beer cans on the ground and girls dressed up like country queens, you’d liken the scene more to a NASCAR race in Bristol, […]
Anyone meandering through Boston Friday evening, July 8, 2011 who heard threatening rumbles of what sounded like an earthquake need not be concerned. The explosion was country superstar Keith Urban delivering a two hour, hard-rockin’ country music performance of seismic proportion. No, I Don’t Think Hank Done It That Way ! but Boston’s sure glad […]
The Prelude The totality of the tale wrapped in the jacket of From This Moment On took my breath away. I initially had a difficult time putting pen to paper and wondered what justice I could possibly give to this phenomenal person, artist and story. From This Moment On is by no means a story […]
Ashton Shepherd – Look It Up. You’ll find a foot-stompin’, hell-raisin, guitar-pickin’ woman hailing from a plot of land called Leroy, Alabama that has less of a population than my high school class. But perhaps that’s the mascot for “less is more” because Leroy, Alabama, The Pickin’ Shed and Ashton Shepherd is Where Country Grows […]
Jake Owen cannonballs into the summer song waters with a big splash ! Barefoot Blue Jean Night, the title cut from Jake’s upcoming third studio album, is the fastest rising single of Jake’s hot career. But the song, the singer and the summer are just heating up. Jake has just finished putting his hard-working, playful […]
There’s no denying Boston loves its tailgating. It’s serious business and everyone plays their part. The moment an artist is announced, what qualifies as strategic event planning kicks into high gear. Beginning with parking lot layout, there’s the props, mascots, makeshift bars and drinking tables hosting all sorts of illegal activity. Barbeques are hot, coolers […]
