Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

Buddy Jewell dishes on Nashville Star and working in Music City

Buddy Jewell dishes on Nashville Star and working in Music City
Fans fell in love with Buddy Jewell on Nashville Star crowning him their favorite in 2002.  Success was a long time cominʼ for the entertainer who battled rejection for many years on Music Row. That rejection immediately turned into overnight success, and winning the show secured Buddy a record deal....
August 17th, 2010 | Interviews | Read More

Australia’s McClymonts make their American debut Aug. 17

Australia’s McClymonts make their American debut Aug. 17
Australian trio the McClymonts are making their American debut on Aug. 17 when they release their certified gold Australian album, “Chaos and Bright Lights,” in the United States. Recorded in Nashville, sisters Brooke, Mollie and Sam worked with record producer Adam Anders, who has also...
August 8th, 2010 | Interviews | Read More

The Infamous Stringdusters Fly High

The Infamous Stringdusters Fly High
With fingers flying across acoustic strings and a sound blending the finest traditions of American bluegrasss with the aesthetic sensibilities of the contemporary music, the Infamous Stringdusters embody today’s young, hip bluegrass scene. And with the release of their third album, Things That Fly,...
July 19th, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Merle Haggard: Country Music Traditionalist, Internet Prophet

Merle Haggard: Country Music Traditionalist, Internet Prophet
In April 2010, Merle Haggard’s latest album, I Am What I Am hit stores and radio stations around the nation. Amid the smooth, polished, heavily produced (some would say overly-produced) opus of much of the modern Nashville sound, I Am What I Am was like a revelation — a voice and sound that seemed...
July 16th, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

10 Questions with Coy Bowles from Zac Brown Band

10 Questions with Coy Bowles from Zac Brown Band
The motto is: Do what you love, love what you do. That certainly seems to be the way the members of Grammy-Award winning Zac Brown Band look at life. The band’s debut album, The Foundation, is platinum certified, and played a big role in landing the boys with a Best New Artist award in 2009. Their...
July 16th, 2010 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More

Charlie Daniels’ Real America

Charlie Daniels’ Real America
To the world at large, no musician epitomizes country music more than Charlie Daniels. His name is shorthand for epic fiddle playing. His albums are country music classics. Not only is “Devil Went Down to Georgia” one of the most widely recognized country music songs in the world, it is the...
July 16th, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Spotlight on Megan McCormick – “Honest Words”

Spotlight on Megan McCormick – “Honest Words”
Out of the wilds of Idaho and Alaska, Megan McCormick has settled in Nashville. Her fiery debut, Honest Words, hits you from the opener, “Shiver”, a down-and-dirty song of obsession and addiction, and never lets up. McCormick packs quite a punch with her gorgeous and powerful voice (somewhere between...
June 21st, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Jim Avett Talks About Family, Nashville, New CD “Tribes”

Jim Avett Talks About Family, Nashville, New CD “Tribes”
When asked about his plans for Father’s Day, Jim Avett simply said, “Not a thing. There’s nothing special about Father’s Day as far as I’m concerned. I get the gift of being a daddy every day.” If you’re ever lucky enough to spend an hour talking with this...
June 19th, 2010 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More

12 Questions with Derek Hoke

12 Questions with Derek Hoke
Twelve is an iconic number. There were the 12 Tribes of Israel, there are 12 eggs in a dozen, and 12-step programs. Twelve is also a sublime mathematical number, there are 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 disciples of Christ, 12 months in a year, 12 strikes to a perfect game in bowling . . . we could go on...
June 13th, 2010 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More

John McEuen – “Workingman’s Banjo”

John McEuen – “Workingman’s Banjo”
No doubt, John McEuen is a lot of things to a lot of people.  He’s a multi-instrumentalist, founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, solo artist, producer, documentarian, film scorer, concert promoter, and XM radio host.  In addition to being a husband and father of six, he’s also a close...
June 12th, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

EXCLUSIVE: Whiskey & Co. “Rust Colors” album stream, plus interview

EXCLUSIVE: Whiskey & Co. “Rust Colors” album stream, plus interview
Here at Country Music Pride, we appreciate the finer things in life. We love whiskey, and we love good company. So naturally, we’d love a band called Whiskey & Company. And it turns out Whiskey & Co. loves us –– so much in fact that Country Music Pride is exclusively streaming their...
June 1st, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Q&A: Blackberry Smoke

Q&A: Blackberry Smoke
The faint aroma of incense eased through the air of Nashville’s Mercy Lounge as the five longhaired, Skynyrd-esque rockers of Blackberry Smoke took the stage. Often cited as “Too Country for Rock, Too Rock for Country”, Blackberry Smoke delivered a foot stompin’, lighter-wavin’, ‘hell...
May 29th, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Truth & Salvage Co.

Truth & Salvage Co.
Every so often you come across a band whose music sort of reaches out and shakes hands with your soul. That’s just what the music of LA’s own Truth & Salvage Co. did to me. It’s a nice feeling, too, considering the vastly diluted pool of modern Americana rock bands fending for a spot on my...
May 24th, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Colt Ford Interview

Colt Ford Interview
With his second album launching tomorrow, Colt Ford took some time out to talk to Country Music Pride, about life, music and everything in-between. Staying true to his roots while he reinvents a new sound in a city that can be stubborn with its rules, Colt Ford brings fresh insights and enthusiasm...
April 22nd, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Interview: Bucky Covington

Interview: Bucky Covington
When someone comes of age in a town with a name like Rockingham, North Carolina, you’d better hope they can live up to that reputation. Bucky Covington has been Rockingham’s finest Ambassador of Rock since long before his stint on Season 5 of American Idol, and you’d best believe...
April 17th, 2010 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More

7 questions with Luke Bryan

7 questions with Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan sure is a busy man. Born and raised in Leesburg, Georgia, he graduated from high school and went off to Georgia Southern University, where he worked on his songwriting, played shows and self-released his own album. After moving to Nashville, Bryan signed with Capitol Records, released...
April 14th, 2010 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More

David Nail hopes for first win at ACM Awards

David Nail hopes for first win at ACM Awards
From Missouri to Music City, you could say MCA recording artist David Nail has come quite a long way. On Sunday, April 18, Nail will find himself in the audience at the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, in Las Vegas, waiting patiently to see if he scored a win for Single Record of the Year...
April 13th, 2010 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More

James Otto Video

James Otto Video
James Otto made some time for Country Music Pride while playing at Viejas Casino in San Diego County in March. Otto was the headliner for a KSON radio show, and as always, was a crowd pleaser. Steel Magnolia and Danielle Tucker opened for the father to be! The award winning entertainer sat down with...
April 11th, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

When legends return: Jason & The Scorchers

When legends return: Jason & The Scorchers
When Jason Ringenberg strutted into Nashville in 1981, he didn’t imagine his idea of combining modern punk rock and traditional country would later land his band, Jason & The Scorchers, one of country music’s most prestigious awards. “It could have gone in a lot of different directions,”...
April 2nd, 2010 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Drive-By Truckers Make Their Highest Debut Ever !

Drive-By Truckers Make Their Highest Debut Ever !
#22 ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 CHART #1 ON THE INDIE CHART “America’s greatest rock band.”  Billboard “Drive-By Truckers are the best rock band in America.” CNN.com New York, NY – Drive-By Truckers’ The Big To-Do debuted at #22, the band’s highest debut ever, on the...
March 31st, 2010 | Features, Interviews, Tours | Read More
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