Posts Tagged ‘georgia’

Luke Bryan interview

Former farm boy Luke Bryan kicks off his Farm Tour later this month in Jacksonville, FL, but this time it’s about more than just promoting his second album, Doin’ My Thing – it’s also about giving back. Country Music Pride: Your Farm Tour charity campaign to give back to organizations in farming...

October 5th, 2009 | Features, Interviews | Read More

Gloriana

Country can be hip. And country can be tech-savvy. We all know this, of course, but thanks to the newest generation of pop-country artists, soon the whole world will know. Gloriana, the fresh-faced quartet who gained incredible fan momentum this summer opening for Taylor Swift, is a clear example:...

August 21st, 2009 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More

Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ “The Great American Bubble Factory” Vintage Earth/Thirty Tigers

From the title, it’s a little hard to know what to expect from Drivin’ N’ Cryin’s first album in 12 years, but opener “Detroit City,” makes it clear they still like to turn it up, with front man Kevn Kinney sounding a bit like Bon Scott. Paying tribute to Detroit, referencing local bands...

August 19th, 2009 | Features, Record Reviews | Read More

Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ to release their first record in twelve years “GREAT AMERICAN BUBBLE FACTORY,” September 29TH

“Crunching hard rock is the drivin’ part, brittle countryish balladry the cryin’, with the two linked by a heavy dose of Led Zeppelinphilia. If Paul Westerberg had grown up worshiping Angus Young instead of Alex Chilton, the Replacements might sound something like this youthful Atlanta...

July 21st, 2009 | Release Dates | Read More

Colt Ford Interview

If you’ve never heard of him, you’ve GOT to check him out. Up and coming artist Colt Ford is putting a new kind of country on the map and it is full throttle! Far from mainstream pop-country, he mixes down-home, country lyrics with a hip-hop vocal style that’s definitely worth a listen. His current...

July 15th, 2009 | Interviews | Read More

STAGECOACH 2009

April 25th, April 26th Indio, Ca. Kenney Chesney Kid Rock Little Big Town Miranda Lambert Earl Scruggs Lady Antebellum Jerry Jeff Walker Ralph Stanley Kevin Costner & Modern West Zac Brown Band + 26 others Deep in California’s armpit lies the hot and uninviting town of Indio, host city of Stagecoach,...

June 28th, 2009 | Concert & Tour Reviews | Read More

The Zac Brown Band "The Foundation" Atlantic

by Derek Payseur The Zac Brown Band’s third album, The Foundation, is an eclectic mix of songs that range from island-style country and slow-paced ballads to feel-good radio-friendly hits and finger picking southern-fried bluegrass. When listening to the album, it is obvious that Zac Brown and his...

November 22nd, 2008 | Record Reviews | Read More

Centro-matic/South San Gabriel – interview

by Brad Tucker The easy misconception when one first encounters Centro-matic and South San Gabriel is that they are the same band; both are led by guitarist and singer Will Johnson, and South San Gabriel’s line-up features all four Centro-matic members, plus two. The groups are touring together for...

November 20th, 2008 | Interviews | Read More

Charlie Daniels

interview by Mike Hennessey Charlie Daniels, “Preachin’, Prayin’, Singin’” – Blue Hat Records, 2008 Charlie Daniels arrived in Nashville in 1967 with a wife, child, and a literal twenty dollar bill in his pocket. In a few short years, he was lending his fiddle to...

November 18th, 2008 | Favorites, Interviews | Read More

Old Crow Medicine Show

by Jesse Hill On September 23rd, Old Crow Medicine Show will release their third album Tennessee Pusher, a beautifully cinematic and empathetic album about a people and from a people, the American people, the people from which this musical tradition is sprung. After going into the lost alleys and forgotten...

September 20th, 2008 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More