Posts Tagged ‘music’

Review: Jamey Johnson’s new album, “The Guitar Song”

With his latest album, The Guitar Song, Jamey Johnson once again proves that honest, authentic country music is still alive and well. The double album is a breath of fresh air in the sea of slick, corporate “country” acts currently dominating the airwaves. The Guitar Song harks back to the...

September 1st, 2010 | Album Reviews, Music | Read More

CMA nominations announced

Today, on “Good Morning America,” country music stars Dierks Bently and Miranda Lambert announced the star-studded lineup of country artists nominated for the coveted Country Music Association Awards. Lambert led the crowd with nine nominations. Lady Antebellum — who recently wowed the...

September 1st, 2010 | Features, Music, News | Read More

Snag a copy of Trace Adkins’ new album

Trace Adkins, country music’s American badass, released his new album, Cowboy’s Back in Town, last week. He’s no stranger to charting No. 1 hits like “Ladies Love Country Boys” and “You’re Gonna Miss This,” so don’t pass up an opportunity to score...

August 23rd, 2010 | Contests | Read More

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

Ty Herndon opens up about drug addiction, new album

Ty Herndon’s Country music career has seen its share of ups and downs, a fact the No. 1 hit singer and songwriter discusses frankly in the Aug. 16 issue of Country Weekly magazine, on stands now. With a new album titled Journey On released in June, Herndon reveals to Country Weekly that the subject...

August 13th, 2010 | Features | Read More

Fox debuts American Country Awards Dec. 6

Fox TV Network has announced it will host its first-ever country music awards — dubbed the American Country Awards (ACAs) — on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas. The show will be run by Teen Choice Awards producer Bob Bain, and will be completely fan-voted. The American Country Awards joins the ranks of three...

August 6th, 2010 | Features | Read More

Book Review: Rosanne Cash – Composed (a memoir)

Rosanne Cash, firstborn child of country music icon Johnny Cash and his first wife Vivian, was a writer long before she became a musician, singer and songwriter. A light went on with the assignment of a seventh-grade English project for which she created an original metaphor. When revisiting that moment...

July 26th, 2010 | Features | Read More

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

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

3 Cheers for Zac Brown Band ‘Pass the Jar’ DVD

Whether it’s for the booze or an overall good time, they always come to party. There is nothing more amazing than watching Zac Brown Band perform. And while you can capture a glimpse of their talent by seeing them live, unless you’re truly studying their every move, you’ve probably...

July 14th, 2010 | Album Reviews, Concert Reviews, Music | Read More

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

Win Free Copies of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s New CD!

We love Mary Chapin Carpenter’s new CD, The Age of Miracles. Judging by the emails we’ve gotten here and the many comments over at our No Depression page, fans are also excited. In case you missed it, people are saying wonderful things about her music: …a mostly quiet album, yet luckily...

June 19th, 2010 | Contests, Features | Read More

The Higgins – Dreamers Like Us

Talented trio of John, Eileen and Kathleen Higgins offer a pleasing array of new material on Dreamers Like Us, released June 8, 2010 on Open Road Recordings. The Higgins have teamed up with some very skilled writers on this album, including Liz Rose, who wrote “White Horse” by Taylor Swift, and...

June 18th, 2010 | Album Reviews | Read More

David Nail tries ‘Making the Team’ with the St. Louis Cards

David nail swings and … well, you’ll see how he does trying out for the St. Louis Cardinals, during his “Making the Team” series airing at CMT.com. The webisodes feature Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, Mark McGwire and new music by David Nail. Watch all five episodes at CMT.com,...

June 16th, 2010 | Features | Read More

CMT Awards: From a local’s point of view

I won’t say I wasn’t star-struck, because that would be a lie. But I was star-struck from a distance, across the span of an arena, separated by a hundred yards of teeming, screaming fans. And I was star-struck in a way that only happens when you know you might see one of these people any given day...

June 12th, 2010 | Features, News | Read More

NBC News Anchor Brian Williams A Big Deer Tick Fan

BREAKING NEWS! This just in, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is a huge Deer Tick fan — he considers them to be “a great band.” (OK, so this isn’t “breaking news” — we just couldn’t resist.) Back in April, Williams interviewed Deer Tick on MSNBC’s...

June 8th, 2010 | Artists, Features, News | Read More

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.

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

Brooks & Dunn tribute concert to air Sunday night

More than a dozen top country music performers are saddling up to honor Brooks & Dunn during their “Last Rodeo.” Fans and fellow stars alike will bid farewell to the best-selling duo in musical history with the premiere of the TV special “ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn — The Last...

May 21st, 2010 | Features | Read More

Jason Boland: What’s going on in the sticks these days?

It began with Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family in the 1920s, but country music has come a long way since the days of “Blue Yodel No. 1″ and “Wildwood Flower.” In the early 1940s it was Bill Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs, and later honky tonk was born with Ernest Tubb and Hank...

May 19th, 2010 | Features | Read More