Keith Urban’s new single, Nightfalls, is a you-can’t-sit-still-while-listening upbeat number that’s perfect…
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Maren Morris’ Humble Quest
By Benji Magness Maren Morris has done it again. Her third album “Humble Quest” is full of pop-country gems that can be the soundtrack to simply enjoying life’s unexpected blessings (“Detour”), finding out that you’re pregnant and loving the life within (“Hummingbird”), or just celebrating that your hubby is 6’3”. And that’s what Maren does on […]
Willie’s Tower of Song
Willie Nelson, 89, just released a cover of the Leonard Cohen’s classic song…
Pretty Little Goat is Singing What We’re All Thinking
With one foot in 2022 and one in 1922, North Carolina’s Pretty Little Goat…
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 Bob Dylan’s seminal Nashville albums. Since then he has sold […]
Dolly Parton
Q: You’ve come a long way from Locust Ridge, Tennessee. Can you still claim to be backwoods? A: Yes, and proud of it. I stay close to my roots and my family. I never want to forget any part of it. I’m still just a hillbilly at heart, thus a Backwoods Barbie. Q: Congratulations on […]
Dan Tyminski (Alison Krauss/Soggy Bottom Boys)
The image is forever burned into our pop-culture consciousness. George Clooney, sporting overalls and scruff, wailing “Man of Constant Sorrow” in the Coen Brothers’ twangy Odyssey O’Brother, Where Art Thou? Then, there’s the man behind that scene: bluegrass singer-songwriter Dan Tyminski, of the Dan Tyminski Band and Alison Krauss and Union Station, still one of […]
CMP Talks with Rosanne Cash about life, her legendary father and her extraordinary new album.
Rosanne Cash’s new album, The List, could be called the Dead Sea Scrolls of country music. A strange analogy, but an entirely apt one for a disc with twelve tracks by Cash from a list of 100 essential country and roots songs compiled for her by her father, the legendary Johnny Cash, when she was […]
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 man, you’ll realize that every day really […]
New Music Friday Alert…Check Out Some Of Our Favoirte Artists’ New Music Here!
Happy Valentine’s Day country music lovers. Whether you are single or with that special someone there is one thing that is for sure today – you aren’t alone thanks to the fantastic new music your favorite artists have released. From fresh Luke Bryan to flawless Carly Pearce there is something for everyone this Valentine’s Day. […]