A new year is upon us and that can only mean one thing…new music is heading your way! What can you expect from the country music scene in 2013? Will pop-country dominate the charts again or will traditional country experience a resurgence? Will Kenny be the king of the tour circuit this summer or will […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s only been two months since Toby Keith announced he had a surprise that was “stupid and funny”. That surprise was the debut of the Red Solo Cup video (unedited version). Within two weeks of its release, Red Solo Cup had over one million views and was the #1 video […]
Scotty McCreery has released a new single called ‘The Trouble With Girls,’ the second single from his much-anticipated debut album, Clear As Day, due Oct. 4. “It’s a really sweet song,” Scotty says. “I played it for my sister and I said, ‘Would you like to hear what’s said in this song?’ She said, ‘I would love […]
Hotter than the summer sun and more golden than a tan – that would be a good tag line for Jake Owen this summer. But his tan isn’t the only thing Jake’s got glowing. “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”, the title cut of Jake’s upcoming third studio album and fastest-rising single of his career, was digitally […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Newly crowned American Idol Scotty McCreery is heating up the charts with his debut single I Love You This Big. The single hit airwaves on May 24th, debuting at No. 32 on Billboard (the highest charting Hot Country Songs single debut for a new artist in Billboard history!). The impressive debut on Billboard lead into this […]
This is part two of CMP’s interview with indy country star Colt Ford. One thing that keeps surfacing is CF’s frustration with getting his music out to his fans through conventional channels, i.e. traditional radio. The interview heats up when we discuss song messages and what music acts or songs get pushed by the industry […]
Martina McBride’s video for her current single, “Teenage Daughters” gives us a behind the scenes look at Martina in all three of her roles: wife, mother and (the one we all know her for best) singer. The video takes place in her home away from home, the recording studio, and reminds us just how down […]
