Album Review – Megan Moroney’s “Am I Okay?”
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Signs point to her being the second coming of Taylor Swift, but your ears pick up on the country sounds and the bursts of sincerity. She’s traditional country and pop country at the same time.
New Bob Wayne Album + Bob & Hank III News!
0 CommentsThe greatness that is Bob Wayne just announced through his MySpace site that: “NEW LIVE DOUBLE C.D. COMING SOON!!!!” “Just finishing up a few final touches but its soundin KILLER!! im thinkin it will be available next week! We should also have the D.V.D. and a T-SHIRT up also in the store….so keep your eyes […]
Shake Up in The .357 String Band
2 CommentsYesterday, the .357 String Band announced that founding member and mandolin player Jayke Orvis would be leaving the band. Here is an excerpt from their MySpace blog announcing the decision: “Due to differences in opinion on both the creative as well as business aspects of the band, Jayke Orvis is no longer a member of […]
Stripped Down, What Is Country Music ?
6 CommentsA few days ago I was thinking, what is country music when you strip it all down? When you remove the business, the show? For example, maybe when you stripped down Rock n’ Roll it would be a group of guys in a basement or a garage jamming out, or a juke box blaring in […]
NO CHRIS BROWN IN COUNTRY !!!
60 CommentsI’ve been up in pop douche Chris Brown’s kitchen even BEFORE he took a closed fist to his girlfriend Rihanna. Back in December (2008) this knucklehead recorded a song with country’s superlative sellout Tim McGraw called “Human”, and afterwards said “It’s incredible, I wanted to do something more along the country line. That’s a bigger […]
Dogs and Country Music
6 CommentsWhat do dogs have to do with country music? Well, not much really, but more than you might think. When I first started this thing, I was amazed how many people involved in dog rescue contacted me, especially people involved with rescuing and rehabilitating pit bulls. Like one of my readers pointed out a few […]
Hank III to Finally Release Assjack Album
2 CommentsMy Free Hank III pants were going crazy today when it was announced that Hank Williams III will FINALLY be releasing a full album of his alter ego band, Assjack. This has been a long time coming to say the least. One of the many issues that Hank III has been having with his label […]
Fans Want Gram Parsons in Hall of Fame
3 CommentsSay what you want about the man, or even his music, but it is hard to make the case that anybody has been a bigger ambassador for country music than Gram Parsons. Gram Parsons showed millions of non-country fans that country music could be cool. He turned The Rolling Stones into country fans. He discovered […]
The Role of Tradition in Modern Country Music
5 CommentsRecently, especially after the Newsweek article decrying pop country came out, I’ve seen an uptick in blogs and articles wondering if the pop influences in the genre have gone too far. We all know my opinion on the matter, but I have been encouraged in this uptick in commentary. Even if the majority of people […]
Bloodshot Bill
1 CommentOn Outlaw Radio tonight (Tuesday), Jashie P will be featuring the greatness of the one man band. A lot of you might know about people like Hasil Adkins from Boone County, really the father of the country/rock/punk one man bands. Then there’s Scott H. Biram from Texas, and Hank III’s old bass player Joe Buck, […]
Wal-Mart = Censorship
1 CommentWith the death of local record stores, and even the smaller national chain music stores, Wal-Mart has now taken the spot as the big dog atop the music selling food chain. Problem is, Wal-Mart refuses to sell any album with what they consider “offensive” lyrics, so artists are forced to ether produce “clean” versions of […]
Jennifer Love Hewitt Going Country?
4 CommentsYeah I know, Jennifer Love Hewitt is hot, but so is the scat as it leaves the bear’s hind quarters. But eventually it grows cold, just like Jessica Simpson’s country music junket did, and I’m predicting a similar fate if Hewitt actually does “go country” like the info the rumor mill is spitting out alludes […]
New Albums By Scott H. Biram & J.B. Beverly
0 CommentsThis Tuesday we had a couple of big album releases by two big names in REAL country music (and blues). Scott H. Biram released Something’s Wrong, Lost Forever on Bloodshot Records, and JB Beverly and the Wayward Drifters released Watch America Roll By. I have both these albums on the way and hope to have […]