On Steven Curtis Chapman’s Grand Ole Opry Invitation
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Steven Curtis Chapman is the most awarded artist in Christian music history. This includes an incredible 59 Dove Awards including seven Artist of the Year trophies, five Grammy Awards, 50 #1 songs, and over 10 million albums sold.
Conclusion: Six Gun Britt & American Idol
1 CommentIn my last post I talked about how singer/songwriter Six Gun Britt had decided to try out for American Idol. Inspired by her residents and co-workers at the nursing home she worked at in Kentucky, Six Gun Britt went out a grueling journey to Atlanta and back, and this was the conclusion in Six Gun’s […]
Six Gun Britt to Tackle American Idol
8 CommentsYes I know, Fox Television’s American Idol is a Barbie and Ken-style prancing poodle popularity contest that promotes celebrity worship and rabid consumerism, and is causing a general decay and homogenization of our culture to a prim and prissy style of music that is heroically void of soul. BUT, just indulge me for a second, […]
Preview & Pre-Order “A Bitter Harvest”
2 CommentsMy personal most anticipated release of 2009, A Bitter Harvest, which is a collaboration between Rachel Brooke and Lonesome Wyatt of Those Poor Bastards, is now available for previewing and pre-order! The album is available on CD, vinyl, and a limited edition white vinyl (only 100 copies), and they all can be pre-ordered by CLICKING […]
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, […]