Comments on: Chris Young Goes Gold; Bela Fleck to Debut Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra; Gillian Welch Announces European Tour

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:03:49 +0000

“Achy Breaky Heart” was a silly but supremely catchy song that unfortunately got played to death on radio, which wore out its welcome in many places. I still listen to it now and then and enjoy it as much as ever. Talk about a song that makes you want to move around/dance!

Good the see Chris Young is selling a decent number of albums in the ever shrinking retail marketplace. We need more Chris Young’s and fewer Rascal Flatt’s types on country radio nowadays.

Its too bad the National Folk Festival isn’t being held out here in Los Angeles! Attendance might not be much , but I’d surely appreciate it! (lol)

I didn’t realize the Pistol Annie’s album was download only. That explains why an advance CD version sold for so much on FleaBay recently even after the digital release date. As far as side vanity projects go, the Annie’s sure beat the hell out of Brad Paisley’s guitar album…

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:13:27 +0000

That’s a nice piece by Peter, and the reception that The 1861 Project has gotten has been exceedingly gratifying. You can hear one of the songs here:

http://1861project.com/jon-chris

There’s also a player that allows you to stream the entire album, links to buy, etc.

By: Jeremy Dylan

Jeremy Dylan — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:07:25 +0000

I’m with Ben.

By: luckyoldsun

luckyoldsun — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:04:36 +0000

I only wish that I could create or produce somethng that will be deemed by Rolling Stone to be the worst song of the ’10s.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:51:42 +0000

My name is Ben, and I like “Achy Breaky Heart.” Because it’s catchy. And because it’s… you know… catchy.