Martina McBride Rides the Rails; Del McCoury to Release Bill Monroe Tribute Record; Infamous Stringdusters Host Online Listening Party
- George Strait’s “Here For a Good Time” became his 84th Top 10 single, while the album of the same name became his 24th #1.
- Cool cat and former Blue Grass Boy Del McCoury has a Bill Monroe tribute record scheduled for digital release on September 27 (vinyl will be released October 25).
- Gretchen Peters posted a new blog entry about “Five Minutes,” a song from her upcoming album Hello Cruel World.
- Texas duo Beck & Cauthen changed their band name to Sons of Fathers after hearing from Beck’s (Odelay Beck) representatives. The release of their now self-titled record has been pushed back to November.
- Martina McBride has partnered with Amtrak to promote her upcoming album. McBride will travel by train to 11 cities including Philadelphia, DC, and Kansas City, where she’ll perform concerts.
- Guy Clark played a couple new songs for American Songwriter and told the stories behind them.
- Country California is giving away a copy of Luke Bryan‘s Tailgates & Tanlines.
- Peter Cooper spoke with Hank3 for his newest Tennessean column and provided a succinct review of Cattle Callin’: ” Distorted guitars groan atop drums that hit with the speed and impact of a flurry of Roberto Duran jabs, creating a splattering heavy metal sound that evokes… Well, I don’t know what a seizure feels like, but I know what it sounds like now.”
- The Del McCoury Band and Preservation Hall Jazz Band were on the World Café and it was excellent.
- Chris Young and Taylor Swift have joined Give the Gift of Music, a campaign which spreads the word that “music makes an excellent gift.” The site features videos in which Young talks about the guitar he received as a present while Swift mentions hearing “This Kiss” and immediately adopting Faith Hill as her musical role model.
- Stream new albums from Joy Kills Sorrow, Reckless Kelly, and Lydia Loveless.
- Justin Moore penned an NRA theme song called “This is NRA Country.”
- Chris Willman reviewed the All for the Hall benefit concert in Los Angeles, which featured Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, and Zac Brown.
- Give a listen to “Invisible Riverside,” a new Ryan Adams song.
- Gibson is offering a limited run of one hundred J-200 Ray Whitley Special guitars to raise money for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s expansion. Each guitar, which will have a few precious stones on it, will come with a custom case and be associated with a year in country music history.
- Jake Owen became the only musician not named Michael Buble to perform at a Nordstrom opening gala.
- Tomorrow, from 4-6pm Eastern, the Infamous Stringdusters are hosting a listening party on Turntable, where they’ll be digitally spinning tracks from bands slated to perform at The Festy, an annual celebration of music/beer/the outdoors. Check in with the Festy Facebook page at 3pm Friday for the listening room link.
- Sonia Leigh released a video for her song “My Name is Money.”
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Chris Young // Del McCoury // Del McCoury Band // Emmylou Harris // Faith Hill // George Strait // Gretchen Peters // Guy Clark // Hank3 // Infamous Stringdusters // Jake Owen // Joy Kills Sorrow // Justin Moore // Luke Bruan // Lydia Loveless // Martina McBride // Peter Cooper // Preservation Hall Jazz Band // Reckless Kelly // Ryan Adams // Sonia Leigh // Sons of Fathers // Taylor Swift // Vince Gill // Zac Brown
Current Discussion
- bll: I'm happy to hear that Ronnie Dunn and Garth are going to do something together; they go way back, and ...
- Luckyoldsun: Jon, I think you should try re-watching the Conan video--you "missed" it the first time. If I may give my interpretation, ...
- BRUCE: Toby's generosity and philanthropic work is very expansive. His USO tours plus other works deserves praise, though I an sure ...
- Luckyoldsun: Arlene, That's another big one.
- Fervor Coulee: Sometimes I really think I live in a Stephen King bubble-town: 12 weeks at number one, and I've never heard ...
- bll: Nice roundup today, Trisha singing and Jen Chapin too!
- Paul W Dennis: I guess my favorite would be George Hamilton IV's version of "Forever Young" and The Byrd's cover of Mr. Tambourine ...
- Jack Williams: Speaking of Chris Smither, he did a nice version of Visions of Johanna. Other favorites: Neville Brothers - The Ballad of Hollis ...
- Leeann Ward: I think benefit concerts and telethons are great and needed, but I'm also impressed by Underwood's generous donation.
- Arlene: Ummm? "For impact, nothing surpasses The Byrd's cover of "Mr. Tamborine Man?"" How about Peter, Paul and Mary singing "Blowin' ...
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September 15, 2011 at 10:46 am
The Del album is a dandy.
September 15, 2011 at 12:04 pm
This is NRA country. You’ve got to be fing kidding me?!
September 15, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Nice of Justin Moore to perform a theme song for the National Restaurant Association. I’m sure Cracker Barrel and Shane’s Rib Shack will put it into heavy rotation immediately.
September 15, 2011 at 2:49 pm
I’m loving Sonia Leigh’s new video. She is fantastic.
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