The Dirt Drifters Give Away New Album; Hank3 on The Lost Notebooks; Dale Ann Bradley’s Video Shoot
- NPR on the origins of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. And on Jeff Bridges‘ new country record. And on the “new guard” of country music: most of the best-selling artists are neo-traditionalists who seamlessly integrate current styles and attitudes into classic approaches…[t]his new guard isn’t changing country so much as making the genre comfortable with the cultural shifts that have inevitably affected even the most traditional aspects of people’s lives.
- Country Universe reviewed, by reader request, Ronnie Milsap’s “If You Don’t Want Me To.”
- Check out some behind the scenes shots from Dale Ann Bradley’s video shoot for new single “Come Home Good Boy.”
- Adam Sheets interviewed Hank3. The pair discusses Hank3′s upcoming albums, his thoughts on The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams, and the Reinstate Hank project.
- Lady Antebellum is slated to perform on Saturday Night Live this fall.
- The Dirt Drifters are giving away 30,000 copies of their new album at their shows. Each attendee gets two copies so that he or she can keep one and pass the other along.
- Dropping on October 11: Ryan Adams’ Ashes & Fire and Martina McBride’s Eleven. Coming out a week earlier: Scotty McCreery’s Clear As Day.
- Triggerman of Saving Country Music reviewed the Pickathon festival, held in the Portland area. Performers included Charlie Parr, Eilen Jewell, and Whitey Morgan & The 78s.
- Remember Luke Bryan’s broken face and Tweeted picture of said face? It was caused by a skateboarding accident in NYC.
- Chet Flippo, in his newest Nashville Skyline column, discusses Ronnie Dunn’s “Cost of Livin’.” An excerpt: “Dunn and co-writer Philip Coleman have created a modern classic.”
- Check out Kellie Pickler’s new song.
- Excited for Stetson Adkisson and Cia Cherryholmes’ upcoming EP? Here’s a sneak peek.
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Dale Ann Bradley // Hank Williams III // Jeff Bridges // Kellie Pickler // Lady Antebellum // Ronnie Dunn // Ronnie Milsap // The Dirt Drifters
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- Rick: Opry Alert! I'm guessing(?) tonight marks the end of the spring season of the Thursday Night Classic Country Opry shows ...
- bob: Thanks for the info on the PBS Carole King concert. It will be good to see Trisha Yearwood sing again.
- Jon: Nope.
- Luckyoldsun: Sounds good. Is she--or her husband--related to Dallas? (I'll assume not to Joe.)
- Luckyoldsun: R-- Sounds like you're expanding your palate. "60′s style California hippie vibe" sounds like something you'd have banned from your playlist.
- Rick: I like the production, the excellent guitar picking, and Rebecca has a nice voice with individuality, but the song structure ...
- Rick: That Buddy Emmons tribute album sounds kinda interesting. I just might have to give it a listen when it's available. Congratulations ...
- Jon: Jack Bernhardt is the bomb.
- Bruce: Good article on Rucker. I do not care for all his songs and he is far from my favorite. I ...
- Kelly D.: Dig the Whiskey Sisters and the write-up from ol' Jim C.
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August 12, 2011 at 1:47 pm
My first country album is coming out this fall, and it’s called 1. That will be followed by Two Albums Are Better Than One, Third Time’s the Charm and Fourplay.
August 12, 2011 at 1:51 pm
I obviously got a head start on the weekend.
August 12, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Erm, isn’t that HSB story like about 5 years old? The festival ain’t happening this coming weekend…
August 12, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Yeah, but since we posted about the killer HSB lineup the other day, I thought a refresher on the festival was in order. Also, I think it’s cool. (That’s the main reason.)
August 12, 2011 at 4:12 pm
If it doesn’t mention Hazel Dickens, then it’s not that cool. Just sayin’…
August 12, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Couldn’t disagree more with that statement/estimation of country music from NPR. They should stick to telling us what cheese goes best with our favorite Marin County wine.
August 12, 2011 at 5:26 pm
“NPR” says nothing about country music; individual writers/commentators on there do. The”New Guard” story, for example, is from respected music writer Ann Powers. Agree or not, naturally, but the idea that a network said something about this, or a magazine did, or a site/blog did, when someone ON it did, is a distinction worth noticing.
August 12, 2011 at 7:45 pm
I sure wish Stretch Stetson and Cia Leigh had used a close mic for vocals on their 3 home made videos featured on YouTube. Its nice music to be sure, but the Civil Wars they ain’t.
A skateboard incident huh? I thought Luke accidentally walked into a lowered tailgate of a home grown monster truck while distracted by some tan lines on a drunk girl nearby…
I’ll get to see Eilen Jewel and Whitey Morgan perform live along with Brennen Leigh and others this coming Sunday afternoon here in LA, so I can compare notes with the infamous Triggerman. Go Roots Roadhouse L.A.!
I think Shelton needs medication of some sort to calm his nerves and bi-polar tendencies. Lithium would be a good place to start…
August 12, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Try as I might, I just can’t take Hank3 seriously.
August 12, 2011 at 10:36 pm
NPR-baiting, how quaint.
August 13, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Interesting Nugget: I received an email from Walmart this week saying they are pulling the plug on their MP3 music download service as of August 29th. I downloaded a couple of Rebecca Lynn Howard songs from Walmart.com a few years ago but have been using Amazon’s download service ever since. Walmart must have realized they no longer wanted to play in a sandbox dominated by iTunes and Amazon.
August 13, 2011 at 10:20 pm
BREAKING NEWS- At the Indiana State Fair, the entire rigging has collapsed onto the crowd just before Sugarland was to be taking the stage. Dozens of injuries are being reported early. Fair officials will have a news conference at 10p local time.
August 14, 2011 at 7:43 am
That’s terrible, Ken.
August 14, 2011 at 10:19 am
I hope no one is hurt seriously.
August 14, 2011 at 10:56 am
I see several people are reported dead. How tragic.
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