Country Music

A-Blake Records and Jason Cassidy are pleased to announce the July 16, 2013 release of Keep it Country, the second studio album from the artist whose latest single, “Blame It On Waylon,” has skyrocketed into the Top of the Texas music charts, this week jumping 4-2*. A tribute to the keepers of the traditional country [...]

Sugarland‘s Jennifer Nettles surprised fans with the announcement of her upcoming solo album, set for release this fall. For the album, Nettles enlisted the help of producer Rick Rubin, who has worked with artists such as Johnny Cash, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Beastie Boys, Aerosmith, Sheryl Crow, Adele and many more. “I am absolutely thrilled and wholly proud to be working with Rick,” says Nettles. “If you ask any musician who is on their producer ‘bucket list’, Rick would be on each and every one.” As for the record, Nettles tells Rolling Stone ”It’s a celebration of my roots, and where I am today. I’m a different version of myself than what people might have known before – not only in my songwriting and performance, but even in the sounds on this album. It reflects a more soulful, grittier life. A lot has been lived in the time between the last record I made and now, and you can hear that.” Rubin agreed, adding ”It goes in a lot of cool different directions,” Rubin says. “There’s country, but also blues, jazz, island rhythms, great classic rock moments, and a lot of soul. The organizing principle is Jennifer’s voice and tastes. There’s a lot of styles, but it all sounds like her.” Nettles isn’t the only member of Sugarland working on solo music. Kristian Bush has also been working on music outside of the duo. The post Jennifer Nettles To Release Solo Album This Fall appeared first on Country Music Is Love.

Can four dudes from Germany make American roots music and still be authentic? Do they have the ear, the personal history, the DNA, the dirt under their fingernails to do what American-based string bands do, or will they be forever relegated to being once removed from the American musical experience? If The Dinosaur Truckers and their new self-titled LP are any indication, the answer would be "Ja! Natürlich!"

  Days away from his debut album’s release date (May 21), Bobby Cyrus is likely thinking about the person who only dreamed about making music and was instrumental in him becoming a country artist.   It was near the end of his Bob Cyrus’ life when Bobby contacted Tom T. Hall to help him record [...]

Click the bullet after each quote to visit the source. Please, no precious folkie yawners! ? - – Producer/ex-husband Brian Ahern to Emmylou on song selections for Old Yellow Moon. You’ve got your rock country, you’ve got folk country, you’ve got pop country. I do feel like if Tom Petty or Springsteen came out today, they would be on country radio. I call it the last rock and roll frontier. ? - – The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry. Q: Should all songwriters be as politically and socially conscious as you are? A: I don’t try to figure out what anybody else should do about anything, much less songwriting. I am [political] and I don’t apologize for it. I tell you what people shouldn’t do: Tell me what I should and shouldn’t write about in America. ? - – Steve Earle. We all grew up listening to him so we knew how great he was. But, when we were in the room with him, and he started singing and playing, he flat sang his ass off. He blew us all away. We were looking at each other like ‘What are we doing in this business’ when we saw him start singing and playing, because he’s just one of the masters at it. ? - – Tim McGraw on John Fogerty, who appears on tonight’s Tim McGraw television special. I revere Brad because he’s so incredibly musical. I revere him more like the older artists who I look up to – which is funny because he’s a lot younger than me. [...] This is kind of a new golden age for country guitar guys, and Brad deserves lots of credit for that. ? - – John Fogerty on Brad Paisley. She’s the best female singer we’ve had in our format maybe ever. She was a nobody in Oklahoma. On the first tour, she told me, ‘I feel like I am a celebrity for no reason, like people are resentful I didn’t have to play bars for 10 years to get a record deal.’ And I told her she was one of the greatest gifts we have been given in Nashville. ? - – Brad Paisley on Carrie Underwood. We were never a huggy family. Or a ‘let’s talk it out’ family. Technically I have siblings, but they are quite a bit older than me — I was the accident — so I have the only-child syndrome going on. I’m a little more selfish, a little more independent, a little closed. I do wish I were softer. I wish I were able to form relationships better. But hey, I mean… I’m not a sociopath. ? - – Carrie Underwood on Carrie Underwood. I’m obsessed with “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line. It’s the catchiest thing I’ve heard in years, and I love the Nelly version too. ? - – Ugh, Taylor Swift. That’s what we’re missing is some diversity. We only have four types of songs out there. We’ve got the guy crying over the girl, the girl mad at the guy, and we’ve got the girl going crazy, getting drunk and we’ve got the guy going crazy, getting drunk. ? - – High five, Jason Boland. Dark & Dirty Mile is out now. The rural theme is very popular, almost to the point of being overdone. ? - – No kidding, WBWI-FM (92.5) vice president and general manager Ken Scott. We’re doing a lot more with guitars, we’re doing some loop stuff, some vocal and doubling effects on this record. Feeling like I had a batch of songs that I was excited about early in the process took a lot of the pressure off. I’d be a little more nervous about doing all that if we didn’t have the songs. ? - – Chris Young is beefing up his sound on the next album. Uh oh. SALT SPRINGS — A 72-year-old Marion County man is accused of firing his gun near a teen and threatening to kill his father because his music was too loud. In an exclusive interview, Stan Kaniewski said he just couldn’t take it anymore. “My nephew was heading to church for the evening service and he was driving down the road, playing his country music, and then the old man started yelling and shooting,” Ruthie Maddux explained. ? - – Before I render any judgments, I’ll need to know if the kid was

Today, Nashville will celebrate the opening of the MASSIVE new convention center that has plagued the downtown area with construction for the past several years. The Music City Center is a 2.1-million-square-foot convention center boasts more than 353,000 square feet of exhibit space, 1.2 million square feet of public space, and a parking garage holding [...]

  Tune-in tonight at 9:00 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television Network to watch fifteen-time ACM Award winner and music superstar with more than 40 million in album sales, Tim McGraw spotlight the hottest music of the summer. McGraw called on some of his favorite performers and friends from country music and beyond to help kick off the [...]

Emerging and professional songwriters from around the world will visit Nashville from May 31-June 2 (Friday-Sunday) for the “Nashville Songwriters Festival On Music Row”. More than 400 songwriters in all genres will take the stage along Demonbreun and Division streets from noon-midnight Friday-Sunday at venues such as Aloft, Best Western Music Row, Citizens Bank Patio, [...]

1953 (Sales): Kaw-Liga – Hank Williams (MGM) 1953 (Jukebox): No Help Wanted — The Carlisles (Mercury) 1953 (Disc Jockeys): Your Cheatin’ Heart — Hank Williams (MGM) 1963: Still – Bill Anderson (Decca) 1973: Come Live With Me — Roy Clark (Dot) 1983: Whatever Happened To Old-Fashioned Love — B.J. Thomas (Columbia) 1993: I Love The […]