A swarm of new videos!

Head over to CMT’s website today, and there are 10 music videos that are premiering. Those would be “Southern Voice” by Tim McGraw, “I’m Alive” by Kenny Chesney & Dave Matthews, “White Liar” by Miranda Lambert, “Keep You” by Sugarland, “Consider Me Gone” by Reba McEntire, “That’s How Country Boys Roll” by Billy Currington, “Hit [...]

Week ending 9/19/09: #1 singles this week in country music history

1949: Slippin’ Around – Ernest Tubb (Decca)
1959: The Three Bells — The Browns (RCA)
1969: A Boy Named Sue — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1979: Just Good Ol’ Boys — Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley (Columbia)
1989: Nothing I Can Do About It Now — Willie Nelson (Columbia)
1999: You Had Me From Hello — Kenny Chesney (BNA)
2009: Big [...]

Who I am is who I wanna be

To finish up our Reba coverage this month, we wanted to talk about what she’s been up to for the past decade, since she’s only released 3 studio albums in that time – and I don’t count any of them among essential listening.  You should check out her take on the Kenny Rogers-penned ‘Sweet Music Man’ [...]

Album Review: David Nail – ‘I’m About To Come Alive’

Missouri’s David Nail has been on the fringes of success for a while. He first saw chart action back in 2002, when his Mercury single ‘Memphis’ failed to gain traction, faltering outside the top 50, and David was unceremoniously dropped, leaving an unreleased album (produced by Alan Jackson’s producer Keith Stegall) to languish in [...]

Album Review: John Anderson – ‘Seminole Wind’

After a couple faltered albums on the Warner Brothers label, where John Anderson scored his biggest successes in the 1980s with hits like ‘Swingin’ and ‘Black Sheep’, the singer moved to MCA.  He recorded two albums under the guise of label-head Jimmy Bowen. (Read Occasional Hope’s review of his first MCA release here.)  In 1991, [...]

Single Review: Zac Brown Band – ‘Toes’

Everybody who is sick and tired of Kenny Chesney’s brand of island-themed hits should definitely take a listen to the Zac Brown Band’s latest single, ‘Toes’.  Come to think of it, it would behoove Chesney to take a few notes on this one, too.  He just might learn a thing or two about how to [...]

Week ending 6/27/09: #1 this week in country music

1949: One Kiss Too Many — Eddy Arnold (RCA)
1959: The Battle of New Orleans — Johnny Horton (Columbia)
1969: Running Bear — Sonny James (Capitol)
1979: Amanda – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
1989: I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party — Rosanne Cash (Columbia)
1999: Write This Down — George Strait (MCA)
2009: Out Last Night — Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Week ending 5/2/09: #1 this week in country music history

1949: Candy Kisses — George Morgan (Columbia)
1959: White Lightning — George Jones (Mercury)
1969: Galveston — Glen Campbell (Capitol)
1979: Backside of Thirty– John Conlee(ABC)
1989: Young Love (Strong Love) — The Judds (RCA/Curb)
1999: How Forever Feels — Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Week ending 4/25/09: #1 this week in country music history

strong>1949: Candy Kisses — George Morgan (Columbia)
1959: White Lightning — George Jones (Mercury)
1969: Galveston — Glen Campbell (Capitol)
1979: Where Do I Put Her Memory – Charley Pride (RCA)
1989: The Church on Cumberland Road — Shenandoah (Columbia)
1999: How Forever Feels — Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Week ending 4/18/09: #1 this week in country music history

strong>1949: Candy Kisses — George Morgan (Columbia)
1959: White Lightning — George Jones (Mercury)
1969: Woman Of The World — Loretta Lynn (Decca)
1979: All I Ever Need Is You — Kenny Rogers & Dottie West (United Artists)

1989: The Church on Cumberland Road — Shenandoah (Columbia)
1999: How Forever Feels — Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Weeks ending 4/4/09 & 4/11/09: #1 this week in country music history

Week ending 4/4/09:

1959: When It’s Springtime In Alaska (It’s 40 Below) – Johnny Horton (Columbia)
1969: Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass — Buck Owens & the Buckeroos (Capitol)
1979: I Just Fall In Love Again — Anne Murray (Capitol)
1989: Baby’s Gotten Good At Goodbye — George Strait (MCA)
1999: How Forever Feels — Kenny Chesney (BNA)
Week ending 4/11/09:

1959: [...]

ACM Predictions

Tomorrow night’s Academy of Country Music awards are on everybody’s minds and lips. Reba will be hosting for the 11th time as the Academy hands out the awards on their 44th annual show.  Here then, is our contribution to the ACM Awards media frenzy.  These are the predictions of the My Kind of Country writing [...]

Week ending 3/28/09: #1 this week in country music history

1959: Don’t Take Your Guns to Town — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1969: Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass — Buck Owens & the Buckeroos (Capitol)
1979: I Just Fall In Love Again — Anne Murray (Capitol)
1989: New Fool at an Old Game — Reba McEntire (MCA)
1999: How Forever Feels – Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Poll – Grammy For Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

This is the category I completely forgot about, so I apologize for cramming so many polls in this week, but I promise, I have a plan. Remember, if you haven’t voted for the Duo/Group poll, please do so here! The results of these polls will be used very soon for a special purpose, so make [...]

Single Review: Lady Antebellum – ‘I Run To You’

As I usually am when I review singles, I’m really bored. When I posted my poll for the Grammy for Best New Artist (here), I decided to make a playlist on iTunes of the 4 debut albums of the 4 nominees I actually like. Since I was snowed in since Tuesday, I was forced [...]

Chris’s End of 2008 List: Top 30 Singles

This is my 2008 top-30 singles post! First, about my singles list, I attempted to avoid songs that could still impact the charts more, songs like Miranda Lambert’s “More Like Her” or Little Big Town’s “Good Lord Willing”. I made some exceptions as you’ll soon see, but I tried to keep it to songs that [...]