Posted on November 4, 2009 by Occasional Hope
This year’s CMA Awards are due to be announced on November 11th. There are bound to be a few surprises, with unexpected winners or losers. We’ll share our best attempts at prediction with you next week, but first we thought we would let you all know not who we expect to win, but [...]
Filed under: Awards Discussions | Tagged: Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Carrie Underwood, George Strait, Jamey Johnson, Joey + Rory, Lady Antebellum, Lee Ann Womack, Miranda Lambert, Paul Franklin, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Zac Brown Band | 14 Comments »
Posted on October 28, 2009 by Razor X
Anyone who reads a country music blog for any length of time, is at some point bound to come across a heated discussion about what country music is and what it is not. There are no cut and dry definitions, and a lot of songs borrow heavily from different styles, and are thus, hard [...]
Filed under: Discussions | Tagged: Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift | 14 Comments »
Posted on October 17, 2009 by J.R. Journey
1984: Willie Nelson – City of New Orleans (Sony)
1989: Clint Black – Killin’ Time (RCA)
1994: Brooks & Dunn – Waitin’ On Sundown (Arista)
1999: The Dixie Chicks – Fly (Monument)
2004: Rascal Flatts – Feels Like Today (Lyric Street)
2009: Miranda Lambert – Revolution (Sony)
Filed under: Charts | Tagged: Brooks & Dunn, Clint Black, Dixie Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Willie Nelson | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 2, 2009 by Chris
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 [...]
Filed under: Discussions, News, Video Reviews | Tagged: Billy Currington, Carrie Underwood, Dave Matthews, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Michelle Branch, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Tim McGraw | 10 Comments »
Posted on September 22, 2009 by Chris
2009 has been interesting, a crappy year for mainstream country music overall, but I would say a good year for other genres. Since the year is 75% over, I just wanted to share some of my picks from the year so far (inside country music and out) and a look at a few upcoming albums. [...]
Filed under: Recommendations | Tagged: Alicia Keys, Brad Paisley, Colbie Caillat, Emmylou Harris, Gary Allan, George Strait, Julieta Venegas, La Mala Rodriguez, Miranda Lambert, Neko Case, Nelly Furtado, Patty Loveless, Rhonda Vincent, Shakira, Sugarland, Terri Clark | 18 Comments »
Posted on September 7, 2009 by Chris
Okay, this is pretty cool. Most people already know that Miranda Lambert’s new album, Revolution, comes out in just a few weeks on September 29th. However, this is new: On September 8th (tomorrow), you can go to Best Buy and buy Dead Flowers, a small EP of a few songs:
“Dead Flowers”
“Take It Out on Me”
“I [...]
Filed under: Blurbs, News | Tagged: Miranda Lambert | 11 Comments »
Posted on August 19, 2009 by Occasional Hope
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 [...]
Filed under: Album Reviews | Tagged: Alan Jackson, David Nail, Frank Liddell, Gary LeVox, James Otto, Jonathan Singleton, Keith Stegall, Kenny Chesney, Mike Wrucke, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Scooter Carusoe, Sean McConnell | 10 Comments »
Posted on August 15, 2009 by Chris
As of now, Miranda Lambert’s Revolution is one of my most anticipated albums of 2009, a list including the likes of Nelly Furtado’s Mi Plan and Patty Loveless’ Mountain Soul II (Interesting bunch, eh?). “Dead Flowers” was seemingly a step in a new musical direction for Miranda, but “White Liar” is more country and all [...]
Filed under: Single Reviews | Tagged: Miranda Lambert, Nelly Furtado, Patty Loveless | 10 Comments »
Posted on June 16, 2009 by Chris
Honestly, I’ve never been a big George Strait fan. I’ve known some of his songs, his more recent hits, and on a whim I bought Troubadour this past January. When I got it, there were a few good tracks, but it never caught with me and I stopped listening to it.
However, this new Strait [...]
Filed under: Single Reviews | Tagged: Brooks & Dunn, Dean Dillon, George Strait, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert | 11 Comments »
Posted on April 18, 2009 by Chris
So this is a new feature I’ve been wanting to do, mostly because I love being able to recommend music, and this is the perfect vehicle for that. Anyway, I got the idea from my local radio station where they play new singles from artists and get feedback by ratings from people that call in [...]
Filed under: Recommendations | Tagged: Miranda Lambert, Terri Clark | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 11, 2009 by Chris
Yesterday, en route home from work, I caught a snippet of radio where the DJ mentioned “‘Dead Flowers’ by Miranda Lambert”. I got excited thinking he was playing the studio version, and right I was — except he had already played it, so he just played about 30 seconds of it. Disappointed, I got home [...]
Filed under: Single Reviews | Tagged: Miranda Lambert | 63 Comments »
Posted on April 5, 2009 by J.R. Journey
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 [...]
Filed under: Everything Else | Tagged: Big & Rich, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Carrie Underwood, George Strait, Heidi Newfield, Jamey Johnson, Joey + Rory, Julianne Hough, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Lee Ann Womack, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Montgomery Gentry, Randy Rogers Band, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, The Lost Trailers, Toby Keith, Trace Adkins | 10 Comments »
Posted on March 28, 2009 by Chris
I was talking to a friend yesterday morning, and he told me that I need to give him a mixtape so he can “assess my personality”- so I decided to try and make my mixtape to try and encompass all of the music I listen to in just a limited number of tracks, say around [...]
Filed under: Discussions | Tagged: Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Jazmine Sullivan, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, Kathy Mattea, Lee Ann Womack, Mariah Carey, Martina McBride, Melinda Doolittle, Miranda Lambert, Neko Case, Nickel Creek, Patty Loveless, Radiohead, Sara Bareilles, SHeDAISY, Sugarland, Terri Clark, Trisha Yearwood | 21 Comments »
Posted on February 17, 2009 by Chris
Either “Dry Town”, “Desperation” or “Guilty In Here”. I know the link was posted on The 9513, but I wanted to re-emphasize it here! Miranda is having a poll for the next single off of her album Crazy Ex-Girlfriend here! (On the page for the poll you can also listen to the three choices if [...]
Filed under: Discussions, News | Tagged: Miranda Lambert | 11 Comments »
Posted on February 6, 2009 by J.R. Journey
Friday night is upon us. And for lots of us that means a chance to go out and shed some of the stress acquired during the work week. Well, I know for me it does. It’s almost taboo to sing about drinking and partying these days in country music. The songs that do slip through [...]
Filed under: Discussions | Tagged: Hank William Jr, Miranda Lambert | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 24, 2008 by Chris
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 [...]
Filed under: Year In Review | Tagged: Alex Woodard, Ashton Shepherd, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Emily West, Gary Allan, Heidi Newfield, Jamey Johnson, Jamie O'Neal, Jennifer Hanson, Joey + Rory, Josh Turner, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Ann Womack, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, Sara Watkins, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood | 7 Comments »