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Album Review – Justin Moore’s “Outlaws Like Me”
Those previous positive statements I made about Justin? Well it looks like I need to back pedal pretty hard from them, because this album is awful. In my opinion, and I appreciate the gravity and the...
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Saving Country Music’s Worst Country Songs of 2011
I can't recall a year with this high caliber of a crop of bad songs. This group can hold their own against the Achy Breaky Hearts and Honky Tonk Bandonka Donk's of the last few decades. And this year...
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The 6 Pop Country Archetypes
Have you ever wondered who actually listens to those songs they play on pop country radio? Here are the six primary Archetypes, or as Music Row refers to them, "target demographics", that make up the...
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Song Review – Tim McGraw’s “Truck Yeah”
With the first single from the Big Machine Records-era of Tim McGraw, the country music mega-star pulls off the biggest sellout move of his career, and one of the biggest sellout moves ever seen from...
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Ocean Breeze Making Signature Line of Country Douches
Just when you thought you'd seen it all, a feminine products company out of North Carolina called "Ocean Breeze" announced Thursday they are launching a new line of products pandering to the country...
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Saving Country Music’s Worst Country Songs of All Time
We all know them and we all hate them, those ubiquitous and ridiculous pop country songs that make us hang our heads in shame, embarrassed to call ourselves country fans, constantly making us having to...
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Dallas Davidson & Country’s Narrowing Songwriting Consortium
In Zac Brown's recent disparaging comments about Luke Bryan's hit "That's My Kind Of Night," Zac went out of his way to lay as little blame as possible on Luke Bryan. Instead it was the song itself,...
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LeAnn Rimes Redeems ACA Awards with Patsy Cline Tribute
But then here came a Patsy Cline tribute in the last quarter of the show and the whole sad sack theme of the night did a complete 360. There was LeAnn Rimes, singing a medley of Patsy Cline songs, and...
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Grand Ole Opry’s Newest Members Not Paying Their Dues
Membership to the Grand Ole Opry is seen a one of the most prestigious accolades a country music artist can be bestowed, and the recognition is sought after by performers both big and small, mainstream...
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Trace Adkins Brawls with Impersonator / Enters Rehab
Country star Trace Adkins has checked himself into rehab according to Country Weekly after taking his first drink in 12 years and ending up in an altercation with a Trace Adkins impersonator aboard a...
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Why Jerrod Niemann’s “Donkey” Was His Waterloo
When you live by the bit, you die by the bit. And Jerrod Niemann has just been bitten in the ass by a "Donkey." Early on when you looked at the amount of "adds" the song was getting on radio, it did...
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Jason Isbell, Jamey Johnson + More to Tribute Lynyrd Skynyrd
On November 12th, artists from across the country and Southern rock world will be coming together to pay tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd in a unique way. Not your typical tribute concert, and not your...
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Song Review – Toby Keith’s “35 MPH Town”
Written by Keith with Bobby Pinson, the song tries to do something similar to "Drunk Americans," which is make a statement about the current climate of society. Cutting completely against the grain of...
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1 Dead, 3 Injured After SUV Drives Through Crowd at Trace Adkins Concert
Trouble began when the heavily-intoxicated Carson started a fight in the concert area. He then left the area, and returned in his SUV, brandishing a revolver, and threatening to kill people. According...
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Rape Reported at Brad Paisley Concert in California
The summer is heating up, and so are the disturbing stories surrounding the behavior at mainstream country music concerts. In 2014, concert conduct became a big concern as statistics and specific...
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Song Review – Trace Adkins’“Jesus and Jones”
Boy this thing sure had me intrigued when I first saw the image of Trace Adkins looking all contrite, weathered, and wise in the promotional picture with his hat in his hand, like he was ready to ask...
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Kris Kristofferson Plays a Badass Gun-Toting Bartender in New Western Movie...
Director Timothy Woodward Jr. was inspired to make a Western version of the Liam Neeson blockbuster "Taken," and decided to cast country music songwriting legend and noted actor Kris Kristofferson on...
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Fans Angry After Trace Adkins Drunken Performance at a Children’s Charity...
Fans are furious after country artist Trace Adkins showed up to a benefit fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Hospital so drunk he couldn't sing. The performance on Wednesday, July 15th was so bad,...
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The Rise and Fall of Toby Keith’s Major Label, Show Dog Nashville
And though we're a good half decade from when Toby Keith was still relevant in the country mainstream, and a healthy 15 years removed from when he was telling would-be terrorists where he rudely wanted...
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Album Review – Trace Adkins’“Something’s Going On”
The trouble with Trace Adkins has never been a lack of talent. The dude has one of the coolest, baritone and bass singing voices in all of modern country music. The bigger problem with the Trace Adkins...
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Song/Video Review – Blake Shelton’s “Doing It To Country Songs”
What sucks about "Doing It To Country Songs" is that there's actually a lot of positives going on here, and it could have turned out to be something decent. But the innuendo here is worn out in the...
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Blake Shelton’s Morphed Into Dad Country & It’s Not An Entirely Terrible Thing
Grrrrrrr, Blake Shelton! He's the guy who said that "Old Farts and Jackasses" thing and is on that stupid reality show! Plus we're supposed to hate him if we like Miranda Lambert, or something. But if...
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Blake Shelton Deserves Credit For Success of “Friends & Heroes” Tour
Yes, Captain Old Farts & Jackasses has given traditional country fans plenty of reasons to give him a hairy eyeball over the years or curse his name under their breath (anyone remember the tractor...
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Blake Shelton’s New Song “Hell Right” (A Rant)
The entirety of Blake Shelton's career just devolved quicker than a political discussion with your drunk and racist uncle at Thanksgiving dinner. All the headway country music has made over the last...
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Cody Jinks, Travis Tritt & More Join Clint Black on “This Old House”
"Hayden [Nicholas] and I originally wrote this song for 'Killin’ Time.' 30 years & 8 special guests later, I am so proud of what we created to honor the Grand Ole Opry, and some of the proceeds...
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T. Graham Brown, Trace Adkins, Jason Crabb on The Grand Ole Opry
Celebrating Easter early, and once again offering one of the few live entertainment options amid the Coronavirus shutdown, traditional country artist T. Graham Brown, Grand Ole Opry member Trace...
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On Gwen Stefani Playing the Grand Ole Opry w/ Blake Shelton
Quite a few country fans were left angered and agog when they saw that Gwen Stefani would be receiving an Opry berth when many more deserving country artists---including some who could benefit from...
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Charlie Daniels Funeral to Stream Online – Details
Country Music Hall of Famer and Southern rock icon Charlie Daniels passed away on Monday, July 6th at the Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. He was...
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Tootsie’s & Palomino Legend Jimmy Snyder Has Died
Jimmy Snyder's most lasting contribution was as a fixture in local clubs, playing classic country standards and originals, and often giving up-and-comers some of their first opportunities on legendary...
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Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan & Pitbull – The Collab Nobody Asked For
Boy, we thought we'd rounded the corner on terrible Trace Adkins songs just like we'd squashed the pandemic with vaccines, only to have this vomitous monstrosity foisted upon us like a new, virulent...
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American Aquarium to Make Grand Ole Opry Debut
It's a rite of passage for any artist or band. And no matter how bygone the honor and opportunity might feel to some, to any act in the country and roots realm with any notion of history, it's a bucket...
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New FOX TV Series to Portray Country Music’s Fictional First Family
"Monarch" will star Susan Sarandon as the ailing "Queen of Country Music" Dottie Cantrell Roman, Trace Adkins as her husband Albie, and British actress Anna Friel as Nicolette “Nicky” Roman, who is the...
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The Worst “Country” Songs of 2021
'Tis the season to set 'em up, and tee off on the worst "country" songs released in the last calendar year, and boy, were there some doozies in 2021. It still feels like country music in the mainstream...
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Delay of FOX Country Music Drama “Monarch” is a Big Deal
Unless you've been living under a rock, and especially if you've spent any time interfacing with the NFL on FOX over the last few months, you know just how energized the TV network has been about their...
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Debut Episode of FOX’s Country Music Series ‘Monarch’ is a Dud
I hope someone out there appreciates the rigors one has to go through to cover the full breadth of what falls in the "country music" beat. Lucky for you, I watched the debut episode of FOX's new...
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FOX’s “Monarch” Canceled as Showtime’s “George & Tammy” Soars
It's the tale of two television shows, as two networks try to tap into the rich narrative of country music, one via fictionalized drama, and another via the true story of Tammy Wynette and George...
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Big George Jones “Still Playin’ Possum” Concert Announced
April 26th, 2023 will be the 10th Anniversary of the death of George Jones, and on the day before---Tuesday April 25th---artists and fans will be congregating in Huntsville, Alabama at the Propst Arena...
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Aaron McCune Keeps Bass Singing Alive with Oak Ridge Boys, Dailey & Vincent
Aaron McCune can not only can handle the bass parts to iconic country songs from The Oak Ridge Boys and others, he can go even deeper, and this is bringing the important element of four-part harmonies...
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