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...
View ArticleDallas 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,...
View ArticleLeAnn 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...
View ArticleGrand 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...
View ArticleTrace 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleJason 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...
View ArticleSong 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...
View Article1 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...
View ArticleRape 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...
View ArticleCapitol Records Shuts Down Charity Contribution
Unfortunately in the current music climate, if you want to put out a legit album, the first thing you have to do is call a lawyer. And then cross your fingers that you still don’t get sued. Or in the...
View ArticleMilsap / Bleve Records Strike Back
I’m happy to report that there is good news on the fight between Bleve Records, Ronnie Milsap, and Capitol Records Nashville. Capitol has been filing legal briefs to keep Bleve Records from releasing a...
View ArticleMilsap / Bleve Strike Back – Part 2
To read about the conflict between Ronnie Milsap and Capitol Records Nashville, click here, and to read about Milsap’s first protest click here. I know some of you might be tired of this story, and...
View ArticleTaylor Swift’s 0-fer at ACM’s Due To Overexposure
The internet is exercised today over the fact that Taylor Swift did not win any hardware at last night’s ACM Awards. Fans are looking for the fix, and haters are wondering if this is the end of the...
View ArticleTrace Adkins Leaves Capitol b/c of Bleve Brushup?
It was announced yesterday that Trace Adkins’ new album Cowboys Back in Town will be released on August 24th. Adkins, who spent his whole 14 year career with Capitol Records Nashville, suddenly decided...
View ArticleTrace Adkins On Capitol Nashville: ‘They’re Broke’
Trace Adkins has ended months of speculation of why he left one of Nashville’s most notorious major labels, that being Capitol Record’s Nashville subsidiary. “They’re broke.” Adkins explained bluntly...
View ArticleTrace Adkins’ Song “Brown Chicken Brown Cow”
I hate predictability. I hate predictability in music, and I hate it in human activity. And so here we are. Trace Adkins has put out yet another dumb gimmick song. I guess then it is my job as a...
View ArticleFowler Sells Out for Colt Ford’s “Hip Hop in a Honky Tonk”
The latest new low is this "duet" by Colt Ford with the aforementioned Kevin Fowler called "Hip Hop in a Honky Tonk." You can probably guess the premise. 2011 might be the year that the two 2...
View ArticleBrothers That Bring The Roots
Even though T Model is solidly blues, like so many other roots-based independent artists, he has turned to the same underground resources that many independent country acts use to get their music to...
View ArticleTrace Adkins Targets Your Kids w/ Sexualized Puppets
When I first roasted this song, a lot of people thought I'd gone too far. That I was tilting at windmills. That I was being some sort of ultra-moralist by pointing out the sexual nature of the song....
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