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With a No. 1 album on the charts and a two-hour TV special in December, the former American Idol winner has reason to celebrate – and won't let anyone ruin her holiday spirit.
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Carrie Underwood Spicing Up Her Holiday
CMP Talks with Rosanne Cash about life, her legendary father and her extraordinary new album.
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Rosanne Cash’s new album, The List, could be called the Dead Sea Scrolls of country music. A strange analogy, but an entirely apt one for a disc with twelve tracks by Cash from a list of 100 essential country and roots songs compiled for her by her father, the legendary Johnny Cash, when she [...]
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Amy Farris Tribute-McCabe’s, 11/8/09 (Dave Alvin, Peter Case, Stan Ridgeway, I See Hawks)
On October 20 a memorial/tribute for Amy Farris was held in her home town of Austin, featuring Dave Alvin and numerous associates of Amy’s over the years.Last night Dave put together a tribute in Amy’s adopted home town of LA, and what a tribute it was.Though I’ve never been enamored of Amy’s songwriting or vocal [...]
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Stormy Montana “Someone Like Me” Review
For a girl who has relatively no record-label backing, 16-year-old Stormy Montana has a hint of Miranda Lambert sass in her. With a soft voice, she sings strong songs about boys, drinking, and … Willie Nelson?? Sure, she even sings one song about biker chicks.Montana is taking country sales by, well, ‘storm,’ with selling nearly [...]
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Country Music Awards Open Thread
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Good thing Kanye West wasn’t invited to the Country Music Awards, because he would have had to get up and interrupt Taylor Swift quite a few times.Swift picked up awards for Album of the Year (for Fearless), Female Vocalist of the Year and Music Video of the Year (for “Love Story”).Other top honors went to [...]
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Say hi to Davie Gayle and the kids at Flour Fusion…another tale about the long tail
Originally posted at www.nodepression.comA few months ago on a hot September night I got a call from my friend John who asked if I wanted to go down to a little coffee shop in our neck of the woods that was having an open mic night for singer-songwriters called Friday Night Writers. Neither of us [...]
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James McMurtry “Live in Europe” Lightning Rod
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(Note: This review has been altered. For various reasons, the album was originally reviewed without the bonus DVD. When McMurtry’s people caught wind, they got a copy of the DVD to me because they felt it was important. They were right.)It’s only been five years since the release of the well received “Live in Aught-Three,” [...]
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Cayamo 2010: A Journey Through Song
What’s better than a five-day cruise from Miami to Belize and Costa Maya? A cruise that includes performances by Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Brandi Carlile, John Hiatt, Steve Earl! All aboard for Cayamo 2010: A Journey Through Song, an experience by Sixthman. The cruise leaves Miami on February 21 and returns on February 26. For [...]
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Joe Nichols partners with TheHopeLine to help battle addiction
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People battling addiction have a new resource for help and support in a new website spurred by Joe Nichols’ video “An Old Friend of Mine.”Nichols has partnered with TheHopeLine in creating a website, www.anoldfriendofmine.com, designed to help people struggling with addiction issues. The idea started with Dave Anderson, TheHopeLine’s director of rescue, when he saw [...]
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Those Darlins: In-Studio Performance at Seattle’s KEXP FM
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For those of you who just can’t get enough of Those Darlins, put the pedal to the metal — don’t even stop for “Red Lights” — and haul ass over to Seattle’s KEXP 90.3 FM website to hear the Darlins talk about stuff and sing a few songs.You’ll hear two old favorites and two [...]
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Taylor Holingsworth “Life With a Slow Ear” – Review
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Taylor Holingsworth, guitarist of Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band, has slowly but surely made his own way into an Oberst-like spotlight. Growing up in Alabama, Taylor was hired as a back-up guitarist for several bands. In these bands, he mastered both the art of rhythmic rock tunes and the title of [...]
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Watson Twins To Release New Album On Vanguard Records
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The Watson Twins will unveil their sophomore release Talking To You, Talking To Me on Vanguard Records February 9, 2010, their most ambitious album to date. The new album finds the Watson Twins taking a soulful turn a la Carole King, but with a pop edge reminiscent of Feist. The result is a heartfelt nod [...]
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WDVX Blue Plate Special: Band of Heathens – 11/4/09
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On Wednesday, Nov. 4 at noon, check out a LIVE performance by Band of Heathens and Taylor Brown on WDVX 89.9 FM’s Blue Plate Special, at the Knoxville Visitors Center on the corner of Gay St. and Summit Hill Dr. in downtown Knoxville, TN. (The WDVX Blue Plate Special features a live performance each weekday [...]
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Songs for the World Series
October is over, and so is baseball season. CMP was barely aware of this since we stopped paying attention once our teams were all eliminated. Nevertheless, here’s our World Series playlist for those who are still cracking open Buds and cheering on the Phillies (or that other team CMP refuses to acknowledge):Trace Adkins – “Swing”This [...]
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On The Road With Port O’Brien – Interview
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By Dan EvonI had been listening to Port O’brien for an entire week. I had gotten their album, All We Could do Was Sing, the previous year and was enamored with the eclectic mix of acoustic guitars, ancient rhythms, and choir like singing that reminded me of the Polyphonic Spree. Every track was a celebration, [...]
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Craig Morgan Interview
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When he was stationed overseas during the U.S. invasion of Panama, music couldn’t be farthest from Craig Morgan’s mind. In 1989, Morgan was part of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army during Operation Just Cause, where 57,684 U.S. troops were deployed in an effort to curb harassment of U.S. civilians and combat suspected [...]
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Monsters Of Folk – Album Review
Well here’s the Recipe for a 21st Century Supergroup!
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Drive-by Truckers w/ James McMurtry – Rev Room, Little Rock, AR – 10/24/09
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This was the first time in five years that Drive-by Truckers have rolled into town, and fans responded with a sold out crowd. While they might have sold out anyway, having James McMurtry as an opening act couldn’t have hurt. Not having too much time to dawdle, McMurtry ripped through his songs like a machine. [...]
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Contests-Tickets|CD’s|Autographs|Gift Cards…
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Zac Brown Band & Cracker Barrel1st Place – $50 Cracker Barrel gift card and ZBB “The Foundation” album +3 bonus tracks (exclusive from Cracker Barrel).2nd Place – ZBB “The Foundation” album +3 bonus tracks (exclusive from Cracker Barrel),3rd Place – ZBB “The Foundation” album +3 bonus tracks (exclusive from Cracker Barrel),To Win: Send an email [...]
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Guy Clark “Someday The Song Writes You” – Review
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Guy Clark is a name I feel like I should know better than I do, and looking at what he’s done, only reinforces that feeling. He has written for Johnny Cash and Bobby Bare, among others, has a dozen studio albums to his credit that include great songs like “Desperadoes Waiting for a Train” and [...]
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