Hank Williams III Discusses Making “Damn Right Rebel Proud”
Hank III discusses making his new release “Damn Right Rebel Proud” (October 21, Curb Records) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKd2UPiSsWc[/youtube]
Category Archives: From where I sit
Country Music Hearts Obama!
I remember the comedian Chris Rock on a cable filmed stand-up special saying something like what is the world coming to when the top rapper in the world is white (Eminem) and the top golfer…
Carrie Rodriguez’s New Release to Drop 8/5
Austin-born, Berklee trained violinist-turned-fiddler/singer/song writer, and Chip Taylor protege, Carrie Rodriguez will release her second solo album “She Aint Me.” (8/5) The album is produced Malcolm Burn (Emmylou Harris, Kaki King) and wrote with Gary…
Nashville Fan Fare
I (justifiably) bitch a lot about Music City and tier ongoing campaign to strangle any beauty and creativity out of country music, but one tradition I do like is the idea of the annual Fan…
Tim McGraw and Def Leppard Serves Up The Crap
I’m here watching my defending champ Spurs open the first round of playoffs againt the Pheonix Suns (spurs won in double overtime, YOW!) and the Tim McGraw and Def Leppard video for their co-written song…
Carrie Underwood’s Modern Love
AOL’s Country Corner posts that country pop-tart Carrie Underwood admitted to ‘Extra’ (who else?) that she and Lubbock, TX. native and ‘Gossip Girl’ actor Chace Crawford “ended their highly-publicized relationship through text messaging, saying, “We…
Alt.country is dead, long live Alt.country
Aquarium Drunkard recently commented – Grieving Angel (or, What Happened to alt.Country) – on the demise of No Depression magazine as a sign on the wall that alt.country, and all its various strains is headed…
No Depression Magazine to End Publication
Due to financial and music industry self-inflicted mortal wounds No Depression Magazine will cease publication after 13 bi-monthly years of bringing it’s readers to best of “Alternative Country (Whatever that is)” From the March-April issue…
Grammys Wrap Up
Okay, so the Grammys didn’t completely blow, just about 97% did. There were some greats – Aretha, Tina, John Fogerty, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, some damn good – Foo Fighters, The Time, some…
Grammy Jeers and Predictions – Release The Hounds
The Grammys are like a championship dog show. The awards go the the best behaved, the best bred to exacting standards and not to the the idiosyncratic mutt. Okay, sometimes there is the occasional gnarly…