Country Music Gains Ground In Ringtone Sales
We all know that ringtones are the new 45 rpm and it appears that country music is gaining some ground in the sales of “polyphonic,” synthesizer-like reproductions of a melody, and the much more popular…
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No Depression Is Dead, Long Live No Depression
No Depression magazine, the bible of alt/roots/country/Americana music and lifestyle for thirteen years is making a comeback of sorts. Nodpression.com will be relaunched in late September and will be edited by the magazine’s founding co-editor…
Medley – Unknown Hinson – The King of Country Western Troubadours
I’m in a Unknown Hinson mood. You should be too…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LJf9fYM8-s[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IL_pbFbYK0[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfSfK0AMWlc[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGsxCscY_nk[/youtube]
Congratulations to Eleven Hundred Springs
Congratulations to Dallas’ hottest honky-tonk band Eleven Hundred Springs for sweeping every category they were up for in the Dallas Observer Music Awards – Best Band, Best Album, Best Country/Roots Act and EHS lead vocalist/songwriter…
It Burns When I Pee Episode 17 – Even God Needs The Devil
Image by Keith Neltner While working on their spiritual and format rebirth, It Burns When I Pee Episode 17 now offers new cast members, and an all around more righteous path to country music salvation.…
Escape From New York
“I lived in New York for a while. But I’m a hothead. I wasn’t well-suited for the temperament of that town.” Tom Waits As much as I despise mainstream country radio how could I stay…
The Railbenders to Play Denver’s Mile High Music Festival
From cbs4denver.com – Denver’s Railbenders will stand out at the Mile High Music Festival as the only country/rock band featured on the bill with Spoon, Josh Ritter, Dave Mathews and Tom Petty. The Nitty Gritty…
Dale Watson Interview
Northeastern Pennsylvania’s The Weekender has an interview with Texas’ hillbilly king Dale Watson. Dale. As usual, rails on pop-country music and thinks his style of old-school honky-tonk should split from the country genre proper: “It…
Loretta Lynn at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction
Glitzy entertainmant industry parties in New York City are common (not that I’m invited, they do have some standards) but on the recent occasion of the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction it took “the pride…
Loretta Lynn Live at Ft. Worth’s Bass Hall
Dallasnews.com has a nice write up on the grand dame of Country Music, Loretta Lynn’s sold out show last Saturday at Ft. Worth’s Bass Hall. The night before Lo-retty had played Stubb’s in Austin’s (latter…