Country Music

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:58pm

It's easy to look at this good-looking young quartet as either a younger 'clone' of Little Big Town or just some fresh-faced pop group but when you actually listen to their song "Wild At Heart," the band's talent erases all those condescending thoughts.  

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 01:58pm

Listen to this holiday track from Kylie Morgan's benefit album for the American Cancer Society.

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:59pm

Watch Chris Young's latest music video here.  It's the title track to his latest album.  It follows up his break-through hit "Gettin' You Home."

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:58pm

The Trailer Choir scored their first hit with "Rockin' The Beer Gut" and now the trio returns with a re-written "holla day" take on it.

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 08:58am

Here's his latest video, it features new labelmate Brantley Gilbert.

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 01:18am

Willie Nelson received three grammy nominations last night: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:  American Classic  Best Americana Album:  Willie and the Wheel (with Asleep At The Wheel) Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: ”Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (with Norah Jones) The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California [...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:54am

Thanks to Katie, from New Orleans, for sharing pictures she took last year of Willie Nelson and Family at the House of Blues in New Orleans, on January 3, 2008. The band will perform for two nights at the New Orleans’ House of Blues on January 13th and 14th, 2010.  Tickets go on sale on December 5, 2009, at www.houseofblues.com. Another picture from last year’s [...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:34am

‘Soundstage,’ the television music series filmed in Chicago and aired on PBS will begin it’s 8th season on January 21, 2010.  Tim McGraw kicks off the series.  The 2010 season will also include performances from Willie Nelson, Faith Hill, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Fray and Three Girls and Their Buddy: Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller. W[...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 11:46pm

Photo:  Genaro Molina www.mercurynews.com Shay Quillen The always restless Willie Nelson has become, if anything, even harder to pin down. He’s made alt-country music with Ryan Adams and regular ol’ country with Kenny Chesney, done Ray Charles songs with Wynton Marsalis and crooned reggae numbers with Toots Hibbert. Just this year he has released a jazzy album of standards[...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 02:58pm

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 01:58pm

Emma Jacob has come a long way since she debuted in 2007 as Emma Mae.  She's grown into her voice and 2,232 Miles, her full debut, showcases just how far this talented young singer has grown in those two short years.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 12:58pm

Newcomer Jeremy Crady has offered Roughstock readers the chance to nominate somebody they know who has gone through a tough time recently.  The nominated winner will receive a copy of Jeremy's CD, a Jeremy Crady T-shirt and a $50 gift card.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 12:22pm

At a press conference Wednesday morning, MCA Nashville announced the official launch of a new Vince Gill Backing Vocals iPhone app. The program for Apple’s popular personal connectivity device allows users to sing any words they’d like and have Gill’s angelic harmonies added in real time through a sophisticated vowel recognition and repetition algorithm, which the com[...]

Tags: Fake News

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 11:58am

This year's 37th favorite single of the year comes from one of country music's newest acts.  Steel Magnolia may have gained 'fame' via CMT's Can You Duet but that doesn't mean that the duo aren't worthy of their placement on this year's countdown.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 11:58am

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 10:31am

The Taylor Swift Express just keeps steaming right along. The Grammy nominations are in, and Taylor racked up eight, including nominations in the "Big Three" categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Taylor's unwitting partner in the Kanye West-MTV Awards fiasco, Beyonce, led the way with 10 nominations. She'll go head to head against Taylor in the[...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 08:10am

Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins, yesterday on Capitol Hill: “you’re better off having more stop sets with fewer commercials in each pod." .. so I checked the top of the rankers from yesterday's ARB November PPM monthlies, to see how many programmers agreed with that assertion. I reviewed the top ranked music stations in New York and Los Angeles yesterday in their 9:00 am to 10[...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 02:58am

Currently touring with Shakira, This is her second single for Stony Creek Records. 

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 02:16am

Thank to Janis from Texas for sharing these pictures she took of the band in Norman, OK, on 11/27/09. Bee Spears, Mickey Raphael Willie Nelson and Mickey Raphael          

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 01:58am

Listen to the upcoming single from Darryl Worley.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 01:32am

Janis from Texas took this picture.  Thanks, friend.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 12:58am

The latest round of Grammy Award nominees are out and included on this year's country tally are three separate award nominations for Keith Urban, Lee Ann Womack and George Strait.  Zac Brown Band and Jamey Johnson lead the pack with a pair of nominations.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 12:41am

  starting bid:  $899.00 “This is one of only five Willie Nelson dolls made for use by Willie Nelson in the award-winning H&R Block Super Bowl Commercial.  These dolls are each hand-made – and there are only five of them in the world. As you can see in the photos, the doll is made to Willie’s specifications, from the leather vest to the tradema[...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 12:23am

Willie and the Wheel Best Americana Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) Together Through Life Bob Dylan [Columbia] Electric Dirt Levon Helm [Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records] Willie And The Wheel Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel [Bismeaux Records] Wilco (The Album) Wilco [Nonesuch] Little Honey Lucinda Williams [Lost Highway Records]

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 10:12pm

Record Of The Year Halo Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles & Ryan Tedder, producers; Jim Caruana, Mark "Spike" Stent & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce [Music World Music / Columbia] I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas David Guetta & Frederick Riesterer, producers; will.i.am, Dylan "3-D" Dresdow & Pad[...]

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 09:11pm

Oh what stories a musician’s body could tell. Just like other artists of his ilk, Jack Cooke did not live to see 80. However, he made it farther than most. Cooke succumbed due to a fall that he suffered on Monday night. He was 73 years old. Jack was a prolific bass player, first playing [...]

Tags: commentary, Bill Monroe, Jack Cooke, Ralph Stanley, Stanley Brothers

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 04:57pm

Congratulations to the winners of the CMNB Great Holiday Giveaway! I feel like Santa except without all the elves or the furry face! Why you ask? Because I just shipped out 5 overstuffed boxes of prizes to 5 lucky winners in our Great Holiday Giveaway! Congratulations go out to Jason in Georgia, Judith in Kansas, [...]

Tags: Contests

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 01:59pm

Throughout the course of his career Darryl Worley has scored multiple hits and while he's bounced around from label to label in recent years, that hasn't stopped the artist from delivering one of the best country radio singles of 2009.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 12:59pm

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 11:59am

listen to Darren's latest single here.