When I was in ninth grade, I ditched Social Studies class to go get Kathy Mattea’s autograph at the WYNY station office in midtown Manhattan, a good year or two before they switched from country
Big & Rich, “Lost In This Moment” This doesn’t sound like Big & Rich at all, as we’ve come to know them. John Rich is singing out front, there’s nothing off-beat going on. Just a
Kenny Rogers with Don Henley, “Calling Me” This Grammy-nominated collaboration sounds like the very best Adult Top 40 of the mid-eighties, the type of song that Bruce Hornsby, Steve Winwood or Henley himself would’ve dominated
Little Big Town, “A Little More You” Their last pair of singles have been weighed down by a muddy production, but “A Little More You” sounds much cleaner, and the harmonies are given a chance
Pat Green, “Dixie Lullaby” Memories of childhood are specific to each individual person, yet somehow the more specific they’re described in song, the more universal they feel when listening to them. Green’s romanticizing of his
Little Texas, “Missing Years” Starts off promising, until the chorus hits and it becomes a painfully obvious retread of Tim McGraw’s “Everywhere.” Young guy leaves small town, then we get a geographical tour of where
How people reacted to me being a Dixie Chicks fan before March 2003: “You listen to them? What kind of a backwoods, redneck, hillbilly, sleep with your sister, right-wing nutjob are you?” From March 2003-present:
Pam Tillis has relaunched her website, in preparation for her upcoming album, RhineStoned, which is due in stores on April 17. From the official press release of the album: Rhinestoned marks the first album to
How appropriate that the Grammys did a tribute to L.A. country band The Eagles at the 49th Annual Ceremony, since country took over the ceremony at the Kodak Theatre. For the first time in Grammy
11:26 They did it. Dixie Chicks, Album of the Year. I’m so damn happy! 11:24 Don Henley is here, and gave a shout out to the Chicks, hope he says their name again! 11:23 3