Jason Aldean Takes His Dirt Road Anthem to #1 on Country Mediabase Chart

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An uphill climb of 2 spots from last week, finds Jason Aldean and his‘Dirt Road Anthem’ at #1 on this week’s Country Singles Mediabase Chart. ‘Tomorrow’ looks bright for Chris Young as he finds himself up 2 spots and rests nicely at #2. Being ‘Knee Deep’ in good fortune finds Zac Brown Band (w/ Jimmy Buffet) Read More

CD Review – Outlaws Like Me – Justin Moore

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  Outlaws Like Me – Justin Moore (Valory Music Co., 2011) Repeatedly throughout Justin Moore’s sophomore album, he desperately tries to convince us he is really, really country … and not only is he really, really country … but he is also an outlaw – a country outlaw!  In his attempt to drive this point home, he takes it Read More

Single Review – This Ole Boy – Craig Morgan

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Craig Morgan’s first release with Black River Music Group, ‘This Ole Boy,’  is a fiddle-filled, toe-tapping little diddy about a guy and a girl riding in an old Ford (complete with holes in the floor board) down a country road, completely smitten with one another. Sound familiar?  It should. It’s the premise of many a country Read More

Single Review – I Do, But Do I – Katie Armiger

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Katie Armiger’s breezy, catchy, girly-girl, single, ‘I Do, But Do I,’  just hit the summertime airwaves of country music radio. Co-written by Rhean Boyer (of Carolina Rain), and featured as a new single on the upcoming deluxe edition of Katie’s “Confessions of a Nice Girl” album, this tune is certainly age appropriate coming from a barely-out-of-her teens Armiger.  While Read More

Justin Moore Claims Mediabase Country Singles #1

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After a long, slow climb, Justin Moore‘s ‘If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away’ has reached the top of the Mediabase Country Singles Chart. The Band Perry‘s ‘You Lie’, last week’s #2, was pipped at the post to the top spot and falls to #5 this week. Blake Shelton‘s ‘Honey Bee’ goes to #2, and Jason Read More

Single Review: Always a Reason – Dirt Drifters

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Out on country radio earlier this week, The Dirt Drifters’single, ‘Always A Reason’, has give me reason to check out this group a bit more closely.  Now available on iTunes and featured on their upcoming cd, “This is My Blood”, ‘Always A Reason’ has a working-man theme running through it. No, that is not new Read More

Single Review: Let’s Get Together – Phil Vassar

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Phil Vassar returns with a new summer single, ‘Let’s Get Together.’ Inspired by summer night socials at his house, this is a classic laid-back sunny season song. Read More

Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean and Alison Krauss Head Up the Billboard Charts

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‘Honey Bee’ has become a very big hit indeed for Blake Shelton as he holds on to the Billboard Country Songs #1 for another week.  The Band Perry go to #2 with ‘You Lie’ and Justin Moore‘s ‘If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away’ lands at #3. Jason Aldean claims #4 with ‘Dirt Road Anthem’, and Read More

Blake Shelton Regains the Mediabase Country Singles #1

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Blake Shelton has returned to the top of the Mediabase Country Singles Chart with ‘Honey Bee.’ The song previously spent two weeks at #1 before last week making way for Taylor Swift‘s ‘Mean’, which now drops to #6. The Band Perry go to #2 with ‘You Lie’ and Justin Moore‘s ‘If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Read More