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2013 in Review – Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums: Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Alan Jackson, Steven Curtis Chapman

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 2013 in Review – Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums: Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Alan Jackson, Steven Curtis Chapman
With their hopefully not just one-time collaboration, Love Has Come for You, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell have the best-selling bluegrass album of 2013. Alan Jackson has found chart success in this genre with the simply titled, The Bluegrass Album, and lands at #2. The loyalty of bluegrass fans is evidenced by the fact that Read More

2013 in Review – Billboard Top Pop/Rock Songs and Albums: Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, Robin Thicke

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 2013 in Review – Billboard Top Pop/Rock Songs and Albums: Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, Robin Thicke
With three songs in the year-end top 10, 2013 was undeniably the year of Imagine Dragons on the Rock Songs Chart, with ‘Radioactive’ leading the pack. A fairly wide definition of “rock” allows The Lumineers to snatch the #2 spot, while breakout act Lorde lands at #3. I don’t particularly consider Mumford & Sons‘ Babel Read More

New Music Video: 'July in Cheyenne' – Aaron Watson

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on New Music Video: 'July in Cheyenne' – Aaron Watson
The new video from Texas singer-songwriter, and longtime rodeo enthusiast, Aaron Watson pays tribute to the late, great bull rider Lane Frost. The touching clip, ‘July In Cheyenne,’ premiered on GAC during National Finals Rodeo and is approaching 70,000 views already. Check out the video below.     Read More

Jason Isbell's Southeastern Tops Americana Albums of 2013 List

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Jason Isbell's Southeastern Tops Americana Albums of 2013 List
The Americana Music Association compiled the Top 100 Americana Albums for 2013. Jason Isbell‘s fantastic album, Southeastern, tops the list as the most played album. Based on data from the radio stations reporting to the Americana Airplay Chart during the period of November 19, 2012 through December 2, 2013, these are the year’s most heard Read More

Lydia Loveless Slates New Album, Somewhere Else, for February 18 Release

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Lydia Loveless Slates New Album, Somewhere Else, for February 18 Release
Alt-country artist Lydia Loveless will release her new album, Somewhere Else, on February 18, 2014. The disc follows her 2011 well-received release, Indestructible Machine, and will be released on Bloodshot Records. To preview the album, you can listen to ‘To Love Somebody’ on SoundCloud. The press release describes: Somewhere Else was recorded and mixed at Read More

New Music Video: 'Slip On By' – Austin Webb

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on New Music Video: 'Slip On By' – Austin Webb
Streamsound recording artist Austin Webb‘s wonderful new single, ‘Slip On By,’ has a brand new music video. The clip was shot in Nashville, TN and was directed by Stephen Shepard. “I’m really proud of this music video,” Webb said via a press release. “Stephen Shepard is an amazing talent and really did an incredible job. Read More

Grab The Delta Saints Debut Album for Free on Noisetrade!

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Grab The Delta Saints Debut Album for Free on Noisetrade!
Nashville band The Delta Saints is for me one of the big discoveries of 2013. They released their full-length debut at the beginning of the year and then hit the road hard. After impressing me tremendously at Music City Roots, they confirmed their live reputation with a stellar performance at this summer’s Live on the Read More

New Music Video: 'Gasoline and Matches' – LeAnn Rimes with Rob Thomas and Jeff Beck

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on New Music Video: 'Gasoline and Matches' – LeAnn Rimes with Rob Thomas and Jeff Beck
For her new music video for ‘Gasoline and Matches,’ LeAnn Rimes enlisted some top personnel. She is joined by Matchbox 20’s Rob Thomas and legendary guitarist Jeff Beck. The unique and ultra-creative video was directed by Ian Padgham and was shot only using an iPhone and stop animation photography. The project involves over 8,000 photos Read More

Craig Morgan Celebrates 5th Anniversary as Grand Ole Opry Member

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Craig Morgan celebrated his 5th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member last week with a special performance. Full press release: Grand Ole Opry member and country music super star Craig Morgan recently returned to the Opry stage to perform and celebrate his fifth year, and counting, as a member of country music’s most honored Read More

Billboard #1s Weekly Chart Update: December 6, 2013

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Billboard #1s Weekly Chart Update: December 6, 2013
Weekly round-up of the Billboard chart #1s! Pop brats One Direction top the albums chart in pretty much every country, Garth Brooks returns to his rightful place atop the country charts, Mumford & Sons manages a return to #1 on the Folk Albums Chart, and Imagine Dragons takes their ‘Demons’ to lead the Pop Songs Read More