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Craig Campbell Returns to Australia for Country Music Awards and Festivals
12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Craig Campbell Returns to Australia for Country Music Awards and Festivals
Craig Campbell will return to Australia this week for his second visit Down Under. The singer will perform at the famous Tamworth Festival and will attend the 41st CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia, to be held there on January 26th. In celebration of his headlining performance at the Tamworth Festival, ABC Music / Universal Read More
The Band Perry Starts the Year with Gold and Platinum Certifications
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A few months before the release of their new album, trio The Band Perry already has a reason to celebrate. The album’s first single, ‘Better Dig Two,’ has been certified gold by the RIAA for selling over 700,000 copies. The song sits currently at #6 on the Mediabase chart, and is their fastest climbing single Read More
Tim McGraw Talks to Billboard about Split with Curb and New Album, Two Lanes of Freedom
12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Tim McGraw Talks to Billboard about Split with Curb and New Album, Two Lanes of Freedom
Tim McGraw will release his new album, Two Lanes of Freedom, on February 5, 2013. It will be his first release on Big Machine Records and the singer has made no secret of the fact that the last few years have been more like tow lanes of frustration. A still-running legal battle with Curb Records Read More
Single Review: ‘All Over the Road’ – Easton Corbin
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Songwriters: Carson Chamberlain, Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby Easton Corbin‘s new single is the title track of his most recent album, ‘All Over the Road.’ It is aiming to repeat the Top 10 success of ‘Lovin’ You Is Fun.’ ‘All over the Road’ we hear an erratic driver’s apology to, presumably, a traffic cop. ‘I know Read More
Taylor Swift Holds Top-selling Country Album and Digital Country Song of 2012
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Well, OK, so that headline will not actually surprise anyone, I’m sure. For 2012, Taylor Swift tops both the top-selling albums and digital songs lists. She had no competition. Swift’s Red outsold the #2 album, Carrie Underwood‘s Blown Away, by just under 2 million copies. The next-best-selling song, Hunter Hayes‘ ‘Wanted,’ fell 885k units short Read MoreSingle Review: ‘Hey Pretty Girl’ – Kip Moore
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Songwriters: Kip Moore, Dan Couch To follow up the #1 success of his previous two singles, ‘Somethin’ ’bout a Truck’ and ‘Beer Money,’ Kip Moore is changing gears. ‘Hey Pretty Girl’ is a sweet, quiet, and beautiful love song. On first listen, this sounds like the telling of a couple’s love story, phase by phase. Read More
Attend a Cooking Class with Christian Kane
12 years ago Liv Carter 24
There seem to be very few creative outlets which country singer-songwriter Christian Kane does not know how to master. While I knew his guitar player (and incidentally also ridiculously talented songwriter), Steve Carlson is a trained chef, turns out Kane himself is a culinary connoisseur himself. For the webseries Taste of Music, he shared his Read More
Single Review: ‘Could it Be’ – Charlie Worsham
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Songwriters: Charlie Worsham, Marty Dodson, Ryan Tyndell He may be new to country radio but Charlie Worsham has already achieved more than many do in their career. He first played at the Ryman Auditorium aged 10, and made his Grand Ole Opry debut when he was 12. After years of building a reputation as a Read More