Introducing The Cumberland Collective: “We want to make music for the right reasons”

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One of the hits of the Folk Alliance 2012 was new Nashville band, The Cumberland Collective. Consisting of anywhere up to fifteen players, eight of the band’s members made their first trip to the music conference where I watched them create a buzz with their unique blend of, well, just about every music genre you Read More

The Roys and David Olney Entertain on Music City Roots

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Broadcast live from the Loveless Cafe barn, Music City Roots is a two-hour radio show celebrating the cornucopia of music alive and well in Nashville today. Spanning country, americana, bluegrass, folk, western swing, rockabilly and more, the evenings are packed with high quality performances. Wednesday night, March 7, I went to go see my bluegrass Read More

Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum and Carolina Chocolate Drops Lead Billboard Charts

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Kenny Chesney‘s slowest climbing single, ‘Reality,’ has become his 23rd #1 hit on the Billboard Country Song Chart. Lady Antebellum is still holding on to the top spot of the Billboard Country Album Chart with Own the Night, and Carolina Chocolate Drops see their new album, Leaving Eden, rise to the top of the Billboard Read More

Dierks Bentley, Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, and More Added to CMA Fest Lineup

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More names have been added to the 2012 CMA Fest Nightly Concerts at LP Field lineup. Dierks Bentley, Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Brantley Gilbert, and Scotty McCreery will perform during the four-day festival this summer, Thursday-Sunday, June 7-10, 2012. Read More

Lee Brice Slates New Album ‘Hard 2 Love’ for April 24 Release

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Lee Brice has written a string of #1 hits for some of the biggest names in country music, including Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Tim McGraw, but now Brice is focusing on his own music career as he prepares the release of new album Hard 2 Love, in stores April 24. Read More

Kenny Chesney’s ‘Reality’ Takes #1 Spot on Mediabase Chart

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‘Reality,’ by Kenny Chesney, finished it’s final climb up the chart to #1, followed by Dierks Bentley’s, ‘Home.’  Following a stellar two-week run at #1, Keith Urban’s ‘You Gonna Fly’ dropped to #3.  ‘Alone with You’ (Jake Owen) and ‘Ours’ (Taylor Swift) both skipped up 3 spots to #4 and #5, respectively. George Strait’s ‘Love’s Read More

UCN Interview: LoCash Cowboys – “If you’re going to be cliché, why not be original?”

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One of the greatest things about running UCN has been the people it has brought into my life whom I otherwise would never have met. And really cool have been the people who have taken me by surprise. Perhaps none have done this more than Chris Lucas and Preston Brust of LoCash Cowboys. If you Read More

Songwriters Circle: Clay Evans

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I hear a lot of new music. In any given week, I am sent upwards of 100 new CDs. This is probably true for most music writers: if you want to grab my attention, you need to arrive with something special; something I haven’t heard from anyone else. Nashville singer-songwriter Clay Evans did just that Read More

Single Review: Wanted – Hunter Hayes

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Songwriters:   Hunter Hayes, Troy Verges There is no denying the musical talents that live and breathe within 20 year old musician and singer/songwriter, Hunter Hayes.  The love ballad, ‘Wanted,’ off his self-titled album, ‘Hunter Hayes,’ expresses a young man’s longing and love for his girl, with the desire to have her always know that she is Read More