Billboard Charts Topped by Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum and Alison Krauss

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This week’s Billboard charts are headed up by Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum and Alison Krauss. Billboard Country Singles: 1. ‘Made in America’ – Toby Keith 2. ‘Take a Back Road’ – Rodney Atkins 3. ‘Long Hot Summer’ – Keith Urban 4. ‘God Gave Me You’ – Blake Shelton 5. ‘Here for a Good Time’ – Read More

Toby Keith Achieves 20th #1 Hit with ‘Made in America’

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Toby Keith reaches #1 for the 20th time in his career this week with ‘Made in America.’ Keith takes over the top spot from Rodney Atkins whose ‘Take a Back Road’ lands at #. Keith Urban remains stationary at #3 with ‘Long Hot Summer.’ George Strait climbs to #4 with ‘Here for a Good Time,’ Read More

Rodney Atkins Takes a Back Road to Mediabase #1

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It took a while, presumably via the referenced route, but Rodney Atkins has reached the Mediabase Country Singles #1 with ‘Take a Back Road.’ And it looks like for next week’s top spot, we will have the battle of the Keiths. Read More

UCN Interview: Glen Templeton – “I have lived my songs”

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At a recent industry function to introduce Glen Templeton‘s new single, ‘I Could Be the One,’ I sat down with him for a quick chat about the new material. (you can find videos of his performance here) We made ourselves at home in the commodious writers room at Black River Entertainment and as Glen relaxed Read More

Nashville’s Saturday Night Live…with Hugh Mitchell at Blue Bar

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Continuing my mission to help spread the word about new and/or independent artists, this edition of Nashville’s Saturday Night Live will introduce you to singer-songwriter Hugh Mitchell. Raised in Birmingham, AL (but born in California) Mitchell grew up influenced by all the diverse musical stylings his hometown has to offer. As a result, his material Read More

Jake Owen Celebrates His First #1 Hit with ‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night’

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Jake Owen had a fantastic summer and he’s topping it off with his first #1 hit as ‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night’ reaches the top of the Mediabase Country Singles Chart. Congratulations to Jake, his label Sony and, above all, to the songwriters Dylan Altman, Terry Sawchuk and Eric Paslay. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood drop Read More

Dierks Bentley Is the Only One at #1 on the Mediabase Country Singles Chart

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Dierks Bentley‘s summer party anthem, ‘Am I the Only One,’ has worked its way to the Mediabase Country Singles Chart #1 this week. While I am really thrilled for Bentley, it is a shame that this is achieved with something like this rather than the high-quality material from Up on the Ridge. But that’s corporate Read More

Songwriters Circle: DeeAnn Dominy

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When an interview is allowed to flow naturally, often a theme develops organically. When sitting down with singer-songwriter DeeAnn Dominy, again and again, the topic of conversation went back to a quality she embodies: honesty. The reason for our get-together was her independently released (and brilliantly titled) album, Based on a True Story. With this Read More