Taylor Swift’s ‘Mean’ Takes Over #1 Spot on Country’s Mediabase Chart

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Flip-flopping  1st and 2nd place on this week’s Country Mediabase Charts is Taylor Swift’s ‘Mean’ and Blake Shelton’s ‘HoneyBee.‘ Steadying the course is The Band Perry’s ‘You Lie’ and Justin Moore’s ‘If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away’, maintaining their positions at 3rd and 4th respectively. Jason Aldean’s ‘Dirt Road Anthem’ has taken him up a Read More

CMA Fest Show Review – Walker Hayes – June 12, 2011

14 years ago Liv Carter 1
Among the new group of country singer-songwriters, I have been paying attention to Walker Hayes for quite some time now. His incredibly creative, left-of-center material is right up my alley. To many he was a new name and I was pleased to see him get a performance slot late enough in the day that there Read More

CMA Fest Show Review – Dave Pahanish – June 10, 2011

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I started all this as a music fan so of course I love the country stars but, for me, the songwriters are stars shining at least as bright. Closing procedures at the Hard Rock Café stage on Friday, June 10, was Dave Pahanish with his band The Rust Belt. Pahanish is responsible for some big Read More

CMA Fest Show Review – Christian Kane – June 12, 2011

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CMA Fest provided me with the opportunity to see some artists perform live for the first time, but it also reunited me with acts I had not seen for years. In the latter group sits Christian Kane. Last time I saw him was in a small venue in Birmingham, England in 2007. I have always Read More

CMA Fest Show Review – Chase Rice – June 10, 2011

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A new name to country music, Chase Rice released his debut album, Country as Me, earlier this year. He knows how to party and brought boundless energy to the Hard Rock Café stage during CMA Music Fest. His debut single, ‘Buzz Back’ got a big cheer. It had existing fans singing along and I am Read More