Jamey Johnson: Bringing grit back to country music - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Pub. Date - Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:08:00 GMT
When Alabama-born singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson went in to record his latest album, "That Lonesome Song," he had no intention of crafting a collection that would be hailed as one of the best country music efforts of the last year. The studio time ...

HOT DISH: The New Year Will Be Good for Country Music - CMT
Pub. Date - Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:11:00 GMT
( CMT Hot Dish is a weekly feature written by veteran columnist Hazel Smith. Author of the cookbook, Hazel's Hot Dish: Cookin' With Country Stars , she also hosts CMT's Southern Fried Flicks With Hazel Smith and shares her recipes at CMT .com.) Here ...

Morning Report: Even the porn industry wants a bailout - Philiy.com
Pub. Date - Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:34:00 GMT
Finally, in this era of unprecedented government bailouts, there is an industry worthy of our tax dollars. In a story that no sportswriter could invent, CNN last night reported that another major American industry is asking for assistance as the ...

Caller.com Corpus Christi News and Information - Corpus Christi Caller
Pub. Date - Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:56:00 GMT
On May 9, the 6,800-capacity Dodge Arena in Hidalgo County will be the opening site for the George Strait tour. How is it possible that the Rio Grande Valley, which I believe only has one country radio station, will get such a big event? I know that ...

The Weekend Warrior's Terrible 25 of 2008 - Coming Soon!
Pub. Date - Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:59:00 GMT
2008 is over and while there's been a lot of great stuff worth remembering, there's also a few things that we'd really like to forget — 25 things to be exact. Welcome to the Weekend Warrior's Terrible 25 list, an annual tradition where we revisit ...

Cledus T. Judd unveils a new Obama parody - Nashville Tennessean
Pub. Date - Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:56:00 GMT
As the Barack Obama -themed parody of "Puff the Magic Dragon" continues to make national news, country music funnyman Cledus T. Judd has recorded "Waitin' On Obama," to the tune of Brad Paisley 's hit, "Waiting on a Woman." On Monday, Cledus shot the ...

Swift says her recent success is unbelievable - Nashville Tennessean
Pub. Date - Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT
Taylor Swift transformed from country music's "It" girl to the genre's newest superstar during the last two months of 2008. She was 2008's overall top-selling artist, with 4 million in total sales and two albums in the all-genre top 10, according to ...

Taylor Swift Was America's Bestselling Album Artist of 2008 - CMT
Pub. Date - Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:16:00 GMT
Although overall U.S. music sales were up in 2008 -- with more than 1.5 billion albums, singles, music videos and digital tracks sold -- album sales alone dropped an average of 14 percent across all recorded musical formats. Sales of country music ...