Luke Bryan is back at the top of the country singles chart. The singer's latest hit, 'Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye,' comes in at No. 1 on the Mediabase / Country Aircheck this week, while last week's chart-topper -- Lee Brice's 'Hard to Love' -- remains at the top on the Billboard country singles chart.
November 7, 2012 There's a connection that country star that Eric Church makes with his audience that's unmistakeably direct. Just listen to his music and you'd swear it's by-passing your ears and going directly into your veins. Powerful, yet engaging.
It's no wonder that Eric picked up CMA's Albu
With her second single, 'Whiskey,' Jana Kramer proves the vulnerability she showed on 'Why Ya Wanna' was no fluke. It's tough to turn away from her hurt, which on this song is aided by a tight lyric and sensible mix of pop and traditional country styling.
November 7, 2012 As I perused the cmt.com website this morning, I came across a great song and video by
Kacey Musgraves.
When you've written many hits, it's easy to forget where some ideas came from, just as David Lee Murphy did with 'The Only Way I Know' lyrics -- the latest single from Jason Aldean -- which he co-wrote with Ben Hayslip.
Credit Charlie Daniels for not letting his personal politics overwhelm his new song about joining together to make America great again. On the surface, 'Take Back the USA' sounds like a rally cry for those who believe a change is needed in the White House -- and given the timing and the singer's opinion of the current administration, that's likely what he's hoping it becomes. But Daniels never places the blame squarely on Republicans or Democrats in this tune.
November 5, 2012 I was so elated when Willie Nelson received the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' from the Country Music Association at the awards ceremony on November 1. It was certainly well deserved.
This year, country music lover who spend New Year's Eve watching the ball drop in Times Square are in for a big treat. Taylor Swift will help her millions of fans greet 2013 with a live performance in New York City shortly before the stroke of midnight.
November 5, 2012 JR, Cindy and I have heard a lot of country music in our many years of spinning tunes on Q-106.5. And sometimes we're pretty good at recognizing one-hit wonders when we play them for the first time, but sometimes we're wrong.
Bucky Covington has traveled a long road to his sophomore album. The 'American Idol' alumnus scored the biggest debut of any country artist of 2007 with his self-titled first album, but found himself unable to follow up on its success after Lyric Street Records closed it doors, leaving him in contractual limbo for several years.
