2009 July

• Tanya Tucker’s Daddy Would Be Proud

  CMT is running an interview they recently did with the inimitable Tanya Tucker about her new album My Turn. The disc, which drops today on Saguaro Road Records, sees the remarkable singer paying tribute to some…

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Josh Turner becomes a father again

  Josh Turner and his wife Jennifer welcomed their second son, Colby Lynch Turner, to the family on Friday, June 26. The Turner’s are also parents to two-year-old Hampton. “I’m just a proud daddy right now,” said Turner. “Jennifer gave birth…

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Keith unveils new single Wednesday

  Toby Keith will be out with a new single tomorrow, The American Ride. The song is from a forthcoming disc from Keith. No word on when a new CD will be…

  

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Lou Reid plans CD for July

  Lou Reid and Carolina will be out with a new disc in July and first for Rural rhythm. “My Own Set of Rules” is tentatively scheduled for a July 28 release. Reid previously recorded for Rebel Records. He also produced…

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• McClinton readies first disc in four years

  Delbert McClinton is dropping his first disc in four years and 13th overall, “Acquired Taste,” Aug. 18 on New West. The record was produced by Don Was (Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt). “Acquired Taste” will be released as a…

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Paisley, Helm top new releases

  Brad Paisley releases “American Saturday Night” today. The disc contains the number one hit single Then. The CD has received good reviews. Levon Helm had tremendous success a few years ago with “Dirt Farmer.” He is out with “Electric Dirt”…

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Terri Clark plans September CD release

  Terri Clark will release “Takes The Long Way Home” on her own in September. The 11-song CD comes in the aftermath of leaving SonyBMG and her mother’s battle with cancer. When Clark learned three years ago that her mother Linda…

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Tim McGraw’s "Southern Voice" coming this fall

  “Southern Voice,” Tim McGraw’s first studio album in two and a half years, will be out this fall, he announced Tuesday. It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You goes to radio today as the first single. No exact release date…

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Get Taylor Swift’s “American Girl” Today

  Taylor Swift writes her own songs. That much, we knew. But when she decides to take on a rare cover song, she can make it her own before she even gets to the chorus. She’s done that with this live…

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Singer-Songwriter Mat Kearney Is From Nashville, But…

  Mat Kearney lives in Nashville and collaborates with local songwriters, but his new album, City of Black & White, is not a country album. Instead, he’s a young singer-songwriter with songs placed in shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Bones and Friday…

  1 Jul 09 / Category: Shows