2009 October

• Breakfast with Alan Jackson

  Listen up Alan Jackson fans! You are invited to drop by the Cracker Barrel restaurant in the Nashville suburb of Mount Juliet on Monday, November 2 at 9 a.m. to meet Alan and have items signed from the new Alan Jackson…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Band of Heathens appears on Austin City Limits

  The Band of Heathens, who recently released “One Foot in the Ether,” will appear on PBS’ Austin City Limits on Nov. 7 on a bill headlined by Elvis Costello. On the program, the band performs five songs: Jackson Station, L.A.…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Chesney radio goes to iTunes

  Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes Radio is expanding. His own online radio station featuring songs from his IPod, live shows, acoustic jams and surprise appearances by his musical friends, No Shoes Radio is now available through iTunes Radio Stations. “When the…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Artists / Everything Country / Music

   

• Toby Keith Ballad May Get You "Cryin’"

  Toby Keith’s new single, “Cryin’ for Me (Wayman’s Song),” was written for the funeral of Wayman Tisdale, a basketball great, jazz musician and someone Keith calls “the closest walking thing I’ve ever seen to Jesus himself.” So I don’t even…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• The Garth Brooks Ticket Saga, Continued

  I still can’t decide whose side I’m on. But as this Garth Brooks ticket fight rages on, I can see how angry the ticket brokers are. Long story short, they will not be able to sell their ample inventory of Garth-in-Vegas…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• For This Duet, "Staying Together" Is Worth It

  Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent’s duet, “Staying Together,” lets you eavesdrop on a tender moment between these two loveless lovers. Their reasons for staying together are not for their own hearts but rather for the family. Consequently they’re left to wrestle…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• John Fogerty Rides Again … With Mystery Guest

  John Fogerty’s The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again is one of my favorite albums this year — I just wish I could remember what I did with it. … No matter, his video for “When Will I Be Loved” just came…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• "Forever & Always" Makes Fearless Flawless

  Not every one is crazy about deluxe album reissues. Why pay for songs you already have just to get a couple new ones, right? Well, I have three words for you: forever and always. On Taylor Swift’s new Fearless Platinum…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Carrie Underwood Opens Up to Robin Roberts

  You have to wait 12 more days until the actual special premieres on Nov. 10. But right this minute you can get some very cool behind-the-scenes interview footage from In The Spotlight With Robin Roberts on ABC. She went down south…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Shows

   

• Steep Canyon Rangers Have It Made With Shade

  When the Steep Canyon Rangers tell stories to their future grandchildren, they’ll probably start spinning yarns with, “Back in October 2009 …” The bluegrass band started out the month with the IBMA Awards at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, followed by an…

  31 Oct 09 / Category: Shows