For her very first performance on Saturday Night Live, country singer Brandi Carlile jumped straight into her provocative heart jam, “Broken Horses,” wearing a shiny Elvis-inspired gold lamé costume. But despite all the glam, the energy of the music was pure bar rock and roll. Carlile wielded her browned guitar …
Read More »Country Radio leaves NYC with WNSH Flip to Hip-Hop
Cumulus Media launched WNSH in New York in 2013, ending a decade of country radio programming there after WYNY-FM switched to contemporary Spanish in 2002. Audacy (formerly Entercom) took over WNSH in 2019. In September, WNSH ranked 21st in New York City marketing, capturing a 1.9% share of the local …
Read More »High Five: Columbus talks football, fishing and country music – Washington Daily News
Terry Columbus was part of the Panthers football team that played for the State 1A title in Raleigh in the spring. (Steve Barnes / Washington Daily News) Terry Columbus, a native of Belhaven, plays the role of guard and defensive tackle for the Northside football team, wrestles in the 190 …
Read More »Mike Martin to perform at Elm Street on October 23 – Muncie Journal
MUNCIE, Ind. — Local artisan and native of Muncie, Mike Martin, returns home with a new album of the same name. Martin has spent most of the past decade on the road with his band The Beautiful Mess, making time to come home off-season to work on what he calls …
Read More »Natalie Hemby: Pins and Needles album review
Over the years of creating material for others, songwriter Natalie Hemby has specialized in creating songs around thoughtful characters. Country music, fortunately, thrives on storytelling. At Have ants, the artist who won a publishing contract barely out of his teens tackles her own tunes, songs she could have written for …
Read More »Kacey and Cash and country music
October 17 — The recording of “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger turned out to be such a good song that The Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary and even Trini Lopez and Johnny Rivers have had success with. Although this is a song about the loss …
Read More »McCullough’s Revival House concert is a celebration for the Canadian Country Music Award nominee
Content of the article Callie McCullough remembers growing up watching the Canadian Country Music Awards and seeing artists she admired, like Jimmy Rankin and the Rankin Family, Carolyn Dawn Johnson and Paul Brandt. Content of the article Now, having received her own CCMA nomination, the local musician is following in …
Read More »Mickey Guyton: The Boundary Shatterer Breaks New Ground In Country Music
*Mickey guyton brings a new dimension to country music, bringing another person of color into an industry largely dominated by white men. “If you go on and look at the charts and research the history of the country music charts, it’s mostly white men,” Mickey Guyton said. “Every now and …
Read More »James McVey Joins Smooth Country to Host Five-Part “AZ of Country Music”
14 October 2021, 09:15 James McVey on Smooth Country. Image: Smooth Country / Global We are very happy to announce that music star and songwriter James McVey is joining Smooth Country to host a five night special where he celebrates top country music artists. Country music from A to Z …
Read More »Irish piper who led the Chieftains, Paddy Moloney dies at 83
Paddy Moloney, the playful but disciplined singer and bagpiper of the Chieftains, a group that was at the forefront of the global revival of traditional Irish music performed with traditional instruments, died in Dublin on Monday. He was 83 years old. His daughter Aedin Moloney confirmed the death, in a …
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