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Sugarland, “Already Gone”

August 25, 2008 Guest Contributor 18

Sugarland, riding the wave of their #1 album Love on the Inside, jumps right back on country radio’s wagon—with a waltz, no less. “Already Gone” seems to be an attempt to cleanse our palates from

SingleTree, "Is It Really Over Now?"

August 25, 2008 Guest Contributor 9

Boy meets girl, boy loves girl, boy loses girl. In this pensive ballad by new act SingleTree, a man questions whether his best efforts really mattered at all now that his world has fallen apart

Jimmy Wayne, Do You Believe Me Now

August 24, 2008 Guest Contributor 11

Jimmy Wayne Do You Believe Me Now Jimmy Wayne is one of the comeback kids of 2008 after a long, hard road to country music success. Once he arrived in Nashville, he had minor songwriting

Classic Country Singles: Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson, “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”

August 24, 2008 Guest Contributor 7

Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson 1978 Written by Ed Bruce & Patsy Bruce Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson collaborated at numerous stages of their careers,

Harlan Howard

August 23, 2008 Guest Contributor 0

“I like to give artists a song they have to sing the rest of their lives. Songwriting is both my living and my pleasure, so I’m a happy man.” ~ Harlan Howard The dean of

Review: Darius Rucker, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”

August 22, 2008 Guest Contributor 11

The first country release from Darius Rucker, the former lead singer of popular ’90s pop-rock outfit Hootie & the Blowfish, recently reached the Top Ten on the Billboard singles chart. It’s the lead single of

Classic Country Singles: Martina McBride, “Independence Day”

August 22, 2008 Guest Contributor 23

“Independence Day” Martina McBride 1994 Written by Gretchen Peters In 1993, Martina McBride chose to include a powerful song penned by Gretchen Peters on her second collection The Way That I Am, despite resistance from

Chad Brock, “Put a Redneck in the White House”

August 22, 2008 Guest Contributor 6

In the politically-charged American society that is the year 2008, many country music artists seem to have their own personal political messages spelled out into song. Chad Brock is no different. Brock, who released three

Ricochet, “I Had to Be Me”

August 22, 2008 Guest Contributor 0

Ricochet returns to the radiowaves with “I Had to Be Me”, a song about stubborn resistance and man’s unwillingness to swallow his pride to salvage a relationship. Although the band has experienced changes in their

Chris “Abby” Abbondanza, “Promised Land”

August 22, 2008 Guest Contributor 6

Abbondanza is likely an unfamiliar name in the country ranks, but he first achieved success as a member of the Pennsylvania-based band Povertyneck Hillbillies. With the group taking an indefinite break, Abbondanza attempts to go