Seven-time GRAMMY winning trio Lady Antebellum’s fifth studio album 747 is available on Sept 30. Nathan Champman co-produced the 14-song disc with Lady A for the Capitol Records Nashville release. “We unanimously knew that our album title had to be 747,” said Hillary Scott. “The track itself has this pushin, driving spirit about it that sums up our …
Originally released in January 2006, Alan Jackson s Precious Memories album was createdas an ode to his mother who, throughout his career, consistently requested that Alanrecord a gospel album. So, Alan recorded Precious Memories with 15 traditional gospelhymns, never anticipating that anyone, besides his mother, would be interested in theproject. Precious Memories has since sold 1.7 million albums …
The aim was to do for country what Saturday Night Fever did for disco. The result was that bars from Kona to Kalamazoo suddenly had mechanical bulls, and slickers walking around in cowboy hats. You might also pinpoint this as the moment in time when “country” music suddenly went cosmopolitan, paving the way for Garth Brooks. Johnny Lee’s …
The Earls of Leicester is an all-star band, punningly named for Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt, whose popular and pioneering bluegrass inspired every one of the musicians here paying them tribute. Jerry Douglas was inspired to play Dobro because of legendary Flatt & Scruggs dobroist Josh Graves, and Johnny Warren, the Earls’ fiddle player is the son of …
To some modern country artists, the words critics are using to describe Eric Church’s third studio album may seem off-putting, but to the trailblazing mutineer and his equally passionate fans, the terms: “strange,” “aggressive,” “wild,” and “rare,” couldn’t be more complimentary. Church’s third studio album, Chief, has been buzzing as the most experiential, head-turning country album of the …
Glen Campbell offers stunning takes of his career-defining hits on his 2013 album See You There. These gorgeous vocals were initially recorded during the Ghost On The Canvas sessions. Producers Dave Darling and Dave Kaplan were so moved by these powerful performances, they decided to bring a group of musicians into the studio that would complement Glen s …
Campbell’s smooth-yet-commanding croon made all of these songs his in an instant. Here are his pop (and country) hits Rhinestone Cowboy; Southern Nights; Wichita Lineman; Galveston; Gentle on My Mind; It’s Only Make Believe; By the Time I Get to Phoenix; Honey Come Back , and more! …
In just over 10 years, Shania Twain has risen to superstar status as a multi-Grammy award winner and over 65 million albums sold worldwide. Shania’s first ever Greatest Hits album is packed with 21 tracks featuring 3 brand new songs including the first single “Party For Two” (recorded as two different duets: one with Mark McGrath of Sugar …
Capitol Records Nashville recording artist Darius Rucker will release his third country studio album, True Believers, on May 21. Darius wrote ten of the twelve tracks on True Believers, produced by Frank Rogers, and the album features the Top 20-and-climbing critically-acclaimed single Wagon Wheel written by Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show, based on a sketch by …
Honesty, confidence, and respect permeate Eilen Jewell s music, dating back to her self-released Boundary County album in 2006. Since then, the Boise native has recorded five studio albums for Signature Sounds with her road-tested touring band, and two more as a member of the Boston-based gospel-charged Sacred Shakers, which includes that well-oiled band at its core. …