You might know Whitney Duncan from "My World Is Over," the 2004 duet with Kenny Rogers; the music video saw a fair bit of play on CMT. Or you might know her from the 2007 season of Nashville Star, where she parlayed a fifth place finish into a Warner Bros. Nashville record deal. Most likely, though, you know her from the three singles she has released for the label over the past year or so: "When I Said I Would," "The Bed You Made," and "Skinny Dippin'." Well, here's a new way to know Whitney … [Read more...]

I'm back from a busy musical weekend, which you'll be reading about in short order. Just give me a day or so to gather my thoughts and nurse my sunburn. For now, though, the good people at Show Dog Nashville and UMGD have set us up with TWO (2) copies of Toby Keith's fourteenth studio album, American Ride, which hits stores tomorrow. We want to give one of them to you. You probably have a pretty good idea of what to expect from a Toby Keith album, so I won't spend much time trying to … [Read more...]

I've got all this Twang and I can't even give it away. Actually, I can, but I'll need your help. MCA Nashville sent one extra copy of the new George Strait album (out tomorrow) on the condition that I pass it along to one of my readers. If you're reading this, that's you, and you've got as much right to it as anyone else. Might as well enter the contest! Having heard the album, I can tell you that it's one of the most adventuresome Strait collections in recent memory, but also one that is … [Read more...]

I'm not usually one to buy into the argument that pop-country crossovers (heavy on the pop) are great ambassadors for all of country music. I think they're great ambassadors for pop-country music, which has less and less to do with country music proper. As far as ambassadors go, give me someone like Marty Stuart, whose firm grounding in the traditions of the music allow him to serve as a living link to country music history. I don't see many Taylor Swift fans becoming big purchasers of … [Read more...]

I'm back from an unplanned week-long trip to a place with limited internet access (i.e. I got put in the pokey). Thanks to Trailer for helping keep the content flowing as I was otherwise occupied. We should be back to a more regular schedule and mix of content now. Cool stuff ahead. First, though, some unfinished business: One prize went unclaimed in the giveaway that ended earlier this month, so there's still one copy of Reba: Season 6 on DVD up for grabs. If you want a shot at it, just … [Read more...]

Thanks to all who entered the First Anniversary Giveaway. I was pleasantly surprised by the response (free stuff... shoulda figured) and even more pleasantly surprised by some of the nice things you guys took the time to say. I didn't let your flattery impact the drawing, though; the winners were chosen by random number generator. If you can learn anything from the list, it's that you probably should have gone for the bonus social networking point, as most of the people who did ended up on the … [Read more...]

The two winners of the Charlie Robison giveaway were just selected. A hearty congratulations to Chad and Blake, who each have an autographed copy of Beautiful Day coming their way courtesy of Dualtone Records. If you didn't win, don't stop reading now. There's still one more copy up for grabs, along with a lot of other good stuff. It was a year ago tomorrow that things started happening around here - readers, comments, links from The 9513. I owe a lot of thanks to a lot of people for the … [Read more...]