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Carrie Underwood tops releases

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 – Carrie Underwood is the big release today with her third album "Play On." The release from the former American Idol winner contains 13 songs, including the first single, Cowboy Casanova. Underwood had a hand in writing many of the songs.

Bluegrass band The Dixie Bee-Liners released their second album on Pinecastle Records, "Susanville." The disc is a rare themed album in the genre - about cars and trucks in America's cities.

Alan Jackson receives the Cracker Barrel treatment with "Songs of Love and Heartache." The disc contains 10 previously released Jackson songs with 2 unreleased tracks: That's What I'd Be Like Without You, originally recorded for his 2004 disc "What I Do" and Nothing Sure Looked Good on You, a Gene Watson cover.

A Hank Williams set, "Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings," also drops today. The music is from radio recordings made by Williams.

Editorial: A fine night for Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift's showing at the Country Music Association awards Wednesday night was no surprise. In some respects, it was invigorating to see someone who was not male and not around umpteen years like some of her male counterparts take home the biggest prize of the night, entertainer of the year. »»»

Concert Review: Radney Foster sparks a revival – Radney Foster told fans that he came home from the University of the South one weekend early in his college career and told his parents in the wee hours of the morning that he wanted to quit college and head to Nashville to pursue a music career. His parents agreed...fortunately. Three decades later, that resulted in Foster playing songs on this... »»»

Concert Review: Neko Case overcomes obstacles – The opening of Neko Case's show was unusual to say the least. "I'm angry right now," said the red head. "We just had a big fight with the promoter. We're going to sing weird, but we're actually very happy to be here." Making quite clear that she was not a happy camper, Case still channeled her musical energies... »»»

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