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  • (EMI Nashville, 2021)
  • Heart (EMI Nashville, 2021)
  • Soul (EMI Nashville, 2021)

Editorials and Country Musings

Walking the talk (Feb 2010)
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. Somehow it seemed ironic this week in seeing newcomer Josh Thompson, whose debut CD drops  ...
When it comes time in the next year for the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association to name the best new artists and horizon award winners respectively, at this point at least, they're going to have a lot of trouble finding a winner, maybe even enough worthy acts to nominate. That's because half-way through this calendar year, there have been few new artists releasing music at least on major labels, and few more seem to be on tap for the rest of 2006. And thus far, none are particularly exceptional.  ...

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