Rick Shea Smoke Tree Road Rick Shea’s recently released album Smoke Tree Road is a warm, unhurried, and deeply human collection that showcases his strengths as a songwriter, guitarist, and storyteller. Released on Tres Pescadores Records, the album moves with a gentle confidence across twelve tracks that blend Americana, folk, and Mexican‑influenced styles. Shea’s vocals […]
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Drayton Farley is an artist on the rise.
The Alabaman singer-songwriter has found recent success with his music, with multiple songs featured in the hit Paramount+ series Landman, and another on the CBS show Sheriff Country. These high profile spots served to introduce Farley to a larger audience and
The records just keep on coming for Ella Langley and her mega hit “Choosin’ Texas.” But this one might be the biggest of them all, taking Ella somewhere that no woman in country music has ever gone before.
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Last week the Recording Industry Association of American reported that vinyl sales have continued upward for 19 years running. With sales breaking the $1 billion mark the Association also noted that nearly 50% of global revenue is made in the USA vinyl. While genre-specific figures are not available, I venture
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ESPN and the Masters called upon a country star to be the voice of the beloved golf tournament coming in April. With just over two weeks until the Masters officially tees off, ESPN has unveiled its new “Georgia On My Mind” campaign for everyone’s favorite major tournament. The brought in Thomas Rhett to record a cover, and it’s still not the favorite choice if you ask Masters fans (most think they should stick with Ray Charles’ rendition), but it is […]
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She’s one of the best in the business… and not just when it comes to writing and recording her own songs. Miranda Lambert has written plenty of hits for some of country music’s biggest modern stars, too. Miranda released her debut album Kerosene in 2005, she’s scored multiple chart-topping hits, holds the record as the most-awarded artist in ACM history, is a three-time Grammy winner, multiple Platinum-certified albums, and accolades for Female Vocalist of the Year from both the CMA […]
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