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Thursday, 26 December 2013

  1.                                              EDDY ARNOLD     

Richard Edward "Eddy" Arnold (May 15, 1918 - May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who Performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound (country / popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and Scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only two George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold RANKED 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music." He co-wrote the country and pop standard "You Do not Know Me".
He recorded about 100 albums mean I

Tuesday, 24 December 2013

                           Jesse Taylor
Jesse Taylor is a true American original. An authentic rodeo cowboy, Jesse’s passion for singing and songwriting has taken him to dive bars and honky-tonks throughout much of the West.
His poetic lyrics and haunting melodies capture the flavor of rodeo life with a soulful authenticity. His songs speak powerfully of the American West, of its timeless values and virtues. And they do so in ways that remind us all of the ups and downs in our own lives.
Jesse was born and raised in Arlington, Washington. With his Mom named after a Johnny Cash song and his Dad a team roper and songwriter, Jesse grew up with rodeo -- and music -- in his blood. He began roping at age 3, was given his first guitar at age 4 and rode his first bull at 14. He began writing songs at 16 and two years later went on the road in his pick-up truck with his dog, Sandy. At 22, Jesse recorded his first album, One Chance to Win, in his mother’s kitchen. It contains ten of his original songs.
Jesse spent the past 2 years working on the Hawaiian island of Lana’i. During the day, he led trail rides for resort guests and tended the horses. At night, he’d entertain guests with his singing at The Four Seasons Lodge at Ko’ele. He counts Chris LeDoux, George Strait, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra and Jimi Hendrix among his music influences.
Jesse recently recorded his first studio album, Out Here In The Country, at Blackbird Studio in Nashville. It is scheduled for release March 26, 2013. 2013 will see Jesse back on the road sharing his music. Through hard work and lean living, Jesse Taylor is living his dream.


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  1. Country-past and country-present of Melodifestivalen - Cookies n Beans and Abalone Dots relelase new albums almost at the same time. Abalone Dots have already presented their "Chocolate & Cigarettes" last week but as we didn't check it yet let's talk about the first girls.
    Though taking part in MF-2009 hasn't brought a big success to the band the album "Big, Borrow and Steal" released afterwards has entered Top-10. Swedish audience has praised these sweet ladies with original voices and they pay back with another album "Go Tell The World" to be out on May 2nd.
    The first single from it that was already premiered on the radio is "The First Step", very calm and kind example of European melancholic acoustic pop with very touching vocal line, you can still feel country-influences but not as much as you'd expect.

Sunday, 22 December 2013

                                                      Jesse Jones
                                            Album - One Memory for the Road 2013
 
Music in Northeast Alabama Seems to be as fertile as the soil , as fresh as the air and as refreshing as water drawn from a cool mountain stream . Jesse Jones knows this all too well . Jones 's first recollection of Country music as a very young farm boy Was That of the voice of Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys coming from the old radio in the front room of a shotgun shack . Jones was drawn to the stories of the Country songs I heard at an early age . I Knew That I wanted to write songs like the one's I've heard on late night Radio stations like WSM in Nashville and WBAP in Fort Worth. Jones's musical interests Were not limited to the radio .... It was literally in his bloodline . His paternal grandmother 's family , The Wootten family from Sand Mountain, Alabama Were Well Known Sacred Harp singers and continue the tradition even today . Jones's ancestors Have Been Continuing the craft of "shape note" singing for more than 150 years . But Jones was drawn more and more to the honky tonk country sound THROUGHOUT his life . Artists like Darrell McCall, Tony Booth and Johnny Bush impacted his songwriting style in the late 1960 's Incorporating a Texas feel to the Already Folk / Gospel upbringing I had in the mountains of Northeast Alabama. In this 10 -song collection , Jones finds himself as the artist and songwriter . Although Jones has written much of this project , I have to pays homage other songwriters like Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry who are from the same farm soil as Jones himself . One For The Road Memory is nothing but hardcore honky tonk country from a songwriter from the school of Haggard, Jones and Putman . Turn it up , pop the top and enjoy fertile , fresh, cleansing power of Country traditionalism Jesse Jones -style.

 
                       The Davidson Hart Kingsbery band  


 Davidson Hart Kingsbery band formed in 2010 and shortly after,
they were invited to serve as house band for a series of undergroun
The d 2-step parties.
Playing marathon sets instilled the kind of locked-in musical teamwork that can take some bands years.
Damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Seattle's Hart Kingsbery was born in Paris, Texas in 1979. His family moved around a lot before settling in Washington State,
raising Hart in a devout religious environment where he sang hymns in church,
did 15 years of bible camp and graduated from a religious college. A
fter a bad early divorce, he turned his back on the church,
accepting damnation as the payback for a life of barroom debauchery,
only to discover that the country songs he'd begun to write told stories of a different sort,
that of the damnation of affairs of the heart.
 
                         Cody Widner

 
As you listen to "Drinkin' Doubles", the first song on Honky Tonk Heart, the sophomore album by Texas born Cody Widner, it is clear that traditional country music is alive and thriving in the Texas hill country and Widner is, no doubt, one of the main reasons why. This handsome cowboy with a voice reminiscent of one of his heroes; fellow Texan George Strait, definitely has what it takes to impact country music in a spectrum far broader than just the Texas hills he call home
According to a recent press release, it may not be only his singing and songwriting that is getting audiences excited, apparently, whenever the urge strikes him, he has been known to give away an autographed guitar during a performance. But it didn't take a free guitar to get my attention. The album features all the best attributes of classic country and this is likely what put Widner on the Country charts in, according to one source, a secure position "between Alan Jackson and Lee Ann Womack." His current chart climber is titled "When the Smoke Clears" but any one of the songs on this album is chart worthy.
"Feel Again" has Widner doing some great vocal harmony with someone who sounds like Lee Ann Womack , there is also plenty of wonderful, weepy fiddle. "Back in the Swing of Things" was one of the tracks that really stood out for me; in part, due to the great instrumentals. This particular track harkens back to the up-tempo, toe-tappin' songs that carried Bob Wills to fame and fortune and it looks like it could easily do it again for Widner


Widner says, "As far as music goes, I just keep it simple and keep it country, and that's it." Well, as far as I'm concerned, I think, in the case of Cody Widner, keeping it simple and country is right on target. If you are a fan of traditional country, look no further, Widner delivers with a splendid Honky Tonk Heart.

Albums:
2000 - SUMTHIN' COUNTRY
2004 - RIGHT WHERE I BELONG
2005 - HONKY TONK HEART

Countrykanalen Sweden´s Uppesittarkväll 23 December 2013


Vi vill önska DIG välkommen till Countrykanalen Sweden´s Uppesittarkväll!
Det blir 3 timmar julsnack, juliga rim, julhälsningar, som DU skickar till just dina vänner, önskelåtar mm… Tillsammans gör vi det här till en oförglömlig kväll.
Lyssnar gör ni via hemsidan, www.countrykanalen.se eller via TuneIn i t.ex. din smartphone. tunein.com/radio/Countrykanalen-Sweden-s158128/
Per Gyllingberg är er värd mellan 20,00 och 21,30.
Torbjörn Eriksson är er värd mellan 21,30 och 23,00.

Saturday, 21 December 2013


THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND HITS THE ROAD IN 2014 WITH TAKE THE HIGHWAY TOUR

Nashville, Tenn. (December 19, 2013) - Today, the iconic multi-platinum selling Marshall Tucker Band (MTB) announced its 2014 tour, marking its 43rd year on the road. The band's Take The Highway Tour kicks off next month in Honolulu, Hawaii and continues throughout 2014 with nearly 40 concert dates currently on the books.
"Next year's tour schedule is shaping up to be huge with so many great shows already scheduled," says MTB lead singer Doug Gray.  "We wanted to brand next year's tour with something that would stick and make sense.  'Take The Highway' is perfect not only because it is one of our big career songs but also because it's what we do almost 200 days out of the year!

The 2014 Tamworth Country Music Festival will be the first for 2012 "X-Factor" runner-up Jason Owen.
Jason is joining country starlet Amber Lawrence as her special guest and will be "a rare chance" for audiences to see two premier young country artists sharing the same stage.
Throughout this year, Jason has been touring Australia beside Amber and they already have "a swag" of tour dates locked in for 2014.
"The show has been a hit," said a spokesman for the pair, "selling out metropolitan centres and regional areas, earning Jason a whole new fan base."
The 19-year-old's debut album Life Is A Highway landed at number five on the ARIA Album Chart and number one on the iTunes Country Chart in its first week out. The album has also been nominated for a Golden Guitar for Top Selling Album of the Year.
"Amber and myself have so much fun together on stage," Jason said. "We both love to perform our hearts out so our audience members can expect fun, great songs and a whole lot of entertainment. The show contains songs from Amber's three albums (to date) and me singing songs from my current album."

Laila Hansen synger gode countrymelodier på Havnepuben i Arendal 2.Juledag. CC: kr 50,-