Tim McGraw

By Brody Vercher Keith Urban’s tour kicks off in May and he’s announced 58 dateless stops so far. (via ggcolumn)Texas Music Matters describes The Gourds‘ music as a “bawdry brand of Texas bluegrass” and Austin Music Source calls it “recombinant rocky-tonk jam-folk.” If that piques your interest, listen...

By Jim Malec With “Nothing To Die For,” Tim McGraw, one of contemporary country music’s most venerable and respected artists, has fallen into a trap of preachy indulgence that works far too hard to drive home its point, and which seemingly speaks to McGraw’s (apparent) desire to define his image as t...

By Brody Vercher On Serby’s Honky Tonk and Vine: “…finds Serby and his terrific band the Sidewinders (led by his producer and guitarist Ed Tree) in superb form. Beyond primo country like “Get It in Gear,” “Permanent Position,” and “I Only Smoke When I’m Drinkin’,” he stretches comfortably into Southern s...

By Brady Vercher Collectively, the multiple crossover acts only managed to dilute the country genre without bringing anything new or exciting, unless you consider the potential of Darius Rucker. He managed to shake things up by topping the album and singles charts, but as mentioned in the album review,...

By Brody Vercher Chris Brown, who was recently named Billboard’s top pop artist of the year, mentions that he collaborated on a song with Tim McGraw titled “Human.” “It’s incredible,” he says. “I wanted to do something more along the country line. That’s a bigger and different audience for me.” Watch Hayes Ca...

By Brody Vercher Here, you will find reviews, editorials, and discussions about the country music we love - our kind of country. The idea is simple: rather than write lots of negative reviews about the new music that’s coming out - because let’s face it, much of what comes out of Nashville and your country ra...

By Brody Vercher via CMT Blog)Alison Bonaguro ponders the effect that the government’s bailout decision for automakers could have on country music, which is steeply entrenched in American-made vehicles (just take a look at the previous Hank Williams article for proof).

By Karlie Justus Country music, as Bob Dylan might phrase it, it is a’changin’. But despite the genre’s constant shifting, labeling Swift as a “gateway drug” into country music is a misnomer. Swift will never introduce the next generation of country music to George Jones, Merle Haggard or Waylon Jennings...

By Jim Malec In 2005 Josh Gracin delivered what I believe is one of the finest performances from a mainstream male country artist this decade; Gracin’s vocal on “Stay With Me (Brass Bed)” is urgent and vulnerable, oscillating between contemplative, understated verses and a pleading chorus that gl...

By Brody Vercher Willie Nelson made his first Billboard Hot Country Songs chart appearance in five years with this week’s No. 56 debut of “That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)” — credited to Kenny Chesney. His last appearance was another Chesney collaboration on “Pretty Paper.”

By Brody Vercher Don’t forget to enter our contest to win a copy of Call Me Crazy.The Museum of Bad Album Covers is currently featuring 156 awful albums covers, one of which is Satan is Real from The Louvin Brothers. They do however, append its inclusion with a note stating that “the Louvin Brothers were actua...