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Florida Georgia Line Life Rolls On
Esce il 12 Febbraio il quinto album in studio dei Florida Georgia Line intitolato Life Rolls On. “I think this personally is just a big, celebratory chapter,” spiega Hubbard. “We’ve come a long way since 2012 when we dropped our first album, it’s wild to think about the journey we’ve been on – the things we’ve got to do, the places music has taken us. We’re celebrating life and the good times, the ups and the downs, and the journey it took us to get where we’re at.” “It’s just evident within the music how good of a [...]
Il Canada tra rock e blues
Da qualche tempo sta emergendo con forza la vitalità di una scena canadese che si muove tra blues e rock e che mostra quanto diffuso e variegato sia l’amore per questi suoni. Sulle ‘pagine’ di Planet Country ci siamo più volte occupati di musicisti che provengono dal Canada e in questo caso presentiamo quattro nuove proposte che confermano l’ottimo momento di ispirazione. Dalla provincia orientale di Newfoundland/Labrador arriva un trio che unisce ‘classic rock’ e blues con intensità e “Who Works For Who?” gioca bene le proprie carte con materiale originale che risulta sempre più che godibile. Jonathon [...]
EMMA SWIFT “Blonde On The Tracks”
L’amplissimo repertorio di Bob Dylan è stato ripreso tante volte nel corso degli anni con risultati anche notevoli e anche di recente sono stati pubblicati interi album dedicati al genio di Duluth, Minnesota come per esempio hanno fatto Willie Nile e Joan Osborne da prospettive diverse. Emma Swift si distingue per intelligenza, sensibilità e sagacia offrendo il suo contributo alla rilettura di Mr. Zimmerman con questo “Blonde On The Tracks” prodotto molto bene da Patrick Sansone, già chitarrista con i Wilco di Jeff Tweedy. La cantante ed autrice australiana che ora risiede negli States si fa aiutare anche [...]
Maggie Reilly Past Present Future: The Best Of
E’ una delle icone della musica degli anni ’80. Difficile ricordare, dal punto di vista musicale, quegli anni senza trovarsi a canticchiare Foreign Affair o Moonlight Shadow . Maggie Reilly ha dato voce, anima e cuore alla musica di Mike Oldfield col quale ha inciso ben 5 LP: QE2 (1980), Five Miles Out (1982), Crises (1983), Discovery (1984) e Earth Moving (1989). Ma è sicuramente con l’album capolavoro Crises che Maggie entra nella storia della musica moderna e diventa patrimonio culturale per tutti coloro che hanno vissuto quel periodo irripetibile. Oltre a Foreign Affair o Moonlight Shadow, la [...]
Copperhead County Brothers
Copperhead County managed to spread their reputation as a serious southern rock band in a very short time. Inspired by Blackberry Smoke, The Outlaws and many other classics, Copperhead County knows how to capture that warm southern feeling. They know how Southern Rock is meant to be. This debut album delivers an infectious blend of many elements of roots music and does so in a truly convincing way.
Planetcountry meets Kyle Murphy
Planetcountry meets Kyle Murphy, an emerging talent of the American country music scene. Raised in Moriarty, New Mexico, Kyle, former lead vocal of the “Black Hats ’N’ Pearl Snaps Band”, has just released a new single, as a soloist, entitled “Made In Japan” ( Buck Owens cover) Q. How did this passion for country music come about and who are the artists who have most influenced your musical style? Honestly my passion for country music came when I was young. George Strait was one of If not the first I listened to but I knew him as Dusty [...]
Dawn Anita “Forever Country”
A real cowgirl, she was raised on a ranch in southern Oklahoma, and she and her husband currently live on a ranch near where she lived as a child. She is equally at home on horseback or on the stage singing or reciting her cowboy poetry. She has performed throughout the US, Canada and the Caribbean. Early in her career she spent five years singing with the famed Texas Playboys and has performed with artists like Red Steagall, Hank Thompson, Mel Tillis, Johnny Russell, Johnny Rodriguez, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Gene Watson, Joe Diffie and Tanya Tucker. She [...]
Loretta Lynn Announces New Album, ‘Still Woman Enough’
Still Woman Enough, ( Legacy Recordings) coming out March 19, is a studio album celebrating women in country music. The album was recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and produced by Lynn’s daughter, Patsy Lynn Russell, and John Carter Cash. Tracklist 1. Still Woman Enough (featuring Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood) 2. Keep On The Sunny Side 3. Honky Tonk Girl 4. I Don’t Feel At Home Any More 5. Old Kentucky Home 6. Coal Miner’s Daughter Recitation 7. One’s On The Way (featuring Margo Price 8. I Wanna Be Free 9. Where No One [...]
Gary Allan Whiskey Wind Down
Un gradito ritorno per tutti i fans della buona country music degli anni 90 ed in generale per tutti coloro che amano la grande musica e gli artisti capaci di regalare emozioni. Dopo anni di silenzio discografico ritorna Gary Allan con un E.P. ( 6 brani) intitolato Whiskey Wind Down e pubblicato dalla UMG Recordings, Inc. Tracklist: 1. It Ain't The Whiskey 2. Waste Of A Whiskey Drink 3. It Would Be You 4. Drinkin' Dark Whiskey 5. Don't Tell Mama 6. Bourbon Borderline
Randy C. Moore Lufkin
Lufkin, Texas, a city which has a story to tell on every street corner and through the incredibly colourful characters that populate this quaint and bustling town. No surprise Randy C. Moore has made it his home, has drawn great inspiration from it and has tributed his muse by giving her name to his latest album. The end result is well worth the wait and through our hero’s enlightened and clever songwriting mixed with a Kubrick like desire of it’s not perfect until its perfect we are given something very special. From introspective numbers like “Big In Texas” [...]
Hailey Whitters Releases New Single “Fillin’ My Cup”
Rising country star Hailey Whitters releases a new single "Fillin’ My Cup" (feat. Little Big Town). The song was written by Whitters, Songs & Daughters’ label head Nicolle Galyon, and Hillary Lindsey, and was co-produced by Whitters and Jake Gear – who produced her critically-acclaimed THE DREAM released last year via Pigasus Records / Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters. The director's cut of the official video also just dropped featuring Whitters, Little Big Town, and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor. Filmed under the direction of Harper Smith, it was shot outside Nashville, TN.