Heartache, Hangovers & Honky Tonks, a new album from the LA-based band, West of Texas (Release April 16). 16 songs of pure country music coming from that stretch of highway where Bakersfield and Austin come together. Jerry Zinn is the singer, songwriter and leader of West of Texas, a band formed in 2003. The [...]
There have been many songs and stories about the moon in multiple genres. Earth’s perpetual and natural satellite has found especially found a home in country music, usually in shades of neon or blue. The latter is of course the case when it comes to Cathy Jewell’s latest offering and just like her lunar [...]
Yes indeed folks, after a period of great anticipation , Canada’s favorite bad boys are back and they are doing so in style with a Doctor Who like regeneration of their own, the re-recorded, revamped and revitalized compendium of some of their greatest songs. Re-Boot is very much the album any fan of Southern [...]
Planetcountry’s exclusive interview with Jason Eady, one of the most important singers to the music scene from Texas: 1 let's start from the end; during this crazy year you've been able to set this virtual guitar pull on FB named"sequestred songwriters" with an incredible number of talented performers. Who had the original idea? And why [...]
For Andrew Farriss, whose self-titled debut solo album is out worldwide today via BMG, it has never mattered what style of music he is writing. What is important is how the song makes you feel, the story it is telling and how the track lingers with you long after the music has finished playing. It [...]
Originally from Missouri, but musically raised between New York and Los Angeles, Brett Arthur Rigby offers a pleasantly new traditional country music sound inspired by the early ’90s, when this musical genre was in its heyday. The self titled Cd is divided into 14 tracks, plus a bonus track, (Lucky S.O.B. bonus cut), ranging [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Saints Eleven (Jeff Grossman, lead vocals and lead guitar, Travis Udall, bass and Alex Shepherd drums) are a Red Dirt Country Band from Dallas that expertly mixes Texas country music with a rock and blues sound. Preceded by the single “Love In Hell”, this E.P. titled “This Town”, is their new album, produced by [...]
