From France with love for Country Music
Jim Jarmush's new movie, named "The dead don't die", was presented at Cannes Film Festival and competes, there, for the main reward, la "Palme d'Or". I was lucky enough to watch this movie before its release in USA, as it was previously released in France on May 14th, due to its presence at the French... Continue Reading →
Country Music France launches today its first playlist. It's a 20 songs playlist, available on Spotify. For those who don't use this streaming platform, you can go to the list at the end of this post and look for the the songs wherever you want. Those songs, that are not in any specific order, were... Continue Reading →
Listening to Ben Jarrell's debut LP album, "Troubled Times", is like taking the DeLorean and time-travelling to this time where country music was born. The 10 songs included in this masterpiece of country music are revealing all the talent of this singer from South Alabama, now living in Nashville. Recorded at Southern Ground Studios, in... Continue Reading →
French singer Dick Rivers died on April 24th, the same day he was born. He was 74. This name won't be known by American people, but he was a true and steady lover of American culture and American music since he was young. Born in Nice, on the French Riviera, in 1945, he had a... Continue Reading →
Waylon Jennings once said, according to his son Terry : "You don't bash the things you hate. You support the things you love". I think Waylon's wise thought summarizes perfectly what Rich O'Toole is telling us with his last song, "Peter and Paul". Houston artist is well known for his excellent songwriting, in the great... Continue Reading →
RJ Chesney released his third studio album, "Amateur Revolution", on April 5th. This new album is quite different from the two previous, particularly for the way it was produced. In 2015, the LA singer, with roots in the South (Macon, Georgia and Biloxi, Mississippi), met Hans Peter Gundersen, a Norwegian artist and producer who was... Continue Reading →
Hayes Carll released his sixth album, "What it is" on February 15th, on Nashville label "Dualtone Records". It was produced by Brad Jones, who had also been producer for Hayes Carll's "Trouble in mind" (2008) and "KMAG YOYO" (2011), and recorded in "Alex the Great" studio, in Nashville. Allison Moorer, Hayes Carll's fiancee, was also... Continue Reading →
Triston Marez is a young and very talented singer and songwriter from Houston. He released his first EP on January 25th, named "That was all me". He had previously made covers of George Strait and Aaron Watson and released two singles. His debut single, "Take me home", was released in 2017. Songwriting was excellent, about... Continue Reading →
February 10th 2019 was a very special day for Texan country singer Kacey Musgraves. She won all of its 4 nominated Grammy awards category: the most prestigious, the best album of the year award for her splendid third studio album "Golden Hour", but also the best country album award, the best country solo performance award... Continue Reading →
Steven James and the Jaded released today their new single, "Lucky Stars". This song will be part of the upcoming album of the South Texas band, "Starr Street", that will be released soon. The name of the album refers to a street of Corpus Christi, the city where the band was created by Houston native... Continue Reading →
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