From France with love for Country Music
Johnny Cash would have been 88 years today. I'm actually reading his autobiography, "Cash: The Autobiography", cowritten with Patrick Carr and published in 1997, 6 years before his death. It's a captivating book and, today, I want to share with you what he wrote about the evolution of country music, some 23 years ago. Please,... Continue Reading →
Tyller Gummersall released his new album, "Heartbreak College", on Valentine's Day. If you love real and traditional country music, you should listen to it right now: its 12 songs are really amazing for those who love the genre. It's the 4th studio LP album released by the Colorado artist (the 6th record if you add... Continue Reading →
Country Music France had the opportunity to listen to Ragland's new album, "More Like A Melody", that will be released in some hours, on Valentine's day. Ragland is a husband and wife duo, formed in Oklahoma, in may of 2015. Its two members, Autumn Ragland and SamCox, currently live in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Their first album,... Continue Reading →
Heathen City is a band from Austin, Texas. Wes Arrington, the lead singer and Evan Dean, singer and bass player, worked with Luke Garrigus, producer. It was the fall of 2015. They recorded a brilliant EP, named "No Seeeds", at Luke Garrigus's studio, Blackroom Studios. It was finally released on may 2d of 2016. Then... Continue Reading →
Two months ago, Country Music France launched its Top 30 Spotify playlist. It includes the blog's current 30 favorite songs. Together with the albums, EP's and song reviews, this playlist is an important way for this blog to share actual songs that belong to country music, red dirt , americana or southern rock genres. I... Continue Reading →
I ended 2019 watching "Dolly Parton's Heartstrings" series, and I began 2020 watching Dolly Parton's "Here I Am" movie, both recently released on Netflix, and both excellent. Heartstrings The series is one of the best I watched last year. Its 8 episodes are all very interesting. Each one begins with Dolly Parton talking about on... Continue Reading →
Texan artist Jason Spradlin released today his debut EP, "Only in my Mind". It was produced by Chuck Ebert at "The Cabin", Axon Entertainment's recording studio. Jason Spradlin, who grew up in Redwater, Texas, in the Piney Woods area, is now based in Fort Worth. He previously released the first single of this EP, "Texas... Continue Reading →
This year, the choice of Country Music France as the artist of the year is still a a Texan female artist, as it was in 2018 with Kacey Musgraves. Her name is Kylie Rae Harris. I know that this choice will appear controversial, for some people. So, first, I want to be clear: this is... Continue Reading →
As the year is ending, Country Music France reveals its 2019 Top 30 songs. It's a subjective and difficult choice. As I said before, when I revealed the Top albums and the Top EP's, 2019 was an excellent year for country music genre, and 30 songs is very little compared to the high quantity of... Continue Reading →
After the Top 10 LP albums, and before its Top songs and its artist of the year, Country Music France publishes today its 2019 Top 10 EP's. Check them out below, and listen to them if you haven't done it yet. Compared to albums, the EP's are generally (unfairly) depreciated, but with such brilliant artists,... Continue Reading →
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