From France with love for Country Music
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 →
May 2017. A Southern rock band from Nashville, "The Steel Woods" was releasing its first album, "Straw in the wind". Jason "Rowdy" Cope, guitarist and cofounder of the band, had worked with country artist Jamey Johnson. Canadian singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega was making a guest vocal appearance. One year and a half later, on January 18th,... Continue Reading →
Texan artist Creed Fisher released in December of 2018 his third album, "Life of a workin' man". Listening to it, in this early days of 2019, is an excellent choice for a country music lover. In the title song "Life of a workin' man", in which excellent pedal steel guitar is very present, West Texas... Continue Reading →
I left you in 2018 with my 2018 Top 10 albums. Let me, first, wish you a happy new year. There's new awesome country music to come in 2019, but, before, I would like to end my retrospective of the past year with, last but not least, my 2018 Top 25 country songs. I could... Continue Reading →
2018 is about to end, and it's the moment to think about this musical year. As I'm french, it would be difficult for me not to have a word for a fantastic singer who left us this year, Charles Aznavour. We'll never forget his talent, his humanity and his mischievous smile. Repose en Paix, Charles.... Continue Reading →
After revealing who was Country Music France artist of the year, Kacey Musgraves, I'd like to talk about the 5 best debut albums I listened to this year. 2018 was a great year for Country music, and with these 5 talented artists, we know that our favorite genre is in good hands for the years... Continue Reading →
2018 is ending, and it's time for this blog dedicated to country music to reveal its choices for best albums, best songs and best debut albums of this year. But first, I'd like to pay tribute to an amazing artist, who was the artist of the year for me. That artist is Kacey Musgraves. 2018,... Continue Reading →
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