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Michael Ray Wins CW’s “The Next”
The battle is over, the fan votes are in, and Michael Ray has emerged as the winner of THE NEXT, the CW Network singing competition which premiered […]
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Americana
Delta Rae Continues Journey to the Top
It was just a year ago that a story about Delta Rae, a young vocal group that has called both Marin County, California and Durham, […]
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John David Kent, Burning Up the Roads in Oklahoma & Texas
‘She’s got more mud on her boots, then all of them frat boy cowboys do – and that says a lot.’ John David Kent turned […]
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Jason Boland and The Stragglers: Worldwide Red Dirt
Jason Boland wears a cowboy hat. A lot of the acts who are considered “Red Dirt” don’t. That’s part of the beauty of today’s Red […]
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Granger Smith Has Gone Full-Circle But Sticks By The Life He Lives
‘At 4 am, a five piece band Gets hurry in a Chevrolet van Running late … So we’re sleeping on the interstate.’ As a teenage […]
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Red Dirt favorite Adam Hood finds Row success with Miranda, Little Big Town
Adam Hood’s an Alabama guy who spends most of his touring life in Texas, and when you hear his definition of the Red Dirt scene […]
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Jessica Northey’s #CMchat Trending on Twitter
To say that Jessica Northey of Tucson-based Finger Candy Media’s #CMchat Twitter launch has succeeded in its first year would be a massive understatement. “Country […]
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J.D. McPherson To Play 3rd & Lindsley on July 29
“There’s nothing new under the sun,” goes the old proverb, but that doesn’t mean what’s old can’t be made better. The proof for this will […]
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Passion to help unsigned artists brought Al Shephard to move here, start ICMA
Independent Country Music Association founder Al Shephard’s first musical venture was the mobile DJ business, which turned into a very brief career. “I did three […]
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Growing Up Kilgore, The Lefty Frizzell Story
Growing up in the music business was a little different from the rest of the world. My father was Merle Kilgore, and he wrote many […]