NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Jimmy Webb: The Quintessential Songwriter
July 23rd, 2010
I think a majority of songwriters — working in country or anywhere else — would agree that Jimmy Webb is one of the greatest songwriters in popular music in recent decades. If not possibly and arguably the greatest songwriter. Eight Grammys his first year? C’mon.
His new Just Across the River project is both a retrospective of his career and a return to recording, with some new material added. His last recording project was 2005’s Twilight of the Renegades.
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Sue Watkins: Songwriter Gary Nicholson returning home | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Garland News
July 15th, 2010
Gary Nicholson was the youngster down Old Orchard Road in Garland when he was in school with great dreams to take his voice and guitar to Nashville.Some 500 recordings of his music later, Nicholson is returning to the area.
Travis Tritt Going Indie For New Album | Billboard.com
June 30th, 2010
Twenty years after releasing his first album — the double-platinum, reputation-staking “Country Club” — Travis Tritt plans to take his recording career into his own hands. …I’m always looking for material, he says.
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Country Music Isn’t Country Any More? Who Says?
June 22nd, 2010
Almost everywhere you look, there’s somebody saying Country Music isn’t Country any more. Problem with that claim is somebody somewhere has been saying that for years and years.
As the story goes, even Hank Williams Sr., as legendary as they get in Country, was accused of something like heresy when he put some simple drums in his band. Many of the legends of the 50’s and 60’s were accused of ruining Country when they invented the Nashville Sound, a move that revitalized Country Music and made it bigger than ever. Read the rest of this entry »
Quotes on Taylor Swift at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards
June 19th, 2010
As usual, our girl Taylor Swift wowed’em again. (Is that like dejavu all over again?) This time at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards. Some quotes:
“Wunderkind” —NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer (Funny, Moody doesn’t look German!?). Read the rest of this entry »