http://countrymusic.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-05-13T08:00:11Z Mon, 13 May 2013 08:00:11 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/16/lady-antebellum-golden-tops-the-charts.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/countrymusic/1/0/a/0/I/lady-antebellum-golden.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" height="170" align="Right" />Lady Antebellum's new album <em>Golden</em> entered the Billboard country charts <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/charts/a/Us-Country-Music-Charts-May-16-2013.htm">at #1 this week</a>.</p> <p>The group's previous three outings (four if you include their Christmas album <em>On This Winter's Night</em>) have all rung up to platinum sales (that includes the Christmas album).</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/16/lady-antebellum-golden-tops-the-charts.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/16/lady-antebellum-golden-tops-the-charts.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 13:37:36 +0000 2013-05-16T13:37:36Z http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/13/country-song-of-the-week-brad-paisleys-me-neither.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/countrymusic/1/0/y/v/1/whoneedspictures.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="right" />Persistence doesn't pay off for Brad Paisley, who's quick with the pickup lines in one of his <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/top10lists/ss/Top-10-Funny-Country-Songs.htm">funniest songs</a>, "Me Neither."</p> <p>However the tune wasn't rejected by the listening public; they helped "Me Neither" break the country singles top 20 in 2000.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/13/country-song-of-the-week-brad-paisleys-me-neither.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/13/country-song-of-the-week-brad-paisleys-me-neither.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 08:00:11 +0000 2013-05-13T08:00:11Z http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/09/kenny-chesneys-life-on-a-rock-tops-the-charts.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/countrymusic/1/0/5/j/4/kennychesney_cma.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" height="170" align="right" />Kenny Chesney's <em>Life on a Rock </em>made a #1 debut on the country music charts this week.</p> <p>That's no surprise for a mega-selling country artist.</p> <p>But the impressive debut made by the Randy Rogers Band <em>is.</em></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/09/kenny-chesneys-life-on-a-rock-tops-the-charts.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/09/kenny-chesneys-life-on-a-rock-tops-the-charts.htm Thu, 09 May 2013 14:52:49 +0000 2013-05-09T14:52:49Z http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/06/conway-twitty-lying-here-with-linda-on-my-mind.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/countrymusic/1/0/l/d/H/conway16bighits_6.jpg" alt="conway twitty greatest hits" hspace="5" height="170" align="Right" />Conway Twitty is a two-timin' son-of-a-gun in "(Lying Here With) Linda on My Mind."</p> <p>The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/top10lists/ss/Best-Country-Music-Cheating-Songs.htm">cheating song</a> takes place in the mind of a married man consumed by thoughts of his wife's best friend.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/06/conway-twitty-lying-here-with-linda-on-my-mind.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/06/conway-twitty-lying-here-with-linda-on-my-mind.htm Mon, 06 May 2013 08:00:38 +0000 2013-05-06T08:00:38Z http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/02/george-jones-hes-stopped-loving-her-today-back-on-the-charts.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/countrymusic/1/5/-/1/I/george-jones-i-am-what-i-am.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" height="170" align="right" />The country songs chart got a posthumous surprise from George Jones.</p> <p>The legend's quintessential tune, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/georgejones/ss/Best-George-Jones-Songs_10.htm">"He Stopped Loving Her Today,"</a> came barreling full force up the rankings -- leaving Carrie Underwood, Chris Young, and The Band Perry grasping in the dust.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/02/george-jones-hes-stopped-loving-her-today-back-on-the-charts.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/05/02/george-jones-hes-stopped-loving-her-today-back-on-the-charts.htm Thu, 02 May 2013 13:11:20 +0000 2013-05-02T13:11:20Z http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/29/country-song-of-the-week-dave-dudleys-six-days-on-the-road.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/h/countrymusic/1/H/8/1/I/23-truckin-hits.jpg" alt="23 truckin hits" hspace="5" height="170" align="right" />Hitting the road this Memorial Day?</p> <p>Don't leave home without Dave Dudley's "Six Days on the Road."</p> <p>Released in 1963, the propulsive tune was one of country music's first trucking songs -- sparking a phenomenon that would result in Merle Haggard's "White Line Fever" and Kathy Mattea's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2012/08/24/kathy-mattea-eighteen-wheels-and-a-dozen-roses.htm">"18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses."</a></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/29/country-song-of-the-week-dave-dudleys-six-days-on-the-road.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/29/country-song-of-the-week-dave-dudleys-six-days-on-the-road.htm Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:30:12 +0000 2013-04-29T20:30:12Z http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/26/country-legend-george-jones-dead-at-age-81.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/countrymusic/1/G/n/y/H/george-jones.jpg" alt="george jones" hspace="5" height="170" align="Right" />Lower the flags to half mast, country fans. George Jones died today in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 81.</p> <p>Few singers have been as influential as George Jones, who counted disciples among such disparate souls as Garth Brooks, Bob Dylan, and Leonard Cohen.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/26/country-legend-george-jones-dead-at-age-81.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/26/country-legend-george-jones-dead-at-age-81.htm Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:48:31 +0000 2013-04-26T12:48:31Z http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/25/florida-georgia-line-get-their-shine-on.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/countrymusic/1/G/n/z/H/florida-george-line-heres-to-the-good-times.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="Right" />Florida Georgia Line have not just one, but <em>two </em>singles in this week's country song chart: "Cruise" and "Get Your Shine On."</p> <p>Both tunes come off the band's debut <a href="http://countrymusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Florida-Georgia-Line-Heres-To-The-Good-Times-Album-Review.htm"><em>Here's to the Good Times</em></a>, which isn't doing too shabby either.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/25/florida-georgia-line-get-their-shine-on.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/25/florida-georgia-line-get-their-shine-on.htm Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:57:17 +0000 2013-04-25T12:57:17Z http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/22/country-song-the-week-ray-price-city-lights.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/countrymusic/1/G/4/t/G/essentialrayprice.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="Right" />Country music moves to the big city in this song from Ray Price, written by songwriting sage Bill Anderson.</p> <p>It paints a devastating picture of urban isolation -- where heartbroken men search for places to "cry when things don't turn out right."</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/22/country-song-the-week-ray-price-city-lights.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/22/country-song-the-week-ray-price-city-lights.htm Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:00:04 +0000 2013-04-22T12:00:04Z http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/19/brad-paisley-wheelhouse-number-one.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/h/countrymusic/1/H/c/0/I/brad-paisley-wheelhouse.jpg" alt="brad paisley's wheelhouse album cover" hspace="5" height="170" align="Right" />There was no such thing as bad publicity for Brad Paisley, whose new album <em><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/Brad-Paisley-wheelhouse-Album-Review.htm">Wheelhouse</a> </em>landed at #1 on the country album charts.</p> <p>Despite the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/11/brad-paisleys-brilliant-terrible-accidental-racist.htm">hubbub</a> over "Accidental Racist," or likely ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/19/brad-paisley-wheelhouse-number-one.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://countrymusic.about.com/b/2013/04/19/brad-paisley-wheelhouse-number-one.htm Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:11:11 +0000 2013-04-19T12:11:11Z