New Music Video From Ira Dean- "Somethin' Bout A Sunday"

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Country Music News Round-Up- Kix Brooks, Vince Gill, Don Williams & More

Check out Kix Brooks' New Single "New To This Town"

• Keith Urban released his brand new music video for “For You” yesterday. Check it out here.
• After more than two decades on the MCA Nashville music label, Vince Gill has left and will be looking for his next opportunity.
• The newest Country Music Hall of Famer, Don Williams, will be releasing an album of all new material in June. “I can announce that I have been in the studio recording a new album, which will be released in June of this year. This will be my first studio album for a number of years and has 10 brand-new, specially written songs. I am very happy with the recordings so far, and am excited to hear what the fans think of this new album.”
• It is worth your time checking out this great video of Jason Eady and The Trishas’ Jamie Wilson doing a John Anderson cover of “Would You Catch a Falling Star.”
• Crystal Shawanda has released a brand new single called “Closer” to country radio and it’s climbing the Canadian country charts already. Here’s an intimate live performance of the new song.
• Billy Strange, a longtime singer/songwriter and session guitarist and member of the Musicians Hall of Fame, passed away at the age of 81. In addition to producing Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Were Made for Walking,” he was a musician and singer on numerous TV shows early in his career, including 'The Sons of the Pioneers' and 'The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show.'
• The boys of Rascal Flatts have released the brand new music video for their latest single called “Banjo.”
• Former Brooks and Dunn member Kix Brooks has released the first solo single off of his upcoming album. Take a listen below:  

Hear It Here- New Music From Rachel Proctor- "Lovebird"

Rachel Proctor first signed to BNA Records in 2003, releasing her debut single "Days Like This" that year. This song, which peaked at #24 on the country charts, was the first of four singles from her 2004 debut album Where I Belong. Proctor's only album for the label, it also produced her highest-charting single in the #18 "Me and Emily". Since that time, she's written and recorded two self-released albums and has written hit singles for Jessica Simpson and Jesse Lee.

Check out this great little groovy number she's just shared with fans called "Lovebird."

Fiddler Joe Thompson and Producer Al DeLory Pass Away

93 year old North Carolina fiddle player Joe Thompson passed away this week. He was influential on the career of the folk group Carolina Chocolate Drops and was awarded an NEA National Heritage Fellowship in 2007, to go with a North Carolina Heritage Award he won in 1991.


"Nobody was too big or too little for Joe to sit down and pick with," said Larry Vellani, a musician from Mebane who often played with Thompson. "He never met a stranger. If you were into music, Joe was into you. Just that straightforward. Everywhere he went, he left kernels of wisdom, good sense and good musical taste."

Read more here.

Producer Al DeLory passed away on February 5th at the age of 82. DeLory produced and arranged Country great Glen Campbell’s hits “Gentle On My Mind,” “Galveston,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “Wichita Lineman.” No cause of death has been released.

He also worked with acts the The Beach Boys, Tina Turner and The Righteous Brothers as a studio musician. DeLory released four albums of his own on Capitol Records as well.

New Music Video From Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers- "Me and Paul Revere"

New Music Video From Pat Green- "All Just To Get To You"

New Hank Williams, Jr. Best Of Collection Hits March 27

Fans of Hank Williams, Jr. can kick the wintertime blues with the announcement from Curb Records of the March 27 release of a retrospective collection of signature hits from the iconic superstar. The package will feature 22 of Hank Jr.’s best songs that span decades of his high octane music making career, that includes high points such as Family Tradition, A Country Boy Can Survive, All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin’ Over Tonight, and Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound.

In the history of recorded music, perhaps no ‘second generation’ heir to a musical dynasty has surpassed superstar status to become a true American icon as boldly as Hank Williams, Jr.  With stacks of gold and platinum lining his walls amid Grammys and Emmys and the reflection of the nearby crowns of Entertainer of the Year resting comfortably on his mantle, Jr. has carved a giant niche in the annals of the record industry.  Stepping from the shadows of the greatness of Hank Sr. the current incarnation of family greatness is unique in Hank Jr’s relevance and the amazing influence of his music and image as part of America’s pop culture.   He is by any definition a 21st century pop culture force to be reckoned with.
 
Along the way, as witnessed by the new Curb package, Hank Jr.’s music has become rooted as a unique creative barometer consistently reflecting both our nation’s challenges and the resilience of human nature in general—and Hank’s creative finger on the pulse of culture in particular. From the familiar shout of "Are You Ready For Some Football" to the brooding country patriotism of "A Country Boy Can Survive,"  Hank is seemingly permanently woven in the midst of America’s daily soundtrack of life--from football, to politics, to his latest reincarnation of the Williams family’s traditional way with a song.
 
 Tracks include:"Family Tradition"           
"Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound"
"Women I've Never Had"                       
"Outlaw Women"
"Kaw-Liga"
"Old Habits"           
"Dinosaur"
"The Blues Man"
"Texas Women"
"Dixie On My Mind"
"All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)"
"A Country Boy Can Survive"
"If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie"
"The Conversation"
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"
"Country State Of Mind"
"Born To Boogie"
"If The South Woulda Won"
"There's A Tear In My Beer" (with Hank Williams)
"Red, White, & Pink-Slip Blues"
"Bartender Song (Sittin’ At The Bar)" (with Rehab)
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming For Monday Night Football"

New Music Video From Josh Thompson- "Comin' Around"

New Music Video From Marty Stuart- "Tear the Woodpile Down"

New Music Video From Luke Bryan- "Suntan City"

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Alison Krauss & Union Station Star in The Simpsons 500th Episode Tonight

"The Simpsons" 500th episode is coming up tonight- Sunday, February 19th on Fox at 8pm ET. Alison Krauss and Union Station are featured on a special theme song for the historic show. This week's installment, "At Long Last Leave," follows the family as they are evicted from their hometown of Springfield and join a community on the outskirts of town. Click on the art below to listen to the AKUS take on the opening number:

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