Blake Shelton’s Greatest Hits

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LOADED: The Best of Blake Shelton set for release November 9th. It’s hard to believe that Blake Shelton has been releasing hit after hit for ten years, but it’s true! Now Blake is putting all of his best work (so far) into one album for fans to enjoy. Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton will reach online and in-store retailers November 9th, and feature 7 of his greatest hits, as well as his new love ballad “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking“. Special pre-order packages are available at blakeshelton.com Track Listing for LOADED: The Best of Blake Shelton 1. Austin – Blake Shelton 2. Ol’ Red – Blake Shelton 3. The Baby – The Dreamer 4. Playboys of The Southwestern World – The Dreamer 5. Some Beach – from Blake Shelton’s Barn and Grill 6. Goodbye Time – Blake Shelton’s Barn and Grill 7. Nobody But Me – Blake Shelton’s Barn and Grill 8. Don’t Make Me – PURE BS 9. The More I Drink – PURE BS 10. Home – MORE PURE BS 11. She Wouldn’t be Gone – Startin’ Fires 12. Hillbilly Bone (feat. Trace Adkins) – Hillbilly Bone 13. Kiss My Country Ass – Hillbilly Bone 14. All About Tonight – All About Tonight 15. Who Are You When I’m Not Looking – All About TonightCountry Music Photo Gallery

Toby Keith – Bullets in the Gun – Review

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Toby Keith celebrates the release of Bullets in the Gun. Toby Keith hits store shelves today with his newest studio album “Bullets in the Gun“. Now forgive me die-hard fans, but I have to say this album is not the big dog’s best work. The majority of tracks carry a depressed she-done-me-wrong-song sound but with lyrics that are predictable and seemingly dumbed down. That said, there are a few highlights on the album. “Ain’t already broke“, “Somewhere Else”, and the leading single “Trailerhood” carry Toby’s signature wit and clever twist of words. Overall I believe this will be an album that sells one single at a time, but as a whole it falls a little flat. If you do shell out for the whole album, do yourself a favor and make it the Deluxe Edition, which features four live performances from his Incognito Bandito appearances. These tracks pay tribute to some of Toby’s biggest influences, and the addition really turns around the tone of the album.

CMA Sweepstakes from Country Music Hall of Fame!

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Win tickets to the CMA’s and more from the Country Music Hall of Fame! The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum want you to experience CMA Awards week like never before with the Country’s Biggest Night Meets Country’s Biggest Stars Sweepstakes. The Grand Prize winner and their guest will win round-trip Southwest airfare to Nashville, hotel accommodations, passes to legendary dining and entertainment venues, tickets to the 44th Annual CMA Awards, and autograph and meet and greet opportunities with Montgomery Gentry, Danny Gokey, Craig Morgan, Jerrod Niemann, Josh Thompson, and Chris Young! Simply enter at CountryMusicHallofFame.org/sweepstakes between October 4 – 24, 2010 for your chance to win!Country Music Photo Gallery

Riverstomp Music Festival – Watts, Oklahoma

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Riverstomp Music Festival is almost here! Two days of DIY bluegrass and psychobilly music in the base of the Ozarks! This ain’t your grandma’s folk music festival for sure! On the weekend of October 23rd & 24th, the Redneck Yacht Club in Watts, Oklahoma will become the temporary home for countless bluegrass and psychobilly musicians and fans as they gather to celebrate! Nestled on the banks of the Illinois river, in the foothills of the Ozarks, over a dozen bands, vendors, fire dancers and other entertainers will spend two days celebrating what can only be known as the Riverstomp movement. Best of all, CMNB is going to be there, and we hope you will be too! RedNeck Yacht Club is located 2.5 miles across the Oklahoma border on Hwy. 59. About 30 minutes from Fayetteville Ar. For more information and tickets, visit riverstomp.webs.com/ Country Music Photo Gallery

Jason Charles Miller – You Get What You Pay For – Video

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Jason Charles Miller reminds us all of this powerful lesson. Here’s the brand new video for “You Get What You Pay For” from Jason Charles Miller, featuring The Guild’s own Felicia Day. If you think it sounds familiar, that’s because it was featured on season 3 of True Blood. This is Jason’s first solo release, and from what I’m hearing, it certainly won’t be his last! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgvogQBNcfs] For more from the Godhead frontman’s solo effort, check out jasoncharlesmiller.comCountry Music Photo Gallery

Toby Keith: Invitation Only

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Set your DVR’s for Friday Oct 8th at 10pm ET to catch Toby Keith’s Invitation Only on CMT. Toby Keith steps on the Invitation Only stage at CMT to share new songs from his Bullets in the Gun album as well as a few classic favorites. He entertains questions from fans in the audience covering wide-ranging topics such as why it was important for him to be a songwriter, his political platform if he were to run for office and what songs are playing on his iPod. Following Toby, Rascal Flatts is scheduled as the next new episode of Invitation Only, and you can expect to see that air around November 15th.Country Music Photo Gallery

Too Country for Rock or Too Rock for Country Music?

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Jim Nash V is back as a guest writer, exploring the border-pushing definition of country music. In a follow-up to my article from last week, “Country Music on iTunes”, I’ve decided to explore some of these categories a bit more. The Country Pop Rock category can be a pretty large umbrella. When I think of Country Rock, I think of songs that rely more on a heavier guitar sound that drives the song. One of the earliest examples I can think of would be Garth’s Ain’t Going Down ( Ti’l the Sun Comes Up). The guitar parts are full-steam ahead, in your face rock-n-roll style (not unlike his concerts) and include traditional guitar “riffs or hooks”. Without Garth’s vocals, this could easily be a classic rock song. (Remember his duet with Huey Lewis on Working for a Living a few years ago? Not a big stretch.) Now fast forward to modern day and you have artists pushing that heavy guitar sound even further. Most notably Big & Rich, Carrie Underwood (before you disagree, how about Last Name?), Rascal Flatts (Life is a Highway), Randy Houser, Trace Adkins and Jason Aldean. Even Keith Urban, who’s early music with the Ranch is much more Country sounding than his stuff today. These artists are using multiple distorted guitar tracks, using the “wah” effect, detuning their guitars to give them a deeper, more ominous sound and are writing guitar hooks and solos into their songs that sound nothing like Country. Jason Aldean’s She’s Country stands out as a song that, without the obligatory fiddle parts and the title, could easily pass as a Nickelback or Soundgarden track. So when does a song become too Rock for Country? And if fiddle, pedal steel or banjo is added to a “heavy” country song and the singer comes from South of the Mason / Dixon line, is that enough to keep it Country? Is this what Country music has to do to build the younger generation fan base so that the overall genre lives on? Is the umbrella too large though or do we need yet more categories like Country Modern Rock? Country Alternative Rock? Country Metal? Keep it Country, Jim Nash V. Jim Nash V is a contributing writer with a passion for country music. Jim works to promote line dancing and country music in Long Island New York. For more on Jim, visit YeeHawLI.com Country Music Photo Gallery

Carrie Underwood – Mama’s Song – Video

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Enjoy this heartfelt video from Carrie Underwood featuring her own Mama. Carrie Underwood gives a special thank you to her mother in the video for her newest single, “Mama’s Song“. In this song penned by Carrie’s own hand, she gives her mama credit for the romance she’s found with new husband Mike Fisher. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpFW4Yhy08k&ob=av2e]Country Music Photo Gallery

Martina McBride Headlines Home For The Holidays

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Martina McBride willl take the stage as the starring talent in the 2010 Home For The Holidays concert in Nashville. Each year the Nashville Symphony hosts a special holiday concert, and this year’s headlining vocalist will be Martina McBride. The Schermerhorn Symphony Center is still being repaired after the Nashville flood, so the concert will be held at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena. Tickets, which range in price form $35-$90, are available through www.nashvillesymphony.org or by calling 687‑6400. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more (to reserve a group, call Meredith Benning at 687‑6537). For her “Home for the Holidays” show, McBride will perform a mix of holiday standards and more contemporary seasonal songs.Country Music Photo Gallery