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American VI: Ain’t No Grave ,

is a posthumous album by Johnny Cash. It was released on February 23, 2010, three days before what would have been Cash’s 78th birthday. The music on this album comes from the same sessions as American V: A Hundred Highways. ….Read More

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Alabama ,

is a Grammy Award-winning country music and southern rock band that originated in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. In the late ’60s, Randy Owen (lead vocals), and his cousin Teddy Gentry (bass guitar, background vocals) found they both enjoyed a common interest in music. Jeff Cook (guitar, fiddle, keyboards) soon joined the duo, and eventually Mark Herndon added his skills on drums. They started playing on a regular basis, and while still working their day jobs they started playing local establishments in the evenings. The group used their spare time to compose, practice, and play their style of harmony and music. In 1973, after Owen’s graduation from Jacksonville State University, members of the group decided to give up their day jobs and weekend gigs. The group, formerly known as “Wildcountry”, left Fort Payne and their Lookout Mountain to explore the possibilities of the club scene in surrounding coastal South Carolina. ….Read More

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The Sunny Cowgirls ,

are an Australian country music group formed in 2005. They have released a total of three studio albums since 2005.
The Sunny Cowgirls, Sophie and Celeste Clabburn, grew up on a farm in Hamilton, Victoria. The Clabburn sisters were raised on “Sunninghill”, the family farm at Dunkeld near Hamilton, Victoria, before the whole family moved to Perth, WA when they were primary school kids. Their farm was in their fathers family a long while, and that’s where they came up with the name “Sunny”. ….Read More

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Lady Antebellum ,

is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. It is composed of Charles Kelley (lead and background vocals), Dave Haywood (background vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin) and Hillary Scott (lead and background vocals). The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman’s single “Never Alone”, before signing to Capitol Records Nashville and releasing “Love Don’t Live Here”. The song, which peaked at #3 on the Hot Country Songs charts in May 2008, served as the first single to the group’s self-titled debut album. Certified platinum in the US, the album also includes the singles “Lookin’ for a Good Time” and “I Run to You”, the latter of which became the group’s first Number One in July 2009. “Need You Now,” was released in mid-2009 and is the first single off the band’s new album released in January 2010; it is also the group’s second number one single.

Lady Antebellum has been awarded Top New Duo or Group in 2009 by the Academy of Country Music and New Artist of the Year in 2008 by the Country Music Association. They were nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 51st Grammy Awards and two more at the 52nd Grammy Awards. More recently in November 2009, the band was awarded Single of the Year (“I Run to You”) and Vocal Group of the Year by the Country Music Association.

Need You Now is the second studio album from country music group Lady Antebellum. It is the follow-up album to their 2008 self-titled Recording Industry Association of America Platinum certified debut album. The album’s first single, its title track, debuted at #50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in August 2009. Also, for the chart week of October 26, 2009, the song became their second Number One single on the Radio & Records Country Singles chart, and for the week of November 28, it became their second Number One single on the Hot Country Songs chart in the United States, as issued by Billboard. ….Read More

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Samuel Timothy “Tim” McGraw ,

(born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor.
Southern Voice is first album of all new material since 2007’s Let It Go album. The lead single from the album, “It’s a Business Doing Pleasure with You,” was released to radio in late June 2009 and reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The second single, the title track, was released on September 21, 2009, and debuted at #49 on the country chart. ….Read More

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Play On ,

is the third studio album from American country artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in the United States on November 3, 2009. The first single, “Cowboy Casanova”, was released to country radio on September 14, 2009. In addition, three promotional singles were made available to iTunes prior to the release of the album. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 318,000 copies; and rated as the highest first week sales for a female artist in 2009. It is her second album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200, and to debut atop both Nielsen SoundScan’s country and overall album charts, making it Underwood’s second consecutive number-one album. It was revealed on November 17, 2009, that the album’s second single would be Temporary Home. The single will be released to country radio starting the week of December 14, 2009. ….Read More

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Heidi Hauge – Best Of ,

           Track Listing :

      CD1 :

01. Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
02. I Don’t Wanna Play House
03. Save The Last Dance For Me
04. Blanket On The Ground
05. Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
06. Seven Spanish Angels
07. Crying Time
08. Nashville’s Gone Hollywood
09. I’m Gonna Be A Country Girl Again
10. Diggy Liggy Lo
11. Blue Rose Is
12. Saturday Night
13. Coat Of Many Colours
14. Banks Of The Ohio
15. That’ll Be Me
16. One Way Street
17. Right Now
18. I’ll Fly
19. Once A Day
20. I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail

      CD2 :

01. Don’t Tell Me What To Do
02. The Other Side Of The Hill
03. My Farewell Party
04. Between The Two Of Them
05. Love Is The Foundation
06. Honkey Tonk Angels
07. Hello Little Bluebird
08. Mama He’s Crazy
09. Skaidi
10. You Got Gold
11. Stranger
12. Coal Miners Daughter
13. Sorry You Asked
14. Forth Worth
15. Silver Threads And Golden Needles
16. Making Plans
17. Yellow Roses
18. Harper Valley PTA
19. Lay Down Besides Me
20. Mama Say A Prayer

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Fearless ,

is the second studio album by American country pop artist Taylor Swift, and was released on November 11, 2008. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 592,304 copies in its first week, the best first-week sales for a female artist in 2008. Fearless became the first album to sell one million copies in 2009, selling 1,608,000+ copies since January 1. ….Read More

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Miranda Lambert ,

(born November 10, 1983) is a Grammy Award nominated American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records. Lambert made her debut with the release of “Me and Charlie Talking”, the first single from her 2005 debut album Kerosene. This album, which was certified Platinum in the United States, also produced the singles “Bring Me Down”, “Kerosene”, and “New Strings”. All four singles were Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. ….Read More

Miranda Lambert – Revolution

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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ,

is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group’s membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded as The Dirt Band. Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and returned during 2001. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977. ….Read More

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Jessie Farrell ,

is a Canadian country music singer. At the 2007 Canadian Country Music Awards, Farrell was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year and the Chevy Rising Star Award. Farrell’s first country album, Nothing Fancy, was released on October 9, 2007. The first single, “Let’s Talk About Love,” peaked in the top 10 on the Canadian Country Singles chart. In 2008, Jessie Farrell won Female Artist of the Year and the Top New Female Talent Award at the Canadian Country Music Awards.

Farrell’s third studio album, Good, Bad & Pretty Things, was released on October 6, 2009. ….Read More

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Mountain Soul II ,

is the sixteenth studio album by American country music singer Patty Loveless. The album was released on September 29, 2009. It is a follow-up to her previous album, Mountain Soul, released in 2001. Mountain Soul II features 15 songs including a re-recording Loveless’ 1991 single “Blue Memories”, previously recorded on her 1990 album On Down the Line. ….Read More

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The List ,

is an album by Rosanne Cash, released in 2009. When she was 18, Johnny Cash gave his daughter Rosanne a list of 100 essential country songs in an effort to expand her knowledge of country music. On the album, Rosanne re-interprets 12 of the songs from the list through her own perspective on country music, her father, and her life in New York instead of Nashville.[3] It also includes guest performances by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Rufus Wainwright. ….Read More

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Toby Keith Covel ,

(born July 8, 1961), best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993’s Toby Keith, 1994’s Boomtown, 1996’s Blue Moon and 1997’s Dream Walkin’, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before exiting in 1998. These albums all earned gold or higher certification, and produced several chart singles, including his debut “Should’ve Been a Cowboy”, which topped the country charts and was the most played country song of the 1990’s.

American Ride ,

is the title of Toby Keith’s 13th studio album. It was released on October 6, 2009, under Keith’s personal label, Show Dog Nashville. Its lead-off single is the title track, which became his 19th #1 single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in October. The album includes 12 songs, 11 of which Keith wrote or co-wrote, and one of which is a tribute to Wayman Tisdale. ….Read More

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Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ ,

Albertans are a Canadian country music band, formerly known as the Corb Lund Band.
Corb Lund, the lead singer, grew up in Southern Alberta living on his family’s farm and ranches near Taber, Cardston and Rosemary. He is proud of being an Albertan. Lund left his hometown of Taber and moved to Edmonton, where he enrolled in the Grant MacEwan College to study jazz guitar and bass.

Lund was a founding member of The Smalls, who sold over 35,000 albums over a twelve year span, all released independently. Lund and the Smalls toured extensively in Canada, the United States and Europe, including a stint in Bosnia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. The band retired in the fall of 2001.

Lund then went to live in Austin, Texas, to reflect on the next step in his career and write music for five months. Encouraged by the positive feedback he received from audiences in Austin, he and his band travelled to Nashville and recorded a few songs with producer and drummer Harry Stinson, who had previously performed with artists such as Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, and Earl Scruggs. ….Read More

Corb Lund – Losin’ Lately Gambler

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