Big & Rich helped write "Hicktown" for Jason Aldean, a song clearly born out of "Save a Horse" sensibilities. Aldean's first radio single was a bit more traditional than the country duo's genre-bending form of music, and as a result he'd enjoy more immediate, long-lasting success. W...
A marked distaste for any kind of genre “crossover” That 1979-1985 was a bad era for music in general, particularly for artists who sought to “update” the sound that made them famous for the mirage of “New Wave” (in some cases, my reaction to these records was so violent that ...
Here is a clip of Johnny and Kris singing the song as a duet. The preamble is something they used to do quite a lot of on these sorts of shows, and it can be a bit cringifying, but it does lead in to an excellent performance. Sunday Morning Coming Down by Johnny Cash and Kris ...
Aldean's first radio single was a bit more traditional than the country duo's genre-bending form of music, and as a result he'd enjoy more immediate, long-lasting success. While not his best song, "Hicktown" is the one that made all things possible for Aldean. It was an accurate ...
1955: Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley tour together The two Sun Records performers hit the road, often opening for even bigger country artists of the day. Their soundmarked the beginning of rockabilly, a folksy forefather of the rock 'n' roll genre. ...
The grim and frostbitten kings took a relentless approach to their evolving black metal style on ‘Pure Holocaust,’ assaulting the genre with “The Sun No Longer Rises” and the indomitable riffs found in “Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss” and “As the Eternity Opens.” Frontman Abbath...
‘Human’ quickly became the gold standard of death metal, clocking in at just under 35 minutes but packing enough into its span to be heralded as one of the finest releases in the genre’s ever-widening canon. Technicality met brutality with deft balance on songs like “Together as One”...
Those skills would sharpen over her next album, and byCry PrettyUnderwood would prove she’s better than average, especially when she surrounds herself with the right team, something she’s very, very good at. The multi-platinum all-genre chart topper is her best album on Sony, but the pr...
The grim and frostbitten kings took a relentless approach to their evolving black metal style on ‘Pure Holocaust,’ assaulting the genre with “The Sun No Longer Rises” and the indomitable riffs found in “Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss” and “As the Eternity Opens.” Frontman Abbath...
There is a movement happening right now in country music that I have witnessed with my own two eyes. I'm talking about the acceleration ofJelly Rollto the top of the country music genre!Everyoneis talking about this genre-bending artist who has had much success already in rap, rock and ...