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Ben Kweller Goes Country
He started out as a post-punk rocker in his teenage outfit Radish, before becoming a respected solo indie troubadour, and now Ben Kweller is shifting his own artistic landscape once again, releasing a country album, titled 'Changing Horses.'
The album was recorded in Austin, Texas, back in 2007, but Kweller says he's been writing this album since he was a teen...
Shooter Jennings Gives Late Father an Industrial Makeover
The sound of Waylon Jennings is forever rooted in country music, and on what is being called his final recordings, 'Waylon Forever,' due October 21, it remains that way. But fans of the legend, who passed away in 2002, might have gotten a rather different portrait of the man if the original version of the album, which he began in the mid-nineties with his teenage son Shooter, had been released...
Bare Jr. Recruits Friends for Wall of Sound
Nashville is already the home of country music, but if Bobby Bare Jr. has his way, it'll be a city with a reputation for fast recordings, too.
Due out Sept. 26, Bare Jr.'s third solo album, 'The Longest Meow,' was recorded in less than a day
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Kasey Chambers Ditches Tour for ‘Carnival’
Pop-country fans dying to catch a glimpse of Aussie babe Kasey Chambers' new look will have to wait a little longer. The chanteuse has cancelled her tour, originally scheduled for next month.
Chambers cited the rather ambiguous "personal reasons" for pulling the dates, but will reschedule for 2007
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Kasey Chambers Dumps Herself
Known for pouring her personal heartaches into her songs, Aussie singer Kasey Chambers took a new approach for some of the tracks on 'Carnival,' due Sept. 12.
"Every record I've ever done really has been three years of therapy. This record was very different," she tells AOL Music
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Magic Numbers Bet on Kenny Rogers
British indie pop act Magic Numbers have found some unusual inspiration while recording their sophomore effort.
Shortly before the band settled in at rural New York's famed Allaire studios, frontman Romeo Stodart said he was looking to add to his collection of Kenny Rogers photos for the band's mantelpiece
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