Frank Bang & the Secret Stash – Double Dare ***½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Blue Hoss It’s been a few years since his last album, but in that time apparently Frank Bang (who is a natural) just got better and better (if that’s possible). Frank Bang, the roots guitarist who spent years playing with…
Emily Herring – Your Mistake ** ½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Turquiose Earring Records To sing loudly is sometimes not enough. To sing with a twang is sometimes not enough. To sing a song that includes “Lyle Lovett” as a lyric is also not enough. Sometimes, what it takes is a voice that is…
Della Mae – This World Oft Can Be *** ½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Rounder Records Who is Della Mae? And who do I thank for introducing me to their music? Well, Della Mae is: Kimber Ludiker, Celia Woodsmith, Courtney Hartman, Shelby Means, and Jenni Lynn Gardner. And we can thank Rounder Records. The…
Bon jour! The 2013 French Open gets under way Tuesday morning at 10am, with the qualifying tournament. Also known as “the qualies,” the Qualifying competition offers a chance for each participant to compete for a place in the tournament’s main draw. Here’s a glance at “the tournament before the tournament”: 128 determined tennis players are…
Legendary comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks will be honored by the American Film Institute with its Lifetime Achievement Award next year. Brooks, one of a select few talents to win an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy, will be recognized for a career that includes some of the funniest films ever made. “Mel Brooks is America’s…
How do you solve a problem like trying to interest an audience raised on “American Idol” to like an old fashioned Broadway musical? Well, for one thing, if you are producing “The Sound of Music,” you cast an “American Idol” superstar like Carrie Underwood. After all, Carrie Underwood is one of country music’s “favorite things”;…
Venerable bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent’s newly-released Brothers of the Highway has captured the #2 spot on Billboard’s Bluegrass chart, while their Grammy-nominated The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent is also in the top ten, at #7. “We are very humbled, excited, and thankful for the release of Brothers of the Highway,” said Jamie…
ALBUM OF THE YEAR Buddy & Jim, Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale Cheater’s Game, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison From The Ground Up, John Fullbright O’ Be Joyful, Shovels & Rope Old Yellow Moon, Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell SONG OF THE YEAR Birmingham – Shovels & Rope Good Things Happen to Bad People – Richard Thompson…
George Strait – Love Is Everything **** (out of 4 stars) Label: MCA Nashville Since the passing of George Jones, the singer who now is the unquestioned “King of Country” is the other George — George Strait. He has just released a new album, “Love Is Everything,” and you’re going to love it. A few…
Republicans are losing elections in part because they are losing key demographic groups. Some of those groups, like Hispanics, are growing, making them impossible to ignore. 37 percent of the country is nonwhite. Hispanics comprise 16 percent of the population, accounting for half the population growth within the past decade. 51 percent of children born in California…
If you stopped watching network television awhile ago because it had gotten so bad, you made the correct decision. It has continued to get worse. A few years ago, network television became dominated by cheaply made reality TV shows and talent contests, sitcoms with hyperactive manic characters, and socially liberal themes. Television has always pushed…
As predicted, the Democrats’ refusal to cut any spending other than the military only delayed the inevitable. Now, as is already taking place in Greece, France and Spain, deep cuts must take place or the government will shut down. The fiscal cliff agreement and the Budget Control Act of 2011 called for sequestration on March…
Who would have guessed that one of the most warmongering presidents would be a liberal Democrat who was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize? Obama has gotten away with a secret escalating drone war because the left and their fifth column in the media have mostly turned a blind eye, just like they have with Obama’s expanded…
The IRS issued regulations last week announcing that the cheapest insurance plan under Obamacare will cost a family of five $20,000 per year by 2016. That estimate is based on choosing the plan offering the least benefits, the bronze plan. Government employees with their heavily subsidized healthcare and those who haven’t been able to…
Obama has figured out how to force his left wing agenda through even though he was reelected with a divided country. He cherry picks issues which divide the Republican Party. The Republican Party ends up fighting within itself, diverting the public’s attention to its chaos rather than Obama’s agenda. The Republican Party is left looking…
Every Republican knows another Republican who agrees with them on 99% of the issues, yet will attack them relentlessly over the 1% of issues they disagree upon. Instead of uniting against the left, these busybodies waste countless hours criticizing other Republicans. They will frequently do it under the ruse of being the “true conservatives,” claiming…
In a scandal looking more and more like Fast and Furious, information is coming out revealing what may be the real reason why the Obama administration refused to provide military support to save Americans in Benghazi. Obama was terrified the public would find out that American weapons had been given to Libyan terrorists, who then…
There were many factors that hurt Mitt Romney and favored Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. The Democrats portrayed Romney in the worst light possible; as a wealthy, out of touch millionaire who wanted to return women to the 1800′s. The left wing media predictably did everything it could to perpetuate that false caricature….
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