Johnny Cash, Brad Paisley continue at top of charts
Thursday, July 20, 2006 – Johnny Cash and Brad Paisley continued topping the Billboard country album and song chart for the week ending July 29. Cash's new album is "American V: A Hundred Highways," while "The World" is Paisley's latest hit.
On the album chart, Rascal Flatts' "Me And My Gang" was second, switching spots with the Dixie Chicks' "Taking the Long Way." Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts" and Tim McGraw's "Greatest Hits Vol 2: Reflected" remained fourth and fifth. The biggest mover was "Precious Memories" by Alan Jackson, up 4 to 11th.
On the song chart, the first five songs remained the same: Kenny Chesney's "Summertime," Underwood's "Don't Forget to Remember Me," Toby Keith's "A Little Too Late" and Rodney Atkins' "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)."
The biggest movers in the top 25 were Faith Hill's "Sunshine And Summertime," up 3 to 16 an George Strait's "Give It Away," up 4 to 19.
On the overall top 200 album chart, Cash was 6th, Rascal Flatts 8th, Dixie Chicks 11th, Underwood 27th and McGraw 32nd.
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Wheelhouse
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Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth
For the most recent addition to the Johnny Cash Bootleg Series, Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings dipped into the deep well of Cash's gospel and spiritual recordings for Columbia and smaller boutique labels throughout the 1970s and '80s. This set is unique from its predecessors thanks in large part to the three full-length studio albums contained within.
The 2-disc, 51-track collection, released in conjunction with ongoing celebrations of Cash's 80th birthday, gets off to a »»» |
From Memphis To Hollywood
Legacy Recordings' latest release of archival Johnny Cash material is a bit of a mixed bag. Although the set is packed with goodies from the start of Cash's career, the 57 tracks on this 2-disc set cover a lot of musical territory with recordings ranging from radio appearances and early demos to non-album singles, B-sides and other rarities, resulting in a collection that ultimately lacks cohesion. If you can remove the idea of a fully-realized album from your head and view the set as a »»» |
Editorial: Walking the talk –
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: Music City goes (Boston) Pop(s) –
On the face of it, the idea of top shelf country songwriters coming up from Nashville to play with the Boston Pops may seem incongruous. The idea of the venerable Boston institution and fixture on the July 4 scene, playing patriotic songs doesn't have all that much to do with country.
The idea isn't without precedent, of course.... »»»
Concert Review: O'Donovan goes home –
Aiofe O'Donovan had plenty of reason to be filled with good cheer. This was a hometown gig, after all, and only three days before the release of her first full-length solo debut, "Fossils."
Joking that the audience was filled with people she knew from high school and her parents' friends, O'Donovan made it clear that Boston... »»»
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