Rucker returns with soph country CD, The Band Perry debuts
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 – Darius Rucker gained fame as lead singer of Hootie & The Blowfish, but in recent years, he's done it on his own with his solo career. "Learn to Live" yielded a slew of notes, and now he returns with "Charleston, SC 1966" Frank Rogers produced the dozen-song release, which includes the first single Come Back Song.
The Band Perry, a trio of siblings, earlier this year released an EP. But now they are back with a full length CD, which is self-titled. The group has enjoyed chart success with If I Die Young and Hip to My Heart.
Carrie Rodriguez and Chip Taylor enjoyed a productive period together of recording and releasing music, but each went their own solo way. "The New Bye & Bye - The Best of the Train Wreck Years 2002 - 2007" is out to capture the past along with four new new songs recorded earlier this year with John Platania (Van Morrison) and pedal steel player Greg Leisz (Joni Mitchell, Robert Plant and Alison Kraus).
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Charleston, SC 1966
It's a nifty trick to sell more than 20 million records over the course of 20 years, and follow it all with a CMA for New Artist of the Year. But Darius Rucker's career has defied convention more than once. There was a time in the '90s that Rucker's rich baritone, fronting Hootie and the Blowfish, was inescapable on mainstream radio. And with 2008's "Learn to Live", his country debut, he caught lightning in a bottle again: a number 1 record and 4 hit singles. »»» |
Learn to Live
Darius Rucker is making the plunge into country after years spent leading Hootie & the Blowfish. Unlike some others who enter the country field late in their music life, Rucker attempts at times to keep a country sound. That is particularly true on "All I Want," although the tonker would have been best handled by someone like Dwight Yoakam since Rucker comes off as more of a dabbler than a dyed in the wool traditionalist.
Rucker's voice is his strong suit. He always has had a very »»» |
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: Steve Earle doesn't rest (on laurels) –
If you didn't realize Steve Earle had a new disc out, "The Low Highway," it would have been no problem realizing that quite and quickly.
That was because Earle started the two-hour show with three straight tracks from "The Low Highway," and he would not be done for the night. The title track of was a midtempo effort... »»»
Concert Review: The Howlin' Brothers leave the radar behind –
The Howlin' Brothers - this trio, in reality, contains no brothers - are about eight years into their career and on their fifth album. To say they've been under the radar screen may be an understatement. You couldn't even say they've been flying under that screen because they have stuck very close to their Nashville environs.... »»»
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