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I had Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie on my radio show last week and contrary to what I thought, he is totally cool with Jason name checking him. He even wants to collaborate on something. "That was another case...I did shoot a video on it (referring to the video for 'Girl Ridin' Shotgun'), and we have some really cool, some surprise guests on there and we asked Jason, but his schedule wouldn't allow him to do it. So, we tried again." Joe also admits he has no idea how to 'Diffie,' and talks about the hick-hock movement. Listen below... Here's the... Continue reading

Ever see someone playing guitar, then all of a sudden they stop, but the song still sounds the same? Some people fake it. Not newcomer Chris Janson. Watch the video below for his thoughts on 'guitar syncing'. Click Here for the story behind his new song, "Better I Don't". Continue reading

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In a recent phone conversation with Bachelorette contestant (is that what you call them?) Ben Scott, he teased an appearence from a country singer in an upcoming episode. After a little sleuthing, I found out that Darius Rucker will appear on next weeks episode. I'll be watching because, well, my wife watches and I want to get laid. Continue reading

Luke Bryan brought his 'Dirt Road Diaries' tour to Hartford last weekend, and before the show I grabbed a couple minutes with Florida Georgia Line. Among the things we talked about: making out, being a ninja, getting arrested, and Kate Upton's boobs. Enjoy! (You too, Vickye!) Continue reading

A record label rep friend of mine said this: "Sad to say but I'm not sure. I'd like to think we've progressed as a format and then you hear about the tweet that Darius got and you think we haven't come that far at all." Fellow bloggers had this to say: "I know the show Nashville touched upon that with the character Will Lexington coming on to Gunnar Scott and that was a very suprising moment in the series. As far as the general public being ready for an gay artist, I think society is, depending on the content of... Continue reading

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What's a bris you ask? It's where a boy gets his 'wang cut' as Brad Paisley put it. Did he attend? Watch the video below to find out. Brad also tackled four other questions in my latest installment of '5 Questions'. Enjoy! Continue reading

Let's talk about what has now become a career defining moment for Eric Church. The infamous Rolling Stone interview. In it, he dissed reality singing competition shows. It was a ballsy move that paid off. We saw the real him, and we liked it. The new issue of Playboy includes an interview with the country music badass, and he again stood by what he said...which is not news. He's repeated this a million times since last spring. Since we're repeating old news, I interviewed Eric last September and he filled me on something that Rolling Stone left out of their... Continue reading

A couple of weeks back, girlfriend-beating Chris Brown said he might want to make a country album...someday. I put Toby Keith's daughter, Krystal Keith in a hypothetical situation with Chris Brown to see what she'd do. Here's what she said... "I think it depends on the music. I think if it was a song I believed in and wanted to do, then I'd be open to bringing in another artist from another genre. And I think country music, depending on the song, would accept it." I wonder how Toby would feel about this? Click Here to listen to my entire... Continue reading

As of April 23rd, the "Cruise" remix (featuring Nelly) had sold over 300,000 downloads on iTunes. If you can have that kind of success, and reach that large of an audience, why not do it again? Nelly recently appeared on St. Louis radio station 93.7 The Bull and confirmed another collaboration between the rapper and country duo. "Well, it's kinda funny because I also got the guys on my album, as well. On a joint that I did...we kinda swapped out a little bit after we did some things. I was like, 'Well you know what, let's try something and... Continue reading

As we know, the first single from Luke’s next album doesn’t include T-Pain..so maybe the 2nd will? What else do we know about Luke's forthcoming album? -Thomas Rhett wrote two of the tracks -The guitars hit harder and the drums are more hip-hoppy Continue reading

Kenny Chesney has established Spread The Love: A Fund For Boston through Boston Medical Center to pay for prosthetics and post-acute care needed by Boston Marathon bombing victims. Launched with an undisclosed "sizable" donation from Chesney, the fund will also receive proceeds from sales of the song "Spread The Love" from his new album, as well as direct donations. "Music can be healing," Chesney says. "When you’re at your lowest, it can inspire – the way these athletes, their friends, family and the city of Boston inspire me. I want to give back to the ones who need it, but... Continue reading

Last week, I told you about Kristi Hansen, a fixture in St. John who Kenny Chesney's "Happy on the Hey Now (A Song for Kristi)" from his new "Life On a Rock" album was written for. I tracked down her fiancé, Ben Shepherd, and he agreed to an interview. What I got was something I NEVER expected: the most epic love story, ever. This story makes "The Notebook" look like "Animal House." Ben was also nice enough to share with me the video tribute that Kenny Chesney put together in Kristi's honor. Here's the link to all the info and... Continue reading

I caught up with Scotty backstage at his show in Wallingford, Connecticut last Friday and he said his new album should be out in September or October. Continue reading

Track 10 on Kenny Chesney's new album "Life On a Rock" (out 4/30 - iTunes/Amazon ) is titled, "Happy on the Hey Now (A Song for Kristi)". So just who is Kristi? She was an icon in St.John, who worked at Woody's and La Tapa restaraunts, and died before her time at 35. "The 'Hey Now' is a boat. We had a lot of fun on it. This song is grounded in ways I didn’t see coming. Kristi was part of a circle of friends that defined my life. She didn’t care who I was or what I did. Kristi... Continue reading

Pet peeve time. Country music partisans have been known to boast about the strength of the genre's songwriters, and between all the showcasing on ABC's Nashville and the emergence of mainstream link-ups like the Pulse Recording partnership with Beth & Luke Laird's Creative Nation, the world outside of Nashville is becoming increasingly dialed into the importance of and depth of talent among country music's songwriters. So what's with the recent trend of leaving the songwriters out of press releases for country singles? Press releases announcing Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party", Lady Antebellum's "Downtown", Blake Shelton's "Sure Be Cool If You... Continue reading

When Brantley Gilbert signed with Scott Borchetta, I feared that change was nigh. Brantley shared with me that he was a little concerned about that as well. "That was one of my biggest fears, when we were talking to labels, was that somebody was gonna try to throw me in some Wranglers and a bucket hat and tell me to sing somebody else's songs. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Wranglers and a cowboy hat. I'm not a poser man, I can't ride a bull, I ain't gonna wear the hat." Click Here to hear the full interview Posted... Continue reading

Keith did the rounds yesterday to promote tickets going on sale Friday for his "Light the Fuse" tour. Although he did seem a bit stiff, we still managed to pull a few interesting tidbits from him. Broadway: Nicki Minaj, not too many people are digging her. You seem to be getting along with her just fine. You're working on a new album, will she maybe appear on the new album? Keith: Well, I haven't found anything that would work so far. But, who knows. He didn't say it would never happen, although I do think a more likely scenario would... Continue reading

This is a little odd. Back in January, Shawna from Thompson Square was photographed sans wedding ring. As far as we know, her and Keifer remain happily married. When I asked her why she didn't wear it, I didn't quite get the answer I thought I'd get. Broadway: Shawna, this question is for you: Is there a reason why you wouldn’t wear your wedding ring during a show? I saw a story on a blog...according to the blog you guys were done, and you were getting a divorce because you weren’t wearing your ring. Keifer: Are you serious? Broadway: Yeah.... Continue reading

Blake has been making the media rounds all week, plugging his new album which has been getting rave reviews (especially from our very own Vickye.) I was part of the rounds on Tuesday so, as always, I whipped out the hard hitting questions. Broadway: So you’re gone a lot. Miranda’s gone a lot. Do you guys ever engage in the phone coitus? Cory: Oh my god! Blake: Is that like the FaceTime thing? Or are you just talking about normal phone sex? Broadway: Either. How do you guys, you know, keep it interesting, keep it fresh? Blake: I just thought... Continue reading

Sorry girls, Scotty McCreery's officially taken! My guess is he's dating a longtime friend-fling, Gabi Dugal. Here's what he said when I asked... Scotty: Oh man, the dating life on the road, it's a tough thing to get around, you know what I mean? It's tough to even workout anything. I don't know. That is my answer. Broadway: You don't know? Scotty: No, I do know. Broadway: You're dating both of them? (Gabi and Lauren Alaina) Scotty: Naw, it ain't like that. Click Here for the full interview Posted by Broadway (Guest Writer) Listen to my radio show weekday mornings,... Continue reading

Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael have been making music together for over 15 years. They call themselves 'The Bacon Brothers'. Maybe you already knew this, I did not. They're actually not half bad! I recently had the chance to chat with them, and I asked which of music's two hottest acts would they rather collaborate with: Taylor Swift over Justin Bieber? Kevin: "Oh my God. I mean c'mon." Michael: "I think both of them would be great. Maybe they'd shed a little of their commercial success on us." Kevin: "I'll go with Taylor." Taylor, do us a favor and... Continue reading