Classic country fans seem to get awfully worked up when they hear a new song drop on the radio that doesn’t growl like Conway Twitter, inflect like George Jones, or wail like Hank Williams singing the blues. “Country music is dead and gone,” they shout! “In my day, country was real country.” Well, that’s […]
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Most songwriters in America, and in the world in general, struggle and stumble to climb up that daunting wall of success. For most of us, we’re told “No” like it’s our first name. Many songwriters do end up successful. Some get a big hit. Some get some sync play on TV, or some
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No matter which genre of music you like, no matter your style and no matter your age, everyone knows a Bob Dylan song! We could write a multi-volume encyclopedia of Dylan’s songs; that’s how long he’s been a songwriter, and how long he’s been putting out music. Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, is our
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When it comes to the type of music you’re going to hear on a Nashville country music radio station, most of it is pretty predictable. While most of us would agree that country music is the best genre on the planet, there are only so many storylines available on today’s country radio. Love and loss,
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Country Music Nashville Trends – The Top Upcoming Country in 2021 Everybody loves the country music Nashville puts out. Just admit it! You know you do! If you’re anything like us at here Nashville California, you also love writing and performing your own country music. Though whether you want to hit it big and end
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Does country music have an obligation to fight for social justice? This is a question that’s often been asked in the mainstream of America. After all, country music has always been lambasted by big city elites as a “white” music genre that’s all about Republicanism and xenophobia and dozens of types of bigotry all bottled
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I’m going to write a rare piece here, in that I speak in the first person. I’m the lead copywriter here at Nashville California, and I’m also a songwriter. I’m friends with the site’s owner and fantastic country music songwriter–soon to be HIT country music songwriter–Ben Krahne. And let’s just get it out of the
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When I write these pieces for Radio Country Hits, I might sometimes use a first-person pronoun or two, but rarely do I speak of myself, from my own point of view. But in an article about diversity in country music, specifically black people in country music, I have to say that some of my first
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“No man is an island” is a phrase that’s been with us for many years. It’s basically saying that no one’s ever alone, no one’s unconnected from human beings and the suffering of the world. We’re all in this together, interconnected in many ways. So, it’s true: No man is an island. Though this is
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As Black Lives Matter protests continue on across the United States in order to stand up against systemic racism and police brutality against African Americans, primarily young black males, we at Radio Country Hits are reminded that there is no America without black people, and especially none of the music we love today. It’s why
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