Do you remember what country music radio was like in 1991? Or perhaps the more salient question: Can you believe 1991 was 30 years ago? Well, some of us are older and can’t believe it’s been literally three decades since the ‘90s. But here we are, nevertheless, still writing, singing, and listening to great country
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Born in 1943 and raised in South Philadelphia, James Joseph Croce, better known as Jim Croce, was one of America’s finest folk singer-songwriters. While technically not a country music songwriter, and someone you may not hear much of on country music hit radio, the fact is that Jim Croce’s music has a special place with
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Country music fans might love their country, but they don’t shrug off other genres of music. It’s widely known through a variety of marketing research that fans of radio country music also listen to other genres like rock (especially southern rock) and the blues. In fact, the blues play a crucial role in country music.
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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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