Tuesday, October 18, 2011 – Three veteran acts - Chris Isaak, Montgomery Gentry and Shelby Lynne - are out with new CDs today.
Isaak goes retro with "Beyond the Sun," his tribute to the Su Studio artists like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins on a 14-song set.
Montgomery Gentry parted ways with Sony Nashville for "Rebels on the Run" (Average Joe's). Besides changing labels, Eddie Montgomery had prostate cancer and found his wife filing for divorce. The new CD consists of 11 songs.
Lynne offers '"Revelation Road" on her own label. The disc is a follow-up to 2010's "Tears, Lies And Alibis."
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: Currington barely needs to sing – It would have been easy to excuse Billy Currington for not doing much singing - not that that was the case during his gig. That's because Currington's fans were demonstrative big time for the Georgian's songs during his somewhat short 50-minute set in a WKLB-sponsored show. A low-key Currington - fortunately, he's not very big on... »»»
Concert Review: Weather changes for LaMontagne, but quality doesn't – One huge change from Ray LaMontagne's last visit to Boston was that the weather held up this time. A big time electrical storm on June 1 resulted in LaMontagne going on about 45 minutes later than planned. The rain held off at the Life is Good Festival and even though LaMontagne was again late through no fault of his own, the key thing that... »»»
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