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Post by kamala 2024 truther on May 22, 2024 3:29:47 GMT -5
Very sweet for Lainey! Can we please go back to having Opry invites to be on the actual Opry stage? There's something so special about it! I mean, this is the first time I’ve ever seen an invite happen off the stage so unless I’ve missed a few, it’s not like that’s suddenly going to be a thing. Reba is Lainey’s biggest influence and as such, the Opry knew they wanted Reba to be the one to invite her in, and she can’t be in two places at once, lol. With Lainey being at the Voice finale last night, it was the perfect opportunity and perfect timing, what with Lainey’s EOTY win at the ACMs having just happened less than a week ago. It was better the Opry invited her now while her EOTY is still fresh in the minds of the general public—it’ll likely help her be nominated again for the award in 2024.
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Post by jab820 on May 23, 2024 10:29:33 GMT -5
Very sweet for Lainey! Can we please go back to having Opry invites to be on the actual Opry stage? There's something so special about it! I mean, this is the first time I’ve ever seen an invite happen off the stage so unless I’ve missed a few, it’s not like that’s suddenly going to be a thing. Reba is Lainey’s biggest influence and as such, the Opry knew they wanted Reba to be the one to invite her in, and she can’t be in two places at once, lol. With Lainey being at the Voice finale last night, it was the perfect opportunity and perfect timing, what with Lainey’s EOTY win at the ACMs having just happened less than a week ago. It was better the Opry invited her now while her EOTY is still fresh in the minds of the general public—it’ll likely help her be nominated again for the award in 2024. Dolly Parton asked Carly Pearce during an interview. I do agree it's more special on the Opry stage!
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Post by loveofmusic on May 23, 2024 11:51:50 GMT -5
Very sweet for Lainey! Can we please go back to having Opry invites to be on the actual Opry stage? There's something so special about it! I mean, this is the first time I’ve ever seen an invite happen off the stage so unless I’ve missed a few, it’s not like that’s suddenly going to be a thing. Reba is Lainey’s biggest influence and as such, the Opry knew they wanted Reba to be the one to invite her in, and she can’t be in two places at once, lol. With Lainey being at the Voice finale last night, it was the perfect opportunity and perfect timing, what with Lainey’s EOTY win at the ACMs having just happened less than a week ago. It was better the Opry invited her now while her EOTY is still fresh in the minds of the general public—it’ll likely help her be nominated again for the award in 2024. Being invited to the Opry, but not on the Opry stage seems to happen occasionally over the years. Ashley McBryde was invited during a morning talk show interview. Jon Pardi was invited during Stagecoach. I do think it's more special when it happens on the Opry stage
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Post by IndieAdvocate / Spectrum on May 24, 2024 0:42:07 GMT -5
For those that don't know, there are some people who run the Black Opry Residency, where they not only do shows but also let other black country / Americana artists be heard (like Mickey Guyton, Robert Finley, and Lizzie No...just to name a few). Fellow AAA station, WXPN Philadelphia, among other national outlets have done spotlights for the residency. They are in need of some funding. SUPPORT LINK: www.gofundme.com/f/black-opry
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Post by carrieidol1 on May 24, 2024 5:04:43 GMT -5
Opry needs to make money too, if that means using invitations as opportunities for promo on national TV, so be it.
I don’t think it’s less special, and in ways it’s more special because so many people get to see and share the moment. It advances and promotes the Opry, the artist, and creates a genuine, potentially viral moment. Win - win, imo.
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Post by recordyear on May 24, 2024 9:25:52 GMT -5
Rolling Stone has revised and expanded the GOAT Country Songs list to 200 songs. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-country-songs-1234986540/{The list}200. Brad Paisley, ‘Welcome to the Future’ 199. Stoney Edwards, ‘Hank and Lefty Raised My Country Soul’ 198. Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, ‘You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly’ 197. Gretchen Wilson, ‘Redneck Woman’ 196. Gene Autry, ‘Back in the Saddle Again’ 195. Brandi Carlile, ‘The Joke’ 194. Zach Bryan, ‘Something in the Orange’ 193. The Oak Ridge Boys, ‘Elvira’ 192. Beyoncé, ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ 191. Johnny Rodriguez, ‘Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico’ 190. Ricky Skaggs, ‘Heartbroke’ 189. Iris DeMent, ‘Let the Mystery Be’ 188. Luke Combs, ‘Beer Never Broke My Heart’ 187. Turnpike Troubadours, ‘The Bird Hunters’ 186. Johnny Lee, ‘Lookin’ for Love’ 185. Keith Urban, ‘You’ll Think of Me’ 184. Old Crow Medicine Show, ‘Wagon Wheel’ 183. DeFord Bailey, ‘Pan-American Blues’ 182. Dierks Bentley, ‘I Hold On’ 181. Sons of the Pioneers, ‘Tumbling Tumbleweeds’ 180. Mary Gauthier, ‘Mercy Now’ 179. Vern Gosdin, ‘Chiseled in Stone’ 178. Tyler Childers, ‘Long Violent History’ 177. Pam Tillis, ‘Maybe It Was Memphis’ 176. Kathy Mattea, ‘Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses’ 175. Billy Strings, ‘Dust in a Baggie’ 174. Darius Rucker, ‘Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It’ 173. Jimmie Davis, ‘You Are My Sunshine’ 172. Jo Dee Messina, ‘Heads Carolina, Tails California’ 171. Linda Ronstadt, ‘Long Long Time’ 170. Sugarland, ‘Baby Girl’ 169. Luke Bryan, ‘Drink a Beer’ 168. Brenda Lee, ‘I’m Sorry’ 167. Margo Price, ‘Hurtin’ (on the Bottle)’ 166. Brandy Clark, ‘Pray to Jesus’ 165. Tony Joe White, ‘Polk Salad Annie’ 164. Wanda Jackson, ‘Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad’ 163. Hank Snow, ‘I’m Moving On’ 162. The Band Perry, ‘If I Die Young’ 161. Dave Dudley, ‘Six Days on the Road’ 160. David Allan Coe, ‘You Never Even Called Me by My Name’ 159. The Mavericks, ‘All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down’ 158. Jim Reeves, ‘He’ll Have to Go’ 157. Kenny Chesney, ‘The Good Stuff’ 156. Barbara Mandrell, ‘(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right’ 155. Florida Georgia Line, ‘Cruise’ 154. Mickey Guyton, ‘Black Like Me’ 153. Emmylou Harris, ‘Boulder to Birmingham’ 152. Joe Diffie, ‘John Deere Green’ 151. Conway Twitty, ‘You’ve Never Been This Far Before’ 150. The Chicks, ‘Travelin’ Soldier’ 149. Merle Haggard, ‘I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am’ 148. Jerry Reed, ‘East Bound and Down’ 147. Patty Loveless, ‘Blame It on Your Heart’ 146. Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt, ‘This One’s Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)’ 145. Steve Earle, ‘Guitar Town’ 144. Clint Black, ‘Killin’ Time’ 143. Pistol Annies, ‘Got My Name Changed Back’ 142. Sturgill Simpson, ‘Turtles All the Way Down’ 141. Deana Carter, ‘Strawberry Wine’ 140. Jessi Colter, ‘I’m Not Lisa’ 139. Keith Whitley, ‘I’m No Stranger to the Rain’ 138. Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, ‘Old Town Road (Remix)’ 137. Dwight Yoakam, ‘Guitars, Cadillacs’ 136. Ray Price, ‘Crazy Arms’ 135. Alison Krauss, ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ 134. Lyle Lovett, ‘If I Had a Boat’ 133. Skeeter Davis, ‘The End of the World’ 132. Don Williams, ‘Tulsa Time’ 131. Don Gibson, ‘Sea of Heartbreak’ 130. Bellamy Brothers, ‘Old Hippie’ 129. Trisha Yearwood, ‘She’s in Love With the Boy’ 128. O.B. McClinton, ‘Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You’ 127. Webb Pierce, ‘There Stands the Glass’ 126. Taylor Swift, ‘Tim McGraw’ 125. Guy Clark, ‘L.A. Freeway’ 124. George Strait, ‘The Chair’ 123. Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash, ‘Highwayman’ 122. Brothers Osborne, ‘Younger Me’ 121. Ray Wylie Hubbard, ‘Redneck Mother’ 120. The Charlie Daniels Band, ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’ 119. Moe Bandy, ‘I Just Started Hatin’ Cheatin’ Songs Today’ 118. Faith Hill, ‘This Kiss’ 117. Harry Choates, ‘Jole Blon’ 116. Statler Brothers, ‘Flowers on the Wall’ 115. Ronnie Milsap, ‘Smoky Mountain Rain’ 114. K.T. Oslin, ’80’s Ladies’ 113. Tracy Chapman, ‘Fast Car’ 112. Johnny Cash and June Carter, ‘Jackson’ 111. Garth Brooks, ‘The Dance’ 110. Tim McGraw, ‘Something Like That’ 109. Crystal Gayle, ‘Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue’ 108. Gram Parsons, ‘$1000 Wedding’ 107. Merle Haggard, ‘If We Make It Through December’ 106. C.W. McCall, ‘Convoy’ 105. Merle Travis, ‘Sixteen Tons’ 104. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, ‘Islands in the Stream’ 103. Billy Joe Shaver, ‘Old Five and Dimers Like Me’ 102. Juice Newton, ‘Queen of Hearts’ 101. Jerry Jeff Walker, ‘Desperados Waiting for a Train’ 100. Lucinda Williams, ‘Passionate Kisses’ 99. Bobby Bare, ‘The Streets of Baltimore’ 98. Toby Keith, ‘I Love This Bar’ 97. Donna Fargo, ‘The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.’ 96. Kris Kristofferson, ‘Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down’ 95. Jerry Lee Lewis, ‘What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)’ 94. John Denver, ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ 93. Maren Morris, ‘My Church’ 92. Emmett Miller, ‘Lovesick Blues’ 91. Vince Gill, ‘When I Call Your Name’ 90. Chris Stapleton, ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ 89. The Flatlanders, ‘Dallas’ 88. Lynn Anderson, ‘Rose Garden’ 87. The Louvin Brothers, ‘I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby’ 86. Linda Martell, ‘Color Him Father’ 85. John Anderson, ‘Wild and Blue’ 84. The Judds, ‘Why Not Me’ 83. Hank Williams Jr., ‘Family Tradition’ 82. Osborne Brothers, ‘Rocky Top’ 81. John Prine, ‘Angel From Montgomery’ 80. Little Big Town, ‘Girl Crush’ 79. Hank Williams, ‘Settin’ the Woods on Fire’ 78. Jeannie C. Riley, ‘Harper Valley P.T.A.’ 77. Miranda Lambert, ‘The House That Built Me’ 76. Gary Allan, ‘Songs About Rain’ 75. Lee Ann Womack, ‘I Hope You Dance’ 74. George Jones, ‘The Race Is On’ 73. Rosanne Cash, ‘Seven Year Ache’ 72. Patsy Cline, ‘I Fall to Pieces’ 71. Sammi Smith, ‘Help Me Make It Through the Night’ 70. Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, ‘Act Naturally’ 69. Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, ‘Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys’ 68. Tanya Tucker, ‘Delta Dawn’ 67. Carrie Underwood, ‘Before He Cheats’ 66. Marty Robbins, ‘El Paso’ 65. Reba McEntire, ‘Fancy’ 64. Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, ‘Uncle Pen’ 63. George Jones and Tammy Wynette, ‘Golden Ring’ 62. Lefty Frizzell, ‘The Long Black Veil’ 61. Alabama, ‘Mountain Music’ 60. Roger Miller, ‘King of the Road’ 59. Tammy Wynette, ‘D-I-V-O-R-C-E’ 58. Eric Church, ‘Springsteen’ 57. Flatt and Scruggs, ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’ 56. Johnny Paycheck, ‘Take This Job and Shove It’ 55. Hank Williams, ‘I Saw the Light’ 54. Johnny Cash, ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ 53. Roy Acuff, ‘Wabash Cannonball’ 52. Alan Jackson, ‘Drive (For Daddy Gene)’ 51. Bobbie Gentry, ‘Ode to Billie Joe’ 50. Tom T. Hall, ‘(Old Dogs-Children and) Watermelon Wine’ 49. Elvis Presley, ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’ 48. Randy Travis, ‘Forever and Ever, Amen’ 47. Freddy Fender, ‘Before the Next Teardrop Falls’ 46. Dolly Parton, ‘Coat of Many Colors’ 45. Martina McBride, ‘Independence Day’ 44. Patsy Montana, ‘I Want To Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart’ 43. Hank Williams, ‘Lost Highway’ 42. Jimmie Rodgers, ‘Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)’ 41. Brooks & Dunn, ‘Neon Moon’ 40. George Jones, ‘The Grand Tour’ 39. Gary Stewart, ‘She’s Actin’ Single, I’m Drinkin’ Doubles’ 38. Loretta Lynn, ‘Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)’ 37. Townes Van Zandt, ‘Pancho and Lefty’ 36. Kacey Musgraves, ‘Follow Your Arrow’ 35. Garth Brooks, ‘Friends in Low Places’ 34. Waylon Jennings, ‘Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way’ 33. The Everly Brothers, ‘Bye Bye Love’ 32. The Carter Family, ‘Wildwood Flower’ 31. Porter Wagoner, ‘A Satisfied Mind’ 30. Shania Twain, ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!’ 29. Mississippi Sheiks, ‘Sitting on Top of the World’ 28. Hank Williams, ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart’ 27. Willie Nelson, ‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain’ 26. Faron Young, ‘Hello Walls’ 25. Johnny Cash, ‘Ring of Fire’ 24. Charlie Rich, ‘Behind Closed Doors’ 23. The Chicks, ‘Goodbye Earl’ 22. Stanley Brothers, ‘Man of Constant Sorrow’ 21. Kenny Rogers, ‘The Gambler’ 20. Taylor Swift, ‘Mean’ 19. Charley Pride, ‘Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ 18. Lefty Frizzell, ‘If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Time’ 17. Ernest Tubb, ‘Walking the Floor Over You’ 16. Buck Owens, ‘I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail’ 15. The Carter Family, ‘Can the Circle Be Unbroken’ 14. Loretta Lynn, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ 13. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, ‘New San Antonio Rose’ 12. Glen Campbell, ‘Wichita Lineman’ 11. Kitty Wells, ‘It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels’ 10. George Strait, ‘Amarillo by Morning’ 9. Merle Haggard, ‘Mama Tried’ 8. Tammy Wynette, ‘Stand By Your Man’ 7. Jimmie Rodgers, ‘Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel #9)’ 6. Ray Charles, ‘You Don’t Know Me’ 5. George Jones, ‘He Stopped Loving Her Today’ 4. Hank Williams, ‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry’ 3. Patsy Cline, ‘Crazy’ 2. Johnny Cash, ‘I Walk the Line’ 1. Dolly Parton, ‘Jolene’
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Post by carrieidol1 on May 24, 2024 14:00:32 GMT -5
So this isn’t news, but just had to post this somewhere… I’ve always known Kate Hudson could sing. However, I didn’t realize until now how similar to Faith Hill she sounds. Particularly on this song. The phrasing, tone, technique, etc… major Faith vibes. Am I crazy? If there’s ever a Faith Hill bio-pic, she’d be great for the role. Very impressive performance, I might add… and beautiful song! youtu.be/YavgJRbdggI?si=AIJF3stx55jKFtpZ
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on May 24, 2024 14:48:21 GMT -5
So this isn’t news, but just had to post this somewhere… I’ve always known Kate Hudson could sing. However, I didn’t realize until now how similar to Faith Hill she sounds. Particularly on this song. The phrasing, tone, technique, etc… major Faith vibes. Am I crazy? If there’s ever a Faith Hill bio-pic, she’d be great for the role. Very impressive performance, I might add… and beautiful song! youtu.be/YavgJRbdggI?si=AIJF3stx55jKFtpZOH WOW………that is the most Faith Hill-sounding voice I have ever heard from someone whose name is not Faith Hill!!! I don’t think anyone else can come as close to that voice unless they’re actually her You can almost close your eyes and see her. That song is spectacular, and something I think Faith could’ve taken to the top in her prime days. Kate Hudson is an actress I’m not too deeply familiar with, as she was much more of a name when my mom was my age (and in fact, they’re about the same age!), so I hadn’t known she’d been hiding this. Color me FLOORED!!! Kate actually has an album that came out last week (which contains the song you shared) and I think we should all get in on it, because this will likely be the closest thing we’ll ever get in our lifetimes to a new Faith Hill album at this point!!!
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 27, 2024 0:16:40 GMT -5
To each their own, but I listened to that Kate Hudson performance on the strength of these comments above and I didn't hear so much as a single note that sounded like it was anywhere in the same universe that Faith Hill's voice exists in. She sounded great, but I'm genuinely perplexed on the Faith Hill comparisons. If I had to personally pinpoint a singer that I thought she sounded like, I'd say I heard a lot of Jessica Simpson in her vocals, but with more range/power. Overall it was a good song and performance though.
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Post by carrieidol1 on May 27, 2024 5:32:35 GMT -5
To each their own, but I listened to that Kate Hudson performance on the strength of these comments above and I didn't hear so much as a single note that sounded like it was anywhere in the same universe that Faith Hill's voice exists in. She sounded great, but I'm genuinely perplexed on the Faith Hill comparisons. If I had to personally pinpoint a singer that I thought she sounded like, I'd say I heard a lot of Jessica Simpson in her vocals, but with more range/power. Overall it was a good song and performance though. The similarity is really in her tone, at certain moments - particularly when she’s singing lower/softer parts. Like in the last few lines, I hear so much of Faith’s tone - I hear a bit of the end of “There You’ll Be” in Kate’s tone. I also hear it at the line “and if that is all we ever know” in the chorus. It’s not the whole way through by any means, I totally get why some might not hear it…
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 27, 2024 11:57:41 GMT -5
To each their own, but I listened to that Kate Hudson performance on the strength of these comments above and I didn't hear so much as a single note that sounded like it was anywhere in the same universe that Faith Hill's voice exists in. She sounded great, but I'm genuinely perplexed on the Faith Hill comparisons. If I had to personally pinpoint a singer that I thought she sounded like, I'd say I heard a lot of Jessica Simpson in her vocals, but with more range/power. Overall it was a good song and performance though. The similarity is really in her tone, at certain moments - particularly when she’s singing lower/softer parts. Like in the last few lines, I hear so much of Faith’s tone - I hear a bit of the end of “There You’ll Be” in Kate’s tone. I also hear it at the line “and if that is all we ever know” in the chorus. It’s not the whole way through by any means, I totally get why some might not hear it… Faith Hill has a really powerful belt and unique rich lower-register voice and while I think Kate Hudson's got a decent enough voice, I just don't hear any similarities between the two personally when I listen to her sing. I think tonally she sounds the most like Jessica Simpson if I had to compare her to someone else's vocals. There were several moments where I thought she was pretty close to Simpson vocally from when she had her brief stint as a country singer in the late 2000s.
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Post by travelrocks24 on Jun 4, 2024 11:06:29 GMT -5
Did anyone see Renee Blair's IG yesterday? A ton of pics as "Wait in the Truck" claiming it reached the top of the BB Country Airplay chart but it didn't (if Wiki is right). If Wiki is right, why is there an incorrect claim or is there something I am missing? It went #1 on Mediabase. Ah, the classic radio push that happens on a regular basis.
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