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Help Undiscovered Artists And Win Prizes By Judging In The Big D NYE Fast Track To Fame Competition
posted: October 18, 2010
The Big D NYE Fast Track To Fame Competition is giving one lucky OurStage artist a shot at performing in front of an audience of 25,000”not to mention over 450,000 TV viewers”on New Year’s Eve…
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Country IS A Little Bit Rock 'N' Roll
posted: September 1, 2010
During Punk Rock’s first mid-’70s era there was much dismissal of Country Rock in New Wave music circles. By 1995, the genre of New Country, an infusion of mainstream Country with Rock influence, had gone…
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Speaking English
posted: March 22, 2010
When you’re signed to a major label (Geffen) fresh out of high school and have a celebrity manager to boot (Joe Simpson), some would say you’ve made it. But for Barefoot frontman Chris Pearson, this was…
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The Next Big Thing: Matt Brouwer
posted: January 28, 2010
Matt Brouwer’s persuasive lyrics and powerful vocals change the meaning of the term singer/songwriter. Over the course of 3 albums, Brouwer developed country, rock and folk influences into his own style. GRAMMY Award-winning producer Michael Omartian…
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Bone to Pick
posted: December 28, 2009
Here’s a litmus test to determine whether or not you’ll be a fan of Black Bone Child. Does the Delta blues yowl of Jimmy Page’s guitar on When the Levee Breaks rock your soul? If…
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DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS
posted: October 26, 2009
Big, burly men don’t normally write tunes called The Friendship Song, or say things like, Speak freely and know that I take joy in your voice without the slightest trace of irony. Which is part…
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