Country Music Weekly is about $46.00 for one year. Yet, they publish every
week. I've been subscribing to it for quite some time and although they
mostly talk about the top selling artists, they do some very nice articles
on other less well-known acts from the present as well as the past. More of
a fan magazine than an intellectual write, but it helps to keep me current
with what is going on in Nashville and of course, the star quotes and gossip
<g>Actually, CMW was what got me wondering about alternative country when
some of the music I was listening to was "tagged" by them as alternative
country. That was about 1-1/2 years ago.
With doors opened wide and window shades up since, I've been doing my best
to learn about this style which often hides as "rock/pop" as far as labeling
goes.
Tera
>As it happens, I've bought the last two issues of Country Weekly, and if it
>were just a little bit cheaper or a little bit better I'd probably
subscribe
><g>. Last weeks had stories on Kathy Mattea, Kenny Chesney,
>Parton/Ronstadt/Harris (am I the only person who's noticed that Trio II is
>at #4 on Billboard's country album chart with virtually no country
>airplay?), Marty Stuart, the CRS, Alan Jackson, the Nammies, George Strait
>(lots of comments on the new album from Tony Brown) and more, reviews of
>Charlie Daniels, Kelly Willis and Chief Jim Billie, and an upcoming
releases
>list that includes Rosie Flores and Tom Russell as well as more mainstream
>artists. The issue Junior browsed has a good feature on Bob Wills with
lots
>of great pictures and an appreciation by Merle Haggard, a "They Say"
>star-quotes column that includes lines from Junior Brown and Ralph Stanley,
>and reviews of Kenny Chesney, Monte Warden and Rosie Flores. The Fan Page
>has the aforementioned Dale Watson snap, plus a nice piece on the closing
>down of Jim & Jesse's fan club (due to its president's retirement). Dale,
>Skaggs, the Riders, Bobby Bare, Merle Haggard, the Nashville Bluegrass
Band,
>Bill Anderson, the Lynn Morris Band and more are included in the tour
dates.
>
>Like I said, a little less money or a little better writing and I'm
there...
>
>Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
>
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